Not necessarily agreeing, but this would follow the same logic as organ donation... because of triage. You are not going to give a ventilator to someone who was protesting, when you can give it to someone who got it grocery shopping. Just like an alcoholic, isn’t going to get a liver transplant.
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
https://twitter.com/MrDanZak/status/...818681344?s=19Wondering about the origins of Diamond and Silk? A couple years ago we went down to semi-rural North Carolina to look. Their parents were televangelists who hocked colon cleansers, fat binders and wreaths that allegedly ward off witchcraft. https://t.co/7ONVDo6xaJ
Yes diamond and silk were fired from Fox News for spreading for spreading fake conspiracy theories about coronavirus.
More importantly this is who Trump and his minions who you follow are. They are hustlers and con men. Not surprised at all their back story of 2 bit hustlers and how they know Trumpkins are an easy mark.
"Buh dah DEMS"
Not digging the bloodlust... it’s why I didn’t agree with it above... this is where it leads.
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
And it's already been topped. Literally six hours later.
So there was a guy named Joe Joyce. Was. Joe Joyce went on a cruise, caught coronavirus, and died.
His daughter says Joe went on the cruise because Joe watched Hannity, and Hannity said it was okay.
So she told the NYTimes and the NYTimes printed what she said.
Naturally, Hannity is demanding a retraction.
"Oh, he's saying he never claimed the coronavirus was under control?"
Well, a little bit, yes. But he's also trying to blame Pelosi and Cumo, because at some point, they also said some things that understated the coronavirus.
"...like what?"
Well like 2-3 things each from late Jan, early Feb. The cruise started March 1. Tones had dramatically shifted by then.
"Do any of them stand out?"
-- Cuomo, March 5The facts do not merit the level of anxiety that we are seeing…The number will increase because it is math. The more people you test, the more positives you are going to find. I’m a little perturbed about the daily angst when the number comes out and the number is higher. Perturbed meaning, I'm perturbed that people get anxious every time the number goes up. The number has to go up if you continue to test.
"He quoted that...as understatement?"
Oh, it's worse. Hannity is trying to claim Joe's daughter cited a March 9 segment of his, and the cruise started March 1. Granted, if that was the only time Hannity downplayed the virus, he might have a point there. That's not true. But after Hannity says this, he then goes on and quotes Cuomo from March 5.
It is not possible to be a Trump supporter, without being a hypocrite. This isn't the angle I usually see, but it checks out.
So we've talked about Trump delaying the coronavirus relief checks so his name can be put on the memo line, because his ego was more important than helping American taxpayers. And boy, did we have a laugh about electronic transfers. Ah, good times...good times...
Anyhow, Trump had a signed letter sent to everyone. Because he's that needy.
What a fucking snowflake.
I heard something funny on talk radio the other day. Republicans are now heavily invested in scientific evidence. Of course it is totally twisted around retardation but they were actually quoting scientific data. Showing that the virus is spreading slower than people thought. That it is not as deadly as people thought. Of course, they leave out the whole shutdown thing that slowed it and prevented the healthcare system from being overwhelmed and all, but still... THEY WERE TALKING ACTUAL NUMBERS. They must be at the bottom of their barrel if they are finally down to looking at actual data, even if they are cherry picking, and using it to present arguments instead of the opposite.