Hopefully yes to all of them.

Schools may require certain vaccinations, but there are plenty of loopholes to get around that. Claiming a religious or even philosophical reason can get an exemption in several states:

https://www.ncsl.org/research/health...tate-laws.aspx

http://www.internationalskeptics.com...5f7558386d.jpg

Yes, employers can require it to work:

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid...19-vaccination

Although airlines, so far, have not required proof of vaccination to travel, they have required masks. However, many countries do require proof of vaccination or a recent negative C19 test in order to enter. As vaccines become more widely available, I can see vaccination passports becoming the required norm.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/22/covi...ow-so-far.html

Some cruise lines already require proof of immunization. I don't see how that would be any different from an airline requiring it:

https://thepointsguy.com/guide/cruis...accine-policy/

As for businesses requiring proof of vaccination from customers:

https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-533636796046

Also you have dumbasses like my governor literally making it illegal to show proof of vaccination, so anything we do is functionally useless since its on the honor system and one side has none so....

DeSantis is, indeed, a dumbass. But I can see a lawsuits being filed against such state laws in more Democratic controlled states. Florida is a lost cause.

Yeah, I used to argue against the stereotype southern hick.

Four decades later I understand that they are spot-on.

The GOP going anti science is a truly scary devlopment.

Isn't that entirely normal for them at this point?

Yes, and it's getting worse.

Everything about the GOP has steadily gotten worse. I honestly cannot think of an example that's a positive development in many years. They may talk 'equal rights' for homosexuals, people of color, etc. but they don't really believe it.

The biggest problem I can think of is that the more unconstrained Covid virus there is, the more likely it is that new and more dangerous variants will evolve.

The vaccines we have will not always be effective.

Yup.

It has been, at the very least, since they took up using issues like legal abortion as causes to attract single issue voters to their party.

And has been getting worse at an exponential rate.

Clearly the GOP don't give a rats about the actual policies they espouse. If that means an unholy alliance of swivel-eyed raving one-issue idjits then so be it. Consistency and constancy mean zero.

All they are interested in is taking back the power of government they think is rightfully theirs forever. They are now plainly open about how they are going to do this. T**** has given them license to no longer try to hide their intentions but be completely open with their insurrections. Take a look at the likes of Mitch McConnell and this thread's topic, MTG. They share absolutely zero in common except one thing: Ongoing disruption of government and due process, not to mention established codes of convention and civility, until they get what they want - power.

The GOP is now the party of tantrum-throwers and feces-smearers, being in thrall to the chief tantrum-thrower and feces-smearer of them all.

More pearls of wisdom frothing at the mouth from Ms Greene. Twitter link

Two questions: How was Carlson "unmasked?" What does that mean, exactly? Second, what is his job? Fomenting insurrection? ;)

It's whatever the verbal equivalent of a cargo cult is. "Unmasked" is a magic word associated with intelligence agencies in the past. If you chant the word, it will produce the effect previously associated with the word, regardless of what's actually happening now.

So you won't be visit the EU anytime soon.

//Slight hijack//

There was a rather funny story shared on social media a few months back of a woman with the absolute worst timing in the history of humanity, having made the decision to get a tattoo that read "Courageously and radically refuse to wear a mask." She meant it in the context of being yourself and not putting on a false front to appease other people... but she got it two weeks before the first COVID case in the US.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article...andemic-tattoo

There really should be a term for that verbal equivalent. So many on the right practice it wrt "racism/racist", "woke", "critical race theory", etc, that it would be nice to have a shorthand way of referring to that.

I remember the idea of invoking legal and government terms as magic words that will do something else being frequently referenced in various Sovereign Citizen threads here, so I figured there was already a term for it.

I don't know if Carlson was unmasked as she claims but the term means to reveal an American Citizen's name in the transcribed text of a wiretap, or similar, when that Citizen wasn't the target of the wiretap. They normally remove irrelevant names when sending those texts to the White House (and others, I think). WH officials can ask to have them unmasked at times.

Is that what you were asking?


ETA: Here is a story on the issue behind Carlson's claim.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tuck...213509579.html

The term Shibboleth seems related.

This article explains the situation very well. Personally, I don't believe one word out of TC's mouth.

Based on that article, it appears to literally be "This guy I know, who I won't name, told me that the government is spying on me. He told me stuff that was in my emails, honest."

Well, be fair. If you just scream “bullcrap” at Tucker he could legitimately claim that you had hacked the entire contents of his next broadcast

Ain't that the truth.

Just for the benefit of people who skim these thread: You are emphasizing my opinion, not contradicting it. TC is all lies all the time. There's even a related court case to support that he shouldn't be believed.

:thumbsup:

Marj wants 'you people' to reconsider 'your hate' of Ms Greene. Folks, MTG contends it's all part of the Fake News agenda of you-know-who. :rolleyes:

Projection.

These are the same people who told me comic books and television and heavy metal would rot my brain.

And playing video games cause children to become violent. Don't forget that playing Dungeons and Dragons will lead children to Satan, witchcraft, suicide and murder!

I just hope she has the courage of her assertions and doesn't take the vaccine.

Unfortunately - I suspect she has taken it. And is still spreading misinformation.

I hope she hasn't gotten the vaccine, gets Covid, get put on a ventilator and almost dies. But I'm not sure that would even get through her thick skill.

The serious risk is actually that she gets COVID and spreads it among her family and community and work-place while she is infectious but before being diagnosed. She is actually wanting to be a super-spreader. Which is insane.

She works in Congress so the chances are great that those she would spread it to are also unvaccinated by choice. If she's back home, that's a super red county and I can almost guarantee that there is a large component of those in that category.

There goes another exploded Irony Meter.

Scratch out the "almost" and it will. I'll say it.....I hope she gets Covid and it kills her. Others like her as well.

Some people are too dangerous to be out and about stirring up crap. There is too much at stake for too many people. She's not worth it.

I believe people have died due to her rhetoric and others like her. I do wish harm on people like her and Trump. I think enough people are suffering and have suffered to justify that.

Fark off and die MTG. Take Trump with you. I will not be upset for a single moment.

All 219 House Democrats (and 100% of their staff) are fully vaccinated.

Only 95 of the 212 House Repugnicans (45%) are vaccinated.

I say just let her be a super-spreader.

At least as of mid-May Greene had not been vaccinated. At the time, her spokesperson said Greene is "perfectly healthy" and sees "no reason" to be vaccinated. Below is a quote from a Forbes news article published on May 19, 2021.
The day before, May 18th, Greene was one of a dozen Republican members of Congress who refused to wear a mask in the Congressional chambers as per the mandate.

I would prefer if MTG and the Boebert woman shot each other in the face while playing with their guns on live video for all the world to see.

That the Republicans admit to. Don't forget they aren't the most honest folks in the legislature. These are the idiots who claim to believe the Big Lie and you know damn well some of them are lying about that.