@Mik said in Krugman on the looming economic disaster: @Larry said in Krugman on the looming economic disaster: Why should we take the word of the CDC and Fauci - both of them have been pretty much wrong at every step. As has everyone else. They still have the best information available. I think one of the things that Taiwan did well is we tried to take the politics out of it. When the crisis first started, the Taiwan CDC was "put in charge" to do what was needed. Some of the things that they did would probably not have been did if politicians had to make the call.

Better video of the UK planes and the fly over BBC Video Laser Projection on Cliff of Dover link text

@jon-nyc said in On Scotus and the election: It’s not obvious someone other than Trump would promise before being elected that the Federalist Society would curate his list. Trump had to do that, or felt he did anyway, to reassure the Christian Right given his less than stellar resume as a cultural conservative. I agree but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t fit the Trump Doctine. Call it serendipity.

@Doctor-Phibes said in No one can ever recover: We have a friend who's a GP in the UK and she says this isn't true. At least, that was impression I got from her when we were having a discussion about death certificates. She indicated she'd signed a death certificate with 'cardiac arrest' even though the heart attack was most likely caused by Covid. Good point. "He died of a heart attack after he got shot in the chest" might be classified as a cardiac arrest, but the proximate cause is something different. I think we don't know enough about this virus, even now, to really have a reasonable conversation (did I just say that?) about what the "cause of death" is. OTOH, I saw a story about a guy in Florida who died after a motorcycle crash. He tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and he was listed as a "COVID-19" mortality. Go figure.

I wonder if a looted business owner could sue the crap out of DeBlasio?

@George-K said in Trump: "I have liver cancer, 2 months into chemo, but I'm OK working": Can you imagine Teh Donald and Pelosi sharing some whiskey on a Friday night? I would watch that so hard.

@George-K said in Russian collusion: NYT vs FBI narratives: I want to know what sources the NYT used for this reporting. Probably "unnamed sources in the FBI..." An NYT source doesn’t mean what it used to.

I got a credit for .01 cents last month for something with some stock. I also remember a shitload of people filing for 100 something for experian and got nothing. Good luck getting through the form and reading mindless crap. If you get your $25 you can crow right here. I run a 6 and my only interest is reading this thread updated.

What happened to the 'audit the Fed' crowd?

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@taiwan_girl said in Georgia Governor Says No Mask: Head of US CDC says if everyone wore mask for 4-6 weeks, COVID would be under control Was he one of the guys who said that we'll flatten the curve in a few weeks, then we can go back to normal?

@Horace said in The Last Swastika: Sounds like a Tuesday for most all Trump supporters. FIFY.

Blood type now deemed not a factor says two studies, Mass Gen and Columbia Presbyterian. Article in NYT. That took a long time given the number of cases. Doesn’t give me a warm feeling about reliability of everything we read.

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@jon-nyc said in Suit goes forward...: Much better reporting on it here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/16/trump-supporters-libel-case-against-msnbcs-joy-reid-lives/ I hope La Liberte has people behind her funding this. It’s really important to take this level of impunity away from these fucks in the media and they’re defending vigorously. I think this issue is something most Americans can agree on.