US Politics Thread 2016-2020

[Hawk66]

uh...

270towin.com/2020-senate-election/

Even the senate is not a safe harbor for the Republicans these days.

But I guess this is what the country needs: A complete blue wave, giving the Republican Party a kick in the ass to remember the time, when Reagan, McCain and other similar leaders were in lead ...

BTW - people who have cared for others...

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

This will leave impressions on voters at home having a loved one not in hospital and beinbg helped, but watching him dying at home.


https://www.star-telegram.com/news/c...244443257.html

I think a great many will be deeply distressed if this happens.

[Skybird]

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...ng-ncna1234878

I didn't use a condom and got AIDS. I know the regret and guilt in valuing free choice above all. Masks stop coronavirus. Getting AIDS showed me the stupidity of not wearing them. I see people who are making the same error I made 34 years ago when I ignored all the warnings, all the news and all the numbers.

[August]

I'm wondering what happens when people, having gotten used to wearing masks, refuse to stop wearing them once the pandemic is over.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by August

I'm wondering what happens when people, having gotten used to wearing masks, refuse to stop wearing them once the pandemic is over.

It would be mildly strange and not very widespread, and that would be it.

[Dowly]

Fed gets brutally attacked in Portland, badly injured (Graphic):

https://twitter.com/defendpdx/status...26279808135168

[August]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

It would be mildly strange and not very widespread, and that would be it.

I think it will be more widespread than you think.

We've been telling people for months that it's dangerous not to wear them in public so I seriously doubt that everyone will just stop once government officialdom declares the pandemic over (assuming that ever happens). Especially if improved versions lessen or eliminate the biggest complaints with using them.

But mildly strange or not should we still let people continue to legally walk into banks and jewelry stores etc with them on or do we have to outlaw their use at some point?

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Fed gets brutally attacked in Portland, badly injured (Graphic):

https://twitter.com/defendpdx/status...26279808135168

lol, wrong thread

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by August

But mildly strange or not should we still let people continue to legally walk into banks and jewelry stores etc with them on or do we have to outlaw their use at some point?

Neither.

Don’t outlaw them, but don’t let people walk into banks and jewellery stores etc while wearing them. Strike a balance between control and freedom. Like how I’m cool with people owning firearms, but think that if they take them to somewhere like a school, they should immediately be treated as a threat by security.

[mapuc]

What I'm asking myself is:

Is there a life after Trump ?

Is there a life for those who dislike Mr. Trump after he have left the building.
Some of them seems to only having a life dedicated to dislike Trump..
Will they survive if Trump loose ?

Markus

[August]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Neither.

Don’t outlaw them, but don’t let people walk into banks and jewellery stores etc while wearing them. Strike a balance between control and freedom. Like how I’m cool with people owning firearms, but think that if they take them to somewhere like a school, they should immediately be treated as a threat by security.

Making people take their masks off in close quarters is indeed outlawing them as much as declaring gun free zones attracts mass killers.

Over the past few months our entire government and medical establishment have repeatedly stressed that masks are vital pieces of personal protective equipment against the transmission of disease. They are not going to be able to just declare the pandemic is over like it has sued for peace or something and masks are no longer required.

If it goes on long enough people are going to become used to wearing them and I believe there is going to be more resistance to taking the masks off than there was to making people wear them in the first place. Especially if mask/respirator technology improves to the point they are not uncomfortable to wear.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by mapuc

What I'm asking myself is:

Is there a life after Trump ?

Is there a life for those who dislike Mr. Trump after he have left the building.
Some of them seems to only having a life dedicated to dislike Trump..
Will they survive if Trump loose ?

Markus

No metaphysics on Sunday evenings, please!


Biden will give us good entertainment value, no doubt. The difference will be that Trump is intentionally malicious and brutal, Biden can only accidentally be that.



And maybe Biden's choice for VP will be the more important figure to watch out for anyway.

[MaDef]

Making people take their masks off in close quarters is indeed outlawing them as much as declaring gun free zones attracts mass killers.

Kind of funny you should mention this, I was on vacation in June/July (in Oregon no less), I went into a gun shop in Albany, on the entrance was a sign requiring patrons to remove their masks before entering.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

No metaphysics on Sunday evenings, please!


Biden will give us good entertainment value, no doubt. The difference will be that Trump is intentionally malicious and brutal, Biden can only accidentally be that.



And maybe Biden's choice for VP will be the more important figure to watch out for anyway.

Could you imagine if it were to be Hillary Rodham Clinton

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Skybird

The difference will be that Trump is intentionally malicious and brutal, Biden can only accidentally be that.

Do you have any proof of that?