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We’ve been over this. There’s a litany of other measures he could have taken in a more timely manner. The fact that he did one or two things right doesn’t mean that the overall response was up to par.

Ill make it easy. Add February 1 to my prior response. Done.

Hoax. Been going to games for 35 years.

you know, this is reasonable. Most people are doing the best they can, and there is no playbook. My issue with the prez essentially lies in the fact that he minimized what was to come when we could have had an all hands on deck approach much earlier. But you’re right to say that there is no script or this and that no response would be perfect.

sounds like a candidate for a snowflake list, right??

Oops. Forgot, Deranged Rhino. One more thing. It’s hard to take anything you say seriously when you characterize yourself as deranged. So either you’re deranged, and not to be taken seriously, or you aren’t deranged and your name is just a hoax. Which explains why you’re on my hoax and fake news lists, too.

Hoax. I only have one handle. Oh, forgot. I do have more left. I forgot to remind you that you’re on my snowflake list. So I did have more!

Fake news. Hoax.

Fake news. (and completely different contexts, which I’m sure you know.) I’ll give Gary some propers. The F- thing made me laugh out loud. That was funny.

Don’t know enough about the horrible situation you described, but at first glance that characterization seems ok b/c there is a reasonable basis for the specification. The virus i see differently b/c the only reason to specify as trump (and others, to be fair) have in that context is to inflame. It’s not like there are two COVID pandemics and there is a need to distinguish b/w the viruses in that way. thinking about your point further ... I don’t know on the family situation. “Organized crime” might have worked there. I guess the best answer is that this is a fact specific issue, and the virus references fall on the wrong side of the line. Where that line is admittedly is a hard thing to specify. Kind of invokes the “I know it when I see it” principle from the US Supreme Court indecency cases. good points for thought and for debate on your end though, for sure.

Dislike it. Tremendously. I know Chinese Americans who have taken a lot of crap over that. Kids, as a matter of fact. The only reason to characterize the virus as such is to inflame. Edit:. I have to clarify. Not all references to China in this area are bad. Eg, “numbers in China are down” are perfectly fine. The context is key, and characterizing the virus as the Chinese virus is what I take significant issue with. Hoax. He should have gotten on the stick in January. Hoax. I own the snowflake list. Now you’re on the hoax list, too.

fair enough. You have your opinion, which you expressed directly. I happen to completely disagree, but we’re all entitled to opinions and that’s how America works. Cool beans.

Thanks for the gratuitous advice, third and long. Unfortunately, you have left me no choice. You’re on the snowflake list, too.

Just double checked. Didn’t see “reasons” anywhere in your post. Looks like you just made the hoax list. Fake news.

I wrote the first paragraph on Friday: I expect a president to treat the threat seriously. I expect a president to prepare FEMA. I expect a president to be prepared to invoke the DPA. I expect a president to use the national emergency stockpile for good, not to have his son-in-law inexplicably claim that it's "ours" to support its withholding from the state. I expect the president to show leadership; to have enacted social distancing without prodding, and to have modeled social distancing instead of shaking hands at pressers. And I expect the president to haveacknowledged the flaws in our capacity and worked immediately to correct them, such as in the case of testing. Also, please don’t call it the Kung flu. We have enough dog whistle, race baiting BS in this country right now. Spare me that crap, please.

I didn’t realize someone thought of these lists in 2014. Kudos to them. And kudos to you for not only being in the snowflake list, but being its first member!

lots of moving parts there, right? I wonder if Cuomo wears a mask to the meeting. I’m also curious whether the prez has cameras there. This definitely is going to be interesting.

Nah, Deranged Rhino, I’m right about a lot of stuff. Also, FYI. I’ve created a new list. It’s a snowflake list, and you’re on it.

Hoax. You don’t like being there. they’re dying for calls so maybe I’ll have some luck. I had forgotten about his cloak nonsense, and your reminder of that episode frankly was hilarious. Brought a little levity to a fairly sad time. And that’s why you’re on my fake news list. I don’t see any asparagus in that photo.

Fake news. I’m not a prick. Careful or you might get back on the hoaxer list, too. It’s headed that way ... the better question is does the virus know you’re there if you have such a cloak. These cloaks may be the key to defeating the pandemic. I’ll try and call bauerle about it today.

I guess you would consign our country to a static legal fate. And re the courtroom issue, this is just a hunch but i suspect the argument has been made in, I dunno, nearly every case involving the interpretation of a constitutional provision. Ever. hate to say it, but you just bought yourself more time on my fake news list. finally, your abortion point turns in significant part on whether a fetus is a person. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But the law mostly doesn’t see it that way.

Yeah no. It’s a free country. I’ll speak as I see fit. Maybe one day soon I’ll move you off of my fake news list. I’ll think about it.

you’re going to have to get ahead of me for broccoli. Eggplant is my sleeper.

Depends whether you’re actually a chef. if you are, asparagus, beans, eggplant. Veggie type stuff. Trying to get away from processed foods that have become habit during the pandemic. and no fake recipes! (I kid ; couldn’t resist). that’s sort of one of the interesting points about the 2a. Obviously it covers muskets and devices that existed at the time the constitution was drafted. But for the 2a to embrace a gun created or invented thereafter, say a 9mm, for instance, one has to consider the constitution a living document. That’s completely fair and reasonable, and I am in that camp. the catch is that a lot of 2a people also are right to life people. Nothing wrong with either position. But it’s impossible to square “living document” on the 2a side of things with “no penumbra of rights” on the abortion issue. One of the beautiful paradoxes of American society, I guess.

Sounds like you're advocating a vegetable draft. I'm in. And on the weapons, the key element to your argument is "heavy." I don't see the expired assault weapons ban as "heavy." And I believe that worrying about a bunch of dead kids in an elementary school in Sandy Hook, and a bunch of dead concertgoers in Las Vegas, is a highly sensible thing to do. So your premise that I and others are overreacting to a relatively small problem is colored by your view of what constitutes an overreaction. There's another flaw. Nobody, and I mean nobody, here or in the relevant political arena, has advocated "an all-out repeal of the second amendment." Respectfully (and again, I dislike the term), that is gaslighting. In point of fact, nobody is advocating taking away guns that could be used to thwart a home invasion. Instead, the advocacy involves the removal from the marketplace of guns that could be used to most easily facilitate mass slaughter (back read re: the definition of mass shooting) that previously were stricken from the marketplace through the now-expired federal assault weapons ban.