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Post by Optimal Megatron on Jul 16, 2020 8:49:01 GMT -5
98 new cases here in Spokane County. You see people out and around, but the distancing and masks being mandatory is mostly being followed. 2352 cases total so far with 42 deaths, but thus far we've stayed out of the line of fire. Helps when we're fairly introverted folk who barely go out as is.
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Post by iacon45 on Jul 16, 2020 15:48:23 GMT -5
Our governor here in Arkansas declared a mandatory mask order starting Monday. People over 18 who are caught will receive one warning, after that fines of between $100 to $500.
People are opposed to it of course. They say it violates their rights. But you don't hear anyone complaining about having to wear shirts or shoes in stores...
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Post by SporkBot on Jul 16, 2020 17:54:55 GMT -5
...or seatbelts when driving, or helmets while riding motorcycles, I imagine...?
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Post by Mako Crab on Jul 18, 2020 10:59:25 GMT -5
The Oregon governor keeps warning people that another lockdown is absolutely a possibility. It all depends on if everyone can wear their masks like grown ass responsible citizens. I kinda hope they do lock it down again. The amount of whiney adults throwing tantrums is too much for me.
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Post by triumshockwave on Jul 18, 2020 21:33:27 GMT -5
My sister is holding a birthday party for my niece, and inviting THIRTY-FIVE PEOPLE. And best of all, it's going to be at my father's house.
I tried talking to her, not sure I got through. She kept giving me right wing talking points and conspiracy theories. About how the media is overblowing it, how people die from disease all the time, about how we just have to reopen the economy. At one point she literally told me they were inflating numbers because they get paid a lot of money for every person who dies from COVID-19. Who gets paid? Why? Who's paying? It's fucking crazy.
And so now tomorrow I need to call my father and try to convince him. Hopefully he will listen. I am losing my shit right now.
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Post by SporkBot on Jul 18, 2020 21:40:52 GMT -5
Hopefully, when a certain orange turd is voted out and put on trial, people like Levin, Hannity, and Carlson will be right there with him for their complicity in making things worse.
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Post by Matrix Dragon on Jul 18, 2020 22:47:05 GMT -5
My sister is holding a birthday party for my niece, and inviting THIRTY-FIVE PEOPLE. And best of all, it's going to be at my father's house. I tried talking to her, not sure I got through. She kept giving me right wing talking points and conspiracy theories. About how the media is overblowing it, how people die from disease all the time, about how we just have to reopen the economy. At one point she literally told me they were inflating numbers because they get paid a lot of money for every person who dies from COVID-19. Who gets paid? Why? Who's paying? It's fucking crazy. And so now tomorrow I need to call my father and try to convince him. Hopefully he will listen. I am losing my shit right now. Oh god. Trium, I'm so sorry, and I hope you have some success tomorrow. My bosses daughter works in intensive care down in Melbourne, and the information she's been able to pass on about the damage this thing is doing to people even if they survive is bloody terrifying.
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Post by Mako Crab on Jul 19, 2020 1:53:28 GMT -5
Hopefully, when a certain orange turd is voted out and put on trial, people like Levin, Hannity, and Carlson will be right there with him for their complicity in making things worse. Biden did say that he wouldn’t pardon Trump the way Nixon got pardoned to “help heal the country.” A monster like Trump needs to be tried & convicted. He’s derelict of duty at the least and a traitor to the country at worst. And all his enablers & mouthpieces need to be held accountable. If getting voted out is all that happens to them, then so be it. But there needs to be a reckoning. All the stuff going on- our country is barely recognizable at the moment.
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Post by Greatshot on Jul 19, 2020 11:02:21 GMT -5
Personally I think Trump should be tried for literal treason.
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Post by Matrix Dragon on Jul 19, 2020 11:09:37 GMT -5
Personally I think Trump should be tried for literal treason. Seriously, I am legit terrified for you guys.
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