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RE: COVID-19 start of a new era
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Richard Jernigan
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RE: COVID-19 start of a new era (in reply to Piwin)
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ORIGINAL: Piwin And Trump today: "if it were up to doctors, they would say let's keep it shut down"... If it were up to doctors...ffs... Now I read in the Washington Post that Trump and his toadies in the White House are discussing “restarting the economy” by killing a few million people. Surely the survivors will vote for him out of gratitude? After all, aren’t most people really psychopaths like him, just trying to put up a good front? A more charitable, but no more encouraging interpretation is that Trump simply doesn't understand the implications of the virus's high transmissibility under ordinary social conditions, and its high mortality rate. After all, many people pointed out that his casinos were doomed from the start by their high debt service cost and unrealistic revenue projections. This advice was given by many, including the New Jersey casino regulatory commission. He promised them to limit the cost of additional debt. However, apparently unable to subtract and multiply, he just kept adding debt at exorbitant interest rates that violated his promise to the commission, and ignored, or simply failed to understand the consequences. When he finally realized he was going broke he figured out his escape route, or someone explained it to him. He shifted personal debt onto the casinos, while charging unconscionable fees to the corporations that took on the debt. Then the corporations went bankrupt, stiffing their shareholders and bringing down numerous businesses still owed money for work they had done. Now he brags that he made money in Atlantic City. What's discouraging is that once Trump latches on to a bad idea, nothing can dissuade him from eventually implementing it. Despite Tillerson, McMaster and Mattis, Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear agreement, moving Iran much closer to having atomic weapons and re-empowering the right wing factions who compose his enemies in Iran. Despite Mattis resigning over it, Trump abandoned the Kurds in Syria. Someone had to explain Mattis's resignation letter to Trump, who didn't realize what it meant until three days later. So far I have bitten my tongue and refrained from asking my Trump supporting friends whether they appreciate the inherent danger in hiring a bully to protect themselves. It's time to get out a guitar and devote my attention to it. RNJ
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Date Mar. 24 2020 3:08:29
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: COVID-19 start of a new era (in reply to Richard Jernigan)
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Now I read in the Washington Post that Trump and his toadies in the White House are discussing “restarting the economy” by killing a few million people. Surely the survivors will vote for him out of gratitude? After all, aren’t most people really psychopaths like him, just trying to put up a good front? A more charitable, but no more encouraging interpretation is that Trump simply doesn't understand the implications of the virus's high transmissibility under ordinary social conditions, and its high mortality rate. After all, many people pointed out that his casinos were doomed from the start by their high debt service cost and unrealistic revenue projections. This advice was given by many, including the New Jersey casino regulatory commission. He promised them to limit the cost of additional debt. However, apparently unable to subtract and multiply, he just kept adding debt at exorbitant interest rates that violated his promise to the commission, and ignored, or simply failed to understand the consequences. When he finally realized he was going broke he figured out his escape route, or someone explained it to him. He shifted personal debt onto the casinos, while charging unconscionable fees to the corporations that took on the debt. Then the corporations went bankrupt, stiffing their shareholders and bringing down numerous businesses still owed money for work they had done. In my opinion, Trump is both ignorant and stupid. There is a difference between the two. To be ignorant is to lack knowledge or be unaware of something. To be stupid is to have your ignorance enlightened by those who know something about it, but to ignore their explanation and double down on your ignorance. Trump has demonstrated both ignorance and stupidity in spades. I fail to see how those who voted for Trump could not see that he was a fraud and a charlatan from the beginning. The saga of the casinos and other businesses are a perfect example. A smart businessman? Hardly. Trump filed for bankruptcy five times. That is hardly a demonstration of good business practices. Remember the fraudulent "Trump University," in which he fleeced students out of tuition, including education loans, but provided none of the high-powered business leaders promised. Trump's disgraceful criticism of our intelligence community contrasts blindingly with his praise of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un. As does his disgraceful (from the very beginning of his presidency) criticism of our NATO partners, suggesting NATO was obsolete, with Russia poised on the borders of the Baltic countries and its war against Eastern Ukraine, not to mention the severance of Crimea. Trump makes everything--literally everything--about himself. His self-flattery knows no bounds and is based on nothing, absolutely nothing. The other day he was whining that he "sacrificed" a lot of money he could have made by being president. You may have noticed that Tony Fauci, who apprently has incurred Trump's displeasure, did not appear at the Coronavirus briefing Monday. Fauci is the one expert that people can trust, but if he is no longer in Trump's entourage, we will have to listen to him via other venues. Bill
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Date Mar. 24 2020 15:57:05
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BarkellWH
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RE: COVID-19 start of a new era (in reply to Richard Jernigan)
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Now I read in the Washington Post that Trump and his toadies in the White House.... This is a White House and, to a very large extent, Cabinet, filled with toadies and sycophants. And the biggest toady and sycophant is Vice President Mike Pence. I don't know which would be worse, continuing with Trump as president or removing him via the 25th Amendment and installing Pence as president. Every time Pence gets up on the podium he looks like something out of Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, as he dutifully sings the praises of Trump. Bill
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Date Mar. 24 2020 16:47:50
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BarkellWH
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RE: COVID-19 start of a new era (in reply to kitarist)
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Sweden's laissez faire approach to the Coronavirus is being emulated in the Western Hemisphere by Nicaragua. While other Central American countries are observing "stay-at-home" and "social distancing" advice, Nicaraguans are advised to go to the beach, attend sporting events, and generally mix as always. The dictatorial president, Daniel Ortega, has not been seen or heard from in public for a month, and his vice president, and wife, Rosario Murillo has been making all governmental announcements. This has led some to question whether Ortega himself might have the Coronavirus, or perhaps be dead. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere after Haiti, and its health system is precarious as it is. Bill
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