Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[Bobcat Sig]

Kinda my point we're fucked either way....seems a shitty decision to have to make no matter which side.

I think the term you're searching for is, "shit sandwich" and we all get to take a bite.

[Meathelmet]

Montenegro seems like it could be cool.

Supercool, actually.

Sadly, you will have (almost) as much Russian interference there as you have in the Us.

[Casey E]

I know the flu shot isn't a big deal but I'm waiting for the air to clear so I don't feel so run down/beat down. Been a lot of stress lately. Don't want to tax my system anymore than it already is at the moment.

We got our flu shots 3 days before lockdown in March, and it was very freaky. Lining up in a dark parking lot pre-dawn with other at-risk folks for a wartime process of vaccination all while nobody had any handle on this COVID thing. Then there was no subsequent flu season...

[KQ]

We got our flu shots 3 days before lockdown in March, and it was very freaky. Lining up in a dark parking lot pre-dawn with other at-risk folks for a wartime process of vaccination all while nobody had any handle on this COVID thing. Then there was no subsequent flu season...

Will you get another now? I tend to wait until end of Sept, beginning of Oct so I'm covered further into flu season. I read something once about getting it early isn't necessarily good.

[KQ]

Twisted Sister Tells Anti-Maskers Don’t Use Our Song For ‘Moronic Cause’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider took to social media to condemn anti-maskers who went into a Florida Target store blaring the group’s hit “We’re Not Gonna Take It” while ripping off their masks.

In a tweet Wednesday, Snider called the stunt “moronic,” and shared a video that was recorded by an upset customer inside the Target at Coral Ridge Mall in Fort Lauderdale. The video had more than 30 million views.

Snider said the group doesn’t have his “permission or blessing to use my song for their moronic cause.”

The stunt drew quick action from Broward County officials. Target was fined for not enforcing the county’s mask law and citations were mailed to the protesters, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.

Fort Lauderdale resident Chris Nelson told the newspaper that his group, ReOpen South Florida, organized the “flash mob.” He also posted a YouTube video of it from their vantage point on Tuesday.

“In celebration of Burn Your Mask Day we decided to spread some freedom dust over the shoppers and employees of Target!” the YouTube caption said.

The small group of anti-maskers approached customers inside the store.

“We’re Americans, breathe,” a woman yelled. “It’s all a lie!”

Another woman screamed that a customer should take the mask off. “You don’t need it,” she said.

If a guest complied, the group cheered.

Federal health officials have said masks could effectively halt the spread of COVID-19 and have begged the public to embrace them. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told a committee of U.S. senators on Wednesday that a simple face covering could be more effective than a vaccine in protecting people from the virus.

Nelson has been involved with previous protests related to the coronavirus pandemic. He staged a protest against beach closures on the Fourth of July. He shouted about restrictions being intrusions on citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights during a Broward County news conference. Police asked him to leave, saying he was causing a disturbance. He initially resisted but complied after an officer ordered him to place his hands behind his back.

Three people were identified on video and the county mailed them $100 citations for failing to wear facial coverings in public spaces to help curb the spread of COVID-19, Broward County spokeswoman Margaret Stapleton told the newspaper.

“Any additional participants from the video that are able to be identified will also receive $100 citations in the mail,” she said.

Interim Assistant Police Chief Frank Sousa said the group was gone when officers arrived. But he told the newspaper the protesters had entered the store with their masks on.

Danielle Schumann, a Target corporate spokeswoman, said Target requires shoppers to wear masks inside stores. The protesters were asked to leave “after they removed their masks and became disruptive and rude to other shoppers,” she said.

Nelson told the Sun Sentinel he will continue to use the Twisted Sister song, despite Snider’s criticism.

“It’s sad,” Nelson said. “It’s a great anthem about freedom and overcoming oppression.”

[rideit]

I volunteered for vaccine trials for Covid-19, which apparently were made by a Russian pharmaceutical company.

I received my first shot on Monday and wanted to let everyone know that it’s completely safe with иo side effects whatsoeveя and that I feelshκι χoρoshό я чувствую себя немного странно и я думаю, что вытащил ослиные уши.

[Skidog]

I volunteered for vaccine trials for Covid-19, which apparently were made by a Russian pharmaceutical company.

I received my first shot on Monday and wanted to let everyone know that it’s completely safe with иo side effects whatsoeveя and that I feelshκι χoρoshό я чувствую себя немного странно и я думаю, что вытащил ослиные уши.

Привет товарищ

[riser4]

Dafuq???? https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/f...tas/index.html

[Bunion 2020]

It is time for a "If Trump wins, where are you moving?" thread?

No no, has to be a, "If Biden wins, where are you moving?" as well.

[Bobcat Sig]

I volunteered for vaccine trials for Covid-19, which apparently were made by a Russian pharmaceutical company.

I received my first shot on Monday and wanted to let everyone know that it’s completely safe with иo side effects whatsoeveя and that I feelshκι χoρoshό я чувствую себя немного странно и я думаю, что вытащил ослиные уши.

Lulzed, loudly. Thanks for that.

Dafuq???? https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/f...tas/index.html

Given how stringent Oz was on the lockdown, it's no wodner people want to get away, even it only means for a few hours. And you still return to Oz. Not what I do but I get it...

[Norseman]

I volunteered for vaccine trials for Covid-19, which apparently were made by a Russian pharmaceutical company.

I received my first shot on Monday and wanted to let everyone know that it’s completely safe with иo side effects whatsoeveя and that I feelshκι χoρoshό я чувствую себя немного странно и я думаю, что вытащил ослиные уши.

Ha

[simple]

No no, has to be a, "If Biden wins, where are you moving?" as well.

Somewhere not socialist I hope because that seems to be their #1 or #2 fear. Even though they have no idea what it means.

[JaytaeMoney]

I volunteered for vaccine trials for Covid-19, which apparently were made by a Russian pharmaceutical company.

I received my first shot on Monday and wanted to let everyone know that it’s completely safe with иo side effects whatsoeveя and that I feelshκι χoρoshό я чувствую себя немного странно и я думаю, что вытащил ослиные уши.

I was about to give you props for a very funny post but unfortunately I copied the Russian text into google hoping to translate and now I realize you just ripped this off from Twitter.

Therefore no kudos for you, comrade.

[simple]

Political but real insight into coronavirus task force

https://youtu.be/f0j6adNroo4

[Unkajunebug]

I lol'ed too...But strangely enough after reading that i am now following rideit on Twitter.

[Skidog]

https://www.fox13now.com/news/corona...covid-19-cases

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[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

The Covid 19 commission report is going to be mind blowing. I hope we're all around in a few years to read it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/h...609e0dcb9eb2c0

[rideit]

I lol'ed too...But strangely enough after reading that i am now following rideit on Twitter.

Which is funny, because I have only made one post on Twitter in like, 2010

I am definitely not clever enough to have come up with that!

[babybear]

I had seen that joke elsewhere too but it’s funny and I had forgotten about it until then so I say kudo points back to rideit!


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[KQ]

Who had deadly mosquito-borne illness on the 2020 bingo card?

Michiganders urged to stay indoors as officials race to stop the spread of a dangerous mosquito-borne disease

[PB]

Political but real insight into coronavirus task force

https://youtu.be/f0j6adNroo4

The grifter/con man never, ever respects the marks.

[Casey E]

Will you get another now? I tend to wait until end of Sept, beginning of Oct so I'm covered further into flu season. I read something once about getting it early isn't necessarily good.

Should have said AI am in the Southern Hemisphere. And I will get it again, next March. Point is, with masks and all, I heard of nobody who got the flu. Usually in winter, Santiago hospitals are overwhelmed with flu-related respiratory problems ( incl. many small children). Not so at all this year, and I heard of no COVID- normal flu complications.

[KQ]

Should have said AI am in the Southern Hemisphere. And I will get it again, next March. Point is, with masks and all, I heard of nobody who got the flu. Usually in winter, Santiago hospitals are overwhelmed with flu-related respiratory problems ( incl. many small children). Not so at all this year, and I heard of no COVID- normal flu complications.

Oops, sorry. Didn't notice your location. Makes sense now.

I've wonder about masks keeping the flu down too. I for one will be happy that people are wearing masks. Years past when we've had bad flu seasons I would have like to have worn one but didn't because I didn't want to seem like a nutter over "just the flu" but this year I'll fit right in. LOL!!!

[old goat]

Who had deadly mosquito-borne illness on the 2020 bingo card?

Michiganders urged to stay indoors as officials race to stop the spread of a dangerous mosquito-borne disease

Fortunately we don't have to deal with EEE out here. Just Western Equine Encephalitis.

Somewhere not socialist I hope because that seems to be their #1 or #2 fear. Even though they have no idea what it means.

Since we aren't getting off politics I'll throw this in. Interesting interview I read. Trump's saying outrageous offensive things is what the subject of the interview calls costly signaling. Like having a gang tattoo or your girlfriend's name tattoo--it signals your commitment to the the base or the gang or the gf by making you unacceptable to others. The Democratic equivalent would be Bernie calling himself a socialist when his policies are nothing of the sort. He is deliberately signaling his unacceptability to moderates and his commitment to his base. That would explain why Warren did not generate as much enthusiasm despite very similar policies--she did not try to deliberately make herself unacceptable to the moderate right.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto...20200916%20(1)

[KQ]

Fortunately we don't have to deal with EEE out here. Just Western Equine Encephalitis.

We vaccinate for both here - E/W Encephalitis but it rarely rears its ugly head in these parts.