What do coronavirus and Aberdeen mayor Travis Schaunaman have in common?
On rare occasions, they both can bring us something cool, like U.S. Senator John Thune whiskering up!
Funny—I usually celebrate spring by shaving. But hey, why not celebrate a negative covid-19 test result and a long break from the Senate by taking a break from the razor. But don’t stop at the chin, John—let it all grow wild!
There is no scientific evidence that whiskers themselves increase anyone’s risk of catching coronavirus. However, facial hair can make it tough to get a nice virus-proof fit for your coronavirus mask.
Dude looks like Boris Johnson. It looks like he might need a re-test.
Wish he’d grow a spine instead of a beard.
What Loren said.
One thing about Thune, you never even know he isn’t around. Dude is like pasty wall paper. So his inaction, along with the rest of the failed republican party, has landed this pile of excrement on our door steps.
“THE METASTASIZING CORONAVIRUS outbreak in the United States has left health care providers and government officials facing a humbling reality as they scramble to procure medical gear that is key to containing the pandemic: On the global market for medical gear, America is just another buyer on a long list.
After weeks of dragging its feet, the Trump administration has deployed the Defense Production Act to plug gaps in the supply of the masks, gowns, and face shields supposed to protect health care workers and keep hospitals up and running. But a review of government pandemic preparedness documents, and interviews with emergency medicine specialists and supply chain experts, reveals that the American government is ill prepared to deploy the Cold War–era law to deliver gear to strapped US hospitals.”
So now we put up the Jolly Roger while we steal and plunder the materials from honest people. The criminal enterprise called the republican party with Thune as number 2.
I made a comment on an Argus Leader article about Kristie’s response, calling it “leading from behind.” I also stated that it was much like the SD delegation in Washington. The comment got bounced for violating some “widget.” I don’t even know what that is, but it must have something to do with criticizing a Republican while being a S. Dakotan.
I think the time has come for Thune and other influential Republicans to come together, join ranks and tell Trump the time has come for him to go.
-Trump is just not capable of handling a crisis. He never prepared the country for this situation and literally flips flops back and forth every couple of days. How can a country come together when the message changes constantly.
-I am starting to get scared about Trump mental stability. His outburst are a sign he can not cope with the situation. His changing stance on issues is a sign he is not able to cope with the pressure.
-I have great concern about our military. We should not be having these covid19 outbreaks on these navy ships. The navy, of all agencies, should have been on top of a illness outbreak. Military leadership is in crisis with a Commander and Chief who is mentally unstable.
Scott, Senator Thune, other influential Republicans and much of the GOP rank-and-file KNEW what they were getting with Trump. They then and will continue now to keep their dissonance to themselves and keep up the judiciary appointment freight train. This is and has always been about the long-term play for the take over of the third branch of government – the branch that has permanence .
And on cue: the pandemic will not halt the march for conservative judge installments.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-pandemic-trump-mitch-mconnell-judges-justin-walker-unqualified_n_5e8cdccdc5b62459a930531c
Church bailout as well. Damn, I should have taken that online course and called myself a megachurch. Phooey. First Amendment means nothing.
“”Faith-based organizations are eligible to receive SBA loans regardless of whether they provide secular social services,” the SBA said in a statement. “No otherwise eligible organization will be disqualified from receiving a loan because of the religious nature, religious identity, or religious speech of the organization.”
This seems a pretty clear-cut flouting of the Constitution. The First Amendment reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
“The government cannot directly fund inherently religious activities,” Alison Gill, legal and policy vice president of American Atheists, told NPR. “It can’t spend government tax dollars on prayer, on promoting religion [or] proselytization. That directly contradicts the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. This is the most drastic attack on church-state separation we have ever seen.” https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/06/828462517/another-break-from-the-past-government-will-help-churches-pay-pastor-salaries
Fits trump/republicans like Thune, to a T. Take a look at that blank picture and those dead eyes, you can clearly see the cult of ignorance.
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
― Issac Asimov
This guy is a shame.Fly home in a jet.Why not stay there in.D.C. and get better ,.Shameful can we do better, these guys are going to bust the country with a huge deficit in the trillion gaziillions of money out of thin air.
Mayhaps Marlboro Barbie had reason to change appearAnce. Seems like he had a passing acquaintance with disgraced former Tucker Carlson head writer, Neff……
CNN Business revealed on July 9 that Neff had posted vicious comments on an online forum while writing under the name CharlesXII.
He had chimed in on racist, sexist, homophobic and religiously insensitive posts and had made posts mocking women whom he was connected to on social media.
Neff has attacked Blacks, Asians, women, liberals — basically anyone who is not a white male conservative.
Neff interned for MB 10 years ago.
https://www.nwestiowa.com/opinion/lawrence-ex-fox-news-writer-neff-has-south-dakota-roots/article_c594b3ac-cdf4-11ea-93d7-239320485de3.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-sticky-siderail-next