The Masque of the COVID Death

[billvon 2,990]

So Trump was going to have a New Years Eve party at Mar-A-Lago.  But he skipped out, leaving several hundred guests who had paid four figures to hobnob with the president to hang out with some of his kids instead.  Few masks were evident.

Vanilla Ice sang "play that funky music till you die!"  Berlin sang "Take my breath away."  People danced.  There was a buffet.

For no reason at all, some excerpts from one of Poe's short stories:
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The “Red Death” had long devastated the country . . .

But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys. This was an extensive and magnificent structure, the creation of the prince’s own eccentric yet august taste. A strong and lofty wall girdled it in. This wall had gates of iron. . . .

And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.

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[Westerly 61]

who gives a shit. trump is ancient history. he's not even relevant anymore.

[NewGuy2005 53]

9 hours ago, Westerly said:

who gives a shit. trump is ancient history. he's not even relevant anymore.

A little early to hope for that.  Soon, maybe, but not today.

[kallend 2,026]

9 hours ago, Westerly said:

who gives a shit. trump is ancient history. he's not even relevant anymore.

Tens of millions of 'the poorly educated', who can't tell the difference between reality TV and reality, guarantee his continued relevance.

[NewGuy2005 53]

1 minute ago, kallend said:

Tens of millions of 'the poorly educated', who can't tell the difference between reality TV and reality, guarantee his continued relevance.

I wish it was just the poorly educated.  I know some highly educated professionals that have fallen deep into the Trump pit in the last few months.

Edited January 2, 2021 by NewGuy2005

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

Well, this might be a good place for this:

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/ohio-state-study-30-of-student-athletes-have-heart-damage-linked-to-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR2S3hY-96iodQj2cSbeLiuOe8DiJUY3ZPDwE2SpNR3nX6VXVA0oVnc2p18

Since this is a 'novel' virus, we don't understand it. 
Not what it does to us when we are sick with it.
Not what it does to us long term.

But we're learning.

[Westerly 61]

10 hours ago, kallend said:

Tens of millions of 'the poorly educated', who can't tell the difference between reality TV and reality, guarantee his continued relevance.

You seem to forget people have a short memory (hints the forgetting). No one will give a shit about him in three months and those who do will be a small enough group that no one will care about them. Easy really. Even so, he wont be the president anymore and will have zero authority to do anything, so irrelevant regardless.

Edited January 3, 2021 by Westerly

[mistercwood 287]

6 minutes ago, Westerly said:

You seem to forget people have a short memory

These are frequently the same kind of people who still proudly wave Confederate flags. Might want to ponder on that for a few.