Trump

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Reports are that several democrats are lined up to endorse Trump. Tulsi is going to be an awesome complement to Vance on the trail.

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In Finland, it's illegal for unions to contribute to political campaigns. :)

I like it! Super PACS should be illegal as well a la Koch/Soros.

Finland doesn't have for-profit private schools either. The thinking is: if the rich kids can't escape the poor kids, then the rich kids' parents make sure the schools are fit for all.

Perhaps I can explain it in another, less triggering way for the Shockernet locals.

1) Shockers fans poor and rich enjoy Shocker basketball.
2) Shocker fans poor and rich wanted Gregg Marshall to stay.
3) Rich Shocker fans paid for Gregg Marshall to stay.
4) Shockers fans poor and rich continued to enjoy Shocker basketball.

[Kung Wu]

I like it! Super PACS should be illegal as well a la Koch/Soros.

Finland doesn't have for-profit private schools either. The thinking is: if the rich kids can't escape the poor kids, then the rich kids' parents make sure the schools are fit for all.

They definitely have private schools. I was best buddies with a soccer stud that attended one in high school. The private schools share the national curriculum but can have religious classes too.

The private schools there all run as a not-for-profit similar to a 501(c)(3) here.

[ShockerFever]

I like it! Super PACS should be illegal as well a la Koch/Soros.

Finland doesn't have for-profit private schools either. The thinking is: if the rich kids can't escape the poor kids, then the rich kids' parents make sure the schools are fit for all.

Perhaps I can explain it in another, less triggering way for the Shockernet locals.

1) Shockers fans poor and rich enjoy Shocker basketball.
2) Shocker fans poor and rich wanted Gregg Marshall to stay.
3) Rich Shocker fans paid for Gregg Marshall to stay.
4) Shockers fans poor and rich continued to enjoy Shocker basketball.

You said you gave up on the program and created a thread about quitting Shockernet for good.

So no, not accurate.

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They definitely have private schools. I was best buddies with a soccer stud that attended one in high school. The private schools share the national curriculum but can have religious classes too.

The private schools there all run as a not-for-profit similar to a 501(c)(3) here.

You are 100% correct!



"Soccer Stud"

Those are contradictory terms sir.

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You said you gave up on the program and created a thread about quitting Shockernet for good.

So no, not accurate.

4) Shockers fans poor and rich continued to enjoy Shocker basketball... until Gregg Marshall was canned.

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4) Shockers fans poor and rich continued to enjoy Shocker basketball... until Gregg Marshall was canned.

Until Fauci created covid rules and destroyed Shocker basketball

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Until Fauci created covid rules and destroyed Shocker basketball

I will partially agree. It was a bad time for folks to not have normal basketball. Lots of space for silly virtue signaling initiatives to encroach. No Covid and we may still have our coach.

No Covid rules? lol. We'd still be burying the bodies.

Fauci practiced good medicine. Had America fallen in line with what the best doctors in this country were saying at the time, we would have had a VERY different pandemic experience. Shorter, milder, and perhaps even obliviated. The unvaxed and the immunocompromised were the greatest incubators of mutating variants. It's science.

[WuDrWu]

Covid sped up death for 98%+ of the people that died from it. Almost all of the victims of Covid would have been dead of something else by Jan 2023.

It was a bad virus. Immunizing healthy people, especially the young, was a huge mistake. We needed their strong bodies to destroy the virus. And the damage caused to their lives, in the form of stunted educational growth, social growth etc is something that is far, far worse to our society. There was never going to be a great outcome of Covid, no matter how perfect your dictatorship could have "immunized" everyone on Day 1. The path the US took was, unfortunately, likely the worst path.

They should have encouraged the sick and elderly to get shots in a positive manner, not shaming folks that didn't. They should have allowed every doctor to try everything, including things like Ivermectin and others, and we should have never shut down the schools or vaxed healthy young people, unless they wanted it. We'd be in far better shape today, the virus would have seen a much shorter duration as young people's immune system destroyed it and there would have been little to no social and education damage to an entire generation, all at the expense of perhaps nobody. The losses to the most compromised would have been indistinguishable.

You continue to fight a fight that you lost a couple of years ago. And we're all bored with it.

The immunocompromised are always living on the edge. It's sad, but factual.

[Kung Wu]

Shorter, milder, and perhaps even obliviated.

You mean obliterated? I can't imagine even the most lunatic, leftist doctor; or the most bought-and-paid-for-by-pharma doctor in the United States would make that claim.

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It was a bad virus.

I agree!

Covid sped up death for 98%+ of the people that died from it. Almost all of the victims of Covid would have been dead of something else by Jan 2023.

Death was not the only bad outcome. I have a cousin (unvaxxed) who still suffers from long Covid.

And no, 98% would not be dead. There were a lot of middle-aged fatties that would still be lumbering around and hugging their families today.

We needed their strong bodies to destroy the virus.

Wtf does that even mean lol? We should have sent the children out to the hospitals so they could destroy the virus? C'mon man. What have they done to your mind?

You continue to fight a fight that you lost a couple of years ago. And we're all bored with it.

If backstroking through these discussions is what you call losing, then so be it. I as well as every epidemiologist in the country are "losers" then.

I have no intention of flexing either. I am saddened and embarrassed in how we handled this pandemic. So many folks needlessly suffered (or are gone).

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You mean obliterated? I can't imagine even the most lunatic, leftist doctor; or the most bought-and-paid-for-by-pharma doctor in the United States would make that claim.

Yes, obliterated.

It is a shame that a country as technologically advanced as ours could ever reach a point where someone would utter the phrase, "leftist doctor". Never in the history of America (since 4 years ago) would somebody even consider the political affiliation of their caregiver.

This should be a cautionary moment in how much influence one man spewing divisive disinformation can have over a country... even America. The history books are full of similar men who led their population to ruin.

[Kung Wu]

Yes, obliterated.

It is a shame that a country as technologically advanced as ours could ever reach a point where someone would utter the phrase, "leftist doctor". Never in the history of America (since 4 years ago) would somebody even consider the political affiliation of their caregiver.

Correct, the idea that bought-and-paid-for doctors are writing and ghostwriting peer reviewed journal articles on behalf of political organizations and corporations is maddening.

This should be a cautionary moment in how much influence one man spewing divisive disinformation can have over a country... even America.

Correct again. Fauci's spewing of divisive disinformation unnecessarily further fragmented our society. And to what end?

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Correct, the idea that bought-and-paid-for doctors are writing and ghostwriting peer reviewed journal articles on behalf of political organizations and corporations is maddening.



Correct again. Fauci's spewing of divisive disinformation unnecessarily further fragmented our society. And to what end?

https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/anthony-fauci-receives-public-healths-highest-honor

Anthony Fauci was awarded the Frank A. Calderone Prize, the most prestigious honor in public health, at an April 27 ceremony in Alumni Auditorium on the Columbia University Irving Medical Center campus. A day earlier, he was honored at the School’s Centennial Gala. Administered by the Columbia Mailman School, the Calderone Prize recognizes individuals who have made a transformational contribution to the field, selected by an international committee of public health leaders.

“When the world found itself terrified of a respiratory illness called COVID-19, you provided steady, scientifically based guidance to all of us. You have been consistently the leader we believe. Your commitment to humanity is unparalleled and a model for all of us. You have saved countless lives. To say you have had a profound impact on millions of people would be an understatement,” said Dean Linda P. Fried, who presented the Calderone Prize to Fauci.

Seems like the Commies over at Columbia disagree with your assessment.

What a wise and patient doctor!

Had Dr. Fauci been allowed to do his job without the egomaniac constantly trying to usurp his authority, it would have been a very different pandemic for this country, and likely the world.

[Kung Wu]

What a wise and patient doctor!

Hey don't be afraid of covid if you're standing 6 feet away from the hacking infected people you are standing in line with. After all Fauci's CDC said that'll keep you safe, right?