Mister, we could use a man like General Sherman again
Tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, locusts, basketball-size hail...how did they miss the rolling tsunami of stupid?
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, there was an actual scientist at the head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Dr. Richard Bright. As the name implied, BARDA was supposed to develop and distribute a vaccine or drug for coronavirus as soon as possible. It was not supposed to assent to dangerous drug combinations being promoted as a quick fix, like hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, an anti-bacterial. Dr. Bright did not assent, for which he was shunted off to another job at the National Institutes of Health. He has turned whistleblower and is filing a suit against the Department of Health and Human Services; his letter to his attorneys has been circulating all day. The only thing Trump hates more than science is whistleblowers.
Surfing on the crest of the tsunami is "Governor" Brian Kemp, who is slowly, slowly learning that stealin' elections ain't governin'. He was slow to learn that coronavirus carriers can be asymptomatic, and now he's slowly realizing that, with the possible exception of Princess Ivanka, Trump cares for no living human or Republican. It seems like only yesterday he was telling governors that ending the shutdown is "their call." It was yesterday. Today he sings a different song: "I told the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, that I disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities, which are in violation of Phase 1 guidelines...I want him to do what he thinks is right. But I disagree with him on what he's doing." Huh? Not easy to please a capricious, self-serving, probably insane authoritarian, is it, Brian? We saved a place for you under the bus. Let this be a warning to all governors a shade less dumb -- you open the massage parlors, you get sued when Uncle Jake dies from the 'rona.
Anderson Cooper managed to find a mayor even dumber than Kemp. Meet Carolyn Goodman of Las Vegas, who knows what real Americans want after they've hit the beach in Florida and visited a spa in Georgia: casino gambling. It took her less than fifteen minutes to reduce Cooper to full Fauci face-palm with double eye rub. Her cure for this pandemic is the free market. He read her a Chinese study about how the virus spreads in restaurants. Her response: "This isn't China. This is Las Vegas, Nevada!" He gave up. Give the lady ten silver Palins and direct her to the free virus buffet.
All over the world, not just in China, people are breathing deeply of the fresh air and seeing the stars for the first time in years now that factories are shut and hardly anyone is driving. We are getting a glimpse of a possible fossil-fuel-free future, just as researchers are connecting COVID-19 to high levels of air pollution, especially from nitrogen dioxide. In other words, it would be dumb to go back to the way things were.
Remember FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD? Legendary Daily News headline about President Gerald Ford's initial response to New York's financial difficulties? For a while it looked like the city might default on its debts, but smarter people prevailed. Jerry, meet Moscow Mitch. He thinks "blue states" should declare bankruptcy instead of seeking further federal money, which could better be spent on, well, red states. Because, quite simply, Mitch McConnell is a useless twat. Even Rep. Peter "The Less Racist" King calls him "The Marie Antoinette of the Senate." French revolutionary rhetoric is becoming as ubiquitous as facemasks. I must see if eBay has a pike suitable for carrying heads.
And finally...Michael Brown, a/k/a "Heck of a Job Brownie," was supposedly picked to run FEMA in 2003 because he was a college bud of George W. Bush, not because of his experience running horse shows. Perhaps I'm wrong. At any rate, Marx didn't tell us what happens when history starts out as farce. (Maybe I'm searching the wrong Marx, Karl rather than Groucho.) Two months ago Alex Azar, pharma lobbyist turned Secretary of Health and Human Services, lied to the public about America's ability to cope with the virus which had just infected its first known victim. Then he turned the department's day-to-day response over to his friend Brian Harrison, who quickly became known as "the dog breeder" because he is a dog breeder. Labradoodles, if it makes any difference. That was 49,000 deaths ago, with no end in sight.
The Brians have us surrounded.
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, there was an actual scientist at the head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Dr. Richard Bright. As the name implied, BARDA was supposed to develop and distribute a vaccine or drug for coronavirus as soon as possible. It was not supposed to assent to dangerous drug combinations being promoted as a quick fix, like hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, an anti-bacterial. Dr. Bright did not assent, for which he was shunted off to another job at the National Institutes of Health. He has turned whistleblower and is filing a suit against the Department of Health and Human Services; his letter to his attorneys has been circulating all day. The only thing Trump hates more than science is whistleblowers.
Surfing on the crest of the tsunami is "Governor" Brian Kemp, who is slowly, slowly learning that stealin' elections ain't governin'. He was slow to learn that coronavirus carriers can be asymptomatic, and now he's slowly realizing that, with the possible exception of Princess Ivanka, Trump cares for no living human or Republican. It seems like only yesterday he was telling governors that ending the shutdown is "their call." It was yesterday. Today he sings a different song: "I told the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, that I disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities, which are in violation of Phase 1 guidelines...I want him to do what he thinks is right. But I disagree with him on what he's doing." Huh? Not easy to please a capricious, self-serving, probably insane authoritarian, is it, Brian? We saved a place for you under the bus. Let this be a warning to all governors a shade less dumb -- you open the massage parlors, you get sued when Uncle Jake dies from the 'rona.
Anderson Cooper managed to find a mayor even dumber than Kemp. Meet Carolyn Goodman of Las Vegas, who knows what real Americans want after they've hit the beach in Florida and visited a spa in Georgia: casino gambling. It took her less than fifteen minutes to reduce Cooper to full Fauci face-palm with double eye rub. Her cure for this pandemic is the free market. He read her a Chinese study about how the virus spreads in restaurants. Her response: "This isn't China. This is Las Vegas, Nevada!" He gave up. Give the lady ten silver Palins and direct her to the free virus buffet.
All over the world, not just in China, people are breathing deeply of the fresh air and seeing the stars for the first time in years now that factories are shut and hardly anyone is driving. We are getting a glimpse of a possible fossil-fuel-free future, just as researchers are connecting COVID-19 to high levels of air pollution, especially from nitrogen dioxide. In other words, it would be dumb to go back to the way things were.
Remember FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD? Legendary Daily News headline about President Gerald Ford's initial response to New York's financial difficulties? For a while it looked like the city might default on its debts, but smarter people prevailed. Jerry, meet Moscow Mitch. He thinks "blue states" should declare bankruptcy instead of seeking further federal money, which could better be spent on, well, red states. Because, quite simply, Mitch McConnell is a useless twat. Even Rep. Peter "The Less Racist" King calls him "The Marie Antoinette of the Senate." French revolutionary rhetoric is becoming as ubiquitous as facemasks. I must see if eBay has a pike suitable for carrying heads.
And finally...Michael Brown, a/k/a "Heck of a Job Brownie," was supposedly picked to run FEMA in 2003 because he was a college bud of George W. Bush, not because of his experience running horse shows. Perhaps I'm wrong. At any rate, Marx didn't tell us what happens when history starts out as farce. (Maybe I'm searching the wrong Marx, Karl rather than Groucho.) Two months ago Alex Azar, pharma lobbyist turned Secretary of Health and Human Services, lied to the public about America's ability to cope with the virus which had just infected its first known victim. Then he turned the department's day-to-day response over to his friend Brian Harrison, who quickly became known as "the dog breeder" because he is a dog breeder. Labradoodles, if it makes any difference. That was 49,000 deaths ago, with no end in sight.
The Brians have us surrounded.
posted by Buttermilk Sky at 2:07 PM
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Once again, golf clap (or maybe chef's kiss). You are appreciated..
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