Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

We still have time to mess this up!

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

In after Baud. Damn.

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

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

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

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus (& H5N1) Updates: July 3, 2024

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  2. 2.

    TBone

    Just seeing the name of that piece of shit “Plandemic” makes my blood boil.  Talk about psy-ops, the success of that one came way too close to home (former friend shocked me with teh stupid, causing me to recoil in horror before ceasing all contact of any manner).  That jab about taking anything offered by a pitchman is spot on!  Made me feel a little better to laugh about it.

    “Devil in a white coat” 😆

    I pray for poetic justice to befall the creators of anything to do with planning that piece of shit and the sequel.

    Too many people still think Covid is a hoax or that sufferers are faking.

  4. 4.

    TBone

    So glad I purchased “too many” N95 masks.  Always have a fresh one at the ready.  I fantasize that everyone else is also wearing one out of an abundance of caution and empathy for their fellow human beings all living creatures.

  5. 5.

    TBone

    @TBone: Essential oils. Remember that big fad? 🙄🙃 Aforementioned stupid friend bought me one of those appliances that sprays “essential” vapor in the Before Time.  As soon as she left, I took much pleasure in the sound of it hitting my garbage can. If I wanted my home to smell like lavender, I’d have a bouquet in a vase.

    At least the thought was there, I should say. She thought her gift was some kind of illness preventative.

  6. 6.

    Matt McIrvin

    @TBone: You threw it away? But those oils were ESSENTIAL!

    (I wonder how much of the fad for them was essentially based on a pun)

  8. 8.

    lowtechcyclist

    @TBone: ​
     

    Too many people still think Covid is a hoax or that sufferers are faking.

    Yeah, all those people pretending to be dead should rise up from their graves any day now. Like the Rapture, only different. //

  10. 10.

    TBone

    @lowtechcyclist: 😂

    but, but

    #sudden death was caused by the vaccines, silly!

    ETA to this day I’ll never forget asking, pleading for an answer to my question from yet another former friend who went anti-vaxx nuts:

    HOW DOES YOUR FEAR OF VACCINES OUTWEIGH YOUR FEAR OF A DEADLY, CONTAGIOUS, AIRBORNE VIRUS?

  13. 13.

    OzarkHillbilly

    Ratio of people currently infected by region:

    Midwest: 1 in 136 ⬆️
    South: 1 in 76 ⬆️
    Northest: 1 in 189 ⬆️
    West: 1 in 43 ⬆️

    Hmmmmmm…. These numbers are telling us something but I just can’t put my finger on it.

  14. 14.

    Rachel Bakes

    Haven’t seen a summer wave hit so close to home yet-10 people I know in CT have contracted it in the last 2 months. Including my 80+ year old in-laws who had caught it for the first time and had a nasty week (fully vaccinated). Now my fil’s platelet count is staying dangerously low. Was hospitalized for 4 days to try and get it up again, now dropping again. Covid related? Or some fresh hell?

  15. 15.

    Princess

    If you thought the old variants were contagious, this one will blow your mind, it spreads so easily.

  16. 16.

    lowtechcyclist

    @TBone: ​
     

    #sudden death was caused by the vaccines, silly!

    Yeah, those vaccines that weren’t even available during that first horrible year of the plague.

    I’m sure they must have an answer for that, I just wonder how stupid it is.

  18. 18.

    sab

    @lowtechcyclist: A childhood friend of my husband got Covid for the first time this year. He was fully vaxxed and all that. He had a hospital stay from it and is now home with what seems to be long Covid.  He had been in excellent health for an old (70ish).  Now he can barely manage stairs, even a couple up into the house.

  19. 19.

    eclare

    @sab:

    And that is why I mask indoors and am fully vaxxed.  Pisses me off that I can’t get vaxxed again until whenever (under 65).

  21. 21.

    New Deal democrat

    BIobot’s national update yesterday indicated that “COVID-19 activity and community viral load held steady during week 25. The national average SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration is now 358 copies per mL” vs. 122 copies at the low point in May. Regionally only the South showed a significant increase, while the Northeast was steady at the highest level, close to 500 copies.
     
    Deaths hit a new all-time low of 300 during the week of June 1. Unfortunately, like cases, they are almost certainly going to increase sharply in the next few weeks. Here are the initial and final counts for the last 7 weeks of data:
     
    5/11 141. 303
    5/18  143. 311
    5/25. 108. 316
    6/1. 144. 300
    6/8. 132. N/a
    6/15  148. N/a
    6/22. 187
     
    The next variant update will be on Friday. It should show the KP.x and LB.x variants almost completely replacing this spring’s JN.x variants, but the summer wave won’t peak until after social get-togethers start to decline, and the most effective new variant reaches about 85% saturation. Unfortunately, that is probably a number of weeks from now. By that time, deaths will probably have increased to back over 1000 per week.
     
    The relatively good news is that even so, deaths this year so far are down roughly 1/3rd from even last year.

  23. 23.

    TBone

    @lowtechcyclist: I never even got an answer to my question, just a Gish gallop of rage and reproach 🙄

    The Internet is a toxic substance for the gullible and those who failed science.  The same people that fail to understand that there are, in fact, limits to free speech, and that it protects from government impingement, not social consequences!

  25. 25.

    TBone

    @Rachel Bakes: I had “sticky blood” with my first infection.  Nurse couldn’t get blood out of any vein and stuck me five times in different locations before success was finally achieved.  Of course, I don’t know why they wanted blood – testing wasn’t even available yet at that time…

    Covid can affect any part of your body (I still have Covid toes too).

  26. 26.

    Ramalama

    @TBone: Like you, I can’t even with a name like Plandemic.

    But I’m reminded of a very compelling story I listened to on This American Life about a woman who tried to reason with her brother about COVID. Pretty devastating. I was not going out of my way to know stories about COVID when I listened to it, probably under a shutdown, but I did and “enjoyed” it? Was glad I listened? Was better for having listened to it? Not really hitting it. But I recommend it to everyone. The original is called Family Dig. And made into a mini-series called We Were Three.

  27. 27.

    WereBear

    @TBone: Yes, we just checked our supply. We go out midweek to avoid the weekend visitors.

    And no reason not to wear it in the supermarket. I’ve been slacking off but picked up my game lately.

  28. 28.

    brantl

    I think there should be a law stopping adults from giving kids raw milk. If they want to drink it themselves, go to it, lemming off that cliff, but don’t take the kids with you, you morons. Of course, the kids might grow up to be morons, too.

  31. 31.

    Baud

    @brantl:

    There’s child endangerment laws, but I’m not really in favor of micromanaging parenting.  That’s what the fascists want to do in banning trans care.

  32. 32.

    WereBear

    Heads up on fat-soluble thiamine, which has shown promise in chronic fatigue and long virus syndromes. I’ve been taking befothiamine for a year. Metabolic derangement leads to the damage, and abundant thiamine is an important supply to do that.

    Hit the pork! Highest content.

  33. 33.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Ramalama: ​ This American Life is “Must listen” radio. The first episode I heard was a spot on narcissistic liars and I was blown away by how they captured the beating heart of my ex.

    @WereBear: How can anybody look at that and say, “We’re doing it right!” More likely they’ll just say, “It’s all a lie! Get off that bed you lazy layabout! It’s just a cold!”

  36. 36.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Baud: Oh ye of little faith, give the god botherers enough time and they will find a bible passage they can interpret as banning it.

  39. 39.

    Matt McIrvin

    @TBone: The correct answer is usually “fear of the virus is what YOUR tribe does; fear of the vaccine is what MY tribe does”. Those emotional allegiances can outweigh a lot.

  40. 40.

    Ramalama

    @OzarkHillbilly: Yeah! TAL was on the ipod playing through my tin-tin car speakers when I drove from Boston to Montreal (and back) on my weekly drives with rideshare peeps, many of whom were foreigners. Bos-MTL had no good travel options other than 2 regular drivers, me and a guy who made the same trip but opposite. Europeans in particular learned a shite ton about ‘Merica from that podcast. (Note: I drove more Europeans)

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