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What's Goin' On?

Stanford's John Ioannidis, who really knows his stuff, has released a preprint of an article that analyses mortality rates of Covid-19 in folks > 80 years of age versus folks < 65 years of age. I found the preprint because it was referenced from a site that BlueRepublic had linked to in his COVID-19 Deep Dive - Swiss Propaganda Research essay.

America doesn't have a functioning democracy

I'd like to focus on something other than the Democratic Party's sham primary. The reason is this: though it takes a leader to lead a movement, the movement is--must be--independent of the leader. People projected onto Bernie a genuine hope that he could change the Democratic Party, either by taking it over or at least pulling it further left, and that by so doing America's political landscape itself would be improved.

Hot Air

The Federal Government has failed us remarkably with regards to COVID-19. Not only were they not prepared for any pandemic; they purposefully did not act. They did not ramp up testing, they did not provide the essential PPE, they lagged on guidelines for social distancing. And now there are reports of the feds “reallocating” medical supplies for political purposes.

Remember that the first confirmed case of coronavirus was Nov 17. That’s five months ago. The WHO shipped their first tests on Feb 4, the same day that the first faulty CDC test kits were sent out.

Democrat Cuomo and Republican Trump share blame for the needless deaths of thousands of Americans due to COVID-19; illustrate one huge problem with American politics

Governor Cuomo and POTUS Trump both delayed enacting policies that demonstrably have saved thousands of lives elsewhere in the country and the world. They did so because of their own egos. Trump's is a well-known matter of record now. Here's Cuomo's statement in early March on the pandemic:

Biden is another Rorschach's test

Biden is running on the Most Progressive Platform ever. Seriously? Has anyone even heard what Biden is running on? Joe has got humanity?

I don't know what word I want to use here, but Obama has some huge brass balls to say what he does here.

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