leh-nerd skin-erd

Okey doke. We’ll go with people magically appeared out of nowhere, protested and were protected by pixie dust, and transported home like in Star Trek. Jiminy Christmas.

So, government (R/D/I) is complicit in the spread of the virus across the board, and responsible for what— 20% of the cases and deaths? 30%? I have the same questions regarding Cuomo and downstate NY btw. It’s basically thunderdome down there. No rhyme, no reason, anyone can come from anywhere close and infect everyone they come in contact with. Yet, sweet old Lenny healthy as a horse and sweet a rhubarb pie is going to deplete the Covid ozone if he has turkey with 9.75 people from 3 different zip codes?

See, this is why we can’t have nice things. You’re the science guy and it’s almost like pulling teeth to get you to acknowledge what you surely must know is fundamentally true. If lack of mask discipline, and lack of respect for social distancing, and attending even small gatherings of highly emotional/animated individuals causes the spread, these gatherings by extension must have infected tens—likely hundreds—of thousands and resulted in an untold number of deaths. Of course, I’m only speaking as if the protestors magically appeared at the protest sites and all other things were equal. We know that’s not the case—we know people take buses, trains, subways, cars and bikes to the site of the protest. We know they hitchhike and dead head. We know they coordinate with friends and fellow protestors. We know they eat at McDonalds, shop at 7-11, buy the soup at Panera. They sleep in motels hotels RVs and in campgrounds. They use public restrooms, private bathrooms, find a tree or a bush and keep moving. They mess around. A select few rage and riot. They exchange copious amounts of bodily fluids and it ain’t even worth debating. I told you previously I wear a mask, observe social distancing and quite honestly rarely see the unicorns out there infecting all the rest of us (for at least the 100 days after the Biden inaugural event), but one of the fundamental reasons people of all stripes think the lockdown madness is absolute horsesh:t is because the storyline makes precious little sense. These message points should have been screamed from every platform imaginable. Instead, we get “gee, uh, no, um, masks, uh Trump”.

There would be no reason for the presumptive winner to upset the apple cart. It has nothing to do with what’s right or wrong, or the greater good. It’s simply bad business.

What percentage of the total number of infected citizens in the country would you write off to the hundreds of thousands of protestors in the streets this summer? What percentage or deaths? Big picture—should political leaders have spoken out forcefully about mass gatherings, and/or banned public demonstrations to stop the spread? Should we have had greater outcry from the science community about super-spreader events?

I would not want to get sick and die in college, but if I did, I suppose I would take comfort in the fact that my illness may have resulted only from the best intentions of some supposedly really dumb smart people. No, not racist, but certainly playing Russian Roulette with the health and safety of the community it purports to serve.

You’ll get over it.

I think the Hatfields always think the McCoys are the problem, and the McCoys always point their finger the opposite way. It seems silly to keep debating that.

Excellent and fair question. I’ve watched the proceedings from afar, fairly certain that Biden will be President on 1/20. At that point, I advocate treating him and his families the way Trump has been treated the last four years. Work hard to neutralize him, go after his family and his associates, and try and get the creepy old b to crack. In the most simplistic analysis, the testimony of hundreds of people pointing to wrongdoing, the statistical anomalies being batted about, concerns about the constitutional aspects of changes to procedures to the process in Pa, and the fact that it’s all happening regardless of my feelings compels me to stay the course. I absolutely believe fraud occurred (and has occurred in past elections ), I believe that people and organizations will do just about anything when money and power is in play, and at the end of the day, it just is what it is. 4 years ago...8 years ago and beyond I would have been less cynical. I mean, people are always people, and some people are just bad. That said, if you told me 5 or 6 years ago we would relive the modern version of commies in the woods as seen during the McCarthy era, or even Nixon/Eisenhower/Stevenson era, I’d have thought you nuts. If you would have told me an honorable man nominated for the SC would be subject to public character assassination of the worst kind based on...nothing...I’d have thought you were being overly dramatic. If you told me an unpopular senator from California that barely registered on the candidateometer would be chief executioner AND be rewarded with the VP slot to a demented old geezer who actually publicly fondles women and children, I’d have laughed it off. Interestingly, while I was skeptical that Trump = Treason, I really assumed that the Dems would not be loading up on the treason angle when this all first broke unless they could take him out. When Trump suggested that Obama wiretapped his campaign, I was quite outraged that he would say that without evidence. I thought it bad for the republic. As time went on, however, I came to realize the whole shebang was all about unseating Trump and stealing my vote. That became personal to me. It’s personal still. I believe there was widespread fraud. I believe a comprehensive and wide ranging review of our system would reveal it’s a clusterfuvk of corruption at worst, incompetence at best. I also believe that the less than 60 day window to get anything meaningful accomplished means it’s highly unlikely that anything meaningful will occur. If I’m wrong, well Son, that seems to be the way the game is played.

You’re all over the page S-trey. I acknowledged your opinion, there is no need to repeat it, and no need to attempt to be belligerent. It may make you feel better, but it really means...nothing. As for the secondary, unrelated op-Ed, I can nominate you for the Emmy for Best Dramatic Post on an Internet Forum if it makes you feel better, and I’ll even acknowledge that ffoa (Future Folks of America) will flock to sit at your knee as you wax historic about people who chose to forgo masks as they went went about their lives in churches, bars, and by the hundreds of thousands in protests far and wide across the land. My unsolicited opinion is that to be as effective as possible in these future “Sit Downs with Sectzy”, you should consider not being a condescending prick because it can be offputting to some people. I know you’re capable of it, we’ve engaged in civil dialogue in the last—what’s got you all road raged up today? That seems suspiciously reasonable. What’s your game, Mich? 😇

Your opinion on the truth about voter fraud is duly noted, all should have a seat at the table. My issue is only with your post is your apparent desire to emulate the famous Roman general known for prickly behavior, Magnus Cockus.

I wouldn’t say you’re being harsh, but you’re being dickish, dick-like, of and pertaining to dickism. It doesn’t make you a bad person, just kind of a dick in this case.

Interesting. What aspects of the Russia investigation were particularly abhorrent to you? You indicated “many”, but just indulge me and hit me with two or three.

I support the process, I always did. As an analogy, I support law enforcement and our system of justice, but I do not support malicious prosecution. I’m just surprised at what you seem to be comfortable with politically as it relates to what you referred to as puppet dictatorships. Where does the “sham” impeachment of a President fall on your scale?

There you go! Nice! Russia investigation, sham! Surveillance of presidential candidates/weaponization of Intelligence, bad! Impeachment grift, sham! How come we only get to puppet dictator status when the courts are involved?

This time of year I’m barely willing to get out of my car to pump own gas.

I acknowledge your admiration, and appreciate your candor.

To quote Barrack from the block: "Nah nah nah ho-ho-hold on a second!'. How does this relate to your part time work as Hall Monitor and/or Life Coach du Jour on this thread? Anyway, because I like you, I'll answer. In order; 1. Yes; 2. Yes; 3. Yes; 4. Yes;

Again, bullsh^t, but carry on soldier.

That's hogwash. Complete poppycock. When faced with being steamrolled by an adversary with unlimited resources and the power to crush you and anyone around you love, decisions have to be made. When the government case unravelled--as it did, it was certainly possible for even the most well-intentioned judge to follow the recommendations of the justice department.

You have to give him credit, Judge Sullivan was substantially committed to ruining the man’s life. Finally, closure on some level. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/breaking-judge-sullivan-finally-dismisses-case-general-flynn-following-trump-pardon/?utm_source=Parler&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons

Good God man if--Gid forbid-- you lose your fingers in a mechanical rice picking machine, use your handstumps to keep producing this sort of thing. Awesome read.

Since we were just making names up last night, I put the fumble on Randy Moss.

You’re boring me cheese whiz. Bills won tonight and all is right in the world. We’ll argue tomorrow. Peace, Of course I do. I’m comfortable with my replies.

Shoshy, When I feel I’m being attacked, I respond in the nicest way I can. I understand if you think it’s me—because I certainly can understand supporting the use of legal system as being seen as edgy, conspiracy minded etc. Again, if you’re playing hall monitor, spread it around. See again... you paint Gore as some heroic figure. He wasn’t, he was a partisan looking to overturn the election. He lost the election. It was done. He chose to try a Hail Mary and swing for the fences. He lost because his argument was weak, regardless of it was 537 votes or 57,370. He lost because he was wrong...and still the Republic survived. That was a long time ago, and these last 4 years changed everything. The only chasm is what you personally choose to see.