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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Taro T replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Nothing the administration has done to date regarding the Coronavirus had gone uncriticized, so no surprise the speech last night was criticized as well. Really don't want to see martial law implemented, so people need to do their part. Clean your hands well (that last part is what gets everybody) and don't be a putz. Unless you're elderly &/or immunocompromised you are almost surely going to survive this. But take reasonable steps to prevent yourself from contracting it & more importantly from passing it on. The person 2 people down the chain that you pass it to could very well be someone that this is life threatening towards. Don't hoard, but be prepared. Our society is set up to allow an unprecedented level of teleconferencing / working from home. If you can do that, do so. If your job doesn't allow you to do that, then go to work but be smart. If everybody actually thinks about the welfare of their neighbor, we'll get through this quicker and more successfully than if they don't. Do your part & don't worry about whatever action / inaction 45 or Cuomo, or whomever your governor is takes. The economy is tanking & will take a short term hit. But we'll recover. Be smart & get through this people. We're all in this together. -
Their call center has been much easier to deal with than they were 4-5 years ago. Have had XM / SiriusXM for the wife's cars for at least 15 years. Haven't ever negotiated down to the $5/month, but the $99/yr is our standard. It used to be at least a 20 minute phone call to renew (or more accurately argue, cancel, & renew). Now, have a notice pop up the day before the subscription ends and fall them and renew. The last couple of calls were only ~5 minutes each and not painful. Absolutely used to HATE making that call, because it was always a cluster. Now, still don't like it but it hasn't been an ordeal at least.
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The Babylon Bee, America's Newspaper
Taro T replied to 3rdnlng's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The Bee made an embarrassing mistake as well. Clearly a typo, as they must have meant the uncle was 62. A 52 y.o. would be a Gen Xer and smart enough to not go repeating CNN's garbage. -
Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
Taro T replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Pretty sure it'd be for the same reasons Geraldine Ferraro should've been the VP of the US. (No idea how that ACTUALLY makes her qualified to be the VP; but based on her track record, it can't be much more than that.) -
What have the Democrats done in the past Four years
Taro T replied to B-Man's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
While my preference would be for all the wackiness of the Democratic Party these past 40 or so months to result in moderates either taking control or splitting off into an actual viable 3rd party that resets them back towards the mainstream; until actual Democrats (besides DR who seems to have left that party) start predicting the party will break up / have a reckoning, won't put much heed into the predictions from outsiders that they will. Too reminiscent of when the predictions were that the Republicans were going to completely splinter back in 2008 & even 2016. -
Funny. Can't stop hearing it in "L'il Opie Cunninghan's" voice.
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Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
Taro T replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
If Abrams runs for VP, who will fill in for her as Not-the-Governor of Georgia while she's fulfilling her duties as Not-the VP? That job is going to carry tremendous responsibilities with it and only a true glutton for punishment would be willing to fill such a demanding post. -
Least offensive is probably accurate. But the fact that to the elite, he's "one of us" which goes along with his 50 year "I ride the train back to Delaware every night, because I'm one of the common people" schtick which worked fairly well with voters is IMHO a far larger part of why they've coalesced around him. Really doubt though that he'll be able to keep the schtick up now that the veneer has come off. So, it seems that decision will work about as well as Wile E. Coyote's schemes in the long run.
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Everything Joe Biden--Gaffes, Miscues, Touching, Songs
Taro T replied to 3rdnlng's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Well, the Dems want nothing to do with spending a weekend at Bernie's, so ... -
Well, you hit on the 2nd one. Both Pete and Amy suspended their campaigns. Heard Pete was endorsing Biden. Haven't heard who Amy endorses, but would assume it's Biden.
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This moron is about the right age for it. Did he NEVER switch to ABC on Saturday mornings at the top of the hour for "School House Rock?" No More Kings
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The look in that guy's eyes is great, it says "shut the #### up, it is NOT a onesie!
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Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
Taro T replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Absolutely. As KRC stated, they'll frame it as simply rolling back prior tax cuts, but they'd definitely try to raise taxes significantly more than that. -
Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
Taro T replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The best parts are the comments accusing her of being an anti-Semite for calling Bernie cheap but totally neglecting that she said Bloomberg paid for all the meals in the restaurant on that date. How DARE she stereotype all Jews as being cheap. -
Everything Joe Biden--Gaffes, Miscues, Touching, Songs
Taro T replied to 3rdnlng's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
So, somehow between 1988 and today he morphed from a plagerizer into Bill Walsh? We invented the forward pass in San Francisco. -
Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
Taro T replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
And they conveniently neglect how the most recent country to swap from capitalism to socialism went to hell in under 20 years. If the system was so great, and failure was always due to poor implementation, shouldn't the country that had 80+ years worth of examples to look towards have gotten it right? Presuming of course, that there is an actual right way to switch from capitalism to authoritarianism. Why did Venezuela get it so wrong if there was a right way to do it? -
Romney was winning? What credible poll predicted that? He had momentum heading into the final week, but as soon as Sandy hit & he stopped campaigning for a couple of days, the result was set.
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Though Bernie might be the "benevolent" version of it, he IS communism. And whoever follows him won't be nearly as benevolent. And nobody considers him to be Hitler. His comparable would be Stalin (or maybe Trotsky).
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Not sure if it was the last time, but CBS called Florida for Gore before the panhandle was done voting. Always wondered if that suppressed or goosed the votes for W. Either way, the call was premature and incorrect.
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Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
Taro T replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Realized that. Thus the FTFY. (Which, possibly for the 1st time in the history of the internet wasn't meant in a sarcastic manner.) -
Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
Taro T replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
FTFY. -
What have the Democrats done in the past Four years
Taro T replied to B-Man's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Why do you want them to keep going after the way of the dodo? If they succeed in continuing on this path, 2 of the very likely outcomes of that are both bad: 1. Somehow the loons like AOC actually get power; or 2. Conservative POLITICIANS get the sort of majority that allows them to become serious grifters (assuming for the moment that they currently aren't) which isn't good for anybody but THEIR cronies. Would suppose there's also the possibility that a 3rd party fills the void where slightly left of center politicians had been, but until that happens we get 1 or 2. -
Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
Taro T replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
That part is clear. Still have no forking idea what he was trying to convey unless it was the painfully obvious statement on its face. Which seems to be a painfully silly thing to say. (Which seems par for this election's course.)