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@blatham,

Even if Trump were stupid, which he aint, Biden would make him look like a stone-cold genius in comparison.

Not to hear hair-sniffin Joe tell it, of course. He claims he finished first in his class, when he finished last.

Nice try, Joey.

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@nimh,

nimh wrote:

The man's an idiot.

What is wrong with people staying employed if they can, and receiving unemployment checks if they cannot?

That seems like a sensible policy to me.

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@layman,

Yeah, Pussy Grabbin' Donny's a stone-cold genius all right (and by "genius" I mean "doofus)

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@blatham,

blatham wrote:

From Margaret Sullivan, WP's media columnist

Quote:
The media must stop live-broadcasting Trump’s dangerous, destructive coronavirus briefings

More and more each day, President Trump is using his daily briefings as a substitute for the campaign rallies that have been forced into extinction by the spread of the coronavirus.
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That was a contemptable bit of slander coming from yet another hyperinflated snowflake liberal affected with a severe case of TDS. That you so eagerly posted it here suggests the same of you.

That any President, under the current circumstances, is conducting daily briefings, including the key staff of specialists and agency heads involved is merely an indication of his/her leadership responsibility to the nation. In the case noted Trump and his key advisors were working hard to convey the details and expectations associated with a coherent plan to deal with the rapidly moving epidemic, and were immersed in those issues. I saw the sappy "what would you say to someone who was scared by all this"? and noted the unspoken implications that were very evident in the manner in which it was spoken. Trump's response was entirely appropriate. The suggestion that such efforts on the part of any President must stop is truly evidence of derangement.

The sad but evident fact here is that the visceral hatred of Democrats and their media acolytes so exceeds their understanding of the current situation, and the responsibilities they have to those who read or listen to their crap. They are partisan to the core and entertain no other motive or goal. Sen. Schumer's recent statement regarding the still pending relief legislation was more of the same.

Given the Trump travel restrictions applied in early March and the subsequent social distancing recommendations and mandates applied, we are very likely in few weeks to reach the inflection point in the disease (where the number of net active cases stops increasing)
I believe the continued surly hostility of the Democrat leadership and swineish episodes such as this one will come to haunt them after that.

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@georgeob1,

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That was a contemptible bit of slander coming from yet another hyperinflated snowflake liberal affected with a severe case of TDS. That you so eagerly posted it here suggests the same of you.

Good to see you're back to calling a spade a spade, eh, George?

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@georgeob1,

A lot of left wing commentators are demanding that the MSN stop televising the daily briefings. Why?

Because, as always, they want to silence their opponents. It just kills them that the public is watching Trump in settings where he is acting, and being, "Presidential." That counters the narrative they try to push 24/7.

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@layman,

layman wrote:

A lot of left wing commentators are demanding that the MSN stop televising the daily briefings. Why?

Because, as always, they want to silence their opponents. It just kills them that the public is watching Trump in settings where he is acting, and being, "Presidential." That counters the narrative they try to push 24/7.

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That's true. Indeed a salient characteristic of authoritarian tyrants, whether of the left or the right is the effort they make to silence their political opponents.

One must (perhaps unknowingly) assign a low value to the merits of their political beliefs, and their ability to persuade others of those merits, to wish first to silence their opponents.

It turns out that Senator Sanders is far more willing to directly take on his political opponents, and far more confident in the merits of his political ideas than are the other mainstream Democrats , and I believe that explains the intensity and loyalty of his supporters. Instead his fault is that after a lifetime of advocating his socialist nonsense he has become immune to the accumulating evidence of the dismal results they yield and of the degree to which they ignore the facts of human nature. His problem is that he truly believes all that bullshit.

In stark contrast, the mainstream Democrats, have no political philosophy except the desire for power, and a strange psychological need to revenge their defeat in 2016 -- Not a good basis for a coherent political platform and not very inspiring either. The facts attest to that.

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@georgeob1,

Quote:

That was a contemptable bit of slander coming from yet another hyperinflated snowflake liberal affected with a severe case of TDS. That you so eagerly posted it here suggests the same of you.

Golly. I'm beginning to wonder if you have a severe case of BLDS. But aside from that, george, if it comes to weighing the bona fides of Margaret Sullivan (previously ombudsman at NYT) and Jay Rosen media studies prof (who, as I posted earlier, makes the same argument and fleshes it out) against yourself, you don't come out the winner.

A week ago, I wrote here that Trump, with rallies cancelled, was shifting his propaganda podium to daily briefings. It was immediately obvious. Of course, you'll contest the term "propaganda" but I don't think any of us here find that bothersome. Trump could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and that might not be a big thing for you. Ironically, of course, if there are people out on that avenue presently, they're likely Trump fans who he's convinced ought not to worry about the virus or that they can get tested right now or that a remedy is up the road a few weeks or that they can swallow some medicine he thinks oughta work (he said he's "of that school" of thought which you may find a credible statement, god knows).

Your inability to face up to this man's pathologies and incompetence is a puzzle. Many other smart Republicans did so years ago. As george W Bush said following Trump's inaugural speech, "That was some crazy ****". Yes it was. They recognized that he's a con man and a liar and a narcissist of the Grade A plus variety with few if any of the attributes necessary to be where he is. And he's only gotten worse.

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Quote:

Secretary Pompeo
@SecPompeo
· Mar 20
Disinformation is not only coming from random actors around the world - but also from the Chinese Communist Party, Russia, and the Iranian regime. We must not permit these efforts to undermine our democracy, our freedom, and how we're responding to the Wuhan Virus.

What a ******* asshole.

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Matthew Gertz
@MattGertz
· 47m
Fox “news” and “opinion” side folks are credulously sharing a tech guy’s Medium post theorizing that the dangers of coronavirus are overstated and schools and businesses should be reopened.

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Bolivia has just cancelled it's election. Imagine if there is a second wave of infections in the US in autumn what Trump might consider doing.

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Uh...

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Laura Ingraham
@IngrahamAngle
· Mar 20
Americans need to know date certain when this will end. The uncertainty for businesses, parents and kids is just not sustainable.

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@blatham,

Quote:

Imagine if there is a second wave of infections in the US in autumn what Trump might consider doing.

If that happens, we will be prepared. Unless you are not doing what it takes to help. Oh wait, that is what you are doing.

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@blatham,

blatham wrote:

Bolivia has just cancelled it's election. Imagine if there is a second wave of infections in the US in autumn what Trump might consider doing.

How are you envisioning that this would that work? Would all the Republican state legislatures just assign Republican delegates to the Electoral College the way the Florida legislature tried to do in 2000?

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@blatham,

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if it comes to weighing the bona fides of Margaret Sullivan (previously ombudsman at NYT)... you don't come out the winner.

Her "bona fides," eh? As an employee of the NYT!?

I heard a guy, who has been on Trump's payroll for 35 years (at a grossly unwarranted rate of pay) say that Sullivan is wrong.

His "bona fides" might be compared with Sullivan's, and who would prevail would be open to debate.

But he aint George.

As for you, your bona fides is "right up there" with Sullivan's.

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@blatham,

blatham wrote:

if it comes to weighing the bona fides of Margaret Sullivan (previously ombudsman at NYT) and Jay Rosen media studies prof (who, as I posted earlier, makes the same argument and fleshes it out) against yourself, you don't come out the winner.

Appeals to authority are logical fallacies.

I do understand that progressives are forced to resort to fallacies because of their lack of facts and logic, so I sympathize with your plight.

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@oralloy,

oralloy wrote:

blatham wrote:
Bolivia has just cancelled it's election. Imagine if there is a second wave of infections in the US in autumn what Trump might consider doing.

How are you envisioning that this would that work? Would all the Republican state legislatures just assign Republican delegates to the Electoral College the way the Florida legislature tried to do in 2000?

I don't think it will be that complicated, Roy.

Trump will simply declare martial law, announce that he is appointing himself "emperor for life," and send his militiamen into the streets to mow down any unruly mob which might gather to object.

Purty simple, actually.

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@layman,

If you don't believe me, just ask any cheese-eater. That's where I got this invaluable information.

In the first couple of days it's possible that there will be a "pandemic" of sorts. Earth moving machines may be may be required to dig huge mass graves to fill with cheese-eaters.

But after that, things will settle down. The cheese-eaters will realize they're helpless. They aint got no guns.

So they will quickly "self-quarantine" and refuse to come out of their hovels any more. They will sit there sucking their thumbs between sips of carrot juice, just hoping no one will come knocking on their door.

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https://grrrgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/joe_biden_christmas.jpg

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https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2020/03/21/by-forcing-the-hand-of-power-the-coronavirus-pandemic-reveals-radical-change-was-possible-all-along/

By forcing the hand of power, the coronavirus pandemic reveals radical change was possible all along

Excerpt:

As the coronavirus pandemic escalates around the globe, debate has heated up about how governments and international institutions should respond. Already some surprisingly progressive proposals have been floated – and often from unexpected quarters. It raises the question of whether radical changes to our economic and social systems have been possible all along. And also if they were falsely labelled unworkable because they went against powerful interests.

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