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There are zero hospitals stressed anywhere, and there really haven't been during this entire 20 month hysteria

Tiberius and the other Leftists on here clearly are just not smart about real world things. Fairly obvious by now

The more one thinks about it, it will be REALLY interesting to see where common Police Departments and the Military fall down on the Leftist gov't Control Mechanisms side of the fence. Will they arrest people simply daring to ask questions and "dissent"? We know where the FBI is, seemingly. See how the rest of those in authority with the weapons respond.

It's just human nature, it's the natural progression of Civilizations through all time. The US Founding Fathers were actually very smart and set up this government exceptionally well to navigate the changing times. I'd argue that succeeding/surviving for 245 years is an incredible achievement given all that's happened in terms of Technological and Societal development. Rome lasted 1,000 years but didn't face nearly the challenges that the US has (although Geography certainly helped in the first 200 years of US existence). But the usual Leftist jealousies and infighting and inflaming and redefining always end up taking place, and they always end up imploding said successful civilization over time. Look at it this way: what sustained the United States for the last 60 years? Geographic isolationism and extreme Military technologic advancement are very, very high on this list of reasons. Perhaps the top two reasons. Yet, those are things that today's US Leftists despise. And so, successful civilizations succumb to self-loathing, bribe its own citizens to give the nation away (today's $7T of "packages" being worked on by our Leftist overlords to make things "better") Please note, I'm not arguing that ALL Leftist policies are wrong. There are many that are good, such as openness and inclusion, some economic shock absorbers, etc etc. It's just that when they get rolling they tend to sink the ship. And so, this vitriol you're seeing is what happens...the anti-ship-sinkers vs. the give-the-farm-awayers Edit: I would add, that what really happens is these societies pacify existence to the point that its citizens forgot what got them there. You can successfully manage a frontier fort for example, amidst a dangerous environment, so long as you operate within a framework that enables that. However, when the denizens of the fort get too comfortable, and start operating in a different way, with a different mind-set, THAT'S when the external forces break through and slaughter all inhabitants

"SEVEN lives were lost in the city areas surrounding the building in which the extremists marched of natural causes unrelated to the storming but were in the vicinity so nevermind..."

What a joke this nation has become... Gen Colin Powell (RIP), a Multiple Myeloma patient, dies "with complications from COVID" Um, MM actually kills the blood's T & B cells and destroys the Immune system He died of complications of Covid-19, his family said in a statement, adding that he had been vaccinated and was treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md., where he died. Mr. Powell had undergone treatment for multiple myeloma, which compromised his immune system, a spokeswoman said. What are top causes of death from MM: The most common cause of death related to multiple myeloma is infection, with pneumonia being the most common fatal infection. Other common causes of death are bleeding (from low platelet counts), complications of bone fractures, kidney failure, and blood clots in the lungs.

The Chinese have a very patient, long-term approach...and they figured out some of the buttons to push to up-end the fragile American minds of the 21st century. In a way, you can imagine they were just waiting for the advent of phones & social media to spring their trap... I will go back to late Feb, 2020, when my colleague who is a Fin News channel on-air contributor (CNBC and the like) and thus probably viewed as a thought leader overseas, was receiving tens of videos from Chinese users showing videos of people just walking and falling over dead on the streets in China. Of course, we now know that's not at all what occurs with this disease. Begs the question, WHY was that happening? I'd submit to sow fear and create and accelerate/accentuate the societal reaction. It actually led us to misdiagnose and mistreat patients in the first several months, as people who's blood-oxygen levels dropped temporarily were placed on ventilators which only made things worse and ultimately killed thousands of people. (Remember the rush to find Ventilators? wrong move). And now it's led to the change in leadership they'd wanted, one that will hamstring Western Democracies and ultimately lead to their demise. And the genius part...the story-line will be that those Western Democracies failed BECAUSE they lacked the autocratic philosophies, tendencies and systems that persist in China! An important salving internal message for China's own oppressed people. Over 22 months, close to 6,000,000 Americans have died, as always happens every 22 months. Some 650,000 of them died with this virus, apparently. I would say China's won this one.

No, you're being intentionally obtuse. We've shown you, definitively, that the Democrats can lift the Debt Ceiling with the stroke of a pen(s), given their relative positioning right now. The point, that you're being obtuse about, is they are SIMULTANEOUSLY embarking on a Nationally embarrassing legislative disaster to crank another $5-7T into an economy that doesn't need it, borrowing dollars that would make even the terrible Trump administration blush, with the intent (quoting now) to "fundamentally change" an economy that shouldn't be fundamentally changed. It's the greatest economy in the world for reasons. This administration and Leftists everywhere don't like those reasons. They are wrong. Leftists won't even acknowledge that they were told what bad things would happen if they embarked on certain things...they did those things...and now those repercussions are coming home to roost. So, going along and just raising the debt ceiling, which would apply some normalcy to what is happening, would be the wrong strategy for the Republicans to take on. The Leftists' policy proscriptions, led by Biden-Harris-Pelosi-Schumer-Sanders-Squad-AOC-Warren (my goodness look at how collectively DUMB that leadership is) leave the Republicans no choice. To answer your question, your speaker Ms. Psaki explained exactly why the Republicans are doing what they should be doing...because the Leftists want to fundamentally change what is the Greatest system in the world's history, that has lifted the most people out of poverty ever... It is the proper strategy to not allow these people ANY wins such that they'd lead us into further chaos...

Just from Wikipedia, maybe some moronic Right-winger mistakenly updated it: Congress can pass up to three reconciliation bills per year, with each bill addressing the major topics of reconciliation: revenue, spending, and the federal debt limit.

It's just the Global Leftist Cabal's joyous creation of their Dependence Class, which they dream and envision will eventually include...all of us

I love it...21 months into this, the moronic media and gov't are still touting that "1,500 people died of COVID yesterday"... No you morons, actually 7,600 people died yesterday, on average, the majority of whom are old and die of such things as a matter of course. More convinced than ever there is some Leftist Global Cabal over-seeing all this, it's working out too smoothly for their desired outcomes. Soon we will see the rationing and price caps and lines and "passes" that tend to accompany Socialist Authoritarian shifts

you're witnessing the great failure of American Leftist thinking just today....the moral/intellectual superiority effect... The very basics of the economy are falling apart at the seams, because of policies and incentives put in place by the FEDERAL GOV'T So they gather people in Washington to address the situation and declare the solution in play, but of course it's not. It's just a soundbite mechanism for the MSM to distribute to their followers for effect...Pres Biden and Secty Buttigieg met w/ Titans of Industry to solve these bottlenecks, relief is on the way. (of course it's not)

There is so much wrong in that article that it speaks to how truly screwed we really are

It's mostly all of them...since Leftists don't really comprehend basic rules of Economics. But to answer your question, there are specifically THREE policies that have inarguably led to my likely conservative cost increase: 1) All of the policies surrounding energy that have led to significantly higher natural gas and gasoline prices. All of that is not free, it gets passed on...I know Leftists want to increase the price of Energy so that new Green-Energy sources make more sense (unfortunate that Greens/Leftists don't like Nuclear these days), but predictably they will hurt countless lives on their quest to get there... 2) All of the policies that convince people that they don't have to work, and that the State will care for their livelihoods. Yes, when the gov't shut down the economy to "stop the virus" (hilarious concept, BTW) they rightfully issued checks to those people whose lives they'd ruined...BUT, when the virus was a YEAR OLD, this idiotic "Administration" launched its "HISTORIC PANDEMIC RELIEF BILL of $1.9T" that was not necessary and really trapped citizens in a world of "I don't need to work because they're just sending me money". Now they want to borrow more money just to hand it to citizens, absurd Leftists won't understand this but excessive borrowing just means that IRs will remain low/zero forever, creating asset-price inflation that ultimately means your increased Transfer Payments aren't enough to actually buy a home, for instance, or afford the type of life you want to live. This is most clearly demonstrated in the national housing market which is obviously pricing out those in the lower-income area (and no, more transfer payments won't help this) 3) The arbitrary Minimum Wage hikes very clearly only add to inflationary pressures; the market could/would/should force wages to rise in accordance with commensurate economic balance, but Leftist's don't understand this, and it will only hurt those they're trying to "help" as has occurred throughout all time.

HEY! Here's $3,600 for each child you have! Now, because of our policies, it costs $15,000 more to raise said child, but you'll figure it out through our government representatives! Enjoy!!

Yeah, but what does the Constitution mean anymore, if it stands in the way of anything the Means To An End Party wants to get done "for the people"

As a fellow human and American and Bills fan, I feel for you, I really do.

Biden is going to get someone hurt or killed

He's lost it, but more importantly, he's lost most all rational people. "Drive-by parties? Zoom dance parties?" Have these people lost their minds? And it should not have...end of the day, if there was ever an honest analysis, they'd find that everyone had it, some people were more at risk and (allegedly) 700k people died over 2 years (out of ~5.9m people who actually died so what are we talking about here?).

If this is a serious question, you haven't been paying attention... So I'll just say they know what it's now tied to and they're trying to save our nation.

Yes, and the Nazis erupted from the Left, not the Right. Biggest misconstruction, and most dangerous, in history. Leftists/Socialists are the most racist people on earth. Just look at Europe for the last 30 years. National Socialist German Workers Party

That is nowhere near accurate. Even if you take the absurd 660,000 death number as correct, the new incidence rate from the CDC of 90m "cases" would imply a 0.7% Mortality rate vs. 0.1% for Flu, or 7x. But that's not remotely accurate either. For starters, they've only done one extrapolation on the Case number, when they doubled it from 45m to 90m last month. For Flu, they use multiple layers of guesses and extrapolations to create their "incidence rate". The Covid Incidence rate is at least another double, to 180m, which would imply a 3% Mortality rate, or 3x worse. BUT, that death count is over two years, vs. one year for the Flu (actually 4 months for Flu Seasons) and thus the incidence rate for COVID is actually well over the 180m over two years, so you've likely got a Mortality rate of 0.2%, or maybe twice as bad as Flu, and certainly no reason to do this nonsense. What we had here were 2 lean Flu seasons playing catch-up during a new coronavirus that was a little worse than before.

Geezus, what a moron, DC votes 96% Demo every year, and the morons therein haven't had an original though in decades. Yes, they're thrilled to see the embodiment of more "destructive power".

This is the problem vis a vis COVID. Just 5 human generations ago, like 1880, the human life expectancy (that I found on Google) was like 38 years old. Now we're living until we're 78 and beyond. The human immune system was designed, through Evolution, to protect you through childhood and adolescence, then through reproductive years and child-rearing, and that's about it. 5 Generations is not enough time for Evolutionary Biology to adapt to a doubling of life expectancy.

I'd like to have what you're on; you are so far from reality it's actually quite scary. People are generally not dumb (well, at least non-Democrats ) and realize that free gifts are not sustainable.