COVID porn
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The peasants decide to decide for themselves. Oh, the horror!
Thousands of revelers are already trying their luck against social distancing by packing the Las Vegas Strip as capacity restrictions begin to ease — with photos showing crowds packed shoulder-to-shoulder in the gambling hotspot.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a “Roadmap to Recovery” ruling Friday that allows casinos to increase capacity from 35 percent to 50 percent as of Monday.
But the news seemed to spark an influx of visitors over the weekend, even before the ruling took effect, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal — which said only masks and social-distancing signs made it clear it was not like any other year.
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Photos on social media also show crowds standing shoulder-to-shoulder on the streets.
The majority appeared to be wearing a face covering, and casino staff were spotted approaching people without one to make sure they covered up, the Review-Journal said.
It came as Nevada health officials on Sunday reported 222 additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the state total to 299,287. There was also one more death, with the total now 5,118 known deaths.
Of the new cases, 161 were in Clark County, which includes Vegas. The state has also detected some cases of the highly contagious UK mutation.
The sheeple are escaping the pen.
Not The Bee adds a bit of morning cheer — we’re sure to need it
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You have to hand it to the little guy. Next-level move right there.
If any penguin ever deserved to live another day, it's this one.
Look at him, chillin in the boat like "I don't know how I pulled that off but here I am." 😂
Now it can be told: The Greenwich Association of Realtors sponsored this initiative
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NY Legislators prepare a $7 billion tax wallop to their rich
New York Post:
“New York wants to sock it to Wall Street and the wealthy.
Both houses of the state legislature have proposed budgets that include nearly $7 billion in new and increased taxes on businesses and the rich.
The tax raises come despite a $100 billion avalanche of fresh federal aid to New York, including $12.6 billion directly to state government coffers.
Assembly leaders crowed in a press release Sunday that state lawmakers are proposing a $208.3 billion budget for the next fiscal year.
Their plan includes a 22.6 percent increase in spending — or $16.9 billion — over last year. That’s more than 10.5 percent higher than what Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing.
To help cover the new proposed expenses such as rent for “New Yorkers who do not have access to unemployment, federal stimulus funds and other assistance programs’’ — including illegal immigrants — the pols said they want to raise the nearly $7 billion in new revenue through the taxes.
The proposed new levies include:
A graduated tax hike on millionaires. The current income-tax rate for single filers making more than $1 million and couples earning more than $2 million is 8.82 percent. That rate would rise to 11.85 percent
There also would be two new brackets added: one for taxpayers earning between $5 million and $25 million and another for those making more than $25 million. The former would be taxed at a 10.85 percent rate, while the later would be slammed with 11.85 percent.
The moves would generate an estimated $4.3 billion, the lawmakers said.
A new capital-gains tax of 1 percent on those earning more than $1 million a year, boosting state coffers by about $700 million.
A new progressive state tax on those with pied-a-terres, mansion town homes — or anything in between — used as a second home in New York City. The new levy would raise a projected $300 million for the state.
An estate-tax boost from 16 percent to 20 percent, raking in another $130 million.
A new 18 percent “surcharge” on corporate franchises, utilities and insurance companies — which could mean higher bills customers. That tax would generate $1 billion, the lawmakers said.
The reinstatement of a minimum business tax on corporate capital, earning another $150 million for the state.
A recording tax on “mezzanine debt and preferred equity investments,’’ which would add another $171 million to state coffers.”
“We are heartened that the State legislature is beginning to take steps towards progressive, sustainable revenue streams — a sign of the tireless organizing and advocacy from thousands of grassroots New Yorkers,’’ said the Democratic Socialists of America, the party behind Bronx Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in a statement.
The Working Families Party added in its own statement, “The proposed budgets use a three-pronged approach of simultaneously raising income, corporate, and wealth taxes on the richest New Yorkers.
“Thank you for following the leadership of grassroots organizations across the state.”
At the end of the day, all these projections of new stolen cash won’t materialize, because the golden geese won’t stick around to be plucked. Which should be obvious to these looters, but there’s no one dumber than the criminal class.
Maybe The Medicine Guy™ should talk to Kampalla Walla
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What does he know?
Damn it, I can't get Sarah's live feed here, or you'd hear her giggling
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The Blizzard predicted for Louisville CO “totally delivered”, per the kid. Pal Nancy has texted similar pics, and I’m jealous.
Dr. Fool now says "3' social distancing is sufficient"
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Well, it’s Sunday, so let’s see what the science says today!
Big difference if you’re trying to fit children into a classroom or diners in a restaurant. There was never anything behind these numbers except a by guess and by golly, but they were uttered, and accepted, as the Word of God.
Another proud product of Harvard Law
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Trial? We don’ need no stinkin’ trial — get a rope
“In a reasonable world, this [Dereck Chauvin] trial would be perfunctory,” he writes. “Hell, in a reasonable world, there wouldn’t even be a trial….”
Hmm. Black, accepted by Harvard, Harvard Law, and then hired by Debevoise & Plimpton, every Harvard cash-grubber’s dream, before being fired after a few months. Accorded every privilege, he still failed, so he moved on to a new career at MSNBC, that of the professional black victim. That obviously pays his feed bill, and fine; who cares? It’s his willingness to lynch people that bothers me. There was a time when Harvard taught its students better than that.