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Should the US be concerned about an invasion of Ukraine by Russia?

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Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM


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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2550 on: February 26, 2021, 07:44:57 PM »


Flop sweat..


https://www.mediamatters.org/judicial-crisis-network/right-wing-dark-money-group-dangles-catnip-fox-news-about-biden-nominee

That RW smear thing reminds of an excellent analysis of lying and cynicism that ran in Atlantic....

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/02/tucker-carlson-cancel-culture-cynicism-winning/618138/

People didn't pay to see the Fiji Mermaid,  they paid to watch Barnum make a clever attempt to fool them into accepting something ridiculous.   

The GOP began leaving the land of reality in the late 60s.

I wrote a piece on that this time last year.
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2551 on: February 26, 2021, 09:45:30 PM »

The Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has proven to be about 99% effective in preventing hospitalization, serious disease and death for those who are past two weeks from the second dose, new data released by the Health Ministry on Saturday night showed.
The protocol to administer the Pfizer vaccine involves two injections three weeks apart.

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/coronavirus-vaccine-99-percent-effective-in-preventing-serious-disease-death-659613

Working over there. Should work here.
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2552 on: February 26, 2021, 10:03:01 PM »

Abuse of privilege/power on the part of GOP congressmen:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/politics/cpac-house-republicans-proxy-voting/index.html

Claiming they could not attend votes due to a public health emergency, enabling them to use the "proxy voting" process set up, while attending CPAC.

Scum.

NOTE: I didn't like it any better when the Democratic congressmen did it, either. Of course, one of those was Charlie Crist, ex-GOP. And they were at a SpaceX launch, not CPAC.

Still, they should not have done it, either. But if McCarthy was going to ding them for that, where is his voice now?!
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2554 on: February 26, 2021, 11:06:12 PM »

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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2555 on: February 27, 2021, 12:40:38 AM »

The Hyatt Regency in Orlando is overrun with plague rats this weekend. They had scheduled some kind of domestic terrorism convention but it all seems to be going horribly wrong. 
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2556 on: February 27, 2021, 12:43:18 AM »

To make up for the months where US health officials said not to wear masks, now some are saying it's best to wear two masks.  So after a few months, it'll average out to having advocated wearing one mask the whole epidemic.


There's still been no reckoning that the 6 foot distance rule was dubious if not an outright sham, only marginally based on science, practically difficult to maintain, and probably only meaningful when combined with mask wearing, overall people avoidance, handwashing, etc.

The basic idea of not getting too close to others who might be infected is of course common sense useful.  But masks largely block the virus from spreading in the environment, while the 6' rule just hopes you are far enough away that any viral dispersal drops before it reaches you.  Ventilation patterns, people moving around, and especially aerosol dispersal make that mostly a matter of luck. 

Fauci now comes out and says the obvious, that the Trump response led to large numbers of preventable deaths.  And Fauci was complicit.  Frequently wrong and a Trump enabler, Fauci should be retired (I would have just fired him, but that's not Biden's style).
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2557 on: February 27, 2021, 01:01:01 AM »

Fauci is either complicit or ignorant or weak.   One of those three.

Either he was ignorant about the science.  Or too weak to stand up to Trump and feared losing his job.  Or complicit in telling Americans they didn't need to wear masks.
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2558 on: February 27, 2021, 02:26:23 AM »

We needed one or two people to stay on through the republican fiasco so that once government was restored through a tidal wave election, they could explain to the rescue team the actual state of play, information that would be impossible to get from failed coup loyalists who would have replaced them.

Since republicans are happy to constantly lie to all of us collectively, it’s safe to assume they won’t have greater qualms about lying to us individually or in part.

If we had started through the idea that the biggest spread vector was aerosolized virus hanging around in trapped air, we’d all have been better off, but that was too much reality for a party that can’t even accept the fact that they lost this last election bigly because they suck and have no plan. 
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2559 on: February 27, 2021, 03:29:46 AM »

http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/26/2018354/-Why-the-Odal-Othala-Rune-Used-By-CPAC-is-100-Explicitly-a-Nazi-Symbol

You can vote for a party that is trying to go back to WWII to surrender to Germany so they can go back to the Civil War and surrender to the Confederacy or you can vote for Democrats.

The republicans may never stop taking all their cues from history’s biggest and bloodiest losers.
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« Reply #2560 on: February 27, 2021, 10:03:42 AM »

On Thursday, (President) Biden marked the administration of the 50 millionth dose of COVID-19 vaccine since his swearing-in. The moment came days after the nation reached the devastating milestone of 500,000 coronavirus deaths and ahead of a meeting with the nation's governors on plans to speed the distribution even further.

“The more people get vaccinated, the faster we’re going to beat this pandemic,” Biden said at the White House ceremony, noting that his administration is on course to exceed his promise to deliver 100 million shots in his first 100 days in office.

 

“We’re halfway there: 50 million shots in 37 days," Biden said. "That’s weeks ahead of schedule."

All told, more than 45 million Americans have been administered at least one dose of the approved vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna since they received approval from the Food and Drug Administration in December, with more than 20 million receiving both required doses.


---AP


Crickets from RED and his ilk on this matter of importance to the American people.
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2561 on: February 27, 2021, 10:17:05 AM »

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/27/stimulus-update-house-passes-bidens-1point9-trillion-covid-bill-heres-whats-next.html

The House of Representatives passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package, teeing up what is expected to be days of debate and political deal-making in and around the Senate.

The House, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., voted largely along party lines early Saturday to advance the massive relief plan, which includes extensions to programs designed to assist millions of unemployed Americans and provides financial support for state and local governments.

With the bill bound for a Senate split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, lawmakers will next week begin offering amendments to the House’s plan and will likely pass a different version of the bill they received.

Should that happen, the House will then have to pass the Senate’s version or the two chambers will have to meet to draft a final, agreeable piece of legislation in a conference committee. Democrats are rushing to send the bill to Biden’s desk by March 14, when jobless benefits are set to expire.

In advocating for the legislation, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., stressed on Thursday that millions of Americans remain in dire economic straits.

“This is a once-in-a-century health and economic crisis,” he wrote on Twitter. “But Republican leaders are reportedly ‘maneuvering’ to get every single Republican member to oppose urgent, bold COVID relief.”


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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2562 on: February 27, 2021, 10:31:41 AM »

Daaaaammnn...


https://twitter.com/daviddtss/status/1365412752102146058?s=21

And she teaches forensic science?   Gross incompetence, on top of the racism.   Shouldn't be allowed near children with her toxic brain farts.   
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2563 on: February 27, 2021, 10:44:08 AM »

Yep,  Facilitat.   I found this.   A precise match of the CPAC stage.

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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #2564 on: February 27, 2021, 11:12:34 AM »

http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/26/2018354/-Why-the-Odal-Othala-Rune-Used-By-CPAC-is-100-Explicitly-a-Nazi-Symbol

You can vote for a party that is trying to go back to WWII to surrender to Germany so they can go back to the Civil War and surrender to the Confederacy or you can vote for Democrats.

The republicans may never stop taking all their cues from history’s biggest and bloodiest losers.

I saw that stage design article and wondered whether the CPAC party planners hired Leni Riefenstahl to film the event.
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