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nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#332801: Oct 8th 2020 at 6:03:21 PM

The Alaska State House had this weird thing where a number of Republicans caucused with Democrats to give them the majority in the chamber (kind of like the IDC in New York, but the other way around). But with the November election coming up, it looked like the coalition is falling apart - 2 of the 6 members lost their primaries, one died in a plane crash, and another 2 have just announced that they'll be returning to the Republican part. Anchorage News Daily

I wonder what it'll mean for the state House? Is there any hope of Democrats winning an outright majority?

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#332802: Oct 8th 2020 at 6:15:47 PM

@Codafett Yeah, as pointed out above, a lot of the Republican party runs on a belief that the DNC more or less wants to outright destroy America and is within its power to do so.

This is a big part of why many Republicans were still willing to vote Trump, justifying their actions with something along the lines of "Trump is a terrible person, but 4 more years of the Democrats running America and there won't be another election"

This is also part of why the narrative that politicians are all evil, when taken too far, is ironically helpful to evil politicians. It allows the worst politicians to draw false equivalencies between their worst crimes and bog-standard political underhandedness and to make said crimes look normal.

Leviticus 19:34
Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#332803: Oct 8th 2020 at 6:56:20 PM

Not that I'd expect Republicans to come up with any sane logic to this, but how do ya figure Democrats would "destroy" the country when they could have done that 20 times over whenever they had a Democratic President/majority in the House or Senate in the past.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
minseok42 A Self-inflicted Disaster from A Six-Tatami Room (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
A Self-inflicted Disaster
#332804: Oct 8th 2020 at 6:59:45 PM

[up]They probably rationalize themselves thinking that the Republicans stopped the Democrats' evil plan. Much like how cult leaders say "The end is near, so give up your material possessions to stop the end." and when the apocalypse doesn't come, they say "the end didn't come thanks to your donations."

"Enshittification truly is how platforms die"-Cory Doctorow
Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#332805: Oct 8th 2020 at 7:03:03 PM

Same leap of logic those 2012 doomsayers used when people asked them why the world didn't end then.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#332806: Oct 8th 2020 at 7:08:28 PM

Or the 2011 ones.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#332807: Oct 8th 2020 at 7:18:13 PM

What's the difference?

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#332808: Oct 8th 2020 at 7:22:02 PM

The latter was more focused on one specific group of evangelical Christians - the 2012 doomsday stuff had a somewhat larger base.

At least, that’s what I recall.

Oh God! Natural light!
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#332809: Oct 8th 2020 at 7:24:27 PM

@Steven Actually not that hard to justify, they tend to simply believe the party became more radical fairly recently if I recall and hasn't had time to destroy America since deciding on that goal.

Leviticus 19:34
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#332810: Oct 8th 2020 at 8:14:13 PM

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/fauci-trump-coronavirus-treatment-steroid-dexamethasone-b889134.html?utm_source=reddit.com

Fauci is no longer even trying and flat out says that Trump is only running around because he's on roids.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#332811: Oct 8th 2020 at 8:24:09 PM

Full quote:

"When you're on steroids, there are a number of side effects. It makes you hyper energetic, it sometimes interferes with your ability to sleep. If you're on it [dexamethasone] a very long time, and which he's not, and they don't plan on having him on it for a long period of time, there are long range side effects. But the side effects when a person is on a higher dose for a short time, it's more that you're very energetic."

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#332812: Oct 8th 2020 at 8:25:43 PM

He's certainly been tweeting very energetically, both in volume and tone.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#332813: Oct 8th 2020 at 8:26:11 PM

I'm getting Powerthirst vibes for some reason.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#332814: Oct 8th 2020 at 8:27:27 PM

Assuming Biden wins and the Dems take the Senate, has there been any musings about seriously making D.C. and Puerto Rico states?

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#332815: Oct 8th 2020 at 8:29:53 PM

Puerto Rico seems to have initiated state request status.

Its just the Republicans have been blocking it.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#332816: Oct 8th 2020 at 8:59:11 PM

At his age, steroids is bound to have nasty effects afterwards.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#332817: Oct 8th 2020 at 8:59:33 PM

[up][up][up] @LBSK, IMO DC statehood is almost a certainty. The bill passed the House with near unanimous Democratic support (Peterson was the only no) and I can't see any Democratic Senator voting against when it comes down to it. Biden is supportive as well, IIRC

Puerto Rico is much iffier, partly because unlike DC it isn't certain that statehood is the consensus or majority view on the island itself. Biden has said here that he'll follow the will of the Puerto Rican people.

I'm curious as to whether there will be a push to make any of the other island territories (American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam) states.

Edited by nova92 on Oct 8th 2020 at 9:14:23 AM

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#332818: Oct 8th 2020 at 9:03:58 PM

I studied steroids a lot in college. Even though corticosteroids aren't quite the tricky subject as their anabolic cousins (I wrote like 3 anabolic steroid legalization papers), there are still a lot of side effects especially if the dose is high. And there's also the fact that Trump most likely still has the virus kicking around.

Sure it can't reduce his lungs to mush, but there's other stuff COVID can do.

Edited by NickTheSwing on Oct 8th 2020 at 9:04:54 AM

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#332819: Oct 8th 2020 at 9:10:01 PM

[up] What can COVID do to the mind?

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#332820: Oct 8th 2020 at 9:11:05 PM

Confusion, for one.

TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#332821: Oct 8th 2020 at 9:15:30 PM

Alzheimers as a second.

Together with mini-strokes, seizures and Guillain-Barre syndrome...

Not to mention causing severe damage to the heart that can persist for months, even in cases of mild infections...

Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#332822: Oct 8th 2020 at 9:23:59 PM

Yeah I read a few times how COVID, if it gets real bad, can fuck up your brain.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#332823: Oct 8th 2020 at 9:46:56 PM

The Democrats also have a stronger incentive to make DC a state, because it would definitely be a solid blue that would give them two safe senate seats. Whereas PR has more potential to be competitive.

Codafett Knows-Many-Things Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
Knows-Many-Things
#332824: Oct 8th 2020 at 9:55:32 PM

@minseok42

Like my insane co-worker I always tell you guys about. Whose convinced that the purpose of the Republican party is to stop the Democrats from enslaving us all. Of course he tries to explain it in a way that doesn't sound absolutely batshit but he doesn't realize that I'm not a simpleton.

People like him though are what worry me. If there's one thing that GOP have done a fantastic job of, it's convincing their voters that the alternative is giving in to a devil worshipping, cannibalistic communist regime.

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#332825: Oct 8th 2020 at 9:57:30 PM

The one thing I've heard multiple times about COVID-19 is blood clots and the sheer amount of them in patients.

Around the world, doctors caring for COVID-19 patients have been trying to make sense of the same thing. When they draw blood from COVID patients, it clots in the tubes. When nurses insert catheters for kidney dialysis and IV lines to draw blood, the tubes quickly become clogged with clots.

“Patients are making clots all over the place,” says Adam Cuker, MD, a hematologist and associate professor of medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. “That’s making management of these patients very challenging.”

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200424/blood-clots-are-another-dangerous-covid-19-mystery

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