All_Pro_Bills

I'd say public confidence and faith in the Doctor and the government is shot at this point as most have concluded their approach is based on a trial-and-error strategy rather than a strategy based on sound reasoning backed by medical facts. I've made my peace with the idea that whatever they do it isn't going to change the outcome. Whether you're vaccinated or not, healthy or not, hiding in the house or not, old or young, you are either going to get an asymptomatic, mild, moderate, severe, or critical case of COVID and we'll live or die depending on our own unique health and age and anything the government or the science says or does isn't going to change that from happening.

That's generally a true statement. I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy of the ruling class, their disregard for the law while holding all others accountable, their disguise true intents, and the stupidity of those that worship and enable their crimes.

I suggest we worry more about Biden administration sponsored acts of terrorism that violate and ignore immigration law (impeachment anyone?) while intentionally spreading the virus across the country by releasing COVID infected non-citizens (criminal charges anyone?) free to move about unimpeded while legal citizens are locked down and subject to all kinds of restrictions and discrimination as Obama and his elitist's party like there's no tomorrow in a display of obvious nauseating contempt and elitism. Which symbolizes for all to see everything about the true nature of the political left. Phony posers sucking cash and blood out of the middle and working class. The real virus that needs to be eradicated is the elitist fascist population disguised as "fake" liberal progressives. This guy Jeff Clark. Who cares? He can't spread the virus to any of us, can he?

I thought the solution pushed by the political activists crowd demanding police de-funding was that community organizers and conflict de-escalation experts would be deployed in Urban areas like Chicago. They could better handle these confrontations in the streets with their methods and the trust gang members and other potential violent actors would have because their presence would remove the element of racism from community policing. And in the end they'd demonstrate police weren't needed to stop this violence and there is a better way to handle crime. So how's that working so far? No so good it seems. For one thing, community organizers and conflict de-escalation experts look to be smart enough to know if they show up their they'd get their asses shot off. And the gangs don't care much for anyone but their members, black, white, Hispanic, or any race at all. So what Chicago has now is a completely demoralized police force, no activist actions, gangs ruling the streets and sections of the city, a totally incompetent Mayor, and lots of shootings. And another example of successful leftist activism at its best! Other than a resounding victory for transsexual bathroom rights is there anything these clowns touched that hasn't gotten worse?

Those big speaking fees and book deals are just payback for favors done while in office. But what I really can't wrap my head around is the concept that there are that many people interested in reading or hearing a self-serving version of events written or told by these former elected and unelected officials irrespective of their political affiliations.

I saw a recent interview of CDC director Walensky with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. She said with Delta a vaccinated asymptomatic person can carry the same viral load as an unvaccinated asymptomatic person. This means the vaccinated and unvaccinated person presents the same exact level of risk to others. So if the only difference is the risk assumed by the individual that is unvaccinated vs. the vaccinated person but the risk both pose to others is equal then what's the point of vaccine passports and discriminatory polices? As the vaccine protects the vaccinated person but presents no protection to anyone else in the presence of the vaccinated individual. As its possible for all the vaccinated people to pass the infection to others, all the assumptions behind these polices are false. Which means is as long as your vaccinated that's all you need to worry about. Per the CDC.

For a political party that has recently made a habit of ignoring the law when its convenient while also doing an about face and insisting others be held accountable for their "crimes" when it serves their needs, this is slightly more than comical as they attempt to litigate this absurdity.

The first time I see you giving a straight answer to somebody's question here or when the government proves something with a jury rendering a guilty verdict on a charge like insurrection or treason in a Federal or DC court I'll let you know. Whichever comes first. But I'm not holding my breath waiting for either of those things to happen.

You missed nothing but more sobbing and crying from our elected officials.

If you apply critical thinking and logic with a dose of skepticism while questioning authority and holding them accountable then nobody can control you. If you do this then you're in control of your thoughts and ideas and more than capable of independent and original thinking to form opinions and beliefs. Basically what the neo-liberals believe is people are not capable of original thinking. That's false premise. Original and independent thinking are some of the traits that make America unique. Its a primary driver of progress and invention. That's my answer to that bolded question. The media faces a few big problems the first of which is that if they lie to me unfortunately I can't trust them. Most Americans feel this way now. Another big problem is peer-to-peer communications like this board and social media platforms have rendered their traditional methods of top-down hierarchical organization for controlling and censoring the "news" obsolete. And at this point they've resorted to outright censorship and suppression of anything that doesn't support their narratives. Its so obvious everyone knows. Their grip on news and information is so shaky that honestly I'm more inclined now to "believe" what they censor more than what they let pass through. They have lost all control and like a drowning man are thrashing around back and forth trying to stay alive. Their credibility is shot. When I need a good laugh during the day I find myself tuning in to CNN or some other media outlet for some comic relief. Who needs Comedy Central when you've got Rachel Maddow? Is she still looking for Russians? Those people can't possibly believe all the crap they're spewing, can they? How they can keep themselves from gut-busting laughter on the set is a testament to their self-control.

Well then prove it! Let's see the DOJ and the FBI take it all up in a court of law, have the prosecution present its case, allow the defense to counter, present its evidence, cross-examine government witnesses, and then let a jury decide the outcome along with a judge passing sentence. But so far the government's strategy is to use intimidation and coercion on individual suspects to enter a guilty plea in exchange for a lighter sentence through plea bargaining agreements. I don't recall a single shred of evidence being presented in any case much less anything that might meet the legal threshold of suggesting or proving conspiracy. So instead they set up this phony commission and stack it will House members supportive of the governments claims. There's not a single member of this committee than can be considered potentially unfriendly or hostile to the government's objectives of finding what they have already pre-judged in the media and statements to date. Those that might cause trouble were rejected by Nancy. And the idea Liz Chaney's presence makes it bi-partisan is a joke everybody sees. What this committee does is give the prosecution a platform to make their case while denying the defense any opportunity to cross-examine witnesses or present a counter-argument. The idea here is to simulate a "legal" forum while denying the defense any opportunity to present their side. A couple weeks ago we saw compelling testimony from 4 Capitol Police officers about what they experienced. It was great theater. But as not a single member of the committee asked, or was allowed to ask, any direct questions that might challenge or refute their statements and testimony. It presented one perspective of a story that has many prospective to it. Along with this we were subject to what seems to be a perpetual display of nauseating, dramatic, and pitiful sniveling and crying from House members. If I didn't know they were faking I'd be worried about how weak and emotional our House members are here. Pathetic acting that the Academy will surely not be nominating for any awards this Fall. P.S. If you're at Barrack's party having a great time today its okay if you don't respond right away. I understand. But try and save me a piece of cake.

Are you telling me that you didn't get invited either? I guess it was only Tibs and Billsy that got one. LOL..

But so far all that proves is the intent of specific individuals to partake in violence rather than some massive collusion and conspiracy of the protest group to take over the government. Conspiracy and insurrection? That's still a big leap from what proof and evidence has been provided. So far all they can prove is a couple guys intent on causing trouble.

The Capitol Police directed by the House Sargent at Arms William J. Walker reporting to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Its been reported Capitol Police called Walker's office 5 times to request additional forces be deployed before and during the protest turned violent and their request was denied all 5 times. Its not clear whether it was Walker or Pelosi or someone else who made the ultimate decision on these requests for more help. I would think an answer to the question of Who and Why the requests for help were denied is something important to the events of that day. Do you agree? Probably more important than spending endless hours focusing on what a bunch of guys dressed in kooky costumes were doing running around inside the building that day.

What are Orban's "far right" policies?

So you are personally going to go out there and put the squeeze on people? Let me know when you do that so I can watch the result as you go into some inner city community that has low vaccination rates like Newark or Camden and attempt to impose your will and demand they all comply. Talk is cheap. More like you're going to get somebody else to do the dirty work, right? LOL.

Sure let's just cede all Federal power to the CDC and other agencies in the executive branch and eliminate the legislature and the judicial system.

And re-locate them to different places while spreading the virus across the country. That sounds like a plot from some movie about biological terrorist spreading a deadly infection around the country by sending carriers of the virus to different cities and other places. And the main characters of the film working day and night to foil the plot and save the country. I'd say in that context Joe is the villain of that story line.

I've had the unfortunate experience of frequenting local hospital ER's and ICU's for non-COVID illnesses of family members twice recently and as a result have had a lot of conversation and contact with ICU doctors and nurses. And my niece is a hospital ICU nurse back in Buffalo. They've conveyed stories about their experiences with COVID which was rough last April and with the surge in cases in December/January. Lots of suffering, and long shifts. They also mentioned something which isn't discussed much which is the surge in drug overdoses, alcohol abuse, depression, and suicide cases that have come their way as a result of all the lock downs and social restrictions. Especially in young adults and teens. So there are more social and medical impacts than just counting COVID cases and deaths.

As of 8/5 my home county has not recorded a death in 58 days. 1 death on 6/9. And reports a vaccination rate of 71% of residents receiving at least one dose and 59% being fully vaccinated as of 7/27. This from a place where the initial outbreak during April 2020 was serious. So the takeaway here might be the high vaccination rate is successful in suppressing the outbreak and the low vaccination rates elsewhere are showing up in the current case and death rates elsewhere? That seems a reasonable assumption.

And that's the problem. Its a life and death emergency situation where death is the most likely outcome without some other treatment. And they are running under standard operating procedures without the necessary sense of urgency. What adverse outcome beyond death are they concerned about?

Hospitalized patients that die from COVID "complications" generally die from Cytokine Storm. Which is an overwhelming reaction to the virus by the immune system. There are treatments for this response. One of which is called Lenzulimab. Which met clinical trial endpoints and is also including in other trails being run by NIH. The company submitted an emergency use authorization request to the FDA 10 weeks ago. With no decision yet. This would dramatically cut the death count.

Yup. in 2016 I disliked HRC. She was and is a dishonest grifter. Stuffing her pockets full of cash along with her husband. Such as taking political pay offs with that phony charitable trust. And leaving a curious trail of detractors and witnesses as "suicide" victims in their wake. For good reason she is one of the few people disliked more than Trump. The Dem's would have won the White House in 2016 but the establishment got their candidate. But I hold no love for Trump either regardless of how the ideologues try to pin that label on me as if guilt by accused association somehow invalidates my positions. He's a crude and obnoxious person. I saw him as a fake populist and a primary reason he lost in 2020 was the failure to deliver on any of the populist message he ran on in 2016. Draining the swamp, bringing back jobs, MAGA, all those slogans and rallies that were words that lead to no actions. But he wasn't wrong on every issue as the left is convinced. Or right on every issue as the right is convinced. I didn't vote for either Clinton or Trump in 2016. All Trump did for me was raise my Federal income taxes because of the SALT cap on his "tax reform" bill. I vote for either Trump or Biden in 2020.

Because for reasons never understood, Trump is one of the few Republicans or Conservatives willing to stand up to the leftist ideologists and give it right back to them. As 99.9% of Conservatives and Republicans just roll over and play dead when it comes to providing any resistance to their agenda the left is not used to this push back. Trump's presence has caused the left to act like a spoiled child that suddenly doesn't get their way any longer from mom and dad. Look at how they're still obsessed with Trump. Tweeting all kinds of nonsense like Nazi references and the old stand by racist narrative, jumping up and down, pissing and moaning like he's still running the show. He's in their heads and they can't get hm out. Upon waking each morning they're thinking about Trump. In the last moments of life before death they are probably thinking about Trump. When they get to the after-life they are fearful Trump, and not St. Peter, will greet them. Finally, on the Russia topic, I've recently noticed the local supermarket is now carrying several different brands of Russian salad dressing in the condiment isle. This appears to be suspicious. I am concerned this may be an advanced guard covert operation to make sure popular Russian foods are stocked locally before their invasion begins. Contacting Rep. Schiff's House intelligence committee, the local FBI office, DHS, and the intelligence community may be warranted.

Its a simple question, really. Drug makes do clinical trials, right. And vaccine makers being drug makers performed clinical trials for their COVID vaccines. With me so far. And trials typically consist of three phases, one, two, and three. One for safety, two and three for efficacy. For Pfizer's phase 3 study the reported efficacy rate of their vaccine was of 95%. Which means the vaccine generated antibody protection in 95% of the test subjects. But failed to generate the necessary antibodies in 5% of the subjects and didn't produce the required immunity. So far so good. Then this Oxford study looked at the vaccines effectiveness against the Delta variant and they published the results of their findings. Which showed the Delta variant is resistant to the vaccines. And I asked you if my conclusion of the reduction in effective is wrong then what reduction in efficacy is the "right" number. As the original Pfizer P3 failure rate was 5% and the Delta variant is resistant to the vaccine the effective rate of the vaccine must by definition be less than the 95% in preventing infection based their study. Are you saying the effective against Delta is equal to the original 95% effectiveness? Or don't you know? And if you don't know how can you be sure I'm wrong? So please, all I'm looking for is a number that is greater than 5% but less than 95% that represents the estimated vaccine effectiveness against Delta identified in the Oxford study.