Sorry about the double Post's.
Still Angel Hooper and Autumn Johnson's lives should have gotten more Media than Mike Brown and George Floyd because Hooper and Johnson were TOTALLY INNOCENT Victims.
Biden Administration second rate political hacks already screwing up. Didn’t take long.
The party of family values, LOLz
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1379736306108993536?s=21
Swallow that you trump loving pieces of trash
https://twitter.com/e_quality_4all/status/1379688603693981696?s=21
couple of rough things for the country lately
1) The WH for several days misrepresented key facts about the GA voting bill. They said it restricts the hours of voting when it does not. A misrepresentation done once is bad, done more than once is a lie.
2) relying on this crazeballs reconciliation of already passed bills to jam through more spending. I think I have that right. The third reconciliation bill.
3) Calling all kinds of stuff 'infrastructure' when it very clearly is not. $400 BILLION for elderly care? That might be a good use for money but it's not infrastructure.
I think the majority of the country wants to be free of this kind of thing. Just level with the American people and do your best. This kind of fudgery is disappointing.
The 60 Minutes false reporting on DeSantis also hurt the Dems.
agip wrote:
3) Calling all kinds of stuff 'infrastructure' when it very clearly is not. $400 BILLION for elderly care? That might be a good use for money but it's not infrastructure.
It's hard to know how much of this is intentionally included merely to serve as a bargaining chip. Final bill will likely get cut down closer to a trillion if I had to guess.
As for trying to pass it via reconciliation, I'd wager that's sort of a bluff. Might be useful if they absolutely have to do it that way, but tbd.
I like that these big corporations are displaying a backlash against much of the Republican agenda, but I agree a bit with Mitch that it's not often good business for a company to show public support for a particular party's agenda.
I know I didn't want to but Goya products when their CEO showed enthusiasm for Trump and still won't buy them. And I love their seasonings.
Some Republicans may look for alternatives to Coke.
Of course Mitch is a hypocrite in that he will take their money and their vocal support when it suits him.
L L wrote:
I like that these big corporations are displaying a backlash against much of the Republican agenda, but I agree a bit with Mitch that it's not often good business for a company to show public support for a particular party's agenda.
I know I didn't want to but Goya products when their CEO showed enthusiasm for Trump and still won't buy them. And I love their seasonings.
Some Republicans may look for alternatives to Coke.
Of course Mitch is a hypocrite in that he will take their money and their vocal support when it suits him.
the Rs have created a billboard. So many things the GOP doesn't like are pure american things.
Major league baseball
NFL
NASCAR
Coca Cola
the FBI
Much of the military
They are bigger fans of Putin than MLB. Dumbsh/t Rs.
Racket, PhD wrote:
agip wrote:
3) Calling all kinds of stuff 'infrastructure' when it very clearly is not. $400 BILLION for elderly care? That might be a good use for money but it's not infrastructure.
It's hard to know how much of this is intentionally included merely to serve as a bargaining chip. Final bill will likely get cut down closer to a trillion if I had to guess.
As for trying to pass it via reconciliation, I'd wager that's sort of a bluff. Might be useful if they absolutely have to do it that way, but tbd.
fair
On the virus...
Georgia just put it's virus dashboard up after being down for a couple of weeks. Here are some data.
27% of residents have had at least one dose and 15% fully vaccinated. Below the national average of 33% and 19%. According to the DPH, GA is behind because of focusing on getting shots in the most vulnerable populations first. Here's the breakdown of % of deaths and vaccinations by age:
85+: Accounted for 12% of all deaths and 88% are vaccinated now
75-84: 28% of deaths / 92% vaccinated
65-74: 25% / 78%
55-64: 14% / 45%
45-54: 6% / 30%
35-44: 2% / 24%
25-34: 1% / 18%
20-24: 0.2% / 14%
15-19: 0.1% / 6%
The national average for % vaccinated for 75+ is 76% and also 76% for the 65-74 age group. It appears that Georgia's elderly are pretty well protected (or on their way) with over 80% of the age group (65+) that have accounted for 65% of deaths having received at least one dose.
In terms of the disease, Georgia seems to be doing okay. It is still one of 16 states where according to the NYT cases are "low and staying low" (28 states are "high and staying high"). The 7-day average for cases is down to lowest level since mid-June with positive % under 5% (lowest since started tracking). The 14-day change in cases has dropped 20% while the rest of the nation has risen by 19%. Hospitalizations are also at the lowest level since late June 2020.
Deaths are down significantly. Georgia tracks date of death as well as the date it is reported. The 7-day average for deaths as of March 25th (2 weeks ago) is the lowest since late March 2020. It will rise a little once some backdated deaths are added, but won't rise much. The 7-day average is at 14 (March 25th) after a high of 122 in January.
In the US, the 65+ age group has accounted for 81% of the COVID deaths. 76% of this group has been at least partially vaccinated now. The primary vaccines have an efficacy of 95% at preventing symptomatic Covid infection after two doses and bascially 100% at preventing COVID deaths across all age groups. I would assume by the end of the month, the majority of the nation should be able to get back to a decent level of normalcy with this most vulnerable group protected. Although the variants (who someone of this thread said were actually a "good thing"), are worrisome as we've seen in Michigan.
Racket, PhD wrote:
agip wrote:
3) Calling all kinds of stuff 'infrastructure' when it very clearly is not. $400 BILLION for elderly care? That might be a good use for money but it's not infrastructure.
It's hard to know how much of this is intentionally included merely to serve as a bargaining chip. Final bill will likely get cut down closer to a trillion if I had to guess.
As for trying to pass it via reconciliation, I'd wager that's sort of a bluff. Might be useful if they absolutely have to do it that way, but tbd.
As I understand it (which I may not) in the current political there probably isn't much chance of major legislation being passed outside of the reconciliation process. Given that there are limits to how much reconciliation can be used in a session, that forces consolidated "kitchen sink" bills. That's an explanation why things that aren't infrastructure are in a nominal infrastructure bill. While one might wish for a more transparent process that considers each bit of sub-legislation on it's individual merit, that is probably not the case for most bills throughout our government's history with or without reconciliation as a factor.
With regard to the "limited hours" claim, the Georgia bill does set the minimum hours for polling sites to be 9-5, so as an isolated factoid, it isn't strictly wrong. It is certainly misleading given that counties are allowed under the Georgia law to have longer hours (up to 7-7). I'd make the distinction between "political spin" and "lie" and call this the former.
agip wrote:
couple of rough things for the country lately
1) The WH for several days misrepresented key facts about the GA voting bill. They said it restricts the hours of voting when it does not. A misrepresentation done once is bad, done more than once is a lie.
2) relying on this crazeballs reconciliation of already passed bills to jam through more spending. I think I have that right. The third reconciliation bill.
3) Calling all kinds of stuff 'infrastructure' when it very clearly is not. $400 BILLION for elderly care? That might be a good use for money but it's not infrastructure.
I think the majority of the country wants to be free of this kind of thing. Just level with the American people and do your best. This kind of fudgery is disappointing.
The 60 Minutes false reporting on DeSantis also hurt the Dems.
Wow!
I'm glad you are finally figuring some of these things out! Have you noticed the inflation that is already on us?
Did you hear that what was stopped with the border wall construction by your buddy Biden may get started back up? Sounds like more than you are finally starting to see the silly changes that were done by EO have not been helpful!
Trollminator wrote:
The party of family values, LOLz
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1379736306108993536?s=21
Matt Gates
Monkeys Skyping wrote:
Racket, PhD wrote:
It's hard to know how much of this is intentionally included merely to serve as a bargaining chip. Final bill will likely get cut down closer to a trillion if I had to guess.
As for trying to pass it via reconciliation, I'd wager that's sort of a bluff. Might be useful if they absolutely have to do it that way, but tbd.
As I understand it (which I may not) in the current political there probably isn't much chance of major legislation being passed outside of the reconciliation process. Given that there are limits to how much reconciliation can be used in a session, that forces consolidated "kitchen sink" bills. That's an explanation why things that aren't infrastructure are in a nominal infrastructure bill. While one might wish for a more transparent process that considers each bit of sub-legislation on it's individual merit, that is probably not the case for most bills throughout our government's history with or without reconciliation as a factor.
With regard to the "limited hours" claim, the Georgia bill does set the minimum hours for polling sites to be 9-5, so as an isolated factoid, it isn't strictly wrong. It is certainly misleading given that counties are allowed under the Georgia law to have longer hours (up to 7-7). I'd make the distinction between "political spin" and "lie" and call this the former.
NO! It's idiots NOT reading the bill. Don't forget the options for Saturday and Sunday if those days are needed!
Racket, PhD wrote:
agip wrote:
3) Calling all kinds of stuff 'infrastructure' when it very clearly is not. $400 BILLION for elderly care? That might be a good use for money but it's not infrastructure.
It's hard to know how much of this is intentionally included merely to serve as a bargaining chip. Final bill will likely get cut down closer to a trillion if I had to guess.
As for trying to pass it via reconciliation, I'd wager that's sort of a bluff. Might be useful if they absolutely have to do it that way, but tbd.
In the age of few bills actually passed per year, of course it's expected we see all sorts of less relevant stuff thrown in there, by both sides. This is how they come to an agreement to get things done unfortunately.
JRB's approval ebbing slightly.
But still above 50%, so of course significantly higher than what DJT had on his best day.