Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

**PNWbrit** · 10-02-2020, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by huckbucket

Another positive. Which one is Bill Stepien? Might be unmasked guy in the second row between the two masked dudes.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/1...ovid-19-425722

I think he's the guy with mask and blue tie in second row?

**splat** · 10-02-2020, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by old goat

If Trump is sick but alive and wins the election Pence is acting President until Trump recovers. If he dies Pence becomes President and the Senate has to confirm a new VP. If Trump dies before the election I believe it's too late in all 50 states to substitute a name on the ballot. If he were to win posthumously I would expect the states he carried to unbind their electors (29 states bind their electors to the winner of the popular vote in that state) and the Republican electors would vote for a consensus candidate. I'm thinking Kanye. Or maybe the first scenario would apply--Pence moves up to Pres and nominates a Veep. It would depend on how the RNC feels about President Pence.

Pence's veep? I'm thinking Pat Robertson would be a perfect fit.

Wonder what Putin thinks of all this....

**Benny Profane** · 10-02-2020, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by Mazderati

Is Hicks the seed or is that known?

Hicks and seed in the same sentence is fun.

**Benny Profane** · 10-02-2020, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by Rideski

I passed a restaurant patio on my way home from the food market, and like 100 people sitting there talking loudly no masks. Creeps me right out.

It's really gonna creep you out in a few months when you walk by and they're all inside shouting at each other.

**Benny Profane** · 10-02-2020, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by splat

Wonder what Putin thinks of all this....

You know, I'll bet he's had his face in his palm many a time this summer, much like the rest of us.

**PNWbrit** · 10-02-2020, 11:38 PM

Pretty good analysis by the NYT about scenarios.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/u...gtype=Homepage

KQ · 10-02-2020, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by huckbucket

Another positive. Which one is Bill Stepien? Might be unmasked guy in the second row between the two masked dudes.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/1...ovid-19-425722

This is him - doesn't look like he's there to me.

KQ · 10-02-2020, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by ötzi

headline: KQanon: A Recipe ForDisaster?

Round about the cauldron go;
In the poison'd entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one
Swelter'd venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

**evdog** · 10-03-2020, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by old goat

Best case scenario. Trump has permanent brain damage and turns into an empathetic, hard-working, brilliant, tolerant, just, and universally loved president.

LOL. Sort of like the movie Regarding Henry. That would be sweet irony. He wins the election but falls into a coma. After coming out of it he is triumphantly sworn in in January soon after which we all realize he's no longer a narcissistic tyrant but has instead turned into a bleeding heart liberal. And his base is stuck with him for 4 more years.

There was a mtn biker here who had the opposite happen. Cool guy, trailbuilder. He got run over by a car riding his bike and flatlined a couple times. They were able to resuscitate him but he came back an asshole.

Originally Posted by KQ

*wonders if there was an uptick in mask sales today*

Knowing Trump's base, there was probably just another uptick in gun and ammo sales

**twat** · 10-03-2020, 12:57 AM

What a great propaganda stunt. ALL EYES ON ME!

**Rideski** · 10-03-2020, 02:52 AM

**LongShortLong** · 10-03-2020, 02:56 AM

Originally Posted by rideit

A Confederacy Of Dunces.

One Trump flu victim dubbed them Caravan of Fools

**LongShortLong** · 10-03-2020, 03:04 AM

Originally Posted by ml242

lot of masks in that photo. michigan supreme court just struck down the rules there. good job gop.

A valid strike in my book. No reason it requires emergency powers months later. Plenty of time to pass legislation or affirm the governor's action.
/drift

**riser4** · 10-03-2020, 05:50 AM

Originally Posted by KQ

Okay... had this been discussed?

QAnon followers elated at Trump Covid news

Followers of QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that posits the president is leading a secret war against a deep-state cabal of Satanic pedophiles, reacted to news of Trump’s Covid-19 infection with near-universal celebration.

On QAnon forums and Facebook groups, people traded conspiracy theories about Trump’s diagnosis, believing it to be part of an elaborate plan to isolate the leader while violent retribution is taken against believed evil-doers, a time known within the conspiracy theory as “the storm.”

QAnon believers also hold that the coronavirus, which has killed over 200,000 Americans, is a “hoax,” engineered to hurt the president. They have rallied around ineffective treatments like hydroxychloroquine and have refused to wear masks or get a vaccine when one becomes available.

Notable QAnon influencers spent early Friday attempting to "decode" the president's tweet announcing he had the disease and trying to deduce clues from the statement's use of capital letters. The official "Q" account, which followers believe to be a secret government insider giving them hints about the president's plan, has not posted since the president's announcement.

QAnon was among the top trending searches on Google Friday morning.

Originally Posted by riser3

OMFG. Some folks need to stop huffing glue for breakfast.

Originally Posted by Benny Profane

Dude, that was three years before Billy Joel's first album, and that scourge was released on the airwaves. It was a pure and innocent time.

Sorry, I was responding to the Q crap.

**Benny Profane** · 10-03-2020, 06:08 AM

Hugging? What the fuck is wrong with these people?

https://twitter.com/Fah_Lo_Me/status...622909440?s=20

**Benny Profane** · 10-03-2020, 06:25 AM

About that magic bullet vaccine.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54371559

**bigdude2468** · 10-03-2020, 06:35 AM

So now it appears that maybe just maybe Hydroxychloroquine may be of some benefit. I try to pay attention, follow the science etc etc but after nine months you would think that we would have a definitive thumbs up thumbs down on a treatment.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maybe-too...210456294.html

**ötzi** · 10-03-2020, 07:07 AM

Where was Stephen Miller?

**Mofro261** · 10-03-2020, 07:11 AM

Lounging under a rock?

**ill-advised strategy** · 10-03-2020, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by AK47bp

Okay, let’s not give the Qanon any more publicity please.

Should we discuss the upcoming mermaid rebellion and subsequent unicorn genocide next?

I’ve been in the KQ-anon ever since she started posting here.

**Casey E** · 10-03-2020, 07:53 AM

This thing is catching on in Canuckland too, super spreading yahoos unite! Freedum!

“#YahooNation defies Doug Ford's restrictions; holds what could be Canada's largest anti-lockdown protest yet”

https://youtu.be/hJWlrEZncmM

**Benny Profane** · 10-03-2020, 08:36 AM

Madrid having its issues, too.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54383548

**MagnificentUnicorn** · 10-03-2020, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by bigdude2468

So now it appears that maybe just maybe Hydroxychloroquine may be of some benefit. I try to pay attention, follow the science etc etc but after nine months you would think that we would have a definitive thumbs up thumbs down on a treatment.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maybe-too...210456294.html

I didn’t realize yahoo was still a thing.

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**I Skied Bandini Mountain** · 10-03-2020, 08:44 AM

I love how the story of 2020 started in February/March as some dystopian sci-fi we've all seen a million times, and is now a classic Shakespearean tale of the danger of hubris.