I'm late with this really off topic thing BUT I can't do demonstrations and standing around for hours outside, so I missed our local Hands Off Protest.
We get the newspaper after our nephew reads it. I was thrilled yesterday to see that Nancy Pelosi spoke at ours.
The news reporter on the video I saw on line had the gall to say dozens of people showed up at the courthouse
It was obvious from the video that it was more like a couple hundred out there on that miserable cold rainy Sat morning. Scranton has a high poverty rate and is heavily weighted to senior citizens. I was thrilled with the number of people that were there, and now feel a little less guilty.
There are 2 large public housing complexes on the south side of town, where public transportation is a bit...lacking. We just installed EV charging stations at each and have 2 electric vehicles that folks with valid ID can rent for a few hours or a day once they take a little training class on how to charge them and stuff. That way folks can get to appointments and the like outside of the public transport hours.
I assume soon we'll see a bunch of "where's MY EV?" from people who don't understand much (plus, you don't apparently have to be a resident to rent it).
I'm beginning to think that car ownership is becoming obsolete. In the future, no one will own cars except for a few mechanical enthusiasts. When you need a car, one will self drive to you and pick you up. The rental market for e-bikes is showing the way. I think the housing complex is just a little ahead of its time.
The city was helped out by a national foundation that sets up the chargers and buys the cars. It's such a smart idea since you know--even if the bus went to the grocery store, if you have a family and need a bunch of things it's hard to carry all that. Or specific appointments where someone can't walk well.
The obvious answer to the "Where's my EV?" crowd is, "You have to go to the local Tesla store to get it. Remember when Trump had that Tesla thing at the white house? That was when Musk got Trump to buy everyone a Tesla. Some of the staff may try to tell you they don't have one for you. Don't let them get away with lying to you like that."
AMONGST other things, last night I had to dress a dead body. It happens sometimes, the family wants the body presentable before others see her. But this person had chosen a tight, white outfit, long pants and long sleeves, to be buried in. Please, if you want to wear something specific after you have passed, please pick something loose fitting and short sleeved!
I'm sorry, my friend. Thank you for the information--for what it's worth, you probably just saved someone else that hassle. I would never have thought about it.
Yeah, the outbreak started among Mennonites who have never vaxxed. But it spread to low-income people also in the area, whose rates of vaccination have plummeted as public health funding for vaccination programs has been slashed.
Poor people can't afford healthcare unless it's free to them, and it usually is not. They can't take time off work paid to take their kids to appointments, so they tend to skip a lot of them. They don't have a car that always works. They don't have relatives or someone else they can rely on, and authorize to take their kids to appointments.
It's inconvenient and costly for those of us who aren't poor, and do speak English, and are citizens.
It's damn near impossible for those of us who are living in poverty or have other barriers. Especially in backward-ass rural areas where doing anything requires a 30 mile drive one-way.
So it isn't just crazy antivaxxers. There really aren't very many of them; they're just loud on the internet.
Here vaccines are free and our rates are still low enough that we have some cases as well. It’s because of the structural barriers of poverty you’re describing. And they try hard to break those down. So if it’s that hard here, a place like Texas…
I've been saying since putting RFK Jr in, they are actively trying to kill us
Too many people to try to control, it's easier to do with fear. Basically just don't do anything, actively destroy knowledge about disease, and offer no funding for natural disasters. Covid was an inspiration to these fucks
I'll say it again: when I was a kid we got our shots at school. They had it all figured out which year's classes were due which shots, and one class at a time we were marched down to the nurse's office.
Same here. They lined us up and had the air-gun thingy. In my rural elementary school, there would be maybe one kid, maybe none, whose parents had gotten yhem exempted. They were treated like weirdos. In the early 1970s, conformity and exclusion favored vaccination.
This sums up my trade deficit with the hardware store and the grocery store.
Uncommonly, I run a huge trade surplus with Target, but only if I include Services. Most years I bill them several times more money than we spend there. This was true even when our kids were young so we went through a lot of paper goods.
It seems like only last week I was celebrating Crom-mas with my barbarian kin as we roasted huge joints of beef for the feasting and rolling other joints to whet our appetites for the feasting.
Now it is time for Crom-ster! Of course we have to decorate our hard boiled eggs just like everyone else. But first we have to sneak into our neighbors chicken coops to steal the eggs and that can be very dangerous since the neighbors have guns and security cameras. Ever since the cost of eggs has sky-rocketed urban farmers have become really aggressive!
Still, Crom is only pleased with strength and courage so wish me luck as I sneak around my neighborhood this week. I'll need that luck since Crom don't give a shit whether I succeed or not. Happy Crom-ster everyone!
In case you were wondering --- The Giant Orange Fucktater has a soul. Not just any soul but a biggly one. How do I know he has the biggly greatest of the great souls? Because he told me that's why. Why don't I believe him?
Yeah, sure. In his prime, peak of health. Working tirelessly to destroy all that is good and wholesome. "I've never seen anyone with that kind of energy needed to destroy democracy and this republic. AND find time for golf."
"I have some good news and some bad news. First, the President is in great physical health!"
"What's the bad news?"
"That is the bad news. Y'all're gonna be stuck with him for a few more years. The good news is I caught the stock market pump'n'dump in time to make a killing!"
He's the very picture of what it looks like to eat hamberder's, burnt steak, fries, and chocolate cake with TWO (2) scoops of ice cream every single day.
Amy Adams? I’m in!
I'm late with this really off topic thing BUT I can't do demonstrations and standing around for hours outside, so I missed our local Hands Off Protest.
We get the newspaper after our nephew reads it. I was thrilled yesterday to see that Nancy Pelosi spoke at ours.
The news reporter on the video I saw on line had the gall to say dozens of people showed up at the courthouse
It was obvious from the video that it was more like a couple hundred out there on that miserable cold rainy Sat morning. Scranton has a high poverty rate and is heavily weighted to senior citizens. I was thrilled with the number of people that were there, and now feel a little less guilty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAqxjm1vmzw Michelle Kash - Personal Jesus [Official Music Video]
Everyone talking music, even saw some references to my beloved Jefferson Airplane.
Doctor: I'll need a urine sample, a stool sample, and a blood sample.
Trump: What did he say?
Assistant: He said show him your underwear.
Trump loves the poor and the poorly educated. So much so that he's doing his best to get more and more poeple into one or preferably both categories.
By that logic, we can only conclude that he's also also pretty fond of the deceased...
Good news?
There are 2 large public housing complexes on the south side of town, where public transportation is a bit...lacking. We just installed EV charging stations at each and have 2 electric vehicles that folks with valid ID can rent for a few hours or a day once they take a little training class on how to charge them and stuff. That way folks can get to appointments and the like outside of the public transport hours.
I assume soon we'll see a bunch of "where's MY EV?" from people who don't understand much (plus, you don't apparently have to be a resident to rent it).
I'm beginning to think that car ownership is becoming obsolete. In the future, no one will own cars except for a few mechanical enthusiasts. When you need a car, one will self drive to you and pick you up. The rental market for e-bikes is showing the way. I think the housing complex is just a little ahead of its time.
The city was helped out by a national foundation that sets up the chargers and buys the cars. It's such a smart idea since you know--even if the bus went to the grocery store, if you have a family and need a bunch of things it's hard to carry all that. Or specific appointments where someone can't walk well.
IDK Best of luck with this project. You may need it
The obvious answer to the "Where's my EV?" crowd is, "You have to go to the local Tesla store to get it. Remember when Trump had that Tesla thing at the white house? That was when Musk got Trump to buy everyone a Tesla. Some of the staff may try to tell you they don't have one for you. Don't let them get away with lying to you like that."
AMONGST other things, last night I had to dress a dead body. It happens sometimes, the family wants the body presentable before others see her. But this person had chosen a tight, white outfit, long pants and long sleeves, to be buried in. Please, if you want to wear something specific after you have passed, please pick something loose fitting and short sleeved!
taking my friend to ER now
friend admitted
I'm sorry, my friend. Thank you for the information--for what it's worth, you probably just saved someone else that hassle. I would never have thought about it.
A river runs through his mind.
Peter Navarro denies tensions with Elon Musk after Musk calls him a ‘moron’
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/peter-navarro-denies-tensions-elon-musk-musk-calls-moron-rcna201038
Butcher baby, they're gonna put you away.
https://youtu.be/CkLrlKveqZs
Watched the latest Daredevil series last night. The allegory was as obvious as it was depressing.
I had been wondering about this, re. the Texas measles outbreak:
https://apnews.com/article/measles-texas-vaccines-funding-cuts-5785985d6b74024b0502f6a2fc1576e2
Yeah, the outbreak started among Mennonites who have never vaxxed. But it spread to low-income people also in the area, whose rates of vaccination have plummeted as public health funding for vaccination programs has been slashed.
Poor people can't afford healthcare unless it's free to them, and it usually is not. They can't take time off work paid to take their kids to appointments, so they tend to skip a lot of them. They don't have a car that always works. They don't have relatives or someone else they can rely on, and authorize to take their kids to appointments.
It's inconvenient and costly for those of us who aren't poor, and do speak English, and are citizens.
It's damn near impossible for those of us who are living in poverty or have other barriers. Especially in backward-ass rural areas where doing anything requires a 30 mile drive one-way.
So it isn't just crazy antivaxxers. There really aren't very many of them; they're just loud on the internet.
As usual, the other victims are poor people.
Here vaccines are free and our rates are still low enough that we have some cases as well. It’s because of the structural barriers of poverty you’re describing. And they try hard to break those down. So if it’s that hard here, a place like Texas…
They had some doctor on MSNBC who had measles and went into work the next day b/c "That's what real doctors do."
So he exposed people to measles at a hospital. And that's apparently his right. :(
What state had that weirdo "practicing" medicine in a hospital??
I think it was Texas. Shocking, I know.
Well, you can't heal people if they're not sick...
I've been saying since putting RFK Jr in, they are actively trying to kill us
Too many people to try to control, it's easier to do with fear. Basically just don't do anything, actively destroy knowledge about disease, and offer no funding for natural disasters. Covid was an inspiration to these fucks
Real "shock doctrine" approach.
I'll say it again: when I was a kid we got our shots at school. They had it all figured out which year's classes were due which shots, and one class at a time we were marched down to the nurse's office.
Yep. I remember that. I hated crying in front of people and I would cry every time, LOL!
Same here. They lined us up and had the air-gun thingy. In my rural elementary school, there would be maybe one kid, maybe none, whose parents had gotten yhem exempted. They were treated like weirdos. In the early 1970s, conformity and exclusion favored vaccination.
Poor kids. Not their fault their parents were chucklefucks.
Trump is doing his level best to create more of them
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This sums up my trade deficit with the hardware store and the grocery store.
Uncommonly, I run a huge trade surplus with Target, but only if I include Services. Most years I bill them several times more money than we spend there. This was true even when our kids were young so we went through a lot of paper goods.
How time flies when the world is on fire.
It seems like only last week I was celebrating Crom-mas with my barbarian kin as we roasted huge joints of beef for the feasting and rolling other joints to whet our appetites for the feasting.
Now it is time for Crom-ster! Of course we have to decorate our hard boiled eggs just like everyone else. But first we have to sneak into our neighbors chicken coops to steal the eggs and that can be very dangerous since the neighbors have guns and security cameras. Ever since the cost of eggs has sky-rocketed urban farmers have become really aggressive!
Still, Crom is only pleased with strength and courage so wish me luck as I sneak around my neighborhood this week. I'll need that luck since Crom don't give a shit whether I succeed or not. Happy Crom-ster everyone!
Ever since I found Sithrak, my life hasn't really changed, but I feel less targeted.
https://www.oglaf.com/sithrak/
In case you were wondering --- The Giant Orange Fucktater has a soul. Not just any soul but a biggly one. How do I know he has the biggly greatest of the great souls? Because he told me that's why. Why don't I believe him?
They tested him for a soul? Does that mean they called for a chaplain?
They replaced his shoes.
"Trump in excellent cognitive and physical health, says White House doctor
The president has "robust cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and general physical function," his doctor says."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9vx1v1rx1o
Yeah, sure. In his prime, peak of health. Working tirelessly to destroy all that is good and wholesome. "I've never seen anyone with that kind of energy needed to destroy democracy and this republic. AND find time for golf."
BULLSHIT!
"I have some good news and some bad news. First, the President is in great physical health!"
"What's the bad news?"
"That is the bad news. Y'all're gonna be stuck with him for a few more years. The good news is I caught the stock market pump'n'dump in time to make a killing!"
He's the very picture of what it looks like to eat hamberder's, burnt steak, fries, and chocolate cake with TWO (2) scoops of ice cream every single day.
I mean, he even won the Donald Trump is the Supreme Pinnacle of Manhood Golf Tournament!
Arnold Palmer scoffs
Time to exhume Arnold, get out the steel ruler and settle the issue once and for all.
Yeah, sure, I saw that video of him at his golf club...
" I screamed when I saw how he's so physically awesome!"
Little Kim's doctor says the same of him Maybe it's the same doctor looking after his own health.
He put the jerk in the knee jerk
Many of the rest of us would love to put the knee to that jerk.
The obese, slope-shouldered shitsack is ORANGE.
Could be a new strain of hepatitis?
Yrs,
Greg House, MD
One thing we know for sure,
It ain't lupus!
Unless it is lupus!
Whoa, I never considered that angle!
If the patients love life is erratic it could be lead poisoning AND lupus is masking it.
>>says White House doctor<<
Did they bring back Dr. Ronny for a cameo appearance?
Sect Pete brought the booze.
Lemme guess, "White House Doctor" signed in black Sharpie. All jaggedy, like an EKG printout of somebody freaking out.
On a scale of one to one.
To celebrate he sent another 300 random Brown people to CETCO!
"But he's showing clear signs of age related cognitive decline!"
"Oh, no! He's just profoundly stupid!"
And a very naughty boy.
He started with nothing to decline from. That's cheatin'!!
https://youtu.be/IX2bE-OBtwk?si=IfitXsOfmODFadk3
LOVE.
All his test results are the Most Positive anyone has ever seen.
-Signed, Donald Trump's Doctor
Fuckface Administration: We can't bring Garcia back because we can't tell a foreign government what to do
Also Fuckface Administration: We're taking Greenland, Fuck You, Denmark!
It's what Orwell predicted.
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength
Esp. the latter
Idiocracy was supposed to be satire, no a documentary