US Death Toll Passes 10,000

ForeverFree76 comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Cough..BS..cough.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/health/flu-deaths-2017--2018-cdc-bn/index.html https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

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govols comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Trump is an asshole, but he beats the alternative.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

Given the times the Lefties have brought us to, what kinda guy would you expect? They don't respond to civility, and in our system of justice, you just can't nuke em.

There's no need to respond to this post.

Serg97 comments on Apr 6, 2020:

I did, and will VOTE for him again!!!!!!!!!!!! I told the wife that I wanted a shirt with "TFL" on it!!! (TRUMP FOR LIFE) just to piss off the LIBS!!!!!!!!!!!

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

@2peros. Never give up. So many people are leaving CA, that to me it means they are fed up. Lets hope there are more smart guys like you still there to turn that place around. I lived there 25 years and I met a bunch of folks like you, and we all rolled our eyes at the daily news there. Most of them are still there.

Ida Bae Wells on Twitter: "When Covid-19 first hit America hard last month, the narrative was that ...

Naomi comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Hello. According to this article https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate: *As public health officials watched cases rise in March, too many in the community shrugged off warnings. Rumors and conspiracy ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

The human genome has been sequenced now for almost two decades. Some still believe there are races among humans. There are not. That's a long time to be ignorant. So grouping anyone by "race" is cultural discrimination, and no responsible agency will do that. And the sequenced genes for SARS-COV2 tell us what we need to know. The important facts are: 1. SARS-COV2 has not been seen in humans before, so it must run through the population to build antibodies and herd immunity before it becomes part of the normal cycle of flu and coronaviruses. 2. SARS-COV2 is an unusually fast spreading virus that kills those with pre-existing conditions almost exclusively. That limits the expected number of deaths to those with pre-existing conditions - a population already at risk from the normal cycle of flus and coronaviruses. 3. The Chinese Communist Party tried to cover it up. Because they did, there was virtually no chance of stopping it from infecting the World in a month or so, except for those nations which had advance notice of SARS-COV2. 4. Sweden's low death rate proves that self quarantine is irrelevant for nations without advance notice. This means that draconian measures that risk economic stability are counter-productive in just about every measure.

NY hospital execs punished for wishing coronavirus on Trump supporters.

ScottforKing comments on Apr 6, 2020:

It is an unfortunate consequence of our Western World that few people - including Mr. Trump - know how to always take the high road.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

@ScottforKing, Again we disagree. Not everything he does is evident. He is a very good poker player. One must be capable of deception to win in poker. And in real life the game is with incredibly malevolent people. To quote Jordan Peterson, hopefully correctly: “A good man is a very dangerous man who has it under voluntary control. A passive man is not a good man.” - Dr. Jordan Peterson.

Why China Must Be Held Accountable for the Coronavirus Pandemic.

ScottforKing comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Whether or not China is held accountable depends on whether or not governments care enough about the long term - at least fifty years - or whether they are whores. We shall see.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

@ScottforKing, Yup. ALL totalitarian regimes require infallible benign and all powerful leadership. That of course does not describe ANY human being. Socialism always fails for that reason. The US Constitution is the ONLY document in history that does not require an infallible leader. Short-sighted or not, its the best there is. And vision of Congress was once much greater. Before the 17th Amendment, Senators were appointed by the States and were way more far-sighted. Now they are essentially indistinguishable from House Representatives, and blow like reeds in the wind with every political fad.

Labour party need geography lessonshttps://youtu.be/ZVfET0uS4jQ

Naomi comments on Apr 6, 2020:

No virus belongs to any race or nationality, though. I've got to wonder why "choose" to call the virus "Chinese virus" despite its proper name, I'm just saying.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

I'm sure you have already heard the true fact that practically every microbe that has hit the news has a common name, and that the medical name is almost never used. Almost every one is reported by the place of origin. You may feel that is wrong, however regardless of your point of view, that is fact. Not everything is about someone's prejudices. And we are all responsible for our own. We are not responsible to correct anyone else except those convicted in a court of law, and then by appointed officials.

Why China Must Be Held Accountable for the Coronavirus Pandemic.

ScottforKing comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Whether or not China is held accountable depends on whether or not governments care enough about the long term - at least fifty years - or whether they are whores. We shall see.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

Regimes in power for the sake of power tend to be short sighted. Representative Republics are a little better at looking down the road. Communists are the very best at long-term vision, because Marxism tells them they must endure 400 years of socialism until they become fully functional Utopian communists. So often the mentality of true believers is that they are building something for future generations. The problem with socialism, is that the personalities that seek power always end up in charge, so human nature always prevents it from working. Neither the short sighted power hungry, nor the true believers care.

NY hospital execs punished for wishing coronavirus on Trump supporters.

ScottforKing comments on Apr 6, 2020:

It is an unfortunate consequence of our Western World that few people - including Mr. Trump - know how to always take the high road.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

We disagree on that about the President. Three years of Democrats looking for smoke to prove fire tells me all I need to know about the man. I had my doubts before. There is no one I know, including myself, who could have withstood such a withering examination without something turning up. I think Donald Trump is a far better man than I ever suspected, and maybe the best man alive in our time. I am not at all worried that he does not have someone sanitizing his honest appraisals, even though they may be a bit rough. His character is what counts to me.

Lets Stop Pretending Pandemic Politics Are The New Norm. [dailywire.com]

ScottforKing comments on Apr 6, 2020:

The "New Normal" will continue to transform as long as we are "progressive" without a know place to end up.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

How about that know place being tradition and a restoration of the values of the original Constitution?

Irony.

Lt-JW comments on Apr 6, 2020:

I witnessed another peculiarity during 2003 coalition against Saddam, which was Iranian Tomcats flying over and confusing US navy Tomcats!!

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

@Lt-JW. True. And now that the Progressives are no longer able to use political correctness to stop the use of coal, and the technology exists to use it cleanly, and the US has a very large supply, energy independence for the US, and by extension the UK and Canada can be assumed.

Coronavirus: Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19 [bbc.com]

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Fake news. How do I know? BBC

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

@Obiwannosi. Nope.

I’ve tried to avoid the politics of Covid.

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 3, 2020:

I'm sure that will go as well as Afghanistan and Iraq.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

@Boardwine, You might give Jane's Military website a look. You may be surprised at China's readiness, especially their ability to project an EMP across the US.

Irony.

Lt-JW comments on Apr 6, 2020:

I witnessed another peculiarity during 2003 coalition against Saddam, which was Iranian Tomcats flying over and confusing US navy Tomcats!!

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

Yup. One of the downsides of Democracy: Messy diplomacy, including selling stuff to regimes we will eventually have to fight.

You couldn't make this shit up![youtu.be]

Haraldson comments on Apr 6, 2020:

It's more a sign of things to come, I think, or at least so it seems. When you no longer care to keep up any pretence or semblance of integrity or truth to purpose, you are either supremely confident or you are near collapse....if not also wholly out of control.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 6, 2020:

Just as Democrats in our nation now no longer feel the need to hide who they are to remain in power, I very much fear it is the former. They are in a battle with Liberty and are convinced they have won.

COVID-19: It is now clear that the logarithmic curve of new cases is inflecting to indicate reduced...

JVIP-WTPNN comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Only they have a vaccine for the flu they dont have one for this one. There is the difference you’re looking for

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@MaskedRiderChris, Yup. They have no interest in the truth. Their objective is to destroy Trump. It would be their objective against ANY republican.

Wondering what happened to the medical supplies Obama claimed the Tea Party diverted?

JVIP-WTPNN comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Tea Party We Need Another One

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

We are still around. Just driven underground by political correctness by Democrat mischaracterization. When we start to win, they start to lie.

Meme: 2020

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 5, 2020:

The guy making the "heart" symbol is the guy who killed 20 million people, tortured millions more and starved even millions more into submission. This is the darling of socialists.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN. Josef Stalin. Once a hip poet and womanizer, eventually the head of the Soviet Union in its bloodiest era.

The following was a post I had done on another site, and thought I'd share it here now.

Bay0Wulf comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Today’s “Politics” and “Politicians” tend to be divisive. The DemLeft (“Takers” ) has decided to be the party that “buys” votes with massive “giveaways” to people who will vote for anything that “gives” them “free stuff” (Takers) ... a lot of RINO Republicans, seeing ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@Bay0Wulf. I can relate. I have found very often that keeping it simple doesn't work either. People whose freedom has long been relegated to the trash heap are completely unaware of it, so my pointing it out makes no sense to them.

Democrats don't want anyone driving alone in their cars. . [dailycaller.com]

JVIP-WTPNN comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Huh ???

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN. Cruz is correct that Democrats want to enforce draconian controls on the public, as a matter of flexing their power muscles. I agree that such a motivation goes beyond stupid.

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — ...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Bogus as a 3 dollar bill. No data set referenced. And the fact that the CDC does not specify infections by "race" is a good thing. Those who feel there are races among human beings are not influencing the CDC. Now that we have sequenced the human genome, we know beyond doubt that there are no ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles. Neither is the CDC, and neither disproves my assertion.

The following was a post I had done on another site, and thought I'd share it here now.

Bay0Wulf comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Today’s “Politics” and “Politicians” tend to be divisive. The DemLeft (“Takers” ) has decided to be the party that “buys” votes with massive “giveaways” to people who will vote for anything that “gives” them “free stuff” (Takers) ... a lot of RINO Republicans, seeing ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@Bay0Wulf, Yeah, its long, but you can see why. Its so unbelievable that any group would intentionally dissolve stable society, that it needs deliberate unpacking, right?

Democrats don't want anyone driving alone in their cars. . [dailycaller.com]

JVIP-WTPNN comments on Apr 5, 2020:

what Do I care what they think

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

I can relate to that.

Democrats don't want anyone driving alone in their cars. . [dailycaller.com]

JVIP-WTPNN comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Huh ???

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

Try reading the referenced article.

Whichever way you look at it, our constitutional rights are rapidly (temporarily?

Lt-JW comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Erosion of constitutional rights been going on very gradually and sneakily for a long time. It needs a 'reset to default' command now

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

Yes. In the UK, the Labour Party has been turning up the heat slowly enough that the frogs, who are the people, never noticed - even when they find themselves in a society dominated by anger, distance and profanity. The UK has gone quite a distance since 1945, when anyone would be shocked to their core at an uncivil act, just as has happened in the US.

The following was a post I had done on another site, and thought I'd share it here now.

Bay0Wulf comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Today’s “Politics” and “Politicians” tend to be divisive. The DemLeft (“Takers” ) has decided to be the party that “buys” votes with massive “giveaways” to people who will vote for anything that “gives” them “free stuff” (Takers) ... a lot of RINO Republicans, seeing ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

I agree sir. https://youtu.be/rSHL-rSMIro This is "The Truth About Critical Social Justice" The key term is "Critical." This is an actual tactic practiced by the Left, and that is the actual cause of the division in society. It is intentional.

COVID-19: It is now clear that the logarithmic curve of new cases is inflecting to indicate reduced...

JVIP-WTPNN comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Also how fast it kills.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

Actually, it kills more slowly than most other flu viruses, except for those with pre-existing conditions, who may succomb to other viruses the same way. I suggest that you look at the site I posted with this article, and compare that to CDC numbers in the past. You can only come to the conclusion that this is a mess caused only by panic.

COVID-19: It is now clear that the logarithmic curve of new cases is inflecting to indicate reduced...

JVIP-WTPNN comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Only they have a vaccine for the flu they dont have one for this one. There is the difference you’re looking for

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

No, they only have a vaccine for one or two each year out of hundreds of documented flu viruses known, because of the cost. And even with the vaccine for one of the known flu viruses, there were 80,000 flu deaths in 2018. COVID-19 is at 9,500 in the US and no proof that it will go higher than the flu. Finally, there is Chloroquine, which has been used safely for other diseases for decades, and now has the blessing of the CDC, as an effective treatment for COVID-19.

I’ve tried to avoid the politics of Covid.

Boilingthefrog comments on Apr 3, 2020:

Any country that purposely kills 60 million of their own people, was never meant to be a part of the modern world. Can we hope that the western world has learned this lesson now? The ruling class, the CCP, is the same one that ran the "great leap forward" and until that changes we must treat China ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

The CCP has been attributed a boogyman-like shrewdness and invincibility they do not have. That is the reason they need to squash anything that could threaten their tenuous hold that minority has on the country, such as the appearance that they bungled the virus, and they clearly did. Read the Epoch Times and go to Sen. Tom Cotton's website.

I’ve tried to avoid the politics of Covid.

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 3, 2020:

I'm sure that will go as well as Afghanistan and Iraq.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@Hanno, China is now capable of defeating our military, but that gives them another problem: What then? They are aware of the problem of managing a conquered nation like the US, and their own problems are immense. We can expect to see some of the Chinese provinces attempt to separate at great loss of life, because the regime is already far to large to manage.

Why is it so hard to land on the moon?

Lt-JW comments on Apr 5, 2020:

The second wave of space race - first one being between Soviet union and US, amongst China, India and to a lesser extent north Korea and Iran, the ultimate game is to achieve ISBM technology. Don't be fool, China, India, north Korea and Iran are not launching satellites in order to benefit humanity ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 5, 2020:

Exactly right from what I can see LT. And the US is late to the party, in spite of a formidable lead at one time. What the Russians and the Chinese learned collaborating with us on the Space Station, gave them what they needed to take the next step. And there is plenty of evidence that China in particular, is now dominating the shell of orbit around the Earth. When they begin shooting down our satellites, we'll have hard evidence, but by that time, they'll have overwatch presence, and it will be very difficult to launch and set up a counterpresence.

NYC Is Preparing For Civil unrest As Supplies Dwindle, Government Calls For Conscription Of Doctors ...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 4, 2020:

If you bother to check, you will find that half of the medical industry has been laid off, and there are non-media sites - many of them, which show no lines anywhere, and ventilators waiting for patients. If you're like me and know thousands of people, and have been in touch with your friends, and...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 4, 2020:

@WorldSigh, You mean brainwashing. Yup. I have no doubt that has happened to a great many people. I was too, but I was just lucky to have been exposed to an environment that contradicted the culture at the time. Now awake, I can see it in others.

More evidence that the Chinese knew they had a virus problem early in January (and kept it under ...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 30, 2020:

We need to continue to non-belligerantly keep posting the truth. Condemnation is the tool of the SJWs, so attempting to use it against them only enrolls you in their ranks.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 4, 2020:

@WayneHawthorne. As a biological weapon its a very ineffective one. The mortality rate continues to slide down toward the flu, and aside from killing our infirm - as severe flu does every few years anyway, it is not very remarkable. 80,000 people died in the US in 2018 just from the flu, and we didn't shut the country down. We're at half that level now with COVID-19, and signs of the peak in sight. The CDC reported more than 2 million dead in the US last year from all causes except suicide and we didn't shut down the nation. You can already see that in the data. https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Poll: one in four business on brink of permanent collapse.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 3, 2020:

More fearmongering. The 2.2 trillion bill contained several hundred billion (yes billion) in SBA support for small businesses. Finally a better use for the SBA than funding addicts for "recovery" from hurricanes.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 4, 2020:

@Hanno, I'm already seeing an inflection point on the number of new cases, which leads me to believe the peak of infections is quite near. The peak deaths may be a week or two behind. With any luck one shot of the business funds will keep them from folding. I'm no fan of government spending on this scale, when the annual production of the entire World is only 30 trillion. We are already set up to fail. This only makes it worse.

America should retaliate against China for Covid-19... [thelibertarianrepublic.com]

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 3, 2020:

China will be stewing their own juice for some time. I'd rather leave them alone, instead of give them a reason to project the largest air force in the world and a navy far larger than ours.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@Header. Yup. And if I were a business there, and not already out of there, I would take heroic measures to get out. That will not go unnoticed by the CCP. And the downside will be felt for some time. Having attempted to blame Trump by name has already sealed their fate regarding Federal policy.

I found this to be interesting.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 3, 2020:

I regard "The Guardian" with the same lack of respect I do the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Boston Globe, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and now also Fox. I would not trust a word from any of them.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@PamelaSteele, That is so true! :)

New York City is lying about Chinese virus death rates

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 3, 2020:

There will be different ways of reporting the fatalities in different fiefdoms. Not much you can do about that. But that is largely fiddling while Rome burns. The larger picture is clear, and this author has not pinned down how much error he is talking about. It could be 1%. I doubt its 10%. ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@Clarken. I got that from: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/ And it is consistent with sources like: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Who's helping. And who's not helping. [youtu.be]

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 3, 2020:

Whoa, they have one case of COVID-19 today in LA center. Of course the flu has already killed 20,000 in the US this year, but that's not news. It might be time to go online to look for rational sources of information folks and to through out that TV.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@Serg97. Thanks for being on the front lines for our safety Serge. I have had the same experience as representative for a homeowner association, meeting the Mayor of LA about a natural disaster in 1980, and later reading the press account turning it into some kind of political issue, among other really disappointing experiences with the press.

New York City is lying about Chinese virus death rates

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 3, 2020:

There will be different ways of reporting the fatalities in different fiefdoms. Not much you can do about that. But that is largely fiddling while Rome burns. The larger picture is clear, and this author has not pinned down how much error he is talking about. It could be 1%. I doubt its 10%. ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@Clarken Agreed. The final number could be 0.7% or lower of the total infected. And of those, over half will be people with at least three life threatening issues before they were infected. A quarter with two, and another quarter with one pre-existing condition. With no pre-existing conditions, your likelihood of getting killed by COVID-19 is around 1 in 100,000. You are far more likely to get killed going for groceries. Those in the pre-existing conditions group are highly disposed to failing because of ANY passing microbe. With the microscope on COVID-19, now many of them will be COVID-19 deaths instead of "natural causes due to lung cancer, emphysema, diabetes, heart disease...."

Horse shoe bats are racists.. Wait what ??? [youtu.be]

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 3, 2020:

Oh, that's going to help (sarcasm). This is more speculation to fuel conspiracy theorists and panic. The President is working hard to reassure everyone and restore the nation, so this stuff is not constructive.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@RemiDallaire. OK, I'll concede that we need information. I just doubt that much we can rely on is going to come from the media outlet now run by Rupert Murdoch's Leftist sons.

Who's helping. And who's not helping. [youtu.be]

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 3, 2020:

Whoa, they have one case of COVID-19 today in LA center. Of course the flu has already killed 20,000 in the US this year, but that's not news. It might be time to go online to look for rational sources of information folks and to through out that TV.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@Serg97. Not the media, that is certain. I go to trusted sources like Breitbart [breitbart.com], DailyWire [dailywire.com], DailyCaller [dailycaller.com], Drudge Report [drudgereport.com], Epoch Times [theepochtimes.com], GatewayPundit [thegatewaypundit.com], InfoWars [infowars.com], SGTreport [sgtreport.com], Zero Hedge [zerohedge.com], [pjmedia.com], [thefederalist.com], [dcclothesline.com] But you'll have to test them yourself. And when I can, I go to original sources like the CDC. 400k due to AIDS sounds like a Worldwide number that makes sense from numbers I read recently. And yes, if you check those sources, you might come to the conclusion that we badly overreacted on this one. Just for reference, in 2018 2,046,549 deaths occurred in the US due to all causes except suicide according to the CDC. Not a whisper from the press. We didn't shut down the nation. Nobody blamed Trump. Today 7,004 deaths from COVID-19 in the US.

James Woods schools Joy

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 3, 2020:

If only enough people would see the evil in these media clowns, we might return to something like necessary and useful journalism.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@Boilingthefrog, No I did not assume that. I said "we might return to..." as in: we don't have responsible journalism now.

Who's helping. And who's not helping. [youtu.be]

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 3, 2020:

Whoa, they have one case of COVID-19 today in LA center. Of course the flu has already killed 20,000 in the US this year, but that's not news. It might be time to go online to look for rational sources of information folks and to through out that TV.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@RemiDallaire, You're right. I don't know the exact numbers. I know for sure that the COVID-19 numbers are the very first time in history anyone has carefully tracked ANY virus in real time and fed it to the public, and I know for sure that those numbers prove that the virus is still far below annual mortalities from tuberculosis, measles, and flu - over which we never shut down nations. And as we see the COVID-19 logarithmic curves show a change in the trend - indicating a peak is near, we can expect a confirmation of Dr Neil Ferguson's latest predictions that this is not much worse and maybe not worse than the annual flu. That will prove the overreaction driven by a public in panic, and the media throwing gasoline on that fire.

Wow this looks steep! I think it's the SJWs / libs to blame with their open border obsessions.

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 2, 2020:

Also not great.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@Boardwine That is the intention of the media and their true believers: To scare the cr*p out of you. They believe you will come to the conclusion that Democracy doesn't work (even though you didn't break it, they did) and vote for socialism. Only problem with that is you have a mind and can see through it.

Corbinism has become religion. The labour party is deadhttps://youtu.be/dpC39fx7Ur0

Kravman2 comments on Apr 3, 2020:

Corbyn is a leftover 1970s union rep who is totally out of his depth in today’s politics. He speaks in cliches and has turned sitting on the fence into an art form. During the last election build up he wouldn’t even declare for or against remaining in Europe. Also his anti semitism and terrorist...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 3, 2020:

Well said. Progressivism is like mold. Once it establishes a foothold in those weak minds that desperately need what to be told, it can not be pried out. The comfort of that reliable source of direction completely overshadows whatever reality they are able to see. So they will do whatever it takes to assure that no one takes away their security blanket, including take up arms to force it on everyone else if necessary. "You can vote socialism in, but you can only get rid of it with a gun." Those aware of the history without exception of socialism as the destroyer of economies, and the hundreds millions of lives lost in its name, know better.

How the Democratic candidates plan to win your vote

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 2, 2020:

Accurate. Because of negative partisanship, the second one should work, through mobilization, not persuasion. Though COVID-19 may complicate things.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@Dmwils Those with Trump Derangement Syndrome don't care. They will vote for a ham sandwich before they vote for Trump.

Wow this looks steep! I think it's the SJWs / libs to blame with their open border obsessions.

Felix comments on Apr 2, 2020:

Oh FFS..... how many cases depends on how many are tested and recorded. If you want the real numbers go and ask those who administer the last rites, or man the furnaces at the crematorium, or are digging the burial plots, ask them how is business this year compared to last. Those figures would ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

The chart posted above is a fake. Here is a chart that matches most other data: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/

Wow this looks steep! I think it's the SJWs / libs to blame with their open border obsessions.

camerakid61 comments on Apr 2, 2020:

I think I'll move to China. Looks like I have a better chance of surviving COVID-19 there than here!

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@barefootstache. It isn't steeper. That's been faked. The question is why, and by whom? https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/

Wow this looks steep! I think it's the SJWs / libs to blame with their open border obsessions.

camerakid61 comments on Apr 2, 2020:

I think I'll move to China. Looks like I have a better chance of surviving COVID-19 there than here!

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@camerakid61, Bon voyage!

LONDON CALLING: IS COVID -19 A SOCIAL TEST?

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 2, 2020:

It doesn't take very many people to cause hoarding like that. One person in a neighborhood of a few thousand people can cause what we have seen. And the second person hoards when the shelves are re-stocked, and a maybe a third the following week. Shelves in our area are mostly recovered because ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@johnlondon, Yup. For sure they have leveraged whatever resources they could muster today for a year of poverty possibly. And given their mentality to begin with, I also fear what they might do to get by.

The 5G system is a WiGig wireless network that operates in the 60GHz spectrum with a download speeds...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

The writer of the narrative apparently has no understanding of the reality that a "frequency" is like a measure of velocity. It is not a thing. I have a BSME, and know something about this. Hoping for a rational scientific paper connecting energies broadcast at 60 Ghz, to human sensitivity, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@DesireNoDesires. I'm getting off this merry-go-round. I have answered that. God bless.

The 5G system is a WiGig wireless network that operates in the 60GHz spectrum with a download speeds...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

The writer of the narrative apparently has no understanding of the reality that a "frequency" is like a measure of velocity. It is not a thing. I have a BSME, and know something about this. Hoping for a rational scientific paper connecting energies broadcast at 60 Ghz, to human sensitivity, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@DesireNoDesires. I have no idea what this has to do with the effect of 5G on human tissue. I have answered that. So believe what you will.

The 5G system is a WiGig wireless network that operates in the 60GHz spectrum with a download speeds...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

The writer of the narrative apparently has no understanding of the reality that a "frequency" is like a measure of velocity. It is not a thing. I have a BSME, and know something about this. Hoping for a rational scientific paper connecting energies broadcast at 60 Ghz, to human sensitivity, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@DesireNoDesires. I'm talking science, not philosophy.

The 5G system is a WiGig wireless network that operates in the 60GHz spectrum with a download speeds...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

The writer of the narrative apparently has no understanding of the reality that a "frequency" is like a measure of velocity. It is not a thing. I have a BSME, and know something about this. Hoping for a rational scientific paper connecting energies broadcast at 60 Ghz, to human sensitivity, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@DesireNoDesires. Sounds like you know something about biology. So testing the eye cells was selected because testing other cells was not seen as the "canary in the mine." You may benefit from going to the original paper. The links were provided.

The 5G system is a WiGig wireless network that operates in the 60GHz spectrum with a download speeds...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

The writer of the narrative apparently has no understanding of the reality that a "frequency" is like a measure of velocity. It is not a thing. I have a BSME, and know something about this. Hoping for a rational scientific paper connecting energies broadcast at 60 Ghz, to human sensitivity, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@DesireNoDesires, Eyes are without protection of skin and fat layers, and their function is to process radiation in the visible light range. High energy radiation damages corneas and retinas at very low doses.

The 5G system is a WiGig wireless network that operates in the 60GHz spectrum with a download speeds...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

The writer of the narrative apparently has no understanding of the reality that a "frequency" is like a measure of velocity. It is not a thing. I have a BSME, and know something about this. Hoping for a rational scientific paper connecting energies broadcast at 60 Ghz, to human sensitivity, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@DesireNoDesires. Not even close, but I can see that you are not interested in knowing what is true, only your own fantasy. I have no problem with that.

Paul Joseph Watson. "Social Distancing." [youtu.be]

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

None of this would be happening if we kept this in context. The latest study shows COVID-19 roughly the equivalent death rate as a bad flu year, for which we did not shut down the country. The media sells more advertising when it produces a story without context, that then has more emotional ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@MosheBenIssac. Earlier studies pointed to numbers like that, but the latest estimate from Dr Neil Ferguson, Imperial College London - from whom the numbers you are quoting originated, is now .1%, or the same as the flu. And if you know anything about dying of bacterial pneumonia, which kills millions every year, but we don’t lose our minds over it, it is just as grisly a death.

The 5G system is a WiGig wireless network that operates in the 60GHz spectrum with a download speeds...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

The writer of the narrative apparently has no understanding of the reality that a "frequency" is like a measure of velocity. It is not a thing. I have a BSME, and know something about this. Hoping for a rational scientific paper connecting energies broadcast at 60 Ghz, to human sensitivity, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@rway, nope, not true. In something called a Michaelson-Morley Experiment, its easy to prove that electromagnetic waves interfere with each other. How they interact depends mostly on their relative frequencies.

[centerforhealthsecurity.

drptree comments on Apr 1, 2020:

That's a pretty outrageous claim. Based on what? A hunch? Don't listen to your hunches. It amounts to fear mongering.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@1patriot. Yes, you would. And you would not release it so it would affect the whole World uniformly as it has.

[centerforhealthsecurity.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Numbers like that are roughly in the range of tuberculosis deaths, something that has been going on for a very long time, and we are not losing our minds over that. And 65 million is far larger than the latest estimates from Dr Ferguson, of the Imperial College London, who was initially talking ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@1patriot. No. The virus has been sequenced and found to be forensically linked to development in bats and other animals. It has none of the markers that would have to be there to be human spliced. We have limited ways that we know how to splice genes.

The 5G system is a WiGig wireless network that operates in the 60GHz spectrum with a download speeds...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

The writer of the narrative apparently has no understanding of the reality that a "frequency" is like a measure of velocity. It is not a thing. I have a BSME, and know something about this. Hoping for a rational scientific paper connecting energies broadcast at 60 Ghz, to human sensitivity, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@DesireNoDesires, Riiiight. Why believe science, when superstition will do? That way you'll have a ready excuse for the cancer that kills you because you smoke and drink to excess. Good luck with that.

The 5G system is a WiGig wireless network that operates in the 60GHz spectrum with a download speeds...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

The writer of the narrative apparently has no understanding of the reality that a "frequency" is like a measure of velocity. It is not a thing. I have a BSME, and know something about this. Hoping for a rational scientific paper connecting energies broadcast at 60 Ghz, to human sensitivity, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@DesireNoDesires. There are some unimpeachable sources, the government of California, and CBS News (sarcasm). Why listen to an engineer and the International Journal of Public Health, when you know better?

The 5G system is a WiGig wireless network that operates in the 60GHz spectrum with a download speeds...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

The writer of the narrative apparently has no understanding of the reality that a "frequency" is like a measure of velocity. It is not a thing. I have a BSME, and know something about this. Hoping for a rational scientific paper connecting energies broadcast at 60 Ghz, to human sensitivity, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@DesireNoDesires. Are you aware that human eye cells are the first to show radiation damage? Didn't think so. Your study looked diligently for effects and was inconclusive. What else do you need?

The 5G system is a WiGig wireless network that operates in the 60GHz spectrum with a download speeds...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

The writer of the narrative apparently has no understanding of the reality that a "frequency" is like a measure of velocity. It is not a thing. I have a BSME, and know something about this. Hoping for a rational scientific paper connecting energies broadcast at 60 Ghz, to human sensitivity, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@DesireNoDesires. From your source: "4. Conclusions Based on the review of research results published in the available literature and related to the influence of electromagnetic fields and/or electromagnetic radiation on living organisms the following critical conclusions can be formulated. The available literature provides scattered and ambiguous information about the safety of electromagnetic fields and/or electromagnetic radiation. The influence of electromagnetic pollution on living organisms remains undefined. There are substantial gaps in the present knowledge about the influence of electromagnetic pollution, especially in the case of experimental investigations conducted on animals."

I am posting this for the benefit of those who believe that (western) Canada should become a part ...

govols comments on Apr 1, 2020:

If western Canada is coherent enough to secede from Canada, it's coherent enough to be a nation in its own right.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

I strongly agree. I love the US as my birth nation, however I fear for her, as a nation grown far too large, and now I barely recognize her. Every study on group ethics shows that accountability utterly disappears in any group of human beings over a few thousand souls. What reasonable person believes it will improve in a global government??? Our own country is now far larger than envisioned by our founders, and accountability is nearly absent. In their incredibly insightful vision, our founders wrote into the Constitution that the States were supposed to be the center of power in the United States - hence the name. We are not named “ The Republic of America”. Democrats have ignored and in some cases changed the laws to subvert that concept. We must reverse that trend if we are to return to accountable government. So, while Liberals in Canada are a clearly also a danger to that noble sovereign, I fear merging with the US might pose an equal danger to Western Canada.

[centerforhealthsecurity.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Numbers like that are roughly in the range of tuberculosis deaths, something that has been going on for a very long time, and we are not losing our minds over that. And 65 million is far larger than the latest estimates from Dr Ferguson, of the Imperial College London, who was initially talking ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@1patriot, So does bacterial pneumonia, and countless other pathogens that have been in circulation for a very long time. This is just the latest in a multi millennial series, and only unique in that we are witnessing what generations prior endured before their immunity was established when new pathogens emerged by evolution, that we have endured now for centuries.

Meme Warfare according to Physix Memes are ammo in the culture war.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Ya know, you can prove just about anything you want - in your own mind at least, if you simplify and overgeneralize enough. There is a reason the expression exists: "The devil is in the details." Not that the details are evil. That expression is a reference to the fact that humans tend to ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, We agree at last.

Meme Warfare according to Physix Memes are ammo in the culture war.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Ya know, you can prove just about anything you want - in your own mind at least, if you simplify and overgeneralize enough. There is a reason the expression exists: "The devil is in the details." Not that the details are evil. That expression is a reference to the fact that humans tend to ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, As predicted by deToqueville, those who did not consider it sublime, but a hindrance to power, started that in 1942, and now we live at the pleasure of a Federal bureaucracy, no longer protected by the Constitution. That was done under the guise of progressivism by FDR, and continues today by Pelosi and Company.

Meme Warfare according to Physix Memes are ammo in the culture war.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Ya know, you can prove just about anything you want - in your own mind at least, if you simplify and overgeneralize enough. There is a reason the expression exists: "The devil is in the details." Not that the details are evil. That expression is a reference to the fact that humans tend to ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, There's an old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." It is the height of arrogance for someone to assume without proof that there is a better system than the US Constitution. Just because you think it "oughtta be so." doesn't make it true. “It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” - Mark Twain

Meme Warfare according to Physix Memes are ammo in the culture war.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Ya know, you can prove just about anything you want - in your own mind at least, if you simplify and overgeneralize enough. There is a reason the expression exists: "The devil is in the details." Not that the details are evil. That expression is a reference to the fact that humans tend to ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, If you look into it a bit, you may discover that a "corrupt capitalism" is a non-sequitur. And its typical of someone trying to make their case by biasing the jury with jargon, instead of rational argument. Marxist dogma is full of it. The Constitution was written to account for corrupt human beings, the same way capitalism depends on wants being fulfilled. Both systems naturally turn greedy human nature into a constructive force.

Coronavirus Cure Isn’t Authoritarianism - YouTube

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

I am normally not much of a fan of sarcasm, however Chappell has made good use here. I especially appreciate his point that the American Left is the very definition of hypocrisy, as it calls a Constitutionalist like Trump, an authoritarian, while extolling the virtues of a truly authoritarian ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@LukeGP, I have often heard the very sarcastic tell me it is proof of their intelligence.

My comments are usually briefly to the point.

iThink comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Pastors, preachers, Imams - the clergy have a shared responsibility to follow the social distancing "requests" of our Gov't leaders. It really is the best strategy for mitigating the spread of the disease. Church congregations are by definition densely crowded. I don't care if you're wish to join a ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@iThink. I have already answered your unnecessary "practice what you preach" admonition, and you still have not told me why you disagree. But it is entertaining to hear all of your other non-responses.

My comments are usually briefly to the point.

iThink comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Pastors, preachers, Imams - the clergy have a shared responsibility to follow the social distancing "requests" of our Gov't leaders. It really is the best strategy for mitigating the spread of the disease. Church congregations are by definition densely crowded. I don't care if you're wish to join a ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@iThink You did not answer the point that it is already everywhere, so it is pointless to social distance. I can see you disagree, but obviously you are doing so because you are reading Tarot cards, or listening to CNN or MSNBC (the same) or something, and can't quote your sources.

My comments are usually briefly to the point.

iThink comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Pastors, preachers, Imams - the clergy have a shared responsibility to follow the social distancing "requests" of our Gov't leaders. It really is the best strategy for mitigating the spread of the disease. Church congregations are by definition densely crowded. I don't care if you're wish to join a ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@iThink, yes it is, so answer it. Ref: Dr David Price provides facts about the virus. Dr Price has treated nothing but COVID-19 in New York City since it started. Summary: Even though its everywhere, it is easy to avoid getting infected, and most people will be fine if they do. 1. Keep your hands clean by hand washing and sanitizer after touching any surface or any person. 2. Don't touch your face without sanitizing your hands. Otherwise live normally. 3. If you get sick, (you feel terrible) assume its COVOD-19 and self quarantine. 4. If you become short of breath, call your doctor. Covid_19_Protecting_Your_Family_Dr_Dave_Price_3_22_2020 on Vimeo

My comments are usually briefly to the point.

iThink comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Pastors, preachers, Imams - the clergy have a shared responsibility to follow the social distancing "requests" of our Gov't leaders. It really is the best strategy for mitigating the spread of the disease. Church congregations are by definition densely crowded. I don't care if you're wish to join a ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@iThink. I asked the question, and did not attack the premise sir. I am obeying the voluntary advisory given by the Governor of my state. And I stated my opinion, which is that the virus is already everywhere and that distancing makes no difference. I missed your "thinking" response to that.

My comments are usually briefly to the point.

iThink comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Pastors, preachers, Imams - the clergy have a shared responsibility to follow the social distancing "requests" of our Gov't leaders. It really is the best strategy for mitigating the spread of the disease. Church congregations are by definition densely crowded. I don't care if you're wish to join a ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

In the specific case of COVID-19, under which this is deemed "justified," what reasonable person thinks that being careful at the moment several months after the virus has had unlimited transit via thousands of people fleeing Wuhan to all points on the globe, that exposure was not complete long before "social distancing" was even contemplated??? If you bother to read what virologists are saying, and note that infections appeared around the entire globe around the 1st of February, you realize that the virus was literally everywhere before we knew about it. And there is the fact that no tactic has been effective at "flattening the curve." Herd immunity, and flattening the curve tactics have had almost identical outcomes. If social distancing was a valid tactic, there should have been vastly different outcomes. Outcomes have only varied by the content of predisposed vulnerable demographics in any population. Is arresting the pastor overreaching for political purposes, or leadership responding as they must to a population in panic?

Meme Warfare according to Physix Memes are ammo in the culture war.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Ya know, you can prove just about anything you want - in your own mind at least, if you simplify and overgeneralize enough. There is a reason the expression exists: "The devil is in the details." Not that the details are evil. That expression is a reference to the fact that humans tend to ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, I'll leave you with this: "If you don't believe in something, you'll believe anything." God bless you.

Meme Warfare according to Physix Memes are ammo in the culture war.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Ya know, you can prove just about anything you want - in your own mind at least, if you simplify and overgeneralize enough. There is a reason the expression exists: "The devil is in the details." Not that the details are evil. That expression is a reference to the fact that humans tend to ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Supra_Librix. I have no intention of convincing anyone of anything. I speak what I think is true - which sometimes I later see as foolish, and let them take whatever value from it as they may. I seek such value in the comments of others. We play. It amuses us for our time on Earth. I seek not to disturb your gamboling.

Galileo was a heretic.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

What are you hoping to accomplish by vomiting this self contradictory stuff here?

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, Yes I have a high IQ, but that is meaningless too. I have no intention of censoring you. Its an honest question. I hear a bunch of phrases that could mean anything. Meaning sir, is the value of communication. A phrase like "Free speech is priceless AND worthless," is like a drop of water in a sea of rich philosophy. Why bother?

Meme Warfare according to Physix Memes are ammo in the culture war.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Ya know, you can prove just about anything you want - in your own mind at least, if you simplify and overgeneralize enough. There is a reason the expression exists: "The devil is in the details." Not that the details are evil. That expression is a reference to the fact that humans tend to ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, No matter what you conclude, without actual Faith in Jesus, this effort of yours is meaningless. And happiness is an artifact of consciousness in a particular state, that is not, and can not be constant. We are not made that way. If you live long enough, you might agree.

Paul Joseph Watson.

Xtra comments on Apr 1, 2020:

I thought they knew something that we didn't know. Why else would they be that Reckless?

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

Given the extremely long duration of the latency of COVID-19, it won't make any difference anyway. You can see that in every country which tried different things to "flatten the curve." None of it worked, probably because the virus had a 2 month free head start with no one aware, then another month before anyone started to take it seriously. You could see all of that in the countries all around the globe that had infections become evident all about the same time around the first of February. So by then everyone had been exposed and it became only a matter of how many people in your population with prior conditions it was going to take out. This doesn't make it much more dangerous than the flu, because it is roughly the same thing that has been happening for eons. The difference is that we are now all suddenly aware of it in excruciating detail. Its a bit like reading a book on diseases. Suddenly we have all of them, feel vulnerable, and are terrified.

Meme Warfare according to Physix Memes are ammo in the culture war.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Ya know, you can prove just about anything you want - in your own mind at least, if you simplify and overgeneralize enough. There is a reason the expression exists: "The devil is in the details." Not that the details are evil. That expression is a reference to the fact that humans tend to ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Supra_Librix. Sorry, I'm not sure what it is that you just said. Could you be a bit more specific please?

Bjorn Lomborg.

johnlondon comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Overblown to overthrow the west if possible. A lot of hot air from the RED balloons.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

Let me see if I understand you. Are you are saying that you believe resistance to the claim of anthropogenic global warming catastrophe is a left-wing plot to overthrow the West?

Prager U. How Do You Want To Improve America?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

I choose to be the "man in the mirror." I believe I can only make the World better by being the most moral and responsible example I can be, with open humility for my inevitable failures. To do that, I must promote and defend liberty.

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@locallan. That makes two of us. Lets hope for three! :)

I venture into conspiracy territory perhaps more often than some, but I’ve been reluctant to join ...

angelo comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Most if not all the governors who are strongly opposed to Hydroxyquinone are scared it may actually work and Trump may get all the accolades, not to mention just their plain hostility to anything and everything Trump has to say. In other words, their anti Trumpism and self preservation, overrides ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

I agree that anti-Trumpism is one thing. Doing a little research on alternative treatments is another. Its fairly easy to find articles that show things like Chloroquine having a very long track record of safe use, mainly for treatment of malaria symptoms, its use in the past against coronaviruses, and why it seems like a reasonable idea now. Making it political seems a bad idea to me, just as the whole COVID-19 scare seems overblown by basic human reactions, and following that, some late but effective opportunism by those who care more about politics than people.

I venture into conspiracy territory perhaps more often than some, but I’ve been reluctant to join ...

DesireNoDesires comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Viruses are the process of evolution taking place every season as the earth orbit changes in relation to the distance from the sun. We are then exposed to more or less amounts of solar radiation which mutates dna makeup, then adapts. Having knowledge of this, some are able to take advantage, ...

TimTuolomne replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@DesireNoDesires. I am not sufficiently aware of the definitions of the abbreviations and even some of the uncommon words used in this article. It seems to be written in a style similar to Marx, which always gives me a headache after a short time, from attempting to follow his circular logic. Care to summarize for us non-jargon speakers?

Oh, bugger.

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Sorry to hear that Naomi. Hope you won’t mind: Prayers for your speedy recovery.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Naomi, Thank goodness. Yes, upsetting enough, yeah?

How Many Americans Could Die From COVID-19?

ScottforKing comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Maybe, we shall see.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

Latest figures in the US now showing an inflection point toward less speed. You are right. Time will tell if that is to continue.

[worldometers.

SupraLibrix comments on Mar 31, 2020:

I haven't been able to find out from anywhere, is it known whether you can develop immunity after having it? Have you seen any authoritative answer on that?

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

Actually, there are several medical opinions I have read that say immunity should follow the normal course, because the virus is almost identical to the standard coronanvirus, except the attachment points are more efficient. It will remain in the circulation as have the flu and the common cold since the beginning of humankind. Those all began like this one, and gradually lost potency with time.

Not so "unprecedented" but better if unpresidented!

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Hey, the president is just responding to most of the nation having just wet themselves. Most of what he says is that he is trying to inspire calm. If the people start to get over their panic, he can take the risk of letting the status quo resume. Sometimes the greater risk is actually the ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Facci. Well informed! But not only was the genetic sequence of the virus clearly showing an unfalsifiable forensic path of development, its "release" was incompetent, if intentional, and would inevitably taint China. There would be better ways, including planting it in the US, with its completely porous borders, and presence of a very large contingent of Chinese nationals here. That would have been practically impossible to attribute to China. I believe this was a crime of opportunity.

Not so "unprecedented" but better if unpresidented!

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Hey, the president is just responding to most of the nation having just wet themselves. Most of what he says is that he is trying to inspire calm. If the people start to get over their panic, he can take the risk of letting the status quo resume. Sometimes the greater risk is actually the ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Facci, If I were a Fascist, I would take advantage of the virus, no matter how it happened, even if it were costing my country lives. For some people who are motivated by power, people are irrelevant, and so are viruses, rights and liberty.

Not so "unprecedented" but better if unpresidented!

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Hey, the president is just responding to most of the nation having just wet themselves. Most of what he says is that he is trying to inspire calm. If the people start to get over their panic, he can take the risk of letting the status quo resume. Sometimes the greater risk is actually the ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Facci. We agree. But "The violence of death" may not be very much different for the flu. How would we know? I don't know, just as I was unaware of the true fatality of the flu and the common cold. Now that I know, I don't consider COVID-19 much different. Dying by drowning in one's own fluids is what all respiratory death have in common. We agree that we did not lockdown before because of it.

Free Speech is worthless speech. How do you define quality?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Free speech is actually priceless.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, If I were running the experiment and I had complete access to everything, I would not terminate the experiment until everyone had the choice.

Free Speech is worthless speech. How do you define quality?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Free speech is actually priceless.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, I agree that absence from God will not be regarded as important to anyone who disbelieves in God. Given that pretty much everyone knows who God is purported to be, disbelief is informed choice at free will. The thing is, if we are right and there is a God, then when we emerge from our cocoon into the greater reality as butterflies, those who disbelieved will find themselves in an interesting situation. What will your hypothesis that we create our own reality mean then? “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” - C.S. Lewis

Keep in mind that tens of thousands will die of the flu this year, and that our leaders have shut ...

ScottforKing comments on Mar 30, 2020:

Are you throwing your hat into the ring?

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@ScottforKing. Ah, a clever metaphor. I have an opinion, that's all.

Free Speech is worthless speech. How do you define quality?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Free speech is actually priceless.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, No. We have free will to choose to turn away from God. Only in retrospect is one likely to realize that choosing to be forever away from the face of God may be regarded as "punishment." It isn't a threat of punishment. It is a consequence of the outcome of choice in God's creation. The distinction may be lost on most.

Free Speech is worthless speech. How do you define quality?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Free speech is actually priceless.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix. Not exactly. Tyranny is the only way to make absolute order and security - as long as the tyrant has absolute military power. And it is at the expense of liberty. Human tyranny is antithetical to human best interests. Like an armed thug, willing to harm anyone. God IS human's best interests, like a loving father. Big difference.

Free Speech is worthless speech. How do you define quality?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Free speech is actually priceless.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, it can't be censored without devaluing the blood that paid for free speech. That is part of humanity that is beyond the ability of any government except tyranny to make right.

Free Speech is worthless speech. How do you define quality?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Free speech is actually priceless.

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Supra_Librix, pornography was only DEFENDED as free speech, taking advantage of liberty bought by blood, for the benefit of hedonists.

[youtu.be] WOW 😲

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 30, 2020:

When you consider that this virus is still unproven to be a threat beyond the flu, the reaction of the reporter, saying that something must be done, when nothing like this has ever been done about the flu, seems to be only fanning the flames of panic. If the reporter asserted that surely everyone ...

TimTuolomne replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@JVIP-WTPNN, Its possible that they saved lives doing that. If I was born there and had nothing to look forward to but poverty and suffering, and someone made that effort for me, I might not be very upset about it. I might even be grateful, and amused by the outrage in wealthy countries.