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Biden's doctor looks like a doophus.
doofus
Technology is changing how we do things. Including how we could do weather and other disaster warnings.
A few years ago- quite a few- everyone stopped listening to local news for school closings. We all went to the school's websites.
Local schools have always (well, since telephones were invented) had phone numbers of parents and/or guardians to contact parents in case of emergency. Now, at least in our local district, all the numbers are entered into a computer- and parents, all of them, receive automated phone calls for school closures AND other announcements.
And the mayor of the town next door (but not mine) can call everyone in town with a landline with one call... I'm sure this exists in other towns.
Now- let's fast forward to today. And things that could be available, but aren't. There's emergency alerts- that go statewide. I'm in central NY, I don't really need Amber Alerts from Dutchess County. Or weather warnings or flash flooding... All the cell phone companies know where all their towers are- and where they reach. There are two towers (from 2 companies) that cover my town- and one of those, and 2 other towers I know of that cover the town next door. So- why couldn't the mayor or town supervisor be able to pick up a phone and alert every cell phone within just the reach of those towers? Or the county supervisor of Kerr County TX be able to pick up up and alert every cell phone in Kerr County?
But then comes the real problem. Who do you trust to have access to such systems? Every town supervisor or mayor? Every FD and VFD Chief? Let the governor of each state decide who has access and where to? And- more importantly - who pays for it?
It's all very feasible. Since cell phone communication is all computer routed, it's simple programming. Well, not simple for me, but simple for someone. You don't need to know the phone numbers, or who the phones are registered to. Just- every phone withing reach of designated towers get the alert.
E. Jean Carroll sued Trump for rape, and the jury found against her. That means she brought a false rape claim. Why does nobody focus on that, as in “E Jean Carroll, who falsely claimed that Trump raped her . . .”?
Canada has gun control laws to prevent this from happening. Quote from the article: In searches in the Québec City area in January 2024, the agency reported seizing 16 explosive devices, 83 firearms and accessories, about 11,000 rounds of ammunition, almost 130 magazines, four pairs of night vision goggles, and other military equipment.
As evidenced- the laws don't work.
https://www.newser.com/story/371564/4-canadians-charged-in-plot-to-take-land-and-form-militia.html
@Gospace, NOAA/NWS already has radio technology that does pretty much what you describe, and while it can be limited in reception it's not limited by cell phone carrier coverage which can be very problematic in rural areas (for example, note that ATT very carefully advertises providing service to a large percentage of the US *population*, not area, because it has really crappy coverage in rural areas). The radios do require some setup but that is often provided by various volunteer organizations and other groups. Back when I was living in Iowa the local TV meteorologists would distribute and program NOAA/NWS alert radios as a promotion.
A doofus with the stature of a 🍀leprechaun🍀, Political Junkie. Belonged in the cast of Dukes of Hazzard or BJ and teh Bear.
Would someone please build a better mosquito trap?
@Gospace, the system is highly imperfect at the moment. Cellphone coverage is not ubiquitous, and all cell phones are not the same when it comes to reception. The coverage in the area of the camps is very spotty. Heck, the coverage around my house and property is spotty and weak, and I'm in a fairly developed area. I sometimes have to step outside to send a text message or talk on the phone.
But this is not all of the problem. The Special Area Message Encoding, which was initially developed by NOAA to send alerts of approaching danger, has been leveraged by special causes. My phone just went off with those obnoxious tones, followed by the TV about 5 minutes later. Was it an approaching tornado? A wall of water? A dangerous thunderstorm? No. It was a 'Blue' alert - somebody beat up a cop 200 miles away. LAst week, it was an 'Amber' alert, for a child abduction - in El Paso, 700 miles away. It could have been a 'Silver' alert, for some wandering codger.
Now, why does every single cell phone holder in Texas need instantaneous alerts for these events, when the purpose of the system is to warn of impending, nearby, dangerous conditions? What are all of us supposed to do about a cop attack hundreds of miles away? They need desperately to clean up this system and return it to its original purpose. And areas that are so prone to flash floods should have a siren warning system, like many of the small towns throughout tornado alley do.
THIS PERP IS GETTING WORSE BY THE MINUTE...Follow up.
On Tuesday, Trump was asked who at the Pentagon gave the order to turn off the tap on some military aid to Kyiv during a televised Cabinet meeting.
"I don't know," Trump said in response. "You tell me."
Reporter "Sir, yesterday you said that you were not sure who ordered the munitions halted to Ukraine, at a White House news conference on Wednesday after Trump met with the leaders of several African countries. "Have you since been able to figure that out?"
"Well, I haven't thought about it because we're looking at Ukraine right now and munitions, but I have—no, I have not gone into it," Trump said.
"What does it say that such a big decision could be made inside your government without you knowing?" the reporter pressed.
Trump responded: "I would know. If a decision was made, I will know. I'll be the first to know. In fact, most likely, I'll give the order, but I haven't done that yet." The decision was made ,the weapons stopped and this guy is clueless, Pete took it on his own,trump spatters word salad "if a decision is made I'll know it because i'll make it
WHAT. The decision was made. YES WHY DONT YOU TELL ME SEEMS TO BE THE ANSWER NOW. Biden sharp huh? Seems like they'll just let him do his thing with tariffs and getting them brown people locked in concentration camps, like Reagan just dont tell him he'll never knw and its only 6 months in WAY TOO FREAKING OLD!!!
Six Secret Service agents haven't been fired tonight for allowing Thomas Crooks to ride up on a bicycle with a loaded AR-15, climb up a roof in full view of the crowd alerting local police to his presence, and and anybody else who was listening, then they watched him through their sniper rifle scope as he calmly got off 8 fucking shots ... killing one man, wounding 3 others, and shooting the Republican Presidential candidate in the head.
Then, after all that happened, they held Donald Trump up on the stage for about a minute, before very slowly walking him down a ramp and zipping out of the scene to the hospital with a head-shot President of the United States at approximately 2 miles per hour, not even spinning their tires, towards the furthest hospital from the shooting.
They haven't been fired.
They've just got suspended with pay.
"Paid vacation" is what us normal people call that.
Big dilemma among Trump haters: go after Trump for encouraging Epstein conspiracy theories last year or for not releasing the files now. I guess the belief that Trump's in the files allows them to square the circle and reconcile two different lines of attack, but that theory still doesn't work out.
I notice also some Trump supporters attacking him now for not releasing the files and not mentioning the national security aspect or the possibility that the truth could complicate our position with respect to other countries. If knowing the truth would mean having to rethink your view of the world, would you really want to know it?
US measles cases surge to highest level since 1992 ~ FT
'One-third of diagnoses reported this year stem from one county in west Texas'
Idiocracy at its finest!
“The decision to vaccinate is a personal one,” but natural selection writes the specie’s story in the background.
It never occurs to the kaKAW that millions of unvetted illegal immigrants crossed that southern border.
Kak-a-phony - whatever the problem - it's Trumps fault.
Vaccine shyness has been going on for decades, KAK. A PHONY.
forced COVID jabs - that didn't help.
FBI has opened a criminal investigation into John Brennan and James Comey.
Biden's doc pleads the Fifth, over and over.
"Did you lie about President Biden's health?"
""I plead the Fifth."
"Did you ever believe the former president was ever unfit for office?"
"I plead the Fifth."
Presidents used to be elected to THINK ABOUT IT" All the issues going on unde their watchIf you dont want to think about it maybe try packing groceries at a WALMART,not much to think about there. My Lord Madge this guy is too old ,sending out non english grammar letters to heads of other countries and telling Brazil 50% for you on my great tariffs because you were mean to Bolsonoro ,ANOTHER PERP, wait till the Tariffs courts get a hold of ths reasoning,that sounds Constitutional right ,to the right wing lawyer up in here? FAKE leaks on Brennen and Comey to do the "look over here" while he covers up the EPSTEIN FILES... Its old hat now, and see thru like cellophane.
I notice also some Trump supporters attacking him now...
I don't think they're attacking Trump as much as Pam Bondi.
If the conditions you laid out are valid, she had no business promising all the things she did.
Yet, she did. And then shit a big-ass nothingburger.
Someone posted a map on X that Ontario has had more measles cases this year than the entire US.
“The decision to vaccinate is a personal one,” but natural selection writes the specie’s story in the background.
Don’t people need to die or become infertile from measles in order for it to be of evolutionary consequence?
A vaccine is a sterilizing inoculation. As opposed to a vaxxxine that allows the pathogen to migrate and immigrate. A vaccine is part of a risk management protocol. Proceed with informed consent.
"If knowing the truth would mean having to rethink your view of the world, would you really want to know it?"
7/9/25, 8:39 PM
This is the libtard dilemma in a nutshell. And they unfailingly choose to "not know", because Truth does not align with Party politics.
Even if government types were permitted to ask Trump's doc about his president's fitness for office, he would lie about his mental state because he would have been ordered to do so. Doc Ronny supposedly gave Trump cognitive tests which he supposedly aced (whatever that means) several times - Ronny Jackson was his name but Trump called him Ronny Johnson.
Representative Jackson to you, now; and formerly physician to the president under Trump and Obama.
Krypto rocks. I'm going to watch that movie just for the Krypto. He should have his own movie. Dude!
Peachy wrote: "whatever the problem - it's Trumps fault."
If you reread my comment -- you'll see I did not mention Trump or his admin.
The better question is, why do you associate my comment with Trump or his administration?
Seriously -- why do you think Trump or his admin has anything to do with this?
gadfly said...Even if government types were permitted to ask Trump's doc about his president's fitness for office, he would lie about his mental state because he would have been ordered to do so.
You don’t need to ask about this real scenario with real implications for the real world because of this other fake scenario I just made up just now.
Kakistocracy said...
US measles cases surge to highest level since 1992 ~ FT
'One-third of diagnoses reported this year stem from one county in west Texas'
Idiocracy at its finest!
“The decision to vaccinate is a personal one,” but natural selection writes the specie’s story in the background.
Rich is right.
We need to deport the unvaccinated invaders from 3rd world countries.
‘Having mastered toilet paper supply chain logistics, large language models, Middle Eastern history, submarine design, and balloon dynamics, expertise in public health, RNA-based vaccines, infectious diseases and Tesla’s Robotaxi. I would like to explain why I would like to add immunology to my credentials.. ~ Achilles 🤡
rich wrote:
"but natural selection writes the specie’s story in the background."
so.. please let us know? how many people have died from measles this year?
from NPR:
"The U.S. has reported 1,288 measles cases this year — the highest number in 33 years, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Three people have died."
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5461155/measles-outbreak-cdc-vaccination-health
rich is LITERALLY, SO RETARDED, that he thinks that is an evolutionary event. 3 people, out of 330 MILLION
The sad thing is that it’s the next generation that really suffers, and they have no say. My wife treated an 18 year old with mumps myocarditis and hepatitis a few years back. He thought he’d had all his childhood vaccinations but after speaking to his parents found out they’d skipped MMR because of the autism scare. He was livid with them for being so irresponsible.
I’m 70 years old. Arthritic hands. Wear hearing aides. WHAT FRICKING LAW WAS PASSED THAT NOW REQUIRES THE USE OF A CHAIN SAW to open a package of hearing aid batteries?
Had my 40 year old son in law get two batteries out of the package for me - took him close to 5 minutes …..
The Kakistocracy strikes back.
Darwin Awards for those parents who follow the wing nuts thinking.
Society still has a responsibility to try to protect kids lives from the crazies.
--- WHAT FRICKING LAW WAS PASSED THAT NOW REQUIRES THE USE OF A CHAIN SAW to open a package of hearing aid batteries? [Merny11]
Totally ridic and those plastics are sharp. Seems almost certain to have come from some regulation from some agency bottomfish. Call PDJT, maybe he will fix.
---- I don't think they're attacking Trump as much as Pam Bondi. [Jim at]
Except Trump has talked tough in the past and then dropped it like a hot potato when in office. We will see if the new new Trump is tougher or has he reverted to '80s Democrat. No more Chris Wrays. Who killed Seth Rich? Kash, where is Seth's laptop, give it up. C'mon, Donald.
Kak - tons of leftists don't' do vaccines. you hive moron.
"Biden's doctor looks like a doophus."
The word that occurred to me was "goober." Short, fat, with a bad haircut, and apparently not that bright. Was he the only doctor who would give Biden a clean bill of health on everything, or simply one of many who would do that?
A question that comes up online is "Why take the fifth? Why not rely on patient-doctor confidentiality?" That would certainly be better "optics." I suppose questions about what the doctor did on his own aren't covered by confidentiality.
Now Peachy does the deflection — terribly predictable. 🤡
10 charged with attempted murder in 'ambush' at ICE detention center
"July 8 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged 10 people with attempted murder following what they called an "ambush" of law enforcement late Friday outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility.
The charges were announced Monday during a press conference. The identities of the 10 suspects were not made public.
Authorities alleged the suspects conspired to create a disturbance outside the Prairieland Detention Center, in Alvarado, located about 40 miles southwest of Dallas, in order to lure ICE personnel outside the facility where they could shoot and kill them. A number of shots were fired and an Alvarado police officer was shot in the neck.
Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy Larson for the Northern District of Texas said each has been charged with three counts of attempted murder of a federal officer and three counts of discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
If convicted, they each face a mandatory sentence of 10 years to life behind bars.
An 11th suspect also faces up to 10 years in prison on charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy for attempting to conceal and destroy evidence in connection with the attack.
"We want to tell everyone out there, this will not be tolerated," Larson said. "Those who use violence against law enforcement officers will be found and they will be prosecuted with the toughest criminal statutes and penalties that we have available to us."
The incident occurred shortly before 11 p.m. CDT Friday outside the Prairieland Detention Center.
Larson alleges 10 to 12 people dressed in black, military-style clothing began shooting fireworks and vandalizing vehicles and graffitied the facility to draw ICE personnel outside.
When an Alvarado police officer arrived on the scene, one of the suspects is alleged to have opened fire, wounding the unidentified responder in the neck. Another suspect shot between 20 and 30 rounds at unarmed corrections officers who exited the facility.
The suspects fled the scene but were later arrested during traffic stops, Larson said, adding they were found in possession of 12 sets of body armor, spray paint and a flag that said "resist fascism, fight oligarchy" as well as flyers stating "fight ICE terror with class war" and "free all political prisoners."
Over the weekend, officers executing search warrants discovered masks, goggles, tactical gloves, a cache of weapons and what Larson called "insurrectionist material."
"Let's discuss this incident: It was a planned ambush with the intent to kill ICE corrections officers," she said. "Make no mistake, this was not a so-called peaceful protest. It was, indeed, an ambush."
No employees at the correction facility were injured.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office has said the injured officer was flown to Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, where they were treated and released.
The incident comes as there have been several mostly peaceful protests against the Trump administration and its crackdown on immigration.
However, last month, President Donald Trump deployed thousands of members of the National Guard to Los Angeles to quell the demonstrations and to protect ICE agents performing immigration arrests."
Added: Suspects identified
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