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Just an FYI - a curve spiking coronafest is going on in Springfield, IL on July 25 (Original Post) ehrnst Jul 2020 OP
It's July. n/t brewens Jul 2020 #1
Corrected, thanks. (nt) ehrnst Jul 2020 #2
If more than 500 people show up, I will be very, very surprised. MineralMan Jul 2020 #3
Okay... Newest Reality Jul 2020 #4
Do you remember when Michelle Obama mercuryblues Jul 2020 #7
Did you read the news article? ehrnst Jul 2020 #9
I'll bet the vast majority of teachers don't like the idea of teaching their unmasked PA Democrat Jul 2020 #11
The same Michael Rebresh in this 2010 NYT article? dalton99a Jul 2020 #14
So home school them Renew Deal Jul 2020 #15
... Nevilledog Jul 2020 #5
Jackass convention. Alacritous Crier Jul 2020 #6
It's like a cattle call of death. Ugh. nt crickets Jul 2020 #8
Hope we get to see a pic of how many show up. blueinredohio Jul 2020 #10
A rally call for the stupid. Koolaid overflowing. nt leftyladyfrommo Jul 2020 #12
This looks like a Russian troll operation. Renew Deal Jul 2020 #13
What makes you think that this isn't homegrown? ehrnst Jul 2020 #16
Not everything is Russians. cwydro Jul 2020 #18
That's true Renew Deal Jul 2020 #20
Lol, very good point. cwydro Jul 2020 #22
Illinois is Alabama south of I-80 Nature Man Jul 2020 #19
I'm in IL south of I 80...not all areas are Alabama, yes someone are and the further so you go Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #21
Second To Say, Wrong ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #26
When they thin the herd they include all ages, don't they? tavernier Jul 2020 #17
Just great. bamagal62 Jul 2020 #23
As Of The 17th, Positivity Was 3.1. ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #27
I hate Illinois Covidians lpbk2713 Jul 2020 #24
"Drink. Drink, my children..." superpatriotman Jul 2020 #25

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
4. Okay...
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 11:39 AM
Jul 2020

That smells funny and reeks of something AstroTurf or foreign influences.

Most parents will go out of their way to protect their children and keep them out of harm's way. Not all, but most. In fact, parents have tended to be overly cautious and overprotective.

Now, that invitation does not sound right at all. People may be gullible and believe that, but parental instincts run very strong.

I call shenanigans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Manipulation. Who wants us all sick and dead again?

mercuryblues

(14,491 posts)
7. Do you remember when Michelle Obama
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 11:50 AM
Jul 2020

started her healthy lunch program? Republikkkans proudly loaded their kids lunchboxes up with junk food. I put nothing past them concerning their kids health.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
9. Did you read the news article?
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 12:04 PM
Jul 2020

Doesn't sound like foreign influence:

One of organizers of the rally, Michael Rebresh, said he wants his three children to be able to go back to school this fall but without having to wear masks.

"Most of us want our kids to go back into to school, because social interaction is an equal part of growing as a kid," Rebresh said. "I don't like the idea of my kids going to school for five to eight hours a day wearing a mask."



https://www.wandtv.com/news/parents-create-millions-unmasked-march-to-oppose-masks-in-school/article_6b180550-c615-11ea-a431-c357b7ae0816.html

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
11. I'll bet the vast majority of teachers don't like the idea of teaching their unmasked
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 12:08 PM
Jul 2020

little germ spreaders for 5 to 8 hours a day.

dalton99a

(81,073 posts)
14. The same Michael Rebresh in this 2010 NYT article?
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 12:18 PM
Jul 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/us/10illinois.html

In Illinois, Democrats Widen the Net
By Monica Davey
March 9, 2010

And so, when the Democrats’ duly elected nominee for lieutenant governor resigned last month amid questions over a domestic battery charge, unpaid child support and steroid use, the state’s Democratic Party announced it would replace him in a new, un-Chicago way.

Anyone can apply. Applications are available on the Internet. Candidate presentations, as early as this month, will be held in public. And while many remain doubtful that, in the end, this exercise will truly amount to a Mr. Smith goes to Springfield, more than 200 people have already stepped forward in just over a week.

Although the nomination is for the state’s Democratic Party ticket this fall, not all who signed up were actually Democrats. One man said he had been a Republican “lately” but would be willing to switch back, while others said they were independent or ambivalent.

Yet Michael S. Rebresh, 35, an applicant who owns Mr. Chauffeur, a car service, said party leaders must give all a serious look.

“Take a guy like me,” Mr. Rebresh said. “I’m a man living on the ground floor. If they don’t consider a regular guy, or girl for that matter, they’re going to get caught on it.”
 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
16. What makes you think that this isn't homegrown?
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 12:20 PM
Jul 2020

The organizer that was interviewed in the news article about the march:

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/us/10illinois.html

In Illinois, Democrats Widen the Net
By Monica Davey
March 9, 2010

And so, when the Democrats’ duly elected nominee for lieutenant governor resigned last month amid questions over a domestic battery charge, unpaid child support and steroid use, the state’s Democratic Party announced it would replace him in a new, un-Chicago way.

Anyone can apply. Applications are available on the Internet. Candidate presentations, as early as this month, will be held in public. And while many remain doubtful that, in the end, this exercise will truly amount to a Mr. Smith goes to Springfield, more than 200 people have already stepped forward in just over a week.

Although the nomination is for the state’s Democratic Party ticket this fall, not all who signed up were actually Democrats. One man said he had been a Republican “lately” but would be willing to switch back, while others said they were independent or ambivalent.

Yet Michael S. Rebresh, 35, an applicant who owns Mr. Chauffeur, a car service, said party leaders must give all a serious look.

“Take a guy like me,” Mr. Rebresh said. “I’m a man living on the ground floor. If they don’t consider a regular guy, or girl for that matter, they’re going to get caught on it.”

Thekaspervote

(32,606 posts)
21. I'm in IL south of I 80...not all areas are Alabama, yes someone are and the further so you go
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 12:32 PM
Jul 2020

But not all.. far from it

tavernier

(12,322 posts)
17. When they thin the herd they include all ages, don't they?
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 12:21 PM
Jul 2020

At least they’re giving notice to the local hospitals.

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
27. As Of The 17th, Positivity Was 3.1.
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 02:06 PM
Jul 2020

It's been under 5 here for weeks!
But, they couldn't fit a million people in Springfield. It's just a city of 115,000.
Besides, it will be under a thousand. Probably much lower.
They could spread it, but not like if were a true mass gathering.

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