Texas' drive to be the world's covid epicenter starts this week

[Winehole23]

Why should we act like a rush of government funds towards vaccine development was some uniquely Trumpian idea? About the only thing about it that has Trump's stamp is the branding. Big deal. Any competent administration would have gotten that done and wouldn't have needed a ton of pressure from a Peter Navarro.

Have we already forgotten that the Trump administration turned down a hundred million additional doses from Pfizer in December?

I'll ignore the passel of strawman arguments there (nowhere did I give Trump credit in my post) and just say it's ok in the interest of fairness and honesty to acknowledge a good thing that was done, even if it was something that was supposed to done. I don't take that for granted.

I also think it's dishonest and kind of chicken for Biden to pretend that absolutely nothing was done before he got there.

[Winehole23]

I couldn't give a about unity, I hope the Dems nuke the filibuster and stop negotiating with Republicans.

I do care about honesty though. Biden giving the previous administration zero credit doesn't pass the sniff test.

[Spurtacular]

I'll ignore the passel of strawman arguments there (nowhere did I give Trump credit in my post) and just say it's ok in the interest of fairness and honesty to acknowledge a good thing that was done, even if it was something that was supposed to done. I don't take that for granted.

I also think it's dishonest and kind of chicken for Biden to pretend that absolutely nothing was done before he got there.

One wouldn't think a fraud would be so dishonest.

[Winehole23]

There's no doubt immigrants will increase our numbers. That's why successful countries took a hard line.

There's little evidence so far to support your guess that that border jumpers have been a major vector of disease in Texas. Things aren't true just because it occurred to you to say them.

[Adam Lambert]

I'll ignore the passel of strawman arguments there (nowhere did I give Trump credit in my post) and just say it's ok in the interest of fairness and honesty to acknowledge a good thing that was done, even if it was something that was supposed to done. I don't take that for granted.

I also think it's dishonest and kind of chicken for Biden to pretend that absolutely nothing was done before he got there.

It's not a strawman argument, the article that started this conversation literally leads with the claim that to not give Trump credit contradicts a message of unity.

[Adam Lambert]

I couldn't give a about unity, I hope the Dems nuke the filibuster and stop negotiating with Republicans.

I do care about honesty though. Biden giving the previous administration zero credit doesn't pass the sniff test.

Sure it does. There's no obligation to congratulate the most powerful and important US leader of the past 4 years for managing to hit the absolute lowest expectations.

Being President is big boy stuff.

[Adam Lambert]

I feel like Biden's done a pretty admirable job of resisting the justifiable urge to remind everyone on a daily basis what an absolutely ty job the previous administration did managing this pandemic. That's unity enough in my opinion.

[Winehole23]

Have we already forgotten that the Trump administration turned down a hundred million additional doses from Pfizer in December?

Nope. Trump was malign as and his leadership was deadly to Americans. He's without any doubt one of the two or three worst US Presidents ever. I don't think I've been unclear about that at any point.

Not acknowledging *a good thing* that happened because you don't like the administration that did it is chicken . Biden's gone a bit further than that IMO.

[Winehole23]

I feel like Biden's done a pretty admirable job of resisting the justifiable urge to remind everyone on a daily basis what an absolutely ty job the previous administration did managing this pandemic.

I'd not have a problem with that if Biden did. It's not his style.

[Spurtacular]

I feel like Biden's done a pretty admirable job of resisting the justifiable urge to remind everyone on a daily basis what an absolutely ty job the previous administration did managing this pandemic. That's unity enough in my opinion.

Joe Biden doesn't know he's alive.

Also @ your daddy issues, Sadbert.

[Winehole23]

Sure it does. There's no obligation to congratulate the most powerful and important US leader of the past 4 years for managing to hit the absolute lowest expectations.

Being President is big boy stuff.

I didn't say there was any obligation to congratulate anyone. But representing that "the cupboard was bare" is a straight lie.

[Spurtacular]

I didn't say there was any obligation to congratulate anyone. But representing that "the cupboard was bare" is a straight lie.

One wouldn't think a fraud would be so dishonest.

[Winehole23]

It's not a strawman argument, the article that started this conversation literally leads with the claim that to not give Trump credit contradicts a message of unity.

Well, that's not really what you and me are discussing. I'm not defending the intro to the article or lobbying for unity.

[Blake]

There's little evidence so far to support your guess that that border jumpers have been a major vector of disease in Texas. Things aren't true just because it occurred to you to say them.

DrunkenS also thought that Black Lives marches were covid super spreaders while people hanging out at the beach was a-ok

[Winehole23]

DrunkenS also thought that Black Lives marches were covid super spreaders while people hanging out at the beach was a-ok

It's kind of the definition of racism to mistake offhand racist conjectures for reality.

[DMC]

My boy Joe doesn't remember Trump doing anything. Cut him some slack.

[Spurtacular]

Well, that's not really what you and me are discussing. I'm not defending the intro to the article or lobbying for unity.

Darn. We were really hoping the fraud would hold out that olive branch.

[ElNono]

My boy Joe doesn't remember Trump doing anything. Cut him some slack.

As long as Trump doesn't ring... let us proceed:::::

[Spurtacular]

As long as Trump doesn't ring... let us proceed:::::

Trump already rang all over your face... let us proceed:::::

[RandomGuy]

I couldn't give a about unity, I hope the Dems nuke the filibuster and stop negotiating with Republicans.

I do care about honesty though. Biden giving the previous administration zero credit doesn't pass the sniff test.

Eyup.

They gave in and tried to compromise to the GOP and got exactly zero votes. em.

[RandomGuy]

I feel like Biden's done a pretty admirable job of resisting the justifiable urge to remind everyone on a daily basis what an absolutely ty job the previous administration did managing this pandemic. That's unity enough in my opinion.

Interesting thing though, is that they have funded a massive PR campaign to remind people that the stimulus... was all Democrats.

Biden said in an interview: "Barak didn't take a victory lap after the ACA, and that let the Republicans set the narrative".

That mistake will not be repeated.

This will reach into almost every single household in the US.

In the coming years, it will be "what did Republicans ever do for you? nothing. Remember those things that Democrats did to actually help you? Unlike the GQP that cares more for radical looney conspiracy theories, we actually give a about you."

An easy argument to make now.

[RandomGuy]

They have a nice outdoor deck.

Covid-19: Is Manaus the final nail in the coffin for natural herd immunity?
Many thought a second wave was impossible in Brazil’s Amazon because of the severity of the first. A second crisis has stunned the city of Manaus, reports Luke Taylor, and raises questions around a new variant and the likelihood of natural herd immunity

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n394

Republican stupidity will get more people killed.

Again.

What kind of idiot keeps voting for these assclowns?

[boutons_deux]

Covid-19: Is Manaus the final nail in the coffin for natural herd immunity?
Many thought a second wave was impossible in Brazil’s Amazon because of the severity of the first. A second crisis has stunned the city of Manaus, reports Luke Taylor, and raises questions around a new variant and the likelihood of natural herd immunity

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n394

Republican stupidity will get more people killed.

Again.

What kind of idiot keeps voting for these assclowns?

FreeDumb / "patriot" idiots, evangelical idiots, Civil War II idiots, quite a mixed bag of idiots, 10Ms of them, mostly from the Confederacy, red states, rural areas. AmeriKKKa's Finest

[Winehole23]

Round 1 goes to Austin

[SnakeBoy]

Round 1 goes to Austin

Judge agrees Austin lib s have not mastered safe practices. Should not be trusted.