I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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Yes, the covid preparedness was a total wipeout. Partly because the U.S. had a president who only wanted to act like one, but not do the blood, sweat and tears that go along with the title and the job. I know that things were VERY bad in the nursing homes, but I thought all congregate living and or working and or worshiping was almost equally bad. Still, since everything was pushed off on the governors so the other guy wouldn't have to involve himself, and then he bid against them when they tried to get needed supplies etc. No wonder it all went to hell in a handbasket. If there be any fortune, it was that the other guys gut didn't give him the right information much or he would have known he was going to have to actually do something and it made it so transparent who and what was at fault -- that although I was scared, the election proved that we can and did rid ourselves of the useless money-hogging tv watching piece of trash and get someone who intends to work his heart out for us.
It is a heartbreaker every time I see or hear the figure on how many have been lost to covid--just takes my breath away for a minute and see how much advancement has been made by taking the actual efforts whole heartedly that we expect our government to take, no question. We can easily see there is no substitute for competence.
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I read something today saying the countries with more deaths were countries with more obesity. Just because it's correlation doesn't mean it's causation. It would be interesting for someone to compare weight on admission to outcome. That wouldn't tell us it's a cause, but it would be a little bit more accurate. It could also be that we were able to better track the number of deaths.
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Lieutenant Governor here help lead a mask burning rally at the capitol, even though there never was a statewide mandate. I plan on testifying remotely on a bill before the House committee, one of several to discourage voting and make it more difficult. I may mention that stupid antics like that keep me away. Have avoided covid so far, and am very discouraged that the vaccine is hard to get if you don't meet age or other criteria. One pharmacy with a wait list saidd they could not give it in the hip/thigh since they are not trained for that.
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Amazon. There is several other states available. Going on my car as soon as it gets here. FBI is supposed to be opening an investigation on him for his vaccine antics.0 -
Jackie, you make a simple yet profound statement: There is no substitute for competence.
Barbara (Spookiesmom), I love that Amazon sells those kinds of bumper stickers! Wonder if anything will ever come of DeSantis and his vaccine scandal. Slap on the wrist, probably.
Bluegirl, it’s frustrating to hear of a big mask burning when masks have saved so many lives and continue to protect people; that it is a necessary piece of equipment for health care workers. The burning makes it seem like it’s something evil and I just can’t go there. It makes me feel like some people have been so coddled all their lives that they can only rise up against a....against a mask! One meant to keep you and others from sickness! I mean, come on, people! Smh
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Look steadily on the bright side of life.
Cultivate the grace of a good hope. Imitate
the fine optimism of those of whom it is said
that they could see stars where their neighbors
saw only an unbroken expanse of clouds.
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Ruth, I nearly spit out my coffee when I scrolled down to your post. That is so right. Those are the kind that hit you the hardest though. I too feel for those who have Reps. governors who are hell bent on doing things the other fellow's way. That guy got away with such a huge amt. of transparency and so many of these Reps. are just jumping right into that as though they have the same ability to have so many ignore it. Funny -- they haven't noticed how many more votes Pres. Biden got and that those same people who got him in the WH were watching everything he and his Reps. group did. Hint: Everyone is still watching and likely keeping notes. .
Divine....the inspiration.
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Ruth, priceless!
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So true.
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Loved this from our Sunday paper.
"This past week, rattled by the double whammy of the (power) outages and the lifted COVID restrictions, many Houstonians were rethinking their relationships with Texas. Philanthropy officer Rachael Dvoretzky said that sticking with the state these days is like "living with a beloved family member whose self-destructive behavior makes it hard to hold on to why you still love them."
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Minus, sounds like the perfect description!
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Instead of Texas seceding from the Union, I'd welcome sensible people seceding from Texas. (Or Texas seceding from its Gov. & Sens.).
As of tonight, more Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID than have had the disease (dead or alive). And Biden's been in office only a month and a half.
I read an article in the NYT tonight about how Josh Hawley came to power--and it turns out that he is the bastard two-headed love child of Mitch McConnell and Donald Drumpf. His ascendancy has been all about doing and saying whatever it would take to get him into office and keep climbing the ladder (a la finger-to-the-wind Moscow Mitch). And like Trump, he's notorious for racking up the ever-more-prestigious bookings and then not bothering to play the gigs. It began in law school when he ran for and became Pres. of the Law Review, and the only work he did was hand out business cards and solicit articles...but never bothered to edit anything. The pattern repeated itself when he ran for and became MO Atty. General--he didn't do a lick of work. And now that he's in the Senate he seems to have no interest in legislating--just yammering the hard-right culture-wars white-Christian-grievance talking points, including doubling down on the lie that the election was stolen from Trump. His mentor in MO politics was Sen. John Danforth...who now says the biggest mistake of his life was sponsoring Hawley. MO is stuck with him until 2024...but Roy Blunt just announced he will not run for reelection next year, perhaps giving McCaskill a chance to return to the Senate.
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That sounds about right, the love child demon spawn heathen from Missouri, and I hate to say his name because my devices seem to spy on stuff I put on bco; I don’t want his name to be picked up by some algorithm and circulated to make him seem even more popular. In his younger years, he coulda played the boyfriend of the 16 year old girl in The Sound of Music...the one who betrays the family by joining Hitler’s regime. He has the good looks which unfortunately will get him far. Too many don’t look past that to see the evil in him.
He’s definitely following the privileged, white entitled male guide to making it big while doing nothing.
They are saying Biden has the most diverse administration ever. Thank goodness. We need real leadership that represents us all, not a throwback to the 1950s.
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Those of us 'of a certain age' will enjoy this:
Dear kids, This is what your grandmas looked like in the 70s.
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Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world—making the most of one's best. -Harry Emerson Fosdick
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I'm enjoying it a whole, whole lot Ruth. Not suprized about the Mo. Senators. Espeically the good looking one. As for me I have always found it much harder to GET out of work than to just go ahead and do it. But then, there are always these people who thrive at doing nothing at all. Thank goodness most of the really 'good' Senators don't work things that way. I did read something to the effect that Claire McCaskel would not run again -- she says now that she is on the outside she reallly likes it. Maybe she will change her mind at some point though. Mo is red enough to make it hard often for the Democrats there and she may be operating on that idea right now.
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I remember seeing McCaskill say she wasn't interested in running again. I don't blame her - look at the jerk MO put in her place! She also had breast cancer. That may be part of the reason she doesn't want to run.
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from heather cox: “—Trump continued his attempt to undercut the Republican National Committee by hamstringing its fundraising. He issued a statement saying that while he "fully" supports the Republican Party, "I do not support RINOS [Republicans in Name Only] and fools, and it is not their right to use my likeness or image to raise funds."
>>> He urged people to donate to his own political action committee to help the America First movement. "We will WIN, and we will WIN BIG!" he wrote. "Our Country is being destroyed by the Democrats!"—“
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The former guy wants his fan base to donate directly to him and not the Republican Party! Why is that not a surprise? And yet, idiots will do it!
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This seems pretty significant, and I'm so proud of Beth Moore. Leaving her denomination after molding her entire life and career around it is an incredibly difficult move, but unfortunately, so necessary. Yet another form of destruction caused by Trump.
Prominent evangelical Beth Moore says she's no longer a Southern Baptist
Prominent evangelical author and teacher Beth Moore has said she is no longer a Southern Baptist, a split that comes after her criticism of sexism in the church and condemnation of "Trumpism."
"I am still a Baptist, but I can no longer identify with Southern Baptists," Moore, founder of Living Proof Ministrie, "I love so many Southern Baptist people and churches, but I don't identify with some of the things in our heritage that haven't remained in the past."
Living Proof Ministries, which Moore founded in 1994, guides women who seek to model their lives on evangelical principles.
Moore has spoken out against sexism and misogyny inside and outside the church.
In 2016, after Trump's "Access Hollywood" recording was made public, Moore called on people to "wake up."
In December, she tweeted: "I have never seen anything in these United States of America I found more astonishingly seductive & dangerous to the saints of God than Trumpism. This Christian nationalism is not of God. Move back from it."
In a 2018 blog post titled "A Letter to My Brothers," Moore described her experience as a female leader in the conservative evangelical world and having to learn to show "constant pronounced deference," being disrespected and dismissed and dealing with attitudes among key Christian leaders "that smacked of misogyny, objectification and astonishing disesteem of women."
Moore, 63, has faced backlash for her comments. She said she did not feel welcome at the 2019 Southern Baptist Convention, where she spoke on a panel about abuse, and that things have gotten worse since then.
Southern Baptists are the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. The convention listed total membership at 14.5 million in its most recent annual report.
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We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions;
we sow our actions, and we reap our habits;
we sow our habits, and we reap our characters;
we sow our characters, and we reap our destiny.
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Very good quote, Illinois!
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Pres. Biden is pretty much keeping his head down and doing the work he was hired to do. Then again, it is exactly what I expected. I have heard a few things in the past three or so days. Seems the other side just can't figure out how to deal with Biden. I think the real issue is -- they are still living as if they are still being governed by Trump and that isn't working out well. Trump was so soundly un-wanted and highly rejected, but they can't let go. So here they are still spouting things one might hear of a leader they are in tune with when he wasn't a leader when he was here, isn't a leader now and will never again be a leader. They are all in a lost cause that has them in a death spiral I think.
Rachel Maddow Praises Biden For Not Plastering His Name All Over The Stimulus Checks
Biden is on the verge of enacting a rescue package that will help millions, and he's doing so without needing his name plastered all over it.
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Republicans Are Privately Fuming As Biden Refuses To Engage In Their Culture Wars
Republicans are struggling to figure out how to combat Joe Biden's popularity, particularly after he just bested them on COVID relief.
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Pres. Biden now has the covid relief bill on his desk ready for him to sign and Merrick Garland can now go to work. I'm breathing a sigh of relief. Hopefully the other cabinet picks will soon be at work.
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Whoa, Jackie! You knocked it out of the ballpark again:
Seems the other side just can't figure out how to deal with Biden. I think the real issue is -- they are still living as if they are still being governed by Trump and that isn't working out well.
Trump was so soundly un-wanted and highly rejected, but they can't let go. So here they are still spouting things one might hear of a leader they are in tune with when he wasn't a leader when he was here, isn't a leader now and will never again be a leader. They are all in a lost cause that has them in a death spiral I think.
Oh, I sure hope they're in a death spiral! I also love the article about how the other side can't figure out how to combat Biden's popularity. One reason is because they've gone so far off course, and Biden is actually governing. They seem to have forgotten how to govern. Joe's been compared with FDR, but I am starting to see a little Harry Truman in him, too
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I'm with you on the comparisons to FDR and Truman, Divine. There may even be a bit of LBJ's pragmatism. I think Joe will be a very, very consequential president.
Regarding Republicans, he learned so much about what not to do during the Obama administration. He's not allowing them to play the same games they did during our last Democratic administration. He doesn't step into their name calling or dog whistling. He just sets out his priorities and figures out a way to make them a reality. So refreshing.
On another note, has anyone heard from Trill? I always looked forward to her funny political posts, and haven't seen anything from her in at least a month. Hope she's just getting back to a normal life after the debacle of the past four years.
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