American Politics

[EihTooms]

Well first of all, covid knows no politics. It effects various ethnicities and geographical locations differently. The Spanish flu for instance, hit America, Europe, India really hard, but not Asia. And ethnic groups within America were disproportionately affected, especially those of Native American descent.

If you insist on being political though, it probably didn't help the death count when blue state governors such as Whitmer and Cuomo ordered nursing homes to accept covid 19 patients. It is a fact that if you lived in a blue state during the pandemic you were 2. 9 times more likely to die of covid 19. If you were to subtract all of the blue state deaths from the national death count, the USA would have done quite well compared to the rest of the world. Too bad the democrat led states had to drag us down.

Of course, if we subtract the densely populated USA cities this virus loved and needed to move rapidly from human to human, most of which could be characterized as Blue cities in Blue states, we could not only proudly claim very low Covid-19 cases and deaths but also very low national economic strength and influence, very low national security preparedness centers, very low standards of living, very low tax revenue, very low higher education rates, etc.

I suppose it could be argued we would also have very low crime rates, too, but only for a little while until any other country with at least the military strength of Spain decides to invade, occupy and take whatever they want with very little resistance.

[EihTooms]

Aaaaand. Still no comment on Biden's handlers boosting Russia by okaying their pipeline while crippling America by cancelling ours.

First you'll need to explain and link your proof that any of that happened; specifically that canceling the Keystone Pipeline cripples America and that Biden has the power to ok or deny pipelines in Germany and/or Russia.

That's pretty damn universally powerful for a supposedly "senile old man" I would say.

[EihTooms]

So Trump is responsible for the virus in the entire world now, not just America? LOL. Never mind the Chicoms eh? Or Pelosi going round Chinatown hugging people and accusing Trump of "xenophobia" a month after he banned flights from China. Congratulations, you have reached hitherto unseen levels of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

I think I have been very clear that I would not hold Trump responsible for the virus, just his Pandemic.

I have no idea how the virus was born and neither does anyone else. The most common way is in nature and so that is why Fauci and most scientists familiar with the subject said that was the most likely source of origin before it spread in the Wuhan wet market. But, as Fauci has said many times, we should study the origins so we can better guard against any possible mistakes that were made along the way.

But if you feel better imagining it was created in a lab funded by the Trump administration, intentionally weaponized and released by the people Trump praised and thanked for their "transparency" and contribution to mythically ridding us of it in early 2020, that it popped out of a Jon Stewart comedy bit or whatever, have at it.

[PVMonger]

Of course, these clowns have whipped themselves into such an unhinged frenzy, some of them actually believe that if Trump hadn't been in the White House, the virus would never have entered America. Never mind that Trump banned flights from China in January 2020, while Sleepy Joe and Botox Nancy criticized him for "xenophobia" and said the virus wasn't serious (Pelosi famously went round hugging people in Chinatown at the end of February 2020).

They have no answer to facts like this, and the fact that Biden boosted Putin while crippling America by okaying the Russia-Germany pipeline while cancelling the Keystone pipeline. They simply have a Pavlovian reaction, conditioned by fake news, to oppose anything Trump does or says. He could quite literally say that the sky is blue and they would shriek that it isn't. There is a name for this well-known condition: Trump Derangement Syndrome.

"If Trump hadn't been in the White House, the virus would never have entered America." That's BS and you know it.

You fascists keep repeating "the travel ban was good" while, at the same time, reminding everybody that COVID was in the US as early as November. So, how can closing the barn doors be good if all of the horses have already escaped? That's all you fascists have, the travel ban and operation warp speed. You conveniently forget that you refused to count as lies all of trump's "it is one case", 'it will magically disappear", etc.

Gee, nobody has ever heard the term "Trump Derangement Syndrome" before. Did you just make that up? 'Cause that's brilliant. It must have come from someone suffering from "Trump Cult Syndrome."

[Chris P]

LOL. Priceless.

Aaaaand. Still no comment on Biden's handlers boosting Russia by okaying their pipeline while crippling America by cancelling ours.

[Chris P]

The US death rate of 1853/ million

Is normal for a Western country: https://www.statista.com/statistics/...n-inhabitants/.

Brazil, Italy, Belgium, Croatia, Poland, Argentina and the UK, among others, are all higher (though interestingly Sweden, which had no lockdown, is slightly lower).

Of course there is no way to accurately measure the cases per millions as so many people had the disease without knowing or reporting it. But most American and European countries are around the same level: the US is in no way an outlier (though it may have been an upper outlier if Trump had not banned flights from China in January 2020, which Biden and Pelosi opposed at the time).

[Chris P]

Trump's most significant contribution to the development and administration of the vaccines is his working mightily to create a worldwide need for them

So Trump is responsible for the virus in the entire world now, not just America? LOL. Never mind the Chicoms eh? Or Pelosi going round Chinatown hugging people and accusing Trump of "xenophobia" a month after he banned flights from China. Congratulations, you have reached hitherto unseen levels of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

[CrowExplorer]

And yet, trump left office with fewer people employed than when he took office.

Republikkkans will all say "Bbbbbbut COVID". They will conveniently forget that trump LIED about it for a year and personally caused the deaths of more Americans in 1 year than all of the US combat deaths in WWII.

Please explain WHY Thailand's Death rate per capita is 23/ million vs. The US death rate of 1853/ million and why Thailand's unemployment rate during COVID didn't nearly match the USA's. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator...ocations=TH-US https://www.worldometers.info/corona...=homeAdvegas1? COVID is COVID, right?

The only plausible explanation is that trump screwed the pooch but kkkonservative will do and say anything to try to BS the rest of us.

"You can lead idiots to wisdom but you can't make them think" perfectly describes the QOP!

Well first of all, covid knows no politics. It effects various ethnicities and geographical locations differently. The Spanish flu for instance, hit America, Europe, India really hard, but not Asia. And ethnic groups within America were disproportionately affected, especially those of Native American descent.

If you insist on being political though, it probably didn't help the death count when blue state governors such as Whitmer and Cuomo ordered nursing homes to accept covid 19 patients. It is a fact that if you lived in a blue state during the pandemic you were 2. 9 times more likely to die of covid 19. If you were to subtract all of the blue state deaths from the national death count, the USA would have done quite well compared to the rest of the world. Too bad the democrat led states had to drag us down.

[Chris P]

All I hear is "Orange man bad!

Seriously, you think if Biden, or anyone else had been in office, there would have been no covid outbreak? If we get a massive hurricane this fall, and people die, is it Bidens fault?

It's a highly contagious virus, short of locking everyone in the USA in separate cages for a month, there is really no way the spread could have been prevented.

All the lockdowns, cloth masks, etc were safety theater. So politicians can say "look! We're doing something to stop covid! Re-elect me please!

Of course, these clowns have whipped themselves into such an unhinged frenzy, some of them actually believe that if Trump hadn't been in the White House, the virus would never have entered America. Never mind that Trump banned flights from China in January 2020, while Sleepy Joe and Botox Nancy criticized him for "xenophobia" and said the virus wasn't serious (Pelosi famously went round hugging people in Chinatown at the end of February 2020).

They have no answer to facts like this, and the fact that Biden boosted Putin while crippling America by okaying the Russia-Germany pipeline while cancelling the Keystone pipeline. They simply have a Pavlovian reaction, conditioned by fake news, to oppose anything Trump does or says. He could quite literally say that the sky is blue and they would shriek that it isn't. There is a name for this well-known condition: Trump Derangement Syndrome.

[PVMonger]

That's a lot of hampster-wheeling to explain why we had record unemployment numbers under President Trump, yet it was somehow magically because of democrats, LOL.

It's very simple. Reduced government regulations are good for capitalism.

For example, in the USA, prostitution in almost all areas of the country is illegal (Highly regulated). These regulations lead to a shortage of ladies willing to offer services. Shortage of pussy=High prices.

In Mexico, prostitution is legal in most places, these lack of regulations leads to an abundance of ladies willing to offer services. Abundance of pussy=Lower prices.

And yet, trump left office with fewer people employed than when he took office.

Republikkkans will all say "Bbbbbbut COVID". They will conveniently forget that trump LIED about it for a year and personally caused the deaths of more Americans in 1 year than all of the US combat deaths in WWII.

Please explain WHY Thailand's Death rate per capita is 23/ million vs. The US death rate of 1853/ million and why Thailand's unemployment rate during COVID didn't nearly match the USA's. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator...ocations=TH-US https://www.worldometers.info/corona...=homeAdvegas1? COVID is COVID, right?

The only plausible explanation is that trump screwed the pooch but kkkonservative will do and say anything to try to BS the rest of us.

"You can lead idiots to wisdom but you can't make them think" perfectly describes the QOP!

[PVMonger]

If Biden is told about a gale force wind in Florida that he COULD turn into a hurricane that would kill hundreds of thousands of people and nearly destroy the U.S. economy for years to come if only he lied about its existence and, worse, drew a black marker arrow on a map showing it heading out to sea when he knew it wasn't and mocked known efforts to mitigate death and damage from it, then, yeah, Biden would and should be blamed for those deaths.

Oh, and let's have Biden also defunding and hobbling the "Hurricane Prevention and Response" systems a year prior to the event for no good reason economic or otherwise just to make this hypothetical Biden/Trump national security response analogy a bit more comparable to what Trump did.

Of course, a POTUS can't effect the growth, power and direction of a natural event like a gale force wind or a hurricane due to his disastrous economic decisions, his cowardice and lies about it the way one can and Trump did with the development of this virus from endemic to pandemic.

Thank god. If he could, Trump would have figured out a way to do that with every gale force wind that came along from January 2017 to January 2021.

Perfect analogy.

If the trump 4-year fiasco has taught us anything, it is that you can lead idiots to wisdom but you can't make them think.

[Xpartan]

https://youtu.be/qQq5xNsVHvg

LOL. Priceless.

An "utter, embarrassing train wreck" indeed.

Look into Hannity's eyes and you'll find Putin's soul.

[CrowExplorer]

The unemployment rate for every demographic had been declining steadily and dramatically since mid 2009, soon after the passage of the American Recovery and Re-investment Act was passed with virtually no Republican votes. I have posted the line charts for it here before. But any Bureau of Labor Statistics search will turn up the necessary historical charts and graphs.

The fact that it continued its steady and dramatic downward trajectory for several months after January 2017 while Trump played golf is not surprising. But it also had nothing to do with how well Trump played golf or, more likely, how well he cheated on his score card.

The other far more important factor in the blacks, hispanics and women unemployment rate decline and increased entry into the labor force than anything Trump or other Repubs would have a thing to do with was there had been a big movement in mostly Dem states and cities to begin incrementally raise the minimum wage. Minimum wage jobs being more likely than most filled by blacks, hispanics and women, those demographics were naturally enticed into taking jobs that would finally actually pay enough to survive..

That's a lot of hampster-wheeling to explain why we had record unemployment numbers under President Trump, yet it was somehow magically because of democrats, LOL.

It's very simple. Reduced government regulations are good for capitalism.

For example, in the USA, prostitution in almost all areas of the country is illegal (Highly regulated). These regulations lead to a shortage of ladies willing to offer services. Shortage of pussy=High prices.

In Mexico, prostitution is legal in most places, these lack of regulations leads to an abundance of ladies willing to offer services. Abundance of pussy=Lower prices.

[EihTooms]

I suppose the lowest unemployment under Trump ever for blacks, Hispanics and women is fake news too. More people were working in USA than ever before. You have no clue.

The unemployment rate for every demographic had been declining steadily and dramatically since mid 2009, soon after the passage of the American Recovery and Re-investment Act was passed with virtually no Republican votes. I have posted the line charts for it here before. But any Bureau of Labor Statistics search will turn up the necessary historical charts and graphs.

The fact that it continued its steady and dramatic downward trajectory for several months after January 2017 while Trump played golf is not surprising. But it also had nothing to do with how well Trump played golf or, more likely, how well he cheated on his score card.

The other far more important factor in the blacks, hispanics and women unemployment rate decline and increased entry into the labor force than anything Trump or other Repubs would have a thing to do with was there had been a big movement in mostly Dem states and cities to begin incrementally raise the minimum wage. Minimum wage jobs being more likely than most filled by blacks, hispanics and women, those demographics were naturally enticed into taking jobs that would finally actually pay enough to survive.

You know, the raises in the minimum wage that Trump and his fellow Repubs railed against then as now.

LOL. But they had no problem falsely taking credit for the lower unemployment rates, increases in the labor force and higher wages for those demographics that come about when you raise the minimum wage as long as the Dems were the ones making it happen. LOL. Typical Repub behavior.

[EihTooms]

HAHAHA! You think the fact Putin is praising Biden is good for Biden? Putin is sharp as a tack and wants a "president" stumbling and mumbling round the White House who doesn't know where he is or what he's doing. Biden has been fantastic for Putin, signing off on the Russia-Germany pipeline that Trump was blocking and crippling America's own energy production by cancelling the Keystone pipeline. Biden is a return to the predictable establishment norms, which Putin (and China) can and will run rings round.

https://youtu.be/qQq5xNsVHvg

LOL. Priceless.

An "utter, embarrassing train wreck" indeed.