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At this point, I think it is as much in the bag as HRClinton was 4 years ago. I think Biden has a real shot. Something unthinkable four months ago.

I’ve said it before, the “center” pole got abruptly picked up and moved several paces to the left about a decade ago. This had an instant effect of re-labeling everyone. The media has been the mouthpiece for this shift, first focusing on social issues and now more obviously combining that with political stances. I don’t think it was a thought out plan. I think it is a progression that the media obviously believes sells clicks and newspapers. They keep doing it because people “vote” for money-making things with their pocketbook. And the more they do it, the more normalized this re-labeling becomes. And here we are today, with “centrists” being called “Nazis”. I think a lot of what the Times has done to try to stay relevant online is to make splashy headlines that try to tell the entire message of an article. The story in the body of the article is usually a different thing, and doesn’t support the headline. They need to do this because of their online model has to compete with “free” online press. Grab them with a headline and then block the story behind a subscription request. They know that the result is that most people only read the headline. The headline is usually some inflammatory claim against the administration that they don’t need to back up in their articles, because their readership has become the “choir”. The Times, especially, gets away with it because they still ride their reputation. I think they’re throwing their reputation away — whether on purpose or by accident, I don’t know (they started awhile ago, but it has accelerated much more recently). The Times is in serious danger of dying completely once Trump goes away, IMO.

I stopped reading the NYT a long time ago. I suspect that it has long ago completed its transition to a one-sided outlet for news and opinions. This is a resignation letter from Bari Weiss, who was their OpEd “centrist”. It is worth a read. Maybe she’s got sour grapes, but what she describes sounds a lot like a description of my suspicions. If true, I’m glad I stopped reading the NYT and I wish they’d open themselves back up to competing points of view. https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter My own forays into Wrongthink have made me the subject of constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views. They have called me a Nazi and a racist; I have learned to brush off comments about how I’m “writing about the Jews again.” Several colleagues perceived to be friendly with me were badgered by coworkers. My work and my character are openly demeaned on company-wide Slack channels where masthead editors regularly weigh in. There, some coworkers insist I need to be rooted out if this company is to be a truly “inclusive” one, while others post ax emojis next to my name. Still other New York Times employees publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action. They never are. ... I do not understand how you have allowed this kind of behavior to go on inside your company in full view of the paper’s entire staff and the public. And I certainly can’t square how you and other Times leaders have stood by while simultaneously praising me in private for my courage. Showing up for work as a centrist at an American newspaper should not require bravery. ... Part of me wishes I could say that my experience was unique. But the truth is that intellectual curiosity—let alone risk-taking—is now a liability at The Times. Why edit something challenging to our readers, or write something bold only to go through the numbing process of making it ideologically kosher, when we can assure ourselves of job security (and clicks) by publishing our 4000th op-ed arguing that Donald Trump is a unique danger to the country and the world? And so self-censorship has become the norm.

Hey, why have ANY elected officials other than President, right? Why have any Administrative office heads, right? Or that's the only person you can think of -- ever. I'm sure you knew how governments worked at some point in your life. You don't seem to care about local-state-federal at this point. You don't seem to care about how the government works at an executive level.

Shut up, Trumptard... Oh, wait.

I said: a lot of people made bad mistakes. You reply: Trump is a liar. I think Trump made that statement (lie, stupid comment, whatever) in early February. I can cherrypick quotes, too. Here is an article laying out “stupid lies” by NYC health officials, Barbot and Levine, and Cuomo. Here is this Cuomo quote from early MARCH: “Excuse our arrogance as New Yorkers — I speak for the mayor also on this one — we think we have the best health care system on the planet right here in New York,” Cuomo said. “So, when you’re saying, what happened in other countries versus what happened here, we don’t even think it’s going to be as bad as it was in other countries.” https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-york-city-officials-were-slow-to-take-coronavirus-seriously/ Here is DeBlasio (MARCH 13): "We want people to go about their lives," he said on March 13. "We want people to rest assured that a lot is being done to protect them." https://www.axios.com/new-york-city-de-blasio-coronavirus-comments-34cf5a9b-9b5d-4987-97d6-e9fd3ba03e24.html As I said, a lot of people made bad mistakes. Like usual, you want to focus solely on one person. That’s your hate talking. I only bring up these quotes as an example of things that shouldn’t have been said — like Trump’s quote. I’m not going to classify them as stupid or lies, just because of the speaker’s party or their personality.

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Not only that, but they could have used these facilities and kept a couple hospitals covid-free in order to deal with other health matters and even elective surgeries.

NYS is abiding by CDC guidelines for reopening. It says it right in the NYS Forward materials. The CDC is a Federal Agency last I checked. Cuomo publicly thanked the Administration a few times during the worst of the NYS outbreak. Are you sure that you're not overstating things? Pretty much everyone made some big mistakes when little was known and everyone was panicked. Whether the mistakes get repeated or continue is worthy of criticism.

Then the headline should preview the content of the article and mention $$; not leave people who breeze through to think the “troubling” part has anything to do with kids getting sick.

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Why do you always make it about her? Can't you get over her once and for all?

I watched the video. Definite yes!

Wow. That Epstein settlement gets worse and worse. I’d think the government must believe that they can get her on her own and not as a co-conspirator. Or else maybe the case against Maxwell wasn’t covered in Epstein’s original charges?

It proved to me that he provided what he was legally required to provide — a certified statement of what he owns and what income he makes. It is pretty detailed. I’m guessing you didn’t bother to look at it, like you won’t look at his tax returns, like you’ve never looked at any candidate’s returns. Releasing tax returns is optional. See the difference there? I underlined words to help you. Again, you said you want to see the tax returns to see if Trump is worth what he claims. I responded that income taxes don’t show that. They show income, not net worth. I gave you a way to find out what Trump, himself, owns and what he claims to earn. Your response is: “that’s supposed to prove something?” Really, think about your response.

And I want you to be my latex salesman?

Hey, someone should tells BillStime that people read your schittt. ?

If we are still in masks and distancing when flu season 2020 comes around, I wonder whether it will be a lighter load. I’d say yes, probably.

I think the virus is flaring up regionally at this point ) maybe it has always been that way). My comment on States was applicable to fans in the stadiums. They’d know locally whether it is a good idea or not. I really couldn’t care less about that aspect, to tell the truth.

I’m not sure if it would make much of a difference, but they could play every ten days or two weeks to deal with testing/tracing. They could probably get a 12 game season that way. Letting fans in the stadium should be decided by State/local health departments — which is how they’re handling that so far.

Wow! A little dusty in here.

There was a Gizmodo article with a theory that the overpriced items are more likely for money launderers. Either way, seems like some squirrely thing. Can they find out if anyone actually bought the stuff?

You said something about wanting to see if Trump is as wealthy as he claims. I get that. You want to investigate a person to find a crime it seems. Bad road to travel. Bad precedent to set. You never said whether you’d actually look at the returns, or have looked at any candidates returns since the Ford era. I provided you to a link where Trump himself itemized and certified his worth. Did you look at that? I did. Did you find that he’s hiding anything?