You look in a mirror. If the image you see has your hair looking like a dead emaciated tribble, and your skin has an orange tint to it, then you’re likely 100% fake.
Not only did the Republicans try to sneak in a $500 billion flush fund into the virus recovery bill that would not hold corporations accountable for what they get, they also snuck in a provision to defund Planned Parenthood.
So, in other words, a Republican?
Lt. Gov. of Texas calls for seniors to sacrifice themselves to the virus to get the economy running again.
“Let’s get back to living… And those of us that are 70+, we’ll take care of ourselves.”
I really wish Barack Obama would go on TV and urge everyone to listen to the doctors and stay at home. Of course, some would do the exact opposite, so in a month or two, there would be a lot less Trumpists.
Thoughts & Prayers.
As the above-cited article discusses, and the source WaPo story also discusses, the provision does much more evil beyond screwing over Planned Parenthood. Without mentioning PP by name, it excludes from the bail-out benefits any non-profit organization that receives funding through Medicaid. That would mean all kinds of agencies that provide all kinds of services to poor people.
The GOP just smuggled another awful provision into the stimulus, Greg Sargent, Washington Post, March 23, 2020.
I hope this applies to Dear Leader, too. :rolleyes:
Sean Hannity reads a letter, addressing the Vice President, that he claims is from a doctor who has “been treating patients with hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc sulfate.”
What? That’s how new drug regimens to treat diseases are tested and published, isn’t it? Not FDA trials or peer-reviewed research in some quack liberal medical journal. But by sending a letter to a moronic Fox broadcaster.
What’s the problem?
The true test of a cult.
Fuck, it’s happened, hasn’t it?
It gets just a tiny bit more ghastly. The drug does have a legitimate medical use, its a treatment for lupus. Lupus patients can’t get what they need due to panic buying. Baby Jesus pukes His little guts out.
Does anyone have a link to a list of all the crap the Republicans were putting into the relief bill?
A man here in Arizona died and his wife is in ICU after hearing Trump talk about hydroxychloroquine and thinking the chloroquine phosphate they had on hand – to control algae in fish tanks – was the same thing.
There’s no particular indication either were Republicans, but I’m applying Runyon’s Law here.
I had to look it up, so to help anyone else who isn’t familiar with it, Runyon’s Law:
I had to look it up too but I still don’t understand what DesertDog meant.
It means it isn’t always a Republican following quack cures touted by Trump and his Faux and Worse ilk, but it is likely to be one.
Ah… okay. It’s a bit obtuse and unwieldy as an aphorism in this case, IMO, but I see the connection now; thanks.
Okay, so the Senate, controlled by turtle man and collaborating with the ShitGibbonSwamp, passes this enormous pandemic relief package, and then says that they are going on recess for 3 weeks.
Which means the House cannot engage them in negotiations on resolving the final bill, so it is blackmail: pass this thing as-is or we will blame you (the Democratic-controlled House) for not getting aid out to the people.
Doubly odd is the fact that the Constitution expressly states that spending bills have to originate in the House, so this is truly fucked up procedure.
“Fuck me, it’s the GOP! Selling lives for the GDP!”
… say it to the cadence of “Hey, Hey, LBJ…”