And, of course, the one they have all settled on: This is Obama's fault for disbanding the CDC back in [mumble-mumble] and Trump has courageously restored funding!
In fact, his restored funding is so robust that it must be paid for with a tax cut!
(Seriously, though--I think the vast majority of Americans are looking at Trump's response to coronavirus being a tax cut and they're just bewildered. What the fuck does payroll tax have to do with the virus? How does shoveling low-interest loans to the shale-oil industry help my Aunt May stay alive? Even conservative True Believers who honestly think that tax cuts have magical powers are looking at this and feeling scammed.)
And don’t forget the hated urban areas will most likely be hot spots for contagion before rural areas are threatened. Add COVID-19 to the feces covered, rat-infested streets of San Francisco and you’ll have the rubes munching popcorn while they refresh their rightwing Facebook feeds to watch the death toll climb.
Trump's still shaking hands with random assholes at airports and rallies. Not long before that incessant sniffing becomes sneezing, hacking and fever. Were he literate, he would know that Prospero dies when he confronts the Red Masked stranger.
Eh. Maybe this gross and complete failure of leadership will tank Trump 2020 (and the Trump Dynasty). But if this a plague from god that smites those who deserve to be smote, I may have to discover religion.
I just keep laughing that there is this disease that is causing people to get ill and die but Americans are all worried about their fucking money and the economy. Well, I hope Americans get to keep their money and a great economy while they get sick and die. That'll be nice. I suppose. "Gurgle Gurgle, I'm dying of pneumonia, but at least my 401K is safe!"
Since the death rate for coronavirus gets exponentially higher the older the victim, I'm sure any payroll tax cut discussion would have an option to tie the number of over-65 year-olds who die directly to the size of the tax cut. In other words, if 20% of Social Security recipients die, you get a 20% payroll tax cut! Damn old folks aren't productive members of society anyway.
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised with this administration if some Mnuchin type or even Trump himself didn't raise the exquisite possibility that the coronavirus might be a great way to cut entitlements without actually getting blamed for it. Instead of paying the elderly benefits, let them become contaminated and just die off. Think of the virus as a useful supply of ice floes in a time of global warming.
I see the marketing department has taken a page from South Dakota’s “Meth: We’re On It” and “Don’t Jerk And Drive.”
Lest you think “no state would do anything that ridiculous and humiliating,” I invite you to do a web search. Behold the fruit of Crony Capitalism and decades of Republican rule.
Like the virus, various BS spin messages actually find a fertile hosts. Think "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf" Liz Taylor. I know people who believe it is all about getting rid of Trump, even as GOP leaders go into quarantine. It may take having someone they know die of Covid-19 to convince them otherwise.
Would anyone had heard anything about conspiracy hypotheses in China? They might be well-disposed to blaming Trump, and in a restricted information environment that sort of thing generally grows very well.
…and since Trump constantly demenas them, it touches on their 'face'. (Thank-you, I'll be here all week unless I sicken and die.)
And, of course, the one they have all settled on: This is Obama's fault for disbanding the CDC back in [mumble-mumble] and Trump has courageously restored funding!
In fact, his restored funding is so robust that it must be paid for with a tax cut!
(Seriously, though--I think the vast majority of Americans are looking at Trump's response to coronavirus being a tax cut and they're just bewildered. What the fuck does payroll tax have to do with the virus? How does shoveling low-interest loans to the shale-oil industry help my Aunt May stay alive? Even conservative True Believers who honestly think that tax cuts have magical powers are looking at this and feeling scammed.)
And don’t forget the hated urban areas will most likely be hot spots for contagion before rural areas are threatened. Add COVID-19 to the feces covered, rat-infested streets of San Francisco and you’ll have the rubes munching popcorn while they refresh their rightwing Facebook feeds to watch the death toll climb.
"And for God's sake tell Matt Gaetz to take that stupid gas mask off. There's no known cure for Florida Man disease."
Every one of them plausible.
Trump's still shaking hands with random assholes at airports and rallies. Not long before that incessant sniffing becomes sneezing, hacking and fever. Were he literate, he would know that Prospero dies when he confronts the Red Masked stranger.
Eh. Maybe this gross and complete failure of leadership will tank Trump 2020 (and the Trump Dynasty). But if this a plague from god that smites those who deserve to be smote, I may have to discover religion.
I just keep laughing that there is this disease that is causing people to get ill and die but Americans are all worried about their fucking money and the economy. Well, I hope Americans get to keep their money and a great economy while they get sick and die. That'll be nice. I suppose. "Gurgle Gurgle, I'm dying of pneumonia, but at least my 401K is safe!"
Since the death rate for coronavirus gets exponentially higher the older the victim, I'm sure any payroll tax cut discussion would have an option to tie the number of over-65 year-olds who die directly to the size of the tax cut. In other words, if 20% of Social Security recipients die, you get a 20% payroll tax cut! Damn old folks aren't productive members of society anyway.
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised with this administration if some Mnuchin type or even Trump himself didn't raise the exquisite possibility that the coronavirus might be a great way to cut entitlements without actually getting blamed for it. Instead of paying the elderly benefits, let them become contaminated and just die off. Think of the virus as a useful supply of ice floes in a time of global warming.
I see the marketing department has taken a page from South Dakota’s “Meth: We’re On It” and “Don’t Jerk And Drive.”
Lest you think “no state would do anything that ridiculous and humiliating,” I invite you to do a web search. Behold the fruit of Crony Capitalism and decades of Republican rule.
in lieu of an organized response, the administration has issued an illustration of a simple precaution one can take to remain completely germ-free:
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Like the virus, various BS spin messages actually find a fertile hosts. Think "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf" Liz Taylor. I know people who believe it is all about getting rid of Trump, even as GOP leaders go into quarantine. It may take having someone they know die of Covid-19 to convince them otherwise.
Would anyone had heard anything about conspiracy hypotheses in China? They might be well-disposed to blaming Trump, and in a restricted information environment that sort of thing generally grows very well.
…and since Trump constantly demenas them, it touches on their 'face'. (Thank-you, I'll be here all week unless I sicken and die.)