[Skuj]

Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

And now, the ultimate Coronavirus/Politics crossover post. Zakaria's latest Washington Post column:



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In a perfect world (ie one where Trump is seen as the monumentally incompetent con-man that he is/was), the Republicunts would pay a price for not one single vote for the stimulus package.

But, we live in a world where Trump is still loved by at least one third of Americans.

[Antagon]

Originally Posted by _tunic_

The other two days are for those that want to avoid the crowds.

Oh, the thing that people kind of should be doing right now?

[_tunic_]

I actually meant those that are in the risk categories.
The Dutch government has only allowed to vote by mail for the people of 70 and older. But the process is so difficult that most will probably fail.

[The Soup Nazi]

Chile becomes Latin America’s COVID-19 vaccination champion

One of the nations hardest-hit by COVID-19, Chile now outpaces most of the world in vaccinations

Yeah, OK, but do NOT give Piranha the credit; give it to the thousands of health workers doing 72+ hour shifts while earning next to nothing.

ETA: Also, Piranha didn't care for Marcelo Bielsa, so FUCK HIM.

[Antagon]

Originally Posted by _tunic_

I actually meant those that are in the risk categories.
The Dutch government has only allowed to vote by mail for the people of 70 and older.

What? You mean people of 70 or older only get to vote by mail or only people of 70 or older get to vote by mail? If the latter, this would be one of the most baffling things I heard all week.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by Antagon

[...] this would be one of the most baffling things I heard all week.

A contender (but not much of a strong one, since we've seen this before):

https://news.google.com/stories/CAAq...S&ceid=US%3Aen

[_tunic_]

Originally Posted by Antagon

What? You mean people of 70 or older only get to vote by mail or only people of 70 or older get to vote by mail? If the latter, this would be one of the most baffling things I heard all week.

It is the latter, well to be more exact: only they get the opportunity to vote by mail. See an article about it here

[Antagon]

Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

A contender (but not much of a strong one, since we've seen this before):

https://news.google.com/stories/CAAq...S&ceid=US%3Aen

True dat, though I've only read it just now. The sad thing is my total lack of surprise at this point.

[Antagon]

Originally Posted by _tunic_

It is the latter, well to be more exact: only they get the opportunity to vote by mail. See an article about it here

Interesting. In Austria, most high-profile elections come with letters that contain a form for a vote by mail in every
mailbox these days. So the general population can choose whether to leg it or vote by mail - if the latter, you need to fill in the form and send it in to qualify in advance - but it's been a thing for a while. That's the first time I heard mail-in votes being restricted to one specific group.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by Antagon

That's the first time I heard mail-in votes being restricted to one specific group.

This will (maybe) also be a first for you: in my country, there's simply NO mail-in vote. There just fucking isn't. The super-duper country of this side of the planet, the Covid-19 vaccination star, the land with the tallest buildings in Latin America, does not have a system for its citizens to vote by mail. Bitch-ass hall of mirrors, this joint.

[The Soup Nazi]

 

Chimpanzees at Czech zoo get screen time amid virus lockdown

PRAGUE (AP) — A zoo in the Czech Republic is trying out a new way for its bored chimpanzees to monkey around during the coronavirus lockdown: face time with other primates. The Safari Park in the northern town of Dvur Kralove installed a big screen in their enclosure to show them a livestream of what their fellow chimpanzees are doing on the other side of the country at a zoo in the southern city of Brno.

I like the fact that they're being showed other chimps instead of ugly humans.

[Antagon]

Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

This will (maybe) also be a first for you: in my country, there's simply NO mail-in vote. There just fucking isn't. The super-duper country of this side of the planet, the Covid-19 vaccination star, the land with the tallest buildings in Latin America, does not have a system for its citizens to vote by mail. Bitch-ass hall of mirrors, this joint.

I was aware that there are countries without mail-in vote, but it's not something I'd specifically looked up prior, so I didn't know Chile was among them. Truth be told, I feel terribly privileged to be able to (if I wanted to) make use of this comprehensive voting system. In a way, it is a luxury. The Netherlands being so restrictive with it just caught me off-guard.

[_tunic_]

Originally Posted by Antagon

The Netherlands being so restrictive with it just caught me off-guard.

Yeah, it's really stupid, I also don't understand. The 70+ people are allowed to vote by mail, but many of them have been vaccinated by now. However those in other risk categories, e.g. handicapped or with bad health due to lung disease do have to go to the polling station (the other option is to authorize someone to vote for you).



Also, we still vote with pencil and paper, electronic voting in any way is considered to be too fraudulent. One would think that in this time it should be possible to vote online from home with your PC or mobile or tablet.
Or even go to the polling station and vote on some machine, instead we still do it the medieval way by checking a box with a red pencil on a paper leaflet which has 1579 names on it:

 

Anyway, we're still making a total mess of the postal voting

Minister Ollongren adjusts postal voting procedure

Interior Minister Ollongren is adjusting the procedure for counting postal votes, she writes in a letter to the House of Representatives. Post votes that have not been sent in accordance with the rules may still be counted under certain conditions.
People over 70 have already been able to vote by letter due to the corona virus. They received a postal ballot and a 'voting plus pass' at home, a voting pass especially for this target group. They were supposed to put the ballot paper in a separate envelope and send it to the postal polling station together with their voting plus pass in a return envelope.
But in some cases, the postal ballot and the voting plus pass ended up in the same envelope. The rules stipulate that these envelopes may not be opened because of the secrecy of the vote. This meant that about 7 to 8 percent of the postal votes were invalid and had to be set aside.
Do not unfold

Ollongren now says that employees of the postal polling station are allowed to open envelopes where possible with both a ballot paper and a voting plus pass. They must then first check whether the voting plus pass is valid. If so, employees can put the enclosed ballot paper in the ballot box without viewing or unfolding it. "In this way, voting secrecy is safeguarded", writes Ollongren.
The Minister has requested advice from the Council of State and the Electoral Council regarding the amendment of the procedure . They have informed her that they see room for this. Ollongren says she will inform municipalities this morning about the new method, so that they can apply it tomorrow at the latest.

Apologies for becoming too offtopic, but hey it's still an election during Covid times ...


But in other news, we've simlar to many other European countries postponed vaccinations with AstraZeneca. Only Belgium is still continuing afaik.

[The Soup Nazi]

OK, now I'm officially worried. If paracetamol and some decent sleep (which I haven't had in a coupla days) don't take away the symptoms I'm having, do NOT come near me.

[!@#$%!]

dont take a fever pill unless your fever is high

fever kills disease

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

fever kills disease

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[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

Kill Rock Stars
Rock Stars Kill
Stars Kill Rock

Oh, and there's a new one: Stars Rock Kill (Rock Stars). Mike Watt, Nels Cline and the rest of the Gang doing Bikini Kill's "Rebel Girl"!

[Antagon]

Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

OK, now I'm officially worried. If paracetamol and some decent sleep (which I haven't had in a coupla days) don't take away the symptoms I'm having, do NOT come near me.

Is there an available option to get tested (with symptoms) in your area? Anyway: All the best and get well soon.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by Antagon

Is there an available option to get tested (with symptoms) in your area? Anyway: All the best and get well soon.

Thanks, man. Yes, I live in a busy area of a metropolis that Wikipedia calls "one of the largest cities in the Americas" (apparently that's from the Northern tip of Greenland to a few islands which some say are actually Antarctica ), so getting tested is a can-do. Right now it's 20:11, I'm not at home and I gotta beat the curfew; I feel awful, but we'll see in the morning.

Now go and listen to that Rainy Day album I mentioned at the what in the heck are ya listening to thread.

[_tunic_]

Before you take the vaccine, read this! Don't say you weren't warned


Iran cleric: People who are vaccinated for COVID have ‘become homosexuals’

An Iranian regime cleric in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday issued a homophobic rant against people vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming that they become gay after receiving the vaccine.
Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian wrote on his Telegram social-media platform: “Don’t go near those who have had the COVID vaccine. They have become homosexuals.”

The radical Islamist has nearly 210,000 followers on his Telegram account.
Tabrizian has a history of derogatory opinions about Western medicine. Last year, a video showed him burning Harrison’s Manual of Medicine and saying that “Islamic medicine” had made such books “irrelevant,” according to an article on the website of Radio Farda, the Iranian branch of the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast service.