Monthly Archives: April 2020

CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Bloomberg News reports: Potbelly said it’s returning a loan it received under the Payroll Protection Program, amid criticism that national chains landed loans at the expense of mom-and-pop firms as the program ran out of money. The Chicago-based sandwich chain said it was “surprised and disappointed” when the fund was quickly exhausted, leaving many companies without help. It’s returning the …

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Trump Unfollows Piers Morgan After Critical Column

Mediaite reports: British television host Piers Morgan announced Saturday morning that President Donald Trump had unfollowed him on Twitter after he posted a column calling Trump’s coronavirus cure “batshit crazy.” Morgan and Trump have had a friendly relationship for over a decade dating back to 2008 when the president declared him the winner of Celebrity Apprentice. For two straight years …

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Trump Battles Oversight Of COVID Relief Spending

The Hill reports: The Trump campaign hammered Congress for setting up a committee to oversee the implementation of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package, casting the panel as the embodiment of a “WITCH HUNT.” “First, the Democrat’s Russian Collusion Delusion FAILED because WE fought back,” the campaign said in a fundraising email it says was penned by President Trump, referring …

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WHO: No Evidence Yet That Reinfection Can’t Happen

Via press from the World Health Organization: WHO has published guidance on adjusting public health and social measures for the next phase of the COVID-19 response. Some governments have suggested that the detection of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, could serve as the basis for an “immunity passport” or “risk-free certificate” that would enable individuals to …

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Kanye: Racist Forbes Won’t Put Me On Billionaires List

Forbes reports: When we featured Kanye West on the cover of Forbes last summer, delving into his incredible success with Yeezy, he seemed pleased at first. As the year wore on, he protested publicly. (“I showed them a $890 million receipt, and they still didn’t say ‘billionaire,’” he told an industry panel, about something that no one at Forbes remembers.) …

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Junior “Jokes” That Hillary Poisoned Jeffrey Epstein

The New York Post reports: Donald Trump Jr. took a swipe at Hillary Clinton Saturday, joking to his Twitter followers that she was behind the death of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The remark came in response to a Clinton jab at his father, President Trump, for his “sarcastic” suggestion to Americans that disinfectant could be used to treat COVID-19. “Please …

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5000+ New York Pharmacies To Conduct COVID Testing

CNBC reports: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that the state is expanding diagnostic coronavirus testing to first responders, health care workers and essential employees and aims to provide tests to 40,000 people each day. Cuomo will also sign an executive order to allow independent pharmacists to conduct diagnostic testing. This will unlock a network of over 5,000 pharmacies …

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Red-Caped Catholic Loons: COVID Is God’s Punishment For Sins Of Sodomy, Abortion, Pornography, Adultery

Just in from Tradition, Family, & Property: Never ask progressive theologians if the coronavirus is a chastisement. They will always find some kind of class struggle cause for catastrophes. Greedy people oppressing poor people cause disasters. Systemic social structures create misfortunes. Abuse of “Mother Earth” leads to eco-catastrophes. Besides, the notions of sin and hell are fuzzy to these modern …

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AMA Rips Trump’s Suggestion To Inject Disinfectants

Reuters reports: President Donald Trump’s musings on whether injecting disinfectants might treat COVID-19 horrified medical professionals on Friday and raised fresh concerns that his stream-of-consciousness briefings could push frightened people to poison themselves with untested treatments. An international chorus of doctors and health experts urged people not to drink or inject disinfectant after Trump on Thursday suggested that scientists should …

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REPORT: Dictator Kim Jong Un In “Vegetative State”

The New York Daily News reports: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is in a “vegetative state” after he underwent heart surgery earlier this month, a Japanese magazine says. The weekly Shukan Gendai reported Friday that a Chinese medic sent to North Korea as part of a team to treat Kim believed a delay in a simple procedure left the …

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Saudi Arabia Abolishes Flogging As A Punishment

Agence France-Presse reports: Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the state human rights commission said Saturday, hailing a “major step forward” in the reform programme launched by the king and his powerful son. Court-ordered floggings in Saudi Arabia — sometimes extending to hundreds of lashes — have long drawn condemnation from human rights groups. But they say the …

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CDC Adds Six More Coronavirus Symptoms To Website

The Miami Herald reports: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tripled the number of coronavirus symptoms it lists on its website. The federal organization previously listed fever, cough and shortness of breath as symptoms of COVID-19. The CDC has added six additional symptoms as people “have had a wide range of symptoms reported,” it says on its website. …

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Fox Host Defends Trump’s “Hilarious” Clorox Claims

“Was it off-the-cuff? Maybe, doesn’t matter. Was it sarcasm? Maybe, maybe not, doesn’t matter. What matters is that anyone actually believes that he was saying you should inject Clorox into people. “I mean, one thousand days with Trump plus as president and we still have an entire industry mobilized by an offhand comment. How can any adult believe seriously believe …

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Randy Rainbow: A Spoonful Of Clorox [VIDEO]

YouTube star Randy Rainbow is back today to quickly respond to Glorious Leader’s suggestion that injecting disinfectants might be a great way to cure coronavirus. Randy sets his sights on Trump and Fox’s crackpot doctors to the tune of A Spoonful Of Sugar, from Disney’s 1964 classic, Mary Poppins. Notably, original songwriter Robert Sherman penned the tune on the day …

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Trump’s Grandiosity Endangers West Point Cadets

The New York Times reports: Last Friday, the day before Mr. Pence was to speak at the Air Force ceremony in Colorado, Mr. Trump, never one to be upstaged, abruptly announced that he would, in fact, be speaking at West Point. That was news to everyone, including officials at West Point, according to three people involved with or briefed on …

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Las Vegas Mayor Cites “Desert Heat” In Call To Reopen

“Although, it has not been clearly determined as to the effect that extreme warmth will have on the virus, it is assumed that it will deter its ferocity. Our hot summer coupled with our unique economy compel us to be at the forefront of America’s ‘reopening.’ We are certainly looking forward to having our desert heat provide that substantiation. “Las …

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National Car Seller Got $77M In Small Business Funds

The Washington Post reports: AutoNation, a national network of auto sellers, received more than $77 million in federal small-business funds despite being a company worth billions that employed more than 26,000 people before the pandemic. In response to questions from The Washington Post, AutoNation Executive Vice President Marc Cannon said that the company’s board voted Thursday to return the funds …

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Tony Perkins Attacks Trump Cabinet Member Richard Grenell: Pro-LGBT Actions Are Risking America’s Safety

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: Richard Grenell never worked for Barack Obama — but he’s using tactics near and dear to that administration’s foreign policy. The acting director of national intelligence has decided that it’s time for America to stop sharing information with countries who aren’t as pro-LGBT as he is — a view that’s eerily similar …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Billboard Magazine reports: 50-year-old singer and actor Billy Porter can’t help but look seven months ahead to see the November general election on the horizon. He knows that in order to vote out President Donald Trump, people are going to need to be galvanized to a cause. Luckily, he has a galvanizing anthem for the world to hear. On Friday …

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Roger Stone “Praying” For Pardon: I’ll Die In Prison

Fox News reports: Longtime President Trump associate Roger Stone, who was sentenced earlier this year to roughly three years in prison for making false statements and witness tampering, said in a podcast released Thursday that he’s “praying” for a pardon from the president — repeating a claim that his punishment would be a “de facto death sentence” because of coronavirus. …

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