Trump

[morepork]

Peak fuckhead.

[Sandydragon]

Peak fuckhead.

Wow. Just wow.

[Digby]

He's not wrong, numbers are continuing to rise

[Digby]

Basically this entire thing is evidence 1001 why I would never live in America

And yet you live in a dictatorship, and that's not even a joke anymore, it's a full on dictatorship with jail sentences for speaking the truth and everything

[Stom]

Basically this entire thing is evidence 1001 why I would never live in America

And yet you live in a dictatorship, and that's not even a joke anymore, it's a full on dictatorship with jail sentences for speaking the truth and everything

Yep.

But I’m already here and they don’t have guns. We’re looking to change the system here first, if we can’t, we’ve already thought of our exit plans.

[Digby]

Basically this entire thing is evidence 1001 why I would never live in America

And yet you live in a dictatorship, and that's not even a joke anymore, it's a full on dictatorship with jail sentences for speaking the truth and everything

Yep.

But I’m already here and they don’t have guns. We’re looking to change the system here first, if we can’t, we’ve already thought of our exit plans.

I'm pleased you've got a route out, I was just thinking if I had a choice about which to live in tomorrow I'd be picking the US without question

[Stom]

And yet you live in a dictatorship, and that's not even a joke anymore, it's a full on dictatorship with jail sentences for speaking the truth and everything

Yep.

But I’m already here and they don’t have guns. We’re looking to change the system here first, if we can’t, we’ve already thought of our exit plans.

I'm pleased you've got a route out, I was just thinking if I had a choice about which to live in tomorrow I'd be picking the US without question

We’ve already established that, despite a similar taste in booze, we’re rather different people...

[Mikey Brown]

Haha. This is a gripping back and forth here.

Does this mean I have gone mad?

[morepork]

You are all cretins.

[Digby]

You are all cretins.

We probably all played rugby, and I doubt many of us can remember many clever individuals in the game

[morepork]

Oopsies.



18 tones out, 80 tones, from the same destination in
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytime ... s.amp.html

A masterclass in management

[Digby]

If it's not just a photo op they might both be sending stuff the other lot want/need

[morepork]

I think no matter the perspective this is viewed from, things could have be done more efficiently than they in fact were. Send masks to China, claim “no problem”, blame China for the shortfall in masks, then import masks from China. David Brent masterclass.

[morepork]

Basically this entire thing is evidence 1001 why I would never live in America

you will be thrilled to learn that gun shops have been recategorised as "essential businesses" following some fierce lobbying. Perfect storm.

[Digby]

I think no matter the perspective this is viewed from, things could have be done more efficiently than they in fact were. Send masks to China, claim “no problem”, blame China for the shortfall in masks, then import masks from China. David Brent masterclass.

If they're just sending the same things back and forth it's not only a pointless photo op it's actually a dangerous misuse of time, but it might be more specific and useful

But at least you know you'll be able to shoot the virus, so there's that

[Sandydragon]

Basically this entire thing is evidence 1001 why I would never live in America

you will be thrilled to learn that gun shops have been recategorised as "essential businesses" following some fierce lobbying. Perfect storm.

The media here is picking up on 'isolation murders', which is the new big thing. There have been a handful so far of murders and murder suicides which have been (allegedly) caused by or exacerbated by the current quarantine rules.

I wonder how many gun nuts will use quarantine measures in the US as an excuse to go on a killing spree? Putting people with mental health issues into a stressful situation and allowing them to buy firearms and ammunition in bulk is an interesting policy.

[Digby]

Seoul is 38m above sea level, though among those who know best they say almost the entire country resides in Seoul.

[Mikey Brown]

So had Biden just given up pretending he even gives a shit, or is he doing something that I just missed?

[Sandydragon]

So had Biden just given up pretending he even gives a shit, or is he doing something that I just missed?

Apparently he is giving basement addresses which aren't being taken up by the media. However, his polling is still doing well despite the focus on Trump during this emergency so he may decide doing fuck all is preferable to actually appearing in public.

[Sandydragon]

Seoul is 38m above sea level, though among those who know best they say almost the entire country resides in Seoul.

Started drinking early?

[Digby]

Seoul is 38m above sea level, though among those who know best they say almost the entire country resides in Seoul.

Started drinking early?

"I know South Korea better than anybody,"

"It's a very tight - do you know how many people are in Seoul? Do you know how big the city of Seoul is? 38 million people. That's bigger than anything we have."

You'll have to guess who actually vomited out the above word salad, names will not be released to protect the stable genius. Somehow it feeds into an answer about how the US is handling Covid-19 when compared to South Korea and the US is doing well cause they've got large areas with nobody in it, say much of Wyoming, and the nobody in those big areas don't have the disease so go USA!

The bit about elevation is that's the figure for their altitude on the Wiki page for Seoul, and it's possible the man who knows more about South Korea than anyone else has confused 38m with 38 million and accidentally not noticed his utterly nonsensical claims about how many people might live in Seoul if he just employed a tiny bit of common sense and had pause for thought before naming Seoul as the most populated city on earth. Tokyo would be close to the figure of 38 million for its population, and that's going to depend on where one draws the outer markers of a city.

And no, sadly I haven't started drinking early, I'm cutting the grass. I'm also looking up when the next collection for garden waste is and wondering if I can get away without going to the dump

[Sandydragon]

Seoul is 38m above sea level, though among those who know best they say almost the entire country resides in Seoul.

Started drinking early?

"I know South Korea better than anybody,"

"It's a very tight - do you know how many people are in Seoul? Do you know how big the city of Seoul is? 38 million people. That's bigger than anything we have."

You'll have to guess who actually vomited out the above word salad, names will not be released to protect the stable genius. Somehow it feeds into an answer about how the US is handling Covid-19 when compared to South Korea and the US is doing well cause they've got large areas with nobody in it, say much of Wyoming, and the nobody in those big areas don't have the disease so go USA!

The bit about elevation is that's the figure for their altitude on the Wiki page for Seoul, and it's possible the man who knows more about South Korea than anyone else has confused 38m with 38 million and accidentally not noticed his utterly nonsensical claims about how many people might live in Seoul if he just employed a tiny bit of common sense and had pause for thought before naming Seoul as the most populated city on earth. Tokyo would be close to the figure of 38 million for its population, and that's going to depend on where one draws the outer markers of a city.

And no, sadly I haven't started drinking early, I'm cutting the grass. I'm also looking up when the next collection for garden waste is and wondering if I can get away without going to the dump

I see. I had missed the latest musings from the Orange Genius and Greatest Presidente of all Time.

[Digby]

I see. I had missed the latest musings from the Orange Genius and Greatest Presidente of all Time.

it isn't easy keeping up with his musings, there's so much to learn from the man

[Sandydragon]

Indeed. The last few years has been a revelation; like some kind of mass experiment. I'm not sure that was ever the intention but psychologists will have enough information to pour over for decades.

[Mikey Brown]

Just listened to an interview with an American nurse talking about the state of things in an Oakland hospital. No idea how representative of others that is, but he spoke to Trump’s systematic dismantling of standards across the board since his term began, allowing him to state that they’re meeting requirements when really they’ve just been lowering the bar. Frontline healthcare workers now using fucking bin bags as makeshift protection in lieu of any proper PPE.

Grim. I really hope this cunt either fucks off or dies soon.

I doubt he’s really the creator of any of these initiatives but he’s been a very useful figurehead to allow it. What a piece of shit he is.