Today's Reddit

I got questions:

When white people talk shit and threaten to throw down on somebody, why does it seem like they feel the need to sound like black people?

 

Is it just another manifestation of their racism?

 

More cultural appropriation?

It is a wonderment. 

We Are Not So Smart

President Stoopid says it, and some dumbass takes it as gospel, and just has to give it a try.

Phoenix New Times

An Arizona man died after he and his wife ingested a chemical in an attempt to prevent a coronavirus infection, Banner Health said in a press release. His wife is in critical care. Both are in their 60s.

The chemical — chloroquine phosphate — is commonly used to clean fish tanks.

During a press conference on Thursday, President Donald Trump touted chloroquine as showing "very, very encouraging early results" in treating COVID-19 and falsely stated that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was working "to be able to make that drug available almost immediately." The drug has been used to treat malaria.

Minutes after Trump made the false claim, FDA Commissioner Steven Hahn said a "clinical trial, a large, pragmatic clinical trial" would be required before making any determination on the use of chloroquine to treat the coronavirus.

In its press release, Banner Health advised against "the use of inappropriate medications and household products to prevent or treat COVID-19."

“Given the uncertainty around COVID-19, we understand that people are trying to find new ways to prevent or treat this virus, but self-medicating is not the way to do so,” said Dr. Daniel Brooks, Banner Poison and Drug Information Center medical director. “The last thing that we want right now is to inundate our emergency departments with patients who believe they found a vague and risky solution that could potentially jeopardize their health.”
I got into a little Twitter Spat yesterday with a guy trying to make the point that "the red tape is keeping us from finding new ways to beat this thing..." and (of course) "the government just needs to get out of the way".

I don't know what it'll take to break this logjam of deliberate wishful foolishness. Even when it's been made clear that the guy in charge is a complete fuckin' idiot, people are storming around in response to every little piece of shit that falls out of his mouth and floats by them on the internet.

What the fuck is wrong with us?

Or Is It Southern Hipster?

The name of the game - as always - is trying to make it turn a profit.

And that's not necessarily a bad thing, but when it's all just about Co-Opting the thing, and putting your exclusive Brand on it, and smash-fitting into the centuries-old business model of Profit Über Alles and Niche Dominance, then it's destined for the trash heap where all fads and fashion go to die.

Cuz if we keep it in play, then we're all cool. If not, then eventually we've got a very few people running the whole show, and what the fuck is the point of that?

That said - keep your cool - gather info - postpone your need for the gratification of taking a giant dump on people before you know some of the details.

Trae Crowder

There's got to be a line. When is enough enough?

Redneck Participation Trophies

April is the "unofficial" Confederate History month because there's a Democrat in the Governor's Mansion right now. As soon as that changes, I suspect we'll be right back to the Dixie Rising bullshit that comes back on us like malaria every few-to-several years.

And this junk is everywhere.

There are some pretty solid efforts now to get these things relegated to the museums where (I think) they belong - they are some pretty great pieces of art, after all. And they depict a facet of our history that needs to stay front and center, even if the monuments to the "heroes" who led a bloody traitorous insurrection (in support of White Supremacy and the "right" to own human beings as chattel) should be removed from the public square.

Uh - What Now?

Abe Lincoln was the father of the GOP and the savior of our great nation. 

White southern Republicans honor his many achievements and his commitments to equality and unity by proudly displaying the flag of the Confederacy.

As If It Matters Now

CNN:

Last year was officially the Earth's warmest since record-keeping began in the 1880s, the World Meteorological Organization announced Wednesday morning.

That means 2016 set a global heat record for the third year in a row according to NOAA and NASA, who held a joint press conference on Wednesday to discuss the record.

 

Today's Librul Redneck

Fake Lord Have Mercy

hat tip = bosom buddy Lollie B

Is We Learnin'?

Some of us just never get tired of being played for suckers.

Police charged 45-year-old Scott Lattin with making a false report after arresting him at his home in Whitney, Texas. While the suspect denied the accusation during a brief on-camera interview, his arrest warrant stated that he admitted to damaging the truck for “insurance reasons.”

Lattin organized the fundraiser after claiming last week that vandals spray-painted “Black Lives Matter” across his truck as well as “F*ck the police” because he had decorated the vehicle with the phrase “Police Lives Matter” in support of Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth, who was shot and killed at a gas station last month. Both authorities and conservatives have attempted to connect Goforth’s death with the movement, seemingly without any evidence.

God Love Charlie Pierce

From his weekly piece on what's happenin' out there in the several states:

Kansas, the national biohazard lab for infectious stupidity

About That Flag

Some knuckleheads down in Richmond decided a while back to put up the CSA Battle Flag because they tho't it was a good way to show their...uhm...American Pride(?)  Yeah, that one still eludes most of us graced with the sense the good lord gave the average okra pod.

Anyway, they've put up another one, but there seems to be some real push-back goin' on (or at least a little wishful Photoshoppin'):

And BTW:

hat tip = Addicting Info