Tower of Obstruction

Unsurprising, but shitty-scary anyway. COVID-19 has gotten so bad here in Califoria, today 41 of all 58 counties were demoted down into the most-restrictive level of the fight against the virus, into the dreaded status of purple.* Gov. Gavin Newsom made the announcement, even insinuating a curfew may be coming. (Illustration found here). California currently…

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Time Melts with COVID-19 Surge

I was shocked, shocked! (h/t BJ): And even worse, but in the same killing field (h/t Tom Sullivan at Digby’s place): Click on the tweety bird for the full thread — sad and exasperating. The entire COVID-19 infrastructure is fucked, as a shitload of people are not paying attention to what is happening around them,…

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Dr. Fauci: ‘History is kind of repeating itself 102 years later’

Looking like maybe some rain this Friday evening here in California’s Central Valley, it’s warmed-up a bit and the air feels moist, but we’ll wait and see. Meanwhile, life has become a lengthy disaster movie. Coronavirus is like a whatever-the-fuck that won’t go away. And when it does appear to be slowly, possibly, going away,…

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Biden: ‘A mask is not a political statement. But it is a good way to start pulling the country together’

Cold and clear this Monday morning here in California’s Central Valley, frost on the ground. Meanwhile back east, Joe Biden is heating up the transition to office with way-most-likely the most-important issue facing the US (and the world) right now — COVID-19. After meeting with his newly-formed coronavirus task force, Joe spoke about the situation:…

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Liberty has the Night Sweats

Election still up in the fetid air this late Wednesday afternoon here in California’s Central Valley — at this particular point Joe Biden has 264 electoral votes after Michigan and Wisconsin dropped on his side, while the sour-faced, tantrum-pitching T-Rump has 214 and hanging. Joe needs one more to take-back the Oval Office. Meanwhile, off…

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