Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

I grew up in rural Ohio and the amount of bullshit that my FB friends from there spewed over the election was absolutely sickening. One of my closest friends in high school was cheering the Jan. 6 terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol that afternoon, saying she wished she had been there. Those of us who are enlightened tore her a new one, drove a spike through it and ripped her another new one. She hasn't said a word about that day, Trump or politics since.

My hometown went 2/3 for Trump in 2016 and nearly 3/4 this time around. I have no desire to go back there anymore.

 

One of the saddest things about America. A down-the-middle state has become its neighbor to the south. They’ve joined the SEC in effect. There are already enough SEC states.

 

Tennessee is the Ohio of the South; I truly do not recognize the hatred and racism and ignorance that is on abundant display on the regular.

 

Idaho governor rescinds ban on mask mandates issued while he was out of state - CNNPolitics

 

Tennessee gives some glimpses of what the rest of the country doesn't always say out loud. Same can be said many other parts of the southeast. I expect the hateful aspects of our people. What wears me out is the willingness of the progressive side of the aisle to do the bare minimum and call it good. I get messages from groups who want to "Uhmuhgawd! Havearalleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" They have no idea why they're there. They haven't talked about what's wrong with "their Black friend." They just want to be Woke.

 

Unless the state constitution specifically states the LG assumes all the legal authority of the governorship simply by the fact the governor is physically outside the state borders -- not through an official power-transference process such as the 25th amendment -- drag the magabitch to prison for illegally usurping the authority of the office and critically endangering public health in the process. March her in in cuffs.

 

Arkansas was a notorious ticket-splitting state until recent years. It voted for George Wallace, Bill Fulbright and progressive Republican Winthrop Rockefeller in the same 1968 election. In that regard it has similarities to Ohio.

Arkansas was one of the last holdouts for the old-school moderate Dems, of which Mike Beebe was the last of his breed.

Republican Mike Huckabee governed from the center, believe it or not. Even current Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, is not a boilerplate Trumper, but he doesn't have to be because he's term-limited and can't run again. Hutchinson vetoed a number of this spring's more extreme legislative bills and was overridden.

I have no clue how the 2022 race between Leslie Rutledge and the Huckstress will play out. Arkansas will have its first woman governor in 2023.

 

You're talking about Squinty Huckleburps? Can't wait. ::sigh::

 

Oh, Rutledge is going to get boatraced by SHS.

 

Yeah - I'm not really hopeful for any D against a Trump loyalist / inner circle person, in a state he won by 28 points, roughly.

 

I don't know how much it's related to the COVID-19 issue, but it certainly seems as if banking companies are taking advantage of it to consolidate and close many branch offices.

Banks that have been closed since the pandemic started oftentimes still are not re-opened, at all, and some that have been open with the use of masks and social distancing, and/or with ATM availability, are now, or soon will be, closing permanently.

I'm sure much of it has to do with how much people can just do banking online, or with apps, etc., but, to me, bank-branch closures seem especially noticeable, and annoying, lately.

 

The disappearance of branch banks is a trend that long predates covid. Going on for more than a decade now.