My guess is that Disney was obligated to show New Mutants in theaters because of pre-existing agreements between Fox and the exhibitors dating back to before the merger. Otherwise they would’ve dumped it to Hulu as early as last fall.

Travelled throughout SE Asia in recent years? After the SARS and MERS outbreaks, surgical masks have been a normal daily accessory there for a lot of people for the better part of a decade now.

White House officials say that the federal government is “absolutely on track” with getting a covid-19 vaccine approved by the end of the year, “if not a little ahead.”

The Trump administration is going to be distributing sugar water, calling it a vaccine and demanding praise. They are going to fuck this shit up just like they have fucked up everything else they’ve gotten their hands into.

Ok, so let’s just say we do get a vaccine by the end of the year...then what?

If they release something before it’s ready, the results will be horrific. There is already way too much “vaccine hesitancy” in the US as it is. If some knucklehead rushes out a vaccine that is deemed to be “perfectly safe” and then it starts killing people (or even makes them feel unwell), good fucking luck getting…

Absolutely part of the October surprise and also whatever Barr is cooking.

So far, this administration has:

Of course they say that. How many days until the election? Personally I think this is going to be a huge boondoggle. There are reasons why vaccine development take so long. (Besides the odds are with the administration fucking it all up because they picked donors to work on it instead of the more qualified companies.)

Yeah, I’m not the least bit hopeful. If it happens it happens, but I’ve learned to wait and see what this administration does (like removing federal funding for 13 COVID-19 test sites*) than listen to their promises**.

Harron, I wish I could share your optimism over a vaccine. I do not trust this administration to tell the truth any more than I’d trust them to tell me that Christmas is in December. Plus one third of Americans refuse to get the vaccine if there is one so we will always have COVID-19 unless there’s an enforced…

I don’t get it either, why is this issue so important to her that she’d go this far out on a limb for it.

Rowling’s motivations continue to elude me. In the UK you are (mostly) entitled to your dumb opinions, but why burn through the goodwill of a fanbase that includes a significant number of queer and allied individuals by airing those dumb opinions publicly?

I’ve seen larger crowds around D-list celebrities at the airport. The fact that he even had the ability to turn around and have a few words with the cop... when was he actually in danger?

How crazy is it that Rand Paul held up the vote on the anti lynching bill and then gets accosted by and “angry mob” and acts like a scared lickle bioch. This incident shows how little respect these politician deserve. If it were a mob, his ponce ass would have been doing the Fox interview from a hospital bed.

Now, to be fair to Rand Paul, he’s a disgusting and vile human being who should be shunned by everyone who comes into contact with him, and would probably be considered the most unpleasant and horrible person in Congress if he weren’t overshadowed by the blinding light that is Ted Cruz.

Ok, somebody has to say it: Fucking snowflake!

Probably deliberate - the NYPD Police Union is absolute garbage.

Am I becoming paranoid, or is it disturbing that a police union seems comfortable throwing around “sundown” ultimatums at a time like this? Was this deliberate, or just really fucking tone deaf?

I’m so glad all of these government employees were here to protect me.
-A libertarian