Also, I think he's not-well and is not really interested in another four years. I think he would excuse away his loss as being an aberration of the pandemic and slink away.

Hec, you forgot the one thing he needs is to be protected from prosecution, which only happens so long as he's president. He's desperate to stay in office, not because he enjoys it, but because the incoming administration may well charge him with (at least) tax fraud. Probably also witness intimidation, self-dealing, obstruction of justice, and who knows what else. Plus he wants to protect his kids, who are even more vulnerable (although he can pardon them, I guess).

If he loses and actually leaves in January, watch him issue a raft of pardons on his way out the door. They'll be selling pardons on the street-corner like medieval indulgences.

askye, I'm so sorry that your local government and employers can't do more to protect you and everyone else working in public-facing jobs.

Zenkitty, I believe in you. Take a deep breath, screw your courage to the sticking place, etc. You can do the thing!

Ugh, Toddson, moving is the WORST. There are never enough boxes. When I was moving to Boston, there was no way for me to get the parking permits, so I just crossed my fingers and hoped for the best -- and when I got there, there were already parking permits up in front of my new place! They weren't for the exact time, but no one was parked there, my truck pulled up and we had no problems. I wish you the same good luck in your move!

I hope that we can require customers to wear masks but don't think that will happen soon.

Yikes, askye. I'm just so used to everything being so hard core here, I can't even imagine.

I hope that we can require customers to wear masks but don't think that will happen soon.

Yikes, askye. I'm just so used to everything being so hard core here, I can't even imagine.

Ugh, for Father's Day yesterday, we went to my dad's and got carryout for lunch to eat at his place, because I'm just not comfortable eating in a restaurant yet. I picked up the order and put my mask on before I got out of the car. There were about 5 people standing outside the restaurant looking at the menu -- no masks. They kind of looked at me like I was crazy. At the host stand, there was another group of about 5 people standing together -- also no masks. What the fuck is wrong with people?

The restaurant was really full -- the tables weren't distanced any further apart than they were before Covid-19. And the booths were all full (I would have thought maybe stagger them so there's one booth full, one empty, etc). Nobody at a table/booth was wearing a mask, but I didn't expect that.

Anyway, yeah. Ohio is sucking, Covid-19 cases are increasing in my county, and I am not eating in a restaurant for a long goddamn time. (And I say that knowing that a new taqueria is opening in Northside in July. Thank god for carryout.)

Business are required to mandate masks, but the guy and his kid in line in front of us at the store didn't have them, which is just fucking great with an elderly cashier and bagger. And the cashier had his mask pulled below his nose.

I'm kind of surprised by the number of people who don't wear masks. I understand the people who are running, bicycling, etc., but just walking around ... some people wear them but some don't. We've had distanced dining - restaurants setting up on the wide sidewalks (when it's not raining) which makes a certain amount of sense. But we're supposed to go to the next level, restaurants and non-essential stores opening up but with only 50% of the capacity occupied. I've been pretty isolated since the beginning, aside from going in to work, since I can't work from home. I am glad that public transit is gearing up - I can actually catch a bus home from near my office, which will get my commute back down.

Hec, you forgot the one thing he needs is to be protected from prosecution, which only happens so long as he's president. He's desperate to stay in office, not because he enjoys it, but because the incoming administration may well charge him with (at least) tax fraud. Probably also witness intimidation, self-dealing, obstruction of justice, and who knows what else. Plus he wants to protect his kids, who are even more vulnerable (although he can pardon them, I guess).

YUP. Get ready for Fox talking heads to explain why it's totally reasonable for a President to preemptively pardon himself.

This is a maladaptive trait.

Right?!? Be nice if we could just magically get rid of it. Or dial it way down somehow. I guess drugs help some people with that.

Anyway, you can do the thing, Zen. And I hope the weight of it eases.

In regard to the Tulsa, um, thing, I heard some commentary on the radio this morning that the campaign organizers aren't THAT unhappy with the physical turnout - they were using it to harvest information about people they could go to for donations, etc. Of course, if large numbers of those requests came from K-Pop fans and such, I'd bet the information is either made-up or unusable.

On the bright side, Diego is going home.

Aw, LMM said on Twitter that they only got one "fuck" to use in Hamilton, so "When you knock me down I get the FUCK BACK UP AGAIN!" is going to be bleeped. That's one of my favorite parts.