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First Tuesday in November. Along with all of the House and 1/3rd of the Senate.I'm just here for the baseball.
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Of course Trump is saying that—he never takes responsibility for anything. But in this room, I don’t think anyone is saying that and yet you keep posting the same thing over and over again. Any discussion about others at fault is always met with some variation of ‘Trump had us unprepared’. Literally, no one is disagreeing with that ( I don’t think even 1J has made a pro Trump handling of this crisis).Originally posted by Sour Masher View PostComment
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But no one is saying the others are blameless either.Originally posted by nots View PostIf DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel PaigeComment
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Very few posts (until rhd and I stirred the pot last night) have talked about any blame other than Trump’s blame.Originally posted by DMT View PostComment
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Fair enough. My frustration has come from seeing how this relatively new narrative is being pushed as part of gas lighting all of us into thinking the good ol USA and its government is blameless in how hard we have been hit by this. It is disturbing how much the WHO seemed to take at face value China's claims. It is not at all surprising to me that China was not fully forthcoming, though, and that should surprise no one, really. But yeah, the WHO should have known that too, even if getting the accurate intel on this may have been difficult with China obstruction. I have not seen compelling evidence of them being in China's pocket, as rhd has suggested. Maybe they were, but I suspect it was more naiveness and incompetence. I just don't see the WHO purposefully downplaying a pandemic. But either way, they did not do a good enough job, that is clear.Originally posted by nots View Post
The whole world, save for some countries recently hit by other diseases like SARs and MERs was underprepared for this. I hope this is a wake up call, as this could happen again, and it could be much worse. There are over 4 million viruses in other animals that can make the jump next and many of them could have a mortality rate much higher than COVID-19. Our species would be suicidal not to be better prepared for it than we have to this point.Comment
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I'm not a fan of Franklin Graham and his brand of ultra-conservative Christianity, but I think people backlash against Samaritan's Purse and their field hospital in Central Park seems pretty misguided to me. I understand not agreeing with their statement of faith, but the time and place seems wrong.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...grows-n1184216"Looks like I picked a bad day to give up sniffing glue.
- Steven McCrosky (Lloyd Bridges) in Airplane
i have epiphanies like that all the time. for example i was watching a basketball game today and realized pom poms are like a pair of tits. there's 2 of them. they're round. they shake. women play with them. thus instead of having two, cheerleaders have four boobs.
- nullnor, speaking on immigration law in AZ.Comment
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Agreed, ridiculous.Originally posted by In the Corn View PostIf DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel PaigeComment
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Yeah, this is no different from the missionary work lots of Christian organizations do. It sucks when it has strings attach related to teaching the faith, but if the alternative is people not helping at all, then you take what you can get. I see this as just another example of our culture being incapable of understanding that good and bad can exist together in the same person and the same act. Bad people can help you. Good people can hurt you. For the greater good, you take the help from those you don't agree with on other things. It doesn't mean you suddenly think they are good, or their other actions are good. But this action is, and it should be accepted.Originally posted by In the Corn View PostComment
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Is anyone caught up on the Bill Gates stuff? I've seen a few articles but none of them made sense. Why is he being attacked?Comment
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If he is being attacked, I assume it is coming from the right for his criticism of Trump's cutting the WHO funding. No?Originally posted by Ken View PostComment
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It was before that, although I'm sure that has ramped it up. Some conspiracy garbage about him being responsible for the virus itself it looks like. I guess it's just trash not even worth discussing in that case.Originally posted by Sour Masher View PostComment
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I refuse to go down that rabbit hole with my conspiracy friends...a lot of anti-vaxxers. I want to scream, "God gave you a brain. Use it!!!"Originally posted by Ken View Post"Looks like I picked a bad day to give up sniffing glue.
- Steven McCrosky (Lloyd Bridges) in Airplane
i have epiphanies like that all the time. for example i was watching a basketball game today and realized pom poms are like a pair of tits. there's 2 of them. they're round. they shake. women play with them. thus instead of having two, cheerleaders have four boobs.
- nullnor, speaking on immigration law in AZ.Comment
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FWIW, I got my stimulus direct deposit today. Anyone else?Comment
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