This morning in west central Missouri:
For now.
Nevertheless, it persisted
26 Saturday Sep 2020
Posted in Uncategorized
Author Archives: Michael Bersin
Why we can’t have nice things – part the infinity
26 Saturday Sep 2020
Posted in social media
Governor Mike Parson (r) and Missouri First Lady Teresa Parson [2018 file photo].
Two days after announcing she had contracted COVID-19:
First Lady Teresa Parson
@FirstLadyTeresa
➖WE WILL BE PROCEEDING WITH THIS EVENT➖Come enjoy the outdoor activities and the beautiful fall decorations!
#ParsonFamilyFallFest #FallFest2020
[….]
11:15 AM · Sep 25, 2020
Some of the responses:
#CovidFest2020
Free Covid-19 respiratory droplets for all visitors. No limit!!!!
#WTFiswrongwithyou You both have COVID right now. What part of “QUARRENTINE” Do you not understand?
Sounds like a really great plan to hold an event after testing positive for COVID. Seriously? People are dying. I think your “fun outdoor events” and pumpkins can wait.
Hey, maybe consider NOT doing this during a pandemic? Didn’t you and your husband just test positive?
I mean, as far as I know you can’t get DOUBLE covid, so they have nothing to lose but the lives of their most vulnerable constituents
This is not a good idea. I would think twice about inviting children and families. Missouri remains a problem state for coronavirus. We’re all better off with a mask mandate, right? Get well soon!
42 people died from Covid in the last 24 hours just in Missouri.
Apparently that means nothing to these people.
#governorCOVID
This is selfish.
In addition to getting #covid19, other #fallfest2020 events include unprotected sex with strangers, sharing needles and Russian roulette. Should be a knee-slappin good time.
this is irresponsible.
This is wildly irresponsible, disrespectful and dangerous
#ParsonFamilyCOVIDFest
I’m a RN. Please do not go through with this event. Please listen to the scientific community. We are worn out.
Terrible call! Such disregard for the health of the people of Missouri.
This seems…not smart.
Come share Covid with everyone.
Come for the cookies, stay for the ‘rona
Didn’t your husband back out of a debate tonight because of covid?
didn’t y’all JUST test positive for COVID-19? Maybe sit this one out.
Do you have to bring your own thoughts & prayers or will the event be providing them along with the free coronavirus diagnosis?
Will you and your husband be manning the kissing booth this year?
I’ll be avoiding it like the plague, thank you very much.
Dammit. I’ve already got plans to go lick carts at Walmart that day….
Do those who show up have to sign a waiver?
Free covid for all!
Totally Irresponsible.
What could go wrong?
No thank you. I’d rather be healthy.
Proceeding with an event like while both YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND have tested positive for COVID-19 is asinine! Its no wonder our states cases are out of control when you haven’t cared one bit about the safety of the people who live here. #voteparsonout #COVIDIDIOTS
Are you trying to get everybody sick?
“Masks optional, social distancing whatever.”
THEY LEARNED NOTHING.
#PoliticsOverContagion
What’s wrong with you?
Irresponsible. Deadly. Disrespectful. You are the worst.
Got to keep pretending everything is okay and normal!
Uhhhhh that’d be a hard no. You should have worn a mask like the CDC told you to. You’ll be shedding virus like a maple tree doffs it’s leaves in October.
Are you effing kidding? The governor NEVER gets to say he cares about Missourians ever again.
This is outrageous and irresponsible. I’d hoped your experience would impress upon you both the desperate need for a statewide mask mandate, which that “radical” state of Arkansas has. Are you determined to press your foolishness on the rest of us?
Your festival will spread #COVID19 ; if you had a conscience or sense of moral responsibility that would upset you.
Yes, why keep the covid all to yourself.
Gurl, if you’re supporters really want to own the libs, no masks! Kiss each other! Lick door knobs!! It’s all a hoax, right? Have fun!
Wow, so tone deaf. Meanwhile our nursing homes continue to battle COVID every day because of the irresponsible policies and behaviors of you and your husband. We lost another soul at ours yesterday. But by all means, have a party.
Uhhh ….No Thanks. Keep your Covid to yourself.
At almost 60 year old, I make my first tweet to say “Are you fucking nuts?” You are COVID + and that shit kills. Did you know that?
No thanks…I don’t go to super spreader events held by those who don’t give a damn about spreading COVID.
I think there is something wrong with you.
I would try to explain how idiotic it is to host an event like this when you are currently actively recovering from Covid, but that would require you to have the mental/emotional capacity to understand why it is bad to spread Covid to others. You are a disgrace to this state.
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.
What is wrong with you? #ShowMeCovidiots
And on and on.
“…Masks will be available for all attendees and social distancing encouraged…”
Previously:
Uh… (September 23, 2020)
About that mask thing… (September 23, 2020)
Missouri DHSS – COVID-19 Outbreak Statistics – September 25, 2020 – 2:00 p.m. (September 25, 2020)
Vigil for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Warrensburg, Missouri – September 25, 2020
25 Friday Sep 2020
Posted in Uncategorized
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This evening there was a vigil to honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn in Warrensburg Missouri.
Ray James (D):
Atsuki Mori:
The necklace:
James Williams (D):
Previously:
Fight! (September 18, 2020)
A fight it is, then (September 18, 2020)
Sen. Roy Blunt (r) has already weighed in (September 19, 2020)
Joe Biden (D) on Ruth Bader Ginsburg (September 19, 2020)
Missouri DHSS – COVID-19 Outbreak Statistics – September 25, 2020 – 2:00 p.m.
25 Friday Sep 2020
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags
Corona virus, COVID-19, DHSS, missouri, pandemic, statistics
Bad news. Always bad news.
The most recent statistics on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak for Missouri from the Department of Health and Senior Services:
Cases in Missouri: 120,298
Total Deaths: 1,994
Number of cases in the last 24 hours: 1,987
7 Day Percent Positive of PCR Tested Individuals: 11.8%
Number of New Deaths Reported in the Last 24 Hours: 42
“Time-based data, including one- and seven-day percent increase in statewide cases, daily COVID-19 test results, and cases and deaths by reported date, are subject to a 72-hour delay to ensure that the data are accurate and complete.”
Johnson County
Confirmed cases: 1,081
Cases per 100K Population: 2,018.56
Deaths: 4
Cass County
Confirmed cases: 1,489
Cases per 100K Population: 1,407.12
Pettis County
Confirmed cases: 1,100
Cases per 100K Population: 2,541.02
Henry County
Confirmed cases: 191
Cases per 100K Population: 844.35
Saline County
Confirmed cases: 711
Cases per 100K Population: 3,079.27
Lafayette County
Confirmed cases: 497
Cases per 100K Population: 1,521.57
Wear a damn mask. And while you’re at it, wear some damn gloves.
Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Good luck to us all.
#FlattenTheCurve
Bad timing
24 Thursday Sep 2020
Posted in Missouri Governor
Tags
absentee ballot, COVID-19, dogma, mailing, Mike Parson, PAC, pandemic, right wingnuts, Uniting Missouri PAC, vote by mail
Oopsie.
In the mail this week:
Support Governor
Mike Parson
and the rest of your Missouri Republican TeamOur Republican candidates up and down the ballot are counting on you to cast your vote this year. Liberal Democrats hope you’ll let fear stop you from voting. Don’t let the Democrats win!
Stay safe. Vote by mail.
Wouldn’t it have been easier just to wear a mask?
“…Liberal Democrats hope you’ll let fear stop you from voting…” Projection, the republican way of life.
New this year in Missouri:
Vote by mailNotary not required for many voters
Exercise your right
Don’t let the COVID-19 pandemic stop you from exercising your right to vote. If you are 65 or older, or are in an at-risk category for contracting or transmitting COVID-19, you are eligible to vote absentee by mail – without having your absentee ballot notarized.
Keep yourself safe
Voting by mail is easy, and it will help limit the spread of COVID-19. Simply fill out the enclosed application and mail it in to fulfill your duty as an American without putting your health at risk.
Help our nation recover
When you vote by absentee ballot from home and drop it in the mail, you can be confident that all ballots mailed in to your local election authority will be counted.
“…fulfill your duty as an American without putting your health at risk…” Wait, isn’t their dogma that the pandemic is “fake news” and that the risks are overblown? “…If you are 65 or older, or are in an at-risk category…” Wait, aren’t old people expendable?
Keep yourself safe while you vote
Voting by mail is convenient and safe for every voter.
Let your voice be heard by requesting and mailing in your ballot before the election.
Voting by Mail is Secure
Fill out the attached form completely and accurately
Mail in the completed form after signing and dating at the botton
Wait to receive your official absentee ballot
Dont put your health at risk.
Vote from the comfort and privacy of your own home to fulfill your civic duty and stay safe during the pandemic.
“…Let your voice be heard by requesting and mailing in your ballot before the election…” Before the election. The must really believe their voters are idiots. They may have a point there.
“…Voting by Mail is Secure…” Not according to Donald Trump (r) and his sycophant enablers.
The mailing had two Request for Missouri Absentee Ballot forms printed on it, one partially filled out with the name of a member of our household.
Paid for by Uniting Missouri PAC.
Note the conflation of “absentee ballot” and “Vote By Mail”. That ain’t the proper right wingnut Donald Trump (r) dogma.
Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].
Previously:
Gov. Mike Parson (r): safety, meh, voting, meh (May 28, 2020)
“…You know, I hope people feel safe, but, uh, to go out and vote. But, if they don’t, you know, the number one thing is their safety should be number one, so if they don’t, um, then, then, don’t go out and vote. You know, you know, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard myself say that, but, but, you know if you didn’t feel safe than I wouldn’t do that…”
About that mask thing… (September 23, 2020)
Missouri DHSS – COVID-19 Outbreak Statistics – September 24, 2020 – 2:00 p.m.
24 Thursday Sep 2020
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags
Corona virus, COVID-19, DHSS, missouri, pandemic, statistics
Bad news. Always bad news.
The most recent statistics on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak for Missouri from the Department of Health and Senior Services:
Cases in Missouri: 118,311
Total Deaths: 1,952
Number of cases in the last 24 hours: 1,365
7 Day Percent Positive of PCR Tested Individuals: 11.7%
Number of New Deaths Reported in the Last 24 Hours: 5
“Time-based data, including one- and seven-day percent increase in statewide cases, daily COVID-19 test results, and cases and deaths by reported date, are subject to a 72-hour delay to ensure that the data are accurate and complete.”
Johnson County
Confirmed cases: 1,065
Cases per 100K Population: 1,966.38
Deaths: 4
Cass County
Confirmed cases: 1,457
Cases per 100K Population: 1,380.39
Pettis County
Confirmed cases: 1,077
Cases per 100K Population: 2,505.76
Henry County
Confirmed cases: 184
Cases per 100K Population: 830.58
Saline County
Confirmed cases: 704
Cases per 100K Population: 3,066.17
Lafayette County
Confirmed cases: 489
Cases per 100K Population: 1,493.96
Wear a damn mask. And while you’re at it, wear some damn gloves.
Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Good luck to us all.
#FlattenTheCurve
Campaign Finance: Tinker, Evers, Chance
23 Wednesday Sep 2020
Posted in campaign finance, Missouri Governor
Welcome to Missouri.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C201190 09/23/2020 Democratic Governors Association – Missouri Democratic Governors Association 1225 Eye St NW, Ste 1100 Washington DC 20005 9/21/2020 $1,000,000.00
C201352 09/23/2020 A Stronger Missouri Democratic Governors Association – Missouri 1225 Eye St NW Suite 1100 Washington DC 20005 9/21/2020 $1,000,000.00
C201352 09/23/2020 A Stronger Missouri Keep Government Accountable PO Box 414435 Kansas City MO 64141 9/21/2020 $365,000.00
[emphasis added]
State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D) [2019 file photo].
About that mask thing…
23 Wednesday Sep 2020
Posted in Missouri Governor
Tags
anti-mask, Corona virus, COVID-19, governor, Mike Parson, missouri, pandemic, positive
Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].
STATEMENT REGARDING GOVERNOR AND FIRST LADY PARSON COVID-19 TEST RESULTS
Press Release
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
JEFFERSON CITY Today, Governor Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson tested positive for COVID-19. Out of an abundance of caution, the First Lady was tested this morning after displaying minor symptoms. The Governor was then tested as well and received a positive result.All official and campaign events have been canceled until further notice. As a precautionary measure, the Governor’s staff has been tested and is awaiting results. At this time, the Governor feels healthy and is displaying no symptoms, and the First Lady has mild symptoms. Proper safety protocols have been implemented at the direction of Dr. Randall Williams, Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services.
During this time, Governor Parson continues to conduct and fulfill all roles of businesses of the state of Missouri from the Governor’s Mansion without interruption.
Math and science. This was so predictable.
Missouri Gov. Parson explains choice not to wear mask in public
By: Tod Palmer Posted at 5:45 PM, Jul 14, 2020 and last updated 5:51 PM, Jul 14, 2020KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For months now, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has preached personal responsibility when it comes to stopping the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
He cited personal responsibility in reopening the state May 4 around the same time hospitalizations in Missouri spiked in early May, again in lifting all statewide restrictions effective June 15, again last month in deciding not to issue a statewide mask mandate amid a renewed surge in new COVID-19 cases and at virtually every press briefing he’s given during the last four months from Jefferson City.
Yet, when Parson has been out and about in the state, he’s seldom spotted wearing a mask himself….
Personal responsibility or statewide order? Parson, Galloway disagree on mask wearing
by Mark SlavitWednesday, August 26th 2020COLUMBIA — Republican Governor Mike Parson and his Democrat political opponent State Auditor Nicole Galloway made separate stops in Columbia Wednesday. Galloway is trying to unseat Parson on the November ballot. Parson and Galloway have different opinions on a statewide mask mandate.
Galloway said she would require face masks statewide if elected Governor. Parson said a statewide mask mandate was not necessary because many rural counties had few positive cases of the coronavirus.
Parson met with health care providers and state leaders and defended his position on not supporting a statewide mask policy.
The Republican Governor accused Galloway of using masks as a political issue….
Maybe it’s a public health issue?
“…During this time, Governor Parson continues to conduct and fulfill all roles of businesses of the state of Missouri from the Governor’s Mansion without interruption…” How is the Governor’s support staff going to proceed?
Wear a damn mask. And while you’re at it, wear some damn gloves.
Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Good luck to us all.
#FlattenTheCurve
Gov. Mike Parson (r): not exactly the brightest bulb in the chandelier (May 4, 2020)
Missouri DHSS – COVID-19 Outbreak Statistics – September 23, 2020 – 2:00 p.m.
23 Wednesday Sep 2020
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags
Corona virus, COVID-19, DHSS, missouri, pandemic, statistics
This is horrible.
The most recent statistics on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak for Missouri from the Department of Health and Senior Services:
Cases in Missouri: 116,946
Total Deaths: 1,947
Number of cases in the last 24 hours: 1,580
7 Day Percent Positive of PCR Tested Individuals: 11.4%
Number of New Deaths Reported in the Last 24 Hours: 83
“Time-based data, including one- and seven-day percent increase in statewide cases, daily COVID-19 test results, and cases and deaths by reported date, are subject to a 72-hour delay to ensure that the data are accurate and complete.”
Johnson County
Confirmed cases: 1,046
Cases per 100K Population: 1,934.69
Deaths: 4
Cass County
Confirmed cases: 1,434
Cases per 100K Population: 1,369.89
Pettis County
Confirmed cases: 1,065
Cases per 100K Population: 2,458.75
Henry County
Confirmed cases: 178
Cases per 100K Population: 812.22
Saline County
Confirmed cases: 693
Cases per 100K Population: 3,005.02
Lafayette County
Confirmed cases: 486
Cases per 100K Population: 1,481.69
Wear a damn mask. And while you’re at it, wear some damn gloves.
Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Good luck to us all.
#FlattenTheCurve
Uh…
23 Wednesday Sep 2020
Posted in Missouri Governor
Governor Mike Parson (r) and Missouri First Lady Teresa Parson [2018 file photo].
Today:
Emily Manley @EmilyManleyTV
#BREAKING | @FirstLadyTeresa has tested positive for #COVID19. @GovParsonMO’s staff says she showed mild symptoms. The governor postponed the rest of his events this week as he waits his for test results. #moleg
12:28 PM · Sep 23, 2020
Wear a mask. And while you’re at it, wear some gloves.
Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Good luck to us all.
#FlattenTheCurve
