USA Politics

[71 dB]

Positive news:
Gay people are trolling the Proud Boys on social media by posting gayish pictures and using the hashtag #ProudBoys.

Negative news:
Leak: Exxon plans HUGE pollution increase.
EPA: You can dump hazardous chemicals on tribal lands in Oklahoma now.

[Todd]

I thought he was for the guys that are packing the Supreme Court with far right radicals that are all hot to take us back to the Lochner era (at least).

I am surprised that you do not know what packing the court means.

It's not that. He is just parroting what he has learned from corporate media. Have you noticed Todd never explains anything? Whether he is lazy or he just can't, which is not surprising if he takes things (that make him feel good) for granted without thinking them through himself.

Maybe I learned it from YouTube.

[milk]

Super weird videos of tump struggling to breathe and triumphantly taking off, and then angrily futzing with, his mask. Looks like a nut-job. After nearly 4 years of this, there's still room for America's Stupidest Presidential Videos.

Trump appears to struggle to breathe in video of his return to the White House after COVID-19 treatment in the hospital
https://www.businessinsider.com/video-trump-appears-struggle-breathe-white-house-2020-10

The Weirdest 90 Seconds in Presidential History
https://thebulwark.com/the-weirdest-90-seconds-in-presidential-history/?fbclid=IwAR2KHIMRQ77-sLLzm6pyJaG__KOCNn2YH9pf7fSg685NIpTBTHjAMcGKsIk

[drogulus]

I believe Biden is backing off of even public option, because his donors are nervous it will reveal how popular public healthcare will be when most people choose public option.

     Most Biden donors probably support a public option or have no objection to such a plan.

     Why employers are flirting with the public option

Big employers still don't embrace the Medicare for All approach championed by Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and others on the Democratic left. But they are no longer monolithically opposed to an in-between step where they don't have to fight with the health industry and workers get an affordable alternative.

The change is driven by business frustration that insurers haven't been able to curb costs and instead allowed hospitals and doctors to profit at employers' expense. Relieved of the financial and administrative burden of providing worker health care, employers could offer other perks to attract talent in a tight job market.

     This article mentioning a tight job market is from February.

     Some companies might choose to be tight-lipped about getting out of the health care business for political reasons.

Democrats also haven't elaborated on the ways a public option might affect the hefty break employers get for covering their workers.

     A public option can be used to give the break to workers instead. That's a net win all around.

[drogulus]

     The steroid Trump is getting is used for severe cases, not mild ones. It can reduce the death rate by as much as a third for people on ventilators, and about 20% for people who are receiving oxygen support. Because the steroid suppresses the immune system, it should not be used in less severe cases. Further, it should be pointed out that the drug cocktail that Trump is taking to boost his immune system response is counteracted by the steroid he's taking. His immune system is being boosted and suppressed at the same time.

     

[Herman]

As long as he's having fun...

Chances are he'll be back at Walter Reid soon.

[drogulus]

As long as he's having fun...

     The steroid makes him feel better, and that typically lasts a few days.

     The worlds greatest osteopath says Trump reports no symptoms, which is not the same as statements like "he has no symptoms" or even "he reports having no symptoms".

[Spotted Horses]

He looks visibly altered to me.

[JBS]

This afternoon Trump announced that there would be no further negotiations on the Covid19 stimulus package now stuck in Congress until after he "wins the election" but meantime called on the Senate to confirm ACB before the election.

https://news.yahoo.com/stock-market-news-live-october-6-2020-222434352.html

[Karl Henning]

This afternoon Trump announced that there would be no further negotiations on the Covid19 stimulus package now stuck in Congress until after he "wins the election" but meantime called on the Senate to confirm ACB before the election.

https://news.yahoo.com/stock-market-news-live-october-6-2020-222434352.html

The Superspreader Court.

[BasilValentine]

     The steroid Trump is getting is used for severe cases, not mild ones. It can reduce the death rate by as much as a third for people on ventilators, and about 20% for people who are receiving oxygen support. Because the steroid suppresses the immune system, it should not be used in less severe cases. Further, it should be pointed out that the drug cocktail that Trump is taking to boost his immune system response is counteracted by the steroid he's taking. His immune system is being boosted and suppressed at the same time.

If Trump has no experience with cortical steroids, he'd better be ready for the crash when he goes off of them. Typically one — well, I did in any case — feels invulnerable and full of energy in the beginning, at least until the borderline insanity, inability to concentrate, and sleep disturbance starts, but when one goes off them one tends to feel decrepit, achy, and depressed.

[Karl Henning]

If Trump has no experience with cortical steroids, he'd better be ready for the crash when he goes off of them. Typically one — well, I did in any case — feels invulnerable and full of energy in the beginning, at least until the borderline insanity, inability to concentrate, and sleep disturbance starts, but when one goes off them one tends to feel decrepit, achy, and depressed.

Apparently he's still in the "I'm Superman!" phase.  Which (to anyone else) is obviously illusory

[drogulus]

     Stephen Miller tested positive. The virus is not picky.

[milk]

Apparently he's still in the "I'm Superman!" phase.  Which (to anyone else) is obviously illusory

I'd like someone with a real feel for horror and black comedy to direct the movie. In a way, this reminds me of Lumet's Network, which a very specific tone. The tump story has so much of everything it'll take a real vision to depict it for all this things it is. There's also a real science fiction element to the twitter-reality TV President and this pandemic politics.
It's not even over yet.

[Daverz]

     Stephen Miller tested positive. The virus is not picky.

That poor virus... 

[drogulus]

     A poll has Biden at 51% among White voters.

     

That poor virus... 

     Somewhere there's a cage that needs an occupant.

     

     

     

     

     

[arpeggio]

Michael Beschloss, the historian, has an interesting theory to explain Trump's behavior (This is a theory that I know many will disagree with).

Trump knows he is going to lose.  So he is employing actions that will make his opponents suffer.  If I can not be President I will burn down the house.

[71 dB]

He looks visibly altered to me.

Yes, less orange.

[Herman]

Trump knows he is going to lose.  So he is employing actions that will make his opponents suffer.  If I can not be President I will burn down the house.

Well, he was never going to win the elections, from when the economy tanked. So he was figuring out a way to win in spite of losing. But that's getting harder, too.

So he's reverting to some narcissist drama, going full John Wayne. Trump is going to be the last cowboy fighting the Indjuns, dying behind a cactus. In this case, the White House.

Again, interesting no one finds it worth their while to mention how (and where) Melania is. It's like she's been disposed of, worthless since the "fuck xmas" stuff was published.

[Herman]

I can't believe there is still talk of debates, while Trump is living his hunkered down maniac dictator last days.

A helicopter lifting him out of DC and off to a (n)jet bringing him to Russia would be more fitting, where Putin will fit him with some concrete shoes, now that he's outlived his usefulness.

To think that only a week ago he was accusing Biden of being on drugs.