The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues

[Monty]

@DavidNRockies

The National Weather Service will no longer translate weather information into other languages:

National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers [AP]

What could possibly go wrong?

Yeah: the cruelty is the point.

Damn. felon⁴⁷ must be incensed at the bad optics from his mishandling of the disaster in Puerto Rico.

[eschereal]

@Monty

felon⁴⁷

I get the exponentiality aspect of that construct, but you might also consider “⁴⁷felon”, which would effectively portray him as an unstable radioactive isotope (⁴⁷Sc undergoes beta decay in around 3 days).

[Smapti]

So, this is what covid.gov redirects to now;

This is some straight up Nazi shit.

[Monty]

@eschereal

@Monty

felon47

I get the exponentiality aspect of that construct, but you might also consider “47felon”, which would effectively portray him as an unstable radioactive isotope (47Sc undergoes beta decay in around 3 days).

Beta? That’s awesome!

@Smapti

This is some straight up Nazi shit.

Especially this blather you see if you scroll down.

THE ORIGIN

“The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak theory — was prompted by Dr. Fauci to push the preferred narrative that COVID-19 originated naturally.

1.

The virus possesses a biological characteristic that is not found in nature.

2.

Data shows that all COVID-19 cases stem from a single introduction into humans. This runs contrary to previous pandemics where there were multiple spillover events.

3.

Wuhan is home to China’s foremost SARS research lab, which has a history of conducting gain-of-function research (gene altering and organism supercharging) at inadequate biosafety levels.

4.

Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) researchers were sick with COVID-like symptoms in the fall of 2019, months before COVID-19 was discovered at the wet market.

5.

By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced. But it hasn’t*.*

[wguy123]

@Smapti

So, this is what covid.gov redirects to now;

Holy fucking shit! I thought that was a fake ass screenshot, but nope, real. When are they going to redirect nasa.gov to a page about the fake moon landing and info on our flat earth?

[dasmoocher]

@wguy123

Holy fucking shit! I thought that was a fake ass screenshot, but nope, real. When are they going to redirect nasa.gov to a page about the fake moon landing and info on our flat earth?

I scrolled down the page and this caught my eye:

NIH’s procedures for funding and overseeing potentially dangerous research are deficient, unreliable, and pose a serious threat to both public health and national security. Further, NIH fostered an environment that promoted evading federal record keeping laws — as seen through the actions of Dr. David Morens and “FOIA Lady” Marge Moore.
[my bold]

Let’s see. Don’t we now have a Trump HHS whose anti-vax Secretary is promoting cod-liver oil for measles and a national security group that included a reporter in a chat discussing a military strike on a non-secure app that auto-deletes messages so there’s no future record?

[jsc1953]

That whole confrontation with Harvard? Apparently it was all a mistake.

Whether it was a mistake to try to bully Harvard, or it was just a premature emission (so to speak) is not clear. Or if it’s a case of a cowardly bully caving the first time somebody fights back? Hope so.

[Buck_Godot]

Unlike me, my wife has been a supporter of the lab leak hypothesis. I think that this page might be just the evidence I need to switch over to my view.

[Smapti]

I think Trump just got dunked on by the Pope.

Changing the world demands changing direction, pope writes for Way of Cross

Today’s builders of Babel tell us that there is no room for losers, and that those who fall along the way are losers. Theirs is the construction site of hell.

[scudsucker]

Nerd humour like this is why I visit this site.

Thank you

[Monty]

@Smapti

I think Trump just got dunked on by the Pope.

He’s going to have another meltdown. But, hey, at least this time, it wasn’t a woman taking him to task.

[scudsucker]

@Monty

it wasn’t a woman taking him to task.

He does wear a dress though. And red slippers.

Seems a little close for comfort.

(Lapsed catholic here)

[Frodo]

I don’t think he’ll get that the Pope is talking about him and his ilk.

[Monty]

He figured it out, amazingly, when Bishop Budde laid into him from the pulpit.

[Johnny_L.A]

@jsc1953

That whole confrontation with Harvard? Apparently it was all a mistake.

What was the mistake?

[jsc1953]

That’s not clear. The Times says the White House told Harvard that the letter was “unauthorized”. it might have been sent before getting official approval, although the content was authentic.

[Just_Asking_Questions]

@Johnny_L.A

What was the mistake?

The mistake was the trump regime underestimated the pushback and how stupid it make them appear?

[Superdude]

@Johnny_L.A

@jsc1953

That whole confrontation with Harvard? Apparently it was all a mistake.

What was the mistake?

I’ve seen it mentioned (no cite, so apocryphal) that Barron Trump applied to Harvard but wasn’t granted admission.

When you think about Trump’s tendency to try to get revenge for any perceived slight, no matter how tiny, his reason to engaging with Harvard makes a certain amount of sense.

[Johnny_L.A]

@Superdude

I’ve seen it mentioned (no cite, so apocryphal) that Barron Trump applied to Harvard but wasn’t granted admission.

It was reported on 4 September that he chose to attend NYU.

Donald Trump's Son Barron Trump's College Plans Revealed

[DesertDog]

@aurora_maire

Well, it is a toady but I didn’t think it was of the cabinet persuasion.

Are there any in the cabinet who aren’t of the toady persuasion? When you think about it, Trump’s cabinet is the ultimate DEI. Your education, expertise or even gender don’t matter.

Only your willingness to kiss Trump’s ass.