Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

I know, right? Can't believe these guys support this charlatan. Folks, he ain't what he appears to be. 

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Rod:

I think CNN is scare-mongering for political gain here.  We all expected an increase when the lock downs ended.  If you scroll through the Johns Hopkins and Worldometer data you will see that the increases are quite manageable.  In many cases the expected increases have not materialized.  

California has a "scary" looking trend in the raw infection graph for example, reproduced below.  But California is still at a manageable 123 deaths per million.  Compare that to NY at 1577 deaths per million or NJ at 1404.  I would like to see what is happening with California's rate of positive tests too. I may look for that later.  The rate of positive tests is a good control to determine whether the actual infection rate is increasing, or whether the apparent infection rate is going up because of more testing.  Trump may well lose the election (to the eternal joy of the CNN staff), but I don't think that any small and predictable Covid 19 spikes in June or July will be the cause.*

Jim

* A big-time resurgence in September-October could be the nail in Trump's coffin (metaphorically).  Look for CNN to start touting the fall Covid 19 resurgence in about August.

J

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I just looked at that and let me just say how stupid the author's assertion is.

I've never seen the SS referred to as the S.S.  (with periods after each).

Do you not recognize the difference?

Since Schutzstaffel is a single German word, perhaps Trump's tweet had no goofiness to it at all, and maybe the author and you are the stupid ones who are looking for a reason to criticize him for his every utterance?

Did that ever cross your mind?  I doubt that it did, because that would take some sort of intellect on your part.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Rod,

Did you see the clap-back the mayor of Seattle did to Trump when he was threatening to send troops into her city? She said, and I'm paraphrasing, "Why don't you make us all safer and shut-up and go back to your bunker!" It's pretty amazing to see the POTUS get into these Twitter feuds with other political leaders, especially when he has no authority to act. It just makes him look weak and pathetic. Especially now that the military has broken ranks with his desire to used federal military powers for domestic law-enforcement. The only real question left is who else can our idiot POTUS alienate? Is there anyone else left at this point?

Originally Posted by James Brown

It would be nice if you actually read and responded to what I wrote.  As I noted just yesterday,  If the Biden campaign makes "we need to defund police" a central plank, that will lock down my vote for Trump.

J

Originally Posted by James Lacey

There is reporting today that Trump is being advised to change his tone regarding the sweeping cultural change we are seeing unfolding in front of us. In entirely predictable fashion though, Trump is doubling down and digging in and continuing to make tone-deaf and insensitive comments. This man's political arsenal is entirely impotent.

Originally Posted by James Brown

One really bad day.  The markets are crazy right now.  This surprises me no more than 27500 did on Tuesday.

Jim