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kpete
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August 6, 2021
Today, I was pretty much called a satanic, nazi with cooties for posting this.
I have been laughing all morning.
kpete
No Mask On Your Face - You Big Disgrace
Today, I was pretty much called a satanic, nazi with cooties for posting this.
I have been laughing all morning.
kpete
August 6, 2021
GOV Northam: VA will require state workers to show proof they are fully vaccinated-or-weekly test
Gov. Ralph Northam has announced that Virginia will require its state workers to show proof that they are fully vaccinated or be tested for COVID-19 every week.
The policy will impact approximately 122,000 employees and will go into effect on September 1.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1423614840313110529?s=20
Republican Ralph Norman, suing Speaker Pelosi over the House's mask mandate, has contracted a breakthrough case of COVID-19.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1423607286925172736?s=20
August 5, 2021
CBO Score Just Dropped
Here’s the crux:
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that over the 2021-2031 period, enacting Senate Amendment 2137 to H.R. 3684 would decrease direct spending by $110 billion, increase revenues by $50 billion, and increase discretionary spending by $415 billion. On net, the legislation would add $256 billion to projected deficits over that period.
Full report here.
https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2021-08/hr3684_infrastructure.pdf
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/finish-line-on-bipartisan-bill-comes-into-sight-with-reconciliation-struggle-still-to-come?entry=1383667
August 5, 2021
https://time.com/6087577/michael-fanone-january-6-interview/
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1423281214845161475?s=20
TIME COVER-FANONE to GOP: You guys don't have a problem when we're kicking shit out of black people
Mike Fanone to GOP members of Congress: “You guys don’t seem to have a problem when we’re kicking the shit out of Black people. But when we’re kicking the shit out of white people, uh-oh, that’s an issue.”
In meetings with GOP members of Congress, Fanone asked how they could claim to “back the blue” while selling him out. They brought up Black Lives Matter and how they’d had the cops’ backs. “You guys don’t seem to have a problem when we’re kicking the sh-t out of Black people,” Fanone recalls saying. “But when we’re kicking the sh-t out of white people, uh-oh, that’s an issue.” He found himself explaining why attempting to overthrow a CVS was slightly different than attempting to overthrow the government. Why the peaceful transfer of power was a bigger deal than a few anarchists in Portland, Ore.
https://time.com/6087577/michael-fanone-january-6-interview/
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1423281214845161475?s=20
August 5, 2021
Here’s the story of the Bustles, Jessica and Josh. Josh is a realtor. Jessica is a “homemaker”, likes to post on Facebook, believes their child was “harmed” by vaccines and is anti-vax. She thinks that people who receive blood donations should be notified if they’re getting it from a vaccinated person, and likened vaccine id cards to yellow stars in Nazi Germany. She’s also pregnant. On January 6, they went to the Capitol and walked around. They were near Ashli Babbitt, who Jessica characterized as an “unarmed peaceful woman,” when she was shot for trying to enter the Speaker’s Lobby through a broken window created by a crowd of insurrectionists intent on violent overthrow of the lawfully elected government. The Bustle’s Capitol tour did not involve violence or property damage. They were sentenced yesterday:
Unfortunately for my immortal soul and gastric reflux, the Bustles’ sentence, and some of the other mild sentences that are being given to the first to plead, makes me think that this country’s lust for incarceration is failing us at precisely the moment when it should be indulged. The maximum sentence for the Bustles’ crimes was six months in prison and fines of $5K each. Why the fuck not? She could serve it in on weekends or something since she’s pregnant — I’m not a monster. I also think that more of these yahoos should be in pre-trial detainment due to their their obvious contempt for the law and clear desire to offend again if the opportunity arises. In general, I just want to see these people suffer in a way that’s commensurate with the crime they committed, even if they’re idiot ignoramuses led around by the nose by Trump.
Am I the only one who thinks that rebellions need to be crushed without an undue amount of mercy?
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2021/08/05/thats-about-white/
Am I the only one who thinks that rebellions need to be crushed without an undue amount of mercy?
They’re middle-class & white-just like the 82 yr-old white-Reagan-appointed judge who sentanced themHere’s the story of the Bustles, Jessica and Josh. Josh is a realtor. Jessica is a “homemaker”, likes to post on Facebook, believes their child was “harmed” by vaccines and is anti-vax. She thinks that people who receive blood donations should be notified if they’re getting it from a vaccinated person, and likened vaccine id cards to yellow stars in Nazi Germany. She’s also pregnant. On January 6, they went to the Capitol and walked around. They were near Ashli Babbitt, who Jessica characterized as an “unarmed peaceful woman,” when she was shot for trying to enter the Speaker’s Lobby through a broken window created by a crowd of insurrectionists intent on violent overthrow of the lawfully elected government. The Bustle’s Capitol tour did not involve violence or property damage. They were sentenced yesterday:
Both were sentenced to two years of probation and 40 hours of community service. Both were also sentenced to home confinement: 30 days for him and 60 days for her, based in part on comments she made supporting the rioters afterward.
“I seriously considered putting you in jail,” U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Hogan said.
Prosecutors said the couple has already suffered “personal and reputational consequences” as a result of their participation. Joshua Bustle said he was no longer able to sell real estate, for example, and the couple plans to move “to start a new life.” He said their participation in the Capitol siege strained relations with family members.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/virginia-couple-sentenced-probation-capitol-riot-charge-n1275948
“I seriously considered putting you in jail,” U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Hogan said.
Prosecutors said the couple has already suffered “personal and reputational consequences” as a result of their participation. Joshua Bustle said he was no longer able to sell real estate, for example, and the couple plans to move “to start a new life.” He said their participation in the Capitol siege strained relations with family members.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/virginia-couple-sentenced-probation-capitol-riot-charge-n1275948
Unfortunately for my immortal soul and gastric reflux, the Bustles’ sentence, and some of the other mild sentences that are being given to the first to plead, makes me think that this country’s lust for incarceration is failing us at precisely the moment when it should be indulged. The maximum sentence for the Bustles’ crimes was six months in prison and fines of $5K each. Why the fuck not? She could serve it in on weekends or something since she’s pregnant — I’m not a monster. I also think that more of these yahoos should be in pre-trial detainment due to their their obvious contempt for the law and clear desire to offend again if the opportunity arises. In general, I just want to see these people suffer in a way that’s commensurate with the crime they committed, even if they’re idiot ignoramuses led around by the nose by Trump.
Am I the only one who thinks that rebellions need to be crushed without an undue amount of mercy?
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2021/08/05/thats-about-white/
August 5, 2021
If you only care about sexual assault when it's committed by a member of opposing political party...
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August 5, 2021
COVID Anti-Vaxxers Aren’t a MAGA Death Cult — It’s Worse Than That
Deathbed regrets from vaccine resisters speak volumes about the brokenness of conservatism
Tim Wise
..........
To them, COVID was a virus of the big city and those who live there, of old people, or persons with multiple pre-existing conditions (of which they didn’t believe their cholesterol-lined arteries and COPD qualified as examples).
It was only killing the weak.
And they were strong — cowboy strong, to be precise, or at least Sturgis motorcycle ridin’ strong.
High on a delusional mix of rugged individualism, toxic masculine bravado, pseudoscientific faith in vitamin supplements, and a belief that God would pull them through, they were convinced they were safe.
Only others were at risk — the less good people.
The ones who don’t do CrossFit, or go to a megachurch, or better still, a CrossFit in a megachurch.
...........
If you refuse a vaccine when you have no valid health reason to do so (as almost no one does), thereby keeping the virus alive longer by increasing the risk of mutations, you are saying that other people’s lives don’t matter to you.
........
The whole thing is very good:
https://timjwise.medium.com/covid-anti-vaxxers-arent-a-maga-death-cult-it-s-worse-than-that-16d74186e46b
They never wanted to die, they just didn't care if other people did.
COVID Anti-Vaxxers Aren’t a MAGA Death Cult — It’s Worse Than That
Deathbed regrets from vaccine resisters speak volumes about the brokenness of conservatism
Tim Wise
..........
To them, COVID was a virus of the big city and those who live there, of old people, or persons with multiple pre-existing conditions (of which they didn’t believe their cholesterol-lined arteries and COPD qualified as examples).
It was only killing the weak.
And they were strong — cowboy strong, to be precise, or at least Sturgis motorcycle ridin’ strong.
High on a delusional mix of rugged individualism, toxic masculine bravado, pseudoscientific faith in vitamin supplements, and a belief that God would pull them through, they were convinced they were safe.
Only others were at risk — the less good people.
The ones who don’t do CrossFit, or go to a megachurch, or better still, a CrossFit in a megachurch.
...........
If you refuse a vaccine when you have no valid health reason to do so (as almost no one does), thereby keeping the virus alive longer by increasing the risk of mutations, you are saying that other people’s lives don’t matter to you.
........
The whole thing is very good:
https://timjwise.medium.com/covid-anti-vaxxers-arent-a-maga-death-cult-it-s-worse-than-that-16d74186e46b
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