I think we're wrong - they did take it seriously - very seriously

[malaise]

for themselves - they were working on cashing in and not the safety of citizens.
Follow the money - follow the trips, follow the decisions.

Then lock them the fuck up!

[rampartc]

1. +1 the insider trafing is the tip of the iceberg.

[malaise]

2. THIS

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

3. We gotta put their backs against...

His wall and expose them all. Maybe the wall has certain benefits.

[malaise]

4. We should put them in the wall

and pour concrete

[2naSalit]

5. +1!!!

[Wounded Bear]

16. Oooh, go all Cask of Amontillada on them...

Props for the Poe reference!

[malaise]

18. The real fun would be hearing them scream

For the love of God!

[RVN VET71]

23. Nevermore!

[woodsprite]

35. Nah, in front of a military firing squad. nt

[CaptYossarian]

39. They'll find Jimmy Hoffa that way.

Then Geraldo's great-grandkids will open the vault in 50 years to find Mummified Mitch.

[Tucker08087]

43. Holy shit!

I thought he was already mummified!

[CaptYossarian]

44. He's only pickled.

Saturated in Bourbon.

[malaise]

50. Holy Shit for Mummified Mitch

Damn that's good

[CaptYossarian]

52. Thanks.

[CaptYossarian]

53. Thanks.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

48. Kick!

Yes!

[mopinko]

6. there's only one reason to run a pandemic this way-

grift.

[malaise]

13. A perfect cartoon

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213267295

[mopinko]

17. that money looks healthy af.

this is gonna make a lot of money for a lot of people.
fortunately, some will be good people.
folks by me are dying to garden, and it happens i expanded my spring plant selection greatly this year. i'm as busy as a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest.
see lots of little businesses by me turning themselves inside out to keep serving people.

i think we are entering a new era of everyday heroes.
i have high hopes for that.

[malaise]

20. We just linked up with a good friend who owns a small farm in the hills of St Ann

She says she has more than enough veggies for our regular group and then some because the hotels near her farm are closed.

Thankfully one of the group commutes to Kingston twice a week.

[mopinko]

27. i am worried about farmers. this took everything i was doing and tossed it in the air.

i have to reinvent my sales process. my annual sale is a fun event, full of talk and contact. now, i put out plants, email w folks, and take zelle now. maybe wave through the window.
the market farmers here are scrambling to figure this all out. they will likely be going to csa type boxes, and drive thru pick up. but they are a huge thing here in chi.

but i worry about my big brothers and sisters. they were already in the shit, esp ill and wis. at least we are having a mild spring. could use a bit more rain, but compared to last year, it's a relief. lake michigan really needs to go down. last year it was in my back yard!
i know the seed companies are going bonkers. i only got a last minute order in w johnnie's as i am a past customer. the wannnabes are comin out of the woodwork, ja love 'em. but their usual 2 day delivery is a thing of the past for now.

i wonder how many other disruptions will crop up in our way.
at least we should have cheap gas.

[malaise]

24. The one in front looks like

Barr

[mopinko]

34. they all look alike to me.

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Hey, Mo

You doing OK?
We're OK down here in our farther south boonies.

[mopinko]

33. hey you!

i'm doing great, actually. having a great spring, and feel like i am providing a good service to my neighbors who are itching for something to keep them sane in this.
my passion became a mission, and i am always happiest fighting a good fight.

[safeinOhio]

7. Just another good reason to vote,

even if we have to crawl through broken glass to do it.

[duforsure]

8. That's why we need to get a CV Anti-corruption Bill passed

For anyone in our government using this crisis to profit or gain from , or help others from using their position , and hand out strict minimums sentencing and really harsh fines, including for a president , his family members including a sister, brother, kids, wife, and preventing insider trading, scammers, and price gouges. First give those that have a 10 day grace period to confess now and resign , facing lesser charges and fines. The American people need to know this now, and Biden and others use it to campaign with (corruption) if trump or Moscow Mitch refuse to pass it.

[malaise]

9. THIS

Nothing else should pass until this passes

[Ad Infinitum]

10. Martha Stewart

Hoist on their own petard!

[dalton99a]

11. The only planning they did was to loot the Treasury.

Yep, there was quite a bit of planning behind the scenes while Moscow Mitch maintained radio silence. Look at all the things they put in the bill

[malaise]

12. Yep

Greed kills

[lark]

14. Boom goes the dynamite!

You have got it exactly right. He had time to purchase shares in Jared's brothers' business, refuse to use free & already available WHO tets while his small co. of 16 ee. took 3 months to come up with an accurate usable test. For 3 months we died for his profits!! How many thousands of Americans would have lived if he had just taken and ramped up testing with the WHO kit? No, he had to sell equipment to China, move all the National Security PPW stock to a private co. and let them profiteer off the goods for which taxpayers have already paid. He and Jared need to be in jail until the day they die and all their assets should be seized to repay the taxpayers for his theft.

[malaise]

15. Well said

[I_UndergroundPanther]

49. That should apply to every republican.

[FM123]

19. Yep. Their actions scream louder than their words.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. Follow the Facemasks and Ventilators!

[malaise]

22. and his favorite drug of choice

[gab13by13]

29. Yes, he has links to 2 companies who make the drug,

He pisses me off because I know he's profiting from this drug and he goes on national TV and brags about the millions of doses he/we have bought. He even suggested sending some to the military for them to take just for preventative measures.
The tests on his miracle cure aren't going so well. In one study it caused heart problems, in another study animals were injected with Metformin/Glucophage, common drug used by diabetics, 30 to 40% of the animals died.

[DENVERPOPS]

40. It's dejavu, ala Rumsfeld

During the Iraq war:

Rumsfeld is worried about anthrax being used as a bio-weapon against the U.S. mainland. The antidote is an anti biotic called CIPRO

Rumsfeld goes out and buys millions of shares in the Pharmaceutical Corp that makes CIPRO

Two days later, he announces that he is ordering the Fed Gov't to stockpile zillions of Cipro pills around the nation.....

The next day, the stock of that big pharmaceutical corp triples in price.

The next day, Rumsfeld cashes out of that stock netting him many many millions in profits.

This group of Republicons are, by far, the most corrupt Political Party in the history of our nation.....

[malaise]

45. THIS

Yes

[Joinfortmill]

25. Ha! True.

[spooky3]

26. That exactly right!! Nt

[ResistantAmerican17]

28. Maybe the SEC can look into all the big money made by short sellers

[DENVERPOPS]

41. Only one problem RA17

The SEC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Trump Inc......Along with the Senate Republicans, The RNC, DOJ, FEC, FBI, U.S. Supreme court, FDC, U.S. armed forces top commanders, etc etc etc........

We are a millimeter away from the Republicon's life time wet dream. A Corporate Fascist Tyranny.....

Tell me it ain't so.........

On Feb 10th, 1968, the TET offensive had just begun and I stood at the door of the Federal Building in downtown Denver. I sat on the steps and had two choices. Go inside and hand them my draft notice, or go to Canada.........Sometimes I look back and deeply regret not having gone to Canada. Deeply, deeply regret not having gone to Canada......
If I were a young man again, and looking at what we are seeing, the decision I would make is un-questionably simple.....I would sell everything I owned, pack the remaining stuff in my Parents basement and leave for Canada and apply for citizenship there.

[malaise]

46. Not for much longer n/t

[AllaN01Bear]

31. the Rs and most of the rich dont give a hoot hoot hoot about us . only themselves .

[usaf-vet]

32. Thank you for this thread! I totally, totally agree. From day one it is about robbing the treasury.

Every move, every decision, every bill, has first involved figuring out how to grift THEIR cut.

It all starts with the overriding goal of enriching themselves and their friends.
We get the scraps that are leftover just to cover their deeds.

A post from the other day pointed out that it is possible for 200 BILLION dollars to disappear from 2.2 trillion.
I believe it because the enormity of the numbers makes it so.

IF my math is correct 200 Billion would be 0.9% of 2.2 Trillion. (please correct me if that is wrong).

The grifters must be salivating over that thought and lining up for their cut.

[gristy]

36. 9%

[DENVERPOPS]

42. TWO hundred Billion??????

I think it could be an untold amount of multiples of that USAF-VET. Hell for starters, Trump Inc has already declared ownership of 250 billion of the two Trillion dollar bailout......In the future I suspect that it will come out how Jared and Trailer Trash Barbie have corruptly siphoned off and un-fathomable amounts from the U.S. Gov't and billions from foreign gov'ts. Last year alone, Jared was in a pickle with his failing real estate mini empire with major loans coming due and the Saudi's out of nowhere paid him a hundred million for "consulting".

And thank you for your service, I salute you..........

[ananda]

37. I agree!

Lock them all up!!!

[AwakeAtLast]

38. It's looking more and more like that every single day!

Where's the lock them up smilie?

[brewens]

47. I do not care how many on our side get caught up in it. Though I think we get the long end

of the stick on that one. Some people need to do some hard time.

I would propose using any minimum security lockups for the poorest non violent prisoners. They probably would enjoy tennis and jogging tracks. Take all we can from max security hell holes to open up cells for white collar criminals.

[malaise]

51. Lock them up

for real