On 10/3/20 11:46 PM, wrote:
On Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 10:23:36 PM UTC-4, tommy collins wrote:
On 10/3/20 3:10 PM, B wrote:
In article , says...

At the debate this week, Trump said: "I don't have -- I don't wear masks
like him (Biden). Every time you see him, he's got a mask. He could be
speaking 200 feet away from them and he shows up with the biggest mask
I've ever seen."

"According to the pool reporter traveling with Trump to and from the
debate, "all family members who entered without a mask, members of his
administration and other guests were not wearing masks." A doctor
affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic approached the group offering masks
if they did not have them. No one in the group put on a mask. In
addition, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on ABC News Friday
morning that "no one was wearing masks in the room when we were prepping
the President during that period of time, the group was about 5 or 6
people in total."

There's still time for Biden and many others to be infected by COVID-19,
but at least Biden is taking the threat seriously.


No link, cut and paste and edit job, its Harry!

You and two other guys here should hire yourselves out as Incompetent
Detectives. I said the quoted bit was from CNN so you can find it
yourself if you know how to use a browser. Obviously, your good friend
Harry and I are the only two guys on the internet who would dare to post
some of a news article without a link, right?

Funny thing is, no search turns up the exact "quote" you pasted. It appears to be a "cut-n-paste" assembly of some various stuff, which is harry's MO. Further, you say "some of a news article" which also implies that you cut and paste (and edit) what you want to present. Then the fact of no link, which shows you want to hide your nefarious activities. Or you could post that link, Mr. Detective.

You have been made, harry. Sell your guns and pay off some of your debts and taxes. If they haven't already been confiscated, that is. And take care of your son. Have some self respect. You may be able to die with a somewhat of a clear conscience.

Bye, "tommy".


You need help. Here's some for you, dumbass.

http://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_120...a42743fb4207f3

Trump's coronavirus diagnosis guarantees this election will be about
everything he has tried to avoid
Updated 11:57 AM ET, Fri October 2, 2020

(CNN) - President Donald Trump has spent months trying to move the
country's focus away from the coronavirus. He's purposely downplayed the
threat it poses to Americans, pushed unscientific treatments and ensured
the country that a vaccine would be arriving any day. In pre-recorded
remarks at the annual Al Smith Dinner on Thursday night, Trump promised
that "the end of the pandemic is in sight, and next year will be one of
the greatest years in the history of our country."

Hours later, just after 1 a.m. Friday morning on the East Coast, Trump
announced that both he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive
for Covid-19. That diagnosis made Trump's strategy of changing the
subject in these final 32 days before the election from Covid-19 to,
well, anything else, totally impossible.

Trump will now be forced to quarantine for two weeks, taking him off the
campaign trail and likely forcing the rescheduling -- if not outright
cancellation of, at least, the second presidential debate, which was set
for October 15 in Miami, Florida. (The lone vice presidential debate is
on the schedule for next Wednesday in Salt Lake City; Vice President
Mike Pence tested negative for Covid-19 on Friday morning, according to
his office.)

That, in and of itself, is a major blow to a President who is a)
trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in national and swing-state
polling and b) views his campaign rallies -- large, raucous affairs --
as the lifeblood of not just his campaign but his presidency. Despite
the ongoing virus threat, Trump had increased the frequency of his
campaign travel over the last few months as he sought to reassure the
country that fight against the virus was being won and that the time had
come to move on to other issues -- most notably, according to Trump from
the podium, the violent protests happening in cities around the country.

Trump has also actively flouted best practices when it comes to slowing
the spread of the virus. Despite guidance from the CDC -- beginning in
April -- that mask-wearing is one of the only (and best) ways to combat
Covid-19's infectiousness, the President has not only expressed
skepticism about the need to wear masks but has also mocked Biden for
doing so.

This exchange, between Trump and presidential debate moderator Chris
Wallace, from Tuesday night, typifies how Trump has approached mask-wearing:

Wallace: President Trump, you have begun to increasingly question the
effectiveness of masks as a disease preventer. And in fact, recently you
have cited the issue of -- of waiters touching their masks and touching
plates. Are you questioning the efficacy of masks?

Trump: No, I think that masks are OK. You have to understand, if you
look -- I mean, I have a mask right here. I put a mask on, you know,
when I think I need it.

Tonight, as an example, everybody's had a test and you've had social
distancing and all of the things that you have to, but --

Biden: Just like your rallies.

Trump: -- I wear masks when needed. When needed, I wear masks.

Wallace: OK, let me ask --

Trump: I don't have -- I don't wear masks like him. Every time you see
him, he's got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away from them and
he shows up with the biggest mask I've ever seen.

And according to the pool reporter traveling with Trump to and from the
debate, "all family members who entered without a mask, members of his
administration and other guests were not wearing masks." A doctor
affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic approached the group offering masks
if they did not have them. No one in the group put on a mask. In
addition, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on ABC News Friday
morning that "no one was wearing masks in the room when we were prepping
the President during that period of time, the group was about 5 or 6
people in total."

What the positive tests of the President and first lady prove (and, more
accurately, re-prove) is that the coronavirus doesn't care whether you
believe in it or not. It infects Democrats, Republicans and people who
don't follow or care about politics. Ignoring it or pretending it is
getting better -- in spite of data that suggests we have never, really,
gotten over the first wave -- doesn't affect whether or not it can
sicken you.

It was always a very debatable proposition as to whether Trump's efforts
to make this election about "law and order" or socialism or, well,
whatever he tweeted that day would be successful amid the steady march
of the virus in the country. (As of Friday morning, 7.3 million
Americans had been diagnosed with Covid-19 and 208,000 had been killed
by the disease). Poll after poll suggested that the virus and the
economy, which has been heavily affected by the shutdowns and slowdowns
caused by the virus, were (and are) the two most important issues in the
country. And the early signs on Friday suggested that the economic
recovery from the initial hit of Covid-19 had slowed; The economy added
661,000 jobs in September, with the unemployment rate stuck at 7.9%.
(That's the highest unemployment rate this late in a presidential
election since at least 1948.)

The practical impacts of Trump's diagnosis are serious. But the
less-tangible impacts may be even more costly to a President who has
banked his reelection on the idea that things are getting much, much
better and doing so very, very quickly.

While Trump's behavior -- steady travel, lack of mask-wearing, exposure
to lots and lots of people -- always made him more likely than the
average person to contract the disease, the fact that he now has it will
force a recalibration for many people. And that recalibration will
center around this question: If the President of the United States can
get Covid-19, what does that mean for my chances of getting it?

That uncertainty -- and the anxiety it causes -- is powerful. The virus,
which has now been with us for the better part of six months, feels more
real and more threatening for many Americans today than it has in many
months. It's managed to sicken the most powerful and well-protected
person in the country. How people react to the new-found freshness of
the threat -- even if the threat remains roughly the same as it did
prior to Trump's diagnosis -- is an X factor in the election,
particularly given that we are less than five weeks away from the actual
vote.

What we do know is that Trump's attempt to make these final weeks of the
election about something other than the coronavirus failed the second he
got his positive test back. Cable news will cover his illness -- and the
people he came into contact with and whether they are also sick -- wall
to wall for weeks. While Covid-19 was the lead story for most news
outlets on most days for the last few months, it is likely to become the
ONLY story for the foreseeable future.

In short: Everything Trump tried to avoid in the stretch run of the 2020
race is now coming to pass. And it's all because of him (and his
positive test).