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    You should start another called it thread

    What's your mana level right now?
    man Im watching Spurs 2014 finals on nbatv right now

    stop distracting me

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    You have to be honest with yourself and ask why our country and other western countries failed.
    It's a food for thought question to be answered later on. There's nothing to gain right now pointing fingers.

    China's.

    The West was complacent, but not devious like the CCP.
    That's whataboutism, and really, I don't completely disagree, but it's not the road to introspection. Mistakes were made here and hopefully we learn from that.

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    man Im watching Spurs 2014 finals on nbatv right now

    stop distracting me
    my mana level is off the charts, going to be making some big calls soon

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    my mana level is off the charts, going to be making some big calls soon
    good for u ma niga

    if u use ur brain u can make some great calls

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    Ventilator maker speaks out as Trump invokes Defense Production Act

    Chris Kiple told NBC News his company was already well on its way to rolling out thousands of ventilators to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.

    The chief executive of a Seattle company partnering with General Motors to produce ventilators says they were already moving forward with plans to roll out the life-saving medical equipment before President Donald Trump decided to invoke the Defense Production Act.

    "We plan to be producing together over 1,000 units by the end of April and of course with GM's talent and skill, we'll be ramping up to 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000," Ventec Life Systems CEO Chris Kiple said in an exclusive interview with NBC News.

    Trump on Friday night invoked the rarely-used Korean War-era law to order GM to increase production of ventilators as the country grapples with escalating numbers of COVID-19 cases.

    "We were just not getting there with GM," Trump said at a news conference.

    Earlier in the day, Trump attacked the Detroit automaker in a series of tweets, criticizing it for not moving quickly enough to produce ventilators and requesting “top dollar” for the contract.

    “As usual with ‘this’ General Motors, things just never seem to work out,” Trump tweeted. “They said they were going to give us 40,000 much needed Ventilators, ‘very quickly’. Now they are saying it will only be 6000, in late April, and they want top dollar."

    GM and Ventec said afterward they were preparing to roll out as many as 10,000 ventilators a month, many of which would be produced on a new assembly line at a GM facility in Indiana.

    "Ventec, GM and our supply base have been working around the clock for over a week to meet this urgent need," the companies added in a Friday afternoon statement.

    In the interview, Kiple responded to reports that FEMA pulled back from a deal with GM-Ventec after the companies asked for a $1.5 billion contract.

    "We provided the government with a range of options, ranging from a thousand units a month to 21,000 units a month and a whole host of pricing that went with that," Kiple said. "So we gave the government a menu of options to present to and just tried to respond to their request for information to say how many can you produce and how fast."


    Ventec is one of about a dozen worldwide manufacturers of ventilators. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the med-tech company has been on the front lines even before it teamed up with GM. In its Seattle-area facility alone, the company made around 300 devices in the last 30 days.

    "This is really an unprecedented activity that GM and Ventec are in to mass produce a ventilator with an auto-manufacturer," Kiple said. "The commitment from GM has been overwhelming."

    Speaking before the president invoked the Defense Production Act, Kiple said his company was dedicated to producing ventilators regardless of whether the government purchases them.

    "We are going to continue to manufacture them where the need arises," Kiple said.

    "Whether it's the federal government, the state governments, hospitals, medical professionals on the frontline, there is a need here not just in the United States but around the world and General Motors and Ventec Life Systems will rise to meet that demand and as soon as that demand isn't there, we'll lessen our production.

    https://apple.news/AW8gOMFF4RNmz58AKAv51uA

    bag Trash totally unjustly throws politician, executives under the bus to promote himself and cover up his incompetence. He’s not looking to lead the country, he’s looking at ways to promote himself. Loan liter/reality show host even wants to send out COVID flyers with Trump’s plan headers and checks negotiated by Pelosi and Schumer with just name in the bottom of the check.

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    Coronavirus: Boris Johnson's government reportedly 'furious' with China

    Boris Johnson's government is reportedly furious with China's handling of the coronavirus, with UK officials quoted on Sunday warning that Beijing faces a "reckoning" once the COVID-19 crisis is over.

    UK government officials believe China is spreading disinformation about the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in its country, the Mail on Sunday reports.

    The newspaper says scientists have warned Johnson that China could have downplayed its number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus "by a factor of 15 to 40 times." China had reported just 81,439 at the time of writing.

    Officials also believe China is trying to expand its economic power through offering help to other countries which are trying to combat the virus.
    The newspaper quoted three UK officials, who all reported fury within Johnson's government.

    One said: "It is going to be back to the diplomatic drawing board after this. Rethink is an understatement."

    The second unnamed official said "there has to be a reckoning when this is over," while the third said "the anger goes right to the top."

    The newspaper adds that Johnson's government is so angry with China's handling of the crisis that the prime minister could abandon his previous decision to let Chinese telecomms company Huawei develop the UK's 5g network.

    Johnson angered his main ally President Donald Trump by giving Huawei a limited but significant role in improving the country's infrastructure.

    The Trump administration was angered by the decision, with the president himself reportedly expressing his disapproval before hanging up in an "apoplectic" phone call with Johnson last month.

    The decision also riled swathes of MPs in Johnson's own Conservative party.

    One Cabinet minister quoted by the Mail on Sunday said: "We can't stand by and allow the Chinese state's desire for secrecy to ruin the world's economy and then come back like nothing has happened.

    "We're allowing companies like Huawei not just into our economy, but to be a crucial part of our infrastructure.

    'This needs to be reviewed urgently, as does any strategically important infrastructure that relies on Chinese supply chains."

    Johnson has written to every household in the UK urging people to continue following strict social distancing rules.

    In the letter, which will reach Brits in the next few days, the prime minister, who this week tested positive for the coronavirus, says: "We know things will get worse before they get better."

    "But we are making the right preparations, and the more we all follow the rules, the fewer lives will be lost and the sooner life can return to normal."

    The prime minister earlier this week introduced a lockdown, telling people to only leave their homes for essential reasons and giving UK police the power to fine those who do not comply.

    https://apple.news/AbKPb5 1iqOAiuviN_mg

    Good to see. Hopefully all the western countries wake up.

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    bag Trash totally unjustly throws politician, executives under the bus to promote himself and cover up his incompetence. He’s not looking to lead the country, he’s looking at ways to promote himself.
    yep, ALWAYS blaming somebody else, while LYING that he's Perfect, Faultless, Best Words, Best Brain, while ing up everything he touches.

    If Ventec/GM run into problems even with their skills and best efforts, Trash will kick them hard and repeatedly.

    If Ventec/GM succeed, then it will be Trash alone who succeeded.

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    Ventilator maker speaks out as Trump invokes Defense Production Act

    Chris Kiple told NBC News his company was already well on its way to rolling out thousands of ventilators to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.

    The chief executive of a Seattle company partnering with General Motors to produce ventilators says they were already moving forward with plans to roll out the life-saving medical equipment before President Donald Trump decided to invoke the Defense Production Act.

    "We plan to be producing together over 1,000 units by the end of April and of course with GM's talent and skill, we'll be ramping up to 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000," Ventec Life Systems CEO Chris Kiple said in an exclusive interview with NBC News.

    Trump on Friday night invoked the rarely-used Korean War-era law to order GM to increase production of ventilators as the country grapples with escalating numbers of COVID-19 cases.

    "We were just not getting there with GM," Trump said at a news conference.

    Earlier in the day, Trump attacked the Detroit automaker in a series of tweets, criticizing it for not moving quickly enough to produce ventilators and requesting “top dollar” for the contract.

    “As usual with ‘this’ General Motors, things just never seem to work out,” Trump tweeted. “They said they were going to give us 40,000 much needed Ventilators, ‘very quickly’. Now they are saying it will only be 6000, in late April, and they want top dollar."

    GM and Ventec said afterward they were preparing to roll out as many as 10,000 ventilators a month, many of which would be produced on a new assembly line at a GM facility in Indiana.

    "Ventec, GM and our supply base have been working around the clock for over a week to meet this urgent need," the companies added in a Friday afternoon statement.

    In the interview, Kiple responded to reports that FEMA pulled back from a deal with GM-Ventec after the companies asked for a $1.5 billion contract.

    "We provided the government with a range of options, ranging from a thousand units a month to 21,000 units a month and a whole host of pricing that went with that," Kiple said. "So we gave the government a menu of options to present to and just tried to respond to their request for information to say how many can you produce and how fast."


    Ventec is one of about a dozen worldwide manufacturers of ventilators. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the med-tech company has been on the front lines even before it teamed up with GM. In its Seattle-area facility alone, the company made around 300 devices in the last 30 days.

    "This is really an unprecedented activity that GM and Ventec are in to mass produce a ventilator with an auto-manufacturer," Kiple said. "The commitment from GM has been overwhelming."

    Speaking before the president invoked the Defense Production Act, Kiple said his company was dedicated to producing ventilators regardless of whether the government purchases them.

    "We are going to continue to manufacture them where the need arises," Kiple said.

    "Whether it's the federal government, the state governments, hospitals, medical professionals on the frontline, there is a need here not just in the United States but around the world and General Motors and Ventec Life Systems will rise to meet that demand and as soon as that demand isn't there, we'll lessen our production.

    https://apple.news/AW8gOMFF4RNmz58AKAv51uA

    bag Trash totally unjustly throws politician, executives under the bus to promote himself and cover up his incompetence. He’s not looking to lead the country, he’s looking at ways to promote himself. Loan liter/reality show host even wants to send out COVID flyers with Trump’s plan headers and checks negotiated by Pelosi and Schumer with just name in the bottom of the check.
    This is why the Chinese have us by the balls, tbh... they can ramp up and down in a matter of a week or two, sometimes days, depending on the product. Sure, there's the cost aspect and the work conditions aspect, but that's the reality of the situation.

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    This is why the Chinese have us by the balls, tbh... they can ramp up and down in a matter of a week or two, sometimes days, depending on the product. Sure, there's the cost aspect and the work conditions aspect, but that's the reality of the situation.
    They ran desperately short of ventilators and PPE as well in Wuhan. They were, however, able to rapidly build buildings for people to die in. Of course authorities their don’t value life as much as authorities in the US, apart from the Trump administration of course. Most state and local governments here do care apart from a few repug aberrations. In China it’s just how bad it gets before the authorities fear they might lose control.

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    "Of course authorities their don’t value life as much as authorities in the US"

    WTF

    BigFinance / Business sector are encouraging old people to sacrifice their lives for Capitalism so younger people can get back to work and risk disease and death themselves.

    Capitalism has exposed itself as devaluing everything but wealth and power derived from amassing Capital.

    It is a horrible, inhumane system that must be replaced, but it won't be, it's too powerful.


    The waves of American "suicides of despair" by alcohol, drugs, guns, causing a decrease in white people longevity, are directly tied to people seeing no way to a commodious, secure life because Capitalists have suppressed Labor's revenue and hoarded $Ts in Capital.

    Capitalism's cheap s the Repugs have caused 15K deaths by not expanding Medicaid, and untold Ms suffering with untreated/undertreated disease.

    America has absolutely no moral superiority to China

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    They ran desperately short of ventilators and PPE as well in Wuhan. They were, however, able to rapidly build buildings for people to die in. Of course authorities their don’t value life as much as authorities in the US, apart from the Trump administration of course. Most state and local governments here do care apart from a few repug aberrations. In China it’s just how bad it gets before the authorities fear they might lose control.
    there is zero evidence that US authorities value life more than Chinese authorities

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    "Of course authorities their don’t value life as much as authorities in the US"

    WTF

    BigFinance / Business sector are encouraging old people to sacrifice their lives for Capitalism so younger people can get back to work and risk disease and death themselves.

    Capitalism has exposed itself as devaluing everything but wealth and power derived from amassing Capital.

    It is a horrible, inhumane system that must be replaced, but it won't be, it's too powerful.


    The waves of American "suicides of despair" by alcohol, drugs, guns, causing a decrease in white people longevity, are directly tied to people seeing no way to a commodious, secure life because Capitalists have suppressed Labor's revenue and hoarded $Ts in Capital.

    Capitalism's cheap s the Repugs have caused 15K deaths by not expanding Medicaid, and untold Ms suffering with untreated/undertreated disease.

    America has absolutely no moral superiority to China
    Many business leaders, for sure hedge fund managers, but state and local government for the most part are telling Trump and his back to work by Easter plans to off. It was state and local leaders that led the effort while Trump just stood there making stupid counterproductive statements with his thumb up his ass.

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    "Of course authorities their don’t value life as much as authorities in the US"

    WTF

    BigFinance / Business sector are encouraging old people to sacrifice their lives for Capitalism so younger people can get back to work and risk disease and death themselves.

    Capitalism has exposed itself as devaluing everything but wealth and power derived from amassing Capital.

    It is a horrible, inhumane system that must be replaced, but it won't be, it's too powerful.


    The waves of American "suicides of despair" by alcohol, drugs, guns, causing a decrease in white people longevity, are directly tied to people seeing no way to a commodious, secure life because Capitalists have suppressed Labor's revenue and hoarded $Ts in Capital.

    Capitalism's cheap s the Repugs have caused 15K deaths by not expanding Medicaid, and untold Ms suffering with untreated/undertreated disease.

    America has absolutely no moral superiority to China
    Yet the reason why this virus has spread is to due lack of action from bureaucrats at the highest level while you want to see a larger increase of bureaucrats.

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    Many business leaders, for sure hedge fund managers, but state and local government for the most part are telling Trump and his back to work by Easter plans to off. It was state and local leaders that led the effort while Trump just stood there making stupid counterproductive statements with his thumb up his ass.
    you dont think state and local leaders are defying trump because of their own selfish purposes? like reelection? staying in power? pressure from cons uents? because they hate trump and want to oppose him?

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    Belarus is living life like nothijg happened

    even having pro soccer matches

    will keep watching this country to see how it fares maybe corona is a hoax after all


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    Yet the reason why this virus has spread is to due lack of action from bureaucrats at the highest level while you want to see a larger increase of bureaucrats.
    If you get in a car wreck because your brakes failed, do you think hey I don't need brakes and since one safety system failed lets also get rid of the airbag. No, right?

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    Belarus president is a real OG

    “It’s better to die standing than to live on your knees,” he told local television on Saturday after a hockey game. “There are no viruses here (at the rink)... I don’t see them.”

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    I have a ton of nitrile gloves, but I probably wouldn't waste them on the store.

    Anyone ordering HEB or Wal-Mart curbside? I haven't yet, but heard HEB has their together on this.
    Good luck finding a pickup time.

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    Good luck finding a pickup time.
    Two week wait list for curbside pickup at HEB last I checked, and that was last week. It's more convenient to go to the store, tbh.

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    Pickup times for H-E-B at my location now are going out about 10 days. Once you reserve a spot you can add to your order with a limit on some items and on total order. You can set up multiple order times so I reserve a spot and then another for about 1 week later. Payments in line. Pull up, pop the trunk, good loaded and off you go.

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    Belarus president is a real OG

    “It’s better to die standing than to live on your knees,” he told local television on Saturday after a hockey game. “There are no viruses here (at the rink)... I don’t see them.”
    Yes.

    Lets pretend the virus is not there.
    Belarus did.
    It’s a hoax.

    Hater again proving his vacillating strategies will save the day.

    ”Called It”. muh nig...

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    Belarus president is a real OG

    “It’s better to die standing than to live on your knees,” he told local television on Saturday after a hockey game. “There are no viruses here (at the rink)... I don’t see them.”
    Yes.

    Lets pretend the virus is not there.
    Belarus did.
    It’s a hoax.

    Hater again proving his vacillating strategies will save the day.

    ”Called It”. muh nig...

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    there is zero evidence that US authorities value life more than Chinese authorities
    Take a trip to their concentration camps.

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