Government to the Rescue.... Again

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subgenius wrote:kewl how not one of you consider your own media driven hysteria as the root of this eerily-close-to-martial-law circumstance that is sweeping across the States. But ironically feel sympathy for the restaurant workers you doomed (see also crocodile tears)

Yep, it was the New York Times that started mucking with air travel, then announced that folks should avoid groups of more than 10 folks.

I’m sure that Trump will put The Media© in its place with an appropriately misspelled ALLCAPS tweet, because that’s what leaders do. Then we can all go about our business just fine.
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subgenius wrote:kewl how not one of you consider your own media driven hysteria as the root of this eerily-close-to-martial-law circumstance that is sweeping across the States. But ironically feel sympathy for the restaurant workers you doomed (see also crocodile tears)
You're a very, very bad person subs.
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canpakes wrote:... Then we can all go about our business just fine.

a feat you have proven to be incapable of for almost 4 years...and what has been your burden? have you lost rights? undue financial burdens? regulatory obstacles? illegal search/seizures? taxation without representation?
or
is
it
just
an
unpalatable
Twitter feed?
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canpakes wrote:
subgenius wrote:kewl how not one of you consider your own media driven hysteria as the root of this eerily-close-to-martial-law circumstance that is sweeping across the States. But ironically feel sympathy for the restaurant workers you doomed (see also crocodile tears)

Yep, it was the New York Times that started mucking with air travel, then announced that folks should avoid groups of more than 10 folks.

I’m sure that Trump will put The Media© in its place with an appropriately misspelled ALLCAPS tweet, because that’s what leaders do. Then we can all go about our business just fine.


It's weird that he hasn't got the memo that he's supposed to pivot from this to praising Trump for boldly leading us over the mountain of turmoil like no one else can.
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subgenius wrote:
canpakes wrote:... Then we can all go about our business just fine.

a feat you have proven to be incapable of for almost 4 years...and what has been your burden? have you lost rights? undue financial burdens? regulatory obstacles? illegal search/seizures? taxation without representation?
or
is
it
just
an
unpalatable
Twitter feed?

No need to project your butthurt from your failure to grab sufficient toilet paper during your panic shopping to prevent you from needing to wipe your arse with your phone. Just ask your savior to Tweet The Words. He’ll make you some hot chocolate, whisper sweet nothings in your ear and tuck you into bed tonight.

It’s all just a liberal hoax. ; )
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Analytics wrote:
Res Ipsa wrote:Every restaurant and bar in Washington State is shut down except for drive-through, take out, and delivery.

Ditto the entire Kansas City metro area (which straddles Missouri and Kansas and has 2.3 million people). And, the governor of Kansas just announced every K-12 in the entire state is closed for the rest of the school year.

Currently, the state of Kansas has 18 known cases, and Missouri has 8.


I think that’s smart. It gets scary fast when you hit the steep part of the curve.
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EAllusion wrote:If the government shuts down your business (even for justified reasons), it’s not exactly hardcore leftism to suggest maybe you should be compensated to deal with this.


Everyone who objects receiving money from the government is leftist evil and socialism is more than free to send me the check they will receive in order to avoid participating in the evil. I will, with downhearted discouragement of this kind of socialism accept all checks sent in the American spirit of philanthropy. I promise, I will make good use of the money and buy ONLY American.
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Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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subgenius wrote:...and what has been your burden?

You keep asking this, as if it were all that matters. That aside, my own 'burden' has been significant.

subgenius wrote:have you lost rights?

I have. Imposed international sanctions have had all kinds of consequences.

subgenius wrote:undue financial burdens?

Indeed. See above.

subgenius wrote:regulatory obstacles?

Absolutely.

subgenius wrote:illegal search/seizures? taxation without representation?
Luckily, neither of these.

subgenius wrote: or is it just an unpalatable Twitter feed?
Not at all. That said, the ignorant, passive-aggressive, gaslighting Twitter feed certainly hasn't been redemptive.
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