Week of Feb. 22

[starbuck]

Feb 23, 2021 16:47:57 GMT -6 jaygee said:

starbuck that case is localish to me so I’ve heard a lot of in depth coverage on it. He was also a veteran though his family says his mental health issues were not related to his military service. It’s just an extra layer of sadness.

ugh everything about that story is just so tragic, and it really didn't need to be.

[jkjacq]

SERIOUSLY there does not need to be constant coverage on Tiger and his compound fractures he gave himself by crashing his car at a high rate of speed!

Lots and lots of important stuff happened today maybe cover some of that.

[richard]

I opened that PM from ProBoards and the first thing I saw was the Ban Hammer image and I thought I was banned. Lol.

I was very Jimmy McNulty:

[jkjacq]

Feb 23, 2021 17:24:02 GMT -6 richard said:

I opened that PM from ProBoards and the first thing I saw was the Ban Hammer image and I thought I was banned. Lol.

I was very Jimmy McNulty:

SAME!

[jkjacq]

I'm pretty sure we're watching the beginning of a bromance between Biden & Trudeau.

[richard]

Feb 23, 2021 14:13:45 GMT -6 lemondrop said:

Feb 23, 2021 12:17:28 GMT -6 starbuck said:

I agree we have some really serious challenges WRT messaging. 

It's just the constant centering on herself that drives me up the wall. She could make her point without being like "even me, rich white girl TV star!!" it's annoying.

She also said that Fauci needed to be fired yesterday because he wouldn't make recommendations on if she could spend time with her family once vaccinated and then called the rollout a disaster. As if her party, who was in charge for 11 out of the last 12 months, aren't wholly fucking responsible for the rollout and ignoring that the work that the Biden administration has done over the last month is exponentially better and they're trying to reverse a lot of the valid mistrust and concerns. 

Verbatim "So I'm over Dr. Fauci. I think we need to have more people giving more opinions and honestly quite frankly, I think the Biden administration should remove him and put someone in place that does understand science or can talk like these other countries about how we can be more like these other places that are doing this successfully."

Someone that does understand science. Fauci. Who is a fucking scientist. 

I feel like the boat has sailed on being a country that does it successfully. Not saying there's not room for improvement and doing as much as we can within the confines of the experience that is the US. But it has become so politicized/conspiracy-laden that we are never going to be a South Korea, Singapore, Australia, etc. And we don't have the really strong health cooperatives that Israel has for vaccine dispersal.

Those are systemic issues that aren't on Dr. Fauci. Or Dr. Fat-Cheese as my children call him.

[orangebird2020]

I agree on the loathing of MM and attacking Dr. Fauci is just a call for attention.

On the messaging issue, my health system sent out in a newsletter that getting vaccinated shouldn't change how you are living and still continue to mask, wash hands, social distance. They also included a sentence about not planning any travel this year.

I immediately worried that it would turn people away from getting vaccinated. Too easy for someone to say nothing will change.

I think we are all looking for someone to say when we can expect change, but no one can give that with so many unknowns especially with the variants.

I go between feeling it will get better soon and wanting to know exactly when daily.

[richard]

I also will always remember what a guy I TA'ed for said about the French Revolution: "people react the worst when you raise their expectations and then don't meet them."

So that's the flipside of giving people a better idea of timelines. If you can't actually execute, they can lose their minds worse than if you annoy them continuously by being vague.

[byjove]

Feb 23, 2021 17:04:36 GMT -6 jkjacq said:

SERIOUSLY there does not need to be constant coverage on Tiger and his compound fractures he gave himself by crashing his car at a high rate of speed!

Lots and lots of important stuff happened today maybe cover some of that.

[greykitty]

Five members of the ERCOT board of directors have resigned

link

Also Gamestop CFO resigns, no reason provided

link

[dc2london]

The DC family guinea pigs are very relaxed and feel we all should be too

[starbuck]

Holy moly this article about people dealing with Qidiots.

www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Life-amid-the-ruins-of-QAnon-I-wanted-my-family-15972209.php

Tyler, whoever you are, sending you love sir.

[iruntodrink]

Feb 23, 2021 17:41:38 GMT -6 richard said:

I also will always remember what a guy I TA'ed for said about the French Revolution: "people react the worst when you raise their expectations and then don't meet them."

So that's the flipside of giving people a better idea of timelines. If you can't actually execute, they can lose their minds worse than if you annoy them continuously by being vague.

it's like I always say, keep those expectations nice and low.

But not Q45 low.

[jaygee]

Ugh. These fucking people. Also happening in southern CA.

[dc2london]

[blurnette989]

@philomenacunk it's sadly not shocking, despite how awful it all is.

[trueblue]

7:33 am EST update: CNN is still 100% Tiger and it is still breaking news.

Narrator: in fact, it had not been breaking news for many, many hours.

[starbuck]

A look at how the "Trump made me do it" defense is playing out in court for insurrectionists: www.politico.com/news/2021/02/23/capitol-rioters-judge-proud-boys-trump-471199

[greykitty]

I think a lot of the Tiger fascination is that he'd made a remarkable comeback with the 2019 Masters, and he is a historic figure in golf, known to millions beyond real golf fans. I just know that people generally play 9 or 18 holes when they golf, and even I know who Tiger Woods is.

And looking at that SUV, it's almost unbelievable that he survived. Apparently that road is known for many accidents.

[dc2london]

This is a cool story

Perspective | A Commerce nominee’s formerly enslaved ancestors ran a taxi service where the department is now headquartered
By Courtland Milloy

www.washingtonpost.com/local/commerce-don-graves-family-history/2021/02/23/c4c47218-75e8-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html

[elle]

😆

[starbuck]

I am profoundly disappointed by this

The Biden administration is relying on a Trump-era policy to turn away migrants at border

[willow]

fatpony I saw there were more comments on that post today re: AA senators and clicked on it. Then I laughed because the woman who commented on it is one of my closest coworkers and she is super liberal. I'll have to ask her if she read the other dingbat's comments when I "see" her on zoom today.

[Wtfshouldmynamebe]

Feb 24, 2021 6:35:19 GMT -6 trueblue said:

7:33 am EST update: CNN is still 100% Tiger and it is still breaking news.

Narrator: in fact, it had not been breaking news for many, many hours.

The Fox news website is Tiger, a giraffe heart, and UFOs

[overboard]

Feb 24, 2021 7:31:02 GMT -6 starbuck said:

I am profoundly disappointed by this

The Biden administration is relying on a Trump-era policy to turn away migrants at border

This links back to this thread for me. Where did you see this? I’d like to read it.

[notblanche]

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[clucky]

Feb 24, 2021 5:28:44 GMT -6 dc2london said:

I didn’t know who it was, but I saw this briefly and thought I was seeing things. Giggling at Romney, unsure if it was simply informative or a different kinds of heads up.

[dc2london]

Feb 24, 2021 8:25:12 GMT -6 clucky said:

Feb 24, 2021 5:28:44 GMT -6 dc2london said:

I didn’t know who it was, but I saw this briefly and thought I was seeing things. Giggling at Romney, unsure if it was simply informative or a different kinds of heads up.

I think he was just being playful. She was wearing a sweater that said "dangerous creature" and was, indeed, breaking the internet

[starbuck]

Feb 24, 2021 8:17:42 GMT -6 overboard said:

Feb 24, 2021 7:31:02 GMT -6 starbuck said:

I am profoundly disappointed by this

The Biden administration is relying on a Trump-era policy to turn away migrants at border

This links back to this thread for me. Where did you see this? I’d like to read it.

lol how did I manage that. here's the link, I'll update OP as well

www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/politics/immigration-biden-us-mexico-border/index.html

[dc2london]

Both committees voting to advance Neera's nomination have postponed their business meetings scheduled for today

Meanwhile.