American Politics

[PVMonger]

All the scientific knowledge that we rely on came about this way: an experiment suggests a certain thing is true; more experiments refine our understanding or they demonstrate that our original understanding is either wrong or incomplete and we have to throw everything out and start anew. The fact that Fauci qualifies his statements with phrases like "to the best our knowledge" and "as we're finding out with study" shows that he understands the scientific method and the limits of our knowledge, and that is why he is respected.

See, public education in the USA has been so "dumbed down" (especially in states that voted for Donnie the Dumbass) that 74+ million voters have no clue about science or how it works. They don't understand vaccines or how they work. The have just enough brainpower to understand a 3-to-5-word slogan like "lock her up" or "make America great again" or "stop the steal". Anything more complicated is lost on them and they go through life wondering what happened.

That's why we hear so many ludicrous statements coming from the RethugliKKKan crowd which doesn't have enough IQ points to decorate a domino: "The vaccine contains microchips", "the vaccine will change your DNA", "Finland rakes their forests", "Chinese thermostats changed votes", "Jewish space lasers cause forest fires", "Italian satellites changed votes", "shoving a lightbulb up your ass will cure COVID", "injecting disinfectant cures COVID" or "tRUMP didn't actually have any classified documents". All of these statements are patently absurd, yet there are almost no RethugliKKKans who will argue against them.

When you're dealing with that kind of ignorance, you can't win. You just need to shake your head and wonder how some of these people manage to dress themselves. The scary thing is that they vote. Maybe we ought to go back to having an IQ test to get a ballot. The number of people voting RethugliKKKan would number in the single digits compared to the 81 million Democrats who'd receive a ballot.

[ErsatzJulian]

I (we all) saw scores of public statements made by the respected Dr, Fauci.

Like many scientists, he was constantly including in his statements weasel clauses like "to the best of our knowledge" or "As we're finding out with study" and always warning that recommendations could change.

This position that professionals getting better & changing best practices is proof that they were professionally deficient earlier is a stupid position. It garners laughs every time you write it.

All the scientific knowledge that we rely on came about this way: an experiment suggests a certain thing is true; more experiments refine our understanding or they demonstrate that our original understanding is either wrong or incomplete and we have to throw everything out and start anew. The fact that Fauci qualifies his statements with phrases like "to the best our knowledge" and "as we're finding out with study" shows that he understands the scientific method and the limits of our knowledge, and that is why he is respected.

[JustTK]

Like many scientists, he was constantly including in his statements weasel clauses like "to the best of our knowledge" or "As we're finding out with study" and always warning that recommendations could change.

I have heard him make these types of statements. Always as an excuse after someone has called him out for his lies. Its not a luaghung matter.

[GDreams]

You are correct on one thing. Under Biden energy policy has has gone up 500%. Oil has gone up 100%. Great job Brandon.

So I blew up your comments for the idiocy they represent so rather than admit you are wrong you deflect to the US. So you write "Under Biden energy policy has has gone up 500% What does that even mean? He has 500% more policies? Truly outstanding information not that anyone can use it. Just before Covid the oil price was $70 - 75 for WTI. Now it is $88. That is about 22% in 3 years. Not bad after the disastrous Trump response to Covid when oil could not be given away. Given all the wells that were shut down and the refineries closed, never to reopen again during Trump and European wars Biden has done a fantastic job getting the oil price under control while achieving the greatest job figures of all time!

[ScatManDoo]

Once again Canada caught in a lie reverts to spin to try to justify the lie. The tariffs are paid by the US consumers. Thats it. You said China paid. They didn't and don't. Just like Mexico didn't pay for the wall. So Trump hurt the farmers with his failed trade war and paid them off with funds taken from American consumers and you blame Biden for inflation when the root cause is Donnys stupid trade war and failed Covid response. Spin that!

Canada can't.

[MarquisdeSade1]

Raping women, is where you mind goes w/r to anwsering question between Dems and Repubs? Really?

How does your raping women analogy, get you closer to your,

"Freedom of movement, no borders. Now imagine that you remove the federal government and you decentralise the decision making back to county level, or even lower. That's pretty much what I want for the entire world."???

Anywho, carry on, with your Bothsiderism.

Hopefully, many of your QAnon/Repubs cohorts, will follow suit and NOT VOTE (or vote independent) and continue to IGNORE the QAnon/Repub party, that remains the greater evil to a better democracy.

As he said its not bothsiderism, its neithersideism.

There is only one true God and that is Donald J Trump.

The mortal enemy of the WEF along with Vlad.

Back to JKs superb analogy.

Let me phrase it this way.

"gun to your head" or not LOL.

Would you rather blow and swallow Chuck Schumer or Mitch McConnell?

Would you rather get fucked up the ass / no lube by Chuck or Mitch?

Would you rather deep rim Chuck or Mitch?

So no force involved, blindly voting for the policies of the DNC or GOP.

You are just picking between the choices above.

Chuck or Mitch what's your flavor?

[Elvis 2008]

So I read the stupid article you linked before, and it is written in August 2021.

The NIH did not fund "gain of function" research. https://www.bbc.com/news/57932699.

And it is classic government bullshit. What does of gain of function mean? And we have this panel of experts who says that the NIH funding does not meet the definition of gain of function. This is what you dumb Dems do all the time. It is the famous Clinton line on what your definition of is is.

You do not listen to Jimmy Dore. In fact, some fool just waved his hand and said, "You know, Jimmy Dore is not that great of a source" as if Jimmy Dore is not quoting other things.

In this case, he was referencing this headline in Vanity Fair. This was written four months after the BBC one you linked. The headline reads, In Major Shift, NIH Admits Funding Risky Virus Research in Wuhan.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021...earch-in-wuhan

So you are and were completely wrong and now the question is WTF do we do with you? It would be easy if you just admitted you were wrong, but you never do that. It is "never mind" and off to the next topic. The government releases a narrative and you dumb Dems totally buy in and do so even after the government changes its mind.

You cannot admit Rand Paul was right about this and Fauci was lying. Why? Why do you guys have such a vested interest in going against EVERYTHING Rand Paul says or does? If a Democrat is right or doing something virtuous, I can say it.

But no matter. Donnie the Dumbass, as has been pointed out multiple times, pulled US medical professionals out of China so that we had no warning.

So the actual people who created the virus, the supposedly apolitical bureaucrats, who funded them are off the hook. Why? Why are you so angry at Trump and not the assholes who created the fucking virus?

TOf course, every RethugliKKKan moron (who has said that the vaccines are useless) won't admit who was in charge when the vaccines were developed. If anybody is to blame, it is that guy. You know, the one who takes all of the credit for the vaccine. Why, RethugliKKKans, do you not blame Donnie the Dumbass for the useless vaccine? Why? Huh?

Because Trump did not mandate the vaccines. Because Trump did not drape himself up as a "scientist" and proclaim he was all knowing like Fauci. Trump did not say this was a "pandemic of the unvaccinated". I do not know any Republican who was against people electing to get the vaccine. Being forced to do it was something else.

As for real scientists, I will remind you that, The Great Barrington Declaration was authored by Sunetra Gupta of the University of Oxford, Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University, and Martin Kulldorff of Harvard University, it was drafted at the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, signed there on 4 October 2020, and published on 5 October.

The declaration says that lockdowns have adverse effects on physical and mental health, for example, because people postpone preventive healthcare.

The authors say that, instead of protecting everyone, the focus should instead be on "shielding" those most at risk, with few mandatory restrictions placed on the remainder of the population.

Yes, these are scientists concerned with how the government was acting, and the government "scientists", Frances Collins and Fauci, used government emails and told them to take these people down. Hell, the Biden administration asked Twitter to censor a user who named himself Fake Fauci.

Political takedowns are not science. Censorship is not science. And worst of all, Fauci is now lying and saying he was not in favor of lockdowns or shutting down schools.

There should be common ground in saying we do not want our tax dollars to be used to fund the creation of a super virus that killed millions and did trillions of dollars of damage. There should be common ground in saying which scientists were right and which ones were wrong. Why can you not say even that? The only thing I can guess is because it gets in the way of the narrative that the pandemic was all Trump's fault.

Implicit in these discussions just like with Trump and the FBI is that government bureaucrats are on your side. The FBI is great. The NIH is awesome. Isn't the only reason you think that is because you think that they are on your side? And if they are, then we Republicans should not be spending our tax dollars on them.

If you cannot even admit that tax dollars being spent on the creation of a super virus was bad, then we need to split the country in half. WTF else are we supposed to do with you people?

[Spidy]

That question. Is like if I were to ask you - "which would you prefer me to do, rape your daughter or rape your wife?

Raping women, is where you mind goes w/r to anwsering question between Dems and Repubs? Really?

How does your raping women analogy, get you closer to your,

"Freedom of movement, no borders. Now imagine that you remove the federal government and you decentralise the decision making back to county level, or even lower. That's pretty much what I want for the entire world."???

Anywho, carry on, with your Bothsiderism.

Hopefully, many of your QAnon/Repubs cohorts, will follow suit and NOT VOTE (or vote independent) and continue to IGNORE the QAnon/Repub party, that remains the greater evil to a better democracy.

[PVMonger]

You are correct on one thing. Under Biden energy policy has has gone up 500%. Oil has gone up 100%. Great job Brandon.

The OP asked if the price if wind and sunlight has gone up. You didn't answer the question but, then again, you never do.

FYI, yesterday, the price of Brent crude was $93.02. When President Biden took office, the price of Brent Crude was $55.66. When I went to school, $55.66 times 2 is far higher than $93.02. But MAGAt math is different, I guess. Gee, you lied again.

Typical.

[Cali Guy]

The price of gas has gone up 500%, how much has the price of sunlight and wind gone up? The reason electricity prices have not gone up nearly as much as fossil fuel prices is that it is not cost any more to generate electricity from renewables which has helped keep prices lower. No wonder Europe is doubling down on building even more renewable power.

Please provide proof of your statement that renewables help keep prices lower. Every report I see shows renewable energy increasing prices. Estimates show going to 50% renewable energy will increase electricity prices by at least 50% . Europe is increasing coal fired power at this moment. California has decided to not shut down another nuclear power plant along with 2 more natural gas power plants that were slated for closure July 15,2022. Reliable renewable energy is not here yet. It is decades away. Now the environmentalists in California don't like the idea that our beaches are going to have thousands of windmills. Won't those windmills create a great sunset. Only positive outcome of the windmills is that they will kill every seagull in CA.

[PVMonger]

If they were "constantly getting conflicting information" why did they make these statements as facts? That merely proves my point.

If I were to protest outside his house then I would have to go to the USA, smthg I would never do, and I don't even think I am currently allowed to do. Does one still need a vax to enter??

So here's what you say you want from the experts:

Reporter: "So, Dr. , Fauci, how does this virus spread"?

Dr. Fauci: "We don't have a fucking clue. Maybe by touch, maybe somehow else. ".

Reporter: "Dr. Fauci, do masks work"?

Dr. Fauci: "We don't have a fucking clue. But it all depends on how the virus spreads and we don't know anything about that".

Reporter: "What about tRUMP's 'bright light' theory"?

Dr. Fauci: "If shoving a lightbulbs up your ass floats your boat, do it. But you might want to be careful trying to sit down".

Reporter: "What about alternative treratments. ".

Dr. Fauci: "Alternative treatments? Like massage? Like what? Who knows about alternative treatments. Maybe some work but maybe they don't. ".

[Cali Guy]

And exactly where in his post did the OP mention that Putin shut off electricity? Or even mention electricity at all?

I wrote: Several countries in Europe raised their electric prices to consumers by 25% last week because of renewable energy disasters. Europe has decided to restart a significant amount of their coal fired power plants to try to get back to reliable and cost effective electricity. And you replied Putin was to blame for Europe electric energy. Is he to blame for electricity to go up 25% or not?

[Canada]

You are drawing conclusions that are not supported by the data. The fact that the Dems have a better historic record than the Reps on the economy does not mean:

- that the modern Dems have good econimic polcies.

- that the modern Dems have a better record on any single policy (rather, they have a better record in aggregate).

- that they Dems do a good job (rather, that they have done a better job than the Reps).

- that the Dems have a good track record on non-economy policy, such as international policy.

2 examples to support my point -.

1. USA support of regime change / military actions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United..._regime_change

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeli...ary_operations

You can clearly see that it really doesn't matter who is in charge. The polciy is always the same. Lets make war to make us rich.

2. Income inequality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income..._United_States

"The USA Has the highest level of income inequality among its (post-) industrialized peers".

If the Dems were doing such a great job to help the people, then why do we see such an appalling disparity in income?

I could mention lack of public health care, lack of free education. If the Dems were doing a great job, where is it?

Obviously you will just blame the Reps, bcos that's all you do. I see it in every post you make. Its like the Dems are incapable of reversing out anything that the Reps did.

If the Dems were doing such a great job to help the vast majority of the people, they wouldn't be voted out every 8 years by a worse party. We would see staggeringly better economic indicators. Instead we see a slow down sprial of a falling giant, as both parties try to squeeze what's left out of the dying beast.

Past history is irrelevant. Current times show the dems failing the American people. Look at Biden and the current dems last 18 months. Current history shows dems totally inept compared to all administrations in last 40 years.

1. Crime and murders skyrocketing especially in dem run states.

2. Border security at worst level ever with millions of illegals just walking across the border.

3. Highest inflation in 40 years.

4. Natural gas prices up 400-500%.

5. Gas prices and oil prices up over 100%.

6. food prices up 26%.

7. War in Ukraine and possible war in Taiwan with world instability increasing daily.

8. Fentanyl coming across our open borders killing record number of Americans.

9. Cancel culture and wokeness extreme.

10. Disaster in Afghanistan leaving billions of dollars of weapons for the Taliban to use for terror.

11. Most divisive president in USA history.

12. Highest level of human trafficking especially minors across our open border.

13. Interest rates skyrocketing.

14. Retirees 401 K shrinking daily.

15. Recession approaching quickly.

The world is laughing at the USA. They love Biden. They love that fact that Biden is destroying the USA.

[MarquisdeSade1]

The world needs more bus drivers and cops like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TphCi4zH1sk

https://stormer-daily.rw/cops-releas...ut-by-bbg-cop/

For sure that ***** had it coming, but listen – they've all got it coming. The cops could go around decking bitches in their mouths and laying them out with assurance that they've got it coming. Because all women have a straight-up knock-out coming.

I'll tell you what – I love this video.

[ScatManDoo]

If they were "constantly getting conflicting information" why did they make these statements as facts? That merely proves my point.

If I were to protest outside his house then I would have to go to the USA, smthg I would never do, and I don't even think I am currently allowed to do. Does one still need a vax to enter??

You would need all your shots.

You've just proven to the board that there is no valid point for this last stand.

I (we all) saw scores of public statements made by the respected Dr, Fauci.

Like many scientists, he was constantly including in his statements weasel clauses like "to the best of our knowledge" or "As we're finding out with study" and always warning that recommendations could change.

This position that professionals getting better & changing best practices is proof that they were professionally deficient earlier is a stupid position. It garners laughs every time you write it.