Author Topic: Michigan (Read 60541 times)

tower912 · « **Reply #75 on:** April 24, 2020, 09:28:06 AM »

Shelter in place to be extended to May 15. Some easing. Landscaping, construction, other departments in big box stores. Masks when in an enclosed public building. Golf walking only. Etc.

tower912 · « **Reply #76 on:** April 27, 2020, 07:14:04 AM »

Statewide, the curve seems to be flattening. Locally, the cases are spiking. Meat packing plants, homeless populations, and yes, some of the protestors. A flophouse motel up the street with no medical oversight has seen a large increase in the last week. And there is still no test for antibodies a available for first responders in my area, but if I show symptoms I can schedule a test 72 hours out.

Open it up!

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/27/healthcare-investigation-dmc-covid-19-healthcare-workers-deaths/3021420001/

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole · « **Reply #77 on:** April 30, 2020, 02:17:20 PM »

So apparently the "LIBERATE" protestors in Michigan are now inside the state capitol, and some of them are armed and walking around the gallery of the state senate while it is in session.

All so very normal.

jesmu84 · « **Reply #78 on:** April 30, 2020, 03:01:39 PM »

Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on April 30, 2020, 02:17:20 PM

So apparently the "LIBERATE" protestors in Michigan are now inside the state capitol, and some of them are armed and walking around the gallery of the state senate while it is in session.

All so very normal.

https://twitter.com/vote4robgill/status/1255922426120146947?s=20

https://twitter.com/xeni/status/1255948276508930048?s=20

I wonder if any of these gents worked for Blackwater under Sec DeVos' brother?

Jockey · « **Reply #79 on:** April 30, 2020, 03:07:41 PM »

Some state senators donned bulletproof vests.

From all of the pictures I've, seen, it look like an awful lot of white guys doin' the protesting. There is some good news here, though. Most do not appear to be wearing masks. Hopefully, they will carry the virus back to their next white militia meeting.

Pakuni · « **Reply #80 on:** April 30, 2020, 04:24:40 PM »

Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on April 30, 2020, 02:17:20 PM

So apparently the "LIBERATE" protestors in Michigan are now inside the state capitol, and some of them are armed and walking around the gallery of the state senate while it is in session.

All so very normal.

They just want to buy seeds and fish in a motorized boat, man.

MU Fan in Connecticut · « **Reply #81 on:** April 30, 2020, 04:35:58 PM »

Quote from: Jockey on April 30, 2020, 03:07:41 PM

Some state senators donned bulletproof vests.

From all of the pictures I've, seen, it look like an awful lot of white guys doin' the protesting. There is some good news here, though. Most do not appear to be wearing masks. Hopefully, they will carry the virus back to their next white militia meeting.

Post of the day.

tower912 · « **Reply #82 on:** April 30, 2020, 04:37:02 PM »

Just looked at some pictures. That is a bad look.

Johnny B · « **Reply #83 on:** May 01, 2020, 06:27:14 AM »

Gun weilding lunatics with their faces covered all around the capital. What is even the point of the guns? In what scenario are these people forming battle lines and shooting? Who tf are they shooting at? Police? National guard? Is it just some scare tactic for the governer? In what possible scenario are these people shooting? Seems like a "hey were bad ass look at our guns" bullcrap. Everyone there agrees with them. Who are you potentially shooting?

Hards Alumni · « **Reply #84 on:** May 01, 2020, 07:27:32 AM »

Quote from: Johnny B on May 01, 2020, 06:27:14 AM

Gun weilding lunatics with their faces covered all around the capital. What is even the point of the guns? In what scenario are these people forming battle lines and shooting? Who tf are they shooting at? Police? National guard? Is it just some scare tactic for the governer? In what possible scenario are these people shooting? Seems like a "hey were bad ass look at our guns" bullcrap. Everyone there agrees with them. Who are you potentially shooting?

The guns are meant to intimidate... to terrorize. They're a spectacle so that foolish young people can look at these guys and think how, 'badass' they look. They're a recruitment tool.

Realistically, these folks are cowards. They aren't the good guys with guns. They breed folks like Tim McVeigh, and should be ridiculed mercilessly.

Pakuni · « **Reply #85 on:** May 01, 2020, 07:48:42 AM »

Wonder whether a bunch of Black Lives Matter protesters storming a state capitol building armed with AR-15s would have been met with such restraint.
(It's a rhetorical question, obviously)

tower912 · « **Reply #86 on:** May 01, 2020, 07:50:47 AM »

Much like I have asked for regarding the federal response, I will ask for this now. Somebody make a case that carrying AR-15's into a state capital to argue your freedoms are being restricted makes sense.

StillAWarrior · « **Reply #87 on:** May 01, 2020, 08:12:17 AM »

Quote from: tower912 on May 01, 2020, 07:50:47 AM

Much like I have asked for regarding the federal response, I will ask for this now. Somebody make a case that carrying AR-15's into a state capital to argue your freedoms are being restricted makes sense.

Well, it gets coverage. Makes you look like a jagoff, but it definitely gets you coverage.

Jockey · « **Reply #88 on:** May 01, 2020, 08:34:20 AM »

Quote from: Hards_Alumni on May 01, 2020, 07:27:32 AM

The guns are meant to intimidate... to terrorize. They're a spectacle so that foolish young people can look at these guys and think how, 'badass' they look. They're a recruitment tool.

Realistically, these folks are cowards. They aren't the good guys with guns. They breed folks like Tim McVeigh, and should be ridiculed mercilessly.

.

Spot on. An implied threat of violence. They were terrorists, plain and simple, and should have been treated as such.

Jockey · « **Reply #89 on:** May 01, 2020, 10:33:38 AM »

File this under “is anyone surprised”.

Trump today called the armed terrorists “very good people” and stated that Gov. Whitmer should meet with them give in to some of their demands.

Galway Eagle · « **Reply #90 on:** May 01, 2020, 10:59:35 AM »

Quote from: Jockey on May 01, 2020, 10:33:38 AM

File this under “is anyone surprised”.

Trump today called the armed terrorists “very good people” and stated that Gov. Whitmer should meet with them give in to some of their demands.

Funny that he doesn't have this attitude when he's throwing out protestors from his rallies.

tower912 · « **Reply #91 on:** May 01, 2020, 05:10:14 PM »

Whitmer calls yesterday 'political theater'. Says she will continue to engage with epidemiologists, scientists, business and labor leaders to look for ways to open the state as safely as possible. Invites constructive ideas and input.

Jockey · « **Reply #92 on:** May 01, 2020, 05:14:32 PM »

Quote from: tower912 on May 01, 2020, 05:10:14 PM

Whitmer calls yesterday 'political theater'. Says she will continue to engage with epidemiologists, scientists, business and labor leaders to look for ways to open the state as safely as possible. Invites constructive ideas and input.

Other than Iowa, midwestern govs have done a very nice job so far.

tower912 · « **Reply #93 on:** May 01, 2020, 05:20:33 PM »

Republican Senate Majority leader called those using intimidation and threats of violence 'a bunch of jackasses' who hurt the cause of those who might want to make a reasoned argument. Good for him.

Hards Alumni · « **Reply #94 on:** May 01, 2020, 05:43:15 PM »

Quote from: tower912 on May 01, 2020, 05:20:33 PM

Republican Senate Majority leader called those using intimidation and threats of violence 'a bunch of jackasses' who hurt the cause of those who might want to make a reasoned argument. Good for him.

+1

HutchwasClutch · « **Reply #95 on:** May 01, 2020, 06:26:03 PM »

Quote from: tower912 on May 01, 2020, 05:20:33 PM

Republican Senate Majority leader called those using intimidation and threats of violence 'a bunch of jackasses' who hurt the cause of those who might want to make a reasoned argument. Good for him.

Too bad leaders on the left never rebuke their own.