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The point is simple. The leader of the free world is delivering the messaging points during a time of great crisis, and the job of a free and independent press is to transmit the message directly. That they would choose to withhold, instead reporting what they think you need to know, is telling. F 'em. Who needs them?

They have chosen darkness instead of light during one of the most intense news cycles in history. That's newsworthy in and of itself. F 'em.

"Sorry"????..that's the damn Crane Technique of message boards! You rat fink bot bast#rd!!! ?

I didn't question your credibility, I just didn't know that you were self-quarantining against common sense and rational thought.

I missed the second note where @manncmentioned his feelings about Trump and Russia. I don't understand why someone would feel as he does and still jump the fence to vote for him now given that perspective, but he clearly stated his position and you have to respect that. Sometimes on some issues, theres no common ground to be found.

Still, NYC represents a big piece of the economic puzzle, jah feel?

You said Cuomo is taking a wait and see approach. I wonder if, after taking a wait and see approach to a highly transmittable virus in/around one of the largest cities in the world, in retrospect he wishes he had been much more aggressive in his approach. Given that the state established a quarantine zone in a suburb a few miles away, and given that travel back and forth to/from New Rochelle and Westchester/Rockland/Putnam counties and NYC is a way of life for many, he regrets not being much more proactive in establishing a zone around NYC. Finally, I wonder if his decision was impacted by Mayor DiBlasio, his views, and the relative power over the voting block and city that he represents. Something as simple as "Andy, these are your people, many could tell you every streetside deli from Brooklyn to Bensonhurat but couldn't point to Buffalo on a map. You shut this city down and the "$#!! hits the fan and political fallout is massive".

I wonder what Cuomo saw when he waited on NYC, while establishing a containment zone in New Rochelle just a few miles away? I'm uncertain if it was a revenue play, if DiBlasio has more juice locally, or a miscalculation in allowing the residents to keep doing their thing.

Well, it appears we’d agree on nothing at all, but if you’re at the table come November, welcome. Better late than never. Thanks for the reply!

Next time, just run with: "Good job Idaho, what you're doing is honorable." Signed, TBF Less words, more direct and no subtle commie bs. "See red"??? C'mon man!

Interesting and thanks for sharing. Great to hear from the other side. Taking it one step further, in your previous anti-Trump life, did you have concerns about corruption in the government and it's officials, insider deals and if so, how did/would you have adjudicated the vote come November? This is no set up, nor am I assuming one way or the other, just you mentioned "conservative tendencies" and wanted to get your thoughts.

In a crazy but perhaps understandable coincidence, not one Neon Tetra, Beta or Common Molly has tested positive for Covid-19. Maybe that guy from Nevada was on to something, God rest his so.

First, I long for the day when not every song has to be Whitney Houstonized with long, lilting octave busting “look at my vocal range” personalization. It can be so beautiful, but it’s so overdone at this point I’m waiting for the next cycle of sound where a 7 word lyric doesn’t take 3 mins and 7 seconds to be sung. Second, one of my favorite hypocrisies in the world is a celebrity singing such a beautiful song about a world with no possessions and no countries, while glomming onto more sh$t, more houses with more square footage than they could ever possibly use. Just to dumb it up a bit more, they stare and sing into what likely is the latest iPhone, a product made on the backs of low-wage workers in foreign countries (with borders btw) for one of the great success stories of the modern capitalist era, with a product/distribution chain that must have an extraordinarily high carbon footprint. I imagine a world where people with 15 minutes of fame don’t stare creepily into a phone, and sing a song written by a multi-kaziilionaire about living in a commune, all tidy and nice in matching white Mao shirts, black pants and those freaky looking ballet slippers. And, in the spirit of the song, please imagine that in the above sentence, “fame” reads like this: “Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayy....ah faaaaAAAAAAYYYY.....FAAAAYYY—EEEEEEEEE......OOHH..oh...oh..Ayy......ummmmmmmmmm.......Faay.ay...um.”.

Thanks, great find. Nothing like an AP reporter sermonizing for a “quick question” searching for the right words to elicit a quotable quote that could potentially be taken out of context later, and accusing the man of lying or being duped by the President of the US. I’m looking forward to seeing this reported in the US media moving forward. The last 5 minutes of the clip reveal extensive praise for the leadership of President Trump, Dr. Fauci, CDC and on down the line. It would be reassuring to the American people to hea4 that...no?

Only in America.

I'm wondering if, as the writer from Axios was graduating journalism school, he/she ever contemplated tweeting out a correction including the following: "...it did not reflect the full nature of the self-medication...with an additive...used to clean mahafahking fish tanks!".* Priceless. And btw, I was a journalism major back at SUNY in the early 80s and job one, job one, when covering a death was ALWAYS to double check how much Fish Tank Cleaner the decedent ingested. Maybe it's because every 3rd or 4th suspicious death in WNY involved Fish Tank Cleaner, also known by the street names as "Fin", "Clear Coat" and one particularly potent brand called "Glass Wax" distributed by The Old Dominon Crew outta North Fort Erie. Bad hombres. *emphasis added

He took you to church sir, because when you asked him what he personally was doing....he answered. The appropriate response to that crazy Northwestern Boise Boy Idahoan would be: "That's awesome and the world would be a better place if everyone tried to pitch in like that. (You could also ask him why when I read his posts, it sounds in my head like he would look like Tim Graham. It's odd.)

@Binghamton Beast makes a fair point though. Why not lock down the city? Millions of people living shoulder to shoulder. I'm not a fan of the guy, but think hes done a decent job so far. Presidential? No, he's rotten to the core and only NY style political cover prevented him from being exposed when his right hand man was pinched. Fair question, what did DiBlasio have on him that he deferred to DiBlasio.

Invite us all to the gender reveal! Virtually of course!

Nicole Wallace on the hot mic: “OMG HE’S A TOTAL GILF!”

This is funny, actually as Joe gets schooled on how to cough. However, he laughs it off and says he's alone in his house. Now the talking head may not know it, but common sense suggests there are a minimum of 8 to 10 people immediately in and/or around Joe while he hacks up a lung into his hand, like they did when he was driving around in Greased Lightnin' listening to Alan Freed and looking for Corn Pop outside the soda shoppe. Makeup people...segment producer...lighting people...boom operator...camera man...campaign members...and likely Jill Biden, just in case there was a need for a phDoctor to spell some of the hard words Joe might want to use.

Again, slight disagreement. His supporters will ride with him up to the point where he %$#@s up royally, and then they'll call him on the carpet for ^%$#ing up royally. That was always the deal, though supporters have likely gotten a bit more defensive over him since he was painted a treasonous rat b%stard by, well, some treasonous rat b%stards. No reasonable person wants death and bodies in the street like it is Vienna in the 1300s with bodies tossed into the catacombs of St. Stephens. No reasonable person is willing to trade a million deaths for 4% growth in the equities market. But when you cannot have a reasonable discussion about alternatives without being branded as a believer in such things, it's tough to move forward because the 'persuadables' often get most of their data from at least one media source. Let's hope you're correct on a cogent plan, let's hope many folks get onboard and let's hope that the plan works. Let's also have him on the teleprompter when he rolls it out. ?

Remember what FDR said: "This &^%$ is really ^%$#ing scary and I have no idea how we'll ever survive it."

Hey Magox--part of me wants to join the parade with you. A meeting somewhere in the middle, middle left or middle right makes the most sense. I'm a Trump supporter, but consider myself pretty reasonable in general. What you propose would generally make sense to me. The problem is that people are so ^%$#ing entrenched after 3+ years of garbage there is precious little common ground to be had. I understand your concerns about Trump and his delivery, disagree on your perception on how Cuomo is perceived but give him credit for doing a tough job. I am not sure how you get past the point of the entrenched masses, and frankly, I think we'll be at a point soon where Trump will simply act in his role as Chief Executive and do what he believes in the right thing to do on the federal level. In the end, we are here and we have to deal with it. When all is said and done, if reasonable people disagree, Trump moves forward and Cuomo does what he feels is right for NY. Ugly, sad, but certainly a byproduct of the past few years of hostility.

I'm confident you're not this dumb, but only because the threshold is so low. It's slightly above drinking any specialty household cleaner.