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All we can do is hope that the party we put back in control isn't as bad as the party we kicked out.

Is it wrong to want more from government than that?

On a brighter note, Senator Rand Paul has tested positive.


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Originally Posted by pondering_it_all
My wife and I have three modest rental properties we bought over a lifetime of work for our retirement income. We have always had the policy not to ever raise the rent on people because tenants move out often enough. Now I'm going to have to tell our management company not to evict tenants if they can't pay the rent.

The three of us brothers own one modest condo each as part of a family LLC, and I am bracing for a tenant that won't be able to pay as well.
Ever since being put out to pasture in my job due to failing eyesight and hearing, I depend on that monthly payment, so when it dries up, it's going to hurt.


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Originally Posted by pdx rick
The Trump Administration was warned as early as January 2017 about the dangers of a pandemic when the Obama Administration briefed them as part of handing over the keys. In October 2019 a report was issued by members of this administration about the lack of equipment. In January 2020, intel reports warned about the dangers of the coronavirus.

The Trump Administration did nothing for way too long.

It's the "bin Laden determined to attack US targets" thing all over again, which is why I smell the biggest Trump power grab in history all over again.

Can't wait to hear the jackboots clicking, cue Enabling Act in three - two - one...

But her emails, but Biden has blood on his hands...and most damning of all..."Bernie isn't electable".

Sigh, it's going to be a very long seventy years.
Thank God I won't be around for all of them.
But my kids, that's another story frown


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Originally Posted by Greger
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All we can do is hope that the party we put back in control isn't as bad as the party we kicked out.

Is it wrong to want more from government than that?

On a brighter note, Senator Rand Paul has tested positive.

Well, he's going to have to pull himself up by his own bootstraps.
Maybe John Galt can open the gate to "The Gulch" and throw him in.


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Originally Posted by Jeffery J. Haas
but Biden has blood on his hands

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That seems like a quote from me.
See Jeff, I don't think as you do and when some corporate ass hat has voted to take us to war on phony intelligence, obvious to any but the willfully obtuse, I believe that should count.

You, apparently, act like it means nothing. Odd for a self described lefty but I'm also on record saying your statements have often been incoherent to me.

Flex on comrade.

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As we’re the most obese nation on earth, I’m assuming that will contribute to the mortality rates in a significant way.

You might be surprised on that. Certainly, morbid WalMart-shopper level obesity is a serious health risk, but being overweight may actually help patients get through an acute illness. I did some work with a PhD in Nutrition a while back and he had real data and journal papers on fattening up patients before surgery to get lower mortality. Obese people often do not heal well following surgery because you can't suture fat layers together, so they get infected pockets with low blood flow. That means poor access for the immune system. But nobody gets surgery for Covid-19.

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I see the Trump Administration is bumping into that pesky Liberal reality again:

Trump Administration Considering Opening Obamacare Enrollment

The justice Department is supporting 20 states seeking a Supreme Court ruling ACA is unconstitutional, but:
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The Trump administration is considering opening up a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act to help uninsured Americans during the coronavirus crisis, Politico and The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
I suspect within a couple of weeks the Justice Department will drop out, and then the states will start dropping out too.

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The trick, of course, is to start hammering Terrible Trump, RIGHT NOW! The ex-republican group, the Lincoln Project is having no problem with ads but the Dems? Not so much, so far (I am hoping!)

Here is one from the Lincoln Project:

The Media too is starting to get specific: https://crooksandliars.com/2020/03/rachel-maddow-warns-networks-dangers


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Wasn't Maddow making car payments pushing the Russian Hoax for the last three years?

I should know by now but it still shocks me that anyone holds her in any kind of regard.

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The key is to get Twitter to enforce their "no Covid Misinformation" policy, including from Trump. Then get the FTC to enforce "Covid misinformation equals fraud" over broadcast TV, radio, and the internet". Of course, that might actually help Trump get reelected, in effect gluing his mouth shut so we are not reminded every day what a jerk he is.

Maybe we could extend that to Trump officials, like those who told us last week to go buy stocks. I hope Trump's supporters did!

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