Monkeys typing wrote:
Let it be known that "Monkeys typing" pledges hence forth never to reply to any unregistered poster on the "Official LRC President Joseph R Biden" thread.
I welcome others to join me and, friends, they may think it's a movement.
I'm in. Henceforth ditto.
Anyone want to take the other side of a bet that it was a trump lover?
https://twitter.com/reappropriate/status/1372017669260550144?s=21
Trollminator wrote:
Anyone want to take the other side of a bet that it was a trump lover?
https://twitter.com/reappropriate/status/1372017669260550144?s=21
21 year old white guy from Woodstock, Georgia. It would be really weird if he's not a Trump lover.
Fat hurts wrote:
Trollminator wrote:
Anyone want to take the other side of a bet that it was a trump lover?
https://twitter.com/reappropriate/status/1372017669260550144?s=2121 year old white guy from Woodstock, Georgia. It would be really weird if he's not a Trump lover.
You could also say, "He went on a shooting spree. It would be really weird if he's not a white guy."
Trollminator wrote:
https://twitter.com/skifter2002/status/1372141662495981568?s=21
Well, at least the guy wasn't a governor and prominent presidential candidate......
formerly present wrote:
Monkeys typing wrote:
Let it be known that "Monkeys typing" pledges hence forth never to reply to any unregistered poster on the "Official LRC President Joseph R Biden" thread.
I welcome others to join me and, friends, they may think it's a movement.
I'm in. Henceforth ditto.
You guys are awesome.
Fat hurts wrote:
Not all areas are the same wrote:
And there is the problem! What will they do next month? Why spend so much of the 1.9 Trillion on things that don't help people in need like you state?
Where did I state that "so much of the 1.9 Trillion on things that don't help people in need"? I didn't say anything of the sort.
I think everyone agrees that the funds could be better targeted. The problem is that it's hard to evaluate the "true need" of millions of people and then act accordingly. So you have to take a fire hose approach.
Fire departments could save a lot of water if they could make their hoses only shoot the base of every flame. But firefighting just doesn't work that way.
Join me and Monkeys in ignoring anyone posting with an unregistered handle
formerly present wrote:
Monkeys typing wrote:
Let it be known that "Monkeys typing" pledges hence forth never to reply to any unregistered poster on the "Official LRC President Joseph R Biden" thread.
I welcome others to join me and, friends, they may think it's a movement.
I'm in. Henceforth ditto.
That's 3 of us - call me out if I digress
formerly present wrote:
Ghost of Disco Gary wrote:
This should quell the ballot stuffing in 2022 and beyond.
https://www.independentsentinel.com/michigan-state-judge-rules-secretary-of-state-broke-the-law-on-absentee-ballots/1) No indication that this had an effect on who won the presidential contest in Michigan, where Joseph Biden prevailed by more than 150,000 votes over Donald Trump, nor that there was any "ballot stuffing" involved (or even alleged).
2) The story in The Detroit News, to which the Independent Sentinel story helpfully links, makes clear that Michigan's SoS should have followed procedure to codify her guidance--not that the guidance itself was unlawful. "The judge didn't rule on whether Benson's directive violated state election law, but did say the directive violated the Administrative Procedures Act, the process that must be followed when an agency creates new rules." [Emphases mine.]
3) The same Detroit News article notes that "Allegan County Clerk Robert Genetski [who filed the suit with the Michigan Republican Party] did not allege that Benson's directive 'caused him to accept a signature that he believed was invalid,' according to [Judge] Murray's decision." [Emphasis mine.]
4) Regarding the Independent Sentinel's misleading headline and framing of this story: "Overall, we rate the Independent Sentinel Right Biased and Questionable based on the use of poor sources, the promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories as well as some false claims."
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/independent-sentinel/
But don't let facts get in the way of Ghost's butthurtness
This is the appropriate response to someone like Putin, not bootlicking
Trollminator wrote:
Fat hurts wrote:
Where did I state that "so much of the 1.9 Trillion on things that don't help people in need"? I didn't say anything of the sort.
I think everyone agrees that the funds could be better targeted. The problem is that it's hard to evaluate the "true need" of millions of people and then act accordingly. So you have to take a fire hose approach.
Fire departments could save a lot of water if they could make their hoses only shoot the base of every flame. But firefighting just doesn't work that way.
Join me and Monkeys in ignoring anyone posting with an unregistered handle
OK. I'm in.
Trollminator wrote:
Anyone want to take the other side of a bet that it was a trump lover?
https://twitter.com/reappropriate/status/1372017669260550144?s=21
Not far from me, but a world away. Not a great area.
Wouldn't surprise me if it was racially motivated. We have had a lot of violence against Asian-Americans in Georgia. I also would not be surprised if the businesses were targeted for easy robberies as well.
We should really leave politics out of tragedies like this though.
US still, after all this,
4% of the world's population
but
20% of the COVID deaths
Although we have to assume wild undercounting in poor nations, so that number isn't completely trustworthy.
agip wrote:
US still, after all this,
4% of the world's population
but
20% of the COVID deaths
Although we have to assume wild undercounting in poor nations, so that number isn't completely trustworthy.
Here are a couple of articles attempting to shed some light on how/why COVID has hit some countries/continents worse than others.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/01/why-does-the-pandemic-seem-to-be-hitting-some-countries-harder-than-othershttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/briefing/oprah-meghan-interview-biden-stimulus-bill.htmlIs it a statistical mirage?
Almost certainly not. Some portion of the pattern probably does stem from an underreporting of deaths by less developed medical systems. But much of the pattern is real, many epidemiologists believe.
Poorer countries are younger
Covid is usually harder on older people: More than 80 percent of U.S. deaths have occurred among people who are 65 or older.
Across Africa and much of Asia, the population is younger. Birthrates are higher, and other health problems more frequently kill people before they reach old age. In sub-Saharan Africa, only 3 percent of the population is 65 or older. In Pakistan, only 4 percent is. In the U.S., the share is 16 percent, and it’s 20 percent in the European Union.
Fresh air helps
Daily life tends to better ventilated in warmer, lower-income countries. People spend more time outdoors, and windows are often open. Covid spreads less easily in these settings than it does in poorly ventilated indoor spaces.
Immunity may not be uniform
Many researchers suspect that this is an important part of the answer. If previous coronaviruses spread more widely in some countries, people’s immune systems there may be better prepared to fight Covid. “There is a lot of circumstantial evidence,” Salim Abdool Karim, a South African epidemiologist, told Reuters, “but there is no smoking gun.”
Policy matters
Rwanda quickly and aggressively enforced social distancing, mask wearing, contact tracing and mass testing. So did several Asian countries. Ghana, Vietnam and other countries restricted entry at their borders. And a consortium of African nations collaborated to distribute medical masks and rapid Covid tests.
“Africa is doing a lot of things right the rest of the world isn’t,” said Gayle Smith, a former Obama administration official.
More mixed messages!
and a month later we can see how most of these haven't worked out very well
calling white people racist because of incidences like this is getting old. TF do you expect us to do?
good post, 'heel. Grazie.
agip wrote:
good post, 'heel. Grazie.
No problem. I remember reading Leonhardt's piece on the subject last week.
After reading the NYT piece, I talked with a couple of friends from Liberia and Nigeria. In discussing how COVID was affecting their native countries, it came up how young their populations were. I think the median age in both countries is under 20. I think it is about 40 in the US. They just don't have the same aged population that COVID affects the worst. Obviously, they have other health issues that results in a small aged population though.
Marietta Tar Heel wrote:
Trollminator wrote:
Anyone want to take the other side of a bet that it was a trump lover?
https://twitter.com/reappropriate/status/1372017669260550144?s=21Not far from me, but a world away. Not a great area.
Wouldn't surprise me if it was racially motivated. We have had a lot of violence against Asian-Americans in Georgia. I also would not be surprised if the businesses were targeted for easy robberies as well.
We should really leave politics out of tragedies like this though.
Yeah, this isn't good and to say they are Trump fans every time there is a problem is ridiculous!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br8O_6WIZz0