Prickly City by Scott Stantis for April 03, 2020

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    Dtroutma  about 4 years ago

    Indeed.

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    kaffekup   about 4 years ago

    Well, he has been a fear-monger since he came down the escalator…

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    Sanspareil  about 4 years ago

    …and THAT!! Bigly!!

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    fuzzbucket Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Trump would be a lot more likable if he could just be straight with us instead of thinking we are too excitable to hear the truth, or too stupid to figure it out.

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    nosirrom  about 4 years ago

    He certainly didn’t know about this.

    https://www.fox61.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/new-england-patriots-team-plane-flying-12-million-n95-masks-from-china-to-help-ease-coronavirus-shortages/520-a0320966-2e3a-406e-8e9f-4d2f3112f096

    Nice end run!

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    Silly Season   about 4 years ago

    https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1245474437568348160

    @CBSNews

    President Trump: “Did you know I was number one on Facebook? I just found out I’m number one on Facebook. I thought that was very nice, for whatever it means.”

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    Brain Pudding  about 4 years ago

    Trump has taken lots of responsibility and done an amazing job leading us through this. Stantis, you should look at big pictur on this and keep your analysis in context.

    God Bless Trump and his outstanding leadership and adminstrative skills during this crisis.

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    ajr58  about 4 years ago

    Regarding Pudding : There.Are.No.Words.

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    Silly Season   about 4 years ago

    (The random nutballs that believe in things like the Q conspiracies might be a little concerning…)

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    A train engineer at the Port of Los Angeles is facing federal charges for allegedly charging a locomotive off tracks toward the USNS Mercy, which he suspected is tied to a government plot, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

    Eduardo Moreno, 44, of San Pedro, was handed over to FBI agents Wednesday and charged with one count of train wrecking in Tuesday’s derailment, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.

    Moreno admitted he purposefully ran the train off the end of its tracks at full speed near the hospital ship in two separate interviews, officials said.

    He allegedly told investigators he believed the ship — which docked at the port last week to relieve strain on area hospitals during the coronavirus outbreak — had a secret purpose related to COVID-19 or a government takeover.

    Moreno said he wanted to “wake people up” and hoped the derailment would get media attention so “people could see for themselves,” according to prosecutors.

    https://ktla.com/news/local-news/port-of-l-a-engineer-intentionally-derailed-train-in-attempted-attack-on-usns-mercy-federal-prosecutors-say/amp/

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    Silly Season   about 4 years ago

    2017: Trump administrations officials are briefed on an intelligence document titled “Playbook for Early Response to High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents.”

    That’s right. The administration literally had an actual playbook for what to do in the early stages of a pandemic.

    February 2018: The Washington Post writes “CDC to cut by 80 percent efforts to prevent global disease outbreak.”

    The meat of the story is “Countries where the CDC is planning to scale back include some of the world’s hot spots for emerging infectious disease, such as China, Pakistan, Haiti, Rwanda and Congo.”

    May 2018:At an event marking the 100 year anniversary of the 1918 pandemic, Borio says “pandemic flu” is the “number 1 health security issue” and that the U.S. is not ready to respond.

    One day later her boss, Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer is pushed out of the administration and the global health security team is disbanded.

    Rep. Ami Bera warns that “Admiral Ziemer’s departure is deeply alarming, especially when the administration is actively working to cut funds that addressed past pandemics like Ebola.”

    Beth Cameron, former senior director for global health security on the National Security Council adds: “It is unclear in his absence who at the White House would be in charge of a pandemic,” Cameron said, calling it “a situation that should be immediately rectified.”

    Note: It was not.

    January 2019: The director of National Intelligence issues the U.S. Intelligence Community’s assessment of threats to national security. Among its findings:

    Page 17: “The increase in frequency and diversity of reported disease outbreaks —such as dengue and Zika—probably will continue through 2018, including the potential for a severe global health emergency that could lead to major economic ….

    (Continued)

    https://thebulwark.com/warnings-ignored-a-timeline-of-trumps-covid-19-response/

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    Silly Season   about 4 years ago

    2020: COVID-19 Arrives

    January 3, 2020: The CDC is first alerted to a public health event in Wuhan, China (This fact was revealed publicly later by HHS Secretary Alex Azar.)

    January 6, 2020: The CDC issues a travel notice for Wuhan due to the spreading coronavirus.

    Note: The Trump campaign claims that this marks the beginning of the federal government disease control experts becoming aware of the virus. It was 10 weeks from this point until the week of March 16 when Trump began to change his tone on the threat.

    January 8, 2020: The CDC issues an official health advisory about COVID-19.

    January 10, 2020: Former Trump Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert warns that we shouldn’t “jerk around with ego politics” because “we face a global health threat…Coordinate!”

    January 18, 2020: After two weeks of attempts, HHS Secretary Alex Azar finally gets the chance to speak to Trump about the virus. The president redirects the conversation to vaping, according to the Washington Post.

    January 20, 2020: First U.S. case is reported in Washington state.

    January 21, 2020: Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease at the CDC tells reporters, “We do expect additional cases in the United States.”

    January 27, 2020: Top White House aides meet with Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney to encourage greater focus on the threat from the virus. Joe Grogan, head of the White House Domestic Policy Council warns that “dealing with the virus was likely to dominate life in the United States for many months.”

    January 28, 2020: Two former Trump administration officials—Gottlieb and Borio—publish an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal imploring the president to “Act Now to Prevent an American Epidemic.” They advocate a 4-point plan to address the coming crisis: (read the article….)

    https://thebulwark.com/warnings-ignored-a-timeline-of-trumps-covid-19-response/

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    Silly Season   about 4 years ago

    (Not a sports fan. But maybe someone here can let us know any background?)

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    President Donald Trump’s management of the coronavirus pandemic has cost him the on-air support of one of his most outspoken hometown defenders.

    Mike Francesa, the longtime icon of New York sports talk radio, blasted the president on Monday with the type of tirade he typically reserves for the Knicks or Mets — accusing Trump of not funneling enough medical equipment to the current epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.

    “We’re watching one thing happen in our city on the 11 o’clock news every night. We’re watching people die, and now we know people who died.

    And we’re not seeing one or two people die now in our neighborhood. We’re seeing them die by the tens and twenties by the day,” Francesa said, charging that police, firefighters, health care workers and other first responders “don’t have the supplies they need” to combat the public health crisis.

    “So don’t give me the MyPillow guy doing a song-and-dance up here on a Monday afternoon when people are dying in Queens,” Francesa added. “Get the stuff made, get the stuff where it needs to go, and get the boots on the ground! Treat this like the crisis it is!”

    https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/31/mike-francesa-blasts-trump-coronavirus-response-157124

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    ksu71  about 4 years ago

    Jan. 31… The Washington Post: “Thinking that the coronavirus is dangerous or deadly is totally irrational.”

    Feb. 1… The Washington Post: “Get a grip; coronavirus is no threat!”

    Feb. 3… The Washington Post: “We should be wary of an aggressive coronavirus response.”

    Feb. 18… New York Times: “Fear is spreading faster than the coronavirus unnecessarily.”

    Feb. 21… New York Times: “Racist accounts and ignorant attacks on Asians are a result of the coronavirus scare by Trump.”

    Feb. 23… CNN: “Trump’s racist scare of the coronavirus is causing unnecessary worry.”

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    ksu71  about 4 years ago

    On Feb. 2… the New York City Health Commissioner, Oxiris Barbot, said,“The coronavirus risks are very low and New York’s preparedness is very high, so don’t miss out on having fun and doing things — go to the Lunar New Year parade, ride the bus, take the subway, go to a restaurant for dinner; don’t worry.”

    Then on Feb. 9, New York City Council member stated on Twitter,“In powerful show of defiance of the coronavirus scare, huge crowds gathering in NYC’s Chinatown for ceremony ahead of annual Lunar New Year parade — chants ‘be strong Wuhan’. If you are staying away, you are missing out!”

    Also on Feb. 9, the New York City Health Commissioner, Oxiris Barbot, said,“Today our city is celebrating the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown, a beautiful cultured tradition with a rich history in our city. I want to remind everyone to enjoy the parade and don’t change any plans due to misinformation spreading about coronavirus.”

    Another speaker followed her and said, “This misinformation was from Trump and FOX News who were just being racists against Chinese.”

    Then New York State Senator, John Liu said, “There’s no need to panic or stop doing what you want and if you say that this virus is bad, you are a bigot as some are saying that it came from China, and that’s a lie.”

    New York State Senator Brian Kavanagh said, “Trump and the Republicans are spreading misinformation about the potential dangers of the virus. Don’t stay home — go to the Chinatown festivities and celebrate the Lunar New Year, and watch the parade and enjoy yourselves. Don’t listen to FOX News; someone on there said that the disease is like a plague, which is laughable.”

    On March 2… New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said,“I’m encouraging New Yorkers to go on with your lives and go out on the town; go to the movies or to dinner — enjoy yourselves."

    Then again on March 11… Mayor de Blasio repeated that mantra and encouraged New Yorkers to“Go have fun and don’t think about the virus because it is all hype

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    Christopher Shea  about 4 years ago

    Remember when Pearl Harbor was bombed and FDR said, “We’re just here to provide backup, Hawaii needs to deal with this themselves”?

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    Cheapskate0  about 4 years ago

    I cannot believe that there are people who still, not only apologize for Trump, but still think he’s doing a good job.

    Above, that date, 24 Feb, says it all. (As in, we, the underlings weren’t yet getting the straight scoop from the top people put in place to spot stuff like this)

    As of that date, the one man who should have been getting reports from his various “watchtowers” – didn’t – because he had replaced all his gatekeepers with people who knew better than to tell him anything but what he wanted to hear.

    In the meantime, all we were hearing – from the very top – was denial, distract, attack, distract, and more denial.

    Trump handled this pandemic – pretty much the way he handles porn stars and supreme court nominations.

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    rossevrymn  about 4 years ago

    My generation has failed the planet.

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    Bookworm  about 4 years ago

    The Trump Pandemic Response: The Keystone Kops Go to Washington.

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    Silly Season   about 4 years ago

    Congratulations Old Guy and ksu71!

    You’ve clearly demonstrated that nobody should listen to Trump!

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    Mar 5: Well, I think the 3.4 percent (death toll) is really a false number. Now, this is just my hunch

    Mar 5: “The United States… has, as of now, only 129 cases… and 11 deaths. We are working very hard to keep these numbers as low as possible!”

    Mar 5: VP Pence – “We don’t have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward”

    Mar 6: “Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. They’re there. And the tests are beautiful…. the tests are all perfect like the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”

    Mar 6: “I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it … Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president.”

    Mar 6: “I think we’re doing a really good job in this country at keeping it down… a tremendous job at keeping it down.”

    Mar 6: “I don’t need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn’t our fault.”

    Mar 8: “We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House for our attack on Corona Virus.”

    Mar 9: “This blindsided the world.”

    Mar 13: “No, I Don’t Take Responsibility at All”

    Mar 13: “National emergency, two big words.”

    Mar 15: “It’s a very contagious virus, it’s incredible, but it’s something we have tremendous control of.”

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    MichaelSFC90  about 4 years ago

    Is there another President Trump that I don’t know about. On this he’s been a leader since day one.

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    jbmlaw01  about 4 years ago

    Paragraph in today’s WSJ:Crises have a way of separating the leaderlike wheat from the opportunistic chaff. Coronavirus is the crisis of our time, and the political winnowing is something to behold.

    Example: The Trump administration spent this week distributing ventilators, standing up small-business loans, dispatching hospital ships, erecting alternate care facilities, explaining virus modeling, revamping regulations to keep truckers on the road, and plastering the airwaves with information about hygiene and social distancing. Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent this week setting up a new House committee to investigate Donald Trump.

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    timbob2313 Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Berry Goldwater predicted that christians wanting to take over the Party just want to use the Governments authority to tell others how to live their lives, who they can marry, what children they can adopt and what rights women can have.Hmmm, appears to me that at least on this thing he was prescient. Because with the election of Trump in 2016, that is exactly what they are doing.

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    Pickled Pete  about 4 years ago

    March 23/24

    By S.V. Date, HuffPost US

    “We inherited a broken, obsolete system,” Trump said Sunday, the third straight White House briefing in which he has blamed his administration’s slow response to the coronavirus pandemic on Obama, even though Trump has been in office now a full three years and two months.

    “We took over an obsolete, broken testing system that wouldn’t have worked for even a small problem, let alone one of the biggest pandemics in history,” Trump said Saturday, a day after claiming: “We inherited a broken, old — frankly, a terrible system.”

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    braindead Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Even NOW, there is no large scale testing and no data developed from the testing and NO strategy based on that data. And, there are NO plans to perform large scale testing. There is NO national strategy for coping with the virus and NO plans to develop one. NONE.

    Trump’s idea of a national strategy is:

    1. Declare that the federal government has no role to play, only the states.

    2. Blame the states for not stockpiling medical resources in case of a world wide pandemic.

    3. Declare that he is ‘not responsible at all’ and ‘give himself a 10’ for his handling of the pandemic.

    4. Fire a military officer for trying to protect those under his command.

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    Charlie Tuba  about 4 years ago

    Fear the ass-hat!

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    braindead Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Stantis, you should not forget to include Trump’s enablers — especially Moscow Mitch.

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    Cheapskate0  about 4 years ago

    Just when I thought the Trump response couldn’t get any worse: Jared Kushner got involved. Something to the effect that the federal stockpile was never for use by the states.

    The Trump response just got worse.

    The up to 240,000 Americans that you, the White House, now estimate will die on your watch, THANK YOU!

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    kentmarx36  about 4 years ago

    Whoops, old guy just missed his bus to the home again.

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    Jmeehan1929 Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Could you do any better? We are in uncharted waters. I feel better with his leadership then all the alternatives.

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    mariodealpine Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    tRump has personally killed over 100,000 American citizens as of 2020-07-21. Twice that in a few more months. DT has a unique skill set. It’s killing by the thousands, very much like Hitler.

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