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That’s not your business. The decision to be vaccinated is a personal issue for a citizen, perhaps including his/her doctor, and his/her family. I’m not vaccine hesitant, am comfortable analyzing risk and reward, and recognized the danger this virus posed to certain members of the population early on. I also recognize the importance of staying on brand, delivering messages that are consistent, and the dangers of hypocritical behavior when trying to convince people that you have their best interest in mind. I think the leadership of the party in power has been a dismal, an abject failure by any standard.

I definitely want you to know your passion is acknowledged. I feel sorta bad interrupting you mid-rant, but the number of Americans that remain unvaccinated, or only partially vaccinated, or have refused the booster exceeds “hundreds of thousands” by tens of millions. There are many, many reasons people would fall into the “greater than hundreds of thousands” category. Vaccine hesitancy is a phrase bandied about, vaccine skepticism, fear of the vaccine(s) being rushed to market, belief that natural immunity is a better option, confusing and often conflicting guidance from science, hypocritical behavior by politicians, statements by those in power, COVID fatigue and of course your enlightened “dey are dumb” characterization are just some of the reasons why. All I can really tell you is the guy currently running the show has a disaster on his hands and seems completely befuddled as to how to address the crisis. It’s entirely consistent with his character, and allowing his VP to sow misinformation is just another example of why people of all political stripes aren’t necessarily buying what he’s selling.

Oh, there’s a death cult all right. We had Dems supporting, encouraging and in many cases participating in mass demonstrations and gatherings at the height of COVID spread. We had Dems publicly espousing one set of behaviors while encouraging the exact opposite behavior, and then completely disregarding their own mandates. We had the soon to be VP-elect badmouthing the vaccines being developed, telling folks not to trust them. The resultant explosion in death count under the Biden and dem admin was entirely and completely predictable. The only question really is whether or not the messaging was intentionally designed to increase death count.

Agreed, though I think Biden’s massive death count is much more about incompetence than anything else. He really didn’t have to do anything beyond delivery of the vax and not allowing his team to sow seeds of doubt.

Holy crap, at 2:36 of this docudrama a graphic reveals just over 419,000 deaths from COVID. That was before Biden was provided the vaccine, though I can't tell whether or not Kamala and other dems had yet to spread misinformation about the safety of the vaccines developed under the Trump admin. As of today, there are roughly 869,000 deaths attributed to COVID, most of which occurred under the Biden admin with a vaccine ready to be distributed. What a clusterflock of a rollout, hard to imagine he was actually trying to save lives with those numbers. Thanks for sharing--these numbers are shocking.

Agree mostly, but I can understand some folks want the distraction of a Sullivan in the moment and don't necessarily think of that in terms of losers. Some folks like watching The Real Housewives of ________, who am I to say? On the pressure on Mahommes--early on, the D was pressuring him but he was a wizard in the pocket. In that regard, my friend the 9ers fan called him "inhuman" while similarly crediting JA for his wizardry Sunday night. Mahommes was stellar, which makes me so painfully aware of the fact that he was allowed time to complete the throws in the last few seconds. I don't know any NFL qb that couldn't have made those throws. I've had some miscues in life for sure. The mistakes I've made haven't hurt me to any great degree, I've gotten lucky more than a few times and you're right about a guy like JA--fixated on the positive and continuous personal improvement. I'm certain a JS column is not required reading in his house. Oh--btw--I've spent way too much time worrying about officials and their calls at inopportune times. That's my JS-type fix, though I'm working on it.

I don't know enough about x's and o's to contribute all that much here, though I read and pay particular attention to a few posters. I do know, for example, that I cannot understand why there was no defender within tackling distance of Kelce/Hill on those last two painful plays, know that that shouldn't have happened in a perfect world, and would love to hear why things played out that way. I also know I'll never fully be briefed on that. I know that I think McDermott is a very good coach based on his track record here, the focus he seems to bring to the table, and based on the response(s) I see from his players about him. I know I don't care if he claps. I know that in life, there are do-ers, and sometimes where time and or money conspire, there are people that sit in the peanut gallery complaining about what the do-ers do. McD's job is hard, JS's job is easy. I tend to support, or at least empathize, with the guy with the hard job over the guy with the easy job, especially when the easy work is predicated on trashing someone else. All that said, I wanted to fire my cell phone through my television during and after the game Sunday, and Jerry Sullivan had nothing on me in the moment. Btw--spoke with a close friend over the last few days who is a 9ers fan. He's got near total recall of all the heartbreaking losses that have occurred to the 9ers in his 50+ years. He texted me about 7 examples, all of which rival '13 seconds' if taken from the perspective of a 9ers fan. The difference of course is his team has rings, but still, someone's heart is always getting broken. I'm learning that as time goes on. Going to cold af in Mupstate the next few days-- --I wish I was in Florida.

Nah. It's overly emotional drivel designed to tug at the heart strings of the reader and tap into the anger and frustration of a franchise fan base. The fact that the defense failed to make a stop is obvious, and criticism on that point it fair. Words and phrases that characterize---"choke", "hide behind", "self-serving" and "froze" are better suited for middle school playgrounds (or amongst fans desperate to make sense of a heartbreaking loss) than in serious analysis of a professional sporting event by a journalist. That said, this sort of work appeals to some readers for any number of reasons. There's no need to trash the guy, or his column, some people like this sort of thing.

Look Frenchy, you don't see me over here blaming Dudley DooRight for the miscalculations of Justin Trudeau, or actions of foreign aggressors on his watch. Biden has had nearly 50 years of conspiring/working with NATO allies at the highest level of government. Billions of dollars have changed hands and fattened wallets over that time, and all I can tell you is: What is happening now did not happen under Donald Trump; What is happening now is happening under a man who's access to power brokers should be unquestioned. That man is Joe Biden; If they don't trust him, he earned it all on his own.

Jiminy Christmas! He's got it so turned around he's using the wrong words in his press conference! It's a pandemic of miscommunication if you ask me.

Was he defeated? Lots of folks predicted he would not leave. Maybe he's still there? I've never met the man!

This didn’t happen on Trump’s watch, it is happening on Biden’s watch. Whether by chance, divine intervention or because Biden is a career politician who talks of minor incursions and is entirely predictable, I cannot say. However, Biden has been in office a year and it’s certainly not coincidental. He certainly does not inspire confidence with his confusing take on the situation. Btw, it would have been interesting to see the handling of these matters in a second term under Trump. When you remove the concern about being voted out of office, the dynamic changes dramatically.

That’s not what you said though. Did you forget what you wrote? I think in this case, big picture, she’s actually a better citizen than those who got vaxxed and boosted, assuming of course she gets past COVID unscathed. There is likely only a 99+% chance of that occurring, multiple comorbidities notwithstanding. prayers up of course. #loveall#respectall

So, you’re laughing because she got the virus because she may not have gotten the booster shot? That seems odd, given that the virus spreads to the vaccinated and boosted. At the same time, the science dudes now seem to suggest someone like Sarah Palin will likely be in a much better position to fight the virus in the future than someone like you or me. Btw, I can’t say for sure in Sara Plain’s case, but it seems likely that the Biden approach to marketing vaxx and booster is a huge part of the problem. CDC numbers indicate nearly 37% of Americans have not received the booster shot. This is a stunning indictment of the admin and has nothing at all to do with SP, other than she doesn’t trust what they say it would seem.

Look, what’s really important is that your true beauty likely lies within, but have you ever stopped to consider all these folks are just tossing signs up when they see you coming? I think you should consider this.

If the gym is only making you wear one, you could be hideous.

What is making you laugh here? That Sarah Palin was infected by a novel virus that likely originated in a lab in China, has infected hundreds of thousands of people, or that many Americans—of all political stripes—-are apparently unwilling to trust the government and it’s response to a virus they apparently had a hand in developing?

A lot is being made here about standing with Ukraine, but I’m sure the concern is less “Who is hashtag standing with us in Washington?”, and more “Who will stand with us physically in Ukraine?”. Unfortunately for the Ukrainians, Biden has already signaled his intent, and trusting his administration for anything beyond hashtag support would be a mistake.

What we've got here is the typical political posturing. Remember when Obama/Biden took strong action against Russia for meddling in our election process? That was December 29, 2016. At that point, Obama had been in office 2900 days out of the 2922 days he would be president. That was 1739 days after Obama assured Dmitri Medvedev he'd have much more flexibility to work with Putin once the election was over. So, the dems went from mocking Willard Romney about concerns of Russia being a geopolitical threat, to Obama and Biden working with Russia to working with Putin to Obama/Biden casting Russia in the role of clear and present danger to our way of life, the offshoot of which was to to expel diplomats three weeks before turning over the keys to the White House. From there there was 4 year investigation that yielded nothing of value with respect to Putin/Trump/Treason, but under the current administration we see record levels of crude oil imported from Russia. In the meantime, we have a president who seems quite willing to allow Russia leeway for an incursion into Ukraine but only on an as-yet unspecified level of hostility. This is the same president that threatened to rough up Ukraine, economically speaking, back when he was VP looking for them to play ball with him. I think where dem voters are concerned, it's an awful lot to ask them to think outside the box, mostly because they have no idea the box exists to begin with. But hey--exiling those diplomats was harsh, man.

If he did something illegal, he should be investigated and prosecuted. Seems simple enough. I wish that was the standard for all politicians. You know, guys like Eliot Spitzer and so on. Personally, I’m not all that enamored with the Rolling Stone as a bastion of journalistic integrity. The editorial team has had some issues in the past, one example here: https://www.cjr.org/investigation/rolling_stone_investigation.php Admittedly, that story was only written to destroy lives, reputations and leveraged the emotional trauma of victims past to pursue a quasi-social-justice narrative but it still has application here. The suggestion that “everyone should be trying to hold this guy…accountable” sounds great in theory—and I’ll join you on your quest for justice should the facts play out that way—but you suggestion is damn near infantile in reality. All we have is a perpetually evolving shell game. I won’t bother linking, but every mainstream dem made comments suggesting or declaring that the election of DJT was illegitimate, stolen, a coup or in one case, an act of “treason”. Presidential candidates Warren and Klobbie on election security pre Biden victory: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democratic-senators-warned-of-potential-vote-switching-by-dominion-voting-machines-prior-to-2020-election I won’t bother linking Trump and senior Rs on thoughts on election security post 2020. Joe Biden just last week, setting the stage for litigation and russia#2 should the midterms go the wrong way later this year: https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/biden-is-hardly-the-first-democrat-to-try-to-delegitimize-elections/ This is big business, ugly though it may be. I’d have a bit more respect for those hand-wringing about the assault on democracy (R version) should they stop and acknowledge that Russiagate was simply a precursor to Stop the Steal. On a brighter note, The Rolling Stone links did provide options for flavor-infused rolling papers should I ever revisit the days of my wayward youth, so it wasn’t a total bust. God bless them for that.

I’m not sure if I’d go with “if we can save one life…” or “if we don’t all mask at home, the COVID wins” here.

This whole thing reminds me to remember that just because a person is reminded of something it doesn’t mean that person can actually articulate why. ::insert Clinton popcorn photo here::

We certainly don’t need to reinvent the facts here. Comey’s statement on Clinton’s actions is pretty clear. There are laws that govern the dissemination of classified information, the law does not differentiate between accidental, unintentional, careless handling of classified information, and Clinton handled classified information in a way that potentially violated the laws governing such activity. What Comey said: “Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statues regarding the handling of classified information…”. He then went on to take the unprecedented step to publicly pre-absolve Clinton by suggesting the DOJ should not prosecute her for wrongdoing. That effectively neutered the DOJ, during a hotly contested election, with finger pointing on all sides, a short time before the election. This was Comey’s version of Special Dispensation. What we do know is that scores of people lined up behind Clinton to cast their vote for a life long enabler of a sexual predator and demonized of the victims who spoke out against her, who’s major accomplishment as Sect of State was to be humiliated by her most ardent supporters at the highest level of govt by being described as incredibly reckless with top secret intel, to have overseen the anarchy at the State Dept as it related to processes for protecting classified information, and to have been revealed as someone who really couldn’t be bothered with all the processes and procedures in place to keep our country safe. What a resume. It does, however, provide insight as to why these same gullible folk might vote for Joe Biden, who last night told all the world that if Putin only takes a few tiny bites of the Ukrainian apple it’s all good.

So…you agree with Donald Trump and the myriad of other politicians/media types/talking heads espousing this particular statement to appeal to low information voters on this issue? Let’s get an update on the World According to Kemp: 1. Kemp believes if you engage the services of an attorney or other legal guidance, you’re guilty of something; 2. Kemp is part of the cult of Donald J. Trump with respect to the fact that asserting one’s privilege to decline to cooperate with inquisitors is indicative of guilt; 3. Kemp supports any investigation into an individual that may, or may not reveal anything; By the way, you never said what you think they’ll find when looking at the documents. You inferred there would be evidence of Trump funneling money to Putin and documents showing he ordered the murder of thousands of Americans. That’s some pretty wild stuff, but everybody believes something. What do you think will be in the papers?

So, you’ve pushed the narrative that availing one’s self of the protections afforded by the constitution somehow infers guilt in their part. A short time later, when asked to share what you think will be found, you suddenly become introspective. Gosh, no way to know, right? The sad fact is that you’ll never know and you’re not really smart enough to know it. You’ll hear exactly what the politicians on the committee want you to hear. You’ll get sound bites, text and paragraphs lacking context, and as they release it, they’ll tell you what to think and you’ll be convinced you thought up it all on your own. If you think Trump was funneling money to Putin and keeping a ledger in a file cabinet in the White House, or actually ordered the murder of thousands of Americans, why not just hitch your pants up, find some courage and say it?