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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

October 27, 2020 02:50 AM Forum: Politics

Post Election Analysis: Why Trump Lost...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by James Brown

According to the article Covid first infected the densely populated (blue) cities and is now infecting the rural areas.  I don't think politics has much to do with it.  My own data extracted from World-o-Meter posted just above actually supports your premise better than and with less bias than this article.

In any case, if the big cities relax the rules a bit to try to help their restaurant and entertainment sectors, Covid will surge there too.  It is a difficult balancing act.  Kudos to the many governors who are grappling with these issues of concern.

Jim
Kudos to those governors. The governor of South Dakota and a current GOP all-star, isn't one of them. Besides chalking up the surge of covid in her state to, "We're doing more testing, so it's to be expected!" while ignoring the dramatic increases in hospitalizations, she leaves the job of contact tracing to the infected patients! Yup, you read that right, sick people in South Dakota are expected to do their own contact tracing. Good luck with that...

October 27, 2020 03:09 AM Forum: Politics

Post Election Analysis: Why Trump Lost...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

Jim, eventually this will run it's course. Isn't the actual death rate rather small? I'm still under the impression that there is a difference between deaths directly from the virus and deaths of individuals with severe health problems who have tested positive. In other words, I'm somewhat skeptical about the 240,000+ deaths being accurate. I'm inclined to think that the average healthy person doesn't have a lot to worry about. The virus is almost portrayed as a death sentence in the media. Most people feel ill for a few days and get better.

As I've stated previously, I live my life in as normal a manner as possible. I'm concerned about the general effect on people's lives resulting from restrictions decreed by government officials.
Like the experts, I'm skeptical as well that the current USA death rate of 225,000+ is accurate. It's likely far higher than that. Ditto for the million+ internationally...

October 27, 2020 07:01 AM Forum: Politics

Post Election Analysis: Why Trump Lost...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck
My niece who is 10 years younger than me at 52 and is in very good health with no pre existing conditions has caught Covid. She got a fever last Thursday, had a test done Friday, and she got the positive results on Saturday. 

She is an elementary school teacher and her school now has an large outbreak. My older sister was with her on Tuesday for the evening and I saw my sister for 15 minutes on Wednesday inside my house with no masks. I’m waiting to see if she tests positive or not, but as of June when I had a blood test I had the antibodies. I probably had it in February when we got back from a Florida trip.

My niece says her symptoms are like a bad sinus infection and her fever is now down.

BTW she and her husband are anti maskers and pro trump. Just saying. 
Hopefully everybody will be alright.
CNN just carried the story today of a protrumper who didn't believe in Covid and, like others, died because of it.

October 27, 2020 08:20 AM Forum: Politics

Post Election Analysis: Why Trump Lost...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

The CDC performed a controlled study, which was of course ignored by the leftist media.

It found this:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/14/cdc-study-85-of-coronavirus-patients-reported-wearing-masks-always-or-often/
That "study" has been picked to pieces so many times, and it doesn't support or conclude what you think it does, not by a longshot...Here's what the CDC does state:
Wear masks with two or more layers to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Wear the mask over your nose and mouth and secure it under your chin.
Masks should be worn by people two years and older.

October 26, 2020 08:30 AM Forum: Politics

Post Election Analysis: Why Trump Lost...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2kBHzieyqo

October 26, 2020 10:09 AM Forum: Politics

We have reached peak weirdness.....

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by David Cotterell
Not the same woman.


But why?

Dave
Why indeed!
Geez...

October 26, 2020 11:11 PM Forum: Politics

We have reached peak weirdness.....

Posted By Rod Kaufman

It's not Botox. The dentition is different, too...

October 26, 2020 11:23 PM Forum: Politics

We have reached peak weirdness.....

Posted By Rod Kaufman

There's more than one stand-in:
https://sports.yahoo.com/fake-melania-conspiracy-theory-resurfaces-192220240.html

October 27, 2020 07:30 AM Forum: Politics

We have reached peak weirdness.....

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Steven Moore
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a34480399/fake-melania-trump-conspiracy-theory/
I don't find this article any more compelling than the one in yahoo that presents the opposite side of the coin. Anyhow, as far as conspiracy theories go, this one it tame compared to the mega nutzoid QAnon "theories" that are in prominent display at the Trump rallies. It's also miniscule compared to Trump's debunked nutzoid theories that Obama and Biden and the "deep state" spied on him... 

October 27, 2020 08:25 AM Forum: Politics

We have reached peak weirdness.....

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Since not one person here subscribes to, nor even knows what QAnon is, you're pissing down your own leg.  

You though came on here telling the world that Melania isn't Melania.

I'll say it again, you prove daily just how DUMB a leftist tool can be and what a leftist tool looks like.  
Oh really, nobody here knows what QAnon is? Does this sound familiar?
"QAnon[a] (/ˌkjuːəˈnɒn/) is a far-right conspiracy theory.[b] It alleges that a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles is running a global child sex-trafficking ring and plotting against US President Donald Trump, who is battling against the cabal.[2] The theory also commonly asserts that Trump is planning a day of reckoning known as "The Storm", when thousands of members of the cabal will be arrested.[3][4] No part of the theory is based on fact.[5][6][7][8] QAnon has accused many liberal Hollywood actors, Democratic politicians, and high-ranking officials of being members of the cabal.[9] It also claimed that Trump feigned conspiracy with Russians to enlist Robert Mueller to join him in exposing the sex-trafficking ring and preventing a coup d'état by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and George Soros.[10][11]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon