Mississippi quarantines 2,035 students/ teachers as 444 test positive. Gov. responds "Football"

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[roamer65]

1. Reeves is fucking criminal.

[Thekaspervote]

2. They're never gonna learn! Deathsantis...are you listening??

[Captain Zero]

3. They are a death cult coming for our kids,

our teachers,
our elderly,
our disabled,
our minorities,
all of us who do not agree with them.

Disagree with them.
Do not cooperate in this evil.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Bread, circuses and the Antonine Plague

As a classical scholar, Boris Johnson will be aware of the Antonine Plague, the smallpox pandemic that ravaged the Roman Empire. At its peak in 189 AD, it took the lives of 2,000 people a day in the crowded capital alone. It’s safe to say Rome’s healthcare system was overwhelmed.

But judging from his latest moves to control our modern day killer of Covid-19, Johnson is also familiar with another key slice of Roman history: bread and circuses. Whereas the Emperors placated a restive populace with grain handouts and gladiatorial games, the PM is offering an English nation weary of lockdown the prospect of family garden BBQs and the return of the Premier League.
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https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-johnson-cummings-vallance-whitty_uk_5ed0316ec5b6bf942b7940b3

[struggle4progress]

5. Warns of a 'big surge' of coronavirus in New Zealand

By Tim Elfrink
August 18, 2020 at 3:29 a.m. EDT

... “You’ve seen what’s going on in New Zealand?” Trump said of the island nation, which went months without any new covid-19 cases. “Big surge in New Zealand. It’s terrible. We don’t want that.”

New Zealand has seen the virus return this month — but on Monday, it recorded just 9 new cases. On Tuesday, 13 more were reported. The U.S., where more than 167,000 have now died, has recently averaged around 50,000 new cases each day ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/18/trump-new-zealand-ardern-coronavirus/

[North Shore Chicago]

6. Football

How much of their school budget is for.....football.

[hatrack]

7. "If you love sports, DIE FOR THEM", screamed Reeves from the volcano's crater.

"OK!!", said Mississippi.