Althouse: "... fails to snap..."/"... pandemic remains..."/"... obscures troubling slowdown...."

October 29, 2020

"... fails to snap..."/"... pandemic remains..."/"... obscures troubling slowdown...."

You are warned not to enjoy the big 33.1% growth spurt:

Please keep your spirits dim.

97 comments:

Greg The Class Traitor said...: I look at those headlines, and it tells me I can't trust anything else they "report", or don't.

I just wonder what normal people see; 10/29/20, 9:32 AM
Jupiter said...: 33.1% growth? Meaning, if it kept up for a year, the GDP would be 1/3 larger?

I guess that's what happens when you throw a couple trillion from the helicopter as a "covid assistance program".; 10/29/20, 9:32 AM
hawkeyedjb said...: I often wonder what news headlines and articles would look like if we had an independent press in this country. But it's pretty easy to predict the news when Joe, I mean Kamala, becomes president. The big, bad virus will make the front page about as often as Grandma's hemorrhoids.; 10/29/20, 9:34 AM
Mattman26 said...: Keep your spirits dim, and don't forget the dark winter to come.; 10/29/20, 9:36 AM
FleetUSA said...: Nothing positive from the MSM as usual. If BH0 was president they would be shouting hoorahs.; 10/29/20, 9:38 AM
Mike Sylwester said...: Everyone should watch Ivor Cummins' superb videos about the epidemic, which ended in May. Here are two good videos to watch first.

September 8 update

October 29 update

You will be glad that you watched them.; 10/29/20, 9:39 AM
JZ said...: According to the WSJ, "The third-quarter increase followed a 9% quarter-to-quarter decline in the second quarter, or a 31.4% annualized drop." So, a big decline was followed by a big increase. That's good, but not great.; 10/29/20, 9:42 AM
Nonapod said...: It's Biden's winter of darkness. An eternity of despair and misery. All hope is lost! Disease and riots. Cities burning. Neighbor fighting neighbor.; 10/29/20, 9:42 AM
Levi Starks said...: If Biden wins you’ll have absolutely nothing to blog about.
Unless you like really like cute kittens and miniature donkeys.; 10/29/20, 9:44 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Sheesh.; 10/29/20, 9:45 AM
AlbertAnonymous said...: Amerikan Pravda; 10/29/20, 9:45 AM
WisRich said...: Ann said:

"Please keep your spirits dim."

Nailed it. These are not news organizations, they're Dem propaganda organizations.

33% annualized growth is a "big f'ing deal" as Joe Biden likes to say.; 10/29/20, 9:46 AM
R C Belaire said...: It's common knowledge that if this occurred during Biden's tenure (after going thru the Covid Wars to this point), the news would be shouted from the rooftops. But, Trump. Screw 'em all.; 10/29/20, 9:47 AM
Michael K said...: Two movies.; 10/29/20, 9:48 AM
chickelit said...: No doubt this will come to be called the "Biden bump"; 10/29/20, 9:49 AM
Joe Smith said...: "You can eat unlimited ice cream and bang unlimited Italian supermodels."

"You will get fat and your essence will be depleted."

Why can't we have nice things?; 10/29/20, 9:51 AM
Lucid-Ideas said...: Them: Hope Wins!
Us: Things are looking up!
Them: NOT LIKE THAT!; 10/29/20, 9:51 AM
Dagwood said...: You'd be inclined to think they have an agenda, if you didn't know any better.; 10/29/20, 9:52 AM
stevew said...: "Please keep your spirits dim."

Until we elect Joe.; 10/29/20, 9:53 AM
Leland said...: Things I learned today:
33% growth is a recession for the Trump Administration
We had 33% growth despite a pandemic during the Trump Administration
33% growth is a slowdown compared to earlier years of the Trump Administration; 10/29/20, 9:54 AM
wendybar said...: Haters gonna hate.; 10/29/20, 9:58 AM
Shouting Thomas said...: Fear... fear... fear!

Remember when being a lefty meant being daring and wild? How did it all flip?

Now, lefties just pick their personal End of the World panic, or embrace all of them simultaneously, and warn against taking any risk... lest we all die!

This has been the year of no live music! Don't dance! Don't sing in public!

Momma says no guitar pickin' round here!; 10/29/20, 9:59 AM
Kevin said...: Nothing to see here.

The initial forecast was -3%.; 10/29/20, 10:00 AM
Marcus Carman said...: If we are so stupid as to fall for this, we deserve sleepy Joe and cackling Kamala.; 10/29/20, 10:00 AM
Achilles said...: And the states with the slowest growth are democrat dominated.

The states with the highest unemployment are democrat dominated.; 10/29/20, 10:01 AM
pacwest said...: Hide the women and children. Run for your lives!

Not to worry though. Biden has a secret plan.

If we put Obama back in he could resurrect anyone who died in 2020.; 10/29/20, 10:04 AM
robother said...: Market's got an (irrational exuberant) fevah, and Biden's the cure.; 10/29/20, 10:05 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Although, if you’re voting on your pocketbook, as they say, then this should give you a 100% confidence that Trump and not Biden is the guy to return us to normal.; 10/29/20, 10:05 AM
TheOne Who Is Not Obeyed said...: Gotta give us a proper dose of the buts. Can't have people thinking that but for Fauci and the blue state governors we'd be back to a real economy going gangbusters. For better or worse, the President gets the credit and the blame for the economy. We know who the media are rooting for.; 10/29/20, 10:05 AM
Achilles said...: New York City is dead.

Over the next year you will all get to watch as it turns into a ghost town.

Even Seattle has driven Amazon out. They are moving across the lake to Bellevue.

Elon Musk has no love for the Oligarchs.

Starlink is the end of progressive cities.; 10/29/20, 10:05 AM
mikee said...: Despite coronavirus, economy rebounds.

Four words. See how easy it is to refute the dominant narrative?; 10/29/20, 10:05 AM
MaxedOutMama said...: I'm glad I came over here, because that is exactly what is going on. I read Reuters most mornings, and the pre-release article was all about the horrible damage, and post-release article stressed that this news didn't fix anything.

The media has given up any pretense at objectivity.; 10/29/20, 10:05 AM
Mikey NTH said...: This record growth isn't actually growth! Don't look at it! It's a fake growth!

MSM - desperation is obvious, and it isn't a good look.; 10/29/20, 10:05 AM
Sebastian said...: It will be funny to the rhetorical switch if Joe wins.

The MSM are incorrigible, and they like it that way.

Do you, Althouse? If not, why abstain?; 10/29/20, 10:07 AM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...: On the flip side, if Joe wins, we get to enjoy 4 years of funemployment and recovery summers.; 10/29/20, 10:08 AM
Big Mike said...: Trump = jobs.; 10/29/20, 10:10 AM
What's emanating from your penumbra said...: Who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?; 10/29/20, 10:15 AM
exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil said...: Don't you dare feel hope! Joe said there's a dark winter in front of us!

"Malaise" didn't work for Jimmy in 1980. The Dems seem to think it's a winning strategy now. We shall see.; 10/29/20, 10:16 AM
mccullough said...: The Fourth Estate as Fifth Column; 10/29/20, 10:19 AM
Todd said...: Is this the new version of "Republicans Pounce"? They are now pushing "This may be great but they should have done better"?; 10/29/20, 10:20 AM
Tommy Duncan said...: I heard the same message on CBS radio news this morning. The economy is booming, woe is us. An expanding economy can only bring pain, despair and agony before COVID kills us all.; 10/29/20, 10:20 AM
Drago said...: 33.1% is not a growth "spurt".

It's a growth tsunami....and the democraticals/LLR-lefties told us this was impossible.

Similar to the Trade treaty renegotiations....and the Middle East Peace Deals.

Basically, everything the democraticals/LLR-lefties told us was impossible is basically a roadmap as to what Trump has accomplished.; 10/29/20, 10:20 AM
Darrell said...: Joe Biden wants you to keep your car if you like it.

He'll just take away your gasoline. And keep the US in a permanent recession, unless he buys into the Big Reset and 4th Industrial Revolution. Then it's all over.; 10/29/20, 10:21 AM
TheOne Who Is Not Obeyed said...: Note that the US is no longer in a recession, as the economy has grown in the third quarter after shrinking in the first and second quarter due to the blue state lockdowns.

https://tradingeconomics.com/charts/facebook.png?url=/united-states/gdp-growth; 10/29/20, 10:21 AM
WisRich said...: Joe Biden: "We'll build back and build back Bet..., wait what? 33%. Seriously? Sh*t, I can't build back better than that."; 10/29/20, 10:25 AM
Tommy Duncan said...: "Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me"; 10/29/20, 10:25 AM
rcocean said...: I 've been turning off the radio news when i go to work. Its insane. The irrelevant stories, the obvious partisanship. No stories on Biden, UNLESS its about him winning the election. No stories on Trump UNLESS they are negative. Constant yammering about CV-19 cases. No discussion of deaths. Nothing on Antifa or riots. foreign policy? doesn't exist.

Memorandum - my usual start for the daily news is even worse. Never in my lifetime has the press LIED about a President the way they've lied about Trump. Or made up so many FAKE NEWS stories to destroy him and his supporters. I don't know how ANY intelligent person can take them seriously again. But the center-right has the memory of gnat, and they'll probably go back to taking the NYT/WaPo at their word if Trump loses.; 10/29/20, 10:27 AM
buwaya said...: Its been a very V-shaped recovery, which has slowed down in the last 6-7 weeks because of continuing restrictions in many industries across the US plus the global effects (which is why Boeing is in trouble).

And then there are many US states where restrictions are still more severe, like California. You can get an idea of this from the state unemployment rates, deficient as they are.

Sept state unemployment rates -
https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm; 10/29/20, 10:29 AM
wendybar said...: They talk about a cult....They should look in the mirror.; 10/29/20, 10:30 AM
rcocean said...: Biden, like all his other actions, has responded to CV-19 in the strangest, stupidest manner. He attacked Trump for stopping Travel to China and Europe. Then had nothing of value to say, then started demanding everyone wear a mask. Then, backed off Federal mandated masks, and now seemingly, is back demanding a Federal Mask mandate.

Like Newsome, and the Michigan Airhead Governor, he's a 'Lets lock it all down forever" guy, and that's his "plan". Hysteria. He's also a physical coward. That's why he's always in the basement or had people standing inside circles so he can't be infected. Trump meanwhile, showed immense courage and fortitude in facing the illness.; 10/29/20, 10:31 AM
buwaya said...: Take away the Covid restrictions and the US will recover very quickly and nearly fully, held back by global and structural issues such as collapsed industries that will take longer to recover, if they ever will. Tourism and movie theaters for instance.; 10/29/20, 10:32 AM
Michael K said...: Blogger Achilles said...
New York City is dead.

Over the next year you will all get to watch as it turns into a ghost town.

There is an argument that Soros and Bezos are pushing this to drive down real estate prices in NYC so they can snap up bargains.; 10/29/20, 10:34 AM
buwaya said...: Starlink beta test for consumers -

https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/27/21536073/spacex-starlink-public-beta-testing-email-user-terminal

Musk thinks big. He will eventually be competing with every telecom carrier on Earth.; 10/29/20, 10:36 AM
bagoh20 said...: I'm afraid my fear button is worn out, and it really really scares me, so I've got that going for me.

Is there any doubt anymore that the Dems, including the media ones, pined for a terrible recession, loved that it happened, and will hate for it to end if Trump is President when it does. They would rather have you bankrupted and eating out of trash bins.

What do you think would get a majority of media votes if these two outcomes were the guaranteed choices?

1) Trump wins and the economy rebounds wonderfully and we prosper.

or

2) Trump loses and we go into a long recession.

Enemy of the people.; 10/29/20, 10:37 AM
Marcus Bressler said...: Even if the Hostess does not vote for Biden, she will abstain because Orange Man Bad. When it gets down to your core beliefs and morals, the real person is exposed.

THEOLDMAN; 10/29/20, 10:41 AM
Darrell said...: While you shelter in place, here's what the Russians were doing in Ufa--Russia's third largest city. Hockey and cheerleaders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4m8RbdwPIQ&t=5955s; 10/29/20, 10:45 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Twice as big as the previous record-setting quarter of GDP, but move along. Nothing to see here. Trump gonna gloat like a sonuvabitch that he did indeed produce the biggest growth spurt in the history of nations. Hey did you hear about China's ongoing contraction? Heh.; 10/29/20, 10:48 AM
Francisco D said...: I just listened to a Joe Rogan podcast with Glen Greenwald. They understand that the corporate media and Big Tech companies are infested with SJWs. Those people are the future leaders of America and will turn it into a totalitarian state, if given the opportunity.

Liberals who hate Donald Trump should consider what will happen if he loses this election. It will greatly empower the SJWs who are taking over the country.; 10/29/20, 10:49 AM
Jerry said...: I know what I'm seeing on the national numbers for positive tests. There's a spike all right. But is it a real spike, or a... reporting artifact? We saw one of those back in early June, when there was an 'adjustment' on cases and deaths. I didn't see the same with local state numbers.

I know what I'm seeing on the state numbers. Locally, we haven't had any real spikes in positive test numbers. They're well within what I've seen as 'normal' bounds for the last couple of months.

Nationwide - deaths? Average per day (Mon-Thurs) last week nationwide was 830. This week, same period? 831.

Statewide in Georgia? Average per day (Mon-Thurs) last week was 31. This week, same period? 24.

I hate to say it, but I'm starting to distrust the 'positive test' numbers nationwide. Death numbers are one thing - but positive tests can be inflated, especially if there's a politicial advantage to do so.; 10/29/20, 10:52 AM
bagoh20 said...: Over three months ago Sweden not only flattened the curve, they buried it, and were the only country to respond to the pandemic with science, respect, and freedom, rather than fear and government overreach.

Look at the results:

https://pjmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sweden-1110x1041.jpeg; 10/29/20, 10:56 AM
OSU '92 said...: And from the beloved "I think they are doing the best of anyone out there" NY Times ...

Why the Best G.D.P. Report Ever Won’t Mean the Economy Has Healed - Government data on Thursday will show a record-setting rebound in economic output. But the numbers are misleading.

I am always amused that good news for Republican politicians always requires the reporter to provide the appropriate "context".

Absolutely laughable.; 10/29/20, 10:59 AM
Maillard Reactionary said...: Althouse mocks the Left's doom and gloom message, but apparently Trump is too positive or optimistic for her. Or something.

Perhaps a candidate with an aloof, studied indifference to what is going on in the country would be more to her liking.

Unfortunately, that one has already had two terms in office and is not available.; 10/29/20, 10:59 AM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: Always look on the Dark Side of Life...do do dah do de do de dooo.

Democrat motto. Never find the silver lining.

(rip off of Life of Brian. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life; 10/29/20, 11:01 AM
Skeptical Voter said...: Well Biden sees a winter of darkness. Which is zip all and next to nothing compared to the winter of discontent for the Democrats which would follow a Trump victory. Not counting my Trumpian chickens because he could lose. But if he wins, I do plan to enjoy the rending of garments, mass emigration of the woke cognoscenti to happier places, gnashing of teeth, and wailing like three year olds who'd been denied a third cookie.

We shall see. The only poll I trust is the actual vote---and there are going to be shenanigans on both sides of the ballot box.; 10/29/20, 11:01 AM
bagoh20 said...: Which of the "respectable" sources are telling you stuff like the Sweden experience compared to the Spanish one.

Since May Spain has had strict mandates including masks indoors and out, and this is what that produced.

https://pjmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Spain-1110x1117.jpeg

Pretty dramatic, huh? There is a significant difference, but not that much. Did you see what I did there?; 10/29/20, 11:05 AM
mikee said...: So, new Zealand and Australia are just about COVID free. Are they letting in travelers again, or are all arrivals held in strict quarantine for a week or two?; 10/29/20, 11:09 AM
bagoh20 said...: All these "super spreader" events, don't seem to be deadly at all from what I have seen.

Super spreader event: a large meeting of people who do not burn or loot other people's property.; 10/29/20, 11:10 AM
John henry said...: As Mattman says, let's not forget the "Dark Winter" Joe threatened us with.

Operation Dark Winter was the code name for a senior-level bio-terrorist attack simulation conducted from June 22–23, 2001.[1][2][3] It was designed to carry out a mock version of a covert and widespread smallpox attack on the United States.

More at the link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dark_Winter; 10/29/20, 11:12 AM
John henry said...: Blogger Marcus said...

Even if the Hostess does not vote for Biden, she will abstain because Orange Man Bad. When it gets down to your core beliefs and morals, the real person is exposed.

I'm not sure it is even that, Marcus. She seems to like most (all?) of what PDJT has accomplished in his first term.

Her main objection seems to be that she doesn't like his style or tome.

She swooned over Obama for 8 years because he had a dreamy style and tone.

A Hell of a reason not to vote for a person.

John Henry; 10/29/20, 11:24 AM
Paul said...: Ah... my stocks are up (I do Etrade), Texas where I live is a buzzing with everybody out and about and my spirits are supposed to be 'dim'.

We know the Democrat's motto is... "the beatings will continue till morale improves."

And the Republicans motto? MAGA.

You pay your price and takes your pick. I pick MAGA.; 10/29/20, 11:27 AM
Breezy said...: How can we push these outlets to the curb, and use the next batch of them to see how they do? We need to organically build the competition for people’s attention.; 10/29/20, 11:28 AM
GingerBeer said...: Prepping the battlefield for an inevitable Biden collapse.; 10/29/20, 11:30 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: I’m starting to think that, having had that 220 million dead from COVID this year stat confirmed by both Commala and Joe, the whole reason growth was sluggish before is because 2/3 of our country was holding the rest of us back. I’m thinking this new slimmer USA might have an annual growth nearing 20% this year. So a) Darwin was right, b) the enlightenment following the Dark Ages plague is reproducible, c) I hope third of the country surviving COVID is the group voting for Trump and I think it is so because I’m still here.; 10/29/20, 11:31 AM
John henry said...: Semantically, what is the difference between "Make America Great Again" and "Build Back Better"?

they both seem to say the same thing.

Don't they?

Build Back Better has been adopted around the world and was in use even before the 2016 election. It started as a UN slogan for globally building back better in 2015.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_Back_Better

I've seen articles tracing the phrase to the UN's early years in 1945 or so.

The new New Zealand PM even used it a couple weeks ago in her inaugural address.

Joe Biden can't even come up with an original campaign slogan but has to plagiarize one from the UN.

John Henry; 10/29/20, 11:32 AM
Howard said...: Storm und dang are always in demand. Be afraid, be very afraid of Covid, Trump, wokeness, white supremacists, brown immigration, socialism, capitalism, social media, fake news, Putin, Xi, Jung Un, Trudeau, Biden, Cocaine Mitch, Hunter, gun nutz, gun grabbers, blah blah blah and more blah.

The globalists are getting everything they need to keep skimming the vig. They love all the loose talk civil war bravado. Be sure to buy your tactical gear for the Althouse Bezos magic porthole.; 10/29/20, 11:32 AM
John henry said...: Blogger Tommy Duncan said...

"Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me"

I always liked those. Here's a supercut

https://youtu.be/0o2QV30dC8k

And another

https://youtu.be/LftxpIbuEYk

Who would have thought that a song about gloom and despair could be such a day brightener.

John Henry; 10/29/20, 11:37 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: MSM, I mean DNC media, are covering the Biden Crime Family Scandal with a pillow. Until it stops breathing. h/t Iowahawk.

The Harris/Biden campaign has told corporate media to put a lid on BCFS if they want to get any stories out of the Harris/Biden administration. The DNC media, being cowards and in the pay of the DNC/CCP, are complying without a whimper.; 10/29/20, 11:43 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Achilles said:

Even Seattle has driven Amazon out. They are moving across the lake to Bellevue.

Antifa came to Bellevue last Saturday and got their butts kicked. The Bellevue Police didn't let antifa do anything. The mayor declared an emergency crisis and outlawed possession of projectiles and incindinarary devices. The cops surrounded them, didn't let them cause havoc. There was a counter-demonstration that mocked all the sad-sack anarchists. Antifa was chased back to Seattle with their tails between their legs. Seattle, of course, just bends down and asks "Can I have another."; 10/29/20, 11:52 AM
Francisco D said...: Michael K said...
Blogger Achilles said...
New York City is dead. Over the next year you will all get to watch as it turns into a ghost town.

There is an argument that Soros and Bezos are pushing this to drive down real estate prices in NYC so they can snap up bargains.

Not a bad strategy because NYC will have another recovery after they elect a Republican mayor to fix things. Is there another Rudy G .in the wings?

Of course, if the DNC Media win, we will all be bailing out NY, CA and IL.; 10/29/20, 12:03 PM
Mike Sylwester said...: bagoh20 at 11:05
Did you see what I did there?

No; 10/29/20, 12:04 PM
John henry said...: Blogger Breezy said...

How can we push these outlets to the curb,

What's your default search engine, Breezy?

Do you have a Facebook account? Twitter?

John Henry; 10/29/20, 12:07 PM
rehajm said...: Its been a very V-shaped recovery,

Six months ago we had heated conversations with gloomy clients certain there would be a U shaped recovery- lengthy stagnation. Big fights...those gloomies were wrong..

One more thing- Obama's own economic council believed a V bottom was inevitable- remember Summer of Recovery? Remember how it was always next Summer? Well Obama's people were part right- but they didn't account for their own shitty economic and regulatory policies.

This is one more data point proving it...; 10/29/20, 12:40 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Achilles said...

New York City is dead.

Over the next year you will all get to watch as it turns into a ghost town.

Even Seattle has driven Amazon out. They are moving across the lake to Bellevue.

Elon Musk has no love for the Oligarchs.

Starlink is the end of progressive cities.

Don't for get Portland! It will be a wasteland after Ted Wheeler loses to the Antifa candidate Sarah Iannarone, every officer in PPB either retires or quits, and all the businesses pull out and move to Boise or some place where they don't have to put up with riots.; 10/29/20, 1:14 PM
Skippy Tisdale said...: "I guess that's what happens when you throw a couple trillion from the helicopter as a "covid assistance program"."

If Joe Biden gets elected it won't be money that they'll be throwing out of helicopters.; 10/29/20, 1:18 PM
daskol said...: WaPo reported it as 8% rather than the typically annualized figure, to try to minimize it. Brazen is the game these days.; 10/29/20, 1:41 PM
Mike Sylwester said...: Ivor Cummins explains why COVID epidemics are seasonal; 10/29/20, 2:13 PM
bagoh20 said...: "Did you see what I did there?"

"No"

Anytime you want to make Covid look bad, you just site cases, and when you want to be more accurate, you use deaths. Sweden is doing much better than Spain with both, but if you use cases versus deaths you can make it look really different.; 10/29/20, 2:14 PM
Clyde said...: "Please keep your spirits dim."

No, it should have been "Please keep your spirits Dem."; 10/29/20, 2:49 PM
Mike Sylwester said...: bahoh20 at 2:14 PM
Anytime you want to make Covid look bad, you just site cases, and when you want to be more accurate, you use deaths.

Thanks for the explanation. Now I understand what you did there.

Ivor Cummins uses the expression casedemic.

Since about May, when the epidemic ended, we have been in a casedemic. In other words, we have a lot of "cases", but few people are dying.; 10/29/20, 2:51 PM
Mike Sylwester said...: In retrospect, President Trump should have explained to the public months ago that COVID epidemics are seasonal and that the COVID-19 epidemic was not an exception.

There are biological reasons why such epidemics are seasonal.

Trump should have advocated publicly that most COVID-related restrictions should have been removed in May. All the rules about masks, social distancing, group events, and so forth should have been removed.

The public should have relaxed through the summer and early fall.

Instead, we have been subjected to a continual, senseless hysteria that is significantly affecting the US elections.; 10/29/20, 3:09 PM
Temujin said...: Ooof. Thank God for our media. I was starting to feel a bit of optimism. Whew! Thank goodness that passed.; 10/29/20, 3:30 PM
Temujin said...: Here's a fun game. Try re-writing their same headlines, but pretend that Obama is President still.; 10/29/20, 3:31 PM
RMc said...: "Economy expands 33.1%, women and minorities hardest hit."; 10/29/20, 3:49 PM
Michael said...: God forbid anyone should cheer up until the Progressives haul their senile and depressive candidate across the finish line.; 10/29/20, 5:20 PM
bagoh20 said...: When I ask Trump critics what Trump should have done different with Covid, they usually come up with nothing, but sometimes I hear that he should have told us something or forced us to do something, or got us all unified to fight it. I just laugh, and say OK imagine if he tried any of that. Would you have listened, and obeyed? would the media and the Democrats be on board with that? You can't knee-jerk oppose everything the man does, and then claim that he could have gotten everyone to follow him. He could not, primarily because of you and your TDS.; 10/29/20, 5:31 PM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: @ Mike Sylvester Since about May, when the epidemic ended, we have been in a casedemic. In other words, we have a lot of "cases", but few people are dying.

I tried to explain this to one of my math challenged liberal friends.

The more you test for something (Covid) the more instances (cases) you will find. HOWEVER, you have to look at the ratios of instances (cases) and outcomes.

If you have 100 cases and 10 outcomes (deaths)...yeah...that is pretty high 10%

If you test more and find that you have 1000 cases and 10 outcomes....the percentage looks pretty good. 1%

A 1% chance of death from Covid. Not bad.

Test MORE and you get more cases which the left wants to scream about. But ....you WANT more cases to find out what the actual severity of the something (Covid) is.

Then if you are scientific minded you will consider that there are probably many more Cases outside of the test pool that would even further lower the % of deaths.

If you think about it....this Covid paranoia is really quite unfounded.; 10/29/20, 5:37 PM
stevew said...: @DBQ: last night on the local news (Boston, MA) they reported, breathlessly and with their hair on fire, that the positive test rate is now 1.7%, twice the rate of September!!!!!! What they didn't mention is that the rate in June/July was 10x that or more.

Never attribute to malefaction what can be explained by incompetence. They are all pretty faces with articulate diction, so, yeah.; 10/29/20, 6:24 PM