Ohio Barbarian

I was fortunate. The only thing that ever caught on fire on my destroyer was the huge coffee percolator in the enlisted mess, and that only happened because the Chief Petty Officers wouldn’t allow it to ever be cleaned so they could get that extra strong Navy flavor, and the shit started burning one night.

I was in charge of the first fire team…[Read more]

That may be a first.

To reopen or not reopen the schools has become a partisan political issue. The Democrats say keep them closed, but they refuse to address UBI or the appalling lack of daycare in this country. The Republicans, or Trump anyway, say reopen the schools and UBI is unthinkable.

No one with real power, to my knowledge, is calling…[Read more]

In Cuyahoga County the large majority of people I’ve seen out and about are wearing either masks or shields. We were going to take a road trip this week and I could have reported on the rural areas, but we decided not to.

Not out of fear of a virus we’ve had and don’t fear contracting again, but because it’s impossible to make plans to just go…[Read more]

@yanath

Covid-19 seldoms kills anyone without one of those things, and they are NEVER mentioned. Why is that?

@incognito I’m an essential worker, you see. I get to meet the public five days a week. It’s my job, and I can’t quit and keep a roof over my family’s head, so I do it, even though my pay has been cut by 5% through April because corruption.

Fortunately, I seem to have already had the thing and my T-cells appear to be functioning–I’ve been fine…[Read more]

The regular armed forces just aren’t going to fire on their own. The National Guard is more likely to, but less likely than the cops.

To tell you the truth, I’m scared. If 25% of New Yorkers haven’t paid their rent since March, then the number in the Cleveland area must be similar. If they start evicting all those people over the next couple of…[Read more]

Influenza often does that as well. Just saying that effect is nothing unusual when it comes to infectious respiratory diseases. Covid’s not unique or especially deadly in that sense.

That said, it’s nothing to deny. I had it, had the cough and shortness of breath and fatigue. Even those relatively mild symptoms aren’t fun. I don’t recommend catching it.

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@djean111 That’s out in Big Bend Country, west of the Pecos where Judge Roy Bean was the only law. That’s out in the middle of nowhere.

On the bright side, you won’t run into any DWS types out there. I guarantee it. They’re…let’s just say independent-minded out there.

You’re acting like Covid-19 is smallpox or the bubonic plague, and it just ain’t. Not that many Republicans are going to DIE, as you exaggerate, and probably hope for.

Not having Medicare for All kills a LOT more people than Covid 19 ever will. Am I supposed to be all scared for my life and Vote Blue No Matter Who? If that’s not what you meant,…[Read more]

Because it’s just not that deadly. It’s not smallpox or the plague or scarlet fever or cholera or polio. This looks like fearmongering to me. Sometimes, I think someone is running an experiment on Americans just to see how far they can push us.

Chances are fewer than a million Americans total will die of this before a vaccine is developed or herd immunity is, admittedly brutally, achieved. I don’t think you know what you are talking about. I’m done here.

Which was to give foolish progressives, like AOC in this case and all those who fixate on the personalities of the Squad or Bernie or whoever, the illusion of influence while unconditionally endorsing Joe Biden’s version of Vichy Dem Fascism. It did exactly that.

Any progressive who participated in that farce should change their avatars to white flags.

@fasttense

The same guy who repeated the lie about yellowcake uranium. OTOH, Powell is retired Army. Professional military people don’t always have a high opinion of spooks, especially CIA spooks. That goes all the way back to the CIA’s predecessor, the OSS, which Army people referred to as “Oh So Social,” since so many of the OSS folks were Ivy Leaguers…[Read more]

@thouartthat Dore asked Brana if he was worried the cops would prevent the protesters from going anywhere near the political elite’s houses. Brana replied that that would be illegal. Dore asked since when do the cops care about doing illegal things? Brana said he didn’t anticipate any problems.

Oops. It seems he miscalculated. They should have…[Read more]

My address was “minimal flood risk.” 6% chance for the next 30 years. That’s about as good odds as I could ever get.

@djean111 Just curious. But hey! To use a Texanism, you’re dirt rich.