Politics And Current Events

Postby **Kaiser** » Sat May 16, 2020 6:14 pm

Inslee is running at 74%, with a great deal of help from the hipsters in king county who "overreacted" and sheltered in place before the Gov. could slush out a press conference.

Postby **faftorial** » Sat May 16, 2020 6:25 pm

Can someone explain the fascination so many in D.C. have with Stacey Abrams?

I don't get it either. Does she align with the Bernie/AOC wing?

Postby **Troy Loney** » Sat May 16, 2020 6:34 pm

She does not.

Postby **faftorial** » Sat May 16, 2020 6:36 pm

She does not.

Why would she be considered a potential running mate with her lack of experience?

Postby **Troy Loney** » Sat May 16, 2020 7:21 pm

She’s black and gets favorable media coverage. She’s a party striver.

Postby **obhave** » Sat May 16, 2020 7:21 pm

Okay - I have to laugh at this.

The Boston mayor came out and discussed an antibody study that showed 10% of Boston residents have antibodies. He stated this was a great indicator that our efforts helped with the pandemic - fantastic! Then he followed that up with - we have to stay home longer because we did a great job.

I understand he means that our efforts are working so keep it up, since 1 in 40 people in Boston have it so he wants that number down. It was just a strange way to talk about it. And also, what percentage of positive tests is acceptable to start opening?

We are not starting reopening with the rest of the state on Monday.

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Sat May 16, 2020 7:33 pm

Btw, my intention wasn't to say that they are doing a bad job in MA. I just used their stats to show how much higher NY's numbers are compared to others with a high death count.

Postby **obhave** » Sat May 16, 2020 9:13 pm

Btw, my intention wasn't to say that they are doing a bad job in MA. I just used their stats to show how much higher NY's numbers are compared to others with a high death count.

Didn't take it that way! But since we do have the third highest numbers now (I think?) I thought I'd add to the convo.

Postby **count2infinity** » Sat May 16, 2020 9:39 pm

Obhave clearly caused all of this pLandemic. Clearly.

Postby **Shyster** » Sat May 16, 2020 9:47 pm

Can someone explain the fascination so many in D.C. have with Stacey Abrams?

Black. Woman.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sat May 16, 2020 9:53 pm

Can someone explain the fascination so many in D.C. have with Stacey Abrams?
Black. Woman.

If Biden selects her as his running mate, the Democrats are awarded 3 seats in the next midterm. If he doesn't complete his term and she becomes president, that increases to 5 seats as well as a compensatory 2024 seat.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat May 16, 2020 9:55 pm

There's got to be more there than that?

Postby **faftorial** » Sat May 16, 2020 10:29 pm

Can someone explain the fascination so many in D.C. have with Stacey Abrams?
Black. Woman.

That's a given. Outside of that is my question.

Postby **Shyster** » Sat May 16, 2020 10:42 pm

That's a given. Outside of that is my question.

Errr. I got nothing. Her highest elected office was Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives. She then ran for governor and lost. That's the sum of her experience from what I can see.

Postby **faftorial** » Sat May 16, 2020 11:20 pm

I have WGAL out of Harrisburg on for the late news and they just refuted the rumor that if you have the virus and wear a mask you will be giving yourself the virus.

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Sat May 16, 2020 11:50 pm

Well, that makes...what?

Postby **Kaiser** » Sun May 17, 2020 12:17 am

If Biden selects her as his running mate, the Democrats are awarded 3 seats in the next midterm. If he doesn't complete his term and she becomes president, that increases to 5 seats as well as a compensatory 2024 seat.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Sun May 17, 2020 9:29 am

Got my trump bux yesterday #maga

Postby **faftorial** » Sun May 17, 2020 1:49 pm

Eric Trump weighed in on the pandemic:

Eric Trump claimed Saturday that the coronavirus will “magically” vanish after the November election and allow the country to fully reopen — an assertion that has no basis in science and is contradicted by health experts worldwide.

In an interview with Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro, Trump suggested the president’s critics were using the pandemic to undermine his father’s rallies, calling it a “cognizant strategy” that would cease once it was no longer politically expedient.

“They think they are taking away Donald Trump’s greatest tool, which is being able to go into an arena and fill it with 50,000 people every single time,” the younger Trump said. “You watch, they’ll milk it every single day between now and November 3. And guess what, after November 3, coronavirus will magically, all of a sudden, go away and disappear and everybody will be able to reopen.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2 ... 3I3QJPFXMM

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sun May 17, 2020 1:57 pm

To be fair he didn't say the disease itself would go away but that the focus on it would disappear.

Still dumb.

By the way still cracks me up the way that so many people use the word science as if a has some kind of magical property.

Postby **blackjack68** » Sun May 17, 2020 2:11 pm

There’s a reason SNL portrays him as having a child’s intellect.

Postby **count2infinity** » Sun May 17, 2020 2:53 pm

Depending on your point of view, science can be magical.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun May 17, 2020 3:11 pm

LMAO local Beaver County institution custard stand reminds people on FB that you will be required to wear a mask even though you stand outside to order. Yokels respond in outrage.

Postby **count2infinity** » Sun May 17, 2020 3:27 pm

To be fair, how are they expected to eat ice cream with a mask on???

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun May 17, 2020 3:37 pm

You’re allowed to remove once you are no longer in the ordering and food receipt area.