Meanwhile, I was reading a Newsweek article from 19 Dec 21, and skimming the comments. This one caught my eye:
19 December, 2021
“Scourge Trump already knew of his fanatical fan base’s devotion to him, dismissal of all his documented lies/evidence-free claims, the news regarding his attempts to rig the election, tonnage of reports regarding his unworthiness of being the leader of the U.S. (with a 40-year background of bigotry, sle@ze, cheats, cons, self-serving behavior, deadbeat status, etc. which was reported in many newspapers, magazines, gossip sheets, and the broadcast medium). He was very overt in his intent on winning in 2020. His 2016 proclamation stated that if he won (in 2020) the election was legit; if he lost (in 2020) it was a fraud. No mistaking that statement. He’s not saying he likes pizza. Trump is telling his flock (and the rest of the country/world) that if he loses the election he was cheated…..when it was actually him doing the cheating. All of which was dismissed/denied by his flock. If Trump didn’t issue an invitation to riot then his supporters wouldn’t have traveled to the Capitol and caused harm, injury, and death. They would’ve been elsewhere. Trump, ironically, already had a track record of demanding total fealty to those around him without reciprocating. Trump fans were exposed to that fact throughout his 4-year term, yet – as with every other rotten thing he’s done before and during his Presidency, his fans denied/ignored it.”
What is with the GoComics monitor bot refusing to allow a legitimate reference citation to a legitimate video commentary to post in this highly-editorial set of comments?
Even when I split the URL up, I still get a post that has the results of the cite being replaced with the symbol ‘>’. There is no explanation offered. If the citation has been flagged as being too controversial (because it certainly IS highly uncomplimentary to a certain political person) I can respect that. However, it would be both courteous and appropriate for the monitor bot to say so, just as if does for the use of prohibited terms.
The citation is for a URL that transfers to an MSNBC video discussing Trump’s sanity or lack thereof. It is a 4:16 minute video by MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell as he “analyzes Donald Trump’s social media attacks on his perceived rivals and what they tell us about Trump himself” on his program The Last Word, on approximately 12 Aug 23.
The measured, precise, and valid logic is inescapable.
In fact, it appears that the GoComics monitor bot (or possibly Mike Lester, as the comic’s “creator”?) seems to have an issue with any link to MSNBC stories.
How odd.
[sigh]
Try searching for “Trump is not ‘mentally, emotionally, or morally fit’ …”
In fact, it appears that the GoComics monitor bot (or possibly Mike Lester, as the comic’s “creator”?) seems to have an issue with any link to MSNBC stories.
How odd.
Of course, it’s also possible that MSNBC has some sort of coding in its URLs that prohibits them from being copy/pasted. However, as a Communications Specialist, I fail to see any reasonable reason why they would do that, since being able to post a citation to their news feed only would bring people into it.
[sigh]
Try searching for “Trump is not ‘mentally, emotionally, or morally fit’ …”
If you have intestinal worms your immune system could very well be compromised so treating those would definitely help you with fighting Covid. The Ivermectin would help in that case. But without the intestinal worms the Ivermectin is useless against Covid though.
Con’s searching for straws to support their weak arguments is such a desperate and sad endeavor.
FDA is for sale to the “highest donation” by whoever “donates” the most gets in line first and the FDA will say and do anything if the price is right. How can anyone approve a drug when “may cause death” is in the warning? I get it that some are allergic, and overdose is possible, but "may cause death " just from taking something is a little weird.
Similarly, I’m flummoxed by Mike Lester (AMS)’s claim that the FDA has approved Ivermectin for covid treatment after resisting it for so long, and his suggestion that the previous ban cost “hundreds of thousands of covid deaths.”
It took a little digging to find out WTF he was talking about, but I did find a couple of sources: One was Epoch Times, a Falung Gong website which, as Wikipedia explains, has “promoted conspiracy theories such as QAnon, anti-vaccine misinformation and false claims of fraud in the 2020 United States presidential election.”
The other was an interview on Maria Bartimoro’s Fox program. Bartiromo was a central figure in the Dominion Voting Machine lawsuit, which, you may have read, her employers did not win.
At which point a journalist might be tempted to search for another source, such as this one, which declares the whole thing a load of horse hockey.
Error, lie or wishful spin? What difference would it make?
Why do internet links apparently no longer register on Gocomics posts? I’ve tried cut-and-paste and by typing out the whole link and all that shows after submitting is “<”.
Of course, the only studies that did “seem” to show benefit of ivermectin were in third-world countries. That is, in places where internal parasites might be a problem. It does, in fact, make sense that people treated with ivermectin who had internal parasites might survive covid-19 better once the parasites are eliminated. Ivermectin didn’t directly affect Covid-19 but it did strengthen the immune system by eliminating parasites. That’s not really an issue in most (or all) of the US.
Effect of Early Treatment with Ivermectin among Patients with Covid-19
In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, ivermectin that was administered within 7 days after Covid-19 symptom onset was shown not to be of any clinical benefit.
Randomized Trial of Metformin, Ivermectin, and Fluvoxamine for Covid-19
In this trial involving overweight or obese outpatients with Covid-19, investigators found that none of three repurposed drugs (metformin, ivermectin, and fluvoxamine) reduced the risk of serious disease.
Lester’s admission that his cartoon is BS, in his response to a comment after a CSOTD column:
(Comic Strip of the Day)
.
“Mr. Harris, I am a fallible child of God and unlike many of my critics am sometimes wrong. Comes w/ the job. But I put out 11 cartoons/week x 52 weeks. Lazy? It takes a lot of work to be this wrong. —-ML”
.
He is claiming it was some kind of honest mistake instead of being a LIE. ’Cause right wing cartoonists would never LIE, right?
The only reason the FDA said anything against Ivermectin was because President Trump said it worked for him. That was their cause for saying the opposite. Besides, how would the FDA get any new kick-backs from a medicine that was already approved?
Jingles 9 months ago
is his name Fauci?
Lou Nattic, né Stan C 9 months ago
Okay for what?
ChristopherBurns 9 months ago
When did the FDA say that?
SrTechWriter 9 months ago
Meanwhile, I was reading a Newsweek article from 19 Dec 21, and skimming the comments. This one caught my eye:
19 December, 2021
“Scourge Trump already knew of his fanatical fan base’s devotion to him, dismissal of all his documented lies/evidence-free claims, the news regarding his attempts to rig the election, tonnage of reports regarding his unworthiness of being the leader of the U.S. (with a 40-year background of bigotry, sle@ze, cheats, cons, self-serving behavior, deadbeat status, etc. which was reported in many newspapers, magazines, gossip sheets, and the broadcast medium). He was very overt in his intent on winning in 2020. His 2016 proclamation stated that if he won (in 2020) the election was legit; if he lost (in 2020) it was a fraud. No mistaking that statement. He’s not saying he likes pizza. Trump is telling his flock (and the rest of the country/world) that if he loses the election he was cheated…..when it was actually him doing the cheating. All of which was dismissed/denied by his flock. If Trump didn’t issue an invitation to riot then his supporters wouldn’t have traveled to the Capitol and caused harm, injury, and death. They would’ve been elsewhere. Trump, ironically, already had a track record of demanding total fealty to those around him without reciprocating. Trump fans were exposed to that fact throughout his 4-year term, yet – as with every other rotten thing he’s done before and during his Presidency, his fans denied/ignored it.”
I have nothing to add.
SrTechWriter 9 months ago
What is with the GoComics monitor bot refusing to allow a legitimate reference citation to a legitimate video commentary to post in this highly-editorial set of comments?
Even when I split the URL up, I still get a post that has the results of the cite being replaced with the symbol ‘>’. There is no explanation offered. If the citation has been flagged as being too controversial (because it certainly IS highly uncomplimentary to a certain political person) I can respect that. However, it would be both courteous and appropriate for the monitor bot to say so, just as if does for the use of prohibited terms.
The citation is for a URL that transfers to an MSNBC video discussing Trump’s sanity or lack thereof. It is a 4:16 minute video by MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell as he “analyzes Donald Trump’s social media attacks on his perceived rivals and what they tell us about Trump himself” on his program The Last Word, on approximately 12 Aug 23.
The measured, precise, and valid logic is inescapable.
SrTechWriter 9 months ago
In fact, it appears that the GoComics monitor bot (or possibly Mike Lester, as the comic’s “creator”?) seems to have an issue with any link to MSNBC stories.
How odd.
[sigh]
Try searching for “Trump is not ‘mentally, emotionally, or morally fit’ …”
SrTechWriter 9 months ago
In fact, it appears that the GoComics monitor bot (or possibly Mike Lester, as the comic’s “creator”?) seems to have an issue with any link to MSNBC stories.
How odd.
Of course, it’s also possible that MSNBC has some sort of coding in its URLs that prohibits them from being copy/pasted. However, as a Communications Specialist, I fail to see any reasonable reason why they would do that, since being able to post a citation to their news feed only would bring people into it.
[sigh]
Try searching for “Trump is not ‘mentally, emotionally, or morally fit’ …”
Plumb.Bob Premium Member 9 months ago
If you have intestinal worms your immune system could very well be compromised so treating those would definitely help you with fighting Covid. The Ivermectin would help in that case. But without the intestinal worms the Ivermectin is useless against Covid though.
Con’s searching for straws to support their weak arguments is such a desperate and sad endeavor.
NeoconMan 9 months ago
Thank you, Lester, for reminding us that nothing is happening in Trump World these days.
hooglah 9 months ago
FDA is for sale to the “highest donation” by whoever “donates” the most gets in line first and the FDA will say and do anything if the price is right. How can anyone approve a drug when “may cause death” is in the warning? I get it that some are allergic, and overdose is possible, but "may cause death " just from taking something is a little weird.
martens 9 months ago
Similarly, I’m flummoxed by Mike Lester (AMS)’s claim that the FDA has approved Ivermectin for covid treatment after resisting it for so long, and his suggestion that the previous ban cost “hundreds of thousands of covid deaths.”
It took a little digging to find out WTF he was talking about, but I did find a couple of sources: One was Epoch Times, a Falung Gong website which, as Wikipedia explains, has “promoted conspiracy theories such as QAnon, anti-vaccine misinformation and false claims of fraud in the 2020 United States presidential election.”
The other was an interview on Maria Bartimoro’s Fox program. Bartiromo was a central figure in the Dominion Voting Machine lawsuit, which, you may have read, her employers did not win.
At which point a journalist might be tempted to search for another source, such as this one, which declares the whole thing a load of horse hockey.
Error, lie or wishful spin? What difference would it make?
>
martens 9 months ago
Why do internet links apparently no longer register on Gocomics posts? I’ve tried cut-and-paste and by typing out the whole link and all that shows after submitting is “<”.
david_reaves Premium Member 9 months ago
Of course, the only studies that did “seem” to show benefit of ivermectin were in third-world countries. That is, in places where internal parasites might be a problem. It does, in fact, make sense that people treated with ivermectin who had internal parasites might survive covid-19 better once the parasites are eliminated. Ivermectin didn’t directly affect Covid-19 but it did strengthen the immune system by eliminating parasites. That’s not really an issue in most (or all) of the US.
Jack7528 9 months ago
So how many deaths is the left responsible for now.
elegantpie 9 months ago
New England Jopurnal of Medicine
Original ArticleVOL. 386 No. 18, May 05, 2022
Effect of Early Treatment with Ivermectin among Patients with Covid-19
In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, ivermectin that was administered within 7 days after Covid-19 symptom onset was shown not to be of any clinical benefit.
Google this number:
NEJMoa2115869
elegantpie 9 months ago
New England Jopurnal of Medicine
Original ArticleVOL. 387 No. 7, Aug 18, 2022
Randomized Trial of Metformin, Ivermectin, and Fluvoxamine for Covid-19
In this trial involving overweight or obese outpatients with Covid-19, investigators found that none of three repurposed drugs (metformin, ivermectin, and fluvoxamine) reduced the risk of serious disease.
Google this number:
NEJMoa2201662
braindead Premium Member 9 months ago
Lester’s admission that his cartoon is BS, in his response to a comment after a CSOTD column:
(Comic Strip of the Day)
.
“Mr. Harris, I am a fallible child of God and unlike many of my critics am sometimes wrong. Comes w/ the job. But I put out 11 cartoons/week x 52 weeks. Lazy? It takes a lot of work to be this wrong. —-ML”
.
He is claiming it was some kind of honest mistake instead of being a LIE. ’Cause right wing cartoonists would never LIE, right?
tpcox928 9 months ago
The FDA never said that, Trump did.
hooglah 9 months ago
The only reason the FDA said anything against Ivermectin was because President Trump said it worked for him. That was their cause for saying the opposite. Besides, how would the FDA get any new kick-backs from a medicine that was already approved?
Conservative Man 9 months ago
Should of been 2 years ago