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bobsal u1553115
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 12:22 pm
@ehBeth,
I tend to agree with that.
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ehBeth
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 12:28 pm
@blatham,
It would be lovely if they turned out to vote, but it's not a bet I'd be willing to take as a politician. Best to focus on middle-aged+, rust belt voters IMNSHO. lots of swing room there, especially right now - and they tend to vote. seeing it in my FB feed. folks in Pennsylvania/Ohio/Kentucky who'd been #45 voters posting very different things in past 6 or so months, getting themselves registered to vote by mail etc.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 12:59 pm
@coldjoint,
coldjoint's source wrote:
The “controversial” health minister of Sweden, Anders Tegnell, and colleagues revealed the latest results of the Sweden Covid model which—as we all know— did not lockdown, did not quarantine.
Lena Hallengren is the Swedish Minister for Health and Social Affairs.
Nils Anders Tegnell is the current state epidemiologist of Sweden.

coldjoint's quote wrote:
renowned German infectious disease expert Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi
Professor emeritus Bhakdi is a Specialist in microbiology and infection epidemiology.
Echoing his opinion, which he published in three youtube videos in March, is limited to his youtube followers and conspiracy groups.
coluber2001
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 01:13 pm
"When Donald Trump suggests that the virus be taken as a 'hoax', that people gather in churches or that people protest for their own sacrifice, he is actually testing people's loyalty to the 'laws' of his mind over the laws of nature, or even impulse for survival. The more he abuses them, the greater their devotion grows, since the psychological cost of admitting their mistake is ever higher — and so it becomes easier to dig a well of unreality than to see the obvious truth."

https://www.salon.com/2020/04/23/yale-psychiatrist-bandy-lee-lockdown-protesters-resemble-child-soldiers-and-urban-gangs/
bobsal u1553115
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 01:24 pm
https://i.imgur.com/aYvUwDj.jpg
bobsal u1553115
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 01:27 pm
https://images.dailykos.com/images/795166/story_image/1440.png
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blatham
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 01:30 pm
@hightor,
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@livinglava,
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You shouldn't discuss textual analysis or cultural analysis in general.


I think our man has read "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity"
blatham
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 01:36 pm
@ehBeth,
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It would be lovely if they turned out to vote, but it's not a bet I'd be willing to take as a politician. Best to focus on middle-aged+, rust belt voters
Sure. I don't think that focus ought to change. My point(s) were merely 1) we are better off knowing what the 18-29 age group are thinking and 2) that this point in time is unique for the young perhaps particularly given what they now face with the pandemic, the economy/jobs and Trump and voting norms look likely to change accordingly. Note that seniors are now dropping away from Trump at a significant rate.
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bobsal u1553115
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 01:37 pm
@blatham,
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"Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity"


That's a good book. It's just the right thickness to put under the short leg of the "coffee" table. It stopped my beer from sliding off.
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livinglava
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 01:51 pm
@blatham,
blatham wrote:

Quote:
@livinglava,
Quote:
You shouldn't discuss textual analysis or cultural analysis in general.


I think our man has read "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity"

Whenever you're too confused to say something meaningful, sarcasm can at least make you look smart.
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coldjoint
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 02:07 pm
@Walter Hinteler,
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is limited to his youtube followers and conspiracy groups.

So you are saying he is wrong, but you cannot prove it, right?
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coldjoint
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 02:09 pm
@coluber2001,
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"When Donald Trump suggests that the virus be taken as a 'hoax',

He did not. That was taken out of context and you are just repeating a lie. Nothing to see here.
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coldjoint
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 02:10 pm
@bobsal u1553115,
The death rate will be nowhere near 2% when all the numbers are in. Propaganda and lies in cartoon form. Another nothing to see here.
blatham
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 02:12 pm
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Heartfelt Condolences To Brian Kemp For The Loss Of His Dignity

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has been outstripping the sizable competition in the race to become President Donald Trump’s biggest, and most thoroughly rejected, flunky.

On Monday he mounted his flashiest maneuver yet, announcing that he would fling wide the doors of the state’s gyms, nail salons, barbershops, bowling alleys — bowling alleys — by the end of the week, about three laps ahead of even the cadre of his fellow Trumpy governors.

Never mind that the University of Washington’s IHME model — similar to the one used by the White House — projects that Georgia will still be days out from its peak in daily, COVID-19-related deaths; never mind that the CDC is located in Atlanta, the epicenter of the soon-to-be petri dish.

He was willing to put 10.6 million lives on the line in a pandemic offering for dear leader: a state that’s open for business, a state that’s finally prioritizing economic growth over human suffering, a state that refuses to let the cure be worse than the problem.

But Kemp was left alone on the front porch, clutching his boutonniere, as Trump slammed the front door in his face.

“Would I do that? No. I’d keep them a little longer,” the President said of the social distancing guidelines at his Wednesday press briefing. “I want to protect people’s lives.”

“I’m going to let him make his decision,” he added, of Kemp. “But I told him I totally disagree.”

It was surely not the pat on the head Kemp expected. The governor had been fielding attacks from all sides — “illogical” from the Atlanta mayor, “unbelievable” from a state senator, “dangerous” from a former CDC director — for his pronouncement.

Kemp, unbowed, took to Twitter to ensure that nobody was under the false impression that he’d rethought his loyalties in the face of Trump’s repudiation.

“Earlier today, I discussed Georgia’s plan to reopen shuttered businesses for limited operations with @POTUS,” he wrote. “I appreciate his bold leadership and insight during these difficult times and the framework provided by the White House to safely move states forward.”

But let’s not linger too long under the delusion that Trump smacked down his loyal foot soldier under his own volition. As recently as Tuesday, a source told CNN that he called Kemp to give him a big thumbs up on his decision.


But the honeymoon was shattered by the pesky scientists on the coronavirus task force the next day, before the press briefing.

In a meeting also reported by CNN, they decided that they would not publicly support the reopening.

Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx, whose mannerisms Trump finds “elegant,” was dispatched to change the President’s mind. Trump, never one to agonize much over changing his loyalties, agreed to denounce Kemp at the presser.

And now, Kemp is an island, a man alone, as the moment on Friday approaches when massive swaths of the Georgia economy get the greenlight to open — plus another wave of restaurants and movie theaters Monday.

If Georgians do in fact choose to go back to work — they might not — health experts warn that transmission will likely spike, and Georgians could die or fall sick at a far faster rate.

But Kemp can rest easy in the knowledge that it was all in the name of winning the President’s favor, as he brushes the bus tire tracks off his back.
TPM

coldjoint
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 02:14 pm
@blatham,
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Heartfelt Condolences To Brian Kemp For The Loss Of His Dignity

I bet he feels the same way about your loss of dignity. He can get his back. I am afraid yours is terminal.
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bobsal u1553115
 
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Thu 23 Apr, 2020 02:18 pm
@coldjoint,
I never realized you were an epidemiologist.
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