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Would those be the same "well-run red states" that thought that they were immune from the coronavirus "hoax", and are now paying the price with the dead bodies of their citizens?
It would be helpful if we could confine our reporting sources to those of generally recognized credibility. There's already more than enough phony crap on the web without misusing MFO to generate even more.
@Crash: MikeM is absolutely correct. There is significant history with respect to the term "Southern Democrat", and it has little to do with those in the South who today register as "Democrats". You would need to go back to the days of Lyndon Johnso…
Rono said:
This year, there is a wrinkle called Covid-19. What you're seeing now is the strategic move of genocide of the people that are either of color or political persuasion to vote against the President. By forcing inner city residents to vote …
Hey, it's indisputable that lower taxes = better quality of life.
If, of course, you have enough individual wealth to be able to pay for everything that you might conceivably need in the way of health, housing, education, transportation and food.
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@David_Snowball
Hi David- it looks like the situation in Iowa is finally getting a bit of attention. This, from NPR:
'The Devastation Is Widespread.' Iowans Continue To Struggle Following Deadly Derecho
Thousands of Iowans are still coping with t…
@Old_Skeet: You are no more a Democrat than I am a Republican. As far as the "swamp" goes, you Republicans have had four years to drain it. Instead, you've poured so much filth into the "swamp" that it's now a stinking cesspool. At least swamps have…
I'm very curious as to exactly who in the Post Office is generating these warnings. If it's at the direction of the new Trump appointee, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, it would seem to be counter to Trump's best interests in that the warnings shoul…
"now all complicated by a jerk who cant tell a randomized controlled trial from a bimbo."
Q: In the above quote sma3 is referring to:
a) Putin
b) Trump
c) Both A and B are correct
Seems to me that if "deflection" is the name of the game it's pretty silly, because neither the USPS ball nor the coronavirus ball are at all shiny. Merely lurching from one fiasco to another and then back again doesn't seem like much of a strategy.
"And if you think Hydroxychoroquinine is useless, you re wrong."
Indeed, quite useful- just not for the present coronavirus. I'll put my money on Dr. Fauci and the doctors and scientists who agree with him on that one.
I'm with Anna. Even if Trump is dislodged it is going to take decades to cleanse the "system" of the filth that has been introduced. I'm not at all optimistic that can be accomplished... more likely, given human nature, the perversions that have bee…
The third disruptive trend is the transition from a degree-based talent pipeline to a skills-based talent pipeline. The idea that a college degree singularly prepares students for decades of work has long been outdated; instead, learning is a lifelo…
Crow while you can. Just remember in the back of your mind that those people who won't find new jobs, and won't be able to rent, and will barely be able to eat are the same people who have all of those automatic pistols and rifles. And those are als…
@davfor (and everyone): Note the small gear over at the top right of your posts. If you click on that, then click on "Edit", you can add to, delete from, or otherwise edit your posts. Very handy, as I frequently find that my first version leaves som…
And where exactly are all of our vaunted "checks and balances"? Evidently even the founding fathers, who thought that they had seen it all and tried their best to prevent the future destruction of their work, couldn't imagine all of this.
I really wonder who this "we" is that is having such a NICE recovery.
Would that be all of the people who have lost their employment? The people who are being thrown out of their homes into the streets? The small business owners who have lost their…
@Crash: As you are well aware, the great majority of the MFO posters share your perspective. Lowering yourself to the level of those who make ignorant comments such as the one above accomplishes nothing. If they had the ability to look up the actual…
My best guess is that it will prove out to be somewhat effective but that there will be side issues which will quickly render it relatively insignificant.
@WABAC- Yes, sir- I'd certainly agree with you on all of that also. So far I'm pretty happy with Mayor Breed. She seems competent and reasonably capable of keeping the ship afloat.
@WABAC
Well, since you asked- I believe that you've said it very well- I can't improve on "She didn't impress me when she was the DA in SF, or the AG for California. But it's not like she was a train wreck. She seems amiable, photogenic, and unlikel…
@Old_Skeet- Yes sir, that's the way that I see it also.
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With respect to "your" earthquake, here's an article that you might find interesting.
It's from an "earthquake info site" that I frequently check.
Amplifying the report from the Chronicle is this current article from The Wall Street Journal. The article is very extensive, and the selected extracts below have been severely edited for brevity.
Latest Research Points to Children Carrying, Trans…
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that: Nearly 100,000 kids test positive in 2 weeks: More than 97,000 children in the U.S. tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, according to a new report by the American Academy o…
Well I made a quick 5k, figured that would cover the increased cost of having virtually everything delivered instead of shopping in person, so took the money and ran.
What concerns me most about the future is that almost all existing defined benefi…
@Old_Skeet- It struck me that I was sounding a bit dismissive of your 5.1. Far from it... a 5.1 in the wrong place with the wrong type of construction can do plenty of damage, although probably less than one of your major hurricanes. Having lived in…
We, the typical MFO members, read articles such as the Slate one, pay attention to ongoing news coverage from reliable sources such as NPR, and attempt to take such reasonable health precautions as recommended.
The great majority of Trump voters do…
Like msf, I've never understood the situation where storefronts stand empty for years because the former business tenant could not operate successfully with the rent increases, and was forced either out of business, or to move. Having at one time be…
Yes, a 5.1 is getting close to a real earthquake. I'm quite surprised that we haven't heard of any damage reports near the epicenter as the construction codes back there are not focused on earthquake potential.
