mjmooney Posted March 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2020 Elevation. That means people, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted March 31, 2020 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: Elevation. That means people, right? Yeah, Seoul’s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Nobody knows more about bad google searches than Donald Trump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 How the hell do 38 million people get around with only 125 feet? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Google says 25 million in metro-area, London is order 15 million for comparison ... and I bet DoD-land has Trump told all sorts of things about those in immediate danger from the North, $$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Blimey, made the mistake of tuning in to the start of the White House press conference: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Blimey, he's now saying that it's all good man 'cos it's not even more deaths. Mental. Really, really mental. Edited March 31, 2020 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Tremendous death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Mike Pence is an example of being just wow, wow, wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Biden has now cast doubt on Dem convention occurring. The conventions are seen as the "official" starter pistol for the presidential race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I heard that the president can't stop an election from happening as it is a state run thing. I would not bet against him trying though if the polling is not good for him. The thing is everything is impossible or against the law until Trump does it and no one stops him. He could in reality probably cancel an election by saying so on twitter. Enough red states would bin it off on his say so to make any result contestable at the least. It is also a pretty fair point that this is not a good time for campaigning and getting the entire adult population into voting booths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 10:11, Stevo985 said: Disgusting human. Firstly, I could do the daily Covid update and it would get millions of viewers. People are tuning in for the update of a global pandemic, not your swollen orange face. Secondly, imagine revelling in the ratings you're getting from this tragedy? I don't think anything has ever angered me more than Trump's popularity. He's vile Worth repeating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 While everyone is looking the other way. Quote Trump administration allows companies to break pollution laws during coronavirus pandemic Extraordinary move signals to US companies that they will not face any sanctions for polluting the air or water The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended its enforcement of environmental laws during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, signaling to companies they will not face any sanction for polluting the air or water of Americans. In an extraordinary move that has stunned former EPA officials, the Trump administration said it will not expect compliance with the routine monitoring and reporting of pollution and won’t pursue penalties for breaking these rules. Polluters will be able to ignore environmental laws as long as they can claim in some way these violations were caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the event of an imminent threat to public health, the EPA will defer to the states and “consider the circumstances” over whether it should intervene. There is no end date set for this dropping of enforcement. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/trump-pollution-laws-epa-allows-companies-pollute-without-penalty-during-coronavirus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 46 minutes ago, sne said: While everyone is looking the other way. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/trump-pollution-laws-epa-allows-companies-pollute-without-penalty-during-coronavirus The Trump administration's love for polluting the environment appears to be one of their most consistent underlying beliefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 2 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: The Trump administration's love for polluting the environment appears to be one of their most consistent underlying beliefs. I know you are being facetious but a love for polluting is probably the wrong way to characterise it. More a belief that environmental considerations should not trump economic considerations (if you excuse the pun). The reality of that position however is that the environmental consequences will still need to be dealt with, just that they will not be dealt with directly by the entity involved, instead they will be pushed on to wider society to resolve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 2 hours ago, LondonLax said: More a belief that environmental considerations should not trump economic considerations (if you excuse the pun). That's also a bit misleading as they have been putting huge amounts of money into propping up coal producers who employ a negligible amount of people in the grand scheme of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, LondonLax said: I know you are being facetious but a love for polluting is probably the wrong way to characterise it. More a belief that environmental considerations should not trump economic considerations (if you excuse the pun). The reality of that position however is that the environmental consequences will still need to be dealt with, just that they will not be dealt with directly by the entity involved, instead they will be pushed on to wider society to resolve. I think you are doing an enormous service to the industries that have lobbied for these changes by talking about their actions in this case as if they spring from ideology rather than self-interest. EDIT: I appreciate one obvious way of pushing back on this is to say that for 'pro-business conservatives', their ideology and their self interest are one and the same, but they don't tend to agree with me when I say that, so really I'm doing them the favour here. Edited April 2, 2020 by HanoiVillan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Don't be blinded and attach this to Trump alone. It's jus more of the same trickle down neo-liberalism 101. Let the states do as they wish, i.e., hence resulting in nice states and bad states. Just like nice countries and bad countries. We enjoy our clean air while those in poor/insert-other-appropriate-adjective-here countries/states enjoy paying for our privilege. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Who on earth is this bloke blowing smoke up Trump's arse in the White House briefing? I mean I know they're largely primed to do it but this guy talking about the DPA is really taking it to a new level. Astounding levels of obsequiousness. Edited April 2, 2020 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Trump not allowing his medical expert Dr. Anthony Fauci to answer questions from the press about Hydroxychloroquine and then snapping at a journalist and walking off the stage. Guy is losing it, won't be long before Fauci is out and he'll have some Dr Nick Riviera yes man blowing smoke up his ass about whatever cure the president has found while reading on Breitbart. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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