• Re: Pandemic

    From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Richard Falken on Thu Mar 26 10:19:00 2020
    Richard Falken wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-


    I suspect we are getting there. Lots of Spanish politicians are getting it. I suspect that the reason why we know it is because politicians are taking the test, and everybody else isn't.

    Most of us are going to get it over time. The good news is that the majority of us won't get very sick and will naturally get better. The better news is that once that happens, herd immunity kicks in and naturally controls it.

    The bad news is that many people will need the drugs and some will die. But that's flu season with slightly different numbers.

    And for those Leftie fear mongers:
    According to the news last night (so going by YOUR Leftie media numbers), the mortality rate is 1.42% in the U.S.
    We are grossly underreporting cases - partly because lack of testing, mostly because people are naturally fighting it off. Therefore the 1.42% is much lower. Experts say by a factor of 7.
    That puts the mortality rate at 0.2%. Far less than the WHO's number of 4%.

    What worries me is what authorities will try to sacrifice trying to contain the virus.

    Yes, that's my worry as well.

    The longer this economic shutdown continues, the more small businesses that will not come back.

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Gerhard Strangar on Thu Mar 26 10:41:00 2020
    Gerhard Strangar wrote to Ryan Fantus <=-

    So, from now on you suggest panicking every year? The Corona virus is
    not going to disappear.
    For Influenza, people in Germany can get free inoculations, only 35% of the elder people (>60 years) come to get it, among pregnant women the ratio is as low as 11%. At the canteen, they put up a desinfectant dispenser and I can see a lot of people putting some on their hands,
    but I've never seen anyone doing it properly.

    Really? Only 35% of them get the flu shot?

    Wow. I got my first flu shot when I was in college. My grandparents took me along with them because the city was giving them out for free. That year, I was one of the few who didn't get hit with the flu.

    After that, I've always get my flu shot and I've never been sorry.

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Mar 26 10:44:00 2020
    Gregory Deyss wrote to Lee Lofaso <=-

    I did not scurry anywhere.
    When this is all over and the invisible enemy has been defeated.
    America will be smashing through the gate containing her.
    All you people creating and peddling this rhetoric are going to look mighty foolish.

    They already do. Trump approval numbers are up again. Media trust numbers are down again.

    Does anyone other than the Lefties actually listen to the Media anymore?

    Louisiana has a US Representative (Clay Higgins) who
    is trying to imitate Trump with the coronavirus the "Chinese virus"

    China is the origin.

    I never did like the way the Media wanted to call it the "bat flu". I mean, come on, that's like dissing Batman. And you don't want to mess with someone who identifies as a bat. 8)


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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Dan Cross on Thu Mar 26 10:46:00 2020
    Dan Cross wrote to Gregory Deyss <=-

    That ain't happenin', Cletus. We're headed for a recession at
    a minimum because your incompetent dear leader is a paper tiger
    lacking any sort of substance.

    I thought we are heading for a recession because Dems and Republicans put off their vacation, stayed in Washington and hammered out a relief bill. Then Pelosi returns from her vacation and says "No."

    One thing is for certain, the Dems are going to take a huge beating in the election this year.

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Dan Cross on Thu Mar 26 11:15:00 2020
    Dan Cross wrote to Gregory Deyss <=-

    Riiight. Dear Leader is sending his sheeple back to work
    by Easter because it's only 1% of the population that will
    die and it's ok to sacrifice the grands on the alter of the
    Dow Jones.

    Ah, yes. The new addition to the Narrative: If you don't want to kill the economy, you must want to kill people.

    I keep wondering where you were when the flu killed all those people.

    You people are despicable. You have no morals or conscience.

    Social Justice Warriors always project.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Fri Mar 27 05:47:28 2020
    On 26 Mar 2020 at 11:15a, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...


    You're a liar and a coward.

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  • From Richard Falken@1:103/705 to Ron Lauzon on Thu Mar 26 13:11:28 2020
    Re: Re: Pandemic
    By: Ron Lauzon to Richard Falken on Thu Mar 26 2020 10:19 am

    I suspect we are getting there. Lots of Spanish politicians are getting it. I suspect that the reason why we know it is because politicians are taking the test, and everybody else isn't.

    Most of us are going to get it over time. The good news is that the majority of us won't get very sick and will naturally get better. The better news is that once that happens, herd immunity kicks in and naturally controls it.

    That is more or less what I suspect will happen. I don't bet a vaccine will show up soon enough to cut this crap short.

    But until it happens, it sucks. I mean, I have insider information that some Spanish hospitals are not taking old people in. If you show up with sympthoms, they tell you to go to your house. If your are very bad, they tell you to go to
    your house and die there.

    Like that.

    At least the US is provisioning stadiums and the like for making campaign hospitals. Our disease management consists in blaming the prime minister we had
    before for the budget cuts in welfare while miss-managing the resources available now.

    The Spanish government bought a big pile of COVID-19 test kits that resulted to
    be chinesse counterfeits. The Spanish government asked for personal protection equipment (masks, respirators) to firms, and failed to pay them in time with money that is available, so somebody else bought the equipment instead of us. Meanwhile we have lots of doctors and nurses that are working with insufficient
    equipment, and nobody but politicians is getting tested.

    There are doctos who are symthomatic, and everybody knows they are infected, but since there is no official confirmation and no sense of responsibility, they put them to work anyway.

    I am sorry I am so sour, but it is depressing. The subject popped up in certain
    web forum I am active in which has a No Politics rule, and moderators essentially started punishing people who disliked the current management of the
    situation while allowing everybody who supports the current policies to spread their crap.
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  • From Richard Falken@1:103/705 to Ron Lauzon on Thu Mar 26 13:14:29 2020
    Re: Re: Pandemic
    By: Ron Lauzon to Gerhard Strangar on Thu Mar 26 2020 10:41 am


    Really? Only 35% of them get the flu shot?


    I think it is even lower in Spain.

    There are lots of stats about how effective flu shots are supposed to be, but I
    am always a bit weary of those. The shots available are usually for a very reduced range of virus sub-types, I think, and you can very well get the shot and then get one of the flus that was not covered :-) So if you are at risk then it is good to take it, I guess, but I am not very optimistic regarding results.
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dan Cross on Fri Mar 27 01:35:59 2020
    Hello Dan,

    I did not scurry anywhere.

    Lie.

    There is no place to run or hide.
    The virus is an equal opportunity infector.

    When this is all over and the invisible enemy has been defeated. >GD>America will be smashing through the gate containing her.

    Her? Who are you talking about?

    Lady Liberty. Given to us by France.

    All you people creating and peddling this rhetoric are going GD>to look
    mighty foolish.

    Riiight. Dear Leader is sending his sheeple back to work
    by Easter because it's only 1% of the population that will
    die and it's ok to sacrifice the grands on the alter of the
    Dow Jones.

    Dear Leader has declared himself as being a "wartime" president.

    Gotta protect the stock portfolios of those who contribute
    to his cause, rather than protect the American people from all
    enemies, both foreign and domestic.

    You people are despicable. You have no morals or conscience.

    Look on the bright side. The USA is now #1, having replaced
    Italy (which has a death rate of over 10%) as having the highest
    number of cases and dead.

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Ron Lauzon on Fri Mar 27 01:36:05 2020
    Hello Ron,

    I suspect we are getting there. Lots of Spanish politicians are getting >RF>it. I suspect that the reason why we know it is because politicians are >RF>taking the test, and everybody else isn't.

    Most of us are going to get it over time.

    About 80% will get infected within the first 3 years.
    The other 20% will also get infected, but later.
    Unless a vaccine is found and administered before then.
    In combination with limited immunity (herd immunity).

    The good news is that the majority of us won't get very sick and will
    naturally get better.

    Everybody who catches the virus is weakened to some extent.
    Some even die.

    The better news is that once that happens, herd immunity kicks in and
    naturally controls it.

    Getting the virus (and surviving) does not guarantee any kind
    of immunity. An infected person who survives can get re-infected.
    Natural immunity is a weakened immunity, not a vaccine. Only some
    of whom were infected will get a natural immunity. Once enough
    infected people (survivors) have gained a natural immunity then
    there is a herd immunity within that geographic area, enough so
    that the virus is unable to spread further in that area.

    Natural immunity is not a vaccine, but rather a weakened immunity
    that loses its effectiveness over time. That is why both herd immunity
    and a vaccine are needed in order to overcome the threat this virus
    poses.

    The bad news is that many people will need the drugs and some will die. But
    that's flu season with slightly different numbers.

    This is not the flu. There are no drugs that work. There is
    no vaccine. The coronavirus is highly contagious, much more so
    that the seasonal flu.

    And for those Leftie fear mongers:

    According to the news last night (so going by YOUR Leftie media numbers),
    the mortality rate is 1.42% in the U.S.

    The death rate in Italy is over 10%.
    The death rate in the USA (as of today) is higher than
    what it is in Italy.

    Want some numbers?

    The number of cases in Italy is 2000 cases per million,
    with a death rate of over 10%. Italy has a total population
    of 60 million people. Do the math.

    The number of cases in the USA is now 2000 cases per million,
    with a death rate of over 10%. The USA has a total population
    of 330 million people. Do the math.

    Numbers per day -

    681,000 cases per day at 10% death rate for USA = ???
    That is the number the USA will reach as calculated for April 12.
    The day The Orange One wants everybody to return to work.

    We are grossly underreporting cases - partly because lack of testing, mostly
    because people are naturally fighting it off. Therefore the 1.42% is much lower. Experts say by a factor of 7. That puts the mortality rate at 0.2%.
    Far less than the WHO's number of 4%.

    I have no earthly clue as to where, or how, you are coming up
    with the numbers you just wrote. Maybe you are making it all up,
    as The Orange One has a habit of doing. Which probably explains
    why both NBC and CNN have tuned him out whenever he gives a press
    conference.

    What worries me is what authorities will try to sacrifice trying to >RF>contain the virus.

    Yes, that's my worry as well.

    China was unable to contain the virus, even with help from the
    rest of the world. Now it is everywhere, except (presumably)
    Antarctica. But since most people are not equipped to live in
    ice, the survivors of this virus (if any) will be very few.

    The longer this economic shutdown continues, the more small businesses that
    will not come back.

    Businesses, both small and large, cannot exist without people.

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Ron Lauzon on Fri Mar 27 01:36:13 2020
    Hello Ron,

    So, from now on you suggest panicking every year? The Corona virus is >GS>not going to disappear.
    For Influenza, people in Germany can get free inoculations, only 35% of >GS>the elder people (>60 years) come to get it, among pregnant women the >GS>ratio is as low as 11%. At the canteen, they put up a desinfectant >GS>dispenser and I can see a lot of people putting some on their hands, >GS>but I've never seen anyone doing it properly.

    Really? Only 35% of them get the flu shot?

    Wow. I got my first flu shot when I was in college. My grandparents took
    me
    along with them because the city was giving them out for free. That year, I >was one of the few who didn't get hit with the flu.

    After that, I've always get my flu shot and I've never been sorry.

    There is no vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
    There are no antiviral drugs for the novel coronavirus.
    The novel coronavirus is a new virus, meaning that nobody
    in the entire world of 7.8 billion people has any immunity
    to the virus. IOW, we are all gonna fucking die. Some
    of us sooner than others. But each and every one of us
    will die - man, woman and child.

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Ron Lauzon on Fri Mar 27 01:36:20 2020
    Hello Ron,

    I did not scurry anywhere.
    When this is all over and the invisible enemy has been defeated. >GD>America will be smashing through the gate containing her.
    All you people creating and peddling this rhetoric are going to look >GD>mighty foolish.

    They already do. Trump approval numbers are up again. Media trust numbers
    are down again.

    Does anyone other than the Lefties actually listen to the Media anymore?

    NBC and CNN no longer air Trump's press conferences.
    And no "lefties" worth their salt would bother watching FoxNews.

    Louisiana has a US Representative (Clay Higgins) who
    is trying to imitate Trump with the coronavirus the "Chinese virus"

    China is the origin.

    I never did like the way the Media wanted to call it the "bat flu". I mean,
    come on, that's like dissing Batman. And you don't want to mess with
    someone who identifies as a bat. 8)

    Italy has a death rate of 10% due to coronavirus, the virus
    that causes COVID-19. But Italy is no longer #1, that title now
    having been taken by the good ol' US of A. Aren't you so proud
    of The Leader of the Free World?

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dan Cross on Fri Mar 27 02:12:56 2020
    Hello Dan,

    You're a liar and a coward.

    Be careful.
    He is a true believer.
    Has an unlimited supply of free (orange flavor) kool-aid.

    --Lee

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  • From Gerhard Strangar@2:240/2188.575 to Ron Lauzon on Fri Mar 27 07:30:35 2020
    Am 26 Mar 20 10:41:00 schrob Ron Lauzon an Gerhard Strangar zum Thema
    <Re: Pandemic>

    Really? Only 35% of them get the flu shot?

    That's what the Statistisches Bundesamt (federal bureau of statistics) says. I think I don't need to translate that:

    https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/541191/umfrage/impfquote-fuer-influenza-grippe-in-deutschland/

    "Die Influenza-Impfquote von ueber 60-Jaehrigen belief sich in der Saison 2016/17 bundesweit auf 34,8 Prozent."




    Tschoe mit Oe
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  • From Gerhard Strangar@2:240/2188.575 to Lee Lofaso on Fri Mar 27 08:40:18 2020
    Am 27 Mar 20 01:36:13 schrob Lee Lofaso an Ron Lauzon zum Thema
    <Pandemic>

    to the virus. IOW, we are all gonna fucking die. Some
    of us sooner than others.

    We surely are, but not because of Corona. The chance to die because of a heart disease is about 25%, cancer is another 20%.



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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Gerhard Strangar on Fri Mar 27 07:49:11 2020
    Re: Pandemic
    By: Gerhard Strangar to Lee Lofaso on Fri Mar 27 2020 08:40:18


    to the virus. IOW, we are all gonna fucking die. Some
    of us sooner than others.

    We surely are, but not because of Corona. The chance to die
    because of a heart disease is about 25%, cancer is another 20%.

    birth is a death sentence and the chance of dieing is 100% ;)


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Mar 16 01:07:00 2020
    On 03-15-20 08:41, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dan Cross about Re: Biggest Crash Ever! <=-


    Now, we face an unprecedented pandemic, and the most
    unqualified, stupid, benighted president in our history
    is in way, way over his head. For the good of us all,
    why don't you finally have the goddamn common decency
    to admit it, step aside, and let the experts handle the
    situation?

    Someone like Obama, perhaps? who did not stop travel and what happened thousands died. No thanks, I will keep my President who is a business man, not a clueless black man, who was a community organizer.

    Which pandemic are you talking about? Try looking up the statistics on
    the Ebola pandemic and compare the number of infections and deaths in
    the USA to the number of same from Covid-19 as of today -- and we are
    just getting started.

    Obama had a lot more clue as to what was happening and how to deal with
    it than Trump, who claimed that it would all be over in a week. Your
    President is a failed business man, and knows even less about public
    health. Given the comparison, I think that black is much better than
    orange.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dale Shipp on Mon Mar 16 22:12:01 2020
    Hello Dale,

    Now, we face an unprecedented pandemic, and the most
    unqualified, stupid, benighted president in our history
    is in way, way over his head. For the good of us all,
    why don't you finally have the goddamn common decency
    to admit it, step aside, and let the experts handle the
    situation?

    Someone like Obama, perhaps? who did not stop travel and what happened >GD>thousands died. No thanks, I will keep my President who is a business >GD>man, not a clueless black man, who was a community organizer.

    Which pandemic are you talking about? Try looking up the statistics on
    the Ebola pandemic and compare the number of infections and deaths in
    the USA to the number of same from Covid-19 as of today -- and we are
    just getting started.

    Obama had a lot more clue as to what was happening and how to deal with
    it than Trump, who claimed that it would all be over in a week. Your >President is a failed business man, and knows even less about public
    health. Given the comparison, I think that black is much better than
    orange.

    Trump in blackface? Only with Kanye West's help. Which could happen.

    --Lee

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Dale Shipp on Tue Mar 17 10:26:54 2020
    On 16 Mar 2020 at 01:07a, Dale Shipp pondered and said...

    On 03-15-20 08:41, Gregory Deyss <=-

    Someone like Obama, perhaps? who did not stop travel and what happene thousands died. No thanks, I will keep my President who is a busines man, not a clueless black man, who was a community organizer.

    Which pandemic are you talking about? Try looking up the statistics on the Ebola pandemic and compare the number of infections and deaths in
    the USA to the number of same from Covid-19 as of today -- and we are
    just getting started.

    They are usually talking about H1N1. They don't like to
    talk about Ebola because it doesn't fit their narrative.
    Oddly enough, they're wrong about H1N1, though. A timeline
    of events:

    Apr 15, 2009: First case of H1N1 diagnosed in the US.
    Apr 22, 2009: CDC activates emergency operations.
    May 15, 2009: Over 1,000,000 tests released
    Aug 31, 2009: Prototype vaccine developed

    So. Four and a half months from first case to an early
    vaccine. Compare to Trump on COVID-19:

    Jan 22, 2020: "We have it totally under control. It's one
    person coming in from China. It's going to be just fine."
    Feb 02, 2020: "We pretty much shut it down coming in from China."
    Feb 24, 2020: "The Coronavirus is very much under control in
    the USA... Stock Market starting to look very good to me!"
    Feb 25, 2020: "CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job
    of handling Coronavirus."
    Feb 25, 2020: "I think that's a problem that's going to go away...
    They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we're
    very close to a vaccine."
    Feb 26, 2020: "The 15 (cases in the US) within a few days is
    going to be down to close to zero."
    Feb 26, 2020: "We're going very substantially down, not up."
    Feb 27, 2020: "One day it's like a miracle, it will disappear."
    Mar 04, 2020: "If we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of
    people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and
    even going to work -- some of them go to work, but they get better."
    Mar 06, 2020: "Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that
    needs a test gets a test." (As of Mar 15, 2020, the US had
    administered less than 5,000 tests, according to the CDC.)
    Mar 06, 2020: "I don't need to have the numbers double because
    of one ship that wasn't our fault."
    Mar 09, 2020: "This blindsided the world."

    Well, it blindsided the president! He's in way, way over
    his head. For the good of the country, he should at least
    admit it and find someone competent to manage the crisis.

    World-wide cases just topped 182,000 cases. In the US, we've
    topped 4,200 and are doubling roughly every three days. Since
    we do not have wide-scale testing, because Trump turned down
    tests from the WHO, we have no idea whether the social distancing
    measures put into place over the last week and a half are
    working, let alone sufficient.

    This isn't funny anymore, guys; it's time to let the adults
    take over and fix the mess.

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  • From Alexey Shmonov@1:3634/30 to Dan Cross on Mon Mar 16 17:49:20 2020
    Sorry I missed the start of this conversation, but who are the adults though and are they still around?

    This isn't funny anymore, guys; it's time to let the adults
    take over and fix the mess.

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  • From Ryan Fantus@1:218/820 to Dan Cross on Mon Mar 16 18:58:23 2020
    World-wide cases just topped 182,000 cases. In the US, we've
    topped 4,200 and are doubling roughly every three days. Since
    we do not have wide-scale testing, because Trump turned down
    tests from the WHO, we have no idea whether the social distancing
    measures put into place over the last week and a half are
    working, let alone sufficient.

    Nice write-up. Yeah, we're screwed.

    I tried the math from a different direction. I know firsthand how hard it is
    to get a test, because my girlfriend has COVID and it took us a week of
    begging and basically lying to providers to finally get the test. "Confirmed Cases" is in no way an indication of how many people are infected.

    So let's start with the number of people dead from the virus in the US, which (last I checked) is 69. The virus kills at a rate of 1% of infected people.
    The incubation period is typically two-ish weeks before people are
    symptomatic, so let's use 14 days as our assumed "infected person" -> "dead person" metric (which is very conservative, actually). That means, if we pretend that everyone that died of coronavirus in the US died TODAY (false), that two weeks ago these people were all infected. 1% death rate means start two weeks ago with 6900 infected persons in the US. Now multiply by 1.4 (rate of daily infection) by 14 days and...we've got at least 135k infected people
    in the US. We're hosed.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Alexey Shmonov on Tue Mar 17 05:11:18 2020
    Hello Alexey,

    Sorry I missed the start of this conversation, but who are the adults though
    and are they still around?

    This isn't funny anymore, guys; it's time to let the adults
    take over and fix the mess.

    There is no coronavirus in Acadiana. Tito's vodka didn't
    make the cut (too low proof to kill viruses). That is why
    New Orleans distillery Atelier Vie came up with Buck 25.
    It is 125 proof vodka, the sure-fire cure for every virus
    there is, including the coronavirus. Probably cures everything
    else as well. So give it a go!

    I'm still drinking my Cajun vodka, knowing it will keep
    me safe from harm. Since I started drinking that stuff I
    cannot remember the last time I had a virus ...

    --Lee

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  • From Kevin K.@1:275/91 to Dan Cross on Mon Mar 16 23:18:14 2020
    On 17 Mar 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

    Which pandemic are you talking about? Try looking up the statistics the Ebola pandemic and compare the number of infections and deaths in the USA to the number of same from Covid-19 as of today -- and we are just getting started.

    They are usually talking about H1N1. They don't like to
    talk about Ebola because it doesn't fit their narrative.
    Oddly enough, they're wrong about H1N1, though. A timeline
    of events:

    Apr 15, 2009: First case of H1N1 diagnosed in the US.
    Apr 22, 2009: CDC activates emergency operations.
    May 15, 2009: Over 1,000,000 tests released
    Aug 31, 2009: Prototype vaccine developed

    So. Four and a half months from first case to an early
    vaccine. Compare to Trump on COVID-19:

    Jan 22, 2020: "We have it totally under control. It's one
    person coming in from China. It's going to be just fine."
    Feb 02, 2020: "We pretty much shut it down coming in from China."
    Feb 24, 2020: "The Coronavirus is very much under control in
    the USA... Stock Market starting to look very good to me!"
    Feb 25, 2020: "CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job
    of handling Coronavirus."
    Feb 25, 2020: "I think that's a problem that's going to go away...
    They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we're
    very close to a vaccine."
    Feb 26, 2020: "The 15 (cases in the US) within a few days is
    going to be down to close to zero."
    Feb 26, 2020: "We're going very substantially down, not up."
    Feb 27, 2020: "One day it's like a miracle, it will disappear."
    Mar 04, 2020: "If we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of
    people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and
    even going to work -- some of them go to work, but they get better."
    Mar 06, 2020: "Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that
    needs a test gets a test." (As of Mar 15, 2020, the US had
    administered less than 5,000 tests, according to the CDC.)
    Mar 06, 2020: "I don't need to have the numbers double because
    of one ship that wasn't our fault."
    Mar 09, 2020: "This blindsided the world."

    Well, it blindsided the president! He's in way, way over
    his head. For the good of the country, he should at least
    admit it and find someone competent to manage the crisis.

    World-wide cases just topped 182,000 cases. In the US, we've
    topped 4,200 and are doubling roughly every three days. Since
    we do not have wide-scale testing, because Trump turned down
    tests from the WHO, we have no idea whether the social distancing
    measures put into place over the last week and a half are
    working, let alone sufficient.

    This isn't funny anymore, guys; it's time to let the adults
    take over and fix the mess.

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    Next:
    "Ooops we fucked up"
    We see "oldskool trump" say " You're FIRED.

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  • From Gerhard Strangar@2:240/2188.575 to Ryan Fantus on Tue Mar 17 07:20:01 2020
    Am 16 Mar 20 18:58:23 schrob Ryan Fantus an Dan Cross zum Thema
    <Re: Pandemic>

    Nice write-up. Yeah, we're screwed.

    Why? I don't understand the panic. Everybody is talking about Covid-19, while at the same time "good old" Influenza is killing about ten times as many people
    - at least in Germany. In winter 2018/2019 we had 25,000 people dying from Influenza, but no special measures were taken. So far, we've had 16 deaths from
    Corona and people act as if it were the end of the world. At the same time, more than 200 died from Influenza and noone talks about that. The Corona virus is spreading so fast, because 80% of the people don't even notice when they have it!



    Tschoe mit Oe
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  • From Ryan Fantus@1:218/820 to Gerhard Strangar on Tue Mar 17 01:05:23 2020
    Why? I don't understand the panic. Everybody is talking about Covid-19, while at the same time "good old" Influenza is killing about ten times
    as many people - at least in Germany. In winter 2018/2019 we had 25,000 people dying from Influenza, but no special measures were taken. So far, we've had 16 deaths from Corona and people act as if it were the end of the world. At the same time, more than 200 died from Influenza and noone talks about that. The Corona virus is spreading so fast, because 80% of the people don't even notice when they have it!

    Coronavirus is anywhere from 10-30x as deadly and spreads much more easily
    than the flu. The panic is necessary to contain it.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ryan Fantus on Wed Mar 18 05:36:57 2020
    On 16 Mar 2020 at 06:58p, Ryan Fantus pondered and said...

    Nice write-up. Yeah, we're screwed.

    Thanks for the compliment; if only the news were better. :-(

    I tried the math from a different direction. I know firsthand how hard
    it is to get a test, because my girlfriend has COVID and it took us a
    week of begging and basically lying to providers to finally get the
    test. "Confirmed Cases" is in no way an indication of how many people
    are infected.

    Oh gosh; was she confirmed? How are you both doing?

    So let's start with the number of people dead from the virus in the US, which (last I checked) is 69. The virus kills at a rate of 1% of
    infected people. The incubation period is typically two-ish weeks before people are symptomatic, so let's use 14 days as our assumed "infected person" -> "dead person" metric (which is very conservative, actually). That means, if we pretend that everyone that died of coronavirus in the
    US died TODAY (false), that two weeks ago these people were all
    infected. 1% death rate means start two weeks ago with 6900 infected persons in the US. Now multiply by 1.4 (rate of daily infection) by 14 days and...we've got at least 135k infected people in the US. We're
    hosed.

    Really really interesting analysis, but I'm going to
    quibble with your numbers just a tad. In particular,
    the 69 deaths were cumulative, not just in one day.
    But I think that changes your numbers just by days,
    not fundamentally.

    Yeah. We're hosed.

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  • From Ryan Fantus@1:218/820 to Dan Cross on Tue Mar 17 10:43:34 2020
    Oh gosh; was she confirmed? How are you both doing?

    Today is actually the first day in over a week she doesn't have a fever, and her symptoms are lessening .She still has a nasty cough but the rest of her symptoms are much more manageable.

    She was tested finally Sunday and we'll know for sure the results within the next couple of days.

    Sadly I'm becoming symptomatic now. It sucks.

    Really really interesting analysis, but I'm going to
    quibble with your numbers just a tad. In particular,
    the 69 deaths were cumulative, not just in one day.
    But I think that changes your numbers just by days,
    not fundamentally.

    Yeah, acknowledged, that was actually a bit intentional, because it plays
    into the "most conservative estimate" piece. In other words, the math assumes
    a statistical best-case scenario.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Ryan Fantus on Tue Mar 17 21:02:26 2020
    Ryan Fantus : Dan Cross used his keyboard to write :
    DC> World-wide cases just topped 182,000 cases. In the US, we've
    DC> topped 4,200 and are doubling roughly every three days. Since
    DC> we do not have wide-scale testing, because Trump turned down
    DC> tests from the WHO, we have no idea whether the social distancing
    DC> measures put into place over the last week and a half are
    DC> working, let alone sufficient.

    Nice write-up. Yeah, we're screwed.

    I tried the math from a different direction. I know firsthand how hard it
    is
    to get a test, because my girlfriend has COVID and it took us a week of begging and basically lying to providers to finally get the test.
    "Confirmed
    Cases" is in no way an indication of how many people are infected.

    So let's start with the number of people dead from the virus in the US,
    which
    (last I checked) is 69. The virus kills at a rate of 1% of infected people. The incubation period is typically two-ish weeks before people are symptomatic, so let's use 14 days as our assumed "infected person" -> "dead person" metric (which is very conservative, actually). That means, if we pretend that everyone that died of coronavirus in the US died TODAY
    (false),
    that two weeks ago these people were all infected. 1% death rate means
    start
    two weeks ago with 6900 infected persons in the US. Now multiply by 1.4
    (rate
    of daily infection) by 14 days and...we've got at least 135k infected
    people
    in the US. We're hosed.

    Funny thing is the CDC used your math as its own basis to
    determine how many people would likely die in the US as a result
    of the coronavirus, at a kill rate of 1% of infected people.
    So you know what the CDC's answer was? 1.7 million dead.
    Just in the USA.

    The WHO calculates the death rate at 3.4% - which means the CDC
    is lowballing how many folks in the USA are likely to die. But even
    the WHO is lowballing the numbers, which in reality are much higher
    - such as 7.8% in Italy - given the rate of infection is quadradic
    rather than linear.

    I'll let you do the math as to how fast this coronavirus is spreading.
    WHO claims the numbers double every week (7-10 days) at a rate of 2.3
    while the real numbers are showing the numbers doubling every 3 days.
    Of course, this could be due to some areas not testing until recently,
    thus skewing the numbers.

    Bottom line, we are looking at 160+ million infected and 10 to 12
    million dead people due to the coronavirus in the USA by the end of
    this year - and maybe much higher.

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Gerhard Strangar on Tue Mar 17 21:02:34 2020
    Hello Gerhard,

    Nice write-up. Yeah, we're screwed.

    Why? I don't understand the panic. Everybody is talking about Covid-19,
    while at the same time "good old" Influenza is killing about ten times as many people - at least in Germany. In winter 2018/2019 we had 25,000 people dying from Influenza, but no special measures were taken. So far, we've had 16 deaths from Corona and people act as if it were the end of the world. At the same time, more than 200 died from Influenza and noone talks about
    that. The Corona virus is spreading so fast, because 80% of the people
    don't even notice when they have it!

    Those people who say things such as "This is no worse than the flu"
    are stupid. They are openly admitting they are scientifically and mathematically illiterate. They will take no precautions to protect
    themselves and put others at risk by their actions. Just like our
    dimwitted president and his idiot children.

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Ryan Fantus on Tue Mar 17 21:02:41 2020
    Hello Ryan,

    GS> Why? I don't understand the panic. Everybody is talking about
    Covid-19,
    GS> while at the same time "good old" Influenza is killing about ten
    times
    GS> as many people - at least in Germany. In winter 2018/2019 we had
    25,000
    GS> people dying from Influenza, but no special measures were taken. So far,
    GS> we've had 16 deaths from Corona and people act as if it were the end
    of
    GS> the world. At the same time, more than 200 died from Influenza and noone
    GS> talks about that. The Corona virus is spreading so fast, because 80%
    of
    GS> the people don't even notice when they have it!

    Coronavirus is anywhere from 10-30x as deadly and spreads much more easily >than the flu. The panic is necessary to contain it.

    More like 60x as deadly.

    Global rate for concluded cases has reached 6%, with 94% surviving
    - that is 60x higher than the death rate of the seasonal flu (0.1%).

    --Lee

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ryan Fantus on Wed Mar 18 08:46:09 2020
    On 17 Mar 2020 at 10:43a, Ryan Fantus pondered and said...

    Oh gosh; was she confirmed? How are you both doing?

    Today is actually the first day in over a week she doesn't have a fever, and her symptoms are lessening .She still has a nasty cough but the rest of her symptoms are much more manageable.

    She was tested finally Sunday and we'll know for sure the results within the next couple of days.

    Fingers crossed that it all turns out ok.

    Sadly I'm becoming symptomatic now. It sucks.

    Oh no; I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope it ends up
    being mild.

    Yeah, acknowledged, that was actually a bit intentional, because it plays into the "most conservative estimate" piece. In other words, the math assumes a statistical best-case scenario.

    Ah, I think I see how you arrived at that. Ok.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Lee Lofaso on Wed Mar 18 08:50:14 2020
    On 17 Mar 2020 at 09:02p, Lee Lofaso pondered and said...

    Funny thing is the CDC used your math as its own basis to
    determine how many people would likely die in the US as a result
    of the coronavirus, at a kill rate of 1% of infected people.
    So you know what the CDC's answer was? 1.7 million dead.
    Just in the USA.

    The IFR (Infection-Fatality Rate) varies across locations
    in accordance to how developed healthcare infrastructure is
    in the location, capacity, etc. In Italy it went through
    the roof once they ran out of hospital space and could no
    longer effectively treat people. 1% is about right for the
    US.

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  • From Ryan Fantus@1:218/820 to Dan Cross on Tue Mar 17 13:34:54 2020
    Fingers crossed that it all turns out ok.

    Thanks. And good news! We still don't have confirmation of infection from the lab but her symptoms have finally begun to improve. Today she has no fever, feels markedly better, and she looks a lot more like herself.

    She's been symptomatic for a week. She still has a bad cough and sniffles but the fever, headache, lethargy is gone.

    Oh no; I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope it ends up
    being mild.

    Thanks. I'm worried because I have asthma (it was bad enough to end a
    military career). So we'll see.

    Ah, I think I see how you arrived at that. Ok.

    It becomes rather terrifying if you apply different values in the equation based on presumed death rates based on different reporting, whether it be
    from CDC or WHO.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dan Cross on Tue Mar 17 23:19:13 2020
    Hello Dan,

    Nice write-up. Yeah, we're screwed.

    Thanks for the compliment; if only the news were better. :-(

    Better for all. The numbers today are mind boggling. What
    those numbers might become I don't even want to think about.

    I tried the math from a different direction. I know firsthand how hard >RF>it is to get a test, because my girlfriend has COVID and it took us a >RF>week of begging and basically lying to providers to finally get the >RF>test. "Confirmed Cases" is in no way an indication of how many people >RF>are infected.

    Oh gosh; was she confirmed? How are you both doing?

    I hope they survive. I hope I survive. I hope we all survive.

    So let's start with the number of people dead from the virus in the US, >RF>which (last I checked) is 69. The virus kills at a rate of 1% of >RF>infected people. The incubation period is typically two-ish weeks before >RF>people are symptomatic, so let's use 14 days as our assumed "infected >RF>person" -> "dead person" metric (which is very conservative, actually). >RF>That means, if we pretend that everyone that died of coronavirus in the >RF>US died TODAY (false), that two weeks ago these people were all >RF>infected. 1% death rate means start two weeks ago with 6900 infected >RF>persons in the US. Now multiply by 1.4 (rate of daily infection) by 14 >RF>days and...we've got at least 135k infected people in the US. We're >RF>hosed.

    Really really interesting analysis, but I'm going to
    quibble with your numbers just a tad. In particular,
    the 69 deaths were cumulative, not just in one day.
    But I think that changes your numbers just by days,
    not fundamentally.

    The CDC used a death rate mortality of 1%.
    The WHO used a death rate mortality of 3.4%
    The death rate mortality for Italy is at 7.8%.

    Yeah. We're hosed.

    Yeah. Even the CDC is fudging the numbers, trying to present
    a best-case scenario. It ain't gonna happen, folks. Look at Italy.
    That is the new norm.

    Number of infected in USA doubles every 3 days, same as in Italy.
    Nobody in the news media wants to admit it. But those are the facts,
    given the statistics.

    One other thing. The curve (rate of infection) is not actually
    parabolic, but quadratic. You can chart it out on graph paper with
    the numbers reported by the news media. Statistics 101.

    The whole world is screwed.

    --Lee

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  • From Ryan Fantus@1:218/820 to Lee Lofaso on Tue Mar 17 13:32:00 2020
    Bottom line, we are looking at 160+ million infected and 10 to 12
    million dead people due to the coronavirus in the USA by the end of
    this year - and maybe much higher.

    Yeah. The only thing that would prevent this would be a vaccine or a
    legitimate quarantine, neither of which are realistic right now.

    I think what we'll see instead are repeated attempts of very limited quarantines which result in people not being able to work and a further breakdown of society.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Lee Lofaso on Wed Mar 18 13:05:02 2020
    On 17 Mar 2020 at 11:19p, Lee Lofaso pondered and said...

    One other thing. The curve (rate of infection) is not actually
    parabolic, but quadratic. You can chart it out on graph paper with
    the numbers reported by the news media. Statistics 101.

    I've found this video to be a good primer on the
    growth rate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas0tIxDvrg

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dan Cross on Wed Mar 18 02:19:49 2020
    Hello Dan,

    Funny thing is the CDC used your math as its own basis to
    determine how many people would likely die in the US as a result
    of the coronavirus, at a kill rate of 1% of infected people.
    So you know what the CDC's answer was? 1.7 million dead.
    Just in the USA.

    The IFR (Infection-Fatality Rate) varies across locations
    in accordance to how developed healthcare infrastructure is
    in the location, capacity, etc.

    There are only two ways to deal with this crisis -
    * massive testing
    * massive quarantine

    The US has chosen to do neither, until very recently.
    And even then, it is not doing enough. Not nearly enough.

    The overall mortality rate (all age groups) is 3.4% as defined
    by WHO. Those under age 20 are basically immune. Those over age
    80 have a heck of lot more to worry about than anybody else, as
    they are basically goners. But that is not the issue. The CDC's
    estimate is extremely low, and not based on sound science or
    statistical review.

    In Italy it went through the roof once they ran out of hospital space and
    could no longer effectively treat people. 1% is about right for the US.

    You think so? You really think so?

    South Korea has 12.3 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
    Italy has 3.2 per 1,000 people.
    The US has 2.8 per 1,000 people.

    Let's try a wider sample, for comparison -

    South Korea 12.3
    Germany 8.0
    France 6.0
    China 4.3
    Italy 3.2
    USA 2.8

    Source: The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
    (OECO)

    The US does not have near enough hospital beds to take care of
    those in need. At present, there are many flu patients who are
    already filling beds. Plus others. That means hospitals as of
    now are already two-thirds full. And then there is the question
    of the number of ICU beds available, which coronavirus patients
    will definitely need.

    In Italy, the normal death rate in ICU is 12% to 16%. But now
    the death rate is 50%. While the US does have more ICU beds than
    European countries do on average, the number of ICU beds needed
    remains miniscule given the numbers of people who will need them.

    US hospitals, already two-thirds full, meaning there would be
    at least 17 patients per open bed.

    The coronavirus will end up causing between 10 million and 34
    million hospital visits, about one-fifth of those requiring ICU.

    Not gonna happen, my man. We gonna die. Some of us fast,
    some of us slow. But we all gonna die.

    --Lee

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  • From Ryan Fantus@1:218/820 to Lee Lofaso on Tue Mar 17 17:32:43 2020
    Not gonna happen, my man. We gonna die. Some of us fast,
    some of us slow. But we all gonna die.

    They're going to have to be abstemious when it comes to triage. "Nobody over
    80 gets a bed, sorry." Sad reality.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dan Cross on Wed Mar 18 04:26:21 2020
    Hello Dan,

    One other thing. The curve (rate of infection) is not actually >LL>parabolic, but quadratic. You can chart it out on graph paper with
    the numbers reported by the news media. Statistics 101.

    I've found this video to be a good primer on the
    growth rate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas0tIxDvrg

    That is an excellent presentation. Easily understood
    by the average person, including most children of high
    school age.

    ***however***

    Far too complicated for the "stable genius" we have occupying
    the White House to understand, as he is mathematically impaired.
    You think something simpler can be found?

    --Lee

    --
    We're Great In Bed

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Ryan Fantus on Wed Mar 18 04:26:28 2020
    Hello Ryan,

    Bottom line, we are looking at 160+ million infected and 10 to 12 >LL>million dead people due to the coronavirus in the USA by the end of >LL>this year - and maybe much higher.

    Yeah. The only thing that would prevent this would be a vaccine or a >legitimate quarantine, neither of which are realistic right now.

    A vaccine is wishful thinking. And at least a year away, if
    one is or can be found. How long can a massive quarantine be
    expected to remain in place, and how effective it could really
    be, are two open questions. People in the US have been making
    runs on buying up all the guns and ammo they can find. Along
    with enough toilet paper to last a million lifetimes.

    I think what we'll see instead are repeated attempts of very limited >quarantines which result in people not being able to work and a further >breakdown of society.

    Look on the bright side.
    The government said your check is in the mail.

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Ryan Fantus on Wed Mar 18 14:09:50 2020
    Hello Ryan,

    Not gonna happen, my man. We gonna die. Some of us fast,
    some of us slow. But we all gonna die.

    They're going to have to be abstemious when it comes to triage. "Nobody over
    80 gets a bed, sorry." Sad reality.

    That is what they are doing in Italy now. Many with beds in ICU
    are merely sedated, nothing else being done for them, except waiting
    for them to die so as to have another bed open for somebody else.
    Once a day, doctors call next of kin to let them know, as no visitors
    are allowed.

    Without an ICU bed, a patient has no respirator, and cannot breathe.
    There are only so many ICU beds available in Italy. And the US has
    only a few more ICU beds available than Italy. Do the math.

    The normal mortality rate in ICU in Italy was 12 to 16%.
    Now it is 50%. Hospitals (and ICU beds) in the USA are in
    dire straits here as in Italy. The mortality rate will be
    roughly the same ratio of 50%. For those who are lucky
    enough to get an ICU bed.

    We may be better off taking our chances by staying at home
    and hope never to get sick, or hope to recover without the need
    for an ICU bed. Just be sure to have a quick exit available
    if things really go south fast.

    --Lee

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Lee Lofaso on Thu Mar 19 01:45:27 2020
    On 18 Mar 2020 at 02:19a, Lee Lofaso pondered and said...

    In Italy it went through the roof once they ran out of hospital space and
    could no longer effectively treat people. 1% is about right for the US.

    You think so? You really think so?

    Yes, I do. As long as we can keep the number of occupied
    hospital beds below the threshold, we'll maintain that
    rate. The unfortunate reality, however, is that we're
    unlikely to be able to do that, so our mortality rate will
    also spike.

    As I said earlier, the IFR (Infection-fatality rate) varies
    across healthcare systems. As jacked up as our system is,
    our actual standard of care is very good (if accessible).
    Until it gets overwhelmed, the IFR in the US will remain
    around 1%.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Lee Lofaso on Thu Mar 19 01:52:34 2020
    On 18 Mar 2020 at 04:26a, Lee Lofaso pondered and said...

    Far too complicated for the "stable genius" we have occupying
    the White House to understand, as he is mathematically impaired.
    You think something simpler can be found?

    Unfortunately, no; nothing will penetrate that moron's
    thick skull. Whatever capacity he ever had for basic
    human emotions like empathy, introspection, etc, has
    been completely trained out of him. He'll never get it.

    He's now saying he always thought it was a pandemic and
    patting himself on the back for how well he's handling
    it and has handled it so far. What a joke: he basically
    ignored it for two months. His mindless sheep are already
    repeating the talking points.

    The cognitive dissonance is so strong that they just
    cannot see how incompetent he is. What happened to
    that racist Trump Train guy? I suppose he scurried
    away to some dark corner of the Internet once he outed
    himself as just being motivated for his hatred of a
    man's skin. But that he can support this obvious
    failure, this blatant con-man, and say with a straight
    face that he prefers a "businessman" (who has failed
    just about every business he's tried!) is an amazing
    case study in willful ignorance. People would rather
    basically kill themselves by following a life-long
    grifter rather than find someone competent to lead us
    through this crisis since the competent people don't
    agree with them politically. They might literally
    drown on the fluid in their own lungs as long as they
    get to call the other side "libtard."

    It's astounding.

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Alexey Shmonov on Wed Mar 18 13:17:00 2020
    Alexey Shmonov wrote to Dan Cross <=-

    Sorry I missed the start of this conversation, but who are the adults though and are they still around?

    The "adults" he is referring to are the Leftie elites who, as usual, think that they know better than everyone else (but really couldn't find their rear end without a guide).


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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Ryan Fantus on Wed Mar 18 13:22:00 2020
    Ryan Fantus wrote to Gerhard Strangar <=-

    Coronavirus is anywhere from 10-30x as deadly

    Only for certain age groups. The areas hit hardest have a large elderly popularion and poor health systems. Otherwise, COVID-19 is about the same as the normal flu as deadly.

    and spreads much more easily than the flu.

    That's because many of us have had their flu shots - which helps slow the flu's spread and because many of us have had the flu, so our bodies know how to fight it off.

    The panic is necessary to contain it.

    When they declare something to be a Pandemic, it's because they can't contain it. So the panic is useless. COVID-19 is already not containable.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Ryan Fantus on Wed Mar 18 21:28:53 2020
    Hello Ryan,

    Not gonna happen, my man. We gonna die. Some of us fast,
    some of us slow. But we all gonna die.

    They're going to have to be abstemious when it comes to triage. "Nobody over
    80 gets a bed, sorry." Sad reality.

    Ventilators. Where are the ventilators when you really need them?

    --Lee

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Thu Mar 19 09:52:21 2020
    On 18 Mar 2020 at 01:17p, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    The "adults" he is referring to are the Leftie elites who, as usual,
    think that they know better than everyone else (but really couldn't find their rear end without a guide).

    It's ok, there's a tweet for every occasion!

    March 02, 2020: "So last year 37,000 Americans
    died from the common Flu. It averages between
    27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down,
    life & the economy go on. At this moment there
    are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22
    deaths. Think about that!"
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1237027356314869761

    Indeed, let's think about that. But yeah it's
    the everyone else who was telling him that this was
    a big deal that can't find their own asses.

    You are an immoral liar.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dan Cross on Thu Mar 19 23:25:59 2020
    Hello Dan,

    In Italy it went through the roof once they ran out of hospital space
    and
    could no longer effectively treat people. 1% is about right for the US. >LL>
    You think so? You really think so?

    Yes, I do. As long as we can keep the number of occupied
    hospital beds below the threshold, we'll maintain that
    rate. The unfortunate reality, however, is that we're
    unlikely to be able to do that, so our mortality rate will
    also spike.

    Wishful thinking. The numbers presented are based on the
    total number of beds, all empty beds with none occupied.
    The real numbers show that hospitals are two-thirds full,
    with many cases of seasonal flu.

    What will be needed is field hospitals, using tents as rooms.
    And converting hospital beds to ICU beds. Otherwise, it will
    be a lost cause.

    To give you an idea as to how many test kits are available,
    just look at the numbers. The state of Louisiana has four and
    a half million people. The highest number of tests it has been
    able to do is 172. A total of 669 tests over 7 days.

    Look at total tested and total cases -

    Total tested - 805 over 8 days
    Total positive - 347 over 8 days

    That is rate fast approaching 50%.

    Think about how many folks who have the coronavirus who
    have never been tested. And might never get tested.
    Along with the inability to test more than just a handful
    of the total population.

    As I said earlier, the IFR (Infection-fatality rate) varies
    across healthcare systems. As jacked up as our system is,
    our actual standard of care is very good (if accessible).
    Until it gets overwhelmed, the IFR in the US will remain
    around 1%.

    The population of Madrid is already 80% infected.
    The population of Italy is almost 70% infected.
    The population of Germany is expected to hit close to 70% infected.

    I fully expect the US to be 80% infected, with 15% severe, half
    of whom will die. That is 20 million dead Americans, before the
    end of this year.

    You still think we're gonna have a presidential election?

    Just think of the new jobs program that the next administration
    will create. No, you do not really want to think about that ...

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dan Cross on Thu Mar 19 23:26:06 2020
    Hello Dan,

    Far too complicated for the "stable genius" we have occupying
    the White House to understand, as he is mathematically impaired.
    You think something simpler can be found?

    Unfortunately, no; nothing will penetrate that moron's
    thick skull. Whatever capacity he ever had for basic
    human emotions like empathy, introspection, etc, has
    been completely trained out of him. He'll never get it.

    He is a sociopath, and a self-admitted sexual predator. Not to
    mention having narcissistic personality disorder. Total bonkers.
    And yet, the president gets to choose his own doctor, and that
    doctor will always say the president is in great shape and always
    of sound mind.

    Which brings up an interesting question -

    If a president's doctor claims the president is nuts, the
    doctor can have the president taken to a facility for observation
    of unlimited duration. The 25th amendment does not even have to
    be invoked. The doctor can act on his/her own authority.

    I can take this even further.

    The medical staff at St. Elizabeth's Hospital can issue an
    opinion that the president is nuts, and recommend the president
    be admitted for observation of unlimited duration. That way,
    the president's doctor can decide just to go along with it.

    OTOH, the president's doctor might want to let the president
    continue his own self-destructive behavior and die. But that
    would mean losing his own job as well. Which probably explains
    why the president's doctor said nothing when the president shook
    hands with the president of Brazil (who then tested positive
    for the coronavirus).

    He's now saying he always thought it was a pandemic and
    patting himself on the back for how well he's handling
    it and has handled it so far. What a joke: he basically
    ignored it for two months. His mindless sheep are already
    repeating the talking points.

    He fired the pandemic team the Obama administration had
    put in place, and never did a thing to replace it. This
    was back in 2018, and now it is 2020. Cut the funding
    for the CDC, fire the pandemic team and other medical
    experts, and then blame somebody else when a crisis hits.

    The cognitive dissonance is so strong that they just
    cannot see how incompetent he is. What happened to
    that racist Trump Train guy? I suppose he scurried
    away to some dark corner of the Internet once he outed
    himself as just being motivated for his hatred of a
    man's skin. But that he can support this obvious
    failure, this blatant con-man, and say with a straight
    face that he prefers a "businessman" (who has failed
    just about every business he's tried!) is an amazing
    case study in willful ignorance. People would rather
    basically kill themselves by following a life-long
    grifter rather than find someone competent to lead us
    through this crisis since the competent people don't
    agree with them politically. They might literally
    drown on the fluid in their own lungs as long as they
    get to call the other side "libtard."

    Louisiana has a US Representative (Clay Higgins) who
    is trying to imitate Donald Trump with the same kind of
    idiotic taunts, calling the coronavirus the "Chinese
    virus" and such. He put it all on his Facebook page
    for all to watch. Truly sickening video, watching
    a member of Congress rant and rave like a lunatic.

    "The people that own these businesses, they can make
    up their mind. They're not stupid. You can't make their
    decisions for them because you think you know best.
    They know how to limit contact and adjust their
    services to respond to this virus. It's a virus,
    man. We're not being invaded by the Chinese army.
    We're being impacted by a Chinese virus, OK?"
    ~ US Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), video on his official
    congressional Facebook page titled "We're not going
    to take it anymore"

    Another Louisiana US Representative (Steve Scalise)
    decided to go into self-quarantine, as he had come into
    contact with someone who had tested positive for the
    coronavirus. But at no time did Scalise start ranting
    and raving at Democrats or others, choosing to act
    like a responsible adult instead.

    US Senator Bill Cassidy also acted like a grown-up
    rather than a small child, applauding the efforts of
    the governor (a Democrat) to deal with the crisis.
    But then, Cassidy is a medical doctor and knows what
    he is talking about, unlike Higgins (and Trump).

    It's astounding.

    Watching live television, a group of grown men standing
    around a president who knows absolutely nothing about the
    coronavirus or how to deal with it, shaking their heads
    up and down in full agreement with whatever their president
    utters.

    Il Duce has arrived in America.

    --Lee

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Lee Lofaso on Fri Mar 20 01:40:02 2020
    On 03-19-20 23:25, Lee Lofaso <=-
    spoke to Dan Cross about Pandemic <=-

    What will be needed is field hospitals, using tents as rooms.
    And converting hospital beds to ICU beds. Otherwise, it will
    be a lost cause.

    I saw in the news tonight that a county in Washington state is
    converting an empty soccer field into a 200 bed hospital. More of that
    sort of thing will be needed (but that is not all that is needed by any
    means).

    To give you an idea as to how many test kits are available,
    just look at the numbers. The state of Louisiana has four and
    a half million people. The highest number of tests it has been
    able to do is 172. A total of 669 tests over 7 days.

    Look at total tested and total cases -

    Total tested - 805 over 8 days
    Total positive - 347 over 8 days

    That is rate fast approaching 50%.

    That sounds like they are only testing people who are already showing
    signs of infection.

    Think about how many folks who have the coronavirus who
    have never been tested. And might never get tested.

    In some areas of mass testing in Europe, about half of the people who
    tested positive showed no symptoms.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Dan Cross on Fri Mar 20 09:19:00 2020
    Dan Cross wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    You are an immoral liar.

    Excuse me.
    But I believe you've mistaken me for someone else.

    Like someone who cares about what Leftie "thinks".

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Sat Mar 21 03:21:38 2020
    On 20 Mar 2020 at 09:19a, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    Dan Cross wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    You are an immoral liar.

    Excuse me.
    But I believe you've mistaken me for someone else.

    No, I think not. You're immoral. You're a liar.
    I bet you proclaim yourself to be a "Christian" too,
    right? How many of your relatives are on the public
    dole, and how many are chronic substance abusers?

    Like someone who cares about what Leftie "thinks".

    Then why did you respond?

    It's people like you, yes, you specifically, who
    got us into this mess with a reality TV star for
    a president. Good job!

    Right-wing "thought" at its "best". Tell me,
    where'd the racist go?

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  • From TIM RICHARDSON@1:123/140 to RON LAUZON on Fri Mar 20 20:49:00 2020
    On 03-19-20, DAN CROSS said to RON LAUZON:

    On 18 Mar 2020 at 01:17p, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    The "adults" he is referring to are the Leftie elites who, as usual,
    think that they know better than everyone else (but really couldn't find their rear end without a guide).


    It's ok, there's a tweet for every occasion!


    Hee's a nice tweet;


    `Hi, Nancy. I'm on my way over to sign Trump's acquittal papers. Have you
    got any of those fancy gold pens left for me to hand out?' ...Mitch McConnell


    Sale on gold impeachment pens; for decoration only. They don't actually work!


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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to TIM RICHARDSON on Sun Mar 22 06:02:03 2020
    On 20 Mar 2020 at 08:49p, TIM RICHARDSON pondered and said...

    Hee's a nice tweet;

    `Hi, Nancy. I'm on my way over to sign Trump's acquittal papers. Have you got any of those fancy gold pens left for me to hand out?' ...Mitch McConnell

    Derp Derp. Har har. Good one, Cletus! You really owned that 'lib!
    Hyuk hyuk hyuk *cough* *cough* man, Cletus, I ain't feelin' so good.
    *cough* *cough* Must be that cold Rush was talkin' about... durr durr...
    Good thing it's just 'em liberals making a big deal out of nothin'.
    Trump done told me it'd go away like a miracle! *cough* *cough*

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dale Shipp on Sun Mar 22 20:57:57 2020
    Hello Dale,

    What will be needed is field hospitals, using tents as rooms.
    And converting hospital beds to ICU beds. Otherwise, it will
    be a lost cause.

    I saw in the news tonight that a county in Washington state is
    converting an empty soccer field into a 200 bed hospital. More of that
    sort of thing will be needed (but that is not all that is needed by any >means).

    Whatever works. Not just outdoor or indoor places that can be
    used as hospitals, but also the need for more doctors, nurses, and
    other health care professionals. Plus the masks, gowns, etc. they
    need to work with.

    To give you an idea as to how many test kits are available,
    just look at the numbers. The state of Louisiana has four and
    a half million people. The highest number of tests it has been
    able to do is 172. A total of 669 tests over 7 days.

    Look at total tested and total cases -

    Total tested - 805 over 8 days
    Total positive - 347 over 8 days

    That is rate fast approaching 50%.

    That sounds like they are only testing people who are already showing
    signs of infection.

    There are not enough tests anywhere. Which means this approach
    is deeply flawed. Not only that, but testing only those who are
    showing symptoms gives a false number of who and where the most
    numbers of infections are.

    The only way to find out where the most number of infections
    are occurring is to have random samples around the country, with
    samples taken from everyone regardless of who is and who is not
    already showing signs of infection.

    South Korea tested 200,000+ people while the USA tested less
    than 1,000. That is how far behind the curve the USA is. The
    state of Louisiana is in the same boat as all other states.

    However, because the state of New York has more test kits, it
    can test more people. And it is testing only those who are showing
    signs of infection. Therefore, the numbers of reported positives
    are higher in New York state than anywhere else in the country.

    Larry Brilliant explains this in an interview in "Wired" magazine.

    Think about how many folks who have the coronavirus who
    have never been tested. And might never get tested.

    In some areas of mass testing in Europe, about half of the people who
    tested positive showed no symptoms.

    The novel coronavirus is a new virus. That means nobody in this
    world of 7.8 billion people has immunity. Pandemics end when the
    virus does not have enough susceptible people to infect.

    What happens is when enough people get the bug there just aren't
    enough susceptible people to keep the bug going.

    A vaccine is at least 18 to 24 months away. If a vaccine can
    be found. It usually takes about 10 years to find a vaccine, if
    a vaccine can be found. Many viruses mutate, which is why even
    two years may be wishful thinking.

    Three things need to have happened in order for this pandemic
    to end, according to Brilliant.

    * We need to figure out whether this virus looks like an iceberg
    - 1/7th above the water - or a pyramid, where we see the whole thing.

    * We have a treatment that works, a vaccine or antiviral.

    * Most important - we begin to see large numbers of people -
    especially nurses, doctors, policemen, firemen, and teachers
    who have the disease - are immune, and have tested them to
    know. And we have a system that identifies them - a concert
    wristband or a card with photo and some kind of stamp on it.

    The virus is an equal opportunity infector.

    We need to be certified safe.

    Cannot buy or sell without the number and/or mark of the beast.

    --Lee

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Dan Cross on Sun Mar 22 08:49:00 2020
    Dan Cross wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    No, I think not. You're immoral. You're a liar.

    The Left always projects their own faults on others.

    I bet you proclaim yourself to be a "Christian" too,
    right?

    Nope. Not even close.

    How many of your relatives are on the public
    dole, and how many are chronic substance abusers?

    Zero. How many of yours?

    Then why did you respond?

    Because I find it fun to wind Lefties up and listen to them whine.

    It's people like you, yes, you specifically, who
    got us into this mess with a reality TV star for
    a president. Good job!

    Thank you! Record unemployment. Record prosperity. (At least until their Chinese Flu hit.)

    Right-wing "thought" at its "best". Tell me,
    where'd the racist go?

    The racists became Democrats. Actually, the racists were always Democrats.


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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Tue Mar 24 01:30:19 2020
    On 22 Mar 2020 at 08:49a, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    It's people like you, yes, you specifically, who
    got us into this mess with a reality TV star for
    a president. Good job!

    Thank you! Record unemployment. Record prosperity.

    All gone now. But I bet you'll cash your socialist
    check when it comes.

    Right-wing "thought" at its "best". Tell me,
    where'd the racist go?

    The racists became Democrats. Actually, the racists were always Democrats.

    I meant specifically the right-winger who was posting
    here earlier. You know, the racist one? He might take
    exception to you calling him a democrat.

    Ron Lauzon writes:

    The racists became Democrats. Actually, the racists were always Democrats.

    Ron Lauzon also writes:

    (At least until their Chinese Flu hit.)

    So...you're saying you are a democrat?

    But we know you're cool with Americans dying.

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  • From Gerhard Strangar@2:240/2188.575 to Ryan Fantus on Tue Mar 24 11:49:22 2020
    Am 17 Mar 20 01:05:23 schrob Ryan Fantus an Gerhard Strangar zum Thema
    <Re: Pandemic>

    Coronavirus is anywhere from 10-30x as deadly and spreads much more
    easily than the flu. The panic is necessary to contain it.

    So, from now on you suggest panicking every year? The Corona virus is not going
    to disappear.
    For Influenza, people in Germany can get free inoculations, only 35% of the elder people (>60 years) come to get it, among pregnant women the ratio is as low as 11%. At the canteen, they put up a desinfectant dispenser and I can see a lot of people putting some on their hands, but I've never seen anyone doing it properly.



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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Dan Cross on Tue Mar 24 12:53:00 2020
    Dan Cross wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    All gone now. But I bet you'll cash your socialist
    check when it comes.

    I won't be getting one. I'm still working and I'll be working for the forseeable future.

    You see, unlike Lefties, I'm actually competant.

    I meant specifically the right-winger who was posting
    here earlier. You know, the racist one? He might take
    exception to you calling him a democrat.

    And why do you think I care? The Republicans don't want him. But based on the people Bernie has hired in his election campign, the Dems don't mind one bit.

    But we know you're cool with Americans dying.

    Americans die every day. There's nothing I can do about that.

    But with the death rates of COVID-19 approaching flu levels, it will be interesting to see what happens in the next 2 weeks.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Sun Mar 22 08:46:58 2020
    I'm still drinking my Cajun vodka, knowing it will keep
    me safe from harm. Since I started drinking that stuff I
    cannot remember the last time I had a virus ...

    I just picked up Western Son Vodka made in the state of Texas.
    I drink the stuff straight, I could, but mainly use it for mixed drinks.
    I'm the bartender at our summer get togethers and parties.
    Waiting for this PITA covid-19 to run it's course so that all of us can get back to normal.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Mon Mar 23 08:06:55 2020
    On 19 Mar 2020, Lee Lofaso said the following...


    The cognitive dissonance is so strong that they just
    cannot see how incompetent he is. What happened to
    that racist Trump Train guy? I suppose he scurried
    away to some dark corner of the Internet once he outed
    himself as just being motivated for his hatred of a
    man's skin. But that he can support this obvious
    failure, this blatant con-man, and say with a straight
    face that he prefers a "businessman" (who has failed
    just about every business he's tried!) is an amazing
    case study in willful ignorance.

    I did not scurry anywhere.
    When this is all over and the invisible enemy has been defeated.
    America will be smashing through the gate containing her.
    All you people creating and peddling this rhetoric are going to look mighty foolish.

    Louisiana has a US Representative (Clay Higgins) who
    is trying to imitate Trump with the coronavirus the "Chinese virus"

    China is the origin.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Wed Mar 25 11:48:30 2020
    On 24 Mar 2020 at 12:53p, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    Dan Cross wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    All gone now. But I bet you'll cash your socialist
    check when it comes.

    I won't be getting one. I'm still working and I'll be working for the forseeable future.

    You see, unlike Lefties, I'm actually competant.

    Oh that's funny. Competent at what, precisely?

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Mar 25 11:49:53 2020
    On 22 Mar 2020 at 08:46a, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    Waiting for this PITA covid-19 to run it's course so that all of us can get back to normal.

    That ain't happenin', Cletus. We're headed for a recession at
    a minimum because your incompetent dear leader is a paper tiger
    lacking any sort of substance.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Mar 25 11:54:41 2020
    On 23 Mar 2020 at 08:06a, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    I did not scurry anywhere.

    Lie.

    When this is all over and the invisible enemy has been defeated.
    America will be smashing through the gate containing her.

    Her? Who are you talking about?

    All you people creating and peddling this rhetoric are going to look mighty foolish.

    Riiight. Dear Leader is sending his sheeple back to work
    by Easter because it's only 1% of the population that will
    die and it's ok to sacrifice the grands on the alter of the
    Dow Jones.

    You people are despicable. You have no morals or conscience.

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  • From Richard Falken@1:103/705 to Gerhard Strangar on Tue Mar 17 11:27:31 2020
    Re: Re: Pandemic
    By: Gerhard Strangar to Ryan Fantus on Tue Mar 17 2020 07:20 am


    Why? I don't understand the panic. Everybody is talking about Covid-19, while at the same time "good old" Influenza is killing about ten times as many people - at least in Germany. In winter 2018/2019 we had 25,000 people dying from Influenza, but no special measures were taken. So far, we've had 16 deaths from Corona and people act as if it were the end of the world. At the same time, more than 200 died from Influenza and noone talks about that. The Corona virus is spreading so fast, because 80% of the people don't even notice when they have it!



    Hello,

    I think they are afraid hospital capacity will be overwelmed, since the disease
    spreads so quickly even if it is not extremely severe.

    There are also reports that it can cause permanent lung damage in some people who recovers, so that is concerning.

    In my opinion, logistics and panic is still worse than the virus itself. We in Spain declared State of Emergency and the country is in lockdown. Business are not allowed to open and people is not allowed on the streets, that sort of thing. In about two days of lockdown we are already seeing small firms and familiar business filling bankrupcy, and people getting fired. I suspect people
    losing their jobs and their roofs is going to be a bigger problem that the disease by a long shot.
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  • From Richard Falken@1:103/705 to Ron Lauzon on Wed Mar 18 13:44:16 2020
    Re: Re: Pandemic
    By: Ron Lauzon to Ryan Fantus on Wed Mar 18 2020 01:22 pm


    When they declare something to be a Pandemic, it's because they can't contain it. So the panic is useless. COVID-19 is already not containable.


    I suspect we are getting there. Lots of Spanish politicians are getting it. I suspect that the reason why we know it is because politicians are taking the test, and everybody else isn't.

    What worries me is what authorities will try to sacrifice trying to contain the
    virus.
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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Dan Cross on Sat Mar 28 09:42:00 2020
    Dan Cross wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    You're a liar and a coward.

    And Social Justice Warriors still always project.


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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Richard Falken on Sat Mar 28 09:57:00 2020
    Richard Falken wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    That is more or less what I suspect will happen. I don't bet a vaccine will show up soon enough to cut this crap short.

    You're right. A vaccine won't show up. We do have treatments that are showing to be effective - hydrocholoquinine (probably spelled that wrong) is showing itself to be effective as a pre-treatment as well as a post-treatment.

    All we can really do is keep the health system from being overloaded. But I think we are getting close to that right now.

    But until it happens, it sucks. I mean, I have insider information that some Spanish hospitals are not taking old people in. If you show up
    with sympthoms, they tell you to go to your house. If your are very
    bad, they tell you to go to your house and die there.

    Ya, socialized medicine is bad.

    At least the US is provisioning stadiums and the like for making
    campaign hospitals. Our disease management consists in blaming the
    prime minister we had before for the budget cuts in welfare while miss-managing the resources available now.

    The finger pointing and blame game are happening everywhere.

    The bad thing is that will prevent an honest post-problem evaluation from happening so that we can put plans in place to mitigate future pandemics.

    My wife and I just watched a 10 year old presentation about this topic. It was made partly in response to the 2009 bird flu pandemic. The interesting take aways were:
    1. Most of these epidemics were caused by domestication of animals. They have the diseases and by domesticating them, they were able to pass them on to us. But we developed immunity to those diseases and moved on to...
    2. The next wave of diseases was caused by the industralization of the domestic animal products. We keep the animals bunched u too tightly and the new variations of the old diseases spread fast - and spread to us.

    The presentation (and we respect the doctor giving it) made a good case for going vegetarian.

    I am sorry I am so sour, but it is depressing. The subject popped up in certain web forum I am active in which has a No Politics rule, and moderators essentially started punishing people who disliked the
    current management of the situation while allowing everybody who
    supports the current policies to spread their crap.

    Don't be sorry. This is depressing for everyone.

    I get my hearly flu shot and keep healthy, like many people. I'm lucky in that I'm still working, but many people aren't. And the stock market tanked, so retirement funds are getting hit.

    All the "leaders" can do is point fingers at the other guy and try to blame someone else.

    I take it as reality smacking us hard to teach us a lesson. With any luck, we will learn something from this and be better next time.

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Richard Falken on Sat Mar 28 10:06:00 2020
    Richard Falken wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    Really? Only 35% of them get the flu shot?

    I think it is even lower in Spain.

    There are lots of stats about how effective flu shots are supposed to
    be, but I am always a bit weary of those. The shots available are
    usually for a very reduced range of virus sub-types, I think, and you
    can very well get the shot and then get one of the flus that was not covered :-) So if you are at risk then it is good to take it, I guess,
    but I am not very optimistic regarding results.

    They make it clear that's it's not 100%. They try to figure out what strain is going to hit this year and make the shot for that. But if they are wrong, the shot is worthless.

    But so far, I've had good luck. No flu for years now. But, then, I'm a computer geek, so social distancing is the norm. 8)


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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Gerhard Strangar on Sat Mar 28 10:13:00 2020
    Gerhard Strangar wrote to Lee Lofaso <=-

    We surely are, but not because of Corona. The chance to die because of
    a heart disease is about 25%, cancer is another 20%.

    Yup. That's about right.

    One of the things I learned seeing all of my grandparents pass away is that I have a high risk of dying of the same thing.
    Every year, we get better at fixing these things, but then something else gets you.

    My great-grandpa had high blood pressure and kidney issues.
    My grandpa took medication for that, so he died of other issues.
    My mom is doing things to avoid those issues.

    Lucky me is doing many things to avoid of those outcomes (plus the things my dad died of).

    So I'm not afraid of COVID-19 in the least.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Sun Mar 29 04:06:48 2020
    On 28 Mar 2020 at 09:42a, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    Dan Cross wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    You're a liar and a coward.

    And Social Justice Warriors still always project.

    Funny, pretty sure I didn't see your lying ass
    on either Parris Island or on Afghanistan. But
    by all means, keep on lying, coward.

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Ron Lauzon on Sun Mar 29 02:45:06 2020
    On 03-28-20 09:57, Ron Lauzon <=-
    spoke to Richard Falken about Re: Pandemic <=-

    We do have treatments that are showing
    to be effective - hydrocholoquinine (probably spelled that wrong) is showing itself to be effective as a pre-treatment as well as a post-treatment.

    I don't think that there is evidence of that other than a few antedotal
    cases. Those drugs have yet been subjected to a trial study to see if
    they are effective and what the side effects might be.

    All we can really do is keep the health system from being overloaded.
    But I think we are getting close to that right now.

    In some areas the health system is well pass being overloaded.


    The bad thing is that will prevent an honest post-problem evaluation
    from happening so that we can put plans in place to mitigate future pandemics.

    We had exactly such a planning group, installed by the Obama
    administration. However, since it was an Obama thing -- Trump killed
    it.

    I take it as reality smacking us hard to teach us a lesson. With any luck, we will learn something from this and be better next time.

    See above.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)



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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Dale Shipp on Mon Mar 30 15:01:00 2020
    Dale Shipp wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    I don't think that there is evidence of that other than a few antedotal cases.

    Then you need to keep up on information not from Leftie "news" sources.

    We had exactly such a planning group, installed by the Obama administration. However, since it was an Obama thing -- Trump killed
    it.

    Right... If it was an Osama...er... Obama thing, it was useless and deserved to go. But the whole "Trump defunded the CDC" narrative has already been debunked as fake news.


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Ron Lauzon on Tue Mar 31 03:21:51 2020
    Hello Ron,

    I suspect we are getting there. Lots of Spanish politicians are getting >RF>it. I suspect that the reason why we know it is because politicians are >RF>taking the test, and everybody else isn't.

    Most of us are going to get it over time. The good news is that the
    majority
    of us won't get very sick and will naturally get better. The better news is >that once that happens, herd immunity kicks in and naturally controls it.

    You have absolutely no idea as to what you are talking about.
    Totally clueless. But then, neither does the thing in the oval
    office.

    https://www.sciencealert.com/why-herd-immunity-will-not-save-us- from-the-covid-19-pandemic


    --Lee

    --
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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Tue Mar 31 13:17:22 2020
    On 30 Mar 2020 at 03:01p, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    Then you need to keep up on information not from Leftie "news" sources.

    Lies.


    We had exactly such a planning group, installed by the Obama administration. However, since it was an Obama thing -- Trump killed it.

    Right... If it was an Osama...er... Obama thing, it was useless and deserved to go.

    Does it hurt to be this stupid?

    But the whole "Trump defunded the CDC" narrative has
    already been debunked as fake news.

    Lies. Liar Ron gonna lie.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Mon Mar 30 21:39:04 2020
    Does it hurt to be this stupid?

    This is a liberal tactic to call what you understand as stupid, or perhaps
    you think you understand and like to consider yourself more educated to discredit another point of view.

    I do not think Ron is stupid or uneducated, he is more spot on then you
    realize but then again he probably does not watch CNN or PMS-NBC.
    (of which is why his mind is not mush)

    The left portrays themselves as arrogant, but what it is really is ignorance.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Tue Mar 31 16:01:16 2020
    On 30 Mar 2020 at 09:39p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    Ah, the racist is back.

    Does it hurt to be this stupid?

    This is a liberal tactic to call what you understand as stupid, or
    perhaps you think you understand and like to consider yourself more educated to discredit another point of view.

    When someone says something stupid, over and over again,
    and they refuse to be corrected, over and over again, then
    either they're willfully ignorant, or stupid. Really,
    that's a distinction without a difference.

    I do not think Ron is stupid or uneducated, he is more spot on then you realize but then again he probably does not watch CNN or PMS-NBC.
    (of which is why his mind is not mush)

    He's a liar, as are you. Seriously, why do you guys hate
    America so much? Why the rejection of science? Why the
    adulation of the orange wannabe in the White House?

    The left portrays themselves as arrogant, but what it is really is ignorance.

    Go ahead; tell me where I'm wrong. Be specific. I'll
    wait.

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    Seriously, though; how are you not embarrassed by this
    stupid little graphic?

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Tue Mar 31 08:03:08 2020
    On 31 Mar 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

    On 30 Mar 2020 at 09:39p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    Ah, the racist is back.

    Back? what makes you believe that? The fact that I call a spade a spade.
    Why do you have a problem with me calling the first black President a moron. (the worst President in American History) There are other words that I could call him but those words would be considered as racist, I am not so I
    wouldn't use those. I voted for him the first time around, so you're wrong again but that is nothing new.

    Does it hurt to be this stupid?

    This is a liberal tactic to call what you understand as stupid, or perhaps you think you understand and like to consider yourself more educated to discredit another point of view.

    When someone says something stupid, over and over again,
    and they refuse to be corrected, over and over again, then
    either they're willfully ignorant, or stupid. Really,
    that's a distinction without a difference.

    Wrong because why, because you said so?

    I do not think Ron is stupid or uneducated, he is more spot on then y realize but then again he probably does not watch CNN or PMS-NBC. (of which is why his mind is not mush)

    He's a liar, as are you. Seriously, why do you guys hate
    America so much? Why the rejection of science? Why the
    adulation of the orange wannabe in the White House?

    Our actions are far from hating America. You continue to have it backwards.


    The left portrays themselves as arrogant, but what it is really is ignorance.

    Go ahead; tell me where I'm wrong. Be specific. I'll
    wait.
    Let's compare what the community organizer did while H1N1 happened.
    Did not declare it National Emergency - until 10 mo
    Did not shut down the borders.
    Did not put forth a travel ban.
    Many people died when they did not need to, if these provisions were used it would of saved lives.

    Lets compare what the Business Man has done while COVID-19
    When it was discovered that one American Citizen had covid-19
    Did install a travel ban from China, which saved lives.
    Did install a second ban from Europe, which continued to save lives.
    Has the best advisors, Doctors, and medical professionals providing the best information.

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    Seriously, though; how are you not embarrassed by this
    stupid little graphic?

    I am glad you "enjoy" it so much.
    My BBS is Capital Station BBS - Capital Station meaning having to do with trains, so it makes perfect sense. Would it annoy you less if the third box said something else?
    You're only one, in fidonet who has a problem with this, as of this
    moment.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dale Shipp on Wed Apr 1 03:31:04 2020
    Hello Dale,

    We do have treatments that are showing
    to be effective - hydrocholoquinine (probably spelled that wrong) is >RL>showing itself to be effective as a pre-treatment as well as a >RL>post-treatment.

    I don't think that there is evidence of that other than a few antedotal >cases. Those drugs have yet been subjected to a trial study to see if
    they are effective and what the side effects might be.

    Zinc, in combination with chloroquine, has been rumored to be
    effective. How effective is unknown (or unstated).

    Chinese studies have suggested the use of chloroquine shortens
    the length of time for the disease to run its course, say four days
    rather than ten or eleven. Side effects were not mentioned, and
    only a small sample of patients were treated with this approach.

    The use of zinc is the new sensation these days. A DIY approach,
    allowing folks at home to "immunize" themselves from the virus by
    taking these vitamins ahead of time so that if they catch the bug
    the worst that can happen will be to suffer mild effects.

    Just be sure to avoid zinc oxide, as it is impossible to absorb.
    And never take over 40mg in a single day, otherwise bad things can
    happen. Including loss of smell.

    All we can really do is keep the health system from being overloaded. >RL>But I think we are getting close to that right now.

    In some areas the health system is well pass being overloaded.

    That's where zinc as a dietary supplement comes in.
    Zinc picolante has the best absorbtion rate, and is inexpensive.
    Can be found almost everywhere, including online.

    The bad thing is that will prevent an honest post-problem evaluation >RL>from happening so that we can put plans in place to mitigate future >RL>pandemics.

    We had exactly such a planning group, installed by the Obama
    administration. However, since it was an Obama thing -- Trump killed
    it.

    Time to self-medicate. Hospitals all filled up. Not enough
    ventilators. Not even enough test kits to know who is or is not
    infected.

    I take it as reality smacking us hard to teach us a lesson. With any >RL>luck, we will learn something from this and be better next time.

    See above.

    Well, we can only die once.

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Apr 1 03:31:17 2020
    Hello Greg,

    Ah, the racist is back.

    Back? what makes you believe that? The fact that I call a spade a spade.
    Why do you have a problem with me calling the first black President a moron. >(the worst President in American History) There are other words that I could >call him but those words would be considered as racist, I am not so I >wouldn't use those. I voted for him the first time around, so you're wrong >again but that is nothing new.

    Barack Obama was half-white and half-black, just like Captain
    James T. Kirk in one episode of Star Trek. Some folks liked the
    white version more than the black version. Others liked the black
    version more than the white version. But neither Barack Obama nor
    James T. Kirk liked the combined version, each choosing to ditch
    one side for the other. So, who is the real racist?

    DC> GD> DC> Does it hurt to be this stupid?
    DC> GD>
    DC> GD> This is a liberal tactic to call what you understand as stupid,
    or
    DC> GD> perhaps you think you understand and like to consider yourself more
    DC> GD> educated to discredit another point of view.
    DC>
    DC> When someone says something stupid, over and over again,
    DC> and they refuse to be corrected, over and over again, then
    DC> either they're willfully ignorant, or stupid. Really,
    DC> that's a distinction without a difference.

    Wrong because why, because you said so?

    A heavyweight boxer does not have to be smart to pack a mighty punch.

    DC> GD> I do not think Ron is stupid or uneducated, he is more spot on then y
    DC> GD> realize but then again he probably does not watch CNN or
    PMS-NBC.
    DC> GD> (of which is why his mind is not mush)
    DC>
    DC> He's a liar, as are you. Seriously, why do you guys hate
    DC> America so much? Why the rejection of science? Why the
    DC> adulation of the orange wannabe in the White House?

    Our actions are far from hating America. You continue to have it backwards.

    Just because many are deluded does not equate to meaning they hate
    America. Even Trump himself loves America, deluded as he is.

    DC>
    DC> GD> The left portrays themselves as arrogant, but what it is really
    is
    DC> GD> ignorance.
    DC>
    DC> Go ahead; tell me where I'm wrong. Be specific. I'll
    DC> wait.

    Let's compare what the community organizer did while H1N1 happened.

    List of accomplishments -

    Aside from keeping America safe, too many to name.

    Did not declare it National Emergency - until 10 mo
    Did not shut down the borders.
    Did not put forth a travel ban.
    Many people died when they did not need to, if these provisions were used it
    would of saved lives.

    SARS was in 2009, and MERS later. SARS is 85% similar to what
    the coronavirus (COVID-19) is. Why did Big Pharma refuse to work
    towards finding a vaccine in 2009? Several coronaviruses have
    since emerged, including the present coronavirus that causes
    COVID-19. Fortunately, the Obama administration (with help from
    the rest of the world) was able to contain the SARS epidemic, as
    well as MERS. However, the Trump administration chose to treat
    the current coronavirus as a joke, and never took the threat
    seriously, until it became epidemic here in the USA.

    Lets compare what the Business Man has done while COVID-19

    He has done nothing, until too late.

    When it was discovered that one American Citizen had covid-19
    Did install a travel ban from China, which saved lives.
    Did install a second ban from Europe, which continued to save lives.
    Has the best advisors, Doctors, and medical professionals providing the best
    information.

    And yet Trump insists all is well and wants to re-open the economy
    thus allowing the coronavirus to run wild and unchecked until every
    man, woman and child in the USA has been infected or dead.

    DC> GD> . ______ ??????????? ?????????? ????????? ??????????????????
    DC> GD> _[]_?????? ? Fidonet ? ?FSX Net? ? Trump ? ? Another Message
    DC> GD> { NET 267 ? ?1:267/150? ?21:1/127? ? Train ? ? by
    Gregory
    DC> GD> / 00????00'-¨€??00???00??¨€??00??00??¨€??00?00??¨€???00????????00???
    DC>
    DC> Seriously, though; how are you not embarrassed by this
    DC> stupid little graphic?

    I am glad you "enjoy" it so much.
    My BBS is Capital Station BBS - Capital Station meaning having to do with >trains, so it makes perfect sense. Would it annoy you less if the third box >said something else?
    You're only one, in fidonet who has a problem with this, as of this
    moment.

    Trains. The perfect vehicle to transport folks so those who are
    infected can infect others, while always staying within the borders
    of the USA. With Governor Cuomo in charge of the state, and Mayor
    de Blasio in charge of NYC, there may not be any more safe places
    left.

    --Lee

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Wed Apr 1 00:00:14 2020
    On 01 Apr 2020, Lee Lofaso said the following...

    Hello Greg,

    Barack Obama was half-white and half-black,

    He never did refer did refer to himself as half black and half white.
    I do not care that he associated himself as a black man. To me he was a candidate that I voted for the first time he ran for office of the Presidency. I voted for him not because he was a black man but because I thought he do a good job, based what I was hearing from him and about him. I did not vote for him during his second term, as I did not see the hope and change within the first 4 years. It had nothing to do with the color of his skin.

    Wrong because why, because you said so?
    A heavyweight boxer does not have to be smart to pack a mighty punch.

    That might be true, I wouldn't refer to Dan as a heavyweight, more like a featherlight class.

    SARS was in 2009, and MERS later. SARS is 85% similar to what
    the coronavirus (COVID-19) is. Why did Big Pharma refuse to work
    towards finding a vaccine in 2009? Several coronaviruses have
    since emerged, including the present coronavirus that causes
    COVID-19. Fortunately, the Obama administration (with help from
    the rest of the world) was able to contain the SARS epidemic, as
    well as MERS. However, the Trump administration chose to treat
    the current coronavirus as a joke, and never took the threat
    seriously, until it became epidemic here in the USA.

    I was not talking about SARS, but that is another good example where Obama failed as well. I was talking about H1N1 or as Biden would say the N1H1...

    LL> >Lets compare what the Business Man has done while COVID-19
    He has done nothing, until too late.

    Upon the first American to infected. What did the President did was locked
    down travel from China, then later to Europe.

    What were the Democrats doing this time? They were Impeaching the President.

    And yet Trump insists all is well and wants to re-open the economy
    thus allowing the coronavirus to run wild and unchecked until every
    man, woman and child in the USA has been infected or dead.

    Wrong. There parts of the U.S. where the COVID-19 is under control and yet other places where a lot more caution is deemed necessary such NYC and Washington State.

    Trains. The perfect vehicle to transport folks so those who are
    infected can infect others, while always staying within the borders
    of the USA. With Governor Cuomo in charge of the state, and Mayor
    de Blasio in charge of NYC, there may not be any more safe places
    left.

    Non-Sense - there are more than enough seats to practice social distancing.

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Apr 1 03:02:06 2020
    On 03-31-20 08:03, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dan Cross about Re: Pandemic <=-

    Back? what makes you believe that? The fact that I call a spade a
    spade. Why do you have a problem with me calling the first black President a moron. (the worst President in American History) There are

    He certainly was neither of those things. Polls easily rank him in the
    top 20 if not the top 10 -- while rating Trump in the bottom five or
    even worse.

    Lets compare what the Business Man has done while COVID-19
    When it was discovered that one American Citizen had covid-19
    Did install a travel ban from China, which saved lives.

    And also declared that since he was doing such an excellent job, it
    would all be over in a few weeks.

    Did install a second ban from Europe, which continued to save lives.
    Has the best advisors, Doctors, and medical professionals providing
    the best information.

    Which until the last week or two, he has ignored. Example -- He
    recently said, "we can stop social distancing and go back to work by mid
    April and crowd churches for Easter Sunday". Look how that turned out.

    Almost 900 people died today (March 31), more than 4000 so far. And yet
    he still has not done what needs to be done to slow the upward graph of
    deaths, e.g. mandated social distancing and stay at home. In his news conferences he talks about how many masks and ventilators have been
    made, but the hospitals in critical need have not gotten them. The
    military has thousands they could distribute but no one has given
    directions as to where they should go (Should be HHS job or FEMA job).

    Trump is finally talking the good talk, but judge him by what he gets
    done and not what he says.

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Wed Apr 1 12:48:59 2020
    The cognitive dissonance is so strong that they just
    cannot see how incompetent he is. What happened to

    Incompetent at what? Being an epidemic expert?

    How would liberals react if Trump completely closed down the country, took power away from governors, and mandated that all citizens remain on their own property until a solution to the virus could be found? Will that make liberals happy, or will they complain that "the president is over-reacting?"

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Apr 1 12:23:00 2020
    Gregory Deyss wrote to Dan Cross <=-

    This is a liberal tactic to call what you understand as stupid, or
    perhaps you think you understand and like to consider yourself more educated to discredit another point of view.

    One of the things that I have noticed is how many people think they are better than everyone else. And if we'd only let them control our lives, then Utopia would ensue.

    We've seen too many dictators with the same idea and they all failed in the exactly the same way. Of course, I was in school before the Left ruined them and revised history.

    I do not think Ron is stupid or uneducated, he is more spot on then you realize but then again he probably does not watch CNN or PMS-NBC.
    (of which is why his mind is not mush)

    Thank you.

    The left portrays themselves as arrogant, but what it is really is ignorance.

    The Democrats are not the "party of the people or working class". They have become the party of the elites. They seem to think that they know what's best for everyone and if you don't accept that idea then you must be "stupid".

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Dan Cross on Wed Apr 1 12:29:00 2020
    Dan Cross wrote to Gregory Deyss <=-

    When someone says something stupid, over and over again,
    and they refuse to be corrected, over and over again, then
    either they're willfully ignorant, or stupid. Really,
    that's a distinction without a difference.

    Curb your elitism.

    You presume to be more intelligent than me. You have not shown that. And every time you use the term "stupid" and "liar", you are simply proving that you aren't nearly intelligent as you think you are.

    He's a liar, as are you. Seriously, why do you guys hate
    America so much? Why the rejection of science? Why the
    adulation of the orange wannabe in the White House?

    We love America. That's why we don't want the Lefties remaking it in their image. Every country that has tried that has failed horribly - for exactly the same reasons.

    Gloming on to the one "scientific" paper that proves your point, while ignoring the hundres that disprove your point is not "science". Pointing this out is not "ignoreing" science either.

    And we don't adore Trump. Many of us have issues with what he's doing. But we've seen the alternatives and he's way better - as he's proven.

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Apr 1 12:35:00 2020
    Gregory Deyss wrote to Dan Cross <=-

    Our actions are far from hating America. You continue to have it backwards.

    You know, reading that made me think of the book "1984" by Orwell.

    "War is peace.
    Freedom is slavery.
    Ignorance is strength."

    It's a scary thought that we might be living "1984" right now.


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Apr 2 02:04:00 2020
    On 04-01-20 00:00, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Lee Lofaso about Re: Pandemic <=-

    And yet Trump insists all is well and wants to re-open the economy
    thus allowing the coronavirus to run wild and unchecked until every
    man, woman and child in the USA has been infected or dead.

    Wrong. There parts of the U.S. where the COVID-19 is under control and
    yet other places where a lot more caution is deemed necessary such NYC
    and Washington State.

    Really -- where is it under control?

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Thu Apr 2 07:50:51 2020
    On 02 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    On 04-01-20 00:00, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Lee Lofaso about Re: Pandemic <=-

    And yet Trump insists all is well and wants to re-open the economy thus allowing the coronavirus to run wild and unchecked until every man, woman and child in the USA has been infected or dead.

    Wrong. There parts of the U.S. where the COVID-19 is under control an yet other places where a lot more caution is deemed necessary such NY and Washington State.

    Really -- where is it under control?

    There are counties within states that have no COVID-19.
    I remain that confident that we will get through this.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Fri Apr 3 07:17:03 2020
    On 01 Apr 2020 at 12:48p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    The cognitive dissonance is so strong that they just
    cannot see how incompetent he is. What happened to

    Incompetent at what? Being an epidemic expert?

    Umm...more like incompetent at everything he tries.

    How would liberals react if Trump completely closed down the country,
    took power away from governors, and mandated that all citizens remain on their own property until a solution to the virus could be found? Will
    that make liberals happy, or will they complain that "the president is over-reacting?"

    IF it were done in accordance to a data-driven
    policy recommendation backed by actual experts, I
    imagine most would accept it as the inevitable
    response to an out-of-control pandemic that was
    allowed to gain a foothold in the first place
    because it wasn't taken seriously by government.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Fri Apr 3 07:20:01 2020
    On 01 Apr 2020 at 12:29p, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    Dan Cross wrote to Gregory Deyss <=-

    When someone says something stupid, over and over again,
    and they refuse to be corrected, over and over again, then
    either they're willfully ignorant, or stupid. Really,
    that's a distinction without a difference.

    Curb your elitism.

    You presume to be more intelligent than me. You have not shown that.
    And every time you use the term "stupid" and "liar", you are simply proving that you aren't nearly intelligent as you think you are.

    Oh, ok snowflake. Need a safe space from the big bad
    left-leaning liberal meanie on Fidonet?

    You buy into a fantasy world of lies spun for you by
    objectively incompetent idiots. What more evidence
    do I need that you are willfully ignorant?

    He's a liar, as are you. Seriously, why do you guys hate
    America so much? Why the rejection of science? Why the
    adulation of the orange wannabe in the White House?

    We love America. That's why we don't want the Lefties remaking it in their image. Every country that has tried that has failed horribly -
    for exactly the same reasons.

    You hate America. You can't stand its freedoms nor
    that it is a society FOR the people and BY the people.
    Those people are starting to not be like YOU anymore,
    and it scares you. But instead of embracing change
    and trying to weave a new American tapestry, you'd
    rather set it on fire. Pathetic.

    Oh, and have you ever been to Europe? Denmark is pretty
    nice, you know.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Fri Apr 3 07:21:46 2020
    On 01 Apr 2020 at 12:29p, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    Gloming on to the one "scientific" paper that proves your point, while ignoring the hundres that disprove your point is not "science".
    Pointing this out is not "ignoreing" science either.

    Haha yeah; that's not what's happening. If you had any
    scientific literacy you'd understand that. But that's
    a red state education for ya'.

    And we don't adore Trump. Many of us have issues with what he's doing. But we've seen the alternatives and he's way better - as he's proven.

    "One day -- like a miracle --- it'll disappear."

    Yah, he's proven what he is, all right. And that's an
    utter failure.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Fri Apr 3 01:18:17 2020
    "One day -- like a miracle --- it'll disappear."

    Optimism is a good quality.

    Yah, he's proven what he is, all right. And that's an
    utter failure.

    Pessimism is what drives failure.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Fri Apr 3 01:16:22 2020
    Incompetent at what? Being an epidemic expert?

    Umm...more like incompetent at everything he tries.

    Uh... nice generalization.

    their own property until a solution to the virus could be found? Will that make liberals happy, or will they complain that "the president i over-reacting?"

    IF it were done in accordance to a data-driven
    policy recommendation backed by actual experts, I

    Too technical! How much science does it really take? No human on the earth is an epidemic expert. What's the final word on all that "policy recommendation backed by actual experts?" You think people who want foodstamps for nuthin'
    and their liquor for free care about "policy recommendation backed by actual experts?"

    You're going nowhere with your excuse for having Trump Derangement Syndrome. You've got it as bad as Nancy Pelosi - please tell me you're not a
    member of congress?

    Xanax my brother - it will help you.

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Apr 3 01:41:00 2020
    On 04-02-20 07:50, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Pandemic <=-

    Wrong. There parts of the U.S. where the COVID-19
    is under control an
    yet other places where a lot more caution is
    deemed necessary such NY
    and Washington State.

    Really -- where is it under control?

    There are counties within states that have no COVID-19.

    And what about the counties around them? The fact that they do not yet
    have verified infections of covid-19 does not mean that they will not
    get them, or that they may not already have untested infections. It
    will not be under control anywhere until it is under control everywhere.

    It cannot be said that it is under control until after the infection has
    hit, and then beaten.

    I remain that confident that we will get through this.

    Of course we will get through this -- but at a high cost, both in human
    life and economically. The cost would have been less if we, as a
    nation, had acted sooner -- but we did not and are now paying the price.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Fri Apr 3 08:29:18 2020

    On 03 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    On 04-02-20 07:50, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Pandemic <=-

    Wrong. There parts of the U.S. where the COVID-19
    is under control an
    yet other places where a lot more caution is
    deemed necessary such NY
    and Washington State.

    Really -- where is it under control?

    There are counties within states that have no COVID-19.

    And what about the counties around them? The fact that they do not yet have verified infections of covid-19 does not mean that they will not
    get them, or that they may not already have untested infections. It
    will not be under control anywhere until it is under control everywhere.

    It cannot be said that it is under control until after the infection has hit, and then beaten.

    If the virus does not yet exist within a particular county and people stay
    home then it is probable that will never exist there and hence control will
    be maintained.
    Optimism and positivism instead of the opposite.

    DS> GD> I remain that confident that we will get
    through this. DS>

    Of course we will get through this -- but at a high cost, both in human life and economically. The cost would have been less if we, as a
    nation, had acted sooner -- but we did not and are now paying the price.

    January is when he acted with the travel ban, what where the Democrats doing this time, they were trying to still impeach the President during this time.

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Dan Cross on Fri Apr 3 12:03:00 2020
    Dan Cross wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    Oh, ok snowflake. Need a safe space from the big bad
    left-leaning liberal meanie on Fidonet?

    Well, at least it wasn't "OK, Boomer".

    You buy into a fantasy world of lies spun for you by
    objectively incompetent idiots. What more evidence
    do I need that you are willfully ignorant?

    So... I refuse to participate in your delusion and that makes me "willfully ignorant". Right...

    I think that Trump Derangement Syndrome is a bigger problem than COVID-19.

    You hate America. You can't stand its freedoms nor
    that it is a society FOR the people and BY the people.
    Those people are starting to not be like YOU anymore,
    and it scares you. But instead of embracing change
    and trying to weave a new American tapestry, you'd
    rather set it on fire. Pathetic.

    Where's the argument? Stating your beliefs over and over again doesn't make them true.

    Oh, and have you ever been to Europe? Denmark is pretty
    nice, you know.

    Yes, it is. I'd like to visit some day (when the EU is dead and buried).

    As for living there, no thanks. I don't like having 50% of my paycheck taken away plus a 25% sales tax.

    You are aware that Denmark has a capitalist economy right? That's how they fund their welfare state. If you don't believe that, you might want to check out what the president of Denmark said on this topic.


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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Apr 3 12:15:00 2020
    Gregory Deyss wrote to Dale Shipp <=-

    January is when he acted with the travel ban, what where the Democrats doing this time, they were trying to still impeach the President during this time.

    And one thing that I keep not hearing is "Obama handled the 2009 H1N1 pandemic so much better."

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  • From Ryan Fantus@1:218/820 to Ron Lauzon on Fri Apr 3 11:57:57 2020
    And one thing that I keep not hearing is "Obama handled the 2009 H1N1 pandemic so much better."

    Eh, we learned a lot from the 2009 H1N1 issue, and created a playbook on pandemics and infectious disease that was given to (and ignored by) the
    current administration completely.

    Anyway, whataboutism is the absolute laziest way to defend a position. It
    lends no credibility to whatever argument you're trying to make.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Ron Lauzon on Fri Apr 3 15:28:07 2020
    January is when he acted with the travel ban, what where the Democrat doing this time, they were trying to still impeach the President duri this time.

    And one thing that I keep not hearing is "Obama handled the 2009 H1N1 pandemic so much better."

    The fool indicating a National Epidemic in October of that year and yet no travel ban to slow the spread w/ people from other countries infecting Americans.

    Perhaps he should of stayed a community organizer, and shouldn't have ran for office of the Presidency, those American's who died would still be alive
    today.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Sat Apr 4 03:27:21 2020
    On 03 Apr 2020 at 01:16a, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    Incompetent at what? Being an epidemic expert?

    Umm...more like incompetent at everything he tries.

    Uh... nice generalization.

    Backed by evidence. So sorry you can't handle that truth.

    their own property until a solution to the virus could be found? that make liberals happy, or will they complain that "the presid over-reacting?"

    IF it were done in accordance to a data-driven
    policy recommendation backed by actual experts, I

    Too technical! How much science does it really take? No human on the
    earth is an epidemic expert. What's the final word on all that "policy recommendation backed by actual experts?" You think people who want foodstamps for nuthin' and their liquor for free care about "policy recommendation backed by actual experts?"

    See, here's where you idiots go off the rails. Yes, there
    actually _are_ experts in this world, and what they say
    really does matter more than your uninformed opinion. What
    are YOUR academic qualifications?

    As for foodstamps and liquor...Again, your ignorance is
    astounding. Rates of chronic substance abuse and government
    assistance have been shown, time and again, to be MUCH higher
    in "conservative" populations than not. Just like rates of
    teen pregnancy are higher in areas where "abstinence-only"
    is used in place of sex education.

    Why don't you guys clean up your own yard before you start
    pointing at other people?

    I know why. Because you're scared of people who know more
    than you do, and resent the hell out of them. So you project
    onto the "left".

    Pathetic.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Sat Apr 4 03:28:59 2020
    On 03 Apr 2020 at 01:18a, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    "One day -- like a miracle --- it'll disappear."

    Optimism is a good quality.

    That's one of the dumbest things I've read today.
    You don't pray away a pandemic.

    Sure, optimism is good. But it's even better to
    be pragmatic and realistic in an emergency.

    Yah, he's proven what he is, all right. And that's an
    utter failure.

    Pessimism is what drives failure.

    No, sticking your head in the sand and pretending
    it's no big deal drives failure.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Sat Apr 4 00:58:08 2020
    Incompetent at what? Being an epidemic expert?

    Umm...more like incompetent at everything he tries.

    Uh... nice generalization.

    Backed by evidence. So sorry you can't handle that truth.

    What truth? You still haven't said jack.

    See, here's where you idiots go off the rails. Yes, there
    actually _are_ experts in this world, and what they say

    You tried to elect that epidemic expert named Hillary Clinton, but you
    failed. Now the whole country is suffering because Trump's nowhere near the epidemic expert that Hillary Clinton is. I think she had a dual major at the University.

    really does matter more than your uninformed opinion. What
    are YOUR academic qualifications?

    I'm not an epidemic expert either, but I think I might have a case of
    Anderson Cooper Derangement Syndrome. Don't worry Dan, nobody in this echo is nearly as epidemic expert as you. Tell us how to survive and we'll listen to you since the liberal media won't let us hear what the president has to say.

    astounding. Rates of chronic substance abuse and government
    assistance have been shown, time and again, to be MUCH higher

    Have been shown by who? You're as vague as Hillary Clinton in a debate. A recent poll conducted by Anderson Cooper? Recent studies from the University
    of liberal politics? How recent? how much higher? what does time and time
    again mean? How much does MUCH mean when it's capitalized?

    I know why. Because you're scared of people who know more
    than you do, and resent the hell out of them. So you project
    onto the "left".

    I haven't met the Republican who blames Trump for coronavirus yet. Would that be you? A republican who don't like Mitch McConnell, hates Trump, but loves Nancy Pelosi? Am I speaking with Mitt Romney?

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Sat Apr 4 01:01:37 2020
    Optimism is a good quality.

    That's one of the dumbest things I've read today.

    Sorry to hear that!

    You don't pray away a pandemic.

    I do - but luckily my president, vice president, and senate are my backup.

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Sat Apr 4 01:06:00 2020
    On 04-03-20 08:29, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Pandemic <=-

    There are counties within states that have no COVID-19.

    And what about the counties around them? The fact that they do not yet have verified infections of covid-19 does not mean that they will not
    get them, or that they may not already have untested infections. It
    will not be under control anywhere until it is under control everywhere.

    It cannot be said that it is under control until after the infection has hit, and then beaten.

    If the virus does not yet exist within a particular county and people
    stay home then it is probable that will never exist there and hence control will be maintained.
    Optimism and positivism instead of the opposite.

    And tell us just how such counties prevent infection from those outside
    their county who come into -- to deliver goods, to visit or whatever?
    Do they put up a wall and live in total isolation until it is all over?

    However, your suggestion that they stay home is exactly correct. That
    is how the effects of this virus can be at least slowed down.

    I remain that confident that we will get through this.

    Of course we will get through this -- but at a high cost, both in human life and economically. The cost would have been less if we, as a
    nation, had acted sooner -- but we did not and are now paying the price.

    January is when he acted with the travel ban, what where the Democrats doing this time, they were trying to still impeach the President during this time.

    Your point is? Trump was playing golf. He did shut down travel from
    China of foreign nationals on Jan 31, but the virus was already in the
    USA. On Feb 24, he declared that the virus was very much under control
    -- a complete lie. Throughout March, his approach to combating the
    virus was implementing travel bans and restrictions. While those may
    have prevented some infections from foreign sources, they did nothing to
    slow down the growth of infection rate from the cases already in the
    USA.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Sun Apr 5 05:51:22 2020
    On 03 Apr 2020 at 08:29a, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    If the virus does not yet exist within a particular county and people
    stay home then it is probable that will never exist there and hence control will be maintained.

    That's just not how it works, and it's obvious that you
    are too ignorant to understand the distinction.

    Optimism and positivism instead of the opposite.

    "Hope is not a strategy."

    January is when he acted with the travel ban, what where the Democrats doing this time, they were trying to still impeach the President during this time.

    Trump himself has said the impeachment was not a factor.
    The "travel" ban was just for Chinese nationals, not
    everyone coming in from China. Since the virus isn't
    racist, it was a less-than-half measure that was totally
    ineffective.

    Whatever time Trump _could_ have bought us with travel
    restrictions, he frittered away golfing and holding his
    absurd rallies, where he downplayed the threat every
    chance he got.

    You, specifically, and more generally all of you
    right-wingers are murderous liars.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Sun Apr 5 06:00:39 2020
    On 03 Apr 2020 at 12:03p, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    Dan Cross wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    Oh, ok snowflake. Need a safe space from the big bad
    left-leaning liberal meanie on Fidonet?

    Well, at least it wasn't "OK, Boomer".

    Ok, Boomer.

    You buy into a fantasy world of lies spun for you by
    objectively incompetent idiots. What more evidence
    do I need that you are willfully ignorant?

    So... I refuse to participate in your delusion and that makes me "willfully ignorant". Right...

    I think that Trump Derangement Syndrome is a bigger problem than
    COVID-19.

    Then you have proven yourself to be an idiot.

    You hate America. You can't stand its freedoms nor
    that it is a society FOR the people and BY the people.
    Those people are starting to not be like YOU anymore,
    and it scares you. But instead of embracing change
    and trying to weave a new American tapestry, you'd
    rather set it on fire. Pathetic.

    Where's the argument? Stating your beliefs over and over again doesn't make them true.

    You literally just said that you think this made-up
    "trump derangement syndrome" is a bigger threat to this
    country than the worst pandemic since the 1918 Spanish
    flu. That's the argument, right there: you put fealty
    to this shit-show of a presidency over your fellow
    countrymen. You hate America and all it stands for.
    Pathetic, anti-American, fake-patriot.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Sun Apr 5 06:05:58 2020
    On 03 Apr 2020 at 03:28p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    The fool indicating a National Epidemic in October of that year and yet
    no travel ban to slow the spread w/ people from other countries infecting Americans.

    Perhaps he should of stayed a community organizer, and shouldn't have
    ran for office of the Presidency, those American's who died would still
    be alive today.

    Perhaps if the failed slum lord and reality TV show host
    had stayed a reality TV show host we wouldn't be looking
    at that many more Americans dying from the current crisis.

    The "community organizer" learned from 2009. The TV guy
    threw out the lessons learned.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Sun Apr 5 06:15:10 2020
    On 04 Apr 2020 at 12:58a, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    What truth? You still haven't said jack.

    Trump's response has been utterly incompetent.
    That's a damned fact.

    See, here's where you idiots go off the rails. Yes, there
    actually _are_ experts in this world, and what they say

    You tried to elect that epidemic expert named Hillary Clinton, but you failed. Now the whole country is suffering because Trump's nowhere near the epidemic expert that Hillary Clinton is. I think she had a dual
    major at the University.

    But but but... Hillary!

    I don't give a shit about Hillary Clinton. But if you
    think there aren't experts in the scientific and medical
    establishment, then you're more of an idiot than you
    appear to be on Fidonet.

    I'm not an epidemic expert either, but I think I might have a case of Anderson Cooper Derangement Syndrome. Don't worry Dan, nobody in this
    echo is nearly as epidemic expert as you. Tell us how to survive and
    we'll listen to you since the liberal media won't let us hear what the president has to say.

    It's hilarious to watch Trump get corrected in real time
    when he says something stupid at a news conference. But
    when, you know, actual lives are at stake, it's not just
    about his ego anymore.

    How to survive? I'd listen to what Bill Gates and Fauci
    are saying: national shutdown now.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Sun Apr 5 06:15:39 2020
    On 04 Apr 2020 at 01:01a, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    You don't pray away a pandemic.

    I do - but luckily my president, vice president, and senate are my
    backup.

    Then you're really, really fucked.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Sat Apr 4 20:22:44 2020
    On 05 Apr 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

    On 03 Apr 2020 at 08:29a, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    If the virus does not yet exist within a particular county and people stay home then it is probable that will never exist there and hence control will be maintained.

    That's just not how it works, and it's obvious that you
    are too ignorant to understand the distinction.

    Optimism and positivism instead of the opposite.

    "Hope is not a strategy."

    January is when he acted with the travel ban, what where the Democrat doing this time, they were trying to still impeach the President duri this time.

    Trump himself has said the impeachment was not a factor.
    The "travel" ban was just for Chinese nationals, not
    everyone coming in from China. Since the virus isn't
    racist, it was a less-than-half measure that was totally
    ineffective.

    Just for Chinese nationals? Considering it game from Wuhan, China . It was a ban on travel coming from China. Why are you trying to twist, what the facts are as they have been stated.
    Save yourself and STOP watching CNN and MSNBC.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Sat Apr 4 20:33:13 2020
    On 05 Apr 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

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    I remember back in the 90's when BBSes started showing
    up on USENET in earnest: stuff like this got laughed
    back to Fidonet. Some losers never change. Choo choo!

    Your the only one, who seems to have a continued issue with this.
    My node of 150 is one of many BBS systems with my network of NET 267, no one
    w/ my downlinks has a issue with this. To my knowledge no one (who matters) within fidonet has any issue with this.

    Fidonet is not usenet.

    But it is really great to continue to live rent free, in your head.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Sat Apr 4 21:16:28 2020
    On 04 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    On 04-03-20 08:29, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Pandemic <=-

    There are counties within states that have no COVID-19.

    And what about the counties around them? The fact that they do not y have verified infections of covid-19 does not mean that they will not get them, or that they may not already have untested infections. It will not be under control anywhere until it is under control everywhe

    There was a travel ban first with China and then this was extended to Europe and no it was not just for nationals of that country as has been incorrectly stated by FAKE NEWS reporter Dan Cross..

    It cannot be said that it is under control until after the infection h hit, and then beaten.

    We are all in this together, this means myself and it also means you as well, As well as your family as well as mine.

    I am working from home and have been since March 17th. Someone in the office, self quarantined themselves and it was later determined that they were
    infected with Covid-19. I am thankful to be working from home, it could be quite sometime before I return to the office. Part of me is in no rush to return to the office, but I will also be naturally relieved, at the same time.

    The virus does not care if you're Liberal or a Conservative.
    It does not care if you're Democrat or a Republican either.

    Squabbling about it, will not solve anything.

    I can see where fidonet can make a difference and even be a instrumental.
    As a resource of informational good.

    Of course we will get through this -- but at a high cost, both in hum life and economically. The cost would have been less if we, as a nation, had acted sooner -- but we did not and are now paying the pri

    Acted Sooner?

    January is when he acted with the travel ban, what where the Democrat doing this time, they were trying to still impeach the President duri this time.

    Your point is? Trump was playing golf.

    Obama played golf also so what, he didn't even institute a travel ban at ALL. He did not even call it a "National Epidemic" until October
    -- he played his ass off, playing golf.
    So again your point is, what exactly...?

    You know who really lied? The Communist party of China.

    You want to play the blame game, that would be a good place to start.

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Sun Apr 5 01:03:00 2020
    On 04-04-20 21:16, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Pandemic <=-


    There are counties within states that have no COVID-19.

    And what about the counties around them? The
    fact that they do not y
    have verified infections of covid-19 does not
    mean that they will not
    get them, or that they may not already have untested infections. It
    will not be under control anywhere until it is
    under control everywhe

    There was a travel ban first with China and then this was extended to Europe and no it was not just for nationals of that country as has been incorrectly stated by FAKE NEWS reporter Dan Cross..

    ?? What does that have to do with the current conversation -- Other than
    to toss an insult at someone who you disagree with?

    We are all in this together, this means myself and it also means you
    as well, As well as your family as well as mine.

    True.

    I am working from home and have been since March 17th. Someone in the office, self quarantined themselves and it was later determined that
    they were infected with Covid-19. I am thankful to be working from
    home, it could be quite sometime before I return to the office. Part of
    me is in no rush to return to the office, but I will also be naturally relieved, at the same time.

    Then you are acting responsively. Unlike some folks who are encouraging
    mass gatherings (e.g. look at Trump's statement about packing the
    churches on Easter Sunday).

    The virus does not care if you're Liberal or a Conservative.
    It does not care if you're Democrat or a Republican either.

    True.

    Squabbling about it, will not solve anything.

    What can help solve things is if people speak truth to power and stop
    drinking the kool-aid.

    Of course we will get through this -- but at a
    high cost, both in hum
    life and economically. The cost would have been less if we, as a
    nation, had acted sooner -- but we did not and
    are now paying the pri

    Acted Sooner?

    Yes -- we were warned that it was coming as far back as January. But
    Trump kept denying that it was a problem, instead calling it a hoax.
    His travel bans did nothing to stop the spread of the infection -- the
    virus was already here.

    Obama played golf also so what, he didn't even institute a travel ban
    at ALL. He did not even call it a "National Epidemic" until October
    -- he played his ass off, playing golf.
    So again your point is, what exactly...?

    Obama played golf, yes. But far less than Trump.

    You know who really lied? The Communist party of China.

    But that could be expected from an adversary like China. It should not
    be expected from *OUR* President.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Sun Apr 5 09:59:59 2020
    On 05 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    There was a travel ban first with China and then this was extended to Europe and no it was not just for nationals of that country as has be incorrectly stated by FAKE NEWS reporter Dan Cross..

    ?? What does that have to do with the current conversation -- Other than to toss an insult at someone who you disagree with?

    My bad, it's because I get tired of these people who twist the truth and who propagate fear, just because they hate Trump so much, they don't care who it hurts or how much hysteria it creates, was my only point.

    We are all in this together, this means myself and it also means you as well, As well as your family as well as mine.

    True.

    I am working from home and have been since March 17th. Someone in the office, self quarantined themselves and it was later determined that they were infected with Covid-19. I am thankful to be working from home, it could be quite sometime before I return to the office. Part me is in no rush to return to the office, but I will also be naturall relieved, at the same time.

    Then you are acting responsively. Unlike some folks who are encouraging mass gatherings (e.g. look at Trump's statement about packing the
    churches on Easter Sunday).

    What the President said was he wants to see churches packed for Easter with people, but he also indicated "if possible" and he went on to say we will have to see where we are. This was intended as a hopeful message with a bit of optimism.

    What you and others seem to be doing here is sounding the alarm bells with the direct intention to harm the credibility of the President.

    Twisting and largely taking out of context what the man hopes to see and hear about packed churches on Easter Sunday. To leave the other important remarks that the President said concerning we will have to see where we are.
    That is misleading, vile and disgusting.

    That type of narrative, might work on the weak minded, but for people like me who can see what it is that your trying to do, of which is deliberate.
    We can also understand the toxicity of this.
    We can also see the though the cluttered thought and know very well what kind of mind from which this comes.


    The virus does not care if you're Liberal or a Conservative.
    It does not care if you're Democrat or a Republican either.

    True.

    Squabbling about it, will not solve anything.

    What can help solve things is if people speak truth to power and stop
    drinking the kool-aid.

    President is surrounded with Dr.s and the best medical minds, there are also great companies stepping up who have been communicating with Trump Administration who have offered their assistance w/ making medical supplies
    of all types.
    There also is total and complete transparency within this process.

    What kool aid?

    Acted Sooner?

    Yes -- we were warned that it was coming as far back as January. But Trump kept denying that it was a problem, instead calling it a hoax.
    His travel bans did nothing to stop the spread of the infection -- the virus was already here.

    I beg to differ Travel Ban has saved lives, there is no doubt about that. Other countries have also joined in this thinking and now have their own
    travel ban, this methodology is exists amongst states. ex; NY & RI
    I'm certain you have either heard or have seen this to be true.

    Obama played golf also so what, he didn't even institute a travel ban at ALL. He did not even call it a "National Epidemic" until October -- he played his ass off, playing golf.
    So again your point is, what exactly...?

    Obama played golf, yes. But far less than Trump.

    Perhaps if Obama, had Trump's facilities that are very luscious & luxurious
    to play on, he would of played just as much.

    You know who really lied? The Communist party of China.

    But that could be expected from an adversary like China. It should not
    be expected from *OUR* President.

    We are all in this together and we all are learning here, but I will tell you that WE within the United States are so much better off with this President than any on the Democratic side. Can you imagine if Hillary was the President. It would really be a train wreck. I know things are bad with Covid-19, but something tells me that it would be 100x times worse under Democratic leadership.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dan Cross on Sun Apr 5 17:10:29 2020
    Hello Dan,

    You don't pray away a pandemic.

    I do - but luckily my president, vice president, and senate are my >AT>backup.

    Then you're really, really fucked.

    You do realize that sometime on April 8 (Passover) there will be
    exactly 7,777,777,777 people alive on this planet. That is truly
    a Sign from God ...

    --Lee

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Apr 6 02:22:45 2020
    On 04 Apr 2020 at 08:22p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    January is when he acted with the travel ban, what where the Dem doing this time, they were trying to still impeach the President this time.

    Trump himself has said the impeachment was not a factor.
    The "travel" ban was just for Chinese nationals, not
    everyone coming in from China. Since the virus isn't
    racist, it was a less-than-half measure that was totally
    ineffective.

    Just for Chinese nationals? Considering it game from Wuhan, China . It
    was a ban on travel coming from China. Why are you trying to twist, what the facts are as they have been stated.

    No, it wasn't a ban on travel coming from "China." 400,000
    people have traveled between China and the US since the pandemic
    started; 40,000 since Trump's ineffective for-show ban.

    Save yourself and STOP watching CNN and MSNBC.

    I don't watch either CNN or MSNBC. Look at the CPB stats on
    who has traveled from where.

    Get real. Your sources of information tell you what you want
    want to hear and you accept it with no critical thought
    whatsoever.

    Yet more proof of your absolute loathing of the United States
    and all it stands for. Fake patriot.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Apr 6 02:24:43 2020
    On 04 Apr 2020 at 08:33p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    Your the only one, who seems to have a continued issue with this.
    My node of 150 is one of many BBS systems with my network of NET 267, no one w/ my downlinks has a issue with this. To my knowledge no one (who matters) within fidonet has any issue with this.

    You seem to think that Fidonet matters. It was never a
    technically interesting community, though, and its impact
    was mostly in the mind of its users.

    There's a reason we didn't take you people seriously when
    you showed up on USENET expecting you could behave like
    it was another hick BBS.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Apr 6 02:25:58 2020
    On 04 Apr 2020 at 09:16p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    There was a travel ban first with China and then this was extended to Europe and no it was not just for nationals of that country as has been incorrectly stated by FAKE NEWS reporter Dan Cross..

    Liar. You have no idea what was actually banned nor who
    moved between where.

    We are all in this together, this means myself and it also means you as well, As well as your family as well as mine.

    Too bad you don't give a shit about anyone but yourself,
    as exemplified by your continued support for the utter
    incompetence of the buffoon in the white house.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Apr 6 03:21:06 2020
    On 05 Apr 2020 at 09:59a, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    That type of narrative, might work on the weak minded, but for people
    like me who can see what it is that your trying to do, of which is deliberate. We can also understand the toxicity of this.
    We can also see the though the cluttered thought and know very well what kind of mind from which this comes.

    Liar.

    President is surrounded with Dr.s and the best medical minds, there are also great companies stepping up who have been communicating with Trump Administration who have offered their assistance w/ making medical supplies of all types.

    He routinely refuses to listen those people and do what
    they say.

    "You take a solid flu vaccine, you don't think that would
    have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?"
    Donald Trump - March 2, 2020

    What kool aid?

    "It's going to disappear. One day, it's like a miracle,
    it will disappear." Donald Trump - February 28, 2020

    Yes -- we were warned that it was coming as far back as January. But Trump kept denying that it was a problem, instead calling it a hoax. His travel bans did nothing to stop the spread of the infection -- th virus was already here.

    I beg to differ Travel Ban has saved lives, there is no doubt about
    that. Other countries have also joined in this thinking and now have
    their own travel ban, this methodology is exists amongst states. ex; NY
    & RI I'm certain you have either heard or have seen this to be true.

    "We have it totally under control. It's one person coming
    in from China. We have it under control. It's going to be
    just fine." Donald Trump - January 22, 2020

    Perhaps if Obama, had Trump's facilities that are very luscious & luxurious to play on, he would of played just as much.

    "I would rarely leave the White HOuse because there's so much
    work to be done. I would not be a president who took vacations.
    I would not be a president that takes time off." Donald Trump -
    June 2015

    We are all in this together and we all are learning here, but I will
    tell you that WE within the United States are so much better off with
    this President than any on the Democratic side. Can you imagine if
    Hillary was the President. It would really be a train wreck. I know
    things are bad with Covid-19, but something tells me that it would be
    100x times worse under Democratic leadership.

    "Anybody that needs a test gets a test; they're here,
    they have the tests, and the tests are beautiful."
    Donald Trump - March 6, 2020

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Sun Apr 5 14:15:37 2020
    What truth? You still haven't said jack.

    Trump's response has been utterly incompetent.
    That's a damned fact.

    Ok Joe, let us know when you get your facts in order.

    But but but... Hillary!

    So sorry your candidate was so weak. Maybe the DNC will wise up in 2024.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Sun Apr 5 14:20:00 2020
    And tell us just how such counties prevent infection from those outside their county who come into -- to deliver goods, to visit or whatever?

    This thread is none of my business - but Dale, look at yourself. Look at your tone. So attacky. You're not going to exterminate Republicans/Conservatives from the face of the earth - get over that fantasy.

    I suggest we stop being so attacky & defensive and start to collaborate as a team on solutions. When you figure something out that elected officials
    haven't thought of, write to them and let em know! A lot of them listen.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Sun Apr 5 14:41:23 2020
    Obama played golf, yes. But far less than Trump.

    How much is "less?"

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 6 09:22:22 2020
    On 05 Apr 2020 at 02:15p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    What truth? You still haven't said jack.

    Trump's response has been utterly incompetent.
    That's a damned fact.

    Ok Joe, let us know when you get your facts in order.

    "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA.
    ... Stock Market starting to look very good to me!"
    Donald Trump - Feb. 24, 2020

    But but but... Hillary!

    So sorry your candidate was so weak. Maybe the DNC will wise up in 2024.

    "Some people will have this at a very light level
    and won't even go to a doctor or hospital, and
    they'll get better. There are many people like that."
    Donald Trump - Mar. 4, 2020

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 6 09:23:50 2020
    On 05 Apr 2020 at 02:20p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    And tell us just how such counties prevent infection from those outsi their county who come into -- to deliver goods, to visit or whatever?

    This thread is none of my business - but Dale, look at yourself. Look at your tone. So attacky. You're not going to exterminate Republicans/Conservatives from the face of the earth - get over that fantasy.

    At this rate, they're doing a pretty good job of getting
    rid of themselves, by putting their gut and misguided
    faith in the illiterate ramblings of goat herders 2000
    years ago, instead of science, logic and reason.

    I suggest we stop being so attacky & defensive and start to collaborate
    as a team on solutions. When you figure something out that elected officials haven't thought of, write to them and let em know! A lot of
    them listen.

    I agree with you 100%. And the first thing we ought to
    do is fire the guy at the job who's flubbed things so
    badly so far.

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Gregory Deyss on Sun Apr 5 11:44:00 2020
    Gregory Deyss wrote to Dan Cross <=-

    Just for Chinese nationals? Considering it game from Wuhan, China . It
    was a ban on travel coming from China. Why are you trying to twist,
    what the facts are as they have been stated.

    Because the facts don't match his Narrative and The Narrative is always true, so the facts must be twisted to match the Narrative.

    Man, it must be like living in the USSR back in the 50-60's for him.


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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Mon Apr 6 14:08:54 2020
    On 05 Apr 2020 at 11:44a, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    Gregory Deyss wrote to Dan Cross <=-

    Just for Chinese nationals? Considering it game from Wuhan, China . I was a ban on travel coming from China. Why are you trying to twist, what the facts are as they have been stated.

    Because the facts don't match his Narrative and The Narrative is always true, so the facts must be twisted to match the Narrative.

    Man, it must be like living in the USSR back in the 50-60's for him.

    "I don't believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators.
    You know, you go into major hospitals sometimes they'll
    have two ventilators, and now all of a sudden they're
    saying, 'Can we order 30,000 ventilators?'"
    Donald Trump - Mar. 26, 2020

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 6 06:11:59 2020
    Hello Aaron,

    What truth? You still haven't said jack.

    Trump's response has been utterly incompetent.
    That's a damned fact.

    Ok Joe, let us know when you get your facts in order.

    Joe is the man who is going to beat Donald Trump.
    That is the only fact folks need to know.

    But but but... Hillary!

    So sorry your candidate was so weak. Maybe the DNC will wise up in 2024.

    President AOC is going to be GREAT!

    --Lee

    --
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 6 06:12:05 2020
    Hello Aaron,

    And tell us just how such counties prevent infection from those outside >DS>their county who come into -- to deliver goods, to visit or whatever?

    This thread is none of my business - but Dale, look at yourself. Look at
    your
    tone. So attacky. You're not going to exterminate Republicans/Conservatives >from the face of the earth - get over that fantasy.

    I suggest we stop being so attacky & defensive and start to collaborate as a >team on solutions. When you figure something out that elected officials >haven't thought of, write to them and let em know! A lot of them listen.

    Tacit approval is when good men do nothing.

    That is what gave the German people Adolf Hitler.

    Of course, the American people do have a solution
    for the current problem at hand.

    We can elect a president who is competent, who will
    uphold and defend the US Constitution, and honestly
    cares for "we the people".

    --Lee

    --
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 6 06:12:32 2020
    Hello Aaron,

    Obama played golf, yes. But far less than Trump.

    How much is "less?"

    The Washington Post is keeping a running tab ...

    --Lee

    --
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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Mon Apr 6 01:01:42 2020
    I agree with you 100%. And the first thing we ought to
    do is fire the guy at the job who's flubbed things so
    badly so far.

    You can write that to them -but they won't listen to that. Give them
    realistic goals - you kinda have to do their job for them.

    There's no firing Trump - you've already elected him! Now, how to deal with him: He's not doing stuff good in your opinion - So what should we tell him
    to do different? He's a smart guy - if he's wrong about something, I bet
    he'll want to hear about so he can try to fix it.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Mon Apr 6 01:14:43 2020
    President AOC is going to be GREAT!

    LOL! Great looking!

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Apr 6 03:05:00 2020
    On 04-05-20 09:59, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Pandemic <=-
    ?? What does that have to do with the current conversation -- Other than to toss an insult at someone who you disagree with?

    My bad, it's because I get tired of these people who twist the truth
    and who propagate fear, just because they hate Trump so much, they
    don't care who it hurts or how much hysteria it creates, was my only point.

    If you replace the word "hate" above with "love" then you will have a
    perfect description of Fox News.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Apr 6 03:07:02 2020
    On 04-05-20 09:59, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Pandemic <=-

    Then you are acting responsively. Unlike some folks who are encouraging mass gatherings (e.g. look at Trump's statement about packing the
    churches on Easter Sunday).

    What the President said was he wants to see churches packed for Easter with people, but he also indicated "if possible" and he went on to say
    we will have to see where we are. This was intended as a hopeful
    message with a bit of optimism.

    And yet, some churchs took him at his word and are hold services with
    packed house. Also, Trump said that he is going to church while in
    Florida, where that is allowed. Meanwhile most other folks are going to church/attending mass via virtual displays on the internet.

    What you and others seem to be doing here is sounding the alarm bells
    with the direct intention to harm the credibility of the President.

    Trump destroyed his own credibility a long time ago.

    Twisting and largely taking out of context what the man hopes to see
    and hear about packed churches on Easter Sunday. To leave the other important remarks that the President said concerning we will have to
    see where we are. That is misleading, vile and disgusting.

    Those other remarks were after his health experts convinced him that
    such a thing was not a wise thing to do or say.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 6 03:28:04 2020
    On 04-05-20 14:41, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Pandemic <=-


    Obama played golf, yes. But far less than Trump.

    How much is "less?"

    Hard to track the numbers since Trump tries to hide whether or not he
    plays when he visits the golf courses he owns. The press has confirmed
    that he plays 50% of his visits, unknown about the other 50%. One report
    has confirmed that he played golf 56 times as of March 2018, and that
    Obama had played 37 in the same period of time. The only reason this
    even matters is that during his campaign he boasted about how he would
    never play golf while in office -- and criticized Obama for playing.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Mon Apr 6 07:35:16 2020
    On 06 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    On 04-05-20 09:59, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Pandemic <=-
    ?? What does that have to do with the current conversation -- Other t to toss an insult at someone who you disagree with?

    My bad, it's because I get tired of these people who twist the truth and who propagate fear, just because they hate Trump so much, they don't care who it hurts or how much hysteria it creates, was my only point.

    If you replace the word "hate" above with "love" then you will have a perfect description of Fox News.

    Coming from the angle of how you look at these things, I can understand why
    you would say that.

    NBC, MS-NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, NPR, & CNN all speaking generally the same way, nonsense they are all biased and if you really listen, it is nearly identical to the Democratic Party. Coincidence? I don't think so.

    Here is the dangerous part, this type of thinking is inaccurate to Mr.
    Trump's poll numbers.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Mon Apr 6 08:02:34 2020
    On 06 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    What you and others seem to be doing here is sounding the alarm bells with the direct intention to harm the credibility of the President.

    Trump destroyed his own credibility a long time ago.

    There it is.. That's the very narrative that people that who think just
    the way you you do have been trying to propagate since the day he announced.

    Twisting and largely taking out of context what the man hopes to see and hear about packed churches on Easter Sunday. To leave the other important remarks that the President said concerning we will have to see where we are. That is misleading, vile and disgusting.

    Those other remarks were after his health experts convinced him that
    such a thing was not a wise thing to do or say.

    I know what this is all about, It's about the the left trying to prove their case that he is unfit, not prepared and is unworthy.

    It's quite obvious.
    From the election results to the Muller Investigation, to the Impeachment. Which all it ended without producing the results that the Dems were looking for. This thinking is flawed, this President has kept more promises and has turned them into reality more than any other President in the last 50 years.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Apr 7 00:49:06 2020
    On 06 Apr 2020 at 01:01a, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    I agree with you 100%. And the first thing we ought to
    do is fire the guy at the job who's flubbed things so
    badly so far.

    You can write that to them -but they won't listen to that. Give them realistic goals - you kinda have to do their job for them.

    There's no firing Trump - you've already elected him! Now, how to deal with him: He's not doing stuff good in your opinion - So what should we tell him to do different? He's a smart guy - if he's wrong about something, I bet he'll want to hear about so he can try to fix it.

    Actually, you _can_ fire him: either via impeachment (but
    the spineless right-wingers refused to hold him accountable)
    or for his obvious impairment, via the 25th amendment (bug
    the same spineless people won't do that).

    IF I were to tell HIM to do something? Sit down, shut up,
    admit he's out of his depth, and say he's putting someone
    competent in charge of being the COVID-19 czar, with the
    full authority and backing of the executive.

    He doesn't want to hear if he's wrong about something: he'd
    rather attach reporters who ask him tough questions than
    deal with the substance of the question.

    "Look, let me tell you something....be nice."
    Donald Trump - Apr 4, 2020 (when a reporter quoted him
    back to himself)

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Mon Apr 6 19:23:14 2020
    On 07 Apr 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

    Actually, you _can_ fire him: either via impeachment (but
    the spineless right-wingers refused to hold him accountable)
    or for his obvious impairment, via the 25th amendment (bug
    the same spineless people won't do that).

    The nation has been through quite enough, or were you living under a rock during the Robert Mueller Investigation? Which produced a conclusion of No Collusion & No Obstruction. I know it did not deliver the punch the you and other delusional riot makers were looking for.

    So then came the Impeachment hearings where we all got to see and hear Pencil Neck Adam Schiff mentioning "Point of Order" a few zillion times, then finally came the Impeachment. Both sides had their say. It was the Democrats that failed to prove their case on Constitutional merit; basically put there was no evidence.

    Circumstantial hear-say is not evidence
    Vile Hatred is not evidence
    A sore red ass that was kicked in by DJT winning the Presidency is also not submittable as evidence either.

    IF I were to tell HIM to do something? Sit down, shut up,

    You first.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Mon Apr 6 23:19:00 2020
    Actually, you _can_ fire him: either via impeachment (but

    First you would need Trump to commit an offense that would convince the
    senate to remove him from office. You can't have that - it's not on your menu
    - so what moving on..

    IF I were to tell HIM to do something? Sit down, shut up,
    admit he's out of his depth, and say he's putting someone
    competent in charge of being the COVID-19 czar, with the

    I'd recommend trimming it down to something like "Mr President, we're not comfortable with Mike Pence as the COVID-19 czar, can you please appoint someone else?"

    Talking to people nicely yields better results.

    He doesn't want to hear if he's wrong about something: he'd
    rather attach reporters who ask him tough questions than
    deal with the substance of the question.

    If I was the president and someone asked me if I was trying to make money off the anti-malaria drug, I'd tell them as nicely as I can that they need to
    kiss my butt.

    "Look, let me tell you something....be nice."
    Donald Trump - Apr 4, 2020 (when a reporter quoted him
    back to himself)

    Yes! That's my Trump! Being nice never really fails.

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Apr 6 23:38:46 2020
    Re: Re: Pandemic
    By: Gregory Deyss to Dan Cross on Mon Apr 06 2020 19:23:14


    the Robert Mueller Investigation? Which produced a conclusion of No
    Collusion
    & No Obstruction.

    this is wrong and you've been told it is wrong ever since you started spouting it... you are leaving out parts of it... very important parts...

    https://www.politico.eu/article/mueller-refutes-trumps-no-collusion-no-obstruction-line/

    [quote]
    Former special counsel Robert Mueller pushed back against U.S. President Donald
    Trump's characterizations of his 22-month investigation, telling lawmakers on Wednesday that he did not evaluate 'collusion' with the Russian government, and
    confirming that his report did not conclude that there was 'no obstruction' of the probe.
    [/quote]

    HINT 1: did not evaluate 'collusion' with the Russian government

    HINT 2: did not conclude that there was 'no obstruction' of the probe.

    the above does NOT say there was no collusion at all... it says they didnt evaluate it with respect to the russian government... quite the opposite of what you're trying to say it says...

    it also speaks only of the mueller probe in reference to "did not conclude 'no obstruction'"... and if you know anything, you know you can take the two negatives out and it says "did conclude 'obstruction'" meaning that there was obstruction going on of the probe... this, again, is the exact opposite of what
    you're trying to say it says...

    either way, the report also *did not* say there was absolutely no collusion of any kind and no obstruction of any kind... if you believe that, then you cannot
    read what is written in plain english...


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Tue Apr 7 01:53:00 2020
    On 04-06-20 08:02, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Church <=-

    I know what this is all about, It's about the the left trying to prove their case that he is unfit, not prepared and is unworthy.

    He has done a pretty good job of proving that all by himself, with no
    help from anyone.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Tue Apr 7 03:01:04 2020
    On 04-06-20 19:23, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dan Cross about Re: Pandemic <=-

    The nation has been through quite enough, or were you living under a
    rock during the Robert Mueller Investigation? Which produced a
    conclusion of No Collusion & No Obstruction. I know it did not deliver
    the punch the you and other delusional riot makers were looking for.

    The Mueller investigation did neither of those things. It did make a conclusion of multiple contacts between the Trump campaign personnel and
    the Russians -- but no direct evidence that it rose to the level of a
    criminal conspiracy. Of course it did not mention collusion since there
    is no legal definition of that. As to obstruction, it clearly outlined multiple instances of obstruction by Trump. It was only because of
    Justice policy with respect to a sitting president that they did not
    indict him for that obstruction.


    So then came the Impeachment hearings where we all got to see and hear Pencil Neck Adam Schiff mentioning "Point of Order" a few zillion
    times,

    Those calls of "Point of Order" were to prevent the Republican members
    frequent attempts to name the whistleblower -- which would have been
    against the law.

    But then, you knew all of this and chose to ignore it instead of touting
    your own fake news.


    Dale Shipp
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dale Shipp on Tue Apr 7 00:39:27 2020
    Hello Dale,

    Obama played golf, yes. But far less than Trump.

    How much is "less?"

    Hard to track the numbers since Trump tries to hide whether or not he
    plays when he visits the golf courses he owns. The press has confirmed
    that he plays 50% of his visits, unknown about the other 50%.

    https://trumpgolfcount.com/


    I'll let the site do the talking for me.

    For those who are too lazy to click the above url, the number
    is 249 as of March 8, 2020. All at private clubs, none at public
    or military clubs.

    Comparison is also made with the number of times Barack Obama
    played golf during his presidency.

    Along with the cost to taxpayers (~ $133,000,000 for Trump).

    One report has confirmed that he played golf 56 times as of March 2018, and
    that Obama had played 37 in the same period of time. The only reason this even matters is that during his campaign he boasted about how he would
    never play golf while in office -- and criticized Obama for playing.

    "I'm going to be working for you. I'm not going to have time to go
    play golf." ~Donald J. Trump, August 2016

    --Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Apr 7 00:39:45 2020
    Hello Aaron,

    I agree with you 100%. And the first thing we ought to
    do is fire the guy at the job who's flubbed things so
    badly so far.

    You can write that to them -but they won't listen to that. Give them >realistic goals - you kinda have to do their job for them.

    There's no firing Trump - you've already elected him! Now, how to deal with >him: He's not doing stuff good in your opinion - So what should we tell him >to do different? He's a smart guy - if he's wrong about something, I bet >he'll want to hear about so he can try to fix it.

    He can resign.
    Nixon showed him how to do it.
    Not really that hard.
    All he has to do is say the magic words ...

    --Lee

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Tue Apr 7 14:36:59 2020
    On 06 Apr 2020 at 07:23p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    On 07 Apr 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

    Actually, you _can_ fire him: either via impeachment (but
    the spineless right-wingers refused to hold him accountable)
    or for his obvious impairment, via the 25th amendment (bug
    the same spineless people won't do that).

    The nation has been through quite enough, or were you living under a rock during the Robert Mueller Investigation? Which produced a conclusion of
    No Collusion & No Obstruction. I know it did not deliver the punch the
    you and other delusional riot makers were looking for.

    Mueller's report detailed at least ten counts of obstruction
    of justice. But Barr gave a press conference about the
    findings, describing them as "fully exonerating" the president.
    They did no such thing. The delusional riot makers are the
    ones with tiki torches who ram innocent people in the street.

    So then came the Impeachment hearings where we all got to see and hear Pencil Neck Adam Schiff mentioning "Point of Order" a few zillion times, then finally came the Impeachment. Both sides had their say. It was the Democrats that failed to prove their case on Constitutional merit; basically put there was no evidence.

    "The tests are perfect, like the letter was perfect, the
    transcription was perfect, right? This is not as perfect
    as that, but pretty good."
    Donald Trump - Mar 6, 2020 (We still don't have enough tests)

    Circumstantial hear-say is not evidence
    Vile Hatred is not evidence

    So...you guys are going to stop harping on Hillary Clinton,
    then?

    A sore red ass that was kicked in by DJT winning the Presidency is also not submittable as evidence either.

    "I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United
    Kingdom. it was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the
    Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada. Now they have
    left Canada for the U.S. however, the U.S. will not pay for
    their security protection. They must pay!"
    Mar 29, 2020

    SO presidential.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Mon Apr 6 23:10:27 2020
    has confirmed that he played golf 56 times as of March 2018, and that Obama had played 37 in the same period of time. The only reason this

    But how many holes? If you play 10 holes 56 times, that's less than playing
    18 holes 37 times.

    never play golf while in office -- and criticized Obama for playing.

    I wouldn't mind a promise like that being broken. How many times did Obama
    mock the special olympics while in office, and how many times did Trump do
    it? That's something I'd keep a better count of.

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Gregory Deyss on Tue Apr 7 10:53:00 2020
    Gregory Deyss wrote to Dale Shipp <=-

    From the election results to the Muller Investigation, to the
    Impeachment. Which all it ended without producing the results that the Dems were looking for. This thinking is flawed, this President has kept more promises and has turned them into reality more than any other President in the last 50 years.

    Which is reason enough for the Left to hate Trump. It will make any Democrat candidate seem even more poor than than they already are.

    ... There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.
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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Apr 7 11:04:00 2020
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Lee Lofaso <=-

    President AOC is going to be GREAT!

    LOL! Great looking!

    Well, she *does* have 2 big things going for her.

    But we've already elected too many boobs to Congress.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Wed Apr 8 06:06:42 2020
    On 06 Apr 2020 at 11:10p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    has confirmed that he played golf 56 times as of March 2018, and that Obama had played 37 in the same period of time. The only reason this

    But how many holes? If you play 10 holes 56 times, that's less than playing 18 holes 37 times.

    The mental gymnastics you clowns go through to support
    this POS "president" are amazingly sad.

    never play golf while in office -- and criticized Obama for playing.

    I wouldn't mind a promise like that being broken. How many times did
    Obama mock the special olympics while in office, and how many times did Trump do it? That's something I'd keep a better count of.

    Obama compared his poor bowling performance to the special
    olympics. It was a disgusting gaffe and he should have
    known better; he apologized. Trump did the a mocking imitation
    when describing a physically disabled reporter.

    Yeah, Trump's worse on this count, too.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Wed Apr 8 06:18:31 2020
    On 06 Apr 2020 at 11:19p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    Actually, you _can_ fire him: either via impeachment (but

    First you would need Trump to commit an offense that would convince the senate to remove him from office. You can't have that - it's not on your menu - so what moving on..

    Actually, there's plenty of evidence that he's committed
    numerous crimes. As I already said, the gutless GOP members
    in the Senate failed to hold him to account on an impeachment
    for a handful of crimes. Fortunately for us, there are any
    number of others we could try and convict him on.

    Hey! Trump just fired the IG over seeing the 2T in the
    economic rescue package. That's gotta be legit, right?!

    IF I were to tell HIM to do something? Sit down, shut up,
    admit he's out of his depth, and say he's putting someone
    competent in charge of being the COVID-19 czar, with the

    I'd recommend trimming it down to something like "Mr President, we're not comfortable with Mike Pence as the COVID-19 czar, can you please appoint someone else?"

    Talking to people nicely yields better results.

    Good luck with that.

    "Erythromycin, which will kill certain things that you don't want living
    within your body. It's a powerful drug ... what do you have to lose?"
    Donald Trump - Apr 5, 2020 Talking about a cocktail of Hyrdoxychloroquine
    and erythromycin. A combination that can kill you. Dispensing medical
    advice without a license to practice medicine is a crime in this country.

    When asked the President's question, "What do you have to lose?"
    Dr. Patrice Harris, president of the American Medical Association
    responded, "You could lose your Life."

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Wed Apr 8 06:28:13 2020
    On 07 Apr 2020 at 11:04a, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    Well, she *does* have 2 big things going for her.

    But we've already elected too many boobs to Congress.

    My god, your sexism is disgusting.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Tue Apr 7 17:58:54 2020
    On 06 Apr 2020, mark lewis said the following...

    Re: Re: Pandemic
    By: Gregory Deyss to Dan Cross on Mon Apr 06 2020 19:23:14


    the Robert Mueller Investigation? Which produced a conclusion of No
    Collusion
    & No Obstruction.

    this is wrong and you've been told it is wrong ever since you started spouting it... you are leaving out parts of it... very important parts...

    Being that Mr. William Barr is the top attorney in the country, no website or any other individual has anything to say that is of any significance about
    the matter.

    As far as what I have been told before:

    I was told "it" was going to be greatly damaging to Trump, there was
    tremendous fanfare and anticipation that "this" was it, Mueller will get it done, Trump is done, but it did not happen that way, did it?

    You can admit it, that the Mueller Investigation was a very big
    disappointment to you and to people who think, just the way you do.

    HINT 1: did not evaluate 'collusion' with the Russian government
    You can not evaluate what does not exist.

    HINT 2: did not conclude that there was 'no obstruction' of the probe.
    The President was totally and completely transparent & cooperative in
    every way.

    The dossier was totally made up, there was not a shred of truth to it.

    Millions of Dollars wasted and for what, just because there was sour grapes over the election, there was something else wasn't there?
    A soreness more like a stinging sensation in the throat; that is remembered even now. That is what humiliation feels like. Revenge is what was sought,
    but defeated you were once again, here comes that feeling in your throat starting to swell once again...

    You people w/TDS will never learn.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Tue Apr 7 18:03:06 2020
    I know what this is all about, It's about the the left trying to prov their case that he is unfit, not prepared and is unworthy.

    He has done a pretty good job of proving that all by himself, with no
    help from anyone.

    Just going to have to wait see how right or how wrong you were. After the election result are known.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Tue Apr 7 18:16:54 2020
    On 07 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    On 04-06-20 19:23, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dan Cross about Re: Pandemic <=-

    The nation has been through quite enough, or were you living under a rock during the Robert Mueller Investigation? Which produced a conclusion of No Collusion & No Obstruction. I know it did not delive the punch the you and other delusional riot makers were looking for.

    The Mueller investigation did neither of those things. It did make a conclusion of multiple contacts between the Trump campaign personnel and the Russians -- but no direct evidence that it rose to the level of a criminal conspiracy. Of course it did not mention collusion since there is no legal definition of that. As to obstruction, it clearly outlined multiple instances of obstruction by Trump. It was only because of Justice policy with respect to a sitting president that they did not indict him for that obstruction.

    Blah Blah the only thing that matters is that there was No indictment, and
    that same train of thought there the President was acquitted in his sham of a impeachment.


    DS>
    So then came the Impeachment hearings where we all got to see and hea Pencil Neck Adam Schiff mentioning "Point of Order" a few zillion times,

    Those calls of "Point of Order" were to prevent the Republican members frequent attempts to name the whistleblower -- which would have been against the law.

    Wait a minute now, wasn't the whistleblower suppose to be a secret?
    How did shifty shiff know that the whistleblower's name was about to be
    spoken? His office made the claim, that he had no idea of who the whistleblower was....


    GOTCHA! lol

    Yeah you're right you are still wrong...

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Tue Apr 7 18:21:46 2020
    On 08 Apr 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

    Obama compared his poor bowling performance to the special
    olympics. It was a disgusting gaffe and he should have
    known better; he apologized. Trump did the a mocking imitation
    when describing a physically disabled reporter.

    Go on...
    There is more to the story, but of course you left that part out, because it does not fit your narrative.

    The reporter was caught not indicating the Truth.

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Gregory Deyss on Tue Apr 7 18:27:56 2020
    Re: Pandemic
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Tue Apr 07 2020 17:58:54


    this is wrong and you've been told it is wrong ever since you started spouting it... you are leaving out parts of it... very important parts...

    Being that Mr. William Barr is the top attorney in the country,

    he's not worth a pile of shit, either...

    no website or any other individual has anything to say that is of any significance about the matter.

    bullshit... he's being paid off just like others are... i guess you like being controlled by some sort of mob, eh?

    so whatever... you keep spouting and believing all the lies and mistruths... everyone sees how willful you are at keeping your head in the sand...


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Tue Apr 7 19:31:26 2020
    has confirmed that he played golf 56 times as of March 2018, and Obama had played 37 in the same period of time. The only reason

    But how many holes? If you play 10 holes 56 times, that's less than playing 18 holes 37 times.

    The mental gymnastics you clowns go through to support
    this POS "president" are amazingly sad.

    Too funny Dan! You're the one who had all these numbers figured out! I gave a silly example based on "the mental gymnastics" that YOU already went through
    to support Hillary Clinton! The proof that liberals always ask for? It's all right here!

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Tue Apr 7 19:40:17 2020
    for a handful of crimes. Fortunately for us, there are any
    number of others we could try and convict him on.

    Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff have NOTHING more important to do besides impeach Trump. While Trump works hard to protect the red & the blue in this country, pencilnecks are going to try to reduce windmills, and while they're at it, they're going to push propaganda to tarnish Trump because that's on their
    to-do list as well.

    And you're joining these goofs?

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Tue Apr 7 22:41:47 2020
    On 07 Apr 2020, mark lewis said the following...

    Re: Pandemic
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Tue Apr 07 2020 17:58:54


    this is wrong and you've been told it is wrong ever since you started spouting it... you are leaving out parts of it... very important part

    Being that Mr. William Barr is the top attorney in the country,

    he's not worth a pile of shit, either...

    no website or any other individual has anything to say that is of any significance about the matter.

    bullshit... he's being paid off just like others are... i guess you like being controlled by some sort of mob, eh?

    You need to stop, with the Democrats turning over stone you think for
    one moment that even if there was a sliver of chance with this, method of madness, they would go after Trump with this.
    Guess what they did not and won't because it is not true.

    They know their place, you should know yours.

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Gregory Deyss on Tue Apr 7 23:33:11 2020
    Re: Re: Pandemic
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Tue Apr 07 2020 22:41:47


    You need to stop,

    look in the mirror when you say that... oh yeah, and there's this, too... There
    is more to the story, but of course you left that part out, because it does not
    fit your narrative.


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Aaron Thomas on Wed Apr 8 03:13:02 2020
    On 04-06-20 23:19, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Dan Cross about Re: Pandemic <=-

    Talking to people nicely yields better results.

    It would be good if Trump followed that idea. Instead he demonizes any
    one who says something he does not like -- or fires them.

    He doesn't want to hear if he's wrong about something: he'd
    rather attach reporters who ask him tough questions than
    deal with the substance of the question.

    If I was the president and someone asked me if I was trying to make
    money off the anti-malaria drug, I'd tell them as nicely as I can that they need to kiss my butt.

    Except that there is mounting evidence that he may well be either making
    money directly or helping out a large campaign contributor by touting
    that drug.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Wed Apr 8 07:39:16 2020
    On 07 Apr 2020, mark lewis said the following...

    Re: Re: Pandemic
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Tue Apr 07 2020 22:41:47


    You need to stop,

    look in the mirror when you say that... oh yeah, and there's this,
    too... There is more to the story, but of course you left that part out, because it does not fit your narrative.

    I see what you did there, but as slick as that was, it wasn't very effective.

    I have the NY POST from when Mr. Robert Mueller made his remarks, I have previously (within the echo) re-typed his the words that were spoken by Robert Mueller. It was a direct quote, exactly, what Mr. Mueller said word for word. So do not blame me if you expected different words.

    We as Conservatives don't twist the truth, there is no need when you're on
    the correct side of history.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Wed Apr 8 07:53:40 2020
    On 08 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    On 04-06-20 23:19, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Dan Cross about Re: Pandemic <=-

    Talking to people nicely yields better results.

    It would be good if Trump followed that idea. Instead he demonizes any one who says something he does not like -- or fires them.

    He doesn't want to hear if he's wrong about something: he'd
    rather attach reporters who ask him tough questions than
    deal with the substance of the question.

    If I was the president and someone asked me if I was trying to make money off the anti-malaria drug, I'd tell them as nicely as I can tha they need to kiss my butt.

    Except that there is mounting evidence that he may well be either making money directly or helping out a large campaign contributor by touting
    that drug.

    Are you serious? Are you and yours now attacking the medicine, that provides relief to Covid-19 patients?

    I do not find any truth to the claim about what it is your discussing here.

    However, I wouldn't care who is profiting, you're talking about a GLOBAL pandemic who gives a rat's ass who is making money.
    Again I dismiss that part of the story, as it's dabbling in the delusional.

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Apr 8 09:10:40 2020
    Re: Re: Pandemic
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Wed Apr 08 2020 07:39:16


    You need to stop,

    look in the mirror when you say that... oh yeah, and there's this,
    too... There is more to the story, but of course you left that part
    out, because it does not fit your narrative.

    I see what you did there, but as slick as that was, it wasn't very effective.

    There is more to the story, but of course you left that part out, because it does not fit your narrative.

    I have the NY POST from when Mr. Robert Mueller made his remarks,

    many have that, as well... however, if you go back and look, i specifically did
    not post a link from any US news source... it was, in fact, a european one...

    I have previously (within the echo) re-typed his the words that
    were spoken by Robert Mueller. It was a direct quote, exactly,
    what Mr. Mueller said word for word.

    are you saying that the link i posted did not have mueller's words quoted accurately?

    So do not blame me if you expected different words.

    There is more to the story, but of course you left that part out, because it does not fit your narrative.

    We as Conservatives don't twist the truth,

    "we've looked at the history and it is proven that that's a lie!"

    there is no need when you're on the correct side of history.

    There is more to the story, but of course you left that part out, because it does not fit your narrative.


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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Wed Apr 8 15:30:14 2020
    On 08 Apr 2020, mark lewis said the following...

    many have that, as well... however, if you go back and look, i specifically did not post a link from any US news source... it was, in fact, a european one...

    Then there is the problem. I never said you did post anything from any
    news or any other source.

    I have previously (within the echo) re-typed his the words that
    were spoken by Robert Mueller. It was a direct quote, exactly,
    what Mr. Mueller said word for word.

    are you saying that the link i posted did not have mueller's words quoted accurately?
    No.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Apr 8 23:33:58 2020
    Hello Greg,

    Obama compared his poor bowling performance to the special
    olympics. It was a disgusting gaffe and he should have
    known better; he apologized. Trump did the a mocking imitation
    when describing a physically disabled reporter.

    Go on...

    Obama goofed, and apologized for his blunder.
    Trump's act was disgusting, and he felt proud.

    There is more to the story,

    One president acted in an honorable manner, the other did not.

    but of course you left that part out, because it
    does not fit your narrative.

    The crowd cheering Trump's disgusting act was even more disgusting.

    The reporter was caught not indicating the Truth.

    "You can't handle The Truth!" ~Jack Nicholson (A Few Good Men)

    --Lee

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Apr 9 09:43:50 2020
    On 07 Apr 2020 at 05:58p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    HINT 2: did not conclude that there was 'no obstruction' of the probe
    The President was totally and completely transparent & cooperative in every way.

    Then why did he block witnesses?

    You know, what's the point in lying about this? You're
    not fooling anyone. Everyone knows Trump's a shmuck; why
    not just admit that you don't care? You don't care if
    he obstructed justice, or colluded with Russia, or is
    peddling bullshit medical advice...so why not just be
    honest and say that?

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Apr 9 09:47:11 2020
    On 07 Apr 2020 at 06:21p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    On 08 Apr 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

    Obama compared his poor bowling performance to the special
    olympics. It was a disgusting gaffe and he should have
    known better; he apologized. Trump did the a mocking imitation
    when describing a physically disabled reporter.

    Go on...
    There is more to the story, but of course you left that part out,
    because it does not fit your narrative.

    Nah. That's really all there was.

    The reporter was caught not indicating the Truth.

    Nah. That's the right-wing lie, but not true.

    But even if it was, does that excuse Trump's imitation?

    See, this is the thing with you guys. You think you're
    so smart: you think you're being slick by talking about
    "the other part of the story" or whatever and that by
    doing so you're detracting from the thing that Trump
    _actually_ did. But ... you're not. Trump still did
    that thing.

    Do you think Trump's mocking of the guy's handicap is OK?

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Thu Apr 9 09:48:39 2020
    On 07 Apr 2020 at 07:31p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    Too funny Dan! You're the one who had all these numbers figured out! I gave a silly example based on "the mental gymnastics" that YOU already went through to support Hillary Clinton! The proof that liberals always ask for? It's all right here!

    Denial is a river in Egypt.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Thu Apr 9 09:50:00 2020
    On 07 Apr 2020 at 07:40p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    for a handful of crimes. Fortunately for us, there are any
    number of others we could try and convict him on.

    Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff have NOTHING more important to do besides impeach Trump. While Trump works hard to protect the red & the blue in this country, pencilnecks are going to try to reduce windmills, and
    while they're at it, they're going to push propaganda to tarnish Trump because that's on their to-do list as well.

    There are refrigerated trucks acting as temporary morgues
    on the streets in New York City. Trump thinks windmills cause
    cancer and is peddling bullshit medicine. Yeah, get rid of
    the idiot at the top.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Apr 9 10:07:09 2020
    On 08 Apr 2020 at 07:53a, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    Are you serious? Are you and yours now attacking the medicine, that provides relief to Covid-19 patients?

    Where did you get your medical degree? You should
    ask for a refund.

    There is more evidence that people listening to Trump
    on this has literally killed people than there is
    evidence that hyrdoxycholoquine helps against COVID-19.
    All credible scientists and medical professionals have
    said it's either insignificant or actively harmful.

    Trump pushing this is a perfect example of the,
    "something must be done, this is something, therefore
    this must be done" phenomenon.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Thu Apr 9 00:06:34 2020
    Except that there is mounting evidence that he may well be either making money directly or helping out a large campaign contributor by touting
    that drug.

    Well in that case, let's flush the drug down the toilet then because if we
    save lives with it then that would hurt the the democrats who want Trump to fail.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Thu Apr 9 00:31:54 2020
    not just admit that you don't care? You don't care if
    he obstructed justice, or colluded with Russia, or is
    peddling bullshit medical advice...so why not just be
    honest and say that?

    Yea! And he ran over a squirrel! And had sex with females! And one time he snubbed a hotel clerk who asked for an autograph!

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  • From Gerhard Strangar@2:240/2188.575 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Apr 9 08:38:47 2020
    Am 08 Apr 20 07:53:40 schrob Gregory Deyss an Dale Shipp zum Thema
    <Re: Nice>

    Are you serious? Are you and yours now attacking the medicine, that provides relief to Covid-19 patients?

    Does it?
    Where are the studies with 1000 patients getting the medicine and another 1000 getting a placebo?
    Moreover, noone is analyzing what the infected people die from. If you are tested positive and die from a heart attack, you're on the list of Covid-19 victims. If the doctors don't give the patient anything, people will complain about doctors not helping. If the doctors give the patient something they die from, people will say "at least doctors tried to help".



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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Apr 9 01:39:00 2020
    On 04-08-20 07:53, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Nice <=-

    If I was the president and someone asked me if I was trying to make
    money off the anti-malaria drug, I'd tell them as
    nicely as I can tha
    they need to kiss my butt.

    Except that there is mounting evidence that he may well be either making money directly or helping out a large campaign contributor by touting
    that drug.

    Are you serious? Are you and yours now attacking the medicine, that provides relief to Covid-19 patients?

    I am very serious. Although it now seems that Trump himself has only a
    very small stake in the company making the drug, He nevertheless began
    pushing it after talking with a major supporter, even though there was
    no scientific evidence that it was effective and against the direct
    advice of his medical experts. Whether or not it is providing relief
    will not be known until the various clinical trials have been done.
    Meanwhile, there are some serious side effects for some. Meanwhile
    those who need the drug for the approved illnesses are having difficulty obtaining it.

    I do not find any truth to the claim about what it is your discussing here.

    Then look.

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Dan Cross on Thu Apr 9 09:11:00 2020
    Dan Cross wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    Well, she *does* have 2 big things going for her.

    But we've already elected too many boobs to Congress.

    My god, your sexism is disgusting.

    Your Social Justice is showing.

    If you can't get the joke, go ask any 5th grader to explain it to you.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Fri Apr 10 03:53:27 2020
    On 09 Apr 2020 at 09:11a, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    Your Social Justice is showing.

    If you can't get the joke, go ask any 5th grader to explain it to you.

    I get the joke. It's just puerile and stupid.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Aaron Thomas on Thu Apr 9 12:41:46 2020
    On 09 Apr 2020, Aaron Thomas said the following...

    Except that there is mounting evidence that he may well be either mak money directly or helping out a large campaign contributor by touting that drug.

    Well in that case, let's flush the drug down the toilet then because if
    we save lives with it then that would hurt the the democrats who want Trump to fail.

    There is a lot hate in here, remains of the FLAME WARS, no one in here is a clinician or a Medical Doctor.
    The President is not a Medical Doctor either, but he is a man of common
    sense.

    Within that spirit of having common sense, that Michigan lawmaker who did
    take the drug and has sense recovered. If she followed the advise from her fellow democrats would of continued to suffer or worse yet could of died.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Apr 10 05:21:47 2020
    On 09 Apr 2020 at 12:41p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    On 09 Apr 2020, Aaron Thomas said the following...

    Well in that case, let's flush the drug down the toilet then because we save lives with it then that would hurt the the democrats who want Trump to fail.

    There is a lot hate in here, remains of the FLAME WARS, no one in here
    is a clinician or a Medical Doctor.
    The President is not a Medical Doctor either, but he is a man of common sense.

    Common sense is not common; certainly not with this president.
    He, you, and the rest of you uneducated yokels are conflating
    correlation with causation.

    The president of the American Medical Association disagrees
    with his "common sense."

    Within that spirit of having common sense, that Michigan lawmaker who did take the drug and has sense recovered. If she followed the advise from
    her fellow democrats would of continued to suffer or worse yet could of died.

    See, here you betray your utter lack of understanding of how
    these things actually work. Some Michigan lawmaker took the
    drug and got better, but you are ASSuming that it was the
    _drug_ that made it better. But, here's the kicker, there is
    no _evidence_ that that was or was not the case.

    Your assertion that she might have suffered further or died
    had she _not_ taken that drug similarly: there's no evidence
    for that.

    In all likelihood, she would have gotten better in the same
    amount of time had she not taken hydroxycholoroquine and AZT.

    But because you do not understand that correlation is not
    causation, and you cannot think logically, and you not only
    ignore but actively resist expertise, you claim otherwise.
    Dangerously.

    It's immoral. You should stop.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Thu Apr 9 18:31:30 2020
    On 10 Apr 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

    Your assertion that she might have suffered further or died
    had she _not_ taken that drug similarly: there's no evidence
    for that.

    It is logical to assume that she has recovered because of the drug, the woman even gave credit for Trump sounding off about this drug and she continued to go so far and suggest if it was not for Trump talking about this, she would of never known about it.

    Where as your assertion is not remotely logical, which is, she would of gotten better all by herself by doing nothing. It is ludicrous to even debate with
    me over this. We have all seen that this virus is a beast that kills, as it
    has already killed thousands, but there you sit smug and determined to be right. I did not say these things, this is what the woman has declared.
    I know that burns your ass so badly you can hardly wait to respond, of which
    is very ignorant.

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Aaron Thomas on Fri Apr 10 01:30:00 2020
    On 04-09-20 00:06, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Nice <=-


    Except that there is mounting evidence that he may well be either making money directly or helping out a large campaign contributor by touting
    that drug.

    Well in that case, let's flush the drug down the toilet then because
    if we save lives with it then that would hurt the the democrats who
    want Trump to fail.

    You are so off base, it is not funny. No one wants Trump to fail any
    more than he already has. If he fails, even more Americans will die. It
    is bad that he failed to recognize the problem sooner and begin
    preventive measures then. That failure cost American lives, but
    everyone wants to avoid further unnecessary deaths.

    The right thing to do with that drug or any other proposal is to perform scientific testing to see whether or not it does help. That is
    happening, but has not yet completed.

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Sat Apr 11 09:45:47 2020
    On 09 Apr 2020 at 06:31p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    On 10 Apr 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

    Your assertion that she might have suffered further or died
    had she _not_ taken that drug similarly: there's no evidence
    for that.

    It is logical to assume that she has recovered because of the drug, the woman even gave credit for Trump sounding off about this drug and she continued to go so far and suggest if it was not for Trump talking about this, she would of never known about it.

    No it's not.

    Where as your assertion is not remotely logical, which is, she would of gotten better all by herself by doing nothing. It is ludicrous to even debate with me over this. We have all seen that this virus is a beast
    that kills, as it has already killed thousands, but there you sit smug
    and determined to be right. I did not say these things, this is what the woman has declared. I know that burns your ass so badly you can hardly wait to respond, of which is very ignorant.

    Yes, it kills; indiscriminately even. But between 1%
    and 3% of those who contract it.

    But there's no evidence that hydroxychloroquine is an
    effective treatment for it. If you have actual evidence,
    by all means share it. If it's _actual_ evidence and
    it's been verified, I'll admit I'm wrong.

    But you really display your ignorance and lack of
    ability to think logically here. Nice try at
    deflection, but it didn't work.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Sat Apr 11 11:19:20 2020
    more than he already has. If he fails, even more Americans will die. It is bad that he failed to recognize the problem sooner and begin
    preventive measures then. That failure cost American lives, but

    So the president is taking measures now, to save lives? And he didn't take
    them early enough for you?

    He's not a doctor, or a pandemic expert - I love my president, but I don't
    see him saving lives. If my life were in danger, I wouldn't wait around for
    the president to save me.

    Thanks for crediting President Trump with saving lives - I think that took a lot of energy for you - but how is he saving lives? What measures is he
    taking?

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Dan Cross on Sat Apr 11 10:17:00 2020
    Dan Cross wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

    On 09 Apr 2020 at 09:11a, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    Your Social Justice is showing.

    If you can't get the joke, go ask any 5th grader to explain it to you.

    I get the joke. It's just puerile and stupid.

    Curb your elitism. You aren't that important or intelligent.

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Aaron Thomas on Sun Apr 12 01:09:00 2020
    On 04-11-20 11:19, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Nice <=-


    more than he already has. If he fails, even more Americans will die. It is bad that he failed to recognize the problem sooner and begin
    preventive measures then. That failure cost American lives, but

    So the president is taking measures now, to save lives? And he didn't
    take them early enough for you?

    Correct.

    He's not a doctor, or a pandemic expert - I love my president, but I

    But he has such who told him about the coming pandemic, and he did
    nothing but try to wish it away.

    don't see him saving lives. If my life were in danger, I wouldn't wait around for the president to save me.

    Very smart for you.

    Thanks for crediting President Trump with saving lives - I think that
    took a lot of energy for you - but how is he saving lives? What
    measures is he taking?

    He finally is trying to get people to make PPE available to the front
    line workers who are dealing with the pandemic. He is trying get people
    to make to get the much needed ventilators produced. Whether he (or his people) are doing those things in the best way is being questioned by
    some.

    Two navy hospital ships are on each coast to offer some relief to over
    strained hospitals. The army corp is building field hospitals quickly.

    Just think how much better things would have been if he had those things
    done even just 30 days earlier instead of waiting 70 days from his first briefing on the coming pandemic to take it seriously.

    Stay at home orders are helping flatten the curve on infections and
    deaths -- but Trump has yet to even advise such a national directive
    much less impose one. The states without such directives may soon
    become future hot spots.

    Dale Shipp
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Sun Apr 12 08:52:04 2020
    On 12 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    He finally is trying to get people to make PPE available to the front
    line workers who are dealing with the pandemic. He is trying get people to make to get the much needed ventilators produced. Whether he (or his people) are doing those things in the best way is being questioned by some.

    Two navy hospital ships are on each coast to offer some relief to over strained hospitals. The army corp is building field hospitals quickly.

    All of this was ordered and directed by Donald Trump.

    Just think how much better things would have been if he had those things done even just 30 days earlier instead of waiting 70 days from his first briefing on the coming pandemic to take it seriously.

    With the first American that was infected the the Travel ban from China was established, then there was a travel ban with the European countries.
    This action alone saved many thousands of lives.

    What were the democrats doing at this time, they are involved Impeachment and before this there was the Impeachment hearings.

    Furthermore what did the Democrats for American's suffering through this pandemic.

    Just think how much better things would have been if China did not try to hide it, they lied to the U.S. and to the rest of the world.
    For that; the penalty must be severe.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Sun Apr 12 09:46:22 2020
    deaths -- but Trump has yet to even advise such a national directive
    much less impose one. The states without such directives may soon
    become future hot spots.

    If the president can impose and enforce a stay at home order for the whole country, but didn't, then I will have to agree with you on your disapproval.

    I just don't see that being an option for the president though - can he
    really take that kind of action though?

    I can't imagine the police trying to deal with oblivious Americans who aren't scared of the virus; trying to get them off the streets - it would take a lot of police.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 13 02:50:50 2020
    On 11 Apr 2020 at 11:19a, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    more than he already has. If he fails, even more Americans will die. is bad that he failed to recognize the problem sooner and begin preventive measures then. That failure cost American lives, but

    So the president is taking measures now, to save lives? And he didn't
    take them early enough for you?

    "The Wall Street Journal always 'forgets' to mention that
    the ratings for the White House Press Briefings are 'through
    the roof' (Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale, according
    to @nytimes) & is only way for me to escape the Fake News &
    get my views across. WSJ is Fake News!"
    Donald Trump - Apr. 9, 2020

    He's not a doctor, or a pandemic expert - I love my president, but I
    don't see him saving lives. If my life were in danger, I wouldn't wait around for the president to save me.

    Unless they have a medical degree, we don't expect our
    presidents to be experts in those things. We do, however,
    expect them to surround themselves with such experts and
    listen to their advice.

    This president was warned about this pandemic starting
    back in January and failed to take sufficient action.
    His "ban" on travel from China was completely ineffective
    and for show, and he squandered any lead we may have had
    to prepare ourselves. As a result, tens of thousands of
    Americans have died.

    Only those who don't care about human lives continue to
    support this imbecile.

    Thanks for crediting President Trump with saving lives - I think that
    took a lot of energy for you - but how is he saving lives? What measures is he taking?

    "HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY TO ALL!"
    Donald Trump - Apr 10, 2020

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Ron Lauzon on Mon Apr 13 02:51:12 2020
    On 11 Apr 2020 at 10:17a, Ron Lauzon pondered and said...

    I get the joke. It's just puerile and stupid.

    Curb your elitism. You aren't that important or intelligent.

    Around here the bar isn't very high.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Apr 13 03:02:53 2020
    On 12 Apr 2020 at 08:52a, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    Two navy hospital ships are on each coast to offer some relief to ove strained hospitals. The army corp is building field hospitals quickl

    All of this was ordered and directed by Donald Trump.

    Wouldn't have been necessary had he taken this seriously
    as soon as he heard about it.

    With the first American that was infected the the Travel ban from China was established, then there was a travel ban with the European countries. This action alone saved many thousands of lives.

    I know this is hard for you to grasp, but there's no evidence
    that that's true, and now there's evidence that it's not.

    You people keep posting the same garbage about the efficacy
    of this "travel ban" (which didn't prevent people traveling
    between China and the US, just prevented Chinese nationals
    from traveling directly from China to the US; 40,000 people
    traveled between the two countries followign the "ban") but
    continue to ignore the squandered opportunity to prepare.

    What were the democrats doing at this time, they are involved
    Impeachment and before this there was the Impeachment hearings.

    Trump himself admitted the impeachment didn't impact his
    2019-nCoV response _at all_: why do you keep brining it up?

    Furthermore what did the Democrats for American's suffering through this pandemic.

    Made sure that the largest economic stimulus package in
    American history -- put in place only because the GOP-led
    government failed to respond to the pandemic adequately,
    setting us up for a forced shutdown of the economy to
    safeguard human life -- had oversight and didn't turn into
    a money grab for large corporations while stiffing working
    Americans? I keep hearing you right-wingers cry about a
    few million dollars earmarked for cultural institutions,
    while ignoring the hundreds of billions of bailouts for
    airlines and cruise lines: companies that wasted whatever
    windfall they from the GOP tax cut, that transferred a
    trillion dollars of wealth from the middle-class to the
    very top tier of wealthy Americans, by buying back their
    own stocks to enrich themselves? That is, instead of
    passing the savings onto their employees or setting aside
    some money for an economic downturn. And oh yeah, who was
    the _one_ member of the house who voted against the bill?
    that's right, it was a right-wing Republican.

    You mean besides all of that?

    Just think how much better things would have been if China did not try
    to hide it, they lied to the U.S. and to the rest of the world.
    For that; the penalty must be severe.

    Indeed. And just think how much better off we would be
    if Donald Trump had not tried to just wish it away. For
    that, the penalty must be voting his dumb ass out of
    office in November, after which he'll probably be indicted
    for numerous crimes in New York State related to campaign
    finance violations: too bad presidential pardons don't apply
    to state laws, huh?

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  • From Gerhard Strangar@2:240/2188.575 to Aaron Thomas on Sun Apr 12 19:19:54 2020
    Am 12 Apr 20 09:46:22 schrob Aaron Thomas an Dale Shipp zum Thema
    <Re: Nice>

    I can't imagine the police trying to deal with oblivious Americans who aren't scared of the virus; trying to get them off the streets - it
    would take a lot of police.

    How about just getting those of the street who are scared? It's a lot easier.



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  • From Gerhard Strangar@2:240/2188.575 to Dan Cross on Sun Apr 12 19:21:46 2020
    Am 13 Apr 20 02:51:12 schrob Dan Cross an Ron Lauzon zum Thema
    <Re: Pandemic>

    I get the joke. It's just puerile and stupid.
    Curb your elitism. You aren't that important or intelligent.
    Around here the bar isn't very high.

    Around here all bars are currently closed. :-))



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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 13 01:20:13 2020
    Hello Aaron,

    deaths -- but Trump has yet to even advise such a national directive >DS>much less impose one. The states without such directives may soon >DS>become future hot spots.

    If the president can impose and enforce a stay at home order for the whole >country, but didn't, then I will have to agree with you on your disapproval.

    The president is not a dictator. Federalism keeps that pipe dream
    of his in check. But hey. He wants everybody to go back to work, not
    impose draconian measures on anybody. So. No worries about having
    a Dictator Trump.

    I just don't see that being an option for the president though - can he >really take that kind of action though?

    He can declare martial law.

    I can't imagine the police trying to deal with oblivious Americans who
    aren't
    scared of the virus; trying to get them off the streets - it would take a
    lot
    of police.

    He has already mobilized a million national guard to do his bidding.
    And that is without having yet declared martial law.

    Problem is, who is going to bury all the dead? And where are you going
    to bury them?

    --Lee

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Sun Apr 12 20:49:54 2020
    He can declare martial law.

    But how can anyone enforce it? I'm guessing that Trump looked at it that way. He can declare anything he wants, but if he tried to "declare martial law"
    then people, especially those with TDS, would rebel against the authorities.

    Nobody is listening to Trump more than they have to - am I right?

    You & Dan Cross both have expressed your frustration with Trump's handling of the crisis, but you're both very vague about what Trump should have done different or what he should be doing differently now.

    I take it back - Dan did give some examples, such as increase government research on the virus - but research has begun, according to the media.
    They're saying that there are 2 vaccines being tested currently.

    Trump didn't take the warning seriously 3 months ago? What could he have
    done? 3 months ago, if Trump closed America to international travel "over a virus" then Nancy Pelosi would lay a golden egg! Democrats & the media would LOVE the opportunity to say "he's using some stupid virus as an excuse to
    close the border because he's racist!"

    He's not a psychic, not god, not a pandemiologist, just a guy who can lead
    the country toward economic prosperity. We face horrible issues in life -
    they can't all be pinned on the president. How about my middle school principal? Was it his fault that some kid slugged me? "What a terrible
    school! It's all that lousy principal's fault!"

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Apr 13 02:30:00 2020
    On 04-12-20 08:52, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Nice <=-


    On 12 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    He finally is trying to get people to make PPE available to the front
    line workers who are dealing with the pandemic. He is trying get people to make to get the much needed ventilators produced. Whether he (or his people) are doing those things in the best way is being questioned by some.

    Two navy hospital ships are on each coast to offer some relief to over strained hospitals. The army corp is building field hospitals quickly.

    All of this was ordered and directed by Donald Trump.

    As I said.

    Just think how much better things would have been if he had those things done even just 30 days earlier instead of waiting 70 days from his first briefing on the coming pandemic to take it seriously.

    With the first American that was infected the the Travel ban from
    China was established, then there was a travel ban with the European countries. This action alone saved many thousands of lives.

    How do you know that? The virus was already here and spreading.
    Meanwhile Trump squandered the next two months plus claiming that the
    virus would soon go away -- costing tens of thousands of lives.

    What were the democrats doing at this time, they are involved
    Impeachment and before this there was the Impeachment hearings.

    Furthermore what did the Democrats for American's suffering through
    this pandemic.

    The relief bill was formed with Democratic input and passed with
    Democratic support. It should provide economic relief to out of work
    people and small business.

    Just think how much better things would have been if China did not try
    to hide it, they lied to the U.S. and to the rest of the world.
    For that; the penalty must be severe.

    Just think how much better things would have been if Trump had not made
    light of the threat, instead of his making fairy tale pronouncements.
    For that, the penalty should be severe.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 13 03:29:02 2020
    On 04-12-20 09:46, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Nice <=-


    deaths -- but Trump has yet to even advise such a national directive
    much less impose one. The states without such directives may soon
    become future hot spots.

    If the president can impose and enforce a stay at home order for the
    whole country, but didn't, then I will have to agree with you on your disapproval.

    I just don't see that being an option for the president though - can
    he really take that kind of action though?

    He could certainly follow the recommendations of his scientific advisors
    and call for a national stay at home, instead of simply leaving it to
    the states. His failure to do so will cost lives, and an indication of
    his reluctance to take responsibility for a difficult decision.

    I can't imagine the police trying to deal with oblivious Americans who aren't scared of the virus; trying to get them off the streets - it
    would take a lot of police.

    Those oblivious Americans are harming themselves and others. Police
    action is not what is called for -- education is. It is the oblivious governors who are also to blame, such as those who encourage mass
    gatherings.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)



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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 13 07:47:15 2020
    On 12 Apr 2020, Aaron Thomas said the following...

    deaths -- but Trump has yet to even advise such a national directive much less impose one. The states without such directives may soon become future hot spots.

    If the president can impose and enforce a stay at home order for the
    whole country, but didn't, then I will have to agree with you on your disapproval.

    If the President did this then he would called a dictator, and the police
    would of been referred to the Gestapo.

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  • From Richard Falken@1:103/705 to Dale Shipp on Mon Apr 13 06:47:21 2020
    Re: Re: Nice
    By: Dale Shipp to Aaron Thomas on Sun Apr 12 2020 01:09 am

    Stay at home orders are helping flatten the curve on infections and
    deaths -- but Trump has yet to even advise such a national directive
    much less impose one. The states without such directives may soon
    become future hot spots.

    Something I wonder: if he had issued a Federal level directive two months ago, wouldn't Governors and partisans alike have eaten Trump's guts?

    Because I suspect that would have happened to Pedro Sánchez if he had tried that in Spain before things got really ugly. Although I think he is responsible
    of a big part of the mess for another reasons.
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 13 19:48:34 2020
    Hello Aaron,

    He can declare martial law.

    But how can anyone enforce it?

    He has federalized the national guard, activating one million of them
    to serve in this crisis.

    I'm guessing that Trump looked at it that way.

    Of course. He's the prez who wishes to be a dictator.

    He can declare anything he wants, but if he tried to "declare martial law"
    then people, especially those with TDS, would rebel against the
    authorities.

    How far did the Black Panthers get when they tried that approach?
    The governor of Louisiana had his state troopers shoot them dead,
    ask questions later. Does the president have the balls to order
    the national guard to shoot on sight? Would the national guard
    act on his orders?

    Nobody is listening to Trump more than they have to - am I right?

    His daily campaign events (White House daily briefings) have become
    more sporatic as of late.

    You & Dan Cross both have expressed your frustration with Trump's handling
    of the crisis, but you're both very vague about what Trump should have done different or what he should be doing differently now.

    https://tinyurl.com/uvsdtgb


    That should be enough to answer your questions as to why people are so frustrated with Trump's response and what needs to be done.

    Even today, the president still does not have a plan in regards to
    the coronavirus pandemic. His incompetence in this matter is truly
    astounding.

    I take it back - Dan did give some examples, such as increase government >research on the virus - but research has begun, according to the media. >They're saying that there are 2 vaccines being tested currently.

    I seriously doubt any safe and effective vaccine will be found.
    Not now, in the near future, or ever. The Spanish Flu began in the
    same way, had three waves, killed millions of people worldwide, and
    no vaccine was ever found. Jumped from bat to animal to man. Same
    as the coronavirus. After the major waves made their rounds, the
    Spanish Flu continued to circulate for another 38 years.

    Trump didn't take the warning seriously 3 months ago? What could he have >done? 3 months ago, if Trump closed America to international travel "over a >virus" then Nancy Pelosi would lay a golden egg! Democrats & the media would >LOVE the opportunity to say "he's using some stupid virus as an excuse to >close the border because he's racist!"

    Read the article by Vox (cited above). It explains all.

    He's not a psychic, not god, not a pandemiologist, just a guy who can lead >the country toward economic prosperity. We face horrible issues in life - >they can't all be pinned on the president. How about my middle school >principal? Was it his fault that some kid slugged me? "What a terrible >school! It's all that lousy principal's fault!"

    Trump owns this mess. All of it.

    --Lee

    --
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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Mon Apr 13 14:00:27 2020
    Even today, the president still does not have a plan in regards to
    the coronavirus pandemic. His incompetence in this matter is truly astounding.

    I don't know how it is for other Americans - but I've got access to testing. Access to a ventilator is at my Democratic governor's discretion.

    You can praise South Korea or Japan all you want, but nobody is immune to
    this crisis, and no country on earth "has it under control."

    Trump owns this mess. All of it.

    Let's impeach him again. Congress still has NOTHING better to do.

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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Apr 13 12:59:00 2020
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dale Shipp <=-

    He's not a doctor, or a pandemic expert - I love my president, but I
    don't see him saving lives. If my life were in danger, I wouldn't wait around for the president to save me.

    Kinda reminds me of a joke.

    A flood happens and a man's house - with him on the roof - is floating down the river. The man prays to God asking for rescue.

    A man on the bank yells, "Catch this rope and I'll pull you to shore." The man replies, "No, thank you. God will save me."

    A man in a boat comes by and tells him, "Get in and and I'll take you to shore." The man replies, "No, thank you. God will save me."

    A helicopter shows up and lowers a rope ladder. "Climb up and and I'll take you to safety." The man replies, "No, thank you. God will save me."

    Finally, the house collides with a bridge and the man is killed.

    In Heaven, he asks "God, why did you not save me?"

    God replies, "I sent you a man with a rope, and boat and a helicopter. What else did you want me to do?"


    I use this to remind people that someone's not going to do their work for them.
    They need to help themselves when the opportunity presents itself.

    Sitting around waiting for someone else to help you means that you will go no where.

    ... The best defense against logic is stupidity.
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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Richard Falken on Tue Apr 14 01:48:00 2020
    On 04-13-20 06:47, Richard Falken <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Nice <=-

    Stay at home orders are helping flatten the curve on infections and
    deaths -- but Trump has yet to even advise such a national directive
    much less impose one. The states without such directives may soon
    become future hot spots.

    Something I wonder: if he had issued a Federal level
    directive two months ago, wouldn't Governors and partisans
    alike have eaten Trump's guts?

    Two months ago, i.e. Feb 14, would have been taken as too soon. The
    number of cases/deaths then was small.

    However, his experts were calling for such recomendations as soon as one
    month ago when the number of measured cases was 2770 and the number of
    deaths was 57 -- with both figures begining the rapid rise towards the
    current numbers of 586 thousand cases and 23 thousand deaths.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Apr 14 20:37:19 2020
    Hello Aaron,

    Even today, the president still does not have a plan in regards to
    the coronavirus pandemic. His incompetence in this matter is truly >LL>astounding.

    I don't know how it is for other Americans - but I've got access to testing.
    Access to a ventilator is at my Democratic governor's discretion.

    There needs to be a lot more testing, along with labs to analyze
    the results in a timely fashion. There are some 330 million Americans,
    and only around 100,000 have been tested. That tells us very little.

    You can praise South Korea or Japan all you want, but nobody is immune to
    this crisis, and no country on earth "has it under control."

    Donald Trump said he had it all "under control" and everybody
    laughed at him. But we all know he is a buffoon and never took
    him seriously to begin with.

    Vladimir Putin is catching a lot of heat from Russians over his
    comments concerning the virus. In fact, it could force him out of
    office. He had told the Russian people he had everything "under
    control" and now Moscow is flooded with COVID-19 patients. Maybe
    Mikhail Gorbachev can save him by coming out of retirement ...

    Trump owns this mess. All of it.

    Let's impeach him again. Congress still has NOTHING better to do.

    Nah. Mail-in balloting for president this November should do it.

    --Lee

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Tue Apr 14 23:16:01 2020
    There needs to be a lot more testing, along with labs to analyze
    the results in a timely fashion. There are some 330 million Americans, and only around 100,000 have been tested. That tells us very little.

    It would be sweet if they would test everyone, door to door, but that kind of control doesn't exist, does it?

    Will you let Trump come to your door and test you?

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Aaron Thomas on Wed Apr 15 19:26:34 2020
    Hello Aaron,

    There needs to be a lot more testing, along with labs to analyze
    the results in a timely fashion. There are some 330 million
    Americans, and only around 100,000 have been tested. That tells LL>us very little.

    It would be sweet if they would test everyone, door to door, but that kind
    of control doesn't exist, does it?

    Worked for South Korea. Why is that a problem for the USA?

    Will you let Trump come to your door and test you?

    Hell no.

    --Lee

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Wed Apr 15 19:48:45 2020
    Worked for South Korea. Why is that a problem for the USA?

    Will you let Trump come to your door and test you?

    Hell no.

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is why it's a problem for the USA.

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Aaron Thomas on Thu Apr 16 01:00:06 2020
    On 04-14-20 23:16, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Lee Lofaso about Re: Nice <=-


    There needs to be a lot more testing, along with labs to analyze
    the results in a timely fashion. There are some 330 million Americans, and only around 100,000 have been tested. That tells us very little.

    It would be sweet if they would test everyone, door to door, but that
    kind of control doesn't exist, does it?

    My state has drive through testing -- but only with a doctor's orders.
    There are not enough test kits to do it any other way. I.e. one has to
    be showing severe symptoms before they can get tested. Meanwhile they
    may well have infected many others without knowing.

    Will you let Trump come to your door and test you?

    I would prefer that he not set foot in my state. But if he did, he
    would have to wear a face mask.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Thu Apr 16 08:28:36 2020
    On 16 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    On 04-14-20 23:16, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Lee Lofaso about Re: Nice <=-


    There needs to be a lot more testing, along with labs to analyze
    the results in a timely fashion. There are some 330 million American and only around 100,000 have been tested. That tells us very little.

    It would be sweet if they would test everyone, door to door, but that kind of control doesn't exist, does it?

    My state has drive through testing -- but only with a doctor's orders. There are not enough test kits to do it any other way. I.e. one has to
    be showing severe symptoms before they can get tested. Meanwhile they
    may well have infected many others without knowing.

    Will you let Trump come to your door and test you?

    I would prefer that he not set foot in my state. But if he did, he
    would have to wear a face mask.

    Of course some people prefer not accept change and to live with w/ high crime, and dirty cities. You might be used to it, as others obviously are.

    Perhaps if your state had more Republican leadership, things would improve greatly.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Fri Apr 17 03:50:39 2020
    On 13 Apr 2020 at 02:00p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    Let's impeach him again. Congress still has NOTHING better to do.

    Good idea! Especially since he's now threatened to
    basically disband congress.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Apr 17 04:03:13 2020
    On 16 Apr 2020 at 08:28a, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    Of course some people prefer not accept change and to live with w/ high crime, and dirty cities. You might be used to it, as others obviously
    are.

    Perhaps if your state had more Republican leadership, things would
    improve greatly.

    If I wanted to live in a crime-ridden area covered with
    dirt and grime, I'd move to the country in a red-state.

    It's a fact that states with Democratic leadership have
    generally better stats in all major areas: lower unemployment,
    better access to education and healthcare, higher median
    incomes. For every buck and a quarter my state kicks to
    the federal government, we get back 85 cents. That is,
    we are _net_ exporters of money. Compare to Kentucky, which
    gets back a dollar for every 85c they kick in: this pattern
    repeats all over.

    If the right-wing were made to stop sucking on the federal
    teat, they'd be way worse off.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Thu Apr 16 21:11:34 2020
    Let's impeach him again. Congress still has NOTHING better to do.

    Good idea! Especially since he's now threatened to
    basically disband congress.

    You're hilarious! What's "basically" mean? That he didn't really say it?

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Thu Apr 16 21:13:40 2020
    It's a fact that states with Democratic leadership have
    generally better stats in all major areas: lower unemployment,

    But you said you're not a Democrat - why not then?

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Apr 17 00:34:00 2020
    On 04-16-20 08:28, Gregory Deyss <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Nice <=-

    Of course some people prefer not accept change and to live
    with w/ high crime,
    and dirty cities. You might be used to it, as others obviously are.

    I do not know why you think that people might prefer to live in high
    crime and/or dirty cities. If that is where they live, they probably
    have very little choice.

    Perhaps if your state had more Republican leadership, things would
    improve greatly.

    My state's Republican Governor is doing quite well with respect to the
    current covid crisis, much better than Trump is doing. The same is true
    of many Democratic Governors I could name.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


    ... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 00:38:02, 17 Apr 2020
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Fri Apr 17 07:30:30 2020
    Let's impeach him again. Congress still has NOTHING better to do.

    Good idea! Especially since he's now threatened to
    basically disband congress.

    If progress is positive, what is congress?

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Fri Apr 17 08:03:45 2020
    On 17 Apr 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

    It's a fact that states with Democratic leadership have
    generally better stats in all major areas:

    Apparently you have not been to San Francisco, California
    since it has become a shit-hole.
    It could be a expedition w/ a education;
    You may begin to have the understanding, just how wrong you have been.

    It does not matter as you're going to continue to live in a dream world.
    Some like to be led instead of leading, of which is your prerogative.

    Your going to disagree with me and / or twist and / or take out of context anything that I have to say. So It's much easier for me to agree to disagree.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Dale Shipp on Fri Apr 17 08:15:23 2020
    On 17 Apr 2020, Dale Shipp said the following...

    I do not know why you think that people might prefer to live in high
    crime and/or dirty cities. If that is where they live, they probably
    have very little choice.

    There is a always a choice.

    Perhaps if your state had more Republican leadership, things would improve greatly.

    My state's Republican Governor is doing quite well with respect to the current covid crisis, much better than Trump is doing. The same is true of many Democratic Governors I could name.

    Glad to hear that your state is doing well.

    You - How are you doing? Doing well? As we all wait for the curve to be flatted, and life to return to what we remember as normal.

    I have been working from home since March 17th

    As far as naming a who's who with great Democratic Governors.
    Andrew Cuomo would NOT appear on any just list that speaks of praise.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Sat Apr 18 03:46:55 2020
    On 16 Apr 2020 at 09:11p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    Let's impeach him again. Congress still has NOTHING better to do

    Good idea! Especially since he's now threatened to
    basically disband congress.

    You're hilarious! What's "basically" mean? That he didn't really say it?

    https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/493253-trump-faces-roadblocks-with-threat-t o-adjourn-congress

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Sat Apr 18 03:48:23 2020
    On 16 Apr 2020 at 09:13p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    It's a fact that states with Democratic leadership have
    generally better stats in all major areas: lower unemployment,

    But you said you're not a Democrat - why not then?

    That's right; I'm registered unaffiliated. I think both
    of the major parties suck; one just sucks infinitely more
    than the other. Doesn't mean I feel the need to join the
    one that sucks less.

    The GOP has sold its soul in the name of power, though.
    There was a time when you could have an intelligent policy
    conversation with a conservative; now, conservatives are
    few and far between and they've been replaced by right-wing
    extremists.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Sat Apr 18 03:52:07 2020
    On 17 Apr 2020 at 07:30a, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    If progress is positive, what is congress?

    You get your commie check yet? Nope; it's been
    delayed because Dear Leader needs his name on it.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Sat Apr 18 03:58:16 2020
    On 17 Apr 2020 at 08:03a, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    Apparently you have not been to San Francisco, California
    since it has become a shit-hole.

    I was in San Fransisco last summer running a conference.
    I thought it was very pleasant overall. Are there some
    bad parts? Sure.

    But clearly you've never been in a trailer park in
    Pennsylvania. Talk about a shit-hole!

    It could be a expedition w/ a education;
    You may begin to have the understanding, just how wrong you have been.

    Every been in a trailer park in South Carolina? Ever
    seen Logan Co, WV?

    Talk about shitholes!

    It does not matter as you're going to continue to live in a dream world.

    Ever seen some of the former coal regions in Ohio
    and Kentucky? Ever seen people doing heroin in
    Middletown Ohio? Seen the meth labs in Tennessee?

    Some like to be led instead of leading, of which is your prerogative.

    Yeah. You'd prefer fealty to a five-time draft
    dodger, thrice-divorced life-long conman and grifter
    who was raw-dogging a porn star a month after his
    latest trophy wife popped out his most recent kid
    as long as it lets you live in your world of delusions
    that the right-wing is somehow morally superior and
    more successful than "The Left".

    Keep dreaming.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Gregory Deyss on Sat Apr 18 04:05:38 2020
    On 17 Apr 2020 at 08:03a, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...

    Your going to disagree with me and / or twist and / or take out of
    context anything that I have to say. So It's much easier for me to agree to disagree.

    Yeah, that old "agree to disagree" dog just don't hunt
    anymore. Reality has crashed through the web of right-wing
    lies, leaving their gossamer strands to sway in the wind
    of truth. You aren't "agreeing to disagree" with an
    opinion, you're stating that you reject fact and basic
    truth. It was cute before it turned deadly; now it's an
    existential threat to human existence on this planet.

    You can continue to try and traffic in delusion and lies,
    but don't expect to continue to do so without rebuttal and
    push-back.

    It's interesting to watch some of the lies that have
    already whithered in the light of truth just disappear
    from the right-wing talking points:

    1. It's all Obama's fault! (Gone under the weight of overwhelming
    undeniable and unerasable evidence that it's a flat out lie)
    2. Hydroxychloroquine will save us! (Debunked by scientists)
    3. It's all a politically motivated hoax and not serious.
    (Tell that to 30,000 dead Americans)
    4. Trump's doing an amazing job! (Shifted to blaming the states, China, WHO)
    5. It's not a big deal! (See 3)
    6. Trump was the bringer of unparalleled prosperity! (Gone in
    three weeks)

    What else?

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Fri Apr 17 21:15:38 2020
    You're hilarious! What's "basically" mean? That he didn't really say

    https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/493253-trump-faces-roadblocks-with-thr o-adjourn-congress

    I sympathize with disabled Americans, and I don't mean this disrespectfully, but reporters who say "he floated the idea" have a form of autism where
    they're unable to understand sarcasm. The president does have a sarcastic
    sense of humor at times, and I feel bad for the reporters who take his silly comments as gospel.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:267/150 to Dan Cross on Fri Apr 17 21:23:00 2020
    There was a time when you could have an intelligent policy
    conversation with a conservative; now, conservatives are

    It seems like we're trying to shock each other with heavy doses of our political philosophies. Not Trump's fault. Not Obama's fault. It's the
    policies fault.

    I want illegals deported because I've been threatened by them in the past,
    and I don't like their barbaric, murderous ways.

    You want illegals to be given medicare because not only did they not threaten you, but you're a tough war veteran who ain't scared of nothin.

    Policies should already be made & enforced on this issue, so there is no opportunity for us to argue about it. We welcome them or we send them packing
    - government should tell how it's gonna be - and they should tell us the
    answer years ago.

    Failure to get stuff settled leaves people like us arguing to the best of our ability for what we think is right - and it's not even our job to do so - as long as we vote.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Aaron Thomas on Sun Apr 19 08:56:49 2020
    On 17 Apr 2020 at 09:15p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...

    You're hilarious! What's "basically" mean? That he didn't really

    https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/493253-trump-faces-roadblocks-wit o-adjourn-congress

    I sympathize with disabled Americans, and I don't mean this disrespectfully, but reporters who say "he floated the idea" have a form of autism where they're unable to understand sarcasm. The president does have a sarcastic sense of humor at times, and I feel bad for the
    reporters who take his silly comments as gospel.

    How about his calls for armed insurrection in three
    states with duly elected democratic governors?

    Trump is a tool. You clearly have TDS.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Aaron Thomas on Sun Apr 19 02:26:01 2020
    Hello Aaron,

    There was a time when you could have an intelligent policy
    conversation with a conservative; now, conservatives are

    It seems like we're trying to shock each other with heavy doses of our >political philosophies. Not Trump's fault. Not Obama's fault. It's the >policies fault.

    I want illegals deported because I've been threatened by them in the past,
    and I don't like their barbaric, murderous ways.

    My grandfather arrived in this country as an infant. He put up
    a real fight with everybody and forced them to let him stay.
    Really. That baby was tougher than Rocky Marciano and threw a
    whale of punch ...

    --Lee

    --
    As Good As It Looks

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  • From TIM RICHARDSON@1:123/140 to AARON THOMAS on Sat Apr 18 18:46:00 2020
    On 04-09-20, AARON THOMAS said to DAN CROSS:

    not just admit that you don't care? You don't care if
    he obstructed justice, or colluded with Russia, or is
    peddling bullshit medical advice...so why not just be
    honest and say that?


    Yea! And he ran over a squirrel! And had sex with females! And one time he AT>snubbed a hotel clerk who asked for an autograph!


    From: Days that end in `Y'.....


    "How does it feel to know that politicians have shut down your ability to earn a paycheck....but they are still drawing theirs (and its your money they're getting)?

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  • From TIM RICHARDSON@1:123/140 to GREGORY DEYSS on Sat Apr 18 16:17:00 2020
    On 04-09-20, DALE SHIPP said to GREGORY DEYSS:


    If I was the president and someone asked me if I was trying to make
    money off the anti-malaria drug, I'd tell them as
    nicely as I can tha
    they need to kiss my butt.


    Except that there is mounting evidence that he may well be either making money directly or helping out a large campaign contributor by touting
    that drug.


    From `Days That End In `Y';


    "If you could eliminate Covid-19 by sacrificing one human being...
    who would it be and why did you choose Nancy Pelosi?"

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  • From TIM RICHARDSON@1:123/140 to GREGORY DEYSS on Sat Apr 18 17:18:00 2020
    On 04-09-20, GREGORY DEYSS said to DAN CROSS:

    On 10 Apr 2020, Dan Cross said the following...

    Your assertion that she might have suffered further or died
    had she _not_ taken that drug similarly: there's no evidence
    for that.


    From `Days That End In `Y'.....


    "This survey from the Chinese Communist Party just in:


    1. Our actions have been flawless.

    2. Everything is entirely under control.

    3. You, the adoring masses, bask in a state
    of perpetual bliss."

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  • From TIM RICHARDSON@1:123/140 to DALE SHIPP on Sat Apr 18 19:07:00 2020
    On 04-10-20, DALE SHIPP said to AARON THOMAS:

    On 04-09-20 00:06, Aaron Thomas <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Nice <=-


    You are so off base, it is not funny.


    You are a typical democrat cheer leader with your head firmly planted up Pelosi's ass.


    No one wants Trump to fail any
    more than he already has.


    Trump hasn't `failed'. The democrat dog dirt in congress have tried every
    which way to destroy his presidency since the day he took office.


    If he fails, even more Americans will die.


    No Americans have `died' because of Trump.


    It
    is bad that he failed to recognize the problem sooner and begin DS>preventive measures then.


    And you are a bald faced liar!


    Lets trace this timeline a bit;


    November 17 2019; The first case of covid 19 occurs in Wuhan, China according to the South China Morning Post.


    December 10; Some chinese national selling goods at Wuhan's `wet market' fell sick on this day.


    December 27; A chinese doctor at some Chinese hospital sounds alarm about new desease that has already6 affected 180 patients.


    December 26-30; The first evidence of a new virus is revealed through Wuhan patient data.


    December 31; More than a month after the first incident of covid-19, Chinese officials alert the WHO China office about "...pneumonia with an unknown cause affecting people in Wuhan..."


    Chinese authorities begin censoring all terms related to the virus on social media...and anything critical to the Chinese governments response to the outbreak.


    January 1, 2020; Eight doctors are detained by Chinese authorities,
    questioned, and condemned for "making false statements on the internet" (according to CNN, no less!) One, Dr Wenlaing, is forced to write a letter stating his warnings "had a negative impact."


    January 3; China's National Health Commission issued a gag order and ordered all samples involved moved to designated testing sites or destroyed.


    January 5; Wuhan Municiple Health stopped releasing daily updates on new
    cases.


    During all this time....while things on the Corona-19 virus were heating up... Democrats were busy in the Senate..lying....suppressing evidence...making
    fools of themselves trying to get Trump convicted.


    January 11, 2020; Chinese media report the first known death from an illness originating in the Wuhan market.


    January 15: Pelosi holds a vote on sending articles of impeachment to Senate. The `commemorative pen' handout takes place.


    January 21; The first person with coronavirus arrives in the US from China; that person had also visited Wuhan.


    January 23; The house `impeachment' managers make their opening arguments for removing president Trump.


    January 23; China closes off the city of Wuhan completely to slow the spread
    of coronavirus to the rest of China.


    January 30; Senators begin asking two days of questions of both sides in the presidents impeachment trial.


    January 30; The World Health Organization declares a global health emergency
    as coronavirus continues to spread.


    January 31; The senate holds a vote on whether to allow further witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial.


    January 31; President Trump declares a national health emergency and imposes a travel ban to and from China. Joe Biden calls Trump's decision "hysterical xenophobia...and fear mongering"....


    February 2; The first death outside China from coronavirus is reported in the Phillipians.


    February 3; House impeachment managers begin closing arguments, and call Trump a threat to national security.


    February 4; President Trump raised the possible threat from coronavirus in his State of The Union speech. Democrat dog dirt Pelosi (forgive the redundancy) tore it up!


    February 5; The Senate votes to acquit the president on both counts of impeachment.


    February 5; The democrats finally take up the coronavirus in the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia.


    For twenty days the democrats did nothing on coronavirus. Zip!


    They were busy with their impeachment trial. BTW...Pelosi delayed sending the articles of impeachment over to the Senate for several weeks!


    And by the way....you don't have the slightest idea what `they should have done'......you aren't a doctor; nor a medical expert; or a researcher of any kind. You're just another goddamn democrat!


    From "Days that End In `Y'!.....


    "Joe Biden's mind is like a web browser; 19 tabs are open, 17 are frozen, and he has no idea where the music is coming from!"



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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to Dan Cross on Sun Apr 19 14:46:32 2020
    Hello Dan,

    How about his calls for armed insurrection in three
    states with duly elected democratic governors?

    At least Abraham Lincoln only targeted those in the South.

    Trump is a tool. You clearly have TDS.

    Trump is now a resident of Florida.
    Now that the governor of Florida has opened the beaches,
    he can move the White House to Mar-a-Lago and pretend oh
    I should not be giving that man any new ideas ...

    --Lee

    --
    Sleep With Someone New

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to TIM RICHARDSON on Wed Apr 22 02:42:35 2020
    On 18 Apr 2020 at 05:18p, TIM RICHARDSON pondered and said...

    1. Our actions have been flawless.

    "It's incredible how we've done."
    "We've done a hell of a job; nobody's done the job
    we've done."
    Donald Trump - Mar 25, 2020

    2. Everything is entirely under control.

    "We have it totally under control."
    "It's just one person coming in from China. We
    have it under control. It's going to be just fine."
    Donald Trump - Jan 22, 2020

    3. You, the adoring masses, bask in a state
    of perpetual bliss."

    "I've had great 'ratings' my whole life, there's
    nothing unusual about that for me. The White House
    News Conference ratings are 'through the roof' (Monday
    Night Football, Bachelor Finale, @nytimes) but I don't
    care about that. I care about going around the Fake
    News to the PEOPLE!"
    Donald Trump - Apr 21, 2020

    There's a tweet for everything.

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Dan Cross on Wed Apr 22 12:46:53 2020
    On 11 Apr 2020 at 09:45a, Dan Cross pondered and said...

    On 09 Apr 2020 at 06:31p, Gregory Deyss pondered and said...
    Where as your assertion is not remotely logical, which is, she would gotten better all by herself by doing nothing. It is ludicrous to eve debate with me over this. We have all seen that this virus is a beast that kills, as it has already killed thousands, but there you sit smu and determined to be right. I did not say these things, this is what woman has declared. I know that burns your ass so badly you can hardl wait to respond, of which is very ignorant.

    Yes, it kills; indiscriminately even. But between 1%
    and 3% of those who contract it.

    But there's no evidence that hydroxychloroquine is an
    effective treatment for it. If you have actual evidence,
    by all means share it. If it's _actual_ evidence and
    it's been verified, I'll admit I'm wrong.

    And now we have a randomized controlled trial with some
    data about this. The results are sad: the group that
    took hydroxychloroquine had a 28% fatality rate versus
    12% in the control group. There was no difference in
    who needed a ventilator, though a group given both
    hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin did have lower
    ventilation rates, but 22% fatality rate.

    https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.16.20065920v1.full.pdf

    An earlier study out of Brazil studying the efects
    of chloroquine was partially halted after 25% of
    participants were observed showing signs of heart
    arrhythmia.

    https://apnews.com/f69fd1607a097d8a55bb1ad9fff78e7b

    So yeah. Dr Trump's magic snakeoil is not only
    ineffective, it's lethal.

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