Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

One way or another, he’s a liar.

This blog will pay for itself.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Not all heroes wear capes.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

He really is that stupid.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

Trump should be leading, not lying.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Monday/Tuesday, August 17-18

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  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily numbers. Just seven new cases. Three cases from local infection: all Malaysians, all in Kedah, two from the Sala cluster and one from the Tawar cluster. Four imported cases: two Malaysians, returning from the UK and Bangladesh; two non-Malaysians, both arriving from Bangladesh. Cumulative reported total 9,219 cases.

    26 more patients recovered and were discharged, total 8,902 patients recovered — 96.6% of the cumulative reported total. Active and contagious cases being isolated/treated in hospital declined to 192 patients; eight are in ICU, two are on respirators.

    No new deaths since 31st July. Total stands at 125 deaths — 1.36% of the cumulative reported total, 1.38% of resolved cases.

    In other news, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that state governments need to refer to the Federal Government any Covid-19 restrictions they want to impose in their state, so that they can be approved by the National Security Council and the Health Ministry. He was referring to Penang state’s ban on health tourism and other restrictions. Unless such restrictions were gazetted by the Federal Government, Ismail Sabri said, federal agencies needed to enforce them — like the police and immigration department — would not have legal authority to do so.

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    La Nonna

    We are waiting patiently in Puglia to see if the summer tourist season, many visitors from Northern Italy hotspots, causes a wave of infection here. And, the local press is now calling the US insistence on unsafe and untimely opening of schools, The Children’s Crusade, quite the historical reference, no? Killing me to think my US based grandchildren are being sacrificed on the altar of Mammon.

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    JPL

    Cherokee County, GA’s school system closed three high schools and have 2,000 students quarantined. The school system has 30,000 students. I’m not sure how long they can continue in person learning without a mask mandate at least. Fulton County where I’m located is doing online learning.

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    Steeplejack

    @Baud:

    ? Thanks, I needed that. I’m sitting here thinking that we are a nation of dumb fucks, and we’re never going to get rid of this virus because our impermeable dumb-fuckery will ensure that it lasts forever.

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    Amir Khalid

    @Cameron:

    It tells me that the Trump administration’s success criteria re the pandemic, whatever they may be, have nothing to do with reducing the numbers of the sick and dying.

  9. 9.

    OzarkHillbilly

    This pic.twitter.com/MqQp00dJgF

    — Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 18, 2020

    Not just another shit hole country, but the shittiest holed country.

    ETA: comment following Laurie’s post:

    @makeplanetnice
    Replying to
    @Laurie_Garrett
    Such winning ! Why TF is the stock market not reflecting the horror of America’s reality

    Because the pandemic is just another money making opportunity. SATSQ.

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    lowtechcyclist

    Notre Dame is now up to 45 confirmed coronavirus cases, most of which have been traced back to an off-campus party where most students weren’t wearing masks or social distancing.

    Wow, never could have seen that coming.

    My sentiments exactly. If you went to college, and it wasn’t some ‘Christian’ college where they didn’t have parties like that, you could see this coming from the other end of the freakin’ galaxy. It boggles my mind that so many universities and colleges have opened up for physical classes. Should have done all-virtual (college students are adults, and can theoretically handle that reasonably well), and lab courses would just have to wait until next year.

    @Cameron: 

    The nincompoop-in-law says 170,000+ deaths is success? What does failure look like?

    I bet that clip’s in a Lincoln Project ad by tomorrow. Maybe tonight; they move fast.

    But they – and the Dems – should keep on using it. That’s an evergreen in this campaign season. It reminds people that the Trumpists didn’t give a damn about all the deaths, and it doesn’t let people forget that Trump put this unqualified idiot in charge of important stuff, rather than hiring people who knew wtf they were doing.

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    Steeplejack

    @Baud:

    Yeah, I saw some stories about that. I’m not saying we have a monopoly, by any means. But it’s another area of American exceptionalism.

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    WereBear

    The Republican Party has no qualms about taking hostages. It’s what they do.

    Also, Jared Kushner must be making money from these deaths, because that’s the only thing this group thinks IS success.

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    JPL

    trump is tweeting about President Obama’s poll numbers during the H1N1 pandemic.    Does that seem wise since it was contained pretty quickly although 12,000 did die.    trump doesn’t seem like a very bright person, because that’s not the comparison you want.

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    Brachiator

    We have had a number of 100 degree plus days. Reminds me that one of Trump’s lies was that heat or sunlight would soon kill the coronavirus.

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    Robert Sneddon

    Scotland — No new deaths from confirmed cases of COVID-19. 49 new cases have been confirmed, a test positivity rate of 1%. Seven of those cases are in the Grampian region where the Aberdeen outbreak seems to be subsiding. A decision will be announced tomorrow whether the hard lockdown in Aberdeen will be lifted or modified but right now it doesn’t look like it.

    12 of the new cases are in the Glasgow area and six in neighbouring Lanarkshire, probably related to an outbreak among school-age children which has been tentatively associated with parties at a couple of houses last week. The government is confident there is no spread occurring within schools and they all remain open at the moment. Whether schools continue to be “safe” is another matter.

    Another 16 cases are reported in Tayside, of which nine are confirmed to be linked to earlier reports of a few positive tests at a food processing plant near Perth over the weekend with some community spread.

     

    The testing and tracing effort seems to be paying off in situations like this, now the numbers are down from their peaks over March and April and it’s feasible to hunt down every reported case and their contacts. It’s worth noting that in Scotland a handful of positive tests in the Perthshire food processing factory caused it to be immediately shut down whereas in England testing in another food processing factory in Northamptonshire resulted in 300 positive results in a workforce of just over 2000 and the English factory was permitted to keep operating with enhanced provisions for worker distancing, cleaning etc.

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    satby

    @Baud: @Steeplejack: 
    That’s why as soon as Americans are let into any other country that is even slightly a country I’d like to visit, I’m heading out for a long sojourn away from my fellow idiot Americans. Yeah, there’s stupid people in other countries, but ours are exceptional in their arrogant stupidity. And most other countries will rein in their toxic stupid people rather than allow them to be public health menaces.

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    YY_Sima Qian

    Yesterday, China again reported 0 new domestic confirmed cases and 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region. 4 cases are currently in critical condition, and 23 in serious condition. There are currently 354 total confirmed and 124 asymptomatic cases at Ürumqi. 24 confirmed cases recovered yesterday and were released from hospitals, 4 asymptomatic cases (3 at Ürumqi and 1 at Changji Prefecture) were released from medical quarantine, 3 critical and 1 serious cases improved to moderate conditions. There are 8,538 close contacts remain under quarantine and medical observation.

    At Dalian in Liaoning Province, 2 confirmed case has recovered and were released from hospital, and 1 asymptomatic case was also released from medical quarantine. 26 cases are currently in the hospital, and 3 asymptomatic cases remain under medical quarantine. With all of Dalian now at Low Risk, long distance bus and train services are returning to normal, Dalian residents no longer need negative RT-PCR result with Lin 7 days to travel outside of the city, and public spaces and tourist attractions are reopening.

    Still no new cases reported by Shenzhen and Shanwei in Guangdong Province.

    Yesterday, China reported 22 new imported confirmed cases, 16 imported asymptomatic cases:

    * Shanghai Municipality – 14 confirmed cases, 9 Chinese nationals returning from the UAE, 4 from Singapore and 1 from the UK
    * Lianyungang in Jiangsu Province – 3 confirmed cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Indonesia
    * Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national returning from the UK (via Stockholm) and from Singapore; 3 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Singapore
    * Tianjin Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Spain and Bolivia
    * Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed cases, a Chinese national returning from Kazakhstan; 3 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese nationals each returning from Algeria, the US and Kenya
    * Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese national each returning from Russia
    * Jinan in Shandong Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning from Kazakhstan
    * Chongqing Municipality – 2 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning from Singapore
    * Hangzhou in Zhenjiang Provonce – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Spain
    * Xiamen in Fujian Provonce – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Australia
    * Dalian I. Liaoning Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Philippines

    Today, Hong Kong reported 36 new cases, 35 from local transmission, 6 of whom do not have clear source of transmission. Seems to be trending down.

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    Jack Canuck

    Australia nationally:
    – 226 new cases in the last 24 hours
    – est. 7556 active cases
    – 682 total in hospital
    – 438 total deaths

    Victoria:
    – 222 new cases in the last 24 hours (lowest daily total since July 18)
    – 17 deaths in the last 24 hours (13 of which were linked to aged care)
    – est. 7274 active cases
    – 665 in hospital (45 in intensive care)
    – 351 total deaths

    So the case numbers are going in the right direction, though they’re worried that the testing numbers are declining (i.e. worried that people aren’t getting tested even if they should be). Deaths will likely remain relatively high for several more days if they mirror the rise in daily cases recorded a week or two before. Latest reporting suggests that the evidence shows that 90% or more of the cases in the state all link back to a family of four that was in quarantine back in May, though the mechanism of the spread hasn’t been nailed down yet.

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    mrmoshpotato

    communal yawning

    Communal yawning?  Go on.  Yawning by one’s self is excellent.  Especially with a good stretching of the arms and a comfortable place to lie down for a nap or for the night, but communal yawning.  Tell me more.

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    Chris T.

    @Cameron:

    The nincompoop-in-law says 170,000+ deaths is success? What does failure look like?

    Obviously, a Biden Presidency with one case and no deaths = failure. Add more cases and more deaths and the failures just go up and up!

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