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So, I'm driving along, and none of the stations are coming in well. I'm scanning the FM spectrum, looking for SOMETHING that isn't retarded. Finally, something came in clear - some asshole spouting his opinion about something. That something was COVID19. I listen a few seconds. Hmmmm - interesting.
The per capita COVID fatality rate is lower in all of those states that kept their economies going, than in any of those states that simply shut down for COVID.
Hmmm - wonder if that's true? And, who is that asshole? Listen awhile longer - hell, it's Limbaugh.
So, I'm still wondering if it's true. So, right now, after beginning my journal entry, I'll try to find numbers . . .
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/
Hmmmm - something's not right. There are supposed to be eight states that did not shut down. There are 15 states with lower fatality rates than Arkansas, which did not shut down. Soooooo - the statement that every state that did NOT shut down has a lower death rate than any state that did shut down cannot be true.
Which states did NOT shut down again?
April 3 - not quite what we're looking for here. https://www.travelbinger.com/13-u-s-states-have-not-ordered-a-lockdown-yet-take-a-look/
April 17, but it seems to reference much the same as Limbaugh was pontificating over.
https://www.lendio.com/blog/coronavirus/states-lockdown/
However, 8 states (Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Utah, and Wyoming) still do not have any lockdowns or stay-at-home orders.
Compare that list of 8 to the table found in the first link - and Rush is full of shit. Oh well. There's a reason I never liked listening to him . . . Only on those rather rare occassions when the AM/FM couldn't find anything except Rush Limbaugh, did I ever listen to the old fool.
The chart does seem to indicate that all of those 8 states have had low mortality rates, compared with New England and Great Lakes states. Then, there's Louisiana, ranking right below the District of Columbia.
Well, all I can say is, "Fuck you, Rush!" The fool had me hoping that something all scientifical-like was going to prove all the fuss to be wasted.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Wednesday June 24 2020, @09:49PM (4 children)
Comparing Wyoming with New York doesn't really say much anyway as the dynamics are so different.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @10:38AM (3 children)
Wyoming is full of idiots and nervous sheep. What dynamics? Why should we care what Lush Dimbulb says? The man is a looser.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @01:11PM (2 children)
Yeah, he's a lost canon.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @03:58PM (1 child)
Or maybe he's a lose canon.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2020, @02:24AM
That's what I sad.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @01:48PM (7 children)
He's been poisoning my grandpa's mind. Even though my grandfather is strongly anti-trump (he's very religious, so he doesn't like adultery, fraud, etc.), somehow he's just fine with that asshole.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @03:46PM (6 children)
And you do???
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @04:10PM (5 children)
I have no problem with adultery. Fraud is an unavoidable symptom of capitalism, as is theft. Murder often has economic motivations as well.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @05:18PM (3 children)
Until it happens to you???
I'm pretty sure that many socialist countries have laws against fraud and theft. Are you sure you have your facts straight?
Murder has lots of different motivations. Are you sure you have given much thought to this?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @06:36PM
Can't happen to me unless I get married, and even then, it's nobody else's business who sleeps with who - I don't criticize people for their asexual choices unless you're talking about rape.
It isn't as if any "socialist" countries have stopped participating in the capitalist economy, so you can't call them socialist. I also said nothing about believing socialism or communism are answers to this problem. I believe technology will make the economy a non-issue within a few generations.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2020, @02:27AM (1 child)
You should try it some times, it's fun. Better avoid letting your SO know, it may cause some upset in the family, I never understood why.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2020, @03:50AM
Snow is back!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2020, @03:53AM
What about Rent-a-boys in Puerto Rico, and Huge Bottles of Vamdangra? That kind of Pedophilic Adultery? (Much like Trump, in Epstein's "Virgin Island". Pervs)
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @02:34PM (1 child)
And here I thought you meant Rush, the band....
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Friday June 26 2020, @01:51AM
Yeah, me too.
I came to comment that I can't remember ever hearing Rush on the radio, apart from late one Sunday night in about 1980 maybe on Dr Rock's show on Radio Hauraki.
He played all the dirty, greasy, noisy stuff that wasn't played when the advertisers might be listening.
Anyway, that Rush is way more interesting than the Rush Runaway actually heard.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday June 25 2020, @03:26PM (4 children)
Wait a couple weeks. The red states are getting their first real waves right now.
As virus cases rise in states where Trump won, Republican attitudes may shift [theguardian.com]
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @03:54PM (3 children)
Frankly, I think you (and the author of that article from The Guardian) are whistling past the grave yard. The way it looks to me, Trump supporters will happily ride the Titanic to the bottom of the ocean.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday June 25 2020, @06:14PM (2 children)
Well that's the first time anyone has accused me of trying to stay cheerful in ANY situation, let alone a dire one!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @06:18PM (1 child)
My colleagues call me Despair.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @06:29PM
Zetsubou-sensei, is that you?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @04:39PM
Please think this over. Perhaps states that were experiencing low infection and low death rates used preliminary data and decided it wasn't necessary to shut down. Isn't it possible that the low hospitalization rates and low death rates caused those states to reject shutting down, not the other way around?
In states like Louisiana, infections and deaths surged quickly, which prompted lockdowns to be implemented. But much of the damage occurred before the lockdowns, not because of the lockdowns.
As for states like Nebraska, cases did surge in rural counties, associated mostly with meatpacking plants. Because the outbreaks were linked to those facilities, closing the specific facilities slowed the spread of the virus. But in areas where the spread of the virus couldn't be linked so closely with a particular facilities implemented more general lockdowns. Similar things happened in nearby states like Iowa and the Dakotas. For example, a large Smithfield plant in Sioux Falls was closed at the request of their Governor because of a large outbreak. And specifically about Nebraska, Dr. Fauci stated that the state's directed health measures were "functionally equivalent" to the stay at home orders in other states. On the other hand, states like New York, New Jersey, Michigan, and Louisiana issued lockdowns because the virus was already spreading rapidly.
But I believe the states listed didn't implement lockdowns because their Governors argued that it wasn't necessary due to low death rates. I think there's causation involved, but you've got the direction of causation wrong.
(Score: 2, Informative) by RandomFactor on Thursday June 25 2020, @04:46PM (7 children)
I knew he was on the air although I don't listen except in passing once in a blue moon. I would recognize his voice though, it is pretty distinctive.
Rather than worrying about Rush, perhaps more thought should be given to his potential replacements. (I would assume that most are aware that Rush has advanced lung cancer.)
Assumptions:
1) The space will be filled
2) You are NOT going to get a non-conservative or a milquetoast conservative in this space, so opining for Rachel Maddow or Cenk Uygur is worthless.
Some possibilities are: Hugh Hewitt, Herman Cain, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Michael Medved, Laura Ingraham, Ben Shapiro, Neal Boortz, Michael Savage, Bill O'Reilly, and Mark Levin.
(Yes, I'm sure there are plenty of potentials I'm missing.)
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @05:20PM (2 children)
Who says he needs to be replaced once he goes off the air?
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Thursday June 25 2020, @09:01PM
That's assumption 1. If it fails the whole question becomes moot, but I think it's more likely than not, although it won't be instant.
The company underpinning his broadcasting should be engaged in succession planning also. That's standard in pretty much any significant business.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday June 25 2020, @11:01PM
Time slots don't fill themselves
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @06:24PM
He's popular because he has a fanbase that tunes in.
Air America Radio was tried and failed. Maybe it launched too early for the internet radio age. But Rachel Maddow moved from Air America to MSNBC.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday June 25 2020, @07:42PM (2 children)
perhaps more thought should be given to his potential replacements
A radio clown is a radio clown. The danger is in the audience. They must be amused or they will burn down the city
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday June 27 2020, @08:58PM (1 child)
And, knowing that, you still choose to store your flammables on every other street corner, where the audience can access it easily. >rolleyes
Hail to the Nibbler in Chief.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday June 27 2020, @09:40PM
Hey, it's got a warning label, alright?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..