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Post by Mako Crab on Apr 5, 2020 13:53:01 GMT -5
Yeah, the irony being that the elderly tend to be their biggest block of voters.
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Post by machsabre on Apr 5, 2020 15:17:25 GMT -5
There's a close friend of ours (about my age) who's on a breathing machine, she lovingly calls her "Bane mask". Her husband even decorated it up to look like it. Earlier in March, she got pretty sick and it was a horrible time for her. She went days with the mask on all the time. She got over it though. And this last Thursday, she got some results back that she tested positive for Covid19. She was extremely lucky, because If she did not have that mask, force breathing for her... She would be dead.
I've been having anxiety dreams ever since. I'm usually the calm one in a crisis, but I won't lie... I'm getting pretty scared.
I'm worried for my dad, who lives with a nurse. I have friends who are nurses too and other friends living in some of those states the fucking Republican governors won't close down. And I know what we're all thinking about when it comes to orange monster... But we just don't want to say it. First Puerto Rico, then the mass shootings in his name, then the ICE Border Camps, the Impeachment that he was totally guilty of and that walked away from laughing... And now this.
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Post by Greatshot on Apr 5, 2020 20:09:08 GMT -5
There's a close friend of ours (about my age) who's on a breathing machine, she lovingly calls her "Bane mask". Her husband even decorated it up to look like it. Earlier in March, she got pretty sick and it was a horrible time for her. She went days with the mask on all the time. She got over it though. And this last Thursday, she got some results back that she tested positive for Covid19. She was extremely lucky, because If she did not have that mask, force breathing for her... She would be dead. I've been having anxiety dreams ever since. I'm usually the calm one in a crisis, but I won't lie... I'm getting pretty scared. I'm worried for my dad, who lives with a nurse. I have friends who are nurses too and other friends living in some of those states the fucking Republican governors won't close down. And I know what we're all thinking about when it comes to orange monster... But we just don't want to say it. First Puerto Rico, then the mass shootings in his name, then the ICE Border Camps, the Impeachment that he was totally guilty of and that walked away from laughing... And now this. The terrifying endgame, if worst speculations come to truth, is that Covid proceeds unchecked into the fall. At that point, martial law is declared and the election is "postponed" indefinitely. And the idiot dumbfuck racist GOP and his base will cheer for it as soon as the rumors of him considering it start.
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Post by machsabre on Apr 5, 2020 21:53:32 GMT -5
Well, here's the good news that people forget about...
"The Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November, in every even numbered year, is established as the day for the election, in each of the States and Territories of the United States, of Representatives and Delegates to the Congress commencing on the 3d day of January next thereafter."
The President of the United States doesn't have the ability to change federal law created by Congress. Not by executive order. Not in any way. Only Congress can change federal law. And if you think Congress, where Democrats control the House, is going to cancel (or even change) the date of the election, well, that is not going to happen. That includes during a national emergency or even in the extreme situation in which Trump proclaims martial law.
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Post by machsabre on Apr 5, 2020 21:54:22 GMT -5
I just wanna say, on a TOTALLY UNRELATED note...
You can buy a guillotine for $1200.
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Post by Greatshot on Apr 6, 2020 0:02:42 GMT -5
I just wanna say, on a TOTALLY UNRELATED note... You can buy a guillotine for $1200. I am all on board for a Robespierre 2020 ticket.
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Post by Gojitron on Apr 6, 2020 8:33:02 GMT -5
Changed the thread tile to something less whimsical given the gravity of the situation.
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Post by triumshockwave on Apr 6, 2020 12:35:15 GMT -5
Considering "let them eat cake" about sums up the GOP response to people's current hardships, I think the guillotine is apt.
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Post by iacon45 on Apr 8, 2020 12:21:09 GMT -5
Finally made the transition to work at home today. Honestly, it's going to take some getting used to but at least I don't have to risk going to the center itself. I wish I could work remotely at my second job but at least I can go late at night when no one is there.
Here in Arkansas, we just confirmed our 1000th case of Corona. 201 recovered and 18 deaths. Our Governor says we are flattening the curve but I'm not 100% convinced since we have had testing issues here. But I hope everyone else here continues to stay safe.
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Post by Echowarrior on Apr 15, 2020 22:45:12 GMT -5
I want this to end and I want it to end now. My work has been a nightmare since this all started, and I've had to stay late every day I've worked for the last two weeks. It's madness, and I'm sick of it.
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