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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 04, 2020, 10:37:12 AM »

Two things:

It's a chance for Trump to reach a large audience
&
they figure Trump is well-known for saying dumb stuff, so his blunders and falsehoods are to be expected.  But Biden is supposed to present himself as a genuinely knowledgeable politician, so he has higher expectations and a higher bar to clear.  And Trump's only hope is to portray Biden as senile and too old.  Since no other attacks have stuck.

Besides it's not always easy to counter Trump's aggressive stupidity and lies.
If I were Biden in the opening statement part I would say that "
it is well known that Trump often exaggerates, distorts and lies and that Biden isn't going to spend the whole debate fact checking and correcting Trump's nonsense in real time during the debate.  But rest assured I'm (Biden) going to stick to facts and science, and plenty of folks will be ready to fact-check and correct Trump's mis-statements after the debate."

"Just know that much of what Donald Trump says is questionable or blatantly untrue, such as when he says the US has done a "very good job" dealing with coronavirus.  An opinion nobody credible shares.  Segue into how Biden is going to make testing quick and effective and provide for contact tracing to isolate and limit transmission.  With proper measures, the virus would have been largely defeated already.  I will make sure we defeat COVID-19.  Etc."

2732

Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 04, 2020, 05:31:45 AM »

As far as debates, the desperate Trump people are trying to add more.
Three are scheduled from Sept 29 to October 22.  But now Trump folks are worried that's even too late as No. Carolina opens its early voting Sept 4.

Many around the president are focused on the debates as perhaps the best chance, pushing for more showdowns with Biden to increase the chance of the former vice president faltering on stage.

“A lot of people are going to start voting before Sept. 29. The idea that they would not have seen one presidential debate by then, to me, seems ridiculous,” said former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Trump ally. “I think we should either move the dates up or add additional debates.”

Of course folks are quite free to wait for debates and vote in October or on Election Day.  Pretty simple.

Biden probably needs to do one debate, and could skip the other 2 if he wants.
We'll see, but I'd be leaning towards one debate if I were Biden's advisors.

2733

Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 04, 2020, 05:19:44 AM »

He did not directly answer, instead touting his administration's handling of the pandemic.

"Well, I think we’re doing very well, and I think that we have done as well as any nation," Trump said.

The U.S. has by far the most confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 4.6 million and the most reported deaths at more than 155,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Very well.
Maybe even an A-

Why do you equate virus spread with doing a poor job?

An all-time classic post.

Just in case Kayleigh gets fired, kiid is ready ...

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 04, 2020, 05:11:34 AM »

Where were you when Jonathan Isaac stood as all other knelt?   Why do you ignore black and praise white for the same act?

He probably just missed it.  And his racist news sources touted the white guy standing tall.  I thought the interesting thing is Isaac, age 22, just became an ordained minister, and he's looking at it from a compassionate Christian help-everybody viewpoint. 

Personally I find Christian mythology interesting but completely silly.  And think the likelihood of you just happening to be born into the one true religion rather unlikely (born 3000 years ago, you couldn't be Christian; born in India you'd likely be Hindu or Jain or Muslim if you had a religious impulse).

Good for Isaac if that works for him and makes him a better person.  Though maybe God wanted him to kneel, as he tore his ACL soon after standing for the anthem.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 04, 2020, 05:06:49 AM »

Trump about as genuine as a 3 dollar bill.

With of course a picture of President Trump front and center.

2736

Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: August 04, 2020, 01:03:43 AM »

Wish we had KZ and Rubio.

He left.

Has there ever been a budding young star, still on a rook contract, who forced his way out?

KZ left because of organizational dysfunction.
Phil thinking that he and his retrograde system was the star of the show.
The crappy way that Melo and Noah were treated.  The coaching carousel.
The antiquated system.  Never got KZ a PG partner.  Etc.

Most teams coddle their star, pay them more than other teams can, keep his trainers and end-of-the-bench friends with the team, etc.
Knix completely and thoroughly blew it.
And then to make matters worse, rushed a trade for useless parts.
Just embarrassing.

2737

Basketball / Re: NBA

« on: August 04, 2020, 12:54:49 AM »

Butler tried to take over the last few minutes and couldn't get going.
Missed a pair of jumpers, couldn't handle a pass while cutting to the basket, had his pass deflected and stolen by FVV to wrap things up.  (FVV apparently leads the league in deflections).  It's hard to put your team on your shoulders in a game where you don't really have it, and against a good defensive team.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 03, 2020, 04:08:52 PM »

Making SENSE about the virus

Uh, he just slapped down Birx for admitting the virus was everywhere.

And is his response claimed that his admin has done a "very good job" with the virus.

2739

Basketball / Re: NBA

« on: August 03, 2020, 04:04:04 PM »

Herro looks good.
Olynyk does a nice job of tipping out rebounds.  Really hustles to get a hand on O-boards.  A bit streaky on 3's.

Dragic looked good last game, without a lot of results.
This game doing a lot.

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Basketball / Re: NBA

« on: August 03, 2020, 03:39:01 PM »

18 Rap turnovers.  8 of 9 raps have a turnover.
FVV and Dragic putting on a show.

2741

Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 03, 2020, 10:40:19 AM »

Gov Scott Walker and American Legislative Exchange Council think now is a good time to have a constitutional convention and enact a balanced budget amendment.

Jesus is that the dumbest idea at the worst time.  If the feds couldn't borrow money all the state gov'ts would be totally out of luck, and have to cut back on everything.  While the states and feds wouldn't have the money to fight the virus for one thing.
This is a classic case of an emergency where deficit spending makes tons of sense, and one should be questioning the wisdom of the states being constrained by balanced budget laws.  Furthermore, borrowing costs are negligible, with the 30 year Treasury rate at 1.3%.  Great time and great need to borrow large.
A complete economic disaster to limit federal spending now.

A federal balanced budget amendment is always a stupid idea, but doing so now would be criminal.  Maybe we should cut corporate taxes too ...

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: August 03, 2020, 05:00:36 AM »

HOU took 91 FG's, 61 of them were 3's.  An NBA record.
I'll try to catch a replay, but this all-3 style of play I usually find rather boring.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: August 03, 2020, 04:56:17 AM »

Tim Jr. one of the streakiest mofos going.
DAL shot 19% on 3's; lost by 2.

Wish we had KZ and Rubio.
Could build a team around that easily.
(Rubio's been moved twice in the past 3 years, and both times I advocated for him).

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 03, 2020, 04:47:56 AM »

Well, everyone is abandoning Trump these days.  It's allowed now.
 

[Birx] did not reject a warning by former Federal Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb that there could be 300,000 coronavirus deaths by the end of the year, saying, "Anything is possible."

Anything is possible is not the kind of info/messaging I want from an expert/scientist.  What's her model say?  Maybe 300K is possible, but is it likely?  If anything is possible, how about 500K or 1M?  How does such a figure/possibility affect school reopenings?  What's the correct response, etc?

There's something very hollow about Birx.  Nice scarves though ...

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 03, 2020, 03:29:43 AM »

Sick.  The lack of tears for this kid and others is just appalling
https://thelistwire.usatoday.com/2020/08/01/new-mexico-lobos-hoops-commit-fedonta-j-b-white-18-fatally-shot/

Yeah, maybe we should rethink our pro-crime and pro-murder stance.

Kid would most probably still be alive if we had a no-gun society, as in China, Japan, Australia, UK, most other peaceful countries.