David the Gnome

To say with any certainty how long it will take.  If I was betting money on it though, I’d go with 2-3 years to get most if not all of the people who will take a vaccine.  That is assuming that nothing worse happens in the meantime.  Honestly, I’m tired of the isolation and all that… but I think I will keep doing it for as long as I have to…[Read more]

The whole idea of “trickle down economics” took flight.  It is basically, as the elder Bush called it then, voodoo economics.  Yet most Republicans and even a large number of democrats now consider it practically a part of their religion.

Give to the wealthy, tax the middle class.  The working class gets screwed hard – and as for the poor, th…[Read more]

@yanath it is America at fault?

We may be the worst of the three in terms of what is being done with our military across the world – true enough.  Give it ten years.

If you think the U.S. Empire is shitty, we will soon be seeing China as the world’s Super power.  Somehow, I do not think they will be better in how they treat people, or in terms o…[Read more]

That that was all they did.  When it comes down to it, Mitch was the one person who could have made that 2k happen.  It would have required a simple up down vote.  Could have at least let the damn Senate vote on it.

IMO – the Senate Majority leader needs to have their powers reduced.

Bunch of damn cowards.  They have done this so many times now, on a variety of issues.  I keep hearing “Well, we just need more democrats in the Senate – and then we can…”  What?  Object a bit more loudly before folding?  No, they bring out the motherfucking animated corpse of Larry Summers – and that douche Krugman to be all like… “Well, we c…[Read more]

Genuine, tangible evidence of election fraud, it has not been presented.  Extraordinary claims… Etc.

Show me.  Anything that any sane judge wouldn’t laugh at.

To suggest that kind of election fraud is a sketchy YouTube video.  If you have something more credible, I’m willing to look.

Given the overall situation, I believe Trump genuinely lost.  I have not yet seen convincing evidence that suggests otherwise.  Bernie’s case was different.  There were pretty massive discrepancies and very obvious att…[Read more]

I think the election fraud stuff is nonsense – I am not sure exactly what anyone hopes to gain by repealing 230, either.  If my understanding is correct, it protects social media companies from ultimately being held liable for what users say/post.  As I understand it, there is some level of moderation already – as Trump discovered.

Of course, M…[Read more]

I have my “intake” appointment with my new therapist today.  That is the only one (the original eval, etc.) that they won’t let you do via telehealth.  So, got to mask up, head to the hospital, get my temp checked at the door, sanitize my hands for the dozenth time this morning.  Then I get to head into the waiting room, where perhaps a few ot…[Read more]

We won’t make it through ten years of this shit.  It has been a hell of a thing to make it through one.  Ask anyone in L.A., or hell, even my neck of the woods, Aroostook county, now has hundreds of cases.  Damn thing hit a nearby retirement home a few days ago and people are dying already.

Some times… I wonder if the government/Congress se…[Read more]

@ohiobarbarian

I think they can get a few votes from Senate Republicans if Mitch allows a vote.  Not sure how many they need to pass it though.  If I remember right, the house vote required a 2/3rds majority.

Bernie is threatening to hold up the NDAA veto override if the Senate doesn’t pass this.  It would probably require other Senators to join him to be really effective, but in that case I can see it as a possibility.  The NDAA always passes eventually, but holding it hostage for the 2k checks seems like a good plan to me.

I would say that heroism is defined by action.  Some cops are heroic.  Some are assholes who do heroic things, at times.  Some are just assholes and some are a credit to the institution.  Most are somewhere in the middle, I think.  The media loves to report every dramatic incident involving cops, negative or positive.

Taking a bullet for some…[Read more]

I did not think Trump would sign it.

All of them.  I don’t care which political philosophy they identify with, which bill they supported or didn’t support.  They have had months… months, to put together any kind of working plan in regards to the stimulus, contact tracing – and many, many other things.  Each step of the way they have fucked everything up.  They did not provide rel…[Read more]

@ohiobarbarian

I am not convinced Republicans in the Senate would sign on at all.  It would be like a game of chicken – and I would expect the dems would flinch first.