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This looks like the same nonsense as that Iowa poll showing Harris leading Trump. There is no way this schmuck is leading a Republican in Florida.
Unlike Newsom, Pence won’t have the same advantage to boost the sales of his book by purchasing a large quantity of those books with his own campaign funds.
This is not only interesting because Calif is the only state stiffing repaying covid era debt to the US to the tune of $21 billion, but that the congressman introducing a bill to make they pay up is a Republican from California. Probably one of those that Newsome gerrymandered out of existence in 2026.
www.foxnews.com
GOP bill targets blue state for billions in COVID-era unemployment debt dumped on businesses
Rep. Vince Fong introduced legislation requiring California to repay its $21 billion unemployment debt before spending federal money on other programs.
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Btw, I personally think the only reason that MAGA folks (not MAHA, who are just health cranks) are still talking about the Covid vaccine is overwhelmingly BECAUSE ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE DEEMED "CONSPIRACIES" WERE LATER VINDICATED.
1. Covid came from a lab. Remember the lefties laughing about how people could believe this. Turns out, nearly every credible intelligence service and scientist now thinks Covid likely came from the Wuhan Virology Institute ... go figure.
2. Lockdowns are bad. Those of us who opposed lockdowns were once deemed uncaring monsters (even murderers to some). Turns out, while there's a defensible argument for lockdowns, they didn't work AND they were probably counterproductive overall.
3. Masks don't work. I mean, if we all had industrial grade masks, maybe they work. We didn't. And the evidence heavily favors the positions that cloth masks were useless and silly.
4. Protecting against Covid isn't the only societal function we need to consider. This is where Dr. Fauci pops up in my mind, all he was worried about was the virus. It didn't even cross his mind that shutting down society and the like would have problematic applications across much of society. We talk a lot about crime spikes and OD deaths here, perfect examples of problems wildly exacerbated by the overwrought Covid intervention.
5. Children and young people aren't much impacted by Covid. We knew this before Covid really arrived in the USA, and yet the shrill set tried to shout it down.
6. Covid vaccines are evil. I wish I could come up with a better word to describe what the anti-Covid vax crowd says, but evil seemed semi-on point. Turns out, Covid vaccines have a modest risk for a couple of very rare conditions, but largely prevented old people not previously exposed to Covid from dying by helping with natural defenses. The type of thing most vaccines do! Weird ... the one truly scientific undertaking to fight Covid was the one that wasn't crankery.
1. Covid came from a lab. Remember the lefties laughing about how people could believe this. Turns out, nearly every credible intelligence service and scientist now thinks Covid likely came from the Wuhan Virology Institute ... go figure.
2. Lockdowns are bad. Those of us who opposed lockdowns were once deemed uncaring monsters (even murderers to some). Turns out, while there's a defensible argument for lockdowns, they didn't work AND they were probably counterproductive overall.
3. Masks don't work. I mean, if we all had industrial grade masks, maybe they work. We didn't. And the evidence heavily favors the positions that cloth masks were useless and silly.
4. Protecting against Covid isn't the only societal function we need to consider. This is where Dr. Fauci pops up in my mind, all he was worried about was the virus. It didn't even cross his mind that shutting down society and the like would have problematic applications across much of society. We talk a lot about crime spikes and OD deaths here, perfect examples of problems wildly exacerbated by the overwrought Covid intervention.
5. Children and young people aren't much impacted by Covid. We knew this before Covid really arrived in the USA, and yet the shrill set tried to shout it down.
6. Covid vaccines are evil. I wish I could come up with a better word to describe what the anti-Covid vax crowd says, but evil seemed semi-on point. Turns out, Covid vaccines have a modest risk for a couple of very rare conditions, but largely prevented old people not previously exposed to Covid from dying by helping with natural defenses. The type of thing most vaccines do! Weird ... the one truly scientific undertaking to fight Covid was the one that wasn't crankery.
I know be patient, but I wish they are right on Iran bending the knee. It is hard to imagine that the CIA after 1979 was involved in Iran, but whatever. Iran is the opportunity of a lifetime to change the axis of evil, their people largely want it, and we wait. Fingers crossed.
This opinion piece ends with this: "No regime that survived 39 days of American and Israeli strikes, watched its supreme leader killed, and still declared enrichment non-negotiable is going to surrender that leverage at a table in Islamabad. The real fork is not escalation versus diplomacy. It is this: accept a nuclear-capable Iran as the permanent outcome of this war or accept the cost of physically removing the threat. Washington should make that decision deliberately — not by default when the ceasefire finally collapses."
Much better Trump than Obama or Biden but this is a difficult decision. Failure is death to the regime class after the horrific things they have done. Negotiating was always a low success outcome. Apparently the low lifes in the regime feel the US will back off and they can continue their reign of terror.
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Much better Trump than Obama or Biden but this is a difficult decision. Failure is death to the regime class after the horrific things they have done. Negotiating was always a low success outcome. Apparently the low lifes in the regime feel the US will back off and they can continue their reign of terror.
Trump’s Iran war now comes down to one brutal question: What comes next?
With Iran declaring enrichment non-negotiable and the Strait of Hormuz blockaded, the U.S. confronts a strategic fork with no easy off-ramp available.
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I like this post. Although, I am open to any ongoing evidence of harm coming from the Covid Vax that could outweigh the lives saved for the elderly. I think the evil pointed to in #6 refers mostly to those in power pushing younger, healthy people into something unnecessary?
Many of those countries earned the "enemy" label. I am curious what justice is coming. When and for whom?
I don't believe Bush, Obama or Biden will ever see any problems from our DOJ.
So, one question. Would you rather have the Pfizer jab in your system today or not? I'm 100 percent happy being a pureblood as is everyone I know who made the same choice. No one that I know, vax or not vaxed died from Covid. Congrats to all of those who fell for the greatest scam of modern times.Another one showing even worse results for the “purebloods.” Great job everyone.
COVID-19 mRNA vaccination and all-cause mortality in the adult population in Norway during 2021–2023: a population-based cohort study - PMC
Most countries worldwide have experienced excess mortality that coincides temporally with the COVID-19 mass vaccination campaigns. This has led to speculation on the potential long-term effects of the vaccines on mortality risk. The study was ...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Real epidemics? The Black Death, the Plague of Justinian, and the plague that hit the Roman Empire under Marcus Aurelius. Population contracted by 33 percent in contrast to the Covid Plague which caused population to increase. Imagine that.
Hire a bunch of H1B's to remove the enriched Uranium.This opinion piece ends with this: "No regime that survived 39 days of American and Israeli strikes, watched its supreme leader killed, and still declared enrichment non-negotiable is going to surrender that leverage at a table in Islamabad. The real fork is not escalation versus diplomacy. It is this: accept a nuclear-capable Iran as the permanent outcome of this war or accept the cost of physically removing the threat. Washington should make that decision deliberately — not by default when the ceasefire finally collapses."
Much better Trump than Obama or Biden but this is a difficult decision. Failure is death to the regime class after the horrific things they have done. Negotiating was always a low success outcome. Apparently the low lifes in the regime feel the US will back off and they can continue their reign of terror.
Trump’s Iran war now comes down to one brutal question: What comes next?
With Iran declaring enrichment non-negotiable and the Strait of Hormuz blockaded, the U.S. confronts a strategic fork with no easy off-ramp available.
I think Trump is ready to step back from the aggressor role and on to selling a good offramp. Can the Iranian people or the ME leaders provide that ramp for him? I am skeptical. Trump's only four leaf clover may be Iran bullying their neighbors and citizens nonstop. The US doesn't have the will to send door kickers into the country. We will sooner sell our citizens a perceived deal of no nukes and leave a heavily wounded regime to try and pick up their pieces. I have zero confidence in any deal with the ideologues running what is left of the IRGC, but at this point just get out and let somebody else figure it out.This opinion piece ends with this: "No regime that survived 39 days of American and Israeli strikes, watched its supreme leader killed, and still declared enrichment non-negotiable is going to surrender that leverage at a table in Islamabad. The real fork is not escalation versus diplomacy. It is this: accept a nuclear-capable Iran as the permanent outcome of this war or accept the cost of physically removing the threat. Washington should make that decision deliberately — not by default when the ceasefire finally collapses."
Much better Trump than Obama or Biden but this is a difficult decision. Failure is death to the regime class after the horrific things they have done. Negotiating was always a low success outcome. Apparently the low lifes in the regime feel the US will back off and they can continue their reign of terror.
Trump’s Iran war now comes down to one brutal question: What comes next?
With Iran declaring enrichment non-negotiable and the Strait of Hormuz blockaded, the U.S. confronts a strategic fork with no easy off-ramp available.
But that's not the argument being made, and it hasn't for years. I think some made it at the beginning, and I basically agreed. The Covid vax is probably a wash for most healthy people under 35-40. My kids didn't get it because I knew they didn't need it. But I don't think them getting it would have been a big deal either.
Effectively, I think the vaccine debate is psychological. Those on the right who now hate legacy institutions can't simply say "yeah, on balance the vaccine was not bad, I just didn't need for myself." If they were an overweight 70 year old, they should have taken it. A healthy 45 year old, NBD in passing.
I didn't get Pfizer, I did the one shot J&J before it got yanked. It's totally irrelevant to me whether I got it. I don't think I needed it, but I don't think it hurt me an iota, either.
I understand you are incapable of rational thought on this (and some other) topics, but many people died as a result of Covid. Several million in the US and many more abroad. The majority of these people were probably in their last 5-10 years of life (without Covid), but not all. I knew at least 4 people who died from Covid, and one of them was a early-50s Trump-loving conservative in good physical condition. Here's his obituary. My wife's aunt and uncle (sister/brother) also died; both were about 70 years old. Sans Covid, the aunt would almost certainly be alive today, and uncle would have a decent chance of that.
Eric Lee Davis Obituary March 24, 2022 - New Hope Funeral Home
So you can continue to lie to yourself and others about what a warrior you are for not getting a shot (lame AF), but I don't understand the purpose. And that's in no way me thinking you should have taken the needle, I don't care, it was your choice.
I admit I'm not smart enough to opine from afar but once we started this it seems like we had no purpose if we walk away. The regime was always going to fight to the last breath because they are evil and want to protect their asses. They have murdered every person that stands up to them so the bench is pretty barren for new leaders. Again, I'm glad it's Trump and not Obama or Biden in charge but in ten years Iran will be fully back with the help of their friends in Russia and China, and probably with multiple nukes and then where is the negotiating leverage?
I agree finishing the job is the best path for the world. The problem Trump has is the lack of help or even support from the rest of the world. Gas has been high for while now driving inflation in the US up. Trump would like to be competitive in the midterms to keep the looney left from impeaching him. The Iranian conflict is unpopular enough, can you imagine if he put troops on the ground?
It is only a matter of which off ramp he chooses imo.
Obama negotiated a treaty that resolved the nuclear issue. European countries were involved, Russia and China signed off and participated in seeing that no nuclear materials were used. International regulatory agencies were inspecting regularly. It was everything that Trump would give an arm for now. The incompetent Trump blew the treaty up. Then he bombed Iran last year and promised the program was OBLITERATED. Then when Netanyahu talked him into it, struck again to PREVENT A BOMB. Some of you are dumb or cult struck enough to believe Trump's claims. You trust him even though his SOD and Intelligence leaders have proven imbecile incompetents. Yet you feel assured that he is in charge. Pathetic!
As I stated correctly we didn't have a measurable reduction in crime until we STOPPED ESTIMATING 40 % of all police departments and replaced the leadership in the FBI, which was guessing on crime stats for the 100 % of Police in the entire Nation.
Combine no further estimates and the reduction of approximately 3,000,000 million criminals from the USA and you have what the numbers now state.
The more DEI/WOKE prosecutors and Judges are removed the subsequent reduction in crime rates will occur.
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What a tremendous vaccine! Not only could you still get Covid, but a vaxxed individual could still pass covid along to others. A strong virus naturally gets weaker as it mutates. Blue states still spread fear and kept people distanced.
The policies were BS. Fauci made up the social distancing nonsense. Blue state politicians had rules for thee, but not for me. Plenty of things to stay pissed about and not let it happen again. People forgot lessons from 9/11 and now look at NYC.
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What a tremendous vaccine! Not only could you still get Covid, but a vaxxed individual could still pass covid along to others. A strong virus naturally gets weaker as it mutates. Blue states still spread fear and kept people distanced.
The policies were BS. Fauci made up the social distancing nonsense. Blue state politicians had rules for thee, but not for me. Plenty of things to stay pissed about and not let it happen again. People forgot lessons from 9/11 and now look at NYC.
Check Sweden.Another one showing even worse results for the “purebloods.” Great job everyone.
COVID-19 mRNA vaccination and all-cause mortality in the adult population in Norway during 2021–2023: a population-based cohort study - PMC
Most countries worldwide have experienced excess mortality that coincides temporally with the COVID-19 mass vaccination campaigns. This has led to speculation on the potential long-term effects of the vaccines on mortality risk. The study was ...
Many years ago I railed about # 1 - 5, being BS.
I took 2 shots because of; age, BP, poor fitness at the time.
Here is what gives President Trump the cajónes to be strong in International Politics !
Proven in Ukraine, Venezuela, Iran and elsewhere.
Proven superiority of American Weapons systems and the training/intelligence of American Service members.
The above Countries have either used American equipment ( Ukraine ) or paid 100's of millions of currency for equipment that is inferior than what America can utilize on todays battlefields.
BOTH Russian AND Chi-na have proven to be either obsolete or tech inferior.
Proven in Ukraine, Venezuela, Iran and elsewhere.
Proven superiority of American Weapons systems and the training/intelligence of American Service members.
The above Countries have either used American equipment ( Ukraine ) or paid 100's of millions of currency for equipment that is inferior than what America can utilize on todays battlefields.
BOTH Russian AND Chi-na have proven to be either obsolete or tech inferior.