He’s Gonna Kill Us, Cook Us, and Then Eat Us
Holy crap, y’all. I don’t think I’m overreacting when I say that this is not making American great again.
The entire west coast is on fire. My friends living there cannot breathe and those who can kinda breathe are getting the hell outta Dodge.
The pictures they send mortify me.
Friends who live close to Salem, Oregon, have orange skies at noon.
Any other time in history, this would be front page coverage all day news, but Trump purposefully killing 190,000 people so he could win reelection made the fires look like, “oh hell, what’s another couple of states destroyed?” seem trivial.
I have been feeling out of sorts lately. A friend sent me this, asking if I was feeling what she was feeling. It made me feel better. I have anxiety. So, please vote this sumbitch out of office.
Government should be like your digestive system. When everything is working like it should, you hardly even know it’s there.
I’m waiting for the orange one to declare that this is all because these states have “Democrat” governors.
1How mad is Commander Clorox at Governor Newsome this year?
He’s so mad that he hasn’t even offered one Hoover to help with wildfire prevention this year. Not even the used broom Messy flew in on with her Epstein visa.
The consortium of western states that was formed to combat Covid-19 due to a lack of federal leadership needs to become a full on tax revolt.
2The sky is orange here and smelly. Trumpish. And he hasn’t said anything to acknowledge the new tragedies going on. No condolences for victims and families. No federal help. But he and his family and enablers were quick to give support to one of his murderous followers.
3Oh, and climate change is a democratic hoax as well.
You mean it’s anxiety?
4Whew..
I thought I was getting old.
I mean I am.
But.
I hope those Gov ask for Federal aid.
Cheer up JJ, you can always turn to gambling for some relief in these times of untold stress. Since the fires, Vegas Casino’s are now betting 2 to 1 odds that climate change will destroy us before Trump does.
5Smart money’s on Trump though…
On a side note – looks as though the collusion is much clearer this time:
Source: Mother Jones News: Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Worked With an “Active Russian Agent” to Discredit Joe Biden
6Meanwhile, to give y’all a bit of the local home-style propaganda that the immovable core 27-40% of Rethuglikan MAGAots and Trumpanzees immerse themselves in, apart from FuxNooz/RWNJradio.
Below are snippets of two recent local newspaper editorials [don’t be fooled by the ‘down-home folksiness, the editor is a highly skilled propagandist].
These happen to deal with the recent Rethug Convention, notice how the editorial writer always tippytoes around any Trumpian specifics or sordid details [excluding the prominent clay-footed preachers too].
This stuff ingested week after week helps mold their brains into rigid unthinking zombies.
There is no way that decency, honesty, [fill-in the blanks] or logic will ever reach these people again.
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https://www.wilsoncountynews.com/
© 2020 Wilson County News:
“Meet some amazing people who tell their incredible stories
About politics and other things
September 01, 2020
By Elaine K.
…tor@wcn-online.com
Trump-hating Americans may have missed meeting some of the most incredible Americans who opened their hearts and shared their amazing stories with the world last week. Mainstream media (MSM) called them “misfits and cranks.”
These were not famous personalities who like to tell us what to think, but real people that we never knew existed. The range of their experiences and testimonies was truly inspirational. It is difficult to know where to begin — there were so many — as each one had a message more powerful than the one before.”…
“Some Americans aren’t afraid to speak for God, country
About politics and other things
September 08, 2020…
The frequent references to God during the historic four-day Republican National Convention (RNC) last month in Washington highlighted one of the many obvious differences between the Republican and the Democrat parties.
President Trump himself mentioned God: “All children, born and unborn, have a God-given right to life.” This is one of the reasons the media and the liberals hate this man and his supporters, many of whom gave their personal testimonies during the convention. They are largely unknown and unrecognized patriots who have extraordinary messages.
The liberal elements, which are the majority, of the media claim these speakers were just mouthpieces who were there to make President Trump look good. By using that assumption, however, they are denigrating the accomplishments, life experiences, and heartfelt messages of some really fine Americans — and that is a shame.
Last week, I quoted a few of these fine speakers; now let me introduce you to a few more.”…
Go ahead, read the full editorials and reader responses, follow it a month or so. Eyeopening…
GOTMFV!!!
7The fires are horrific; we have friends and family close to areas that are burning. Trump’s response: You shoulda swept the floors. Our hometown of Salt Lake City and cities north were hit with cat. 3 hurricane-level winds 2 nights in a row this past week. Downslope wind with gusts reported up to 100 mph roared down the Wasatch slopes into the valley and uprooted thousands of trees. Amazingly, only 1 reported death, but no power for 180,000 people. Governor declared a state of emergency. I don’t think it even made the news here in Dallas. Doubtful Trump will pay any attention to that because … you know … Romney.
8I gotcha on that anxiety thing! I am on a news diet. I cannot look at or listen to too much. I only occasionally peek in here. That Orange sumbitch will be the death of me!
9Gawd, how I hate him and all his moronic playmates, his wife ,Malaria and the fruit of his loins, but him, most of all!
Well, another one bites the dust.
As I’ve cautioned y’all about being skeptical of Dr. Fauci, he seems to have fully caved to Comrade COVID45 now:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/9/1976303/-Fauci-Crosses-The-Line-and-Loses-His-Credibility
Fauci Crosses The Line and Loses His Credibility (with update)
“Unfortunately, Dr. Anthony Fauci appears to have now joined the likes of Birx, Redfield, Hahn, et al., as an apologist willing to provide political cover for Trump. In an interview today on Fox News ( a notorious and frequent purveyor of false information about COVID-19), Fauci made the following, incredible, assertion:
Speaking with Fox News’ John Roberts, Fauci denied that he ever heard the president “distort” the threat of the coronavirus and maintained that Trump’s presentations to the public were largely in line with discussions he’d had with medical experts. When asked whether he ever felt Trump was downplaying the severity of the coronavirus, Fauci said no.
http://www.politico.com/…
Fauci’s statement on Fox is disingenuous and demonstrably false, as anyone who has followed the news since February knows. The list of misleading statements, and outright lies, uttered by Trump about COVID-19 is voluminous and well documented. Those lies and misstatements have done great harm to the public health, and undoubtedly contributed to thousands of unnecessary deaths. On August 30, The Atlantic published a comprehensive list of Trump’s lies about COVID-19, which Fauci now pretends did not occur. http://www.theatlantic.com/...”
10…
Everyone I’ve spoken to in California has some level of smoke pollution.
“…57 percent of California’s 33 million acres of forest are controlled by the federal government.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-managing-its-forests-president-managing-its-federal-lands-n942581
California is 45.4 percent federal land (so about 45.4 million acres are federal). Oregon is 52.3 percent (over 32 mil acres). Washington is 28.6 percent (over 12 mil acres).
11https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42346.pdf
treehugger @8, Wildfires are one of the worst and scariest natural forces/disasters there are.
12We get almost every type disaster here, hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms/derechos, EQs, and wildfires, etc [8″+ inch deluge last night, after months of drought and 100+ temps].
Have only had wildfires nearby, not yards away, have seen some huge, weeks long ones on the King Ranch.
But I used to stop to watch sugarcane field burns every chance I got. Absolutely awesome spectacle, the ferocious sounds and 150 foot high flames are mesmerizing, and scare you shitless. Cannot imagine California type wildfires burning thousands of acres at once.
Damn. I have friends in the Salem, Oregon area. They just love it there. They talked about it like it was the Garden of Eden. I hope they got the hell out.
13Sandridge @ 10; I think Fauci is acting this way so at least one competant doctor remains at the CDC through this. He took one for the team, so to speak.
I can’t fault him, just look at who has been fired during the past 3.7 years. One after another, anyone who points out the truth has dissappeared. It makes whatever they were warning us about far, far easier to hack.
COVID is deadly enough WITH Fauci, hate to suffer it without him.
14charles phillips @14, I think that you’re far too kind to him. IIRC, Fauci cannot be directly fired by COVID45.
15So he’s had more latitude to speak and act, and yet has been a borderline tRump toady the whole time.
I’ve mentioned before that I’ve observed [watched on tv– NewsHour] Dr. Fauci for 30-40 years [likely much longer than y’all]. I’ve developed a healthy skepticism in that time.
The chart was helpful to me too. Your last comment was so true.
Thanks.
16Supposedly a woman was told she couldn’t vote wearing an anti-Drumpf shirt in Exeter, N.H. (It was a McCain Hero Trump Zero shirt). So she took off the shirt and voted. (There was nothing on underneath. Hey, ‘The Daily Mail’ wouldn’t lie, right?)
In that spirit, I bought the Fauci Hero version. We shall not be denied!!!
17I live near Portland—cough—cough—cough. The air quality index is bad here, but in Salem its around 592 (the usual scale stops at 300 which is considered very hazardous). I had to go to a nearby store for a few items, and discovered that breathing was difficult because the fumes are so acrid. I am now home and feeling better, but there is a thick pall of smoke outside. For anyone interested your AQI can be found here…
https://www.airnow.gov/
18JJ, don’t worry. If it’s up to the patrons of this joint, we’ll not just vote him out of office. I’ve already started collecting feathers and heating up barrels of tar.
Take a few days off, throw a tennis ball in the yard for a dog, create a warm lap for a cat, and maybe watch an old comedy from the 60s. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World, or anything with Zero Mostel or Tony Randall. Don’t watch the news for a couple of days. That stuff can turn anybody into a crotchedy old git.
“A man that’d expict to thrain lobsters to fly in a year is called a loonytic; but a man that thinks men can be tur-rned into angels by an iliction is called a rayformer an’ remains at large.”
— Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22537/22537-h/22537-h.htm
19The latest here in Oregon is that police and 911 call centers are being inundated with calls about rumors of antifa starting all the wildfires. Assume this is going on in CA and WA. Right wing websites (and probably Russian bots) are pushing the rumors. Statewide, law enforcement are debunking them, but certain people hear what they want and spread them more. Just what you’d expect in Trumps America.
20Professor@18:
21Great advice. But I’d go with Python’s Holy Grail first. That way the little bit of politics segues into hilarity.
https://youtu.be/t2c-X8HiBng
Old Fart@17:
I googled the topless voter story. Apparently the guy who told her she was violating the law just let her vote. So as not to escalate the matter.
That’s what I woulda said too.
Thanks for anxiety chart. Am spiting nails, want to pass this on it should be addressed. Senator Inhoff of Oklahoma. is running a reelection TV add in it he says liberals are not Oklahoman’s is he not suppose to be representing all the people who live there? not just Republicans. is this even legal to say that liberals are not citizens of the state????
22@Caren, #22
I don’t know about illegal–probably not, because “free speech,” but it’s certainly illegitimate for a politician. It’s also exactly what Trump thinks, and says. Oath? What oath? It’s not like they care.
23In related news the Dumpster Fire is threatening a visit to NV. Reno is fighting like hell to prevent this shades of Sturgis event. The f cking moron wants a permit to pack 5000 in a hangar that generously would accommodate 1000. Like the Sturgis land owner the owner of the hangar wants his pieces of silver and damn the health consequences. Then Donnie had planned to descend on Las Vegas to pick up a sack of cash; he must have kissed and made up with Shelly Adelson or the sack isn’t what the moron thinks it will be.
24Checking in from mid-Willamette Valley: still smokey, but wind is changing to NNW, which is good, as well as higher humidity levels, which is VERY good.
The local evacuation centers are filled with great volunteers and much help by local folks. Donations from one package of face masks to piles of bottled water, everyone is helping.
Yes, anxiety is high, but the prescription is to back off from too much inundation of information.
Hang in there, Juanita!! Nov. 3 is just around the corner!
25WA Skeptic, Steve from Beaverton, and anybody else potentially affected by the fires, stay safe. I’m not much on prayer, but I’ll give it a try.
26Can’t hurt.
Firefighters of every stripe earn every cent of their salary. Every fire they attend. Driving up to any kind of fire, getting out of your vehicle, and walking toward the fire is as unnatural series of acts to me as leaving a perfectly operating aircraft in flight. Fires in wooded areas have to be the worst. Makes arresting a somewhat reluctant offender seem like a walk in the park.
27Micr, correct you are. While Mother Nature can be capricious making wildfires hard to predict and stay safe while fighting, structural fires are no joy. Too many homeowners do not comprehend proper storage of accelerants such as improperly storing gas in their garage or properly venting a shed. Then there is the property protection of businesses that violate the simplest of common sense measures like not blocking fire doors or worse accumulating combustibles like piling up boxes near exits. Those are the “easy” ones.
Then there are the major industrial polluters who combine failure to properly maintain equipment with a disregard for the chemicals in their possession. Texas has produced a few killing booms. Unfortunately you’re not alone. One of Nevada’s major cluster bombs was in Henderson, NV.
The PEPCON explosion in 1988 caused two fatalities, 372 injuries, and an estimated $100 million of damage. Ammonium perchlorate. So no accurate estimates of the costs of the health hazards.
Tire chipping plants, sodium azide boom boom TRW, and other associated ‘accidents.’ Yeah. Bottom line of maximize profits while passing the costs to taxpayers. And, NEVUH admitting the costs to human lives.
Add to the list of men and women who lay down both their health and lives, the superfund sites along with nuclear waste dumps like the Hanford Site on the Columbia River.
28@Jane & PKM
What yall said.
Several years ago at the county from which I retired I hired a PC tech who was also volunteer firefighter in the wide spot on the road northeast of Dallas where he lived. His department added a personnel accountability app that recorded on his mobile phone camera his situation as he ran into fires. The videos will scare the living $h!t out of you. He also said while we watched, let me show you a real life backdraft … oh and here’s a flashover. Wow.
To everyone at TWMDBSI:
29Whatever firefighters are paid in your locale, it ain’t enough.
Micr @29, Jane & PKM et al.,
30RE: Firefighters, firemen/women, it ain’t just the fire. One of my strongest memories, from when I was about 7-8yo, is of watching a fireman carry a dead child out of a smoldering house. That’s gotta be tough on them.
Sandridge @30:
31Who can forget the firefighter carrying the child out of the building in Oklahoma City. That was national news for most of us. But sadly something a whole lot of firefighters have probably lived first-hand and been silent about.
Because they took that burden on themselves.
32For us. Without complaining.
Micr you’re right. None of them are compensated anywhere near what they deserve.
Jimmy T, thank you for the link. I have a son in Portland. He does mention, and show me via skype, the smokiness, but he is playing it down. I had to remind him that I am not just a conversation friend, I am also his mother. On the other side of the continent.
33Weighing in a bit late from the mid-Oregon coast. The too-wet to burn west side of Oregon & Washington is no longer, thanks to Climate Change causing drought. Our lush growth from winter rains & snow is dried out this summer. I’m freaked out by the fire approaching my old stomping grounds SE of Portland. Have friends who have evac’ed or ready to. On the coast a couple of fires at the northern edge of Lincoln City (pop 9K) caused total evac of the town. We had a lot of smoke & ash from those (30 miles north of us) plus another smaller one that’s been put out that was SE in the coast range. We took in a cousin & her husband from Lincoln City for a couple of nights. The wind shift from Easterly to NNW blew the fire away from Lincoln City plus cooler temps & higher humidity helps a lot. Fire still not contained but they’re letting people go home so our family headed back this afternoon. Much less smokey and very little ash here since yesterday. Please send rain to the West Coast if you have any influence with the weather gods.
34Here’s an informative article on Oregon and Washington west side forests and climate change:
35https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Technology/wireStory/fire-risks-rise-previously-wet-burn-us-northwest-64790051?__twitter_impression=true