Dr Fauci celebrates Dr Fauci Day (which used to be Christmas Eve) with a few close strangers who happened to stop by in a crowd larger than six with more than two households and sing for Fauci and give him a birthday banner!
You can see Fauci in the middle of the crowd, social distancing with that six feet inches that is required and making sure that there no more than um, 1,2,3,4... well nevermind. He does have a mask on, however, so I suppose that is something!
Meanwhile, make sure none of you gather in groups larger than six and make sure that only two households are celebrating together today. Merry Christmas and happy Dr Fauci day as well.
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At least they are all wearing masks,
which of course Scott assures us are totally useless...
Bro g reported that Biden ,the guy who supposedly got 80M votes, is angry that twitter won't just transfer Trump's 33M followers. Funny how he was unable to fill a venue, and is concerned about getting Twitter followers, was able to get 80M votes in the same election in which Republicans dominated everything else.
This is another example of his distrust of science.
People like him declared that the earth is the center of the universe, of the earth is flat, or that the universe is 6,000 years old, because of the first book of the Bible .
Scott is a prime example of the effectiveness of propaganda.
Balls:
Biden "...supposedly got 80 million votes..."
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CNN, Dec. 4:
As of Friday morning, Biden had won about 81.2 million votes, the most votes a candidate has won in US history, and Trump had won about 74.2 million....
Despite Biden's decisive victory...the President has refused to concede the race and continues to make baseless claims about widespread voter fraud.
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That's SEVEN MILLION more popular votes than Trump got.
Myballs said...
Bro g reported that Biden ,the guy who supposedly got 80M votes, is angry that twitter won't just transfer Trump's 33M followers.
this 'man' really is too fucking stupid to be my president.
those followers aren't twitter's to transfer, and twitter can't make anyone follow slow joe an da ho.
The 7M is entirely made up by CA (5M) and NY (2.1M). This is why we have an electoral college.
And yes there are millions of voters why find it curious that Biden couldn't fill a venue, that the gop won huge up and down the election, yet an uninspiring retired like biden coyld get 80M votes. It's a legitimate question.
The fact that that bomb targeted Nashville, the symbolic heart of Trump country, leads many to look at some in the violent antifa BLM as potential perpetrators.
This is another example of his distrust of science.
! this claim about the distrust of science has been disputed!
CNN, Dec. 4:
As of Friday morning, Biden had won about 81.2 million votes
! this claim about election votes has been disputed!
! These disputes have been disputed.
And discredited.
Biden Says He’ll Be Able to Work with Republicans
12:00 pm
President-elect Joe Biden told the New York Times that he will be able to work with Republicans because of his years working alongside them, despite a sharply divided Congress.
Said Biden:
“My leverage is, every senior Republican knows I’ve never once, ever, misled them. I’ll never publicly embarrass them.”
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You mean, the way Trump has been doing?
! These disputes have been disputed.
And discredited.
! this claim about discredited claims has been disputed!
Justice Clarence Thomas disputes this assertion
Biden Says He’ll Be Able to Work with Republicans
! This claim about Biden's abilities has been disputed!
So was he lying then about masks or lying now?
The problem with stuff like this is that when you do this, you torch your credibility, not to mention thinking you can manipulate people and treat them like children.
Now, on “Fauci Day,” comes the report that he’s doing it again, that he admitted in a phone interview he’d been deliberately changing his public statements about the virus because he didn’t think people were “ready” to hear his true beliefs.
According to The NY Times, Fauci admitted he had been slowly “increasing the number of Americans he says need to be vaccinated for the U.S. to reach ‘herd immunity’ in public statements.” He said partly that was due to new science and partly because he thinks the country is finally ready to hear it.
Now he’s claiming we might need 90% in order to reach it.
So why should we believe what he has to say? Health officials are supposed to be telling us the truth, however difficult that might be. If they’re not, why are they there? They’re not supposed to be lying and smooth talking us.
There’s no reason to believe the 90% number either, that smacks of just wanting more control and it leaves out those with natural immunity or those immune from having had it. But notice even the definition of herd immunity is in the process of being changed apparently, by WHO.
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2020/12/24/299713-n299713
When Fauci says his former estimate of 70 percent may have been too low and a percentage of 80 or 85 or even 90 percent might be more realistically needed, he is being far more honest than the President who said cases and deaths would be down to near zero within a few days, and it would just magically go away, and was no worse than the flu, and we could safely pack the churches last Easter, and that we had turned the corner on it just before election day.
! any and all claims of anything from Dr Fauci have been disputed!
.... by Dr Fauci!
'Not me. My leverage is that every senior Republican knows I’ve never once, ever, misled them. They know I’ll never publicly embarrass them.”
Now, on “Fauci Day,” comes the report that he’s doing it again, that he admitted in a phone interview he’d been deliberately changing his public statements about the virus because he didn’t think people were “ready” to hear his true beliefs.
! This claim has not been disputed, other than Dr Fauci himself as he is disputing his earlier comments!
at this point the only value fauci has to me is entertainment value.
he's like the 'elf on the shelf.' purely for amusement.
! The illusion that Joe Biden is commenting on CHT on Christmas morning has been disputed.
They know I’ll never publicly embarrass them.”
"Because I will 'literally' be spending 100% of my time and energy embarrassing myself!"
What JamesNewLeaf said at 11:41 can be neither credibly disputed nor credibly discredited.
When Fauci says his former estimate of 70 percent may have been too low and a percentage of 80 or 85 or even 90 percent might be more realistically needed, he is being far more honest than the President...
apples and oranges, pederast.
fauci is supposed to be the leading medical expert of the administration and the covid effort.
instead he's come off like an assclown.
! what the fake blog fact checker claimed has been disputed!
Sorry Rat...
The idea that you could trust that the top epidemiologist and point person on the Covid task force would simply tell us the truth is a ridiculous concept.
You know, as well as I know, that Dr Fauci is required to tell liberals what they want to hear, and that they will believe whatever he says, even if it is different than what he said a few days ago.
We also know that the idea that he lied to us a while back and admits as much is seen as "tremendous honesty" by the liberals who follow whatever he says as if it is the gospel truth.
James is a pederast
No, Scott, Fauci always had the decency and integrity to refuse to go along with Trump's outrageously erroneous claims -- and in important moments Birci backed him up. That won him Trump's oppobrium and the understandable admiration not only of liberals but of many conservatives. Fauci was and remains one of the most popular and trusted spokespersons in this entire Trump covid fiasco.
Ignore.
Trump promises vaccines by year end, delivers on that promise. Some fiasco.
The Guardian
The Republican party has ushered in a dark Christmas, indeed.
We deserve better
by Hamilton Nolan
"This year hundreds of thousands of Americans have died of Covid and millions have sunk into poverty, thanks to Republican callousness.
This may be read at realclearpolitics.com.
A nuclear Asia is on the way, China Joe will not stop them
TOKYO (Reuters) - A top Japanese defence official on Friday urged U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to “be strong” in supporting Taiwan in the face of an aggressive China, calling the island’s safety a “red line.”
We are concerned China will expand its aggressive stance into areas other than Hong Kong. I think one of the next targets, or what everyone is worried about, is Taiwan,” State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama told Reuters.
In an interview, Nakayama, Japan’s deputy defence minister, urged Biden to take a similar line on Taiwan as outgoing President Donald Trump, who has significantly boosted military sales to the Chinese-claimed island and increased engagement.
Japan’s engagement with Taiwan has also flourished in recent years on a largely non-governmental basis. Tokyo maintains a “one China” policy, delicately balancing its relationships with neighbouring giant China and its longtime military ally in Washington.
Japan shares strategic interests with Taiwan, which sits in sea lanes through which much of Japan’s energy supplies and trade flow.
“So far, I haven’t yet seen a clear policy or an announcement on Taiwan from Joe Biden. I would like to hear it quickly, then we can also prepare our response on Taiwan in accordance,” Nakayama said.
During the presidential campaign, Biden called for strengthening ties with Taiwan and other “like-minded democracies.”
The same Guardian writer who actually wrote that Republicans were telling us 'here's a bed sheet, make yourself a parachute as they push us out of a plane'.
This is who James clings to. Oh my.
Los Angeles Times Op-Ed:
It's never too late to become a Democrat
There was a time when being a Democrat or a Republican was defined by your views about healthcare, abortion, gun control, taxes, education, foreign policy, etc.
Those days are over.
It was something to hear Sen. Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah and the party’s standard-bearer in 2012, tell CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday, “I represent a very small slice of the Republican Party today.” An obvious, but candid, acknowledgement.
As he explained, the party he knew as a young man — and even just eight years ago — is gone. “We were a party concerned about balancing the budget. We believed in trade with other nations. We were happy to play a leadership role on the world stage, because we felt that made us safer and more prosperous. And we believed that character was essential in the leaders that we chose. We have strayed from that. I don't see us returning to that for a long time.”
===the article continues at realclearpolitics.com
No, Scott, Fauci always had the decency and integrity to refuse to go along with Trump's outrageously erroneous claims --b
You mean like arguing that it would be this summer before we had a vaccine and that it was "outrageous" to claim that it would be by the end of the year?
To be clear, Fauci himself told people that masks don't work, then told them that they did, but then was seen not wearing his own mask around other people. Which he actually believes is a mystery.
A few weeks ago he said 70-80 vaccinations would be enough to acquire herd immunity and now he says 90% and admits that 70-80 was not his honest assessment. Admitted that he basically lied.
(btw... plenty of other epidemiologists and medical experts think that 70-80 will be more than enough given as much as 30% of the public is already naturally immune).
You are not "honest" if you are admitting lies. That is just copping to your dishonestly.
Also available at realclearpolitics.com (a conservative leaning site):
USA Today op ed:
The craven corruption of Trump's pardons: Separate justice system for friends and allies
"For Trump, whether the crime is corruption, lying to law enforcement or even war crimes, justice does not apply to those who have been loyal to him."
--Noah Bookbinder
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Trump, like Hitler, values loyalty above all else.
Dictators do that.
Rcp isn't conservative leaning. If you've ever been there, you'd know that they always post both sides. In fact, I often feel like I'm seeing side by side articles of completely different realities. It just seems right leaning because compared to every other news source, it is.
Also available at realclearpolitics.com:
Trump's ridiculous exit strategy
Heated Oval Office meeting included talk of martial law, calling out the troops to overthrow the election.
"Behold the crackpot presidency nearing its end."
by Michael D'Antonio
I represent a very small slice of the Republican Party today.”
Pierre Delecto certainly does
Myballs said...
Rcp isn't conservative leaning...
JamesNewLeaf says:
Although it is true that RCP does print some divergent viewpoints,
Wikipedia states that:
"Since the end of 2017, Real Clear Politics has had a rightward, pro-Trump turn in its content."
And yet, James calls rcp conservative leaning. They're hiding it well I guess.
Wikipedia? Lol.
Maybe I'll cite newsmax to disagree.
Yes...
Real Clear Politics provides both sides of every news story out there, which allows conservatives to be heard (which is never the case in 90% of the media).
So by nature, that makes them "right wing" - because anything other than censoring anyone conservative is considered "right wing" to liberals.
"This year hundreds of thousands of Americans have died of Covid and millions have sunk into poverty, thanks to Republican callousness.
the most draconian lockdown measures were under the rule of DEMOCRAT governors.
how typical of a leftist to blame their destructive behaviors on others.
there is no greater destructor of wealth on the planet today than your average democrat.
The callous nature of "Republicans" allowed a leading 37K dead in the state of New York and to see a leading 2 million cases in California.
180,000 dead in States run by Democrats is a wonderful job according to liberals, while the 145,000 dead in State run by Republicans is a stain on the country.
But we all know that whether you live under the draconian rule of Cuomo or Newsome, Walz, or Inslee, or the looser restriction of DeSantis or Noem...
It's all the fault of Republicans.
Well... as liberal angry seething logic go... just because I hate them.
No, RCPolitics do not publish an opposing view to 'EVERY' article they publish.
My Ball less posted
Bro g reported that Biden ,the guy who supposedly got 80M votes
And you supposedly have an education......BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!~! Spreading yuletide rumors like the good little slob you are!!!!!!!
No, RCPolitics do not publish an opposing view to 'EVERY' article they publish.
CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WaPo, Politico, ABC, NBC, CBS... none of them "ever"" publish an opposing view to "any" of the liberal opinions they push.
Which in your mind is more fair?
Nevermind... we all get it. You are a liberal. Dissent to your opinions is considered "denial" and should be "cancelled" as to not upset your weak and fragile psyche. You are the greatest Reverend ever. Participation trophies for every liberal!
The callous nature of "Republicans" allowed a leading 37K dead in the state of New York and to see a leading 2 million cases in California.
and the NY governor wins an emmy, and the edward m. kennedy "excellence in submerged motoring" award for his efforts.
Nevermind... we all get it. You are a liberal. Dissent to your opinions is considered "denial" and should be "cancelled" as to not upset your weak and fragile psyche. You are the greatest Reverend ever. Participation trophies for every liberal!
and it was just the other day that the reverend pederast was demanding a return of the 'fairness doctrine' because control of 98% of the media is just not enough. that other 2% propagating 'wrongthink' must be silenced and destroyed.
Yesterday RCP posted 17 opinion pieces... 8 of them conservative, 8 of them liberal and one was RCP themselves thanking their readers.
The posted four editorials (Wash Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, Wash Examiner) or in other words... two liberal two conservative.
While not everyone one of them was a point/counterpoint... many of them were and if you bothered to look over time, you would see that they promote both sides over story fairly evenly over the period of the story.
Of course such fairness is "right wing" and a promotion of science and political denial.
The states run by Democrats have a higher population.
If you applied your analytical skills to determine the per person infections, will show the red states per capita, your "analysis " was bullshit
CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WaPo, Politico, ABC, NBC, CBS... none of them "ever"" publish an opposing view to "any" of the liberal opinions they push.
Once again Lil Schitty the perpetual liar just makes shit up to fit his narrative....You really need to take your head out of your ass and actually see reality instead of your alternate universe!!!!!!!!! You preach fairness than write the Bull of 1:12 because you never bother to check your posts!!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAA Mr. Science is a hoax!!!!!
Blogger Roger Amick said...
The states run by Democrats have a higher population.
population of FL: 21.48M
population of NY: 19.45M
population of TX: 28.99M
you were saying alky?
RCP does post both sides .
So how much would it cost? The last round of $1,200 payments to adults and $400 to children cost approximately $218 billion. Raising the payments to adults to $2,000 and keeping all other things equal would increase the cost to around $349 billion. The lower amount in the current bill will cost around $166 billion, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. So that leaves a funding hole of around $183 billion.
To offset this $183 billion increase, we have identified the following potential cuts from the omnibus bill. In multiple sources of funding, as noted below, lawmakers allotted money well over what Trump had requested. These funds are labeled as “excess funding.”
$8 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
$1.7 billion for USAID operations abroad
$26.5 billion for “Bilateral Economic Assistance” abroad
$3.3 billion for “Global Health Programs”
$4.4 billion for “International Disaster Assistance”
$3.4 billion for “Refugee Assistance”
$2.4 billion for “democracy programs”
$1.7 billion for Jordan
$1.9 billion for “international food aid”
$35 billion in new clean energy initiatives to fight climate change
$9 billion for “international security assistance”
$5.9 billion for the “President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)”
$950 million for “basic education” programs in foreign countries
$740.3 million for “educational and cultural exchange” programs in foreign countries
$1.5 billion for “Contributions to International Organizations”
$224 million tax breaks for motor sports venues
$16 billion tax credit for businesses that hire individuals facing “significant barriers to employment”
$1 billion tax credit for “special expensing rules for entertainment productions”
$13 billion tax breaks for clean energy initiatives
$9 billion in tax credits for beer, wine, and distilled spirits producers
$2 billion “to enable better scientific information about the Earth and its changing climate”
$16.2 billion in excess funding for transportation, housing, and urban development
$19.2 billion in excess funding for the Department of Labor, Department of Education, and Health and Human Services
$6.9 billion in excess funding for energy and water development
$12.3 billion in excess funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency
TOTAL CUTS: $203,814,000,000
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/24/how-congress-can-give-americans-2k-relief-checks-and-cut-omnibus-pork-to-pay-for-it/
Where cases per capita are highest The blue states are dark
Tenn.
Calif.
Ariz.
Okla.
Ala.
Ark.
Ind.
Utah
Kan.
Nev.
Miss.
Ohio
So Sisolak NV changed parties?
Idiot
As many Americans are winding down for the holidays, an explosion of coronavirus cases and deaths across the nation is hitting with perilous force, particularly in the South, which avoided much of the fall surge.
Six Southern states have seen sustained case increases in the last week: Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and Texas.
Tennessee reported the country’s most cases per 100,000 people on average over the last seven days, and Alabama set a single-day death record for the state on Wednesday, with 135, according to a New York Times database. In Florida, a virus surge in the past week means cases could soon surpass the state’s summer peak.
These increases are not just indicative of more testing. Florida’s more than 20 percent rise in cases over the last two weeks matches the growth in hospitalizations, although far fewer residents are hospitalized now than in the summer. In Texas, which has also had an upswing of more than 20 percent over the same time period, Dallas County has added more than 15,000 cases in the last week, a record.
Hey Alky governor of Kansas is donk
Hey mouth of the south......so are you and Kemp UGA alumni!!!!.......BWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
Prez Elect Biden and Dr. Jill got their
first covid vaccinations; he praised Trump for making it available.
My Ball posted
The 7M is entirely made up by CA (5M) and NY (2.1M). This is why we have an electoral college.
And you keep proving that you are another education failure with that stupidity you got from Fox BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!!!
Ever since I began posting here I have made use of articles provided by RealClearPolitics more than any other source except politicalwire. As I said, they do a COMMENDABLE job of providing opposing viewpoints.
I do think, however, that Wiki was correct to point out that they have taken a greater slant toward conservatism since Trump's inauguration.*
NOTHING wrong with that, as long as other viewpoints were also made available. As a matter of fact, that's exactly what the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE was all about, and why it should be reinstated.
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*Although I think this has changed some since Trump's loss and his most recent questionably erratic behavior and actions.
After 5 hours of golfing he tweeted about the covid-19 recovery bill.
Made many calls and had meetings at Trump International in Palm Beach, Florida. Why would politicians not want to give people $2000, rather than only $600? It wasn’t their fault, it was China. Give our people the money!
My wife and I will welcome our $4,000.
Pence Under Pressure As to When He’ll Formalize Biden’s Win
2:22 pm
Washington Post:
“A joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 will take the last step in formalizing President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, and Pence, in his role as president of the Senate, will preside over the session after four years of ceaseless efforts to demonstrate his loyalty to Trump.
“Some die-hard Trump supporters are declaring that Pence will be a traitor if he does not somehow derail the proceedings. There is no evident way for him to do that even if he wanted to, but such demands ratchet up the pressure on Pence, who is unlikely to escape their wrath — or Trump’s.
“Pence is hoping for a low-key Jan. 6 and is not planning any unnecessary drama, aides said, intending to stick to his perfunctory role. He is eyeing a trip overseas soon after.”
IOW, GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE, QUICK! DON'T BLAME HIM!
Biden and Trump Issue Different Christmas Messages
1:32 pm
Joe Biden and President Trump delivered starkly different Christmas messages Friday, with the president-elect emphasizing in a video the pain that the Covid-19 pandemic has wrought and reminding Americans of “our common humanity,” while Trump made only the faintest reference to the coronavirus, NBC News reports.
“Biden also emphasized that he and Jill Biden wouldn’t be seeing extended family this year, to honor the public health guidelines made necessary by the pandemic.
“Trump, meanwhile, issued a formal White House statement that didn’t specifically mention the pandemic.”
Blogger JamesNewLeaf said...
My wife and I will welcome our $4,000.
Parasites, gotta be parasites
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM CHAMP AND MAJOR BIDEN (who may, however, be facing FBI investigations)
scroll down to last video
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-dogs-star-in-charming-christmas-video-trumps-recount-christmas-miracle-in-theirs/ar-BB1cdqlI
What if we donate it all to BLM?
Even the conservative Governor Tennessee didn't follow the advice of Thecoldheartedtruth.
Story at a glance
“Our state is ground zero for a surge in COVID-19 and we need Tennesseans to [do] their part,” Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) said.Health officials on Sunday warned the state could “break” its hospital systems if residents didn’t slow the spread by staying home and wearing masks.“We want to preserve access to hospitals. If we have another surge over Christmas, it will break our hospitals,” Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said earlier this week.
Tennessee has emerged as an epicenter of the latest COVID-19 surge in the U.S., as the state has recorded the highest rate of new infections over the past week, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.
The state averaged nearly 128 new infections per 100,000 people over the last week, the highest of any other state. California has recorded the second-highest rate, with 111.2 daily infections per 100,000 people. Tennessee has reported more than 546,000 cases and 6,430 deaths, according to the state health department.
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“This week is ordinarily a time when families across the state are gathering to celebrate. Unfortunately, these are not ordinary times,” Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) said Wednesday.
“Our state is ground zero for a surge in COVID-19 and we need Tennesseans to [do] their part,” he said, urging residents to wear face masks, social distance and gather only with people in their immediate household.
Earlier this week, Lee issued executive orders extending the state of emergency in Tennessee through February and allowing county mayors to enforce mask mandates, but has refused to issue a statewide mandate. He also issued an order limiting indoor public gathering to just 10 people.
Lee announced on Sunday that Tennessee first lady Maria Lee tested positive for COVID-19 after exhibiting mild symptoms, Gov. Lee said he tested negative and would quarantine as a precaution.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/531613-tennessee-is-now-ground-zero-for-the-surge-in-covid-19
Scott, the Minnesota Vikings are going to get defeated
Christmas comes to me every 25th day of the month. I quit drinking alcohol one day at a time, on June 25th in 2012. So I have been sober for eight years and six months on Christmas!����������������
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference .
Amen.
I posted this, because I want to help someone else who is struggling with addiction,that you can recover, if you humble enough ask for help.
The Vikings came back with a touchdown! I'm glad that I don't gamble!
The con artist President by the numbers
315: Days Trump has visited a golf course as president, according to Factba.se, a data analytics company.
418: Days Trump has visited a property he owns,
Nancy and Schumer say "NO".
To the $2,000 checks for Americans after
James assured us they had said "Yes",
Why ?
Scott won't post a tirade about this case.
A Pennsylvania man is facing up to 19 years in prison after prosecutors say he admitted to illegally casting a ballot in the general election for President Donald Trump as his dead mother and also registering his dead mother-in-law to vote with the intent to do the same.
Bruce Bartman, 70, was charged with two counts of perjury and one count of unlawful voting after allegedly registering both deceased women online to vote in the Nov. 3 election using either their driver’s license or social security number, prosecutors said Monday.
“He registered both of his deceased relatives as Republicans and he has admitted to the detectives who questioned him that he did this to further the campaign of Donald Trump,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said at a press conference.
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Sad......he fucked the country with the useless wall and now extends his middle finger to all those out of work and money!!!!!!
Opinion by Editorial Board
Dec. 25, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. EST
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PRESIDENT TRUMP’S border wall has reached an inflection point.
For much of his administration, the construction of hundreds of miles of steel-and-concrete barriers has symbolized futility and waste — a massive, publicly funded undertaking whose payoff in deterring illegal border-crossing was unproven at best, ineffective at worst. Now, as crews dynamite, bulldoze and raze their way through pristine canyons, riverbeds, mountains, deserts and grasslands to gain access to construction sites, Mr. Trump’s wall has become a symbol of wanton environmental destruction.
President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to halt the wall’s construction immediately upon taking office. That hasn’t stopped or slowed what amounts to a full-court press to complete as much of the wall as possible before Mr. Trump leaves office Jan. 20. However, for every new mile of wall construction, far more damage and degradation is done to the landscape by a dozen or so contractors carving their way through wilderness and wildlife areas with access roads, retaining walls and other eyesores.
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The U.S. is more politically polarized than ever. The Post’s Kate Woodsome asks experts what drives political sectarianism — and what we can do about it. (The Washington Post)
The folly of the project is glaring. Even as more miles of wall are completed, the number of unauthorized migrants apprehended after crossing the border has spiked in recent months to the highest level in years. Driven by the ravages of pandemic, hurricanes, economic ruin and violence in Central America and Mexico, migrants keep coming, wall or no wall.
What’s more, precious little strategic thought has informed decisions about where to add to, enhance or build new barriers. Although illegal crossing is rife in South Texas, particularly around the town of McAllen, little construction has taken place there because local ranchers and other landowners have fought wall construction affecting their property. Far more building is taking place in Arizona and New Mexico, where the federal government controls much more land along the frontier with Mexico. In other words, construction is underway not where it might be needed but where resistance has been slight.
More of the Post opinion piece
Opinion by Editorial Board
Dec. 25, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. EST
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PRESIDENT TRUMP’S border wall has reached an inflection point.
For much of his administration, the construction of hundreds of miles of steel-and-concrete barriers has symbolized futility and waste — a massive, publicly funded undertaking whose payoff in deterring illegal border-crossing was unproven at best, ineffective at worst. Now, as crews dynamite, bulldoze and raze their way through pristine canyons, riverbeds, mountains, deserts and grasslands to gain access to construction sites, Mr. Trump’s wall has become a symbol of wanton environmental destruction.
President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to halt the wall’s construction immediately upon taking office. That hasn’t stopped or slowed what amounts to a full-court press to complete as much of the wall as possible before Mr. Trump leaves office Jan. 20. However, for every new mile of wall construction, far more damage and degradation is done to the landscape by a dozen or so contractors carving their way through wilderness and wildlife areas with access roads, retaining walls and other eyesores.
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Opinion | Our political divide is dangerous. A neuroscientist and political scientist explain why.
The U.S. is more politically polarized than ever. The Post’s Kate Woodsome asks experts what drives political sectarianism — and what we can do about it. (The Washington Post)
The folly of the project is glaring. Even as more miles of wall are completed, the number of unauthorized migrants apprehended after crossing the border has spiked in recent months to the highest level in years. Driven by the ravages of pandemic, hurricanes, economic ruin and violence in Central America and Mexico, migrants keep coming, wall or no wall.
What’s more, precious little strategic thought has informed decisions about where to add to, enhance or build new barriers. Although illegal crossing is rife in South Texas, particularly around the town of McAllen, little construction has taken place there because local ranchers and other landowners have fought wall construction affecting their property. Far more building is taking place in Arizona and New Mexico, where the federal government controls much more land along the frontier with Mexico. In other words, construction is underway not where it might be needed but where resistance has been slight.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-voting-machines/2020/12/24/ac2e02a2-453f-11eb-b0e4-0f182923a025_story.html
An interesting report that people like the worthless lost ballz should read since he has mad the claim more than once that Bidens total were wrong.....Can't fix deep seated stupid in one day.....Still looking for the evidence that Biden didn't beat trump by 7 million votes....all he has ever posted is a rehash of trumps saying so......BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Another refutation of Lil Schitty's vote dump that proved voter fraud to the mentally disabled truthers !!!!
Slow vote-counting is a sign of fraud
“At the stroke of midnight on Election Day, President Donald J. Trump appeared well on his way to winning a second term,” Navarro’s report says. “. . . Shortly after midnight, however, as a flood of mail-in and absentee ballots began entering the count, the Trump red tide of victory began turning Joe Biden blue.” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) made a similar argument last month, writing on Twitter: “Trump margin of ‘defeat’ in 4 states occurred in 4 data dumps between 1:34-6:31 AM. Statistical anomaly? Fraud?”
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But a long count is exactly what you’d expect with the large number of mail-in ballots this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Absentee ballot processing is inherently slow, and in many states, such as Pennsylvania, where the number of absentee ballots in past elections was very small, offices had to deal with more than 10 times as many as they were used to.
In Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, thanks to laws passed by GOP-controlled legislatures, officials couldn’t start counting absentee ballot envelopes until Election Day or the day before. That process is slow, even with automated help. Mailing envelopes have another one inside containing the ballot. The unopened envelopes have to be counted. The outer envelope can then be opened, but the ballot can be removed from the privacy envelope only after it’s separated from the outer envelope. The number of empty mailing envelopes, privacy envelopes and ballots must match.
Then the ballots need to be processed. Scanners never run continuously: Paper fibers shed from the ballots form lint that must be periodically blown out. Misfeeds and paper jams add interruptions. The net result? Ballot scanning is typically 25 percent as fast as the advertised speed of the machine. Finally, once all the absentee ballots are counted, provisional ballots have to be adjudicated; if someone casts a provisional ballot at the polls and also mails an absentee ballot, the provisional ballot must not be counted.
The 5 myths article written by a Iowa liberal arts college associate professor. Yawn.
Yawn
And you still have nothing to refute the piece......BQWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
Democrat Nashville mayor was actually laughing at the bombing yesterday. This is what the democrat party has become. Throwing people out of their homes and businesses and laughing when they get bombed. They hate America.
He was not laughing you ignorant assholoe!!!!!! Your brain is broken if that is what you thought!!!!! The sad thing is the GOP by its actions on the relief bill and don't care about those dying, is the party that is broke....just like trumps fat white ass that your lips are attached to!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Watch the video dumb fuck.
I watched a video you fucking jag off....that is why I question your mental stability!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
Send me a suitable bill or else the next administration will have to deliver a Covid relief package, and maybe that administration will be me.
--Donald Trump
lol
Definitely not.
nashville mayor laughing and joking about the bombing -
https://twitter.com/MillerStream/status/1342553021520101376
you're an idiot, BWAA.
Nancy and Schumer say "NO".
To the $2,000 checks for Americans after
James assured us they had said "Yes",
Why ?
TWITTER BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! I looked at 4 different coverages of the alleged laugh and it does not exist!!!!!!.....I will not ever visit twitter because it is a piece of shit, just like you!!!!!!!!!! Doctored POS as usual!!!!
Rat another mental midget with questionable mental abilities!!!!!!!
He's laughing you fuckin idiot.
Sure you dumb fuck.....In a doctored video......>BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!!!! You really are an easy simpleton to fool....that's why you support trump!!!!
Funny, my first visit evah to twitter and for some strange reason.....the video rat cited has disappeared!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Imagine that folks......the proof of laughing gone!!!!!!! TOO FUNNY EVEN FOR THE GOP MORONS PUSHING THE BULLSHIT!!!!!!
the video is still up BWAA.
thanks for proving that you're too fucking stupid to copy/paste the link.
HEY DUMB FUCK....IT AIN'T THERE!!!!!!!!! I used the google machine to look for a bio on Jon Miller.....Another fucking zero blogger with no creds......BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! Sorry sport....I ain't going back to look again asshole!!!!!! Funny that fox and OAN have not posted the doctored video,.....!!!!!!!
nashville mayor laughing and joking about the bombing -
https://twitter.com/MillerStream/status/1342553021520101376
you're an idiot, BWAA.
We don't call him dopey for nothing
https://twitter.com/MillerStream/status/
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!! You and the ball less wonder need to pull your heads out of your asses......I will not go back and watch a doctored tape......as I said earlier for the mentally unstable....I looked at 4 other sources of an interview with the mayor....none showed a modicum of laughter only a serious official trying to get to the bottom of the heinous crime someone here blamed on either antifa or BLM.......the same tripe Jon Miller posts like the video of dancing nurses and claiming they were working BWAAAAAAAAA!!! ESAD assholes..
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