Pandemic 2020

Johnny Lawrence said:

No, you're just a stupid troll. Carry on.

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That's what I always assume about people who have to try to convince others how smart they are. The quickest give-away is when they announce that they have a genius level IQ while constantly going around calling others retarded or crazy. It's something a "stable Jenius" would say.

UncleBuck said:

My wife actually had her friends in grad school use me as a practice subject in administering those wais-IV iq tests

I tested in that exact range three years in a row.

So about 50 points higher than

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Johnny Lawrence said:

No, you're just a stupid troll. Carry on.

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No I’m not

I have never heard a highly intelligent person brag of their smartness, not one time ever. Of course in America intelligence and education are not very popular in some quarters.

Speaking of intelligence, the latest poll:
Who Americans want to handle the economy. Says a lot (after all the shit and evidence of gross incompetence) IMHO.

Joe Biden ------- 51%
Donald Trump--- 44%

A mere 7% spread!

44% Are ok with blue states being insulted and extorted with supplies, are fine with Trump ignoring warnings and could care less about drinking Clorox and shooting Lysol. The same 44% would be ok with the states going bankrupt, a total lack of federal leadership in the midst of a catastrophe, the economy crashing and burning and 60,000 (as of now) deaths.

Ok I get that, I understand their loyalty, tribalism, the emotions that distort and filter their reality to drive their thoughts, words and deeds.

What I don't understand is: What's the payoff?
What do they get out of the deal, other than fucked?
What do they imagine they are getting out of the deal with The Donald?
Do you think they will end up with what his "investors" got, screwed?

44% want a guy who not only bankrupted a casino and lost his family fortune, but who also went 9 billion in debt, to manage the economy! A sociopathic russian money launderer and American traitor, who also happens to be an ignoramus and a moron, MAGA

44% want a guy who not only bankrupted a casino and lost his family fortune, but who also went 9 billion in debt, to manage the economy! A sociopathic russian money launderer and American traitor, who also happens to be an ignoramus and a moron, MAGA

DIY-HP-LED said:

Speaking of intelligence, the latest poll:
Who Americans want to handle the economy. Says a lot (after all the shit and evidence of gross incompetence) IMHO.

Joe Biden ------- 51%
Donald Trump--- 44%

A mere 7% spread!

44% Are ok with blue states being insulted and extorted with supplies, are fine with Trump ignoring warnings and could care less about drinking Clorox and shooting Lysol. The same 44% would be ok with the states going bankrupt, a total lack of federal leadership in the midst of a catastrophe, the economy crashing and burning and 60,000 (as of now) deaths.

Ok I get that, I understand their loyalty, tribalism, the emotions that distort and filter their reality to drive their thoughts, words and deeds.

What I don't understand is: What's the payoff?
What do they get out of the deal, other than fucked?
What do they imagine they are getting out of the deal with The Donald?
Do you think they will end up with what his "investors" got, screwed?

44% want a guy who not only bankrupted a casino and lost his family fortune, but who also went 9 billion in debt, to manage the economy! A sociopathic russian money launderer and American traitor, who also happens to be an ignoramus and a moron, MAGA

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The payoff is they get to "own the libs", and keep the fires of racism stoked. They are too invested now to bail on him, otherwise, they'd be proven wrong and they can't have that. They'll suffer first.

trumpism lets believers hate anyone unlike themselves which they enjoy and helps them enjoy their “better than them” place in our nation. There is even trump’s Insane Preacher Posse to salve the fundamentalist white Protestants conscience. His followers describe him as truthful and honest.

Truly is a cult and trump is their messiah. He represents their vision of God who is all powerful and mean as hell, vengeful and cruel. Little is ever said in this cult of love, forgiveness or even real facts.

Have any trump supporters become better people by serving him?

“Everything donald trump touches dies”

So what about the forced labor camps of meat processing plants? No recourse or due process for workers if they get infected.

Republican Fascist Party

I was looking at Trump on TV, nobody is mentioning a peep about treatment options to him! The experts are waiting on the results of convalescent plasma therapy and remdesiviar studies that should be available soon, but nobody is breathing a word about it to Donald and he's too stupid to find out for himself! I'm surprised fox news isn't touting these treatments, perhaps they are waiting for the studies too! Once Hannity or Tucker starts spewing about it then Donald will, you better hope these treatments work, because you could get them if they work or not, whether you want them or not! Yer already being force fed the poisoned Koolaid and the stink of Clorox is making yer eyes water...

Fauci: Remdesivir Trial Is 'Opening The Door' To Possible Coronavirus Treatments | MSNBC

Dr. Anthony Fauci discussed the positive results for a drug trial on remdesivir, claiming the results were "opening the door" to possible coronavirus treatments. Aired on 4/29/2020.

Gilead says early results of coronavirus drug trial show improvement with shorter remdesivir treatment

Gilead said preliminary results of a coronavirus drug trial showed at least 50% of patients treated with a five-day dosage of remdesivir improved.

Gilead Sciences said Wednesday preliminary results of a coronavirus drug trial showed at least 50% of patients treated with a five-day dosage of remdesivir improved and more than half were discharged from the hospital within two weeks.
The company also said another trial by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases met its main goal. It did not provide further details, however.

Later Wednesday, White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said NIAID’s remdesivir drug trial, which enrolled about 800 patients, showed “quite good news” and that the drug would set a new standard of care for Covid-19 patients. Speaking to reporters from the White House, Fauci said he was told data from the trial showed a “clear-cut positive effect in diminishing time to recover.”
The Food and Drug Administration, in the meantime, has been in “sustained and ongoing” discussions with Gilead to make remdesivir available to Covid-19 patients “as quickly as possible, as appropriate,” said FDA senior advisor Michael Felberbaum.
Shares of Gilead were up by more than 6% in midday trading.
Gilead’s smaller clinical trial involved 397 patients with severe cases of Covid-19. The severe study is “single-arm,” meaning it did not evaluate the antiviral drug against a control group of patients who didn’t receive the drug.
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hillbill said:

I have never heard a highly intelligent person brag of their smartness, not one time ever. Of course in America intelligence and education are not very popular in some quarters.

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Trump, @Rob Roy and @UncleBuck have all told us how intelligent they are. I respect one of them. Whether or not any of them are intelligent depends upon how one defines it.

Prognosis
Fauci Calls Data From Gilead Virus-Drug Trial ‘Good News’
April 29, 2020, 9:31 AM ADT Updated on April 29, 2020, 3:32 PM ADT

• Remdesivir helped patients recover more quickly, company says
• Markets rally on hope treatment could help ease economic pain

The U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert said that early results of a closely watched clinical trial offered “quite good news” regarding a potential Covid-19 therapy made by the biotechnology company Gilead Sciences Inc.

Anthony Fauci, the head of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is conducting the study, said at a White House meeting with President Donald Trump and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards that the trial showed a significant positive effect in treating the virus.

Early Wednesday morning, Gilead issued a news release saying it had become aware of results from the NIAID trial showing its experimental drug remdesivir helped patients recover more quickly than standard care, suggesting it could become the first effective treatment for an illness that has turned modern life inside-out.
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I'm SO fucking pissed off.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said today that he was hearing the "music of a campaign season" in Washington's response to the coronavirus pandemic, warning that partisanship could drive a "hammer into the middle of this country."

Cuomo's wide-ranging remarks also criticized what he called the "extraordinarily dangerous" politicization of the response to a pandemic that has killed more than 58,000 Americans and left millions jobless.

"I've heard this music before. This is the music of a campaign season, this is the music of a rally, and balloons and 'It's us versus them' and 'We're good and they're bad' and that is poison right now as to where we are," Cuomo said

Cuomo, who previously blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's suggestion that states like New York should be able to declare bankruptcy if financially crippled by the crisis, took fresh aim at Florida Senator Rick Scott.

As part of his daily slide presentation Cuomo prepared one showing that Florida receives $30 billion more than it gives to the federal government on annual basis, while Kentucky, home to McConnell, is a net recipient of $37 billion in funds.

New York, in contrast, puts in $29 billion more annually than it gets back in federal assistance, Cuomo said.

"Who is we and who is them?" Cuomo asked rhetorically at the briefing. "New York state bails them out every year."

"We have to be at our best. When you start to politicize this situation and you start to say 'red' and 'blue', and 'this team' and 'that team', you may as well take a wedge and hammer it right into the middle of this country."

17,641 fucking dead AMERICANS alone in NY as I write this, and those Republican cocksuckers from those vampire states of Kentucky & Florida essentially say tough shit, that's your problem, go bankrupt.

What the fuck has happened to America in this age of Tump?

44% of those with landlines.

perspective men, perspective.

schuylaar said:

44% of those with landlines.

perspective men, perspective.

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huh?

Make sense, woman. Or at least complete your sentences.

Trump is Master of Ceremonies of which he makes all decisions..the actors, the line-up, the direction, the script (haven't you noticed he's in every shot off to the left when someone else is at the podium? standing there lumbering and making faces; ready to interject at any moment for his 'personal' clarification).

He pretended (like a child) that he was going to take himself away not put up with staging (work) and getting nothing for it (adulation) any more however, no one cared (he wanted people to beg him) and he was back to Master of Ceremonies after a one day sojourn off the air.



Trump is beloved by his base supporters because he alienates everyone else, even if that alienation is the result of objective failures like suggesting that you can cure disease by injecting disinfectant into the human body. He is, truly, always spiraling and increasingly unhinged, but he never comes fully loose. He is Zeno’s President, halfway closer to being abandoned, then halfway closer again, heading for the target by a process that guarantees he can never reach it: a stupid paradox for our stupid era.

Fogdog said:

Trump, @Rob Roy and @UncleBuck have all told us how intelligent they are. I respect one of them. Whether or not any of them are intelligent depends upon how one defines it.

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Hmmm. Tempting.

hillbill said:

So what about the forced labor camps of meat processing plants? No recourse or due process for workers if they get infected.

Republican Fascist Party

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It reminds me of "The Jungle", written by Upton Sinclair over 115 years ago. The more things change, the more they remain the same.

The first Republican Fascist Party was organized in Europe in Italy under Mussolini.