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    Quote Originally Posted by Benggaul View Post
    I believe Thekri already chimed in on this a while back, but no chance in hell does it not pass regardless of Trump's posturing.
    But if he does end up veto'ing it (to then be overruled) its going to make it into a Democrat ad come election.
    It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benggaul View Post
    I believe Thekri already chimed in on this a while back, but no chance in hell does it not pass regardless of Trump's posturing.
    Shoot, yeah - he did. Stupid scooping @Thekri - j/k of course. Will be interesting to see how this plays out. The only guarantee is that Trump will lose this round.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gorsameth View Post
    But if he does end up veto'ing it (to then be overruled) its going to make it into a Democrat ad come election.
    The Lincoln Project is already salivating at the prospect.

  3. #47563
    Quote Originally Posted by Breccia View Post
    The $600 unemployment stabilizing funds are due to run out soon. McConnell "No to Everything" is insisting no more will follow.



    For those of you who forgot, the $600 was not a bonus. The $600 was there to cover the gap between what the average American earned, and the unemployment they'd be paid when their employer let them go. Otherwise they could not pay bills. McConnell is phrasing it like a bonus, in the ongoing effort to pave over all these people being fired with "paid a bonus to stay home".

    I postulate that, if we are past the point of people being "paid a bonus to stay home", that means there are plenty of jobs just out there ready to be taken. Which means employers don't need the money, either, and we cut off that payment too.
    More importantly it was also there to pay for their lost insurance and other lost benefits.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Breccia View Post
    . McConnell is phrasing it like a bonus, in the ongoing effort to pave over all these people being fired with "paid a bonus to stay home".

    I postulate that, if we are past the point of people being "paid a bonus to stay home", that means there are plenty of jobs just out there ready to be taken. Which means employers don't need the money, either, and we cut off that payment too.
    because its not like you lose it in EVERY state if you refuse to go back to work or anything.....but he just ignores that part
    Buh Byeeeeeeeeeeee !!

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    The Trump campaign has apparently unveiled a new logo for official campaign T-shirts. Wanna see it? No? Too bad.

    I did nazi this one coming.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaydin View Post
    The Trump campaign has apparently unveiled a new logo for official campaign T-shirts. Wanna see it?

    I did nazi this one coming.
    I mean, the imagery is there, but I'm not going to say it's an outright copyright infringement. In the music business, they like to say it's simply an "inspiration."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Machismo View Post
    I mean, the imagery is there, but I'm not going to say it's an outright copyright infringement. In the music business, they like to say it's simply an "inspiration."
    Not sure I'd say 'inspiration' cuts it. "Wholesale copy" feels more appropriate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaydin View Post
    The Trump campaign has apparently unveiled a new logo for official campaign T-shirts. Wanna see it? No? Too bad.

    I did nazi this one coming.
    I'm still more inclined to say they're aping a version of the USMC logo than the Nazi one...but when when you pair it up with the $88 baseball, the frequent use of double words starting with H, the 14 letters, the continued existence of Stephen Miller and his dead fucking eyes...

    Yeah, they're pandering to a very specific audience. Probably the same folks that thought that the neighbor with the Nazi flag outside his house wasn't a problem and was just fine because he'd smile at people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaydin View Post
    Not sure I'd say 'inspiration' cuts it. "Wholesale copy" feels more appropriate.
    I want someone with photoshop skills to change the font.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    I'm still more inclined to say they're aping a version of the USMC logo than the Nazi one...but when when you pair it up with the $88 baseball, the frequent use of double words starting with H, the 14 letters, the continued existence of Stephen Miller and his dead fucking eyes...

    Yeah, they're pandering to a very specific audience. Probably the same folks that thought that the neighbor with the Nazi flag outside his house wasn't a problem and was just fine because he'd smile at people.
    I also agree, it does look more like the EGA.

    Of course, Trump pandering to Nazis... wouldn't be the first time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Machismo View Post
    I want someone with photoshop skills to change the font.

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    I also agree, it does look more like the EGA.

    Of course, Trump pandering to Nazis... wouldn't be the first time.
    Considering it isn't the first time that the Trump campaign has used Nazi imagery...
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    Anyone seen the newest Lincoln Project ad?
    Shit is brutal.

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    Quit using other posters as levels of crazy. That is not ok


    If you look, you can see the straw man walking a red herring up a slippery slope coming to join this conversation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cubby View Post
    Trump is threatening to veto the Defense Spending Bill because it includes legislation requiring confederate named bases to be changed within three years.

    Fucking idiot.

    That bill, and god do I miss @Skroe for stuff like this, includes authorization to PAY our military. If it doesn't pass, technically it means they won't get paid. They will, but still.... The bill also includes a 3% raise for our soldiers - another popular thing to veto. And Trump wants to kill this because he's a fucking racist shitbag. Are we tired of winning yet?

    To say that this bill has a veto proof majority is beyond obvious. Trump is doing what we all thought he would in the face of [potential] defeat, scortching the earth.
    Thank God he is a moron.

    Anyone with an ounce of intelligence would see it from the surface of Mars, to not to push back against this.
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    And again, let’s presume equity in schools is achievable. Then why should a parent read to a child?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Poopymonster View Post
    Anyone seen the newest Lincoln Project ad?
    Shit is brutal.

    I have a gripe with this. Not because of the ad itself (as a mean to get into Dotard Tang skin) but because it paints modern Russia as a sort of communist continuation of the USSR. It's not. Russia ATM is a fascist capitalistic Oligarchy, and the only thing that carried over from the soviet era (apart from the love of dictator-style governance) is the hatred of the US.

    Actual commies and lefties hate modern russia (and dislike soviey russia). But i think that fact flies over th head of the Americans.
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  13. #47573
    Quote Originally Posted by Benggaul View Post
    Bearing all of this in mind, there's a good chance the US will top 50k new daily cases in the next couple days unless things have peaked before the weekend.
    51k today with new records set in Texas, Arizona (also new death record) and Georgia. Louisiana came close to 2k for the first time since the beginning of April. California, Tennessee, North and South Carolina all continue trending among their highest highs.

    Fuck Florida.

    Conversely, New York had their lowest total deaths since the pandemic began at 14. If it weren't for the Northeast getting its shit together we would definitely still be hitting 1k easily daily. As it stands we were just under 700 today which was a good amount lower than the previous Wednesday. Here's hoping that trend continues even as the South and Midwest continue fucking it up.

    Stay safe, folks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benggaul View Post
    Louisiana came close to 2k for the first time since the beginning of April.
    Oh, for fuck's sake, I'd hoped they'd learned their lesson Mardi Gras.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Breccia View Post
    Oh, for fuck's sake, I'd hoped they'd learned their lesson Mardi Gras.
    Yeah, well, there's been some funny business with their numbers too. Go here and look at their Active Cases chart. Specifically April 23rd to 24th. Not suspicious at all, right?

    At this point I find a lot of the numbers from some of these states suspect. I think things are worse in Louisiana than they're letting on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benggaul View Post
    Go here and look at their Active Cases chart. Specifically April 23rd to 24th. Not suspicious at all, right?
    You're talking about that cliff-like drop, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benggaul View Post
    Yeah, well, there's been some funny business with their numbers too. Go here and look at their Active Cases chart. Specifically April 23rd to 24th. Not suspicious at all, right?

    At this point I find a lot of the numbers from some of these states suspect. I think things are worse in Louisiana than they're letting on.
    Wait...how'd they get -119 new cases on July 19?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    Wait...how'd they get -119 new cases on July 19?
    Maybe they deported them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    Wait...how'd they get -119 new cases on July 19?
    Looks like a day they corrected from before. It's a little high, but that doesn't seem like the problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Breccia View Post
    You're talking about that cliff-like drop, right?
    Yep. Somehow 15k cases just cleared up overnight. I'm thinking they were "corrected" to other illnesses.

    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    Wait...how'd they get -119 new cases on July 19?
    That sometimes happens after a correction. USUALLY it's deaths that see that happen as "probable" deaths due to COVID are ruled out. For it to happen for New Cases, however, is just plain weird. Either you have a tested and confirmed case of COVID or you don't. Unless you're using one of Trump's busted tests, I guess.

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