More Banjo: Coronavirus And Sports

[mraynrand]

If trump decides to say maybe the earth is flat - 90% of people on that twitter thread would start believing.

This is true. Just as we’d exonerate him if he gunned someone down in cold blood on 5th Avenue. Conservatives forgive felonies so long as they’re committed by our guy.

[bobblehead]

If trump decides to say maybe the earth is flat - 90% of people on that twitter thread would start believing.

If Trump declared the earth to be round 90% of the people on the left would hysterically declare it to be flat. The media would immediately have experts on declaring how dangerous it is for the president to be saying things like this. Nancy would impeach him for defying the church.

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

I didn’t care about the politics just the observations that people aren’t seeing much of anything. That’s also true in my community which is among the most left leaning congressional districts in the nation.

Yeah, I was not making a statement on the politics per se, just giving you comments from the twitter feed you referenced. Another thing I am noticing from other forums, and I guess this is another human failing, is if somebody has a different opinion, that person is now the enemy. I can assure you that is not my intent when I state my opinion on this forum.

[Fosco33]

If Trump declared the earth to be round 90% of the people on the left would hysterically declare it to be flat. The media would immediately have experts on declaring how dangerous it is for the president to be saying things like this. Nancy would impeach him for defying the church.

�� nice!

For sure Idocracy is our shared human condition

[mraynrand]

Yeah, I was not making a statement on the politics per se, just giving you comments from the twitter feed you referenced. Another thing I am noticing from other forums, and I guess this is another human failing, is if somebody has a different opinion, that person is now the enemy. I can assure you that is not my intent when I state my opinion on this forum.

I am the enemy of the people.

Wait, I meant ‘envy’

[mraynrand]

Someone just ran the numbers this morning:

"He now says both that the U.K. should have enough ICU beds and that the coronavirus will probably kill under 20,000 people in the U.K. - more than 1/2 of whom would have died by the end of the year in any case bc they were so old and sick."
https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/sta...34237773107200

https://www.newscientist.com/article...pert-predicts/

"expert predicts"

[call_me_ishmael]

If Trump declared the earth to be round 90% of the people on the left would hysterically declare it to be flat. The media would immediately have experts on declaring how dangerous it is for the president to be saying things like this. Nancy would impeach him for defying the church.

This is so stupid and obviously false.

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

Someone just ran the numbers this morning:

"He now says both that the U.K. should have enough ICU beds and that the coronavirus will probably kill under 20,000 people in the U.K. - more than 1/2 of whom would have died by the end of the year in any case bc they were so old and sick."
https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/sta...34237773107200

https://www.newscientist.com/article...pert-predicts/

"expert predicts"

Soylent green! Loosely based on the novel 'make room'.

[texaspackerbacker]

If Trump declared the earth to be round 90% of the people on the left would hysterically declare it to be flat. The media would immediately have experts on declaring how dangerous it is for the president to be saying things like this. Nancy would impeach him for defying the church.

And some on the good side of things would probably quibble that it's more like 98% round.

[texaspackerbacker]

This is true. Just as we’d exonerate him if he gunned someone down in cold blood on 5th Avenue. Conservatives forgive felonies so long as they’re committed by our guy.

hahahahaha I thought you weren't a pragmatist ....... or was this more of your famous s word again?

[mraynrand]

hahahahaha I thought you weren't a pragmatist ....... or was this more of your famous s word again?

Look what sarcasm reveals!

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

So when Gov Evers declared all 'non-essential' businesses shut down, I expected a ghost town the next day but many many businesses were still open even some that I would never expect to be essential. One was a company that recycles/salvages wood products and then resells for new construction/remodels. Go figure...

[texaspackerbacker]

The first thing I noticed is this is almost a pro-trump blog, and from what I am seeing, this hoax conspiracy thing seems to be splitting along party lines. And isn't a lock down supposed to be preventative? So not seeing coronavirus in your particular area (yet?) does not really prove anything, certainly not that it is a hoax, or a democratic conspiracy. There is just too much evidence to the contrary. The other thing the twitter feed did was illustrate why it is so difficult to slow/stop a pandemic, and why sometimes force (mandated lock downs and somethimes actual force) is needed, as many many people believe what they want to believe.

Who in here do you see claiming that it is a "hoax"? Bobblehead suggested that maybe it resulted from Chicom bioweapon experimentation ....... far-fetched, but Communism being what it is, not unbelievable. Rand and Howard probably haven't been as adamant as I have, but they definitely have talked about the mildness of the corona thing, both in an absolute sense and in comparison to other things that have clearly killed a lot more with a whole lot less fanfare and forced sacrifice and suffering. We are the ones speaking common sense and normalcy. If you see a political divide here (and even that isn't 100% - a couple of non-leftists in here are about as misguided as the bad guys), it is the usual suspects - leftist shitheads - hoping against desperate hope that this thing would drag down Trump.

Nobody is saying the virus itself is a "hoax". A lot of people are getting it; Some old sick people are dying from it. That doesn't fit the definition of "hoax". The overreaction, though, is clear and obvious. And one side definitely doesn't mind having Good Normal Americans sacrificing and suffering - after all, We are the ones who elected the guy they hate so much.

[mraynrand]

So when Gov Evers declared all 'non-essential' businesses shut down, I expected a ghost town the next day but many many businesses were still open even some that I would never expect to be essential. One was a company that recycles/salvages wood products and then resells for new construction/remodels. Go figure...

The Ohio shut down document had so many exceptions it was much more useful as toilet paper.

[LEWCWA]

The Ohio shut down document had so many exceptions it was much more useful as toilet paper.

lol- no kidding, when liquor stores are deemed essential, it is nothing more than window dressing. I guess, maybe the liquor is needed to keep people sane what do I know.