Day: March 15, 2020

Heckuva job, Trumpy

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Google really is developing a nationwide site dedicate to coronavirus

UPDATE:

Google announced it “is partnering with the U.S. government in developing a nationwide website.” Google’s latest announcement says the site is in addition to what Verily is doing, which is much more limited, in that only people in the San Francisco Bay area would be able to do risk assessments and get scheduled for testing.

HOWEVER:

The site is not what President Trump described. It is not a screening site which will direct people to nearby testing if appropriate. It is just a general info site. Trump conflated the Verily site (which is intended to do what he claims, but was originally only intended for health care workers in the SF area) and the upcoming Google site (which is nationwide, but is just general info and helpful tips).

Trump:

“I want to thank Google. Google is helping to develop a website, it’s going to be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past, to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing at a nearby convenient location.”

Google:

“We’re partnering with the U.S. government in developing a website dedicated to COVID-19 education, prevention, and local resources nationwide. This includes best practices on prevention, links to authoritative information from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and helpful tips and tools from Google for individuals, teachers and businesses. We’ll be rolling out an initial version of the website late Monday, March 16, and we’ll continue to enhance and update it with more resources on an ongoing basis.”

Having noted that, I’ll add that the imaginary thing Trump described is a very good idea and somebody SHOULD develop it – respond to a questionaire, and it tells you the next step to take in your zip code. Once the groundwork is laid, it could be used for future diseases as well.

PREVIOUS:

“Google’s not making a nationwide coronavirus testing website. And the company had no idea the president would say it was.”

As Google’s sister company, Verily, understood it, the site was to be designed primarily for health care workers, not the general public, and would work at first only in the San Francisco area.

“People will be looking for a site that tells them where to get tested; unless they live in a handful of zip codes, it will be useless to them for the foreseeable future.”

J-Law in a flimsy top – magnificent pokies. Really sexy pic.

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As I studied this pic – for educational purposes only, you understand – I noticed that J-Law has gone full raccoon on the eye make-up, which usually doesn’t happen to female celebrities in their twenties.

And then I realized she has gone behind my back and aged enough to turn 30 this year. Shock!

But it should still be too early for full raccoon, and she has been using this look for years. I guess it’s just her personal style.

When she posed for Elle in November, they made her up more naturally – and they should know a thing or two about such matters.

I can’t believe I just went on about make-up. Either I’m a total douche or have turned gay.

Or both.

As far as I know, I’m still straight, but I am already missing Broadway, so … who knows?

Steven Mnuchin says Trump didn’t get ‘things wrong at all’ in his coronavirus address.

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These guys lie when there’s no need to, and they can’t even make up believable lies.

Everything Trump said is on tape. Trump said, “These prohibitions will not only apply to the tremendous amount of trade and cargo but various other things as we get approval.” As he said that, stock futures were plummeting.

This was not a matter of people misinterpreting what he said. What he said was completely clear and people interpreted the meaning of his words correctly. The problem was that the cargo ban was never an accurate statement of his plan. There was no such plan, so the administration had to issue an immediate correction.

So what happened? What he said was not what was in his prepared speech. Trump is not a proficient reader. He simply fucked up and read the speech wrong. According to the Wall Street Journal, the draft of the speech said, the prohibitions “will not apply” to trade and cargo, rather than they “will not only apply.”

The crazy thing about this is that it’s a “who cares?” issue. Mnuchin could simply have told the truth and all would be soon forgotten. Because of the tweeted correction, we all knew that Trump must have misread the speech, so I would not be typing now if Mnuchin had told the truth, because it would not be news. Everyone makes mistakes. On the other hand, Mnuchin’s lie just causes us to focus on Trump’s mistake.

Furthermore, I think all of these guys need to re-read the story about the boy who cried “wolf.” If they just keep lying about everything, we’re not going to believe them when they decide to accurately convey something important.

Mexico City is going ahead with Vive Latino

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“Some acts backed out, but tens of thousands of music fans flocked on Saturday to the first day of the festival, which still expected Guns N’ Roses, Carlos Vives and Zoe to be among its headliners. Organizers said more than 70,000 tickets had been sold for each of the festival’s two days.”

“In Mexico we have a culture of a little bit more of hygiene that helps us to limit this kind of transmissions.”

Yup, that’s what comes to mind when I think of Mexico – extreme hygiene. When you cross that border from the USA, it’s like you’ve entered a Swedish hospital.

How crazy are these times? Ted Cruz is the voice of reason

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“Coronavirus causes panicked shoppers to strip many store aisles, but broccoli remains”

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“Bottles of vitamin C were gone, even though doctors say Vitamin C works about as well as Twinkies in staving off illness. Some things were not out. There was plenty of broccoli. No one on Taraval Street felt the need to stock up on broccoli.”

Did I mention that broccoli is actually the best possible preventative for coronavirus?

Except, of course, for swallowing webmaster semen.

Renee Michelle showing off her bare butt

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Glynnis O’Connor naked in California Dreaming (1979)

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I love the way she looked in this film, and it’s an easy enough watch for an unambitious AIP film.

I wish these captures (1, 2) were a little more professional.

The entire film is on YouTube

If you want to skip right to the fun stuff, here is the sex scene:

And here is the bathroom scene:

Here is what she looks like now (pretty effin’ good)