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Donald Trump on leadership, 2013 - RL - 5/15/2020 8:40:03 PM
- Meanwhile he is doing all he can to encourage others to spread the virus, while demanding those near him be tested and wear masks... - RL - 5/15/2020 8:47:41 PM
  - "If we didn’t do any testing, we would have very few cases. They [the media] don’t want to write that.”- Trump - RL - 5/15/2020 9:25:18 PM
    - Drug promoted by Trump as coronavirus ‘game changer’ increasingly linked to deaths - RL - 5/16/2020 1:07:34 AM

The GOP is taking the position that there should be no more relief bills passed to aid Americans out of work... - RL - 5/15/2020 1:55:58 AM
- Realistically, I don't think that the GOP is expecting to skip the next election. - hank - 5/15/2020 2:24:44 AM

Donald Trump Refuses To Wear Mask At Mask Supplier, Suggests Testing Is ‘Overrated’ - RL - 5/14/2020 10:05:20 PM

Remember how Trump was supposed to make America respected again? More views from across the pond: "If Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trum… - RL - 5/14/2020 3:14:33 PM

How Trump (And his mindless minions) came to tout hydroxychloroquine as a 'CURE'... - RL - 5/14/2020 3:08:36 AM
- Corona Cures and time-release placebos. - hank - 5/14/2020 1:25:31 PM

The president just baselessly suggested that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough killed an intern. - RL - 5/14/2020 12:26:01 AM

After killing 85,000 Americans, the GOP wants to erase their existence... - RL - 5/14/2020 12:21:31 AM

Was January 2020 Peak Oil? - podrock - 5/13/2020 3:49:52 AM
- According to Worldometer, 43 years to "end of oil. n/t - RobVG - 5/13/2020 5:08:08 PM
  - If we don't end oil long before then, then i doubt civilization will make it to 2063... - RL - 5/13/2020 9:03:06 PM
- Its starting to look like 2020 was the inflection point in a lot of parameters. - hank - 5/13/2020 1:12:05 PM

This Outbreak will Likely Last 18 to 24 Months . . . - DanS - 5/10/2020 7:13:56 PM
- That's convenient. - hank - 5/10/2020 11:51:44 PM
  - Or dead . . . - DanS - 5/11/2020 3:06:49 PM
    - People have known for centuries the deadly potential of microbial plagues. - hank - 5/11/2020 5:09:39 PM

Fake, staged, fraud...It's the brand - podrock - 5/8/2020 2:07:47 PM
- Welllll...WashPo gives it four Pinocchios - Robert - 5/9/2020 1:08:03 AM
  - Noted. Out of context. - podrock - 5/9/2020 1:15:01 AM
    - Ouch - Robert - 5/9/2020 3:01:01 AM
      - He also... - podrock - 5/9/2020 3:47:05 AM
        
        The greatest drawback to the Network . . . - DanS - 5/9/2020 8:04:27 PM
- “Well, can I carry the empty ones, just for the camera?” - RL - 5/9/2020 12:39:26 AM

Moderna's Coronavirus Vaccine has Moved to Second Phase of Testing . . . - DanS - 5/9/2020 7:10:50 PM

McDonald’s customer shoots employees after being asked to leave because of coronavirus restrictions - RL - 5/8/2020 4:23:32 AM
- μολὼν λαβέ - hank - 5/8/2020 12:07:45 PM
  - Πού είναι το βόειο κρέας ? - RL - 5/9/2020 3:18:33 AM
- Oklahoma city backs off mask mandate after threats, as officials struggle to enforce public health rules - RL - 5/8/2020 4:27:55 AM
  - In first 3 hours of face mask rule, multiple employees are threatened with violence - RL - 5/8/2020 4:33:08 AM
    - REPUBLICAN OHIO STATE LAWMAKER REFUSES TO WEAR FACE MASK BECAUSE GOD CREATED HUMANS WITHOUT ONE - RL - 5/8/2020 4:40:53 AM
      - If we were meant by god to run around naked we would have been born that way. - hank - 5/8/2020 12:01:09 PM

Coronavirus Outbreak: Live Updates - DanS - 5/8/2020 3:58:25 PM
- Dogs are Being Trained to Sniff Out COVID-19 in Humans . . . - DanS - 5/8/2020 4:51:57 PM
- Leaked White House Document Projects COVID-19 Deaths will Skyrocket . . . - DanS - 5/8/2020 4:13:15 PM
  - They are doing everything possible to exceed that estimate... - RL - 5/8/2020 11:15:36 PM
- COVID-19 Kills Some People and Spares Others. Why . . . ? - DanS - 5/8/2020 4:03:39 PM
- Coronavirus Found in Infected Men's Semen . . . - DanS - 5/8/2020 3:59:53 PM

There are no depths the GOP will not sink to... "So what if you lose 400,000 people? 200,000 were elderly, the other 200,000 are the bottom of society. You got to clean out the barn." - RL - 5/8/2020 4:18:27 AM
- He's right about one thing. - hank - 5/8/2020 7:08:23 PM
  - So much for "ALL lives matter", eh? - RL - 5/8/2020 11:14:04 PM

Trump administration buries detailed CDC advice on reopening - RL - 5/8/2020 4:12:39 AM
- The Trumpanzees are ready to do whatever it takes to win this election. - hank - 5/8/2020 12:21:57 PM

'It makes no sense': Feds consider relaxing infection control in US nursing homes - RL - 5/7/2020 12:28:48 AM
- "The business of America is business." - hank - 5/7/2020 1:41:24 AM
  - Fox News' Laura Ingraham falsely claims “there was no real scientific basis” for social distancing - RL - 5/7/2020 2:42:49 AM
    - They are desperate... - hank - 5/7/2020 12:47:21 PM

A press conference: - podrock - 5/7/2020 1:08:36 AM
- The GOP likes to play dumb, but in this case they know full well they are murdering Americans - RL - 5/7/2020 2:35:59 AM

For those of you counting on summer heat to put down the virus... - hank - 5/6/2020 10:00:53 PM

Outside America's Little Box . . . - DanS - 5/6/2020 2:30:14 PM
- USA! USA! USA! - hank - 5/6/2020 3:31:09 PM
  - Not for a lack of trying . . . - DanS - 5/6/2020 3:54:58 PM
    - This bug caught everybody by surprise. - hank - 5/6/2020 4:45:13 PM
      - Why is everything I'm typing coming up in bold type? - hank - 5/6/2020 4:50:56 PM
        
        I don't see bold type - podrock - 5/6/2020 6:28:48 PM
        
        How did you do that? - hank - 5/6/2020 7:44:15 PM
        
        I didn't do anything. - podrock - 5/6/2020 8:35:04 PM

"THE WORLD HAS LOVED, HATED AND ENVIED THE U.S. NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE PITY IT" (How's that MAGA thing working out for you, losers?) - RL - 4/29/2020 1:32:02 AM
- Sometimes an essay is so complete there's no comment necessary. - Robert - 4/29/2020 2:39:40 AM
  - Aye - podrock - 4/29/2020 3:43:30 AM
    - Thoughts - Robert - 4/29/2020 6:28:32 AM
      - Kindred Spirits - podrock - 4/29/2020 12:31:47 PM
        
        Its not just the Irish - hank - 4/29/2020 1:42:12 PM
        
        Ireland helping tribes - podrock - 5/5/2020 4:42:56 PM

Corona anecdote - hank - 4/30/2020 7:01:48 PM
- Google San Antonio food line - RL - 5/2/2020 7:20:03 AM
- I don't know what to say. - podrock - 5/2/2020 4:19:25 AM
  - In passing (edited) - hank - 5/5/2020 3:17:44 AM
    - Its funny how I got that backwards when I first wrote it. - hank - 5/5/2020 3:23:18 AM
      - And yet I still got what you meant - podrock - 5/5/2020 3:36:41 AM
        
        We live in a culture where debt is a commercial virtue and poverty is a vice.. - hank - 5/5/2020 1:20:12 PM

In case you are wondering what's on POTUS*'s mind (such as it is). - podrock - 5/5/2020 1:20:10 PM

"Lie-Lie-Lie-Lie Lysol" - Robert - 5/1/2020 3:32:01 AM
- ;^) Cool. - DanS - 5/1/2020 1:52:52 PM
- Wow, these guys are great - Robert - 5/1/2020 4:01:27 AM
  - Not too fond of the animation (creepy as hell) but I like the song. - DanS - 5/1/2020 1:54:34 PM
    - Then you'r gonna love this one - Robert - 5/1/2020 10:05:43 PM
      - ;^) - DanS - 5/4/2020 8:10:06 PM
  - Yes they are. - podrock - 5/1/2020 4:13:42 AM

Arizona GOP chair encourages anti-stay-at-home protesters to dress like health care workers - RL - 5/2/2020 5:29:20 AM
- I'm surprised they weren't advised to dress up like cops, soldiers, firemen or priests, - hank - 5/3/2020 11:10:26 PM
- Nah, the dull, vacant, moronic expressions (or the hate-contorted grimaces) will give them away. - hank - 5/2/2020 12:41:12 PM
- One side, and one side only... - RL - 5/2/2020 5:38:40 AM
  - Remember how the honkeys howled when armed Black Panthers demonstrated? - hank - 5/2/2020 12:45:57 PM
    - It made them consider gun control - RL - 5/2/2020 3:22:22 PM

Did You Already Have Coronavirus in January or February? - DanS - 4/30/2020 8:14:25 PM
- Maybe - Robert - 5/1/2020 3:08:46 AM
  - Immunity may be a triggered reaction . . . - DanS - 5/1/2020 7:58:30 PM
- We need the virus and antibody tests NOW - Robert - 4/30/2020 8:47:05 PM
- 1 in 5 People Tested in New York City had Antibodies for the Coronavirus . . . - DanS - 4/30/2020 8:15:33 PM

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