03-23-2020, 08:04 AM | #22051 |
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'I’m going to keep pushing.' Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic | Science | AAAS
Fauci says so much with so little. He is a god damn hero. |
03-23-2020, 08:12 AM | #22052 | |
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03-23-2020, 08:19 AM | #22053 |
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Talk about the classic definition of demagogue.
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03-23-2020, 08:19 AM | #22054 |
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Over the last few years, I've had a fair amount of contempt for the decent and smart people who have stayed with the administration and given it credibility so that they could "do good from the inside." I've generally considered them cowards.
But Fauci has gotten me to realize that I was being way too simplistic in my thinking. We really do need smart and decent people on the inside, and thank God we have one right now. |
03-23-2020, 08:29 AM | #22055 |
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03-23-2020, 08:30 AM | #22056 |
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I wonder if you polled JUST Trump supporters if they could only hear from one person during this situation, either Fauci or Trump, who they would pick.
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03-23-2020, 08:36 AM | #22057 | |
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Not everyone is looking to gain, personally or politically. We've seen several of them speak up over the past several months. |
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03-23-2020, 09:05 AM | #22058 |
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03-23-2020, 09:08 AM | #22059 |
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Can you imagine if Trump tries to replace him? Holy shit...
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03-23-2020, 09:12 AM | #22060 |
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It's ironic that Republicans might lose votes in the Senate right now due to self-quarantine Republican senators.
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03-23-2020, 09:14 AM | #22061 |
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Fauci has the most job security of anyone right now. I am looking forward to his memoirs one day.
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03-23-2020, 09:14 AM | #22062 | |
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I think that's being overplayed. The basic idea that they need some Dems to get to 60 and then the House was true before any quarantines.
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03-23-2020, 10:35 AM | #22063 |
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I think this week is going to be truly insane. Wouldn't at all be surprised at all if we see a meltdown from him that makes everything we've seen to date tame by comparison.
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03-23-2020, 10:38 AM | #22064 |
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Agreed. This week could be incredible for everything. I'm sort of dreading it, but thankful that I'm home.
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03-23-2020, 11:10 AM | #22066 |
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Moscow Mitch currently on the senate floor destroying the dems with claims that include them trying to attach the green new deal to the stimulus bill. I hope that’s not true. You really can’t believe anything anymore.
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03-23-2020, 11:10 AM | #22067 |
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Hearing the false indignation in his voice disgusts me.
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03-23-2020, 11:12 AM | #22068 |
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Not sure why the House doesn't just pass a sensible bill and make the discussion about whether the Senate chooses to pass it or not.
Maybe the members are not all there? |
03-23-2020, 11:14 AM | #22069 |
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He is painting them into a corner. If they pass today he is the hero that got it done. If they don’t he is painting them as the villain.
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03-23-2020, 11:16 AM | #22070 |
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It isn't like they don't have access to microphones.
The Dems need to grow a spine and not cave. Lives and the American economy are at stake. Last edited by albionmoonlight : 03-23-2020 at 11:16 AM. |
03-23-2020, 11:20 AM | #22071 | |
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This. Arguing piece by piece on GOP territory is a losing game. Pass the bill you want and show the different priorities to the people.
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03-23-2020, 11:24 AM | #22072 |
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The House decided not to be a part of this at the beginning of the process, and didn't want to be around until there was something to vote on, thereby abdicating to the Senate. I think it should have started in the House as I've said, and frankly that's on Pelosi at least in part. She chose to let McConnell set the agenda, probably out of a desire to not appear partisan in a crisis. But if you're going to play it that way then you need to have a better endgame plan on this bill than the one we're currently seeing. This deadlock is good for nobody.
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03-23-2020, 11:27 AM | #22073 |
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Didn't the House pass a package last week, only for the Senate to ignore it? What am I missing here?
(I've been a bit sick and rather tired over the past few days, so I haven't paid as much attention as I normally do, so I apologize if I have erred.) This is what I'm referring to: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ouse-vote.html Last edited by Comey : 03-23-2020 at 11:28 AM. |
03-23-2020, 11:28 AM | #22074 |
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GOP moving quickly to let 'em die:
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03-23-2020, 11:31 AM | #22075 |
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That was passed by the Senate and signed into law by Trump and was the second relief bill (first being the initial response one) . What's under discussion now is an entirely different bill, the 'third phase'; stimulus via direct payments to individuals and businesses, funding for medical professionals needs, loans etc. to attempt to keep the economy afloat.
ETA: It's cute to see people in official capacities pretending that we could preserve the 'booming' economy in the midst of a pandemic under any circumstance. That bald-faced lie alone should (but won't) be enough to disqualify them from re-election. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 03-23-2020 at 11:33 AM. |
03-23-2020, 11:32 AM | #22076 |
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So how can there have been two bills passed if the House did nothing?
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03-23-2020, 11:33 AM | #22077 |
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yeah, Schumer isn't letting McConnell set the debate:
Jake Sherman on Twitter: "SCHUMER: “We Democrats are trying to get things done, not making partisan speech after partisan speech.†SCHUMER reminds McConnell that Mnuchin and Ueland are in with him — while McConnell is on the floor. Man, things have gotten rough." He says they're close, but won't let the bill proceed in this vote until all the i's are dotted and t's crossed.
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03-23-2020, 11:35 AM | #22078 | |
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They've done nothing since the second bill. Nobody's saying they haven't done anything coronavirus-related at all. . They literally left on recess and said they weren't returning until there was something to vote on, even though they should be taking the lead and both parties strongly agreed massive economic stimulus was necessary. |
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03-23-2020, 11:57 AM | #22079 | |
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Which is so strange since the hardest hit will be a large part of their base. |
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03-23-2020, 11:58 AM | #22080 |
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Our company told us they have a week to get this done. Sooner the better, after that, it's gonna get really, really sporty.
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03-23-2020, 12:39 PM | #22081 |
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Delta has been reporting profits in the low billions for years now, where did all that go? Stock buy backs? Bonuses? I know this is a hard hit area, but I'm a bit unclear how a company that built up profits of probably 20-30 billion over the last 5 years is undone like 3 weeks in to a travel bomb. Their revenue was like 46b and expenses around 40b...and they are not going to zero right now since airlines are carrying cargo.
Maybe I just don't understand balance sheets either but most carriers have cut costs by furloughing people and parking planes, so where is all the $$$$?
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03-23-2020, 12:48 PM | #22082 |
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Assume they had two years worth of profits saved up and they were able to cut costs by a quarter. That's 12b savings, 30b in costs. In other words, they'd run out of money in a few months. And you know they don't have that much, most corporations are constantly putting their money to use in some way. Stock buybacks yes, or investing in some other thing, or bonuses, or whatever they think is best.
This has always been the risk of the way modern economies run. You don't keep up with the Joneses by putting money away and being conservative. You do it by buying on credit, running tight margins, etc. Most of the time it works. Times like this it's asking for disaster. Short-term thinking, relying on credit at every level of the economy - just look at credit cards, consumer car loans averaging over $500/mo. in payments for something that loses half it's value the second you drive it off the lot, etc. The piper is rounding the bend, and he isn't happy. When you make decisions assuming the future will be like the past, bad things happen eventually. |
03-23-2020, 12:58 PM | #22083 |
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I guess I was not thinking about profit sharing and re-investment, I thought that would be covered in the expenses (like if an airline bought an oil refinery it would already be reflected in the numbers). Do any of these corporations actually save some of their profits for a rainy day, or just buy stock back and pay bonuses?
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03-23-2020, 01:00 PM | #22084 |
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Dems have blocked today's vote as well..And Senators are still gathering in groups on the floor. Didn't they learn from Rand Paul?
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03-23-2020, 01:07 PM | #22085 | |
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03-23-2020, 01:09 PM | #22086 | |
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Delta sold theirs and they lost a lot of money on it. Like Brian said, it's a very tight industry. If you don't spend what your competitors, both foreign and domestic, spend on any one area you will lose market share. It's all about the investment to maintain market share. That means, safety, reliability, schedule controls, service, efficiency. If you lose in any one of those areas you're going to lose your advantage. Try and do all that, turn a profit, and do things better than your competitors. It's not an industry that lets you be conservative. A company with an increasingly small market share is a company that will go out of business unless it makes some major changes.
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03-23-2020, 01:15 PM | #22087 |
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The mixed messages from this administration, while not surprising, are completely maddening.
trump puts out that tweet, then a bunch of retweets, basically stating he thinks we need to loosen up. Meanwhile the Surgeon General is saying this week is going to be much worse and the secretary of defense is telling us about how the field hospitals being set up. |
03-23-2020, 01:16 PM | #22088 |
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Saw the Pelosi speech. I have no idea why she spoke about ACA concerns and asking Trump to stop the attack on it.
I would have spent the time spelling out why there is a stalemate - talk about the Dems plan, the slush fund, talk about lack of accountability etc. whatever. |
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03-23-2020, 01:20 PM | #22090 | |
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And more states are taking action on their own with shelter in place including West Virginia. Wish they'd just do it nationally. |
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03-23-2020, 02:46 PM | #22091 | |
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03-23-2020, 02:58 PM | #22092 |
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03-23-2020, 03:00 PM | #22093 | |
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03-23-2020, 03:42 PM | #22094 | |
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oh but she's so scared to say anything bad... fighting against tyranny might jeopardize her electibility... |
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03-23-2020, 04:20 PM | #22095 | |
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Oh okay. I didn’t see that press conference. Still seem better if the Dems talked about why there was a stalemate, the sticking points etc |
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03-23-2020, 06:32 PM | #22096 | |
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The Trump Administration is currently suing to end the ACA. It is going to head to the Supreme Court in the next year. Would be a real inopportune time for a bunch of people to lose their health care. |
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03-23-2020, 07:07 PM | #22097 |
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Congress being Congress. Trying to figure out how to pad their own pockets, one way or another.
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03-23-2020, 07:38 PM | #22098 | |
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03-23-2020, 09:41 PM | #22099 |
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Well, the democratic House bill is out:
Sahil Kapur on Twitter: "House Democrats just introduced their $2.5 trillion coronavirus stimulus package. The 1,404 page bill: https://t.co/yBZCJH8IJH The one-page summary 👇… https://t.co/SMhyvJsPsE"
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03-23-2020, 09:56 PM | #22100 |
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No bill will be perfect, and there's a lot of good stuff in there. But IMO
** It's a mistake to assume large corporations will be fine. They're an easy target but having no targeted bailouts to them here according to the summary is a big mistake; they are no less vital to the economy than small businesses. ** I don't see anything specifically mentioned in there relating to ramping-up the needed equipment production, or appropriating buildings to be used for quarantine purposes, etc. It does no good to require PPE of health care facilities if there aren't any PPE to be had. I don't know how much of that is under Trump's purview and how much is Congress's. ** I don't think this is the right time to be worrying about educational institutions. Get through the pandemic first, then concern yourselves with them. If they have to shut down for a year then so be it, we have bigger problems at the moment. |
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