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If only we knew where to find these people here in violation of our laws…

One of the realities we all live with is that we really can’t trust anything coming out of this entire process. Speaking from my perspective only—that of a 60ish year old male, in good physical health, who got the vaccine early on and who has been getting the flu shot for about 7 or 8 years—there is plenty of reason to doubt the “death from COVID” v “Death with COVID” v “Death maybe with COVID” count. I’ve seen estimates that true COVID counts are 30% lower than advertised, and that would not surprise me in the least. Add to that that the optics of Fauci et al and their involvement with the lab where this all started, the fact that it took months for the relationship/alliance to be revealed, the refusal to discuss lab leak v bat bite theory early or morphing into “well maybe” later on, and the apparent lack of any interest in any ongoing public review or how the $&@& this happened to begin with makes me very cautious about what to believe. Put another way, I have no faith in the vax v unvax death count, and asking folks to just the data is asking far too much of me.

Again.

I’m wondering if the Rs missed the “We want to be friends again” ♥️ shaped note from the Dems. Or maybe it’s the tax increase they aren’t crazy about. Or maybe it’s just plain old “Go &$#@ yourself” politics in play. It happens, it’s pretty much business as usual, and nothing to get all turnt up about.

Ruff way to go.

That seems sort of arbitrary to me, because with politicians you rarely know what they believe v what they say. Biden and company suggested the vax should be viewed with suspicion of developed and administered under the prior administration. Do you think they believed that? Did they have insider information on contraindications with the vaccine that they are hiding from us now? Biden just implemented a pseudo-mandate for some Americans, demanding employers require vax under threat of massive fines. Did he do that so when people have reactions to the vax the Admin didn’t trust just 11 months ago the govt had plausible deniability? Biden has indicated that black folks who didn’t support him aren’t black at all. How can he shepherd with an eye toward the greater good when he lacks a fundamental understanding that sharing skin pigmentation does not require that people walk in lockstep? He has something to do with the legislative agenda, no? Why you figure no one worried about his history of that sort of rhetoric and his history of legislation? Seems far more dangerous than some dipshyt who struggles with basic biology.

Your multi-post point boils down to “people say dumb things.”? A governor from Virginia claiming to be for the people dressed in black face as youngster, pretended maybe he didn’t, and spoke eloquently about snuffing the life of a baby born alive. People say dumb things. Some will be Republican. Some will be Democrats. Some will be independents. Yes, the people writing the laws should be heard from, and frankly, those ignoring them should be held accountable. Sometimes neither happens, mostly because people do dumb stuff and say dumb things. Expanding a bit, people of all races,color, gender and creed say and do dumb things.

Freaking high school career assessment tests in the 70s! Turns out I would have been a great journalist. Based on 9th grade alone I’d have probably won a Pulitzer.

The challenge is you’re framing the argument from your perspective only. The anti-vax or vax hesitant are no less concerned about the public, friends or family than you or anyone else, they simply don’t trust what they are being told. Some of that distrust is based on the history of our country, some based on the history of this particular virus, some based on the politicization of the virus, some based on the questionable management of the virus etc. Some, of course is because people weigh out the impact of maybe getting sick with COVID, developing natural immunity and the relative risk factor to themselves. My youngest finally got vaxxed this week, he’s young, healthy and recovered from COVID a few months back. He loves and cares about people and his community no less than anyone else. Ironically, he has felt pretty nasty post-vax, chills and a nasty headache.

Which, of course, isn't a mandate at all, rather a selective mandate, targeting some, ignoring others, all leading and contributing to hesitancy and distrust of public officials. Step up, Kathy, and have the moral courage to mandate the vax for all NYers. Fill in the gaps created by BIden and his silly 100+ employees pseudo-mandate vax shenanigans.

Ah then def spend the money. Fun fact- You can milk anything with a nipple.

The problem is people want broad, cradle to grave service, politicians use that to their advantage, and virtually no one is willing to pay for it. If the medicine is viagra, God bless ya man but take a knee once in a while.

@IrvNothing he has done is inconsistent with the type of things he’s always done. He was always a dimwit, always unprepared for being THE guy, always extremely capable of saying or doing the wrong thing. It’s why the parents and grandparents of his current flag-bearers laughed him out of prior presidential contests. Of course, that was before the obvious physical and mental decline. Unfortunately, many of his modern day supporters lack the intestinal fortitude and common sense of those that raised them. That’s not to say they wanted him to totally botch the COVID vax response—though many probably did—it’s just what he does. The death and suffering that followed opens the door to a more authoritarian approach to government, and I think Dems and liberals generally favor a more intrusive approach. I don’t think most supporters wanted to see 13 service members and thousands of Afghani’s massacred in Kabul, but they seem pretty comfortable with the fact that the guy who boasted about his foreign policy chops after 50 years in office was the architect of the debacle. I think many modern day Dems are open-border voters, or at least closet open-border supporters, so Biden’s creation of a “crisis” is in line with expectations. It certainly can’t be a surprise that the southern border deteriorated rapidly on his watch—he’s been on the job since that 1970s. When do we recognize it benefits him professionally (and likely personally) that the border reverted to status quo? I think his supporters would say he’s done just about everything right, and they got exactly what they wanted.

To be clear, no, to everything.

All true, but it wasn’t just that. He put a bullet in the skull of James Brady—ruining his life and ultimately ending it. Washington police officer Tom Delahanty was shot in the neck and suffered permanent nerve damage to his arm, forcing an early retirement. Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy turned, stepped into the line of fire and took a bullet to the abdomen—side bar— what a *&$#ing true American hero that guy is! Hinkley should have stayed in jail until they pulled his carcass out feet first. Same for Sirhan Sirhan.

For every guy like you who blew off kindergarten smoking, chasing tail and riding a Big Wheel Harley only to find success later in life, there are so so many who’s absolute peak comes in the second year of pre-K. What does it say about our collective humanity if we were to rob them of those heady days aged 3-4.5?

This is an excellent piece that seems to tout Biden’s commitment to improving the lives of our children. It spells absolutely nothing out about how it’s funded. Who gets paid in this free model? How do stakeholders that deliver the teaching get paid in this free model? How are the infrastructure costs covered in this free model? It seems unlikely that it’s free, it’s a lie to suggest it is, and seems fair to report how it’s funded. Then again, maybe the AP didn’t think of it.

I think I’m the only one, but I always find myself wondering if these people spontaneously appear at these outdoor events, or if they take public transport/stop at restaurants/use communal restrooms/fly on airplanes/stay at hotels/drive in cars/comingle with others from multiple hh families and so on. As for who could or couldn’t get vaccinated, I tried to look for comorbidity indicators but the durn folks were packed in there so tightly like sardines in a penny loafer it was hard to say where one body started and the other ended. It seems to me where boatloads of money/entertainment/political priorities and the virus meet, money and politics seems to win just about every time. Then again, maybe the virus occasionally hovers as has been speculated on since 2020.

Any good film or true life story of La Cosa Nostra reveals that someone’s beak must always get wet in these transactions. In this case, it’s China.

I believe you are suggesting you will slap me Mupside the head? It occurred to me upon reflection that I’ll be 60 soon. That I referred to him as older says a lot about the state of denial I currently reside in. He’s prob later 60s, a geez, not like you and I. Maybe B-man range? Anywho, I never did get clarity from Billszy on what was so hard to believe about the story I was told. It’s almost like he’s a simpleton.

Are you speaking about Biden? He’s the very personification of why we have a border crisis to begin with. Likely, Mayorkas is as well. 50+ years of allowing sh!t to spiral to the point where people are scrambling across a deserted stretch of land trying to avoid horses and officers entrusted with trying to restore some sense of order to perpetual chaos.

What part of the story do you think was made up? Do you think he isn’t from Chicago? That he relocated to Florida due to violence and lack of political leadership specific to the issue of crime? That the wife of an associate was murdered while driving home? That there is an under-reporting of that particular type of crime? That he has a son living in a suburb of Chicago? That there was a BLM protest in a suburb of Chicago and they were concerned about vandalism, rioting, destruction of property or worse? That he and others felt compelled to defend his sons property? That he and others felt it necessary to be armed to protect the property and people who lived there? He seemed sincere, but it’s always possible a story is built on a foundation of lies.

I was in Florida last week, enjoying the blistering heat and humidity. I met a neighbor new to the development we were in—recent transplant from Chicago. Older guy, 60ish. He said the impetus for his move was the violence and lack of leadership in Chicago. He also told me the wife of a business associate was murdered by a sniper driving home from work, with very little reporting of the actual event. Anyway, his son lives in a burb, Naperville I believe he said, and they heard that BLM was coming to town. He said “We loaded up our weapons, went to my sons house and waited inside. We weren’t looking for trouble but if it came our way we were going to deal with it.”. The moral of the story is that when you’re looking to get a rise out of people, sometimes you’ll get exactly that.

@LeviF…a visit to mUpstate NY if you will. Glad you had a great trip but a tad early for fall colors!

Don’t sweat it Muptown Girl. There are good people there, having good dialogue and getting by like the rest of us. They simply want a different experience.