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Gahlo
United States35160 Posts
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
Powerful leadership | ||
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farvacola
United States18835 Posts
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
First of all they changed the stockpile website just now to Kushners definition of the stockpile and not what it was earlier 'for use in emergency when local supplies run out' Female reporter now asks Trump what on earth 'our' would mean if not the states. He goes 'ohh such nasty question, you should be ashamed, 'our' means our country' 'so...the states' 'no its for the united states of america' '...' 'We need to keep some for the federal government' edit: now some other reporter asked a second time, and now he basically said it is all for the states. Weird discussion. | ||
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Dan HH
Romania9135 Posts
On April 04 2020 07:26 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: The discussion about Kushner's comments that the federal stockpile is 'our stockpile and not supposed to be state stockpile' is also hilarious (ly sad) First of all they changed the stockpile website just now to Kushners definition of the stockpile and not what it was earlier 'for use in emergency when local supplies run out' Female reporter now asks Trump what on earth 'our' would mean if not the states. He goes 'ohh such nasty question, you should be ashamed, 'our' means our country' 'so...the states' 'no its for the united states of america' '...' 'We need to keep some for the federal government' edit: now some other reporter asked a second time, and now he basically said it is all for the states. Weird discussion. I'm really confused as to why he keeps inserting himself into issues he has zero relevant qualifications to deal with. IIRC last year he thought he was the guy to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict because he read a couple of books about it? I can't wrap my head around that level of hubris, to think that your hours of research are somehow more fruitful than the decades put in by others in a particular niche. | ||
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EllisDee
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Waiting for Canada to follow our Big Brother on the mask recommendation. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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schaf
Germany1326 Posts
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
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Biff The Understudy
France7917 Posts
On April 04 2020 07:55 Dan HH wrote: I'm really confused as to why he keeps inserting himself into issues he has zero relevant qualifications to deal with. IIRC last year he thought he was the guy to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict because he read a couple of books about it? I can't wrap my head around that level of hubris, to think that your hours of research are somehow more fruitful than the decades put in by others in a particular niche. The guy is a living allegory of the Dunnig Kruger effect. It's amazing anyone can be so arrogant having achieved so little. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23446 Posts
This officially kills the "you're going to take private healthcare away from people" part of the bipartisan opposition to Medicare for All now right? | ||
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iamthedave
England2814 Posts
On April 04 2020 06:38 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: LOL Trump just said CDC now recommends cloth (not medical) masks in public, but it's all voluntary, it's only a recommendation and 'I'm not gonna do it' while making a face like: these CDC guys are nuts who's gonna wear a cloth mask Powerful leadership And half of the country would assume you were being serious with that end note. On April 04 2020 07:55 Dan HH wrote: I'm really confused as to why he keeps inserting himself into issues he has zero relevant qualifications to deal with. IIRC last year he thought he was the guy to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict because he read a couple of books about it? I can't wrap my head around that level of hubris, to think that your hours of research are somehow more fruitful than the decades put in by others in a particular niche. In fairness - while I agree this would be an improvement - that would mean he never speaks out on any issue ever. | ||
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Blitzkrieg0
United States13132 Posts
On April 05 2020 01:08 iamthedave wrote: And half of the country would assume you were being serious with that end note. In fairness - while I agree this would be an improvement - that would mean he never speaks out on any issue ever. Would this really be a bad thing though? He is the president's son. Not some actual political figure. | ||
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Dan HH
Romania9135 Posts
On April 05 2020 01:08 iamthedave wrote: In fairness - while I agree this would be an improvement - that would mean he never speaks out on any issue ever. This isn't about speaking, it's about the official roles he's joining on task forces. If Megadeth asked you to fill in for their drummer would you say "ask an actual drummer" or "sure thing, lemme just watch some youtube tutorials on how to hold a stick"? | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
On April 05 2020 01:00 GreenHorizons wrote: ~30 million people may be losing their private insurance over the next months https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1246118093350469633 This officially kills the "you're going to take private healthcare away from people" part of the bipartisan opposition to Medicare for All now right? Not really because I don't think there's any Democrat who opposes offering universal health insurance to anyone who needs or wants it. The issue of the argument is to not eliminate private insurance for people who want to keep it. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23446 Posts
On April 05 2020 02:28 Nyxisto wrote: Not really because I don't think there's any Democrat who opposes offering universal health insurance to anyone who needs or wants it. The issue of the argument is to not eliminate private insurance for people who want to keep it. I mean obviously there are or it would have passed when they had total control under Obama. Hillary wouldn't have said it would never ever happen, and Biden wouldn't be arguing against it based on cost. The idea that people want to keep their private insurer is based off a desire to maintain preferential treatment over others no matter how you slice it though from my perspective. EDIT: Also no one wants universal/"affordable" insurance, people want universal care. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15723 Posts
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Zambrah
United States7376 Posts
On April 05 2020 02:48 Mohdoo wrote: I feel like until Bernie, Biden and Trump all recover from Corona, we have zero idea what November looks like. Super weird. They could all die. Or none of them. No way they die, they’re all guaranteed top notch medical care, Id be unbelievably surprised if they died, in spite of their old age. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
On April 05 2020 03:01 Zambrah wrote: No way they die, they’re all guaranteed top notch medical care, Id be unbelievably surprised if they died, in spite of their old age. Doesn't really matter at those ages. Medical care is better, but even with it there's still a 20% chance they die at their age. There's a reason that when they entered triage in Italy one of the groups they stopped treating was >60 - there's no guarantee even the best medical care would save them. | ||
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mikedebo
Canada4341 Posts
On April 05 2020 02:27 Dan HH wrote: This isn't about speaking, it's about the official roles he's joining on task forces. If Megadeth asked you to fill in for their drummer would you say "ask an actual drummer" or "sure thing, lemme just watch some youtube tutorials on how to hold a stick"? Isn't that pretty close to what happened with Shawn Drover? I mean, he was clearly a drummer, but he'd never played in any close to Megadeth scale before and then was on some major tour right away. I read some interview from him about almost fainting or something when he saw the crowd. | ||
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