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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

August 22, 2020 12:49 PM Forum: Politics

ROK Air Force Videos

Posted By Rod Kaufman

How come we don't have videos like these?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_YCS-bzUy4
and:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q5vs7KuO2E
PS There's even a shot of an observatory in the korean language video with a large scope pointed at Orion. I'm guessing it's a 40-50" scope. They don't miss anything...

August 23, 2020 10:57 PM Forum: Politics

Sisters Just Know

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Trumptoids don't care. They care about Q. And so should you. Because they said so. They're good people. Represented by Trump...and Fox news. 

August 23, 2020 11:37 PM Forum: Politics

Sisters Just Know

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Here we have it from the head Trumptoid himself, "Who Cares?!"
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dismisses-secret-audio-of-sister-calling-him-cruel-who-cares

August 25, 2020 03:10 AM Forum: Politics

Sisters Just Know

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

Speaking of a turd, that's what comes to mind when I think about Kamala.
Well, since you routinely describe Democrats as excrement, that's the Darian default position that everybody on the forum already knows...

August 25, 2020 03:26 AM Forum: Politics

Sisters Just Know

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Here's who's not sticking with Trump: his own people!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics/trump-maryanne-conway-former-officials/index.html

August 25, 2020 05:25 AM Forum: Politics

Sisters Just Know

Posted By Rod Kaufman

As the Trump supporters were chanting four more years today at the convention, Trump said, how about 12...

August 25, 2020 07:21 AM Forum: Politics

Sisters Just Know

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by James Brown

Goodness.  Even Trump can joke, and he has a keen sense of what will spin up those who hate him the most.
Trump said as much when he told his fan club to chant it. Well, nobody ever accused Trump of being presidential. Then he proceeded to state Covid was being whipped-up to cheat him out of an election with Trumptoids in the background saying, "It is, it is"! Nothing like whipping up the base, too, as if they needed to hear it...

August 24, 2020 02:20 AM Forum: Politics

Major Trump Announcement This Evening!

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
A "new" therapeutic for treating Covid, or as Trump calls it, "The CHINA virus". I thought hydrox was supposed to be the "game changer", oh well, we got a new one:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-to-reveal-coronavirus-breakthrough-therapeutic-wh-press-secretary-says
When I read the headline on Fox, I thought he was going to make his long awaited announcement on healthcare insurance, previously referred by him as the "biggest and the best at the lowest cost", the one that was supposed to be announced two weeks ago. Here it is:
Let's hope it works better than hydox...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/23/health/covid-19-convalescent-plasma-eua-white-house/index.html

August 24, 2020 04:57 AM Forum: Politics

Major Trump Announcement This Evening!

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"there is not yet randomized clinical trial data on convalescent plasma to treat Covid-19. Some of those trials are underway."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/23/health/covid-19-convalescent-plasma-eua-white-house/index.html

August 24, 2020 06:30 AM Forum: Politics

Major Trump Announcement This Evening!

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by James Lacey


It's so obvious it's just another politically motivated move. Why oh why, only three days after they revoked the EUA for convalescent plasma (CP) due to middling data at best on its efficacy, did the FDA do an about-face? It's hard to imagine any reason outside of political pressure or undue influence. I suppose it's far better than the snake-oil he has been peddling though. I wouldn't call it a game-changer by any means; it's more like a small development they are over-hawking. There is no way you would ever be able to generate the amount of CP necessary to treat everyone within three days of testing positive.
I don't know if you saw Trump's announcement together with a follow up by an administration official, but this it was presented like some sort of revelation. Blatantly political  to be sure. "Even if this approach does work, convalescent plasma has limitations.
As for limitations:
"There's a limited donor pool -- it goes away as an epidemic wanes," Woodcock said. "It is not a standardized intervention and requires a blood type match for administration, which can be problematic in many settings.""