March 14, 2021
"My God, he’s like a polar bear out there on an ice floe."
Said Meade, after I read this Politico headline out loud: "Trump was supposed to be a political Godzilla in exile. Instead, he’s adrift."
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You know who has "political structure"?
Mitch McConnell. Nancy Pelosi. chuck Schumer. and the cast of assholes who make up our pathetic political class.
Whether Trump is adrift or not will be seen in the primary season of the 2022 election cycle.
Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Seeking the spotlight right now would be the worst thing Trump could do. The Biden admin's compounding failures on the border, along with Cuomo's rapid fall from grace and the SJW madness turned up to 11 are all giving Americans a taste of what they can expect for the next four years. Better for Trump to bide his time, make a few comments when necessary, and let his opponents do all the work.
The best way to read propaganda from DNC aligned press outlets like Politico or the New York Times, or any of them for that matter, is to start out with “This is what they think they need you to believe in order to get what they want:"
The funniest thing is, Trump wasn't AT ALL what the LYING propagandists in the media reported. He was actually a good President who actually cared about ALL Americans, and LOVED America...It's actually quite funny watching the left go crazy trying to get these Thousands of Covid Infected illegals in the country, when they describe us as the most RACIST, EVIL country there ever was!!!
adrift also means driftless
Trump should vanish for a while. Our asshole press(D) are obsessed with him and they cannot survive without him. So - please Trump - starve the beast.
Blogger Ray - SoCal said...
Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Yes. Even idiots like some here must begin to see how crazy the Biden ventriloquist is getting.
the only three words Trump should say (and, he shouldn't even say Them, yet)... Is
Miss Me Yet?
In politics if they are talking about you you are not irrelevant. Besides 2022 is a ways off, 2020 is even further. Did Politico predict Trump would be President in 2012?
"My God, he's like a polar bear out on an ice floe."
This has a certain fridge brilliance (hat tip to TVTropes for the term).
In the iconic picture, the bear is assumed to be in distress, helpless, trapped by forces beyond his control.
In fact, widely scattered ice floes are kind of a common seasonal thing at high latitudes. And the polar bear, aka Ursus maritimus, is quite a capable long-distance swimmer. 30 miles is common. One study recorded a swim of 220 miles. That poor helpless bear was trapped on that floe until such time as he felt like getting back in the water.
How Many children Are in cages on the border, now?
IF Children in cages is Bad... Are Overcrowded Cages worse?
Tech oligarchs are destroying the country's culture of free speech
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/03/14/pelosi-climate-change-causing-humanitarian-challenge-at-the-border/
Trump is way down east in Florida fixing to skitter across ice floes to rescue Lillian Gish before she goes over the falls.
Liberals embrace thousands of refugees per day at Southern Border as new normal; OK diverting new COVID vaccine to migrants to stem influx of disease.
RE: "Pelosi-climate-change-causing-humanitarian-challenge-at-the-border/"
She's not lying. The climate at the border changed from "go back" to "come on in" in a matter of weeks.
Of course, headlines like this will alternate with headlines shouting that the Republican party is still under Trump's thumb. It's like how, when he was in power, they used to alternate articles about how his administration was in chaos with articles about how he was a mastermind of various plots. It's all bullshit.
I wonder if Politico is acquainted with the term "concern troll".
Trump attacking Biden is futile:
1. Biden’s administration is doing a great job shooting them selves in the foot, repeatedly.
2. Biden probably won’t be around for long. Biden seems to be getting worse and worse.
I wonder...
Is Trump deliberately keeping quiet so he does not get blamed for Biden’s death? Or his worsening mental health?
"My God, he’s like a polar bear out there on an ice floe."
Said Meade
http://membership.onlineaction.org/images/content/pagebuilder/19565.jpg?rd=support
Does climate change make drug cartels cross the border too?
Kamala will take over. It's just a matter of time.
You will be made to worship Kamala.
Please ignore her funding of domestic terrorists. Real, actual domestic terrorists.
Trump is a spent force. What killed him was older folks seeing him drop the ball on covid, and that he dropped it through inattention and indifference. He is not coming back, and he doesn’t represent any cogent ideas to build upon.
and that he dropped it through inattention and indifference
You're as stupid as any leftist when you write shit like that.
Is Trump deliberately keeping quiet so he does not get blamed for Biden’s death? Or his worsening mental health?
I'm sure the media will eventually try to pin the blame on him. But I think that he's mostly keeping quiet because the left is doing such a horrible job right now that Trump would only distract from that.
Ken B said...
Trump is a spent force. What killed him was older folks seeing him drop the ball on covid, and that he dropped it through inattention and indifference. He is not coming back, and he doesn’t represent any cogent ideas to build upon.
3/14/21, 2:05 PM
Yeah...
That Bastard got us the Vaccine at warp speed time. You would still be locked away in your house for another 4 years, if Hillary were President at the time...waiting for the Congress to pass a bill on it without more pork. How could Trump be that inattentive and indifferent is beyond me.
What killed him was older folks seeing him drop the ball on covid, and that he dropped it through inattention and indifference.
He banned flights from infected regions while the left was still screaming that there was nothing to worry about. He provided hospitals and medical ships which the left never used. He pushed for a vaccine in less than a year when all the "experts" and media personalities scoffed and said it wasn't possible, and he got it. And then his administration managed to successfully distribute the vaccine to the point that they were at a million doses a day by the time the Biden admin was sworn in.
His biggest failure was not firing Fauci, and that is almost understandable since it would have been attacked by both right and left. Otherwise, the failures have all been at the state level. Trump didn't send infected into nursing homes and homes for the disabled. Trump didn't refuse to send patients to hospital ships. Trump didn't lock down entire states for a year. The governors, especially the blue-state governors, did that.
Seriously Ken B, enlighten US! What Should President Trump have done?
More Lockdowns? Less Lockdowns? Listening to the CDC? NOT listening to the CDC?
More masks? Less Masks? Listening to the CDC? NOT listening to the CDC?
Tell us Ken! Tell Us! Oh, and then Tell us what YOU told us last year!
Neutered, listlesss, powerless Trump is the best version. Love it!
Hmm...
Sure is a lot of establishment GOP types not running for re-election.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence!
And what should Trump be doing?
My 2 cents on what Trump should do:
1. Fix election integrity
2. Control / influence gop fund raising
3. Get good candidates on ballot, and past primaries.
Mr Wibble said...
And then his administration managed to successfully distribute the vaccine to the point that they were at a million doses a day by the time the Biden admin was sworn in.
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Trump's vaccine distribution plan was nothing more than flying the vaccine to individual states and dropping it off, saying "you sort it out". That's it. That's all it was. He gets credit for partnering with and financially backing the drug companies' investment via Warp Speed, but that was an obvious and easy thing for the federal government to do. He didn't want to do the hard part of distribution, so he didn't.
wendybar said...
The funniest thing is, Trump wasn't AT ALL what the LYING propagandists in the media reported. He was actually a good President who actually cared about ALL Americans, and LOVED America...It's actually quite funny watching the left go crazy trying to get these Thousands of Covid Infected illegals in the country, when they describe us as the most RACIST, EVIL country there ever was!!!
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That's the funnies thing I've read all day. Thanks for the laugh!
Sad.
I'm not sure what he's supposed to do with such a clueless party. He's light years of of them, so almost unable to pull them along. If they didn't see he had support, they'd abandon him.
Just clueless.
Trump's vaccine distribution plan was nothing more than flying the vaccine to individual states and dropping it off, saying "you sort it out". That's it. That's all it was. He gets credit for partnering with and financially backing the drug companies' investment via Warp Speed, but that was an obvious and easy thing for the federal government to do. He didn't want to do the hard part of distribution, so he didn't.
That's all it should be. If the state of New York cannot organize the distribution of the vaccine to its citizens, then the state needs to be abolished and every bureaucrat and elected official executed. The whole fucking point of state and local government is to serve as the primary organization for government services. State and county health officials and elected officials need to be responsible for figuring out how many vaccines go to NYC versus Albany versus Watertown, not some bureaucrat in DC.
Everyone here needs to read Deep Rig by Patrick Byrne. Buy it through Ann’s AMZN portal. Astounding.
Losing, or whatever it was that happened in the last election, took a lot out of Trump. What he was attacked for in the post-election period of his presidency - that wasn't Trump "inciting an insurrection." It was Trump adrift, not knowing what to do, not believing the voters had rejected him, not knowing if the voters actually had rejected him. His problems working with and understanding the Washington world caught up with him.
Eventually Trump got blamed for inspiring the tattooed, bare-chested, spear-waving guy with the buffalo horns to try to overthrow the government. He even lost his usual platform on social media. I don't know if Trump is adrift now. More likely he's trying to figure out his next move, but having had to leave office in the very bizarre circumstances of last year must have taken a lot out of him.
Trump's response to COVID was no more confused than Biden's or Clinton's would have been and no more chaotic than that of leaders in other countries that couldn't be sealed off from the outside world. It was a once in a century event that took everyone by surprise, but not every national leader had a media so relentlessly hostile to him as Trump did. Trump's actual record as president wasn't bad, but all the style and decorum questions made him vulnerable when COVID hit.
Somebody asked why all the stories about the Bruce and Barack show. It's the same with all the Trump stories. Some people want to know about what our kings in exile are doing now. An awful lot of people want to hate on them.
AI: "He gets credit for partnering with and financially backing the drug companies' investment via Warp Speed, but that was an obvious and easy thing for the federal government to do."
The lefties spent months calling Trump's warp speed timeline "impossible" to achieve and labeled anyone who could believe it would be achieved idiots and then the lefties, including the Harris/Biden ticket and the Luv Gov Cuomo himself, told us they would not trust the vaccine brought about in record time and they would NOT recommend anyone taking it.
Once again, as always, for Today's Lefty Narrative to succeed, you have to force yourself to pretend every previous Lefty Narrative never happened at all.
I guess when your base is made up of a bunch of Ingas, its easy to come to believe everyone is like that.
"The whole fucking point of state and local government is to serve as the primary organization for government services. State and county health officials and elected officials need to be responsible for figuring out how many vaccines go to NYC versus Albany versus Watertown, not some bureaucrat in DC."
THIS!!!!
How Many children Are in cages on the border, now?
IF Children in cages is Bad... Are Overcrowded Cages worse?
"More than 3,200 minors have been moved to holding facilities [on the border]. More than 1,000 have remained in detention past the 72-hour limit in small concrete rooms without beds, dubbed 'hieleras,' or iceboxes. . . The Biden administration has also reportedly stonewalled attempts by lawyers to visit a cramped Border Patrol tent facility, which houses over 1,000 people in Donna, Texas. Some of the children, who have been forced to sleep in close quarters with one another, have reportedly had to wait five days to shower without soap."
There are "estimates that a record 117,000 unaccompanied migrant children are set to enter the United States by the conclusion of the year."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-administration-fema-border-crisis-mayorkas
Trump's vaccine distribution plan was nothing more than flying the vaccine to individual states and dropping it off, saying "you sort it out".
So, the guy who proudly identifies here as a Hitler-figure, wanted a totalitarian response.
Look, the states and localities have had a year to figure this out. It is their job to do so.
He also got more ventilators than was dreamed possible, which he was told would be the biggest need. Another example of "the science" having its head up its ass.
Ignorance is bliss to some still fighting the Big Bad Orange man when they don't even know what the State Government is supposed to do.
Arturo Ui @ 2:20: "...Trump's vaccine distribution plan was nothing more than flying the vaccine to individual states and dropping it off, saying "you sort it out"."
Really? That's it? How about some details, pal? As Mr. Wibble immediately calls you on this, so do I. The distribution of product such as this is highly regulated and, guess what, the drug makers (and wholesalers and retailers: everybody in the chain of custody) has a really good infrastructure for packing and storing and shipping and releasing product. Fed government only needs to get involved on an exceptions basis, maybe here to requisition freezers and distribution sites at regional/local level. And Federalism (you've heard of that, I hope) would urge, if not dictate, that the actual choice of methods for final distribution --priority classes, vaccination centers, rosters, checklists, on and on-- is done by the states. Who are charged with caring for the health of their citizens.
It was up to the states to figure out plans for distribution within their borders, and to coordinate with the Feds on how much stuff might arrive when and where, and how to keep each other informed. The states had months and month and months to conduct the necessary planning and logistics prep. Some of them did it in a fairly OK way. Some apparently did it less well. From the look of it, Cuomo could f*** up a two car funeral and then, by reflex, blame Trump; but he was not the only one to make a mess of things. Plenty of blame to go around; but iMHO not all of it goes on Trump. Not NEARLY all of it.
Are you always this provocatively ignorant and unreflective?
Arturo Ui said...
He didn't want to do the hard part of distribution, so he didn't.
The reason we know this isn't true is because if it were, then Biden's staff would have aimed for a higher target. They didn't; under Trump, they were vaccinating a million a day, and Biden simply called for maintaining that same rate -- 100 million in 100 days.
This is what happens when you have an entitled, learned helplessness mentality -- you're always looking for someone else to do something. Even governments and government workers expect someone else to do it or to take it from someone else.
Meanwhile, the can-do, "get the hell out the way and let us do it" sections of the country are doing just fine.
Arturo Ui:
"Warp Speed [...] was an obvious and easy thing for the federal government to do."
Not necessarily. If some formidable experts tell you a vaccine will not be available in time to get the country off the hook; that one never has come through on your proposed timeline; and that by the time the research comes along, the damn thing may mutate anyway, rendering your vaccine OTBE, do you still bet big on a vaccine?
It's obvious and easy in hindsight, now that you have an existence proof.
There are plenty of criticisms to be made of Trump re COVID. (I might even agree with you on some, despite my distrust of anyone who takes their nic from a Stalin Peace Prize winner.) You don't need to sell him short on the vaccine.
Building political parties is not Trump's thing. It takes a ton of work on small things and recruitment of political talent. I hope to be pleasantly surprised, but surprised I will be if Trump does that. I think Palin did fairly well in that regard.
Arturo Ui: He didn't want to do the hard part of distribution, so he didn't.
What a ridiculous allegation! He should have used the USPS?
Arturo- Uis a fool.
Mark said...
So, the guy who proudly identifies here as a Hitler-figure, wanted a totalitarian response."
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That's a disgusting lie. The Arturo Ui handle is used a cautionary warning, as anyone who has read the play or has a functioning brain can easily surmise. Nothing "proud" about it, and certainly no "identification". That's called "deliberately not getting it."
he gave the real state of the union, two weeks ago, meanwhile,
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/03/ahlam-tamimi-the-savage-of-the-sbarro-pizzeria-bombing-reportedly-dropped-from-interpol-red-list/
JPS said...
Arturo Ui:
"Warp Speed [...] was an obvious and easy thing for the federal government to do."
Not necessarily. If some formidable experts tell you a vaccine will not be available in time to get the country off the hook; that one never has come through on your proposed timeline; and that by the time the research comes along, the damn thing may mutate anyway, rendering your vaccine OTBE, do you still bet big on a vaccine?
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Except that Trump literally had no other choice. Win or lose, he had to proceed towards a vaccine as quickly as possible if he wanted to survive politically. It doesn't matter what experts told him was possible. He had to make the bet you're describing incorrectly as a risk. He had nothing to lose by "gambling".
Arturo Ui @ 3:02: "...The Arturo Ui handle is used [as] a cautionary warning..."
If you have to explain, you've lost.
Try coming back as somebody else.
twenty republican senators voted for someone who ignored last years reign of terror, sixteen voted for fudge, the worst candidate one could ever have running housing, or any agency,
That was quite clever, Meade.
Politico is just a branch of government news, so their opinions on anything is worthless, even when they agree with me. They simply cannot be trusted. Even when they tell the truth it is in bad faith.
Speaking of polar bears, with irregular, resurging populations, the viability of seals is at risk.
Think of the pups! Donate to World Walrus Foundation (WWF).
#BabyLivesMatter(BLM)
Blogger narciso said...
twenty republican senators voted for someone who ignored last years reign of terror,
This is also what worries me. Six of those, I think, are retiring next year and are probably thinking of K street now. Buying their future will no doubt be attractive.
Arturo Ui @ 3:04: "....He had to make the bet you're describing incorrectly as a risk..." Interesting argument and just a trifle simplistic. If indeed Trump was surrounded by an army of experts telling him it couldn't be done, we can infer that, once he declared he was going to try anyway, the experts would not all suddenly rush to make it happen. He would be met with skepticism, pessimism, defeatism, confusion, at every step. He would have to kick ass and take names; and because he has not spent his life learning how vaccines get made, how viruses work, even what herd immunity looks like, he would be trying to push this forward at, excuse the metaphor, warp speed but pretty much blindly on the technology. If he were told, "Oh, there are 88 steps in even trying to do part 1 of the 278 parts of the work, and each step will take at least a month," how could he second-guess the baffle gabbers? He had to trust an awful lot of people. Which means he had to inspire them. He had to make them believe that, this time, yes, we could beat the house; the house of history that says it takes at least 5 years and maybe forever to do what he sought to do. To do what he f***ing DID do.
That was leadership. It was rough, it was ugly, it was approximate and expensive and it left a lot of people sick and dead anyway. But it was leadership. Not that you'd recognize it.
Owen said...
Arturo Ui @ 3:02: "...The Arturo Ui handle is used [as] a cautionary warning..."
If you have to explain, you've lost.
Try coming back as somebody else.
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If people can't read, they've lost. Whole lot of Brecht experts on here who've never actually read any Brecht. Interesting dynamic.
Owen said...
Arturo Ui @ 3:04: "....He had to make the bet you're describing incorrectly as a risk..." Interesting argument and just a trifle simplistic. If indeed Trump was surrounded by an army of experts telling him it couldn't be done, we can infer that, once he declared he was going to try anyway, the experts would not all suddenly rush to make it happen. He would be met with skepticism, pessimism, defeatism, confusion, at every step. He would have to kick ass and take names; and because he has not spent his life learning how vaccines get made, how viruses work, even what herd immunity looks like, he would be trying to push this forward at, excuse the metaphor, warp speed but pretty much blindly on the technology. If he were told, "Oh, there are 88 steps in even trying to do part 1 of the 278 parts of the work, and each step will take at least a month," how could he second-guess the baffle gabbers? He had to trust an awful lot of people. Which means he had to inspire them. He had to make them believe that, this time, yes, we could beat the house; the house of history that says it takes at least 5 years and maybe forever to do what he sought to do. To do what he f***ing DID do.
That was leadership. It was rough, it was ugly, it was approximate and expensive and it left a lot of people sick and dead anyway. But it was leadership. Not that you'd recognize it.
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He literally just had to tell the drug companies that the federal government would fully back their investment. No one disagreed with deciding to do that. The public fully supported it, because they needed a vaccine more than any other single public policy initiative. There was no risk.
"...Whole lot of Brecht experts here..."
Snobs are insecure people who use their "special knowledge" to console themselves that they're not as irrelevant and ignorant as others find them to be.
since the backstory of my novella, concerns intramural bouts like this,
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2857336/yemeni-army-stuns-houthis-hajjah-prepares-taiz-operations
Unless Trump wants to unveil some secrets about the presidency that he knows, he should stay adrift. He has nothing useful to say beyond the typical Fox News/OAN/Newsmax point-of-view. The only thing Trump is good at selling is Trump.
They can't quit Trump.
Didn't Biden do something today? Sign an executive order? Pull a dog's tail?
Arturo Ui @ 3:15: "He literally just had to tell the drug companies..." How did you get to know so much about this stuff? Marvel Comics?
Politico puts Trump in the headline and it becomes instant click bait.
Trump was surrounded by naysayers and refused to bend to their negativity. He pushed and pressured until he got things lined up w the public-private partnership. He knew the private companies would respond, also ignoring the negativity, since they could get paid for their service. This is not what normal politicians can do, and why he is an exceptional leader.
About the distribution part - they were working w governors of all 50 states months ago to line up the distribution logistics and help the states understand the storage needs of each vaccine. They described this in a few press conferences. The vaccine was not just dropped in to the states with no plan. That would be ridiculous to even believe.
it shows interest in the subject, unlike the cigar store indian, still chewing his corn on the cob, in a locked room,
by the way, the fact that critical medication, like insulin and epinephrine are now more expensive due to diktats,
" If people can't read, they've lost. Whole lot of Brecht experts on here who've never actually read any Brecht. Interesting dynamic.
3/14/21, 3:14 PM "
Lol! You're smart. Not dumb like everyone says.
The -bars and a few other bleating fools didn’t pay attention. Trump slipped decisively after he got covid, and he lost ground with older white voters. And when asked why they abandoned him they cited covid. I am not blind so I noticed this. They are blind so they didn’t. And it’s not something he can come back from because it wasn’t a principled stand that might in time be vindicated.
Trump was too overexposed on Twitter and TV last year. He should have let Dementia Joe's idiocy take center stage during the scamdemic. Instead, he insisted on daily spotlight briefings. So I am glad he is letting Dems implode on their own now.
If you have to explain, you've lost.
Try coming back as somebody else.
Like Freder.
"Arturo Ui is the head of a Chicago gang that extorts, robs, and kills in order to gain power. He desires to have power over the entire city and is willing to use any means necessary to do so. He even kills his best friend, Ernesto Roma, in order to seize control over more territory."
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Appropriate. Good choice. Respect.
H.R. 1 Is a Partisan Assault on American Democracy
Mark:
"Try coming back as somebody else.
"Like Freder."
I remember Freder being more insulting than Arturo, but I guess he could be pretty reasonable. Sometimes.
(And I've just reminded myself of early Laslo Spatula's bewilderment when I asked if he was familiar with the much-missed commenter Betamax.)
Mrs. Pants:
"It’s definitely a time to develop our ability to extend love and charity to those who are frustrating and incalcitrant."
Absolutely. It's just getting harder to find opponents who'd deign to accept them.
The Arturo Ui handle is used a cautionary warning
A warning to not be like the Arturo Ui's of the world. Don't worry. You may want to be like that Hitler-figure, but no one else here does.
FullMoon said...
"Arturo Ui is the head of a Chicago gang that extorts, robs, and kills in order to gain power. He desires to have power over the entire city and is willing to use any means necessary to do so. He even kills his best friend, Ernesto Roma, in order to seize control over more territory."
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Appropriate. Good choice. Respect.
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Is there a point you are trying to make here? Do you have any other exciting Wikipedia paragraphs you'd like to share?
Mark said...
The Arturo Ui handle is used a cautionary warning
A warning to not be like the Arturo Ui's of the world. Don't worry. You may want to be like that Hitler-figure, but no one else here does.
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Ad hominem, and lazy.
Has Biden been to the border yet?? Does he hate brown children?? He must!!! Where's the freaking lying media who had conniption fits for the last 4 years?? I guess they really don't give a shit about brown kids either. It shows.
Ken B. You voted for delusional Joe. You can sit down now.
from one of our longest standing allies,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPJ6AAoBUTA
Poor Trump, but this isn’t the worst of what may be coming for him.
Trump was too overexposed on Twitter and TV last year. He should have let Dementia Joe's idiocy take center stage during the scamdemic.
Among the half-dozen inflection points leading to Trump’s loss, the most significant was the first debate when Trump talked over every sentence Biden attempted to utter. It was an unforced strategic error not because Trump appeared egregiously boorish even by Trumpy standards, but because it protected Biden from his greatest weakness, logorrhea. For proof, compare Trump’s restraint in the final debate, which gave Biden the freedom to blurt out, “I would transition away from the oil industry, yes” and “The oil industry pollutes, significantly. It has to be replaced by renewable energy.” Joe Biden says crazy shit if you let him — but you have to let him.
@Breezy:
He knew the private companies would respond, also ignoring the negativity, since they could get paid for their service. This is not what normal politicians can do, and why he is an exceptional leader.
I think Operation Warp Speed was a good idea, but it isn't correct to say that public-private partnerships are "not what normal politicians" do. Many national governments provided direct funding for a vaccine or commitments to purchase (thus insuring a market) in the UK, the European Union, Canada, Australia, China, and Japan.
Russia Collusion Dead Ender Truther and Lunatic Kavanaugh Rape Accuser Inga: "Poor Trump, but this isn’t the worst of what may be coming for him."
We wont know "for sure" until you return to your self-proclaimed mind-reading "skills" that you "demonstrated" at Althouse blog for 3+ years and tell us what you are "picking up" over the
Poor Trump, but this isn’t the worst of what may be coming for him.
Or for you.
J. Farmer said...
@Breezy:
He knew the private companies would respond, also ignoring the negativity, since they could get paid for their service. This is not what normal politicians can do, and why he is an exceptional leader.
I think Operation Warp Speed was a good idea, but it isn't correct to say that public-private partnerships are "not what normal politicians" do. Many national governments provided direct funding for a vaccine or commitments to purchase (thus insuring a market) in the UK, the European Union, Canada, Australia, China, and Japan.
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Agreed.
AI: "He literally just had to tell the drug companies that the federal government would fully back their investment"
Now explain why the New Soviet democraticals spent months saying it was an impossible task and they wouldnt tryst anything that came out of that process?
Ladies and gentlemen, we have another obambi "magic wand" needed to boost manufacturing employment comment scenario and the democraticals all agreeing with him and then later, when just that happens under Trump, it reverts to "of course, anyone could do that".
Again, AI and the new soviets are insisting we not remember what they were doing and saying more than 15 minutes ago.
Just wait.
Mathematics and logic and reason have already been declared racist and tools of white supremacy by AI buddies, and the few principled leftists who stand against such stupidity are also being attacked by AI and his buddies. Who can doubt that memories themselves are next on the maoist culture war "hit" parade?
Drago said...
AI: "He literally just had to tell the drug companies that the federal government would fully back their investment"
Now explain why the New Soviet democraticals spent months saying it was an impossible task and they wouldnt tryst anything that came out of that process?
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Who opposed the fed gov financially backing the drug companies' investment in rapid vaccine development? Certainly wasn't me. I didn't see anyone opposing such a process, on the right or left.
So Arturo Ui, the psuedonym you use is meant as a cautionary tale? You're not a statist, then?
Lawyers have apparently been denied access to a Texas border facility where hundreds of migrant children are being held.
The Border Patrol tent facility, which is located in Donna, Texas, is housing more than 1,000 people and has children sleeping in close quarters, with some sleeping on the floor due to a dearth of mats. Nonprofit lawyers are complaining that they have been denied access to evaluate the situation. . . .
Some of the children at the tent facility have reportedly had to wait some five days to shower and have lacked soap while doing so, with just shampoo being provided, the lawyers said, according to the Associated Press. Some have complained about being housed there for more than a week despite Border Patrol’s three-day limit for detentions.
Phone calls to parents have allegedly been denied for some of the child detainees.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-denies-lawyers-access-migrant-facility
Many national governments provided direct funding for a vaccine or commitments to purchase (thus insuring a market) in the UK, the European Union, Canada, Australia, China, and Japan.
Funding is easy. Lots of funding feeds the bureaucracies. What Trump did, partly because he was trusted by businesspeople, is to cut regulations and red tape to speed up the process.
Remember the Human Genome Project was a classic bureaucracy with a ten year time line to decipher the genome. Craig Venter did it in three with private funding and a private company. He should have gotten the Nobel Prize except his company did the DNA testing on Monica's blue dress.
so, let me get this straight, Arturo Ui?
This Breck book has this cabbage farmer, named Arturo Ui?
And he's Evil! and Bad!
And the Whole Point of Breck's book, is that
EVERYTHING that comes out of Arturo Ui's mouth is Evil! and Bad!
And that NO ONE should follow Anything that Arturo Ui says, 'cause it's Evil! and Bad!
And you've named yourself Arturo Ui, because you want Everyone to know; that
EVERYTHING that comes out of Arturo Ui's mouth is Evil! and Bad!
And that NO ONE should follow Anything that Arturo Ui says, 'cause it's Evil! and Bad!
do i have that right? 'cause it Seems Pretty weird
As the saying goes, the Sun don't shine on the same dog's backside every day. It's time for Trump to step back for a while, and let the Sun shine on Biden. Trump doesn't really have to do anything. At some point the fresh wind off a garbage scow that is the Biden Presidency will reach most corners of the nation.
By that time Trump will have figured out what he really wants to do, and he can implement whatever plan that may be. Laying low is a good thing now. His supporters are still out there.
the most significant was the first debate when Trump talked over every sentence Biden attempted to utter.
In agree it was an error but the most important occurred at about 11PM election night when vote counting stopped for several hours.
Polar bears use ice floes for entertainment and fun, then jump off when they get bored, or have responsibilities to attend to.
Vaccine distribution is the responsibility of state and local government, who can work with the private sector to get it done with as much efficiency as is possible. Arturdo Ewwwee should drop his weak-suck attachment to teh Federal Teat.
Ken B wrote - "Trump is a spent force. What killed him was older folks seeing him drop the ball on covid, and that he dropped it through inattention and indifference."
Spent force or not, I just don't get this comment. Rather than argue with you, just let me ask what would not dropping the ball have looked like? Throughout the world, who provides the not dropping the ball template to which Trump should have emulated?
which shows how little stalinists like brecht understood about hitler, then again jan valtin, aka albert krug was part of the communist dock workers who was fighting the nazis, the social democrats were the real opposition for stalin,
now ignazio silone who was a lefty, but challenged the communists, like orwell,
The gold standard in grandparent killing belongs to................ ?
In agree it was an error but the most important occurred at about 11PM election night when vote counting stopped for several hours.
Yes, the moment Trump’s Nixon-v-McGovern-size landslide was stolen from him: When you’re up against forces that powerful, it absolves you of responsibility for anything and everything.
The chi coms wanted the virus out there, for the desired result of what is happening now.
Trump disrupted the power structure of the world elite/deep state. that had to be halted. So what if the world's vital small business economy was destroyed?
Blogger Inga said...
Poor Trump, but this isn’t the worst of what may be coming for him.
He’ll simply activate his Bullshit Deflector and all the teeth gnashing, garment rending, mincing poofters will be foiled... again.
The very popular sack of potatoes crook was pulled across the finish line is targeted blue precincts by stuffing the ballot box. The dems want more, please.
Inag Maddow is here with her report.
Inag Swetnik Russia Russia Maddow knows.
When you’re up against forces that powerful, it absolves you of responsibility for anything and everything.
No, but you'd think someone would be interested in what happened.
Captain oveur, is practically drooling on stage, and politico, is crying 'look squirrel'
Arturo Ui: When you've lost "Iman"(@4:33) I am sorry to have to tell you:
You've lost.
gilbar said...
so, let me get this straight, Arturo Ui?
This Breck book has this cabbage farmer, named Arturo Ui?
And he's Evil! and Bad!
And the Whole Point of Breck's book, is that
EVERYTHING that comes out of Arturo Ui's mouth is Evil! and Bad!
And that NO ONE should follow Anything that Arturo Ui says, 'cause it's Evil! and Bad!
And you've named yourself Arturo Ui, because you want Everyone to know; that
EVERYTHING that comes out of Arturo Ui's mouth is Evil! and Bad!
And that NO ONE should follow Anything that Arturo Ui says, 'cause it's Evil! and Bad!
do i have that right? 'cause it Seems Pretty weird
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Trailer-made meth binges always end ugly. Try to get some sleep. It's been what, a week?
No, but you'd think someone would be interested in what happened.
A cargo helicopter with over a dozen soldiers. An ambassador and staff left behind. An unarmed female surrounded by security, and an armed public servant who shoots to kill. A protest with two groups in opposition. A Biden trading influence for profit and underaged "benefits". Catastrophic anthropogenic immigration reform and collateral damage at both ends of the bridge and throughout. Political congruence. Diversity and exclusion. Planned Parent/hood and excess deaths on year over year basis. Fat is beautiful is a comorbidity. What difference does it make now?
Excuse me while I --without meaning to-- praise Orange Man. But I do so not to praise TRUMP as an individual, another Earthling; but as a representative of a culture, a way of life, a sensibility that knows and values "can do."
Concededly, Trump himself is a total prick. A bully. A womanizing thug. Whatever. Put it on my tab.
But do you know what ELSE he is? He's a builder. A guy who understands how shit gets done. And GETS IT DONE.
Look at Wollman Rink NY Central Park and tell me that isn't his Adminstration in miniature; or at the very least, his Warp Speed Op in miniature.
Trump just "gets" private sector enterprise and initiative and incentive. He knows how to bust their chops and define their goals and help them clear the crap out of the way.
And in Warp Speed, excuse me very much, he did it. He did it.
My wife and I have now had both shots. As old and possibly vulnerable f**ks, we are grateful. As a former Pharma guy, I am proud of what my buddies have done --for all of us.
Cheers.
Upthread (2:31 pm) David Begley recommended "Deep Rig" by Patrick Byrne, and suggested we buy through the Amazon link. When I went to Amazon, the response was "Do you mean 'Deep Ring' by Patrick Byrne?", which connected to some kind of skin cream (not associated in any way with Patrick Byrne). David, I always respect your comments and recommendations, but if there were an alternative to Amazon, I'd go there.
@Michael K:
Funding is easy. Lots of funding feeds the bureaucracies. What Trump did, partly because he was trusted by businesspeople, is to cut regulations and red tape to speed up the process.
The funding was either provided directly to the company for vaccine development and manufacture or was provided in the form of guaranteed purchases. Regulatory agencies across the world were prioritizing covid-19 by fast tracking approvals and allowing for rolling reviews of clinical data. Numerous countries have authorized vaccines on an emergency use basis. One of the reasons vaccines were developed so quickly was because there was a huge public interest in clinical trial participation. It generally takes a long time to enroll thousands of people into clinical trials.
"If you have to explain, you've lost.
Try coming back as somebody else."
Better yet, try not coming back at all. It would be great to have some people from the left/liberal side that actually added value to the conversation.
Here's a pro tip: If you like engaging in discussions with idiots, trolls, etc., keep responding to "Arturo Ui". If you ignore him/her/it, it will go away, eventually. Your call.
While I’ve been a big Trump supporter, he’s got to convince me of some things before I would back him again in 2024.
1. Can he find loyal people to staff the bureaucracy? The bureaucracy undermined him in his first term.
2. Can he find a way to counter the Democrats’ sabotage campaigns against him?
3. At age 78 (in 2024), will he be fully functional?
I don’t want to live thru another four years of DNC financed and organized riots, attacks on cops and economic sabotage.
So, he’s got a lot of work to do in the background.
Re: Chuck and landslide, he was! Try to keep up!
I found Deep Rig on Amazon in Kindle format.
I do not agree that normal politicians intervened in the way that Trump did. No one was challenging the vaccine readiness timeline the way that Trump did. That was the Trump uniqueness, not what the other governments did once Trump exposed the path forward. They all piled on once he showed the way.
A small dribble of Trump porn for the faithful, to try to keep the media alive for another few days.
Owen said...
But do you know what ELSE he is? He's a builder. A guy who understands how shit gets done. And GETS IT DONE.
Look at Wollman Rink NY Central Park and tell me that isn't his Adminstration in miniature; or at the very least, his Warp Speed Op in miniature.
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An ice skating rink is your big example of his "building" genius? A f*cking ICE SKATING RINK???
There just happen to be huge skyscrapers in cities all around the world built by Trump.
I know because I used to drive by several of them on my way to work in NYC.
The vaccine manufacturers were saying last March that they expected to have a vaccine ready for use in early 2021. Operation Warp Speed began in May. Any president would have realized that the drug companies must be given whatever funds and other support necessary to assist in the speedy development and large-scale manufacturing of a successful vaccine.
Trump gets credit for not screwing up the vaccine development, like he screwed up just about everything else with respect to COVID. The numbers don't lie. The US has one of the worst deaths per capita ratios.
1. Can he find loyal people to staff the bureaucracy? The bureaucracy undermined him in his first term.
This is true of any candidate. And Trump arguably has an advantage in that he's already been burned. A new candidate would either be an establishment figure who won't go against the bureaucracy, or an outsider who will be dependent on the party like Trump was, which means four more years of the same.
2. Can he find a way to counter the Democrats’ sabotage campaigns against him?
This is the big one. He has to work his ass off to fight for voting protections to prevent another 2020.
3. At age 78 (in 2024), will he be fully functional?
I imagine he'll be a bit slower, although nowhere near Biden. That may actually work to his advantage, as some of his aggressiveness is tempered.
I’ve never researched this, but here’s what Scott Adams has said about Trump and vaccine development.
Adams says that Trump was initially told that there was no way to develop a vaccine in less than 3 or 4 years.
Trump asked his advisers how much money they needed to get it done in a year and told them to get busy.
The states are responsible for the death rates. Federal govt needs to support their efforts, which fell short in the early weeks, agreed, but the responsibility for handling the cases is by state.
My personal belief is that the death toll was so high in the U.S. because the U.S. was specifically targeted by the CCP.
Just my opinion.
I think the virus was developed and released intentionally by the CCP, and I’m wondering whether it is possible to genetically engineer a virus with CRISPR to target specific populations.
And, I worked for Pfizer in clinical trials for a decade, although my role was in multimedia and IT.
We are a democratic republic. We all need to internalize this. The States need to be accountable for their role. We need the States to assert their primacy if we are to pushback against this socialist urge in the House.
I think the virus was developed and released intentionally by the CCP, and I’m wondering whether it is possible to genetically engineer a virus with CRISPR to target specific populations.
I think it was accidentally released, but once out they deliberately let it spread. I also think they were trying to create a bioweapon that wouldn't necessarily kill a target population, but would greatly weaken them.
well take my governor desantis, certainly would have a base in the party, that's why they are floating lawfare games with the state's largest fishwrap,
Trump gets credit for not screwing up the vaccine development, like he screwed up just about everything else with respect to COVID.
Please explain to me and the audience what Trump screwed up in regards to the WuFlu.
So far this is just a meme for the unthinking leftists out there.
Shouting Thomas said...
There just happen to be huge skyscrapers in cities all around the world built by Trump.
I know because I used to drive by several of them on my way to work in NYC.
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Many if not most of those buildings were built by other companies, who then leased the Trump brand name for a fee, back when that was considered a good financial idea.
Cuomo is out. Newsome is out. They are both dead (politically) but just haven't laid down yet.
Whitmer MI, Murphy NJ, Whoozzat PA and a couple other Demmie governors are taking on water and will probably b the next to sink.
Innslee WA is now coming into view for his turn in the barrel.
One by one, all the Demmie governors, who might have been viable candidates in '24 are being picked off.
One or two might be coincidence. This many all at once, all for killing grandma is enemy action. Some say that Kamala is behind it clearing the way for herself in 24. That might be, and I am OK with that. Then she is the only one that needs to be picked off and the MAGAs can innocently display clean hands for all the others.
I suspect that our President Emeritus may have something to do with all these Demmies biting the dust. it could be obama,i suppose
demmies are going to have to start reaching down to their tripple a farm bench. and even that is thin.
And, they will be running against a sitting president trump.
$5 says he's back in the oval office by Jan 1,2022.
John Henry
I suspect that our President Emeritus may have something to do with all these Demmies biting the dust. it could be obama,i suppose
demmies are going to have to start reaching down to their tripple a farm bench. and even that is thin.
Obama did more damage to the Dem party in eight years than is commonly understood. He gutted the party of a lot of purple state Democrats who right now would be well positioned to take over. All that's left are the Old Guard (Pelosi, Schumer, etc.) and the young activists (The Squad, Harris), the latter of which want the reins of power, while the former up until now held control via safe blue seats and control of the money.
Francisco D said...
Trump gets credit for not screwing up the vaccine development, like he screwed up just about everything else with respect to COVID.
Please explain to me and the audience what Trump screwed up in regards to the WuFlu.
So far this is just a meme for the unthinking leftists out there.
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Ahem
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/911828384/trump-says-he-downplayed-coronavirus-threat-in-u-s-to-avert-panic
I love the way so many people are "familiar with Trump's thinking" even when they have no contact with him. His niece, Mary, is one the drive-by media often goes to for a sound byte on what he is thinking or how he feels about any particular event. She is so knowledgeable although I understand she hasn't seen or spoken to him in years.
this who interpol deems worthy of mercy,
Afterwards, when I took the bus, the Palestinians around Damascus Gate [in Jerusalem] were all smiling. You could sense that everybody was happy. When I got on the bus, nobody knew that it was me who had led [the suicide bomber to the target]... I was feeling quite strange, because I had left [the bomber] 'Izz Al-Din behind, but inside the bus, they were all congratulating one another. They didn't even know one another, yet they were exchanging greetings...While I was sitting on the bus, the driver turned on the radio. But first, let me tell you about the gradual rise in the number of casualties. While I was on the bus and everybody was congratulating one another...[8]
John Henry, what is your path for Trump to get back in the WH by the end of this year?
JSM
Godfather,
Deep rig by Byrnes is available on the Barnes & noble Nook for $4.99
I js downloaded the Nook app to phone and tablet a couple days ago.
Currently reading a Conrad trilogy (youth, heart of darkness, end of the tether) because I wanted to test drive the Nook and it was free.
A few minor differences in layout and controls from kindle. But similar enough I had no problem diving in.
It is an excellent alternative to Amazon.
John Henry
$5 says he's back in the oval office by Jan 1,2022.
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(spit take) I'll take that bet!
$5 says he's back in the oval office by Jan 1,2022.
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Imagine how large the worms in your brain have to be to think this and even worse, admit in public that you think this can actually happen.
@Breezy:
That was the Trump uniqueness, not what the other governments did once Trump exposed the path forward. They all piled on once he showed the way.
I am not sure what it is he did that you claim "exposed the path forward." What did he show to CanSino Biologics or Gamaleya or Oxford-AstraZeneca?
So Warp Speed was a no-brainer, and Trump gets no credit for it.
Right.
And all of the other countries that developed and authorized vaccines before Trump and the US were so much smarter. Right? Because there weren't any.
Do you know what else were no-brainers? Getting the US out of the Middle East wars. Securing the US border. Cutting taxes. Allowing fracking. Cutting regulation.
Your vote matters.
Arturo, Farmer--how's the alternative--your guy--doing on all this?
Francisco. Where have you been for the past year? Off the top of my head. In no particular order
1. From the beginning he minimized the virus and said not to worry, we have it under control, etc when he knew that wasn't true.
2. He turned masks into a political issue
3. He held massive rallies and other superspreader events contrary to the advice of experts.
4. He brought in a quack doctor with no expertise in the field to lead our response.
5. He didn't attend task force meetings for months on end. He just didn't care.
6. He made no effort to rally the nation to work together. His MO was always to divide.
7. He mocked states that imposed restrictive measures.
8. He barely mentioned the virus after Nov 3, which was by far the worst period in terms of deaths. He just didn't care.
9. He recommended treatments that had been proven ineffective and even dangerous.
10. He said in March that anyone who wants a test could get test. Six months later and that still wasn't true.
11. He withdrew from WHO and is directly responsible for attacks on Asian Americans with his Kung Flu joking.
12. He did not INSIST that China let our experts in in early January 2020 to investigate because he didn't want to upset them given the trade deal negotiations.
People want to give him credit for the travel ban from China, which wasn't a ban and was recommended by HHS scientists including Fauci. He constantly lied and said it was his idea over the objection of all the scientists. This of course has the effect of making the public lose trust in the scientists. He was late with the ban from Europe.
Now you explain why Taiwan and Australia and New Zealand and Hong Kong and South Korea and many many other nations did so much better than us?
"People want to give him credit for the travel ban from China, which wasn't a ban and was recommended by HHS scientists including Fauci. He constantly lied and said it was his idea over the objection of all the scientists. This of course has the effect of making the public lose trust in the scientists. He was late with the ban from Europe."
Ah...
It is an excellent alternative to Amazon.
There is even an app to read Nook books on Kindle, if you already have one.
So far, Amazon has not deleted the book. I am about half way through. I am also reading (hardcover) "The Sleepwalkers" about WWI origins. I read it a year ago but it needs to be reread.
"He brought in a quack doctor with no expertise in the field to lead our response."
Agreed. Fauci was a big mistake.
Arturo, Farmer--how's the alternative--your guy--doing on all this?
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Kicking ass and taking names. You might have heard about a $1.9 trillion aid package he just pushed through.
Bob Boyd said...
"My God, he’s like a polar bear out there on an ice floe."
Said Meade
http://membership.onlineaction.org/images/content/pagebuilder/19565.jpg?rd=support
LOL. Orange Bear Bad.
Why do people interact with trolls like "independent?" Life is too short.
Cuomo is out. Newsome is out. They are both dead (politically) but just haven't laid down yet.
Yes, abort these "burdens", cannibalize their profitable parts, sequester their carbon pollutants... they have been deemed to be [politically] nonviable. Planned Politician. Karmic irony.
3/14/21, 6:17 PM
Everything on your list is an outright lie or a deliberately taken out of context.
There is simply no way to live alongside people like you. Go away.
John,
The sellout by Biden becomes too big to ignore. Maybe the election rigging too. Biden's mental acuity doesn't hurt.
Demmies become so embarrassed she resigns. Trump is nominated vp, confirmed and sworn in.
A few days later Joe steps down and vp/pe donald trump becomes pres.
There are other ways it could play out so my bet is only on end result.
John Henry
LOL. Orange Bear Bad.
Orange bears, as well as Orange-Americans, are an endangered species, threatened by progressive corruption. Think of the mandarins!
11. He withdrew from WHO and is directly responsible for attacks on Asian Americans with his Kung Flu joking.
Seriously. Fuck off.
I always respect your comments and recommendations, but if there were an alternative to Amazon, I'd go there.
Amazon is hiding it from the front page but it is still there. The alternative is Barnes & Noble but it is Nook only.
Here is a link to my order from the other day. It takes you to the page.
I suspect that our President Emeritus may have something to do with all these Demmies biting the dust. it could be obama,i suppose
First, they came for Blagojevich, or was it Palmer? Yes, the [uquualified] progressives, the [divergent] liberals are nimble, and ruthless, even wicked.
"Kicking ass and taking names. You might have heard about a $1.9 trillion aid package he just pushed through."
Which addresses none of those things?
Bribing us with our own money?
Lame. Very lame.
But at least you have acknowledged that Slow Joe is, in fact, your guy. Which is more than can be said of most of the dickhead trolls.
No ducking now!
why shouldn't he stay quiet for a while and recharge his batteries? When you opponent is destroying themselves, let them.
Of course, he's bound to seem less prominent when banned on platforms (pinterest!) and even his CPAC speech was squelched, RSBN punished by ewetube.
I'm so glad to have a prez hold 4th of July cookouts hostage to COVID stats (prior post):
Fauci on PCR CT
https://youtu.be/a_Vy6fgaBPE?t=228
Da Fauch and friends
From comments:
Woem Yrom
1 week ago
At the 4 minute mark: Fauci has known since at least July that most Covid “cases” are false. The US routinely uses 42-45 cycles, Fauci says any positive test above 35 cycles is a false positive. This is what the whole pandemic is based on - fake test results. Watch Fauci admit it.
Reminds me of listening to a Medical College of Wisconsin "expert" say (on air) that retesting after being positive should not be done since the test can pick up inactive viri from up to 3 months prior.
Wait, what? But then...
Interviewer just said "Hmm", before moving on.
I asked my county health dept. whether they had any data on cycle testing rate used and response was "I wish!"
Labs used don't provide.
But that doesn't stop them from promoting zero criteria testing to all comers in more and more location.
Even our Governor Coffee Filter Face just suggested those in close contact or symptomatic get tested.
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The COVID industrial complex will cling to the griftt as long as possible.
And oh..Navarro has a completely different take re Fauci and China ban. Da Fauch fought it tooth and nail. I mean, he funded the "gain of function" crews there.
Black Eyed Joementia: "They're good folks."
So here's the bet, Arturo
President emeritus Trump will be back in the white house by January 3 as President of the US.
I'll pay you $5 if, on January 3 trump is not president.
You will pay me $5 if he becomes president. You will pay off whenever it happens before jan3
Bet is off in the event of Biden, Harris or trump death.
So we are on?
John Henry
@boatbuilder:
Arturo, Farmer--how's the alternative--your guy--doing on all this?
I voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, but that does not obligate me to sing his praises. When he does things I agree with, I say so. When he does things I disagree with, say so. It isn't more difficult than that. As I said earlier, I supported Operation Warp Speed. What I denied was that it was something unprecedented or unique to Trump. It was administered by a preexisting agency at HHS, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
How's your guy Biden doing on...energy prices?
Illegal immigration/the "Crisis at the Border?"
Federal vaccine distribution (hint--it ain't the Feds that's the problem-but since you think it is, how's he doing?)
“President emeritus Trump will be back in the white house by January 3 as President of the US.”
Delusional. How long will Trumpists hold on to this fantasy?
Keep your head in the sand, Farmer. It was something unprecedented and unique to Trump.
What would Joe, Hillary, Mitt--anybody but Trump--have done?
Actually, I watched those skyscrapers being built by Trump in NYC and his name was on them from the moment they started digging the foundation.
Leasebacks are not an indication of who originated the construction of a building.
I worked on leaseback contracts for the building of commercial aircraft. That’s really a tax dodge.
You avoid a ton of taxes through a complicated financing and incorporation strategy.
Yes, it’s legal, and the firm that I worked for on those deals was a powerhouse in Democratic Party politics.
I can’t imagine a scenario in which Trump would be back in office by Jan. 3, although the past year has seen plenty of unprecedented stuff that nobody would have predicted.
11. He withdrew from WHO and is directly responsible for attacks on Asian Americans with his Kung Flu joking.
Sure, teenage black guys attacked Asians because of Trump.
I’m sure the rest of the list is equally laughable.
@boatbuilder:
Keep your head in the sand, Farmer. It was something unprecedented and unique to Trump.
What would Joe, Hillary, Mitt--anybody but Trump--have done?
Okay, what was it? What did Trump do that was "unprecedented and unique"? How does this explain the development of vaccines in China, Russia, or India?
John henry said...
So here's the bet, Arturo
President emeritus Trump will be back in the white house by January 3 as President of the US.
I'll pay you $5 if, on January 3 trump is not president.
You will pay me $5 if he becomes president. You will pay off whenever it happens before jan3
Bet is off in the event of Biden, Harris or trump death.
So we are on?
John Henry
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We are on.
I didnt know this
http://www.danielgreenfield.org/2021/03/antisemitism-is-conspiracy-theory.html?m=1
I suspected this
https://nypost.com/2021/03/12/former-us-investigator-covid-19-may-have-come-from-bioweapons-research-accident/
Sure, teenage black guys attacked Asians because of Trump.
Knockout game?
That clip of Da Fauch and Cuomo joking about who would be Pacino or De Niro is not aging well.
Waca waca...
Could be the knockout game.
The attacks, oddly, were all committed in Democrat controlled cities that allowed (encouraged) BLM rioting, undermined their police forces and essentially ceased prosecuting black on white (and Asian) violence.
While I have been a Trump supporter, I don’t think the hero riding in on a horse to save the day is a workable long term strategy.
Trump is simply better than anything else the two parties have to offer.
Conservatives have to find a better way than Wyatt Earp riding to the rescue.
Maybe Trump has come around to my way of thinking and doesn’t give a s**t anymore. I can’t think of a single reason he should.
Blogger Shouting Thomas said...
Actually, I watched those skyscrapers being built by Trump in NYC and his name was on them from the moment they started digging the foundation.
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You're moving the goalposts. Your original comment on this referenced Trump's "skyscrapers built all around the world", which were mostly just brand licensing deals. Now you're shrinking the scope to New York City only.
Blogger J. Farmer said...
@Michael K:
"Funding is easy. Lots of funding feeds the bureaucracies. What Trump did, partly because he was trusted by businesspeople, is to cut regulations and red tape to speed up the process.
The funding was either provided directly to the company for vaccine development and manufacture or was provided in the form of guaranteed purchases. Regulatory agencies across the world were prioritizing covid-19 by fast tracking approvals and allowing for rolling reviews of clinical data. Numerous countries have authorized vaccines on an emergency use basis. One of the reasons vaccines were developed so quickly was because there was a huge public interest in clinical trial participation. It generally takes a long time to enroll thousands of people into clinical trials."
Read the article I listed.
Okay, what was it? What did Trump do that was "unprecedented and unique"? How does this explain the development of vaccines in China, Russia, or India?
I notice you make no mention of my example of the human genome and how bureaucracy is very good at spending money and taking credit eventually but private enterprise (which Trump embodies) is much faster. One of the trolls ridiculed someone's example of the skating rink but that is another example of getting things done.
Blogger J. Farmer said...
@Michael K:
"Funding is easy. Lots of funding feeds the bureaucracies. What Trump did, partly because he was trusted by businesspeople, is to cut regulations and red tape to speed up the process.
The funding was either provided directly to the company for vaccine development and manufacture or was provided in the form of guaranteed purchases. Regulatory agencies across the world were prioritizing covid-19 by fast tracking approvals and allowing for rolling reviews of clinical data. Numerous countries have authorized vaccines on an emergency use basis. One of the reasons vaccines were developed so quickly was because there was a huge public interest in clinical trial participation. It generally takes a long time to enroll thousands of people into clinical trials."
Read the article I listed.
"Moving the goalposts."
Lame, Arturo.
Really lame.
11. He withdrew from WHO and is directly responsible for attacks on Asian Americans with his Kung Flu joking.
Let's concede for a moment that that happened: people responded to "joking" by assaulting innocent, random Asian-Americans. Is that more or less egregious than the leaders in Northern Italy or New York or San Francisco who downplayed the virus' threat and encouraged their citizens to embrace Chinese people, attend Chinese New Year celebrations, and "encouraging New Yorkers to go on with your lives + get out on the town despite Coronavirus."
What an asshole, liar and con man you are, Arturo.
Those just happen to be the ones I personally know about.
I don’t have the time to research the rest, but I suspect the same is true for just about all of them.
Would you care to comment again on leasebacks? You don’t know what they fuck you’re talking about there, so I suspect the same is true about the origins of those buildings.
No project as huge as a skyscraper is built by one man or one company.
Farmer--Are you in a hurry to get the Russian vaccine?
Just a question.
One of the principal themes of the Russia collusion hoax was that Trump was negotiating to build a hotel skyscraper in Moscow, presented as if this were dramatic news that proved he was Putin’s puppet.
Although it was and is legal to do business in Russia.
So, which is it? Is Trump an evil robber baron building illegal skyscrapers all over the world... or?
Even NYT talkin' bout 'em now:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/us/politics/lincoln-project-weaver.html
I wonder those thugs applaud the 1.9T "relief" bill.
Probably have their dicks in that trough too.
I've been working with aseptic pharmaceutical manufacturing since 1979. That is, the production of sterile liquid, often injectable, pharmaceutical products.
I am intimately familiar with all phases of the manufacturing process.
I can tell you that from experience I was convinced PDJT was bullshitting with the original timeline. I figured, from having worked on similar products and projects, that it would be 2-3 years.
Instead, of 2-3 years, they went from knowing what the product is, to figuring out how to make it, developing special manufacturing processes, getting it built to commercial scale, installed, the process scaled from lab to commercial and production out the door in 5 months. And of course, finding the place to make it, constructing clean rooms and so on, hiring and training people, documenting and validating the process. The list is endless.
I can't talk about what I know about the Pfizer/Moderna/JnJ vaccine manufacturing. I can tell you that this article does an excellent job of explaining how amazing this accomplishment was.
https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-vaccine-supply
The govt had a little to do with it but most significantly was that it got out of the way and ran blocking for all the agencies that would normally be throwing up roadblocks.
The regulations and agencies are there for a reason. They are there to protect the American people. Routing around them, strongarming them into fast approvals might not be such a good idea. OTOH, President Trump knows about risk management. He decided that the risk of bypassing regulations and regulators was outweighed by risk of delays in the vaccine.
Was he right? We won't know for at least 2-3 years. Maybe longer. Would he have been right had he not done it? We would not know that for 2-3 years either.
The important thing, more than the decision itself, was that he decided. Then he got govt out of the way and let the experts in the industry make it happen. Some govt assistance, of course, such as purchasing the unapproved vaccine in advance to get the companies the billions needed to bring the drug to market.
Should PDJT get credit for the vaccine? Perhaps not. But he should get credit for letting the companies develop the various vaccines.
John Henry
I have to admit that this is really funny.
This Arturo guy is claiming that Trump never built anything, but Russia collusion was largely based on a phony narrative that he was doing something shady and traitorous by negotiating to build a huge skyscraper in Moscow.
@Rusty:
Read the article I listed.
Read. But I did not see anything in there that contradicted anything that I've said. Was there something specific you had in mind?
I don't mean to be a dick about this (it's apparently what I'm good at, however), but the point is that The Leader of the Free World does things to motivate people.
Does any honest person seriously think that Donald J. Trump didn't do everything humanly possible to get the vaccine developed and administered to the public as rapidly as possible?
And, more to the point, succeeded?
Note the qualifier to "person".
Good grief, J Farmer. Trump cut the red tape to get the vaccine done in record time. Agreed? Did anyone else drive this outcome? Could anyone else have done this? No. Giving credit where it’s due is the right thing to do, always.
Breezy--Great minds...
@boatbuilder:
Farmer--Are you in a hurry to get the Russian vaccine?
Just a question.
No, I am not. Now would you mind answering my question? I'll repeat it, "Okay, what was it? What did Trump do that was "unprecedented and unique"?
Shouting Thomas said...
I have to admit that this is really funny.
This Arturo guy is claiming that Trump never built anything, but Russia collusion was largely based on a phony narrative that he was doing something shady and traitorous by negotiating to build a huge skyscraper in Moscow.
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You've done an impressive job of talking yourself into the corner that Trump/Russia collusion has to be real if Trump is to be believed as some master builder. Good job ace.
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