What’s the problem? You have an insane, demented, narcissistic orange dyed individual whose simple existence now is a threat to our very survival and a person who is an emotionally mature individual who has spent a lifetime in public service. There’s a choice?
A couple of years ago, BuzzFeed asked a former White House official to explain the logic behind some bizarre Trump action. The official responded with one of the master quotes of the Trump era.
President Trump, the official said, is not playing “the sort of three-dimensional chess people ascribe to decisions like this. More often than not he’s just eating the pieces.”
Over Mother’s Day and then through Monday—and who knows, perhaps continuing today—Trump has fired off hundreds of rounds of weapons-grade lunacy on Twitter. When Trump does this kind of thing, many are ready with an explanation: He’s rallying his base; he’s distracting his critics; he’s challenging the existence of reality itself.
But these explanations miss the point. Trump horribly and uniquely bungled the coronavirus crisis. The human result is mass death and Great Depression–scale unemployment.
The political result is that while leaders in Britain and almost everywhere else in the democratic world have been boosted by a surge in public support and approval, Trump has not.
The governors who have clashed with Trump have seen their poll numbers rise; New York Governor Andrew Cuomo may now be the most popular politician in the country.
Governors who support Trump, like Florida’s Ron DeSantis and Georgia’s Brian Kemp, have seen their numbers tumble.
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Trump failed to prevent the crisis. Out of envy and spite, he dismantled the pandemic-warning apparatus his predecessors had bequeathed him.
Trump failed to manage the crisis. At every turn, he gave priority to the short-term management of the stock market instead.
Trump failed to message the crisis. He not only lacks empathy; he despises empathy.
Angry, scared, and aggrieved by the lack of praise for his efforts, Trump turns for safety to television, where his two-dimensional friends explain how everything is everybody else’s fault.
Day 21 of the Georgia Economic Recovery. I’m not dead yet! I know, it is a miracle anyone can live from day to day without leftist overlords telling one what to do.
DEVIN NUNES VINDICATED — AGAIN. Think back to March 2017. Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, then chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, announced he had learned about the “unmasking” of Trump transition officials by the outgoing Obama administration. Most people didn’t even know what unmasking was; it referred to the disclosure of names of Americans whose communications were incidentally picked up in U.S. intelligence surveillance. In this case, one American unmasked was Gen. Michael Flynn, the incoming Trump national security adviser, whose conversations with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak were intercepted by U.S. spies. The unmasking led to enormous grief for Gen. Flynn and the country.
Nunes’ announcement was quickly dismissed as a “stunt,” a “charade,” and a “fiasco.” “The unmasking stunt was completely fabricated,” said former Obama Justice Department official Matthew Miller. “Devin Nunes is dangerous,” pronounced the New York Times’ Frank Bruni. “Nunes’ Fake Scandal” declared the New Yorker. Similar sentiments echoed across the hallowed halls of the Washington Post, the Times, CNN, and MSNBC.
Many people think COVID-19 kills 1% of patients, and the rest get away with some flulike symptoms. But the story gets more complicated. Many people will be left with chronic kidney and heart problems. Even their neural system is disrupted. There will be hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, possibly more, who will need treatments such as renal dialysis for the rest of their lives.
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Naturally, since it’s a science thingy, Trump Disciples will mostly not read it. Those who do, will trash is as being totally political and a hoax.
New York Sent Recovering Coronavirus Patients to Nursing Homes: ‘It Was a Fatal Error’The state reversed its policy after mounting criticism and deaths. The mandate is part of broader scrutiny of weaknesses at long-term care facilities that have made them hot spots for Covid-19.
braindead Premium Member about 4 years ago
No matter how old Biden is, Trump is still a Traitor and is malevolent.
And Trump has NO idea how to respond to the pandemic and sabotages anyone who does.
Darsan54 Premium Member about 4 years ago
What’s the problem? You have an insane, demented, narcissistic orange dyed individual whose simple existence now is a threat to our very survival and a person who is an emotionally mature individual who has spent a lifetime in public service. There’s a choice?
pschearer Premium Member about 4 years ago
It’s a long time til November. They could both be dead. (So just why did Trump make that unscheduled visit to Walter Reade?)
Cheapskate0 about 4 years ago
Scott’s back. A “never Trumper” who will fight to the death anybody who would challenge him for the job!
Ignatz Premium Member about 4 years ago
Why a sloth? Biden isn’t lazy.
Silly Season about 4 years ago
A couple of years ago, BuzzFeed asked a former White House official to explain the logic behind some bizarre Trump action. The official responded with one of the master quotes of the Trump era.
President Trump, the official said, is not playing “the sort of three-dimensional chess people ascribe to decisions like this. More often than not he’s just eating the pieces.”
Over Mother’s Day and then through Monday—and who knows, perhaps continuing today—Trump has fired off hundreds of rounds of weapons-grade lunacy on Twitter. When Trump does this kind of thing, many are ready with an explanation: He’s rallying his base; he’s distracting his critics; he’s challenging the existence of reality itself.
But these explanations miss the point. Trump horribly and uniquely bungled the coronavirus crisis. The human result is mass death and Great Depression–scale unemployment.
The political result is that while leaders in Britain and almost everywhere else in the democratic world have been boosted by a surge in public support and approval, Trump has not.
The governors who have clashed with Trump have seen their poll numbers rise; New York Governor Andrew Cuomo may now be the most popular politician in the country.
Governors who support Trump, like Florida’s Ron DeSantis and Georgia’s Brian Kemp, have seen their numbers tumble.
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Trump failed to prevent the crisis. Out of envy and spite, he dismantled the pandemic-warning apparatus his predecessors had bequeathed him.
Trump failed to manage the crisis. At every turn, he gave priority to the short-term management of the stock market instead.
Trump failed to message the crisis. He not only lacks empathy; he despises empathy.
Angry, scared, and aggrieved by the lack of praise for his efforts, Trump turns for safety to television, where his two-dimensional friends explain how everything is everybody else’s fault.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/trump-has-lost-plot/611548/
jbmlaw01 about 4 years ago
Day 21 of the Georgia Economic Recovery. I’m not dead yet! I know, it is a miracle anyone can live from day to day without leftist overlords telling one what to do.
Silly Season about 4 years ago
Yesterday, our self-described libertarian called to “close all of the liquor stores until the economy reopens.”
And cited his single source of ‘truth’, the WSJ.
“Leftist overlords” – when both GOP and Dem governors are trying to do what the epidemiologists recommend…
Nope. No cult-like signs of a closed-mindset here!
jbmlaw01 about 4 years ago
How reliable is your news source? Byron York:
DEVIN NUNES VINDICATED — AGAIN. Think back to March 2017. Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, then chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, announced he had learned about the “unmasking” of Trump transition officials by the outgoing Obama administration. Most people didn’t even know what unmasking was; it referred to the disclosure of names of Americans whose communications were incidentally picked up in U.S. intelligence surveillance. In this case, one American unmasked was Gen. Michael Flynn, the incoming Trump national security adviser, whose conversations with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak were intercepted by U.S. spies. The unmasking led to enormous grief for Gen. Flynn and the country.
Nunes’ announcement was quickly dismissed as a “stunt,” a “charade,” and a “fiasco.” “The unmasking stunt was completely fabricated,” said former Obama Justice Department official Matthew Miller. “Devin Nunes is dangerous,” pronounced the New York Times’ Frank Bruni. “Nunes’ Fake Scandal” declared the New Yorker. Similar sentiments echoed across the hallowed halls of the Washington Post, the Times, CNN, and MSNBC.
William Robbins Premium Member about 4 years ago
Points to Dr. Krugman, just for titling a lecture “The Audacity of Slope”…
Plods with ...™ about 4 years ago
And here we go again.
Silly Season about 4 years ago
The comment count is rising, but I’m not seeing much that is new.
But if someone is posting, they need to check and see if their posts appear when they are not signed-in.
NaturLvr about 4 years ago
And, since 2016, who really thought elections couldn’t get any weirder?
braindead Premium Member about 4 years ago
From an article from
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/finally-virus-got-me-scientist-who-fought-ebola-and-hiv-reflects-facing-death-covid-19
Many people think COVID-19 kills 1% of patients, and the rest get away with some flulike symptoms. But the story gets more complicated. Many people will be left with chronic kidney and heart problems. Even their neural system is disrupted. There will be hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, possibly more, who will need treatments such as renal dialysis for the rest of their lives.
.
Naturally, since it’s a science thingy, Trump Disciples will mostly not read it. Those who do, will trash is as being totally political and a hoax.
jbmlaw01 about 4 years ago
Interesting article in tomorrow’s WSJ:
New York Sent Recovering Coronavirus Patients to Nursing Homes: ‘It Was a Fatal Error’The state reversed its policy after mounting criticism and deaths. The mandate is part of broader scrutiny of weaknesses at long-term care facilities that have made them hot spots for Covid-19.