PM Johnson Taken to ICU | 91 comments (91 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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JOE BIDEN: "We cannot let this, we've never allowed any crisis from the Civil War straight through to the pandemic of 17, all the way around, 16, we have never, never let our democracy sakes second fiddle, way they, we can both have a democracy and ... correct the public health." pic.twitter.com/ufXFh5cAtY
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 7, 2020

by Cat on Tue Apr 7th, 2020 at 06:43:49 PM EST
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Is the pandemic of 17 or 16 a reference to the Haskell County flu (the first recorded reference to it is actually from January 1918)?

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Tue Apr 7th, 2020 at 07:08:18 PM EST
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Biden definitely has a better grasp of 1918 than 2018.

by rifek on Wed Apr 8th, 2020 at 03:31:43 PM EST
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Oh for God's sakes keep that man away from a microphone.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Wed Apr 8th, 2020 at 11:48:14 PM EST
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About the only thing you could say for Biden, apart from the fact that he is not Trump, is that he might appoint some half way competent people to key jobs and let them get on with it, all the while providing an amiable grandfatherly type figure presiding over it all.

Then, in 2024, we can have grandma Clinton ..oh..er.. perhaps not. But seriously, what non-octogenarian candidates of real ability do the Democrats have lined up for us?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Thu Apr 9th, 2020 at 11:49:14 AM EST
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Still wondering if AoC is in the Blair/Obama decepticon camp or the Sanders/etc genuine progressives camp.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Apr 9th, 2020 at 01:13:32 PM EST
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Re: AOC (4.00 / 2)

So far she appears to be firmly in the Sanders/etc. camp.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Thu Apr 9th, 2020 at 02:32:05 PM EST
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"Appears."

I'm suspicious because she seems so much in the Blair/Obama/Macron model - clean, charismatic, intelligent, articulate, plenty of attitude, but inexplicably manifests as a Good Company Employee who preaches "pragmatism over purity" while in office, and has no moral issues with profitable wars.

We'll see, probably.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Apr 9th, 2020 at 03:32:28 PM EST
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I honestly see no indication that AOC is anything like the cynical climbers of the Blair/Obama mold. However, being a comparable young and empathic human being bears it's own risk. Specifically I worry that she'll grow to like her colleges, who in a fairer world would mostly be laying railroad tracks in Alaska.

by generic on Thu Apr 9th, 2020 at 06:01:38 PM EST
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"Appears" because all I know is her public statements and actions.

And plus what generic said.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sat Apr 11th, 2020 at 07:41:19 PM EST
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Look what makes it into the NYT (none / 0)

Two days after Sanders throwes in the towel:

No other allegation about sexual assault surfaced in the course of our reporting, nor did any former Biden staff corroborate Reade's allegation. We found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Biden, beyond hugs, kisses and touching that women previously said made them uncomfortable
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 12, 2020

Very strong "what did the Romans every do for us" energy.

by generic on Sun Apr 12th, 2020 at 02:44:00 PM EST
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Just wait until after Sept. 1.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Apr 12th, 2020 at 03:41:38 PM EST
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In other NYT news (none / 0)

Bringing back the classics

by generic on Sun Apr 12th, 2020 at 04:00:08 PM EST
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NBC News confirms that Biden & Obama were eager to have the Wisconsin primary go as scheduled & were both prepared to publicly escalate against Bernie if the primary was moved.

They were willing to fatally infect voters w/the virus to get Bernie out.https://t.co/5d9JHhKbYG pic.twitter.com/bFlXiu3njL
— Ben Mishiev (@ben_mishiev) April 15, 2020

by generic on Wed Apr 15th, 2020 at 11:30:49 PM EST
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