CNN: A short time ago had a 'breaking news' report.

[sheshe2]

Florida Governor said he would not close fitness centers because exercise was important to cardiovascular health.

So is living. Seriously? If you die from COVID-19 I doubt very much that you care about your cardiovascular health. Also from what I’ve read about the disease it’s going to affect your kidneys, brain, lungs and could lead to strokes. When they were passing out brains I think some of these folks got left behind.

[mcar]

1. I'm starting to think these idiots want a lot of deaths

Can't figure out why. Republicans are dying too and aren't old folks their base?

[lagomorph777]

3. You're just starting to think that? It's obvious why: Pay For Slay. Putin's paying them to kill us

[roamer65]

11. They are nihilists.

They believe in nothingness. They are pure evil.

They are the dark, staring back into the dark.

[jaxexpat]

23. That's the closest, I think.

But really, for their interests, there's no downside to deaths from a pandemic that picks on the weak and poor.

[mcar]

47. They sure have no plan

[Disaffected]

28. It's hard to rationalize the irrational

but maybe they realized that the death rate is significantly higher amongst black, brown and poor folks.

[mcar]

48. They probably are thinking that

but here in rural, red Florida, their voters are dying. And their voters friends and family are watching.

[sheshe2]

53. Stay safe down there, mcar.

[mcar]

55. Thanks she

We're trying. But hubby is a public school teacher. We watched the county school board meeting this week and were appalled. They have no plan, no clue what to do when cases develop.

He can retire but then we couldn't afford health insurance. We're examining our options. He really wants to teach another year or two - he loves his job and his students. I keep saying it's not worth your life.

This is an impossible situation that teachers and school staff are in. I am beyond angry about it.

[sheshe2]

58. I don't blame you for your anger.

This is crazy.

When I lost my job, I couldn’t afford Cobra. I found that I was eligible for ACA. Depends on what you make. Check it out.

[mcar]

61. We've been researching

I'm self employed and don't make much so we may qualify for something.

[sheshe2]

62. Good to hear.

I only took a basic plan to cover me until retirement and Medicare kicked in.

[certainot]

35. they're not counting votes, they're doing this to disrupt the vote counts in november

and cause general disruption to call a national emergency

their hardcore base is still listening to limbaugh explain it as a hoax and if it isn't a hoax it's the democrats' fault

anyone who thinks it's not possible for them to do this on purpose has not been paying attention. they used ebola fear in oct 2014 to get 9 senate seats and learned their lesson, why wouldn't they try it again?

[uponit7771]

36. +1, or kill a disproportionate amount of non-whites to win future elections

[JDC]

46. It's a fire sale. Think of all the property, assets, etc etc that are being made available

The US is about to be a buyer's market bigly.

[lagomorph777]

2. When they were passing out brains some of these folks got shit.

[sheshe2]

7. Shit for brains....

Good one!

[ornotna]

4. They weren't left behind

They skipped that day. Effin' idiots.

[RKP5637]

5. This guy supposedly graduated from Harvard? I can't imagine him getting out of High School.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. As did Kayleigh McEnemy. Harvard needs more Michelles and Baracks & fewer noncoloureds. . . nt

[Nevilledog]

6. ...

[sheshe2]

15. Perfect!

[leftieNanner]

26. DeSantis.............

you ignorant slut!

[Nevilledog]

30. *snort*

[abqtommy]

8. There's so many tRUMP Mini-Mes around who only want to bring us down...

[teach1st]

9. It's worse...

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Friday he would not close gyms in his state during the COVID-19 pandemic because people who go to gyms are "in good shape."

"If you're in good shape, you have a very, very low likelihood of ending up in significant condition as a result of the coronavirus," said DeSantis. "I don't think it would make sense to close it."

https://americanindependent.com/ron-desantis-gyms-coronavirus-good-shape-florida-governor-gop-pandemic-covid-19/


I guess he doesn't understand how COVID-19 spreads.

[rurallib]

20. Hard to breathe when you are dead, though, Governor Death Santis

[CaptYossarian]

39. If their minds were equally fit, they'd know to walk outside until there's a vaccine.

I don't care what the government says, I'll wear a mask anytime I want.

It's up to us. DUers are much smarter than these overpaid, underworked empty suits.

I survived Tommy Thompson and Scott Walker. I'm indestructible (with my mask).

[LiberalArkie]

42. Making a few coins off some chain

[paleotn]

52. Or how it works....

A person's physical health is only one of many factors that affect immune response. The W shaped curve for 1918 flu deaths by age is a case in point. The jackass, like virtually all Rethuglican, is a dumb hack. A stupid asshole is no way to go through life.

But hey...a huge junk of the Florida electorate voted for this imbecile. Reap it, folks. Reap it.

[roamer65]

10. Roamer65 is going back into near lockdown.

This is crazy.

[Initech]

12. Just keep digging that hole guys. You'll hit rock bottom soon enough.

[LisaL]

13. Covid can cause problems with cardiovascular health.

People have died from heart attacks due to covid causing blood clots.

[Under The Radar]

14. No one fears this without the body bag shortages and refrigerated trailers

[KY_EnviroGuy]

16. This may be a problem that solves itself with time.....

when enough macho MAGATs die or are hospitalized and gym memberships drop like a rock.....

[doc03]

17. Going to a gym is possibly the worst thing you

could do. I haven't gone since February, I walk or ride my bike.

[leftieNanner]

27. I want to go to the gym really badly

But NOPE! Not worth it.

[imanamerican63]

18. The dumbness lingers on!

[PatSeg]

19. My god, he's almost as dumb as

Governor Kemp of Georgia. I swear some of these republicans love running for office, but they have no idea what to do when they get the job. So many republican only know politics, but don't know how to govern.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Oh they have lots of ideas how to do the job:

Graft, grift, trickle-down, cut taxes, divert money from poor to rich, sabotage environmental regulations, squeeze schools, ....

[PatSeg]

29. Yeah, as long as they don't have to face a crisis

[CaptYossarian]

43. Killer Kemp knew what he was doing when he ran the election that put him there.

He took 240,000 likely Dem voters out of the mix.

[PatSeg]

63. Yeah

They're good at politics and cheating, but few have any other qualifications.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. These snowflakes have no idea how exercise is possible w/o high tech equip & testosterone fumes. nt

[GulfCoast66]

25. Every republican I know is scared of getting this shit. And taking it seriously.

Yeah, I don’t know any crazy religious nut type. Or if I do they know to keep their mouth shut at work.

Many of them are horrified at both trump and his Florida boot-licker.

The pandemic is out of control here. It may get better since I’m finally seeing almost universal mask use, but that’s in the Orlando area. In the more red areas they are hit or miss.

Publix announced they will now require masks(finally). I sent a couple of emails to them about it.

We are so fucked.

[peggysue2]

31. DeSantis may be referencing Lt. Governor Dan Patrick from Texas

Patrick dared to go where no man has gone before with this beauty:

There are more important things than living.

Improving a dead person's cardiovascular health would be one of them no doubt.

You cannot make this stuff up! These guy's aren't even trying to hide their membership to the Crazy Club.

[calimary]

40. And out the other side of his mouth, he'll insist he's "pro-life".

[BumRushDaShow]

32. Meanwhile

Florida reported another 11,466 positive cases and 128 deaths today. And in a couple weeks, you'll have some percentage of those in the hospitals, and a couple weeks after that, more deaths.

[bucolic_frolic]

33. I think He's part of the conspiracy to twist reality to where COVID is no biggie and

the economy is good so reelect Trump. It's as simple as that. This is a mind game, a PR social control operation, a distortion of voters' minds to suit the administration's purposes.

[CaptYossarian]

44. How does this help Trump's Stock Market when

funeral homes are privately owned.

[bucolic_frolic]

51. Oh, good question! Remember Funeralgate?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Corporation_International

Funeralgate was under Governor GWB, in Texas.

[CaptYossarian]

64. What struck me was the info box on the right.

Products? Brands? Net Income, Revenue and Assets?

It's laid out like a Fortune 500 company. This is as bizarre as the for-profit prisons we have now.

The Bush corruption part with Waltrip was no big surprise though (after you learn about his grandpa's Nazi dealings).

[Karadeniz]

34. The inmates are in charge, the asylum inmates. These guys are insane.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

37. Florida's state motto is: "God's Waiting Room"

I guess the governor is taking that as a command and not satire.

[calimary]

41. OMG! That made me laugh. Sorry...

[RainCaster]

38. Who pays the liability insurance for FL?

That's going to force the carrier into bankruptcy.

[MontanaMama]

45. We don't call him Ron DeVirus

for nothing.

[Tribetime]

49. He's making sure that Biden wins Florida by plenty

[Baitball Blogger]

50. I'll buy three letters and one vowel: Y.M.C.A.

[warmfeet]

54. So long, it's been good to know ya.

[Evolve Dammit]

56. The stupid just burns. Searing, burning, largely unecessary, misery for America

[niyad]

57. You know, in all my many years, I have never once needed a fitness center in order to exercise.

And there is the expense. . . Plus the clothes. . .and the people.

DesthSantis is a moron.

[sheshe2]

59. Exactly, Niyad.

Seems to me it’s more of a social thing than an exercise thing.... look at me look at me look at me.

[kimbutgar]

60. These repuke governors are going to be responsible for killing off their supporters

Those in the reality based science world will wear masks and be around to vote for Democrats in November.


Unexpected consequences for following MF45 off the cliff.

[Hortensis]

65. RW opportunistic fascism at work.

"Fascism is the state. Liberalism is the individual."

Mussolini knew. He would have moved immediately and ruthlessly to protect the state's economy. But he would have also immediately recognized the opportunity offered by a disease that seemed to specialize in removing the burden of retired and incapacitated ex-workers.

A "non-worker cleansing" genocide.

[Dawson Leery]

66. Ron DeSantis and Brian Kemp are murderers.

[Elwood P Dowd]

69. Along with Donald Trump and Mike Pence. (nt)

[Lulu KC]

67. The one dear friend I had who died from the virus

was in the gym DAILY. One of the most physically fit people I've ever known. COVID19 gave him cardiac arrest in his sleep four days after having a feeling of coming down with something.

[sheshe2]

68. I am so sorry for your loss, Lulu.

[Lulu KC]

70. Thank you

I'm still in denial. It was in April. Since it still feels like March, it hasn't even happened yet.