I
know Kate Ivey is in charge down there but I am still absolutely goggling at
the clinging to ideology of white supremacy that’s manifesting in the otherwise
completely unexplainable idiocy of inviting a public figure (no matter how odious)
and the attendant anticipated public attendance (read: superspreader event) to
a locale that has *already been designated an official disaster area*.
Really feeling the Beyond Jim Jones vibe right about now.
I am happy that the FDA appears to have reached the end of its collective rope with this special brand of stubborn idiocy at the same time I still find myself wondering how it took this long. I’m breathless at the entitlement that allows people like Abbot and DeathSantis (it really is a Which Is Worst type Rumble of the type they broadcast on WWE, isn’t it? Never mind that I sometimes look at that programming and wonder how much of that is part of the How We Got Here In The First Place thing the historians who come behind us are going to write about us) to demand federal support to deal with the fact that they themselves have filled their own hospitals past capacity as a result of their sustained refusal to issue mandates in accordance with CDC public health directives because they feel as if they & their cult followers should be the only determiners of who lives & who dies, & as such they don’t believe in protection of public health en masse.
Did
they learn from the smallpox-blanket bringing Pilgrims or something?
Is Freedom White? – Boston Review
The History of Freedom Is A History of Whiteness – Nation
The Entwined History of Freedom and Racism – Nation
Speaking of which – Olivia Troye spilled the beans last night on Rachel’s show about Stephen Miller DELIBERATELY BLOCKING the processing of exit applications for Americans & Afghans who would otherwise be trapped in Afghanistan in the event of a U.S. troop pullout like the one we’re experiencing right now. That’s illegal, and as those who know me might guess, I’ve already started pestering at House & Senate Committees to fry his *ss, and that of all who enabled him, like he so richly deserves. (I don’t imagine they’ll get on it immediately, but … no plans to get off that anytime soon, because the sooner they start – and take his passport before he tries to escape with his little Vampire Family – the better.)
To
my fellow photogs who are also sportsball fans of a sort, I’m also wondering
who else is flashing with me via that sign of the seemingly endless list of
things you can’t bring in with you … at the same time I’m feeling strongly that
the anti-vaxx superspreaders shouldn’t be allowed to bring ANYTHING with them,
since they always leave the place looking like the proverbial pigsty (have y’all
seen the way they leave these places? It’s
almost like they fully expect there’ll be a caste of people around to clean up
the mess they leave – oh, wait, it’s exactly like that).
This’ll
be the first time I’ve ever anticipated the U.S. Open without either Roger or
Rafa (*quiet lil’ sob) so there’s part of me who feels like I’m staying home in
solidarity (feels better than being trapped) – even though I don’t know if Taylor
Townsend, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka and other great athletes I support are going
to be there and so I feel in advance like it’s awful that (between the pandemic
and the knees) that I won’t be there to support (even though there’s still some
time to make a different decision).
East
Coast! Make sure you buckle down – get your
drinking water (they don’t have any in Orlando FL so don’t think about going
there for it), make sure phones are charged & flashlights are nearby). As still Gov Cuomo reminded us in his
briefing today, Hurricane Sandy was also a Category 1.
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