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spanone

(135,885 posts)
1. I haven't seen my grandkids in person for 14 months...they were due to visit in March
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 08:42 AM
Oct 2020

We live in Tennessee and they live in California...FUCK TRUMP & PENCE

spinbaby

(15,090 posts)
2. My grandson is my biggest exposure
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 08:52 AM
Oct 2020

I really worry about catching covid from my grandson I babysit a couple of days a week because his parents work. Because he’s a difficult autistic child, his parents really need me. He’s in special ed four days a week and his teacher wears her mask on her chin.

wnylib

(21,616 posts)
8. Something needs to be done about that teacher.
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 10:24 AM
Oct 2020

Is there anyone to register a complaint with? Principal? School superintendent? County board of health? Would other parents/grandparents back you?

I am totally disgusted with anti maskers, but especially ones who work with vulnerable people.

kimbutgar

(21,210 posts)
10. As a parent of an autistic adult son my Kudos go out to you for babysitting him
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 11:30 AM
Oct 2020

When my son was school age it was hard to find caregivers for him when I worked. But I would complain to the principal about the mask issue. No teacher should jeopardize their students health during this time.

magicarpet

(14,175 posts)
3. And why you can't say good bye to grandma,... who is dying on her Covid death bed.
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 08:56 AM
Oct 2020

Her undertaker recommended no embalming,... no wake,... no open casket,.. no family crowds,.. a very limited funeral,.. but no burial,... only immediate cremation..

Shoots that grieving process all to hell.

Poof,.. grandma is just gone.

sandensea

(21,674 posts)
11. And to think Failin' Palin was ranting non-stop about death panels
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 11:34 AM
Oct 2020

This I'm sure of: To many in the GOPee (including Cheeto), a wave of premature senior deaths is a good thing.

An effective way to save on Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid outlays, the way they see it.

McKim

(2,412 posts)
4. This Should be a Major Theme...
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 09:58 AM
Oct 2020

This should be a major theme EVERYWHERE!!!! This should be on billboards and lawn signs across the nation since one in four voters is over 65!!!!!!

I have not seen our daughter in Montana since February. As a teaching physician she is exposed and our little granddaughter attends preschool. We are waiting for a vaccine as we face a winter of contracting lives now that COVID is going up. No more going into stores even, for us!!!!!

It didn't have to be this way!!!!!!! So much for their precious "Family Values at the RNC!!!!"

getagrip_already

(14,838 posts)
5. and why a generation of young strong athletes can neve compete again......
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 09:59 AM
Oct 2020

When it strikes even athletes, it can leave permanent lung or organ damage. Their athletic careers are over when that happens. Even normal physical fitness routines will become impossible for many young people.

And pence/trump/gop is also the reason they will have nothing but minimum wage jobs and no affordable health care for the rest of their lives.

jaxexpat

(6,852 posts)
6. Over Jacksonville beach yesterday around noon......
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 10:05 AM
Oct 2020

A plane pulled a banner warning people that Biden's socialism will ruin the country..

It's like warning people that Santa is a gift giver.

Is there anybody who still thinks that's a pertinent message? Anyone? Somebody scared of socialism? You in the back, scared?

musclecar6

(1,692 posts)
13. I have
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 11:37 AM
Oct 2020


One question for all the fucking morons that think we don’t already have some degree of socialism in our country ? What do you call Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, food stamps, graduated income tax etc and many other state plans then help people in need ?

magicarpet

(14,175 posts)
15. AND...
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 12:17 PM
Oct 2020

Oil depletion allowances,...

Small Business Admin Loans,...

Tax Increment Financing,...

Farm Subsidies,...

Corporate special tax deductions,..

Special Airline Covid Grants/Loans,...

Tax loss write offs,..

Lower tax rate for investment income as compared to the wage tax rates,...

Disappearing estate taxes the were designed to control and curtail the hoarding of cash by the super rich families. The ability of the super rich to capture of government, buy and sell politicians, have laws written by the super rich so they can hoard more money and strangle our financial markets to their benefit and the benefit of their heirs and children. Stop the accumulation of wealth handed down to generation after generation so that a silent and backdoor monarchy can be established under the noses of the common men and women, collective communities, society, and commonwealth.

Etc.,... etc.,.... etc.

moondust

(20,006 posts)
14. Somebody needs to be more careful.
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 11:54 AM
Oct 2020

The word "GRANDKIDS" has the letter "N" rotated backwards which makes it a letter in Russian and other Slavic alphabets.

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