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2020-04-28 Home Front: Politix

Newsom goes Full Whitmer - chastises beachgoers, warning that defying order could delay reopening California

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Posted by Frank G 2020-04-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 "This virus doesn't take the weekends off"

Even death takes a holiday.

Posted by Clem 2020-04-28 00:21|| 2020-04-28 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Orange County was red. The last few elections they've been purple. Newsom is going to make them red again.

Posted by ruprecht 2020-04-28 01:02|| 2020-04-28 01:02|| Front Page Top

#3 "This virus doesn't take the weekends off,"

There are tens of thousands of state government who've had quite a few weekends off, not to mention the past six weeks, all whilst collecting full pay and benefits. That's in the face of a sharp decline in sales tax revenue and gas tax revenue, just to name the two obvious ones. How many people do yo think this will cause to run for the exits of CA once this lockdown shit is over, well, more than were already planned?

Face it, Sir Gavin The Gay - your state is financially fucked for the forseeable future. Continuing the lockdown another day / week or whatever will only make things that much worse. Great leadership, there (/sarc).

Posted by Raj 2020-04-28 10:02|| 2020-04-28 10:02|| Front Page Top

#4 The videos I saw showed all the people far apart, not clumping up. Just another pocket sized fascist feeling disrespected by others doing what they want.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-04-28 10:33|| 2020-04-28 10:33|| Front Page Top

#5 This good has almost certainly caused more deaths from foregone cancer surgeries and other urgent care that's been denied by CA hospitals during this panic. That's not hyperbole. Surgeon friend just told me he had to drive to a local ER and force them to treat his aged father's abdominal pain he'd been suffering for three days -- they're not permitted to do so because the Boy Governor's ridiculously stringent orders. Turns out he has cancer, so they finally -- after my friend's driving over a hundred miles to confront them face to face and force them to admit his dad and diagnose and treat his symptoms - they finally perform the operation that saves his father's life.

Usually the opposite happens and the patient needing cancer surgery is denied treatment because ... COVID. How many times is this being repeated across the country?

Posted by Lex 2020-04-28 10:42|| 2020-04-28 10:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Correction to above: the ER is local to me -- that's where his dad lives -- but my friend lives >100 miles away.

Posted by Lex 2020-04-28 10:43|| 2020-04-28 10:43|| Front Page Top

#7 OC is Bluer than Blue - zero Repubs in Congres. The Orange Curtain fell in 2016.

Born and raised there.....

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2020-04-28 10:46|| 2020-04-28 10:46|| Front Page Top

#8 CA municipalities are moving ahead on their own for phased reopening. These will be small steps but the hope is that it builds pressure on State gummint to follow. Otherwise, it's gonna take a whole lot of civil disobedience to get things going.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2020-04-28 11:51|| 2020-04-28 11:51|| Front Page Top

#9 #5 They're afraid to treat people because they fear cv19 contamination of their facility. Not to worry, help is on the way.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-28 11:58|| 2020-04-28 11:58|| Front Page Top

#10 "This virus doesn't take the weekends off"

Actually, if you look at the numbers, it does. Or maybe it's just sloppy record-keeping.

I do like how "full Whitmer" is now a thing. Wolverines!

Posted by SteveS 2020-04-28 12:01|| 2020-04-28 12:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Bangkok Billy, Dunno what part of Orange County you mean but Republican Brian Maryott from San Juan Capistrano is a viable candidate against radical socialist Mike Levin. He could use a little help.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-04-28 12:53|| 2020-04-28 12:53|| Front Page Top

#12 Seems the states with more sun are having an easier time with CV19.

Posted by gorb 2020-04-28 13:33|| 2020-04-28 13:33|| Front Page Top

#13 The people in Michigan and California must feel a little like the crew of the U.S.S. Caine under Captain Queeg.

Captain Queeg: Ahh, but the strawberries! That's - that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with - geometric logic - that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist! And I'd have PRODUCED that key if they hadn't've pulled the Caine out of action! I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some fellow officers -

Umm... naturally, I can only cover these things roughly, from - memory... but if I've left anything out... why, you just ask me - specific questions and I'll be - perfectly happy to answer them... one by one.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-04-28 14:11|| 2020-04-28 14:11|| Front Page Top

#14 California is lucky in that they already know tourists aren't interested in California's shit-deep cities but the tourism to beaches and mountains should mostly return to normal.

NY is in deep as tourists are unlikely to return for a long time.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-04-28 16:41|| 2020-04-28 16:41|| Front Page Top

#15 Mammoth Lakes just cancelled their 4th of July Celebrations

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-28 17:09|| 2020-04-28 17:09|| Front Page Top

#16 "#11. Bangkok Billy, Dunno what part of Orange County you mean"

Uhhh.... all of it? 7 Congressional districts are in or touch OC. All 7 are Donks. That happened in 2016. Are there places where a Repup could win? Sure but looks to me demographics are destiny in this case.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2020-04-28 18:18|| 2020-04-28 18:18|| Front Page Top

#17 Levin looks vulnerable. In my 50th, I expect Issa to kick Ammar Campa-Najar's ass to take the seat Duncan D. Hunter disgraced

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-28 18:42|| 2020-04-28 18:42|| Front Page Top

#18 I thought Eric Holder's redistricting had all to do with it
Lex glad your friends dad is ok.

Posted by Jan 2020-04-28 18:42|| 2020-04-28 18:42|| Front Page Top

#19 Thx Jan. Waiting on a surgery here. This is slowly killing us...

Posted by Lex 2020-04-28 19:55|| 2020-04-28 19:55|| Front Page Top

#20 Best wishes, Lex

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-28 20:08|| 2020-04-28 20:08|| Front Page Top

#21 Ty Frank

Posted by Lex 2020-04-28 22:14|| 2020-04-28 22:14|| Front Page Top

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