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Post by luanne on Jul 8, 2020 18:47:17 GMT
Trump is making the push to get kids back to school political. He's said it's the Democrats who are against it.
Oh, and have you seen his anti-Biden ad using the defunding of the police? I've seen in a couple of times. There is supposed to be another Trump ad that kind of is in opposition to that one, but I haven't seen it. It was in an article about how the Trump campaign is putting out mixed messages. Who would have thought? I mean he's so rational and all.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 8, 2020 18:57:43 GMT
finreporter, I think it is his way of saying everything is okay and we can get back to normal. He wants the economy to come back and he wants to downplay the seriousness of the pandemic.
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Post by finreporter on Jul 8, 2020 19:08:20 GMT
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Post by DotRen on Jul 8, 2020 19:12:55 GMT
On Mary Trumps book:
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 8, 2020 19:13:06 GMT
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Post by birdgal on Jul 8, 2020 19:14:05 GMT
The police are not doctors, mental health professionals, preachers, etc.
Let them get back to policing. Defunding sounds like "don't give them any more money" and evil doers like trump and his trumpettes will jump on that like flies on feces.
Spend some of that money on training and sending mental health professionals out on these calls either alone or with the police.
Cops are trained to be a cop. Not a shrink or a minister.
I read somewhere that some towns have already been doing this with very good results.
A trained mental health care professional would not have knocked down a 75 year old man for approaching him/her like that cop did. At least I hope they wouldn't.
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Post by birdgal on Jul 8, 2020 19:27:15 GMT
So he's not the only full time liar in DC. That's good to know. His Health guy is just as deceitful and evil.as trump.
How can these people sleep at night?
It is odd that he's out and about shaking hooves with people and doesn't appear to be concerned at all about getting the virus. He's supposed to be so spooked about germs, right? What's wrong with this picture?
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Post by finreporter on Jul 8, 2020 19:36:11 GMT
remember on day 1 when she told her first lie? "i will never lie to you." she's a buffoon too.
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Post by lani on Jul 8, 2020 20:48:47 GMT
i don't understand his big push to get kids back in school. what am i missing here? he must be getting something out of it but i can't figure it out. does he own stock in school janitorial supply companies? So people who can't work from home can get back to work instead of minding the kids. It's all about the economy. In reality, if he gets his way the economy will crash "like no one's seen before", to coin a phrase.
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Post by finreporter on Jul 8, 2020 21:25:33 GMT
haha yes it will be a beautiful crash. a perfect crash. no one has ever seen a more perfect crash than the one i caused.
he is desperate. i saw a good article earlier that said his re-election campaign that is doubling down on divisiveness appears to be backfiring. although we can't get complacent and kanye and his BS can go suck an egg, it is not looking good for dt.
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Post by lani on Jul 8, 2020 22:31:06 GMT
I'm starting to see speculation that he will drop out somehow in order to avoid being a loser of the election. I haven't seen any real GOP insider info on this; think it's just wishful thinking.
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Post by finreporter on Jul 8, 2020 22:45:21 GMT
i think it's wishful thinking too, though he's so pathologically egotistical that it also doesn't sound far-fetched for him to do that if it becomes apparent he's going to lose. my guess is pence would be up for election on the GOP ticket then?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 8, 2020 23:43:53 GMT
my guess is pence would be up for election on the GOP ticket then? I don't know what the rules are for either party if something happens to the presidential candidate between the convention and the election although running the vice presidential candidate does sound logical.
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Post by finreporter on Jul 8, 2020 23:46:11 GMT
that's almost a scary thought too though. not that he'd win, but pence as president? he looks like he's ready to take a nap 90% of the time.
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Post by conniefromct on Jul 9, 2020 1:11:39 GMT
So I heard Dr. Fauci thinks schools should re-open. This was on Fox (ugh, my husband is watching it lately), so I'm not sure if they cherry picked what he actually said. I'm not sure how I feel about kids going back to school. On the one hand, they don't get as sick if they get the virus (in most cases) and I think the docs are now saying they also don't spread the virus that much either. On the other hand, do we need this virus to spread even faster? And what danger is there to the older teachers?
My daughter is a paraprofessional and dreads going back with all the new precautions and trying to get kids to comply. Not to mention herself wearing a mask all day. She has asthma so her family have been very careful until letting up a little recently. She is still very careful which friends she lets her kids hang out with, making sure the other parents are on the same page.
CT's numbers are great right now. I don't know if the smart thing would be for the whole country to have the same mandate as Trump and Pence are pushing, or for states to open as they see fit. It's absolutely ridiculous that so many precautions are decided based on political persuasions of the governors.
I've also been hearing more about airborne virus cells traveling as much as 30' away and staying in the air, not dropping to the ground.
Any thoughts on schools opening - how do you all feel?
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