I don't believe that, even in the best of times, Americans would ever have tolerated an extended lockdown. Individual liberty is simply too large a component in our collective identity. In Trumpworld, of course, this has been cranked up to eleven, the same as everything else, but I don't think it's helpful to fixate on Trump himself. Trump is a symptom of a broader social ailment which will not go away whenever he does. I have modest hopes that it might quiet down a little without a troll in the WH, but our current situation has been decades in the making and has a momentum independent of the poor stupid ape who happens to be riding it.
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"Social ailment" is the only thing that keeps you from living under a communist dictatorship like people in Hong Kong now. But maybe that's not a concern to you.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Originally posted by Ming View PostOver the past week, the nation has suffered a 20 percent increase in new diagnosed cases, a 13 percent rise in hospitalizations and an 11 percent rise in daily deaths.
And Trump last night was still saying that the pandemic was “ending anyway.”
Americans are dying, and his followers keep believing this crap...I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Originally posted by Ming View PostWe already have a crime boss as president...
Americans continue to die... the virus is sweeping the country... and all the president can do is try to wish it away and hold super spreader events...I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Contact tracing has tracked new cases to Trump events in MN.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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On Labor Day we were at 35,000 cases per day. Now we are over 70,000.
Over 9 Million total cases, resulting in over 232,000 dead Americans.
Glad to see we are turning the corner.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms
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Yep... he's just going to do nothing and let American die until a vaccine is ready... which won't be available for most people until later next year... but he will continue to hold more super spreader events.Keep on Civin'
RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O
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White House science office listed "ending the COVID-19 pandemic" as one of President Trump's accomplishments.
8,850,000 cases... over 225K deaths with the number of daily cases increasing... and Trump ended the pandemic.
I want what they are smoking.Keep on Civin'
RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O
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The U.S. set a record this week for new coronavirus cases over a seven-day period with more than 500,000 infections. An American is testing positive every 1.2 seconds.
Daily deaths are also climbing – one of us is dying every 107 seconds, according to Johns Hopkins data.
Trump's administration has just given up trying to contain it, and is just letting Americans Die...
And, he is hosting super spreader events to help it along...Keep on Civin'
RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O
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