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Rambo John J

Baker Team
First 100
Jan 17, 2015
75,330
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What an embarrassment to our country and to the folks who are scared shitless about getting infected because of their reluctance to take this seriously two months ago. Seriously, regardless of how I felt about him before this (I tried to ignore him as much as possible before) I can humbly say that he's doing a terrible job leading the charge on this situation.
Fear is a Virus

That is my take on it

What exactly do you think he should be saying/doing?
 

FINGERS

Banned
Nov 14, 2019
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19,803
They closed Friday.

Check my lunch thread. That reminds me, I need to eat something

I'm not talking about the shit hole where you slime about.

I'm talking England.

This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,--This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
 

BenAskrensStrikingcoach

Formerly formulating formally
Jan 30, 2015
4,820
5,176
What an embarrassment to our country and to the folks who are scared shitless about getting infected because of their reluctance to take this seriously two months ago. Seriously, regardless of how I felt about him before this (I tried to ignore him as much as possible before) I can humbly say that he's doing a terrible job leading the charge on this situation.
He got lobbed a soft ball there, and he doesn't know what to do with it at all, politics 101 shit
 

BenAskrensStrikingcoach

Formerly formulating formally
Jan 30, 2015
4,820
5,176
I'm not talking about the shit hole where you slime about.

I'm talking England.

This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,--This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
 

Coast

Land of the Prince Bishops
Oct 18, 2017
642
1,151
Within an hour of the announcement that pubs and clubs are to close, my local shop has been stripped of all beer. Still some spirits and wine left though.

The only beer left when I got their was 5 slabs of Budweiser and some Carling, I picked up 2 cases Bud which is piss but less so that Carling by the time I had paid the rest of the beer had been picked clean.

Fuck the toilet roll, there is an official beer shortage in the UK.
 

lueVelvet

WHERT DA FERCK?
Aug 29, 2015
5,045
7,439
Fear is a Virus

That is my take on it

What exactly do you think he should be saying/doing?
If you can watch that and NOT see how poorly he handled it, I really don't know what I can say to explain it. Not trying to be a smart ass, but really, it's terribly obvious how much better he could have handled it. Instead he attacks a reporter for asking a VERY valid question about a VERY valid concern. People are freaking out and they look to the person who sits in that seat for guidance and reassurance yet he's unable to get over himself to actually provide that for anyone. I try to give him a chance to do the right thing but he consistently disappoints anyone who has enough sense to see through his BS.
 

SongExotic2

ATM 3 CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. #ASSBLOODS
First 100
Jan 16, 2015
41,993
54,194
Within an hour of the announcement that pubs and clubs are to close, my local shop has been stripped of all beer. Still some spirits and wine left though.

The only beer left when I got their was 5 slabs of Budweiser and some Carling, I picked up 2 cases Bud which is piss but less so that Carling by the time I had paid the rest of the beer had been picked clean.

Fuck the toilet roll, there is an official beer shortage in the UK.
Over here they have night shops. They are just independent off licenses

I do my daily shop there


Yesterday I got 15 beers and some whiskey, today I may get some more beers and whiskey.


Tomorrow tho I'm sobering up. I keep messaging girls I'm not actually that fond of.
 

BeardOfKnowledge

The Most Consistent Motherfucker You Know
Jul 22, 2015
60,643
56,167
What an embarrassment to our country and to the folks who are scared shitless about getting infected because of their reluctance to take this seriously two months ago. Seriously, regardless of how I felt about him before this (I tried to ignore him as much as possible before) I can humbly say that he's doing a terrible job leading the charge on this situation.
2 months ago China was still lying to the world about the severity of the situation and exporting it to other countries.
 

FINGERS

Banned
Nov 14, 2019
17,004
19,803
He got lobbed a soft ball there, and he doesn't know what to do with it at all, politics 101 shit


It's so simple.

We're doing what we can. It's understandable to be scared but we've coped with worse and we will cope with this.

We are the United States of America the greatest country in the world etc.

So fucking simple.
 

silentsinger

Momofuku
Jun 23, 2015
21,038
14,457
Within an hour of the announcement that pubs and clubs are to close, my local shop has been stripped of all beer. Still some spirits and wine left though.

The only beer left when I got their was 5 slabs of Budweiser and some Carling, I picked up 2 cases Bud which is piss but less so that Carling by the time I had paid the rest of the beer had been picked clean.

Fuck the toilet roll, there is an official beer shortage in the UK.
Haha, my mate in Wiltshire's local Co-Op was limiting two cases per customer days ago so I don't fancy his chances now.
 

FINGERS

Banned
Nov 14, 2019
17,004
19,803
Within an hour of the announcement that pubs and clubs are to close, my local shop has been stripped of all beer. Still some spirits and wine left though.

The only beer left when I got their was 5 slabs of Budweiser and some Carling, I picked up 2 cases Bud which is piss but less so that Carling by the time I had paid the rest of the beer had been picked clean.

Fuck the toilet roll, there is an official beer shortage in the UK.

Shit, This isn't good.

I'm stuck at work and can't reload.
 

Rambo John J

Baker Team
First 100
Jan 17, 2015
75,330
74,472
If you can watch that and NOT see how poorly he handled it, I really don't know what I can say to explain it. Not trying to be a smart ass, but really, it's terribly obvious how much better he could have handled it. Instead he attacks a reporter for asking a VERY valid question about a VERY valid concern. People are freaking out and they look to the person who sits in that seat for guidance and reassurance yet he's unable to get over himself to actually provide that for anyone. I try to give him a chance to do the right thing but he consistently disappoints anyone who has enough sense to see through his BS.
Reassuring people that they don't need to be frightened, handed an easy opportunity to do that, failed miserably.
I hear you guys

He has instilled confidence at times...he is battling against a fear mongering MSM

MSM is bullshit

and I am not frightened or scared...composure will win the day, not panic
 

lueVelvet

WHERT DA FERCK?
Aug 29, 2015
5,045
7,439
I hear you guys

He has instilled confidence at times...he is battling against a fear mongering MSM

MSM is bullshit

and I am not frightened or scared...composure will win the day, not panic
I haven't found one thing he says reassuring in the least. MSM does overhype things, we all know that, but can we honestly say in this situation, the hype wasn't warranted? I don't blame the media on this one. I blame the politicians who didn't take enough action two months when they learned about this and saw China starting to shut down their travel, shut down their business etc to start getting a handle on it. we waited until there were 1000's of cases while China started welding doors shut in the hundreds of cases. We can't say China is squeaky clean with everything they did but you can't say they didn't take this seriously way sooner than everyone else did.
 

Rambo John J

Baker Team
First 100
Jan 17, 2015
75,330
74,472
I haven't found one thing he says reassuring in the least. MSM does overhype things, we all know that, but can we honestly say in this situation, the hype wasn't warranted? I don't blame the media on this one. I blame the politicians who didn't take enough action two months when they learned about this and saw China starting to shut down their travel, shut down their business etc to start getting a handle on it. we waited until there were 1000's of cases while China started welding doors shut in the hundreds of cases. We can't say China is squeaky clean with everything they did but you can't say they didn't take this seriously way sooner than everyone else did.
Fair enough

Info Wars is in full gear right now
 

Rambo John J

Baker Team
First 100
Jan 17, 2015
75,330
74,472
Talk about profiting off of fear mongering! lol
Whenever I speak of Info Wars I don't mean Alex FYI

I speak of this age of fast click bait media and propaganda...that is the age of info wars.

He just was smart and grabbed that term back in the day, I don't trust that dude one bit