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NoCoupForYou says

DILLIGAF says

Look to the west grasshopper, far west like across the Pacific Ocean west. There you will find what you claim does not exist. Only the basis of the ideology needs to be present and it is thriving there.

Uh no - ISIS is the Islamic State in Syria, Iraq - Levant. Formerly ISIL.

You may have forgotten the propaganda that was being dished out a few years ago:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/09/world/asia/isis-philippines-jolo.html

You see, Duterte was pivoting toward China and kicking out the drug dealers going through the Philippines - executing them. That's a major source of black money used by the Cocaine Importation Agency. So Duterte had to deal with a minor coup attempt to make him stop.

ISIS is entirely a creation of the United States intelligence agencies. It would magically show up wherever the United States had a problem with a nation's leader.

DILLIGAF says

Uh Yes - They are alive and well - with or without territory the ideology thrives as does allegiance to them. Ignoring reality is not a wise option.

Keep hope alive. Of course, there are plenty of Muslim Terrorists all over the world, but if we did anything about them, then Trump Deficit and Trump Russian Collusion and Trump Warmonger.

DILLIGAF says

But if the faithful believe a "defeat" has occurred, more power to them.

Well, if the willfully ignorant don't see that from Aleppo to Palmyra to Mosul was liberated from ISIS control, and no longer run the government, that's how it is.

DILLIGAF says

richwicks says

they fight exclusively with US weaponry.

Exclusively ?

Yes. Really.

Why is ISIS armed with US weaponry?

I suppose they might have a knife or two that were locally made - but military grade weaponry - that's provided by the United States. The ridiculous story is that a bunch of ISIS terrorists show up to an armed Iraqi base, then loot the armory as all the trained soldiers - some of which are American mercs, run away in terror - despite being armed. Don't you remember that unbelievable excuse?

I'm just wondering when other people will have the balls to call their fucking terrorist government out on their ridiculous bullshit. I mean, how fucking large of a lie do they have to tell you before you figure it out - it's a lie.

DILLIGAF says

So is it still Obama's economy or can Trump take credit from here on?

Seems like Barack was stifled by the "Bush economy" for years!

thomasdong1776 says

But whatabout Obama!
Whatabout Hillary!
Whatabout Grover Cleveland!

Whatabout COVID?
Whatabout Systemic Racism?

Nice to see we're back on Russia.

We'll be back on Systemic Racism once Chauvin is found not guilty.

NoCoupForYou says

thomasdong1776 says

I still haven't figured out 'thomasdong'. I recall he said he's not Asian. So what. A very very VERY very old penis? From 1776?

Not saying that's accurate, but that's my best guess.

I don't think this book will come anywhere close to the revelations of Omarosa's book.

Deaths still dropping.

High cases, low deaths is exactly what we need

The MSM be like:

APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostakovitch says

Deaths are dropping because front line clinicians aren't making the same mistakes they made in March.

At least Trump isn't being blamed for once.

Edit: lol, forgot to read the OP title.... I guess at least acknowledging what the actual problem is, was a step in the right direction.

CBOEtrader says

Deaths still dropping.

High cases, low deaths is exactly what we need

Hospitalization is the other metric that does matter. In my region it's still massively down and that's coming straight from a hospital source that has their internal data for dozens of facilities. Even if Covid hospitalization is up, overall they're not remotely overwhelmed and as you state, deaths are down.

And I know they're cherry picking 2-3 hospitals across the country with a higher patient load and blasting that as a news story. Wait till this next week after all the firework injury hospitalization data comes in.... It will all be Covid.

I do think deaths run sideways for a bit here though because we have to open up and it will keep spreading.

Stupid people do stupid things. There's zero reason to climb Everest. None. I'm not surprised there are scum bags that are on that peak. It's not the best example of normal human nature when you sample morons doing a super high risk activity though.

Taliban Kollluuuussssionnnnnn!!!!

Haha, they made a Bill Paxton movie where he steals his fellow climbers equipment about 20 years ago. I think it was called the vertical limit. Anyway, these people are all tools. They pay Sherpas to haul all their shit to the top and they get dragged up there. They might as well install a fucking escalator at this point.

DILLIGAF says

Becker, an American former rock guitarist who teaches human rights law at Harvard University, was startled by the ruthlessness of his fellow climbers.

He should stab them with his paper cut!

Anybody get it yet? (Crickets)

Nope! Well I guess not!

#MillennialMorality

WookieMan says

scum bags that are on that peak

Climbing Everset (sic) is all about ego.

DILLIGAF says

former rock guitarist who teaches human rights law at Harvard University

Those two things just go together.

NDrLoR says

WookieMan says

scum bags that are on that peak

Climbing Everset (sic) is all about ego.

Yup. There's literally no gain from doing it. I could jack off 30 times in a day, but what would that accomplish? Kind of the way I look at Everest. Waste of time to score a stupid point with your peers who are also likely stupid.

The Irish were considered lowlife scum in early America, because our Landlords were British, and the British considered them lowlife scum. They had been persecuted for Centuries before America was even discovered. They were oppressed so much, they had low self esteem and lived in squalor and went around dirty and ragged.
The only reason they were brought to America was to be indentured servants, basically White Slaves. After 100 yeas of doing that, the New England area had a large population of them. The American police wanted nothing to do with patrolling the Paddy zones, so they deputized a few. They did so well at it, and had such a knack for policing. They were eventually made to police areas outside of the Irish neighborhoods.

What I have always wondered about is if climbing Mt. Everest is some sort of intense/ultimate challenge, why do they go up the easy way?

WookieMan says

Waste of time to score a stupid point with your peers who are also likely stupid.

Haha!

Kepi says

if climbing Mt. Everest is some sort of intense/ultimate challenge, why do they go up the easy way?

Valid point. Also, why not do it in the off season? It gets so crowded during the easy season, why not really challenge yourself and prove yourself to...... well I don't know who. But climb that fucker when there's a 50% higher chance of death. Hell, make it live TV and sell that shit and make money doing stupid shit instead of paying for it. It's comical they pay to potentially die.

This was a topic I never thought I'd have an opinion on. Everest climbers are the purest form of retardation. I know there's worse, but they've got to be top 50 for sure.

The mistake Thomas Becker made was trying to help the obviously incompetent woman.
He should have told her to quit.
Instead, he held up everyone else. Of course they yelled at him and the woman.

Did he consider someone stole his cylinders out of spite?

“Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” applies to climbing too.

Oh and you couldn’t catch me dead trying to climb up Everest.

Climbing Mount Everest is just a vanity for a linkedin account at this point.

People still read?

clambo says

dead trying to climb up Everest.

VIEWER WARNING:
www.youtube.com/embed/ea9voMN4pAM

DILLIGAF says

Becker, an American former rock guitarist who teaches human rights law at Harvard University, was startled by the ruthlessness of his fellow climbers.

A lawyer startled by ruthlessness. Isn't that on the same page with gagging a maggot. I thought he would just pick up a few pointers.

Everybody knows that you don't just steal people's oxygen. You get them embroiled in a lawsuit, and the court and lawyers steal their oxygen.

If they don't have xeroxed copies of the Deutsche Bank Notes, it's all a lot of nothing.

There is a code of ethics on the mountain that you don’t steal anyone else’s oxygen, because it could be fatal.” He was also puzzled. “This is not the norm. Some­times, someone might take one to stay alive, but to have a big chunk of tanks stolen

Sounds like the change that is happening in all the civilized parts of the western world, unfortunately. It turns out some "cultural norms" are better than others.

He literally did nothing wrong.

They never even told us whether she got the flag or not.

marcus said,
Admit it - you're a little disappointed.
How can you paint the lefties as commie tyrants if they want the economy to function too ? This totally messes with your narrative.

Newsome not surprisingly reversed himself.
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Gavin-Newsom-protests-coronavirus-July-Fourth-ask-15383112.php

On Thursday, KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern asked the governor, "I've heard from a number of people who don't understand why they're being told you can't go see grandpa this weekend, you can't see Uncle Joe, you can't have a barbecue with your neighbors but then they turn on the TV and see hundreds or thousands of people protesting. So can you explain the selective enforcement or preferential treatment given based on political persuasion? Can you explain to people why they should listen to these messages when they do see that happening and no one is getting tickets, no one is even being told to enforce the masks or social distancing?"
Newsome said, "I maybe was unique in my household but I don't think I was, I think it was universally taught: Just because someone else is doing it, doesn't mean you should," Newsom said. "People know what the right thing to do is. I encourage them to do the right thing. And people also understand that we have a Constitution, we have a right to free speech and we are all dealing with a moment in our nation's history that is profound and pronounced... but I recognize the dichotomy and to the extent the dialectic between those examples and all I can offer is this consideration: Do what you think is best not only for you but for the health of the people you love."
He misses the point that he is using force to enforce his version of right behavior and yes, we have a Constitution, we have a right to free speech which includes right to assembly and seeking redress. But if this is safe, so is enjoying the the rights provided by the fat that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
ANd I would argue there is a right to be with family and friends and that displays of patriotism are a form of free speech, assembly and seeking redress.

georgeliberte says

On Thursday, KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern asked the governor, "I've heard from a number of people who don't understand why they're being told you can't go see grandpa this weekend, you can't see Uncle Joe, you can't have a barbecue with your neighbors but then they turn on the TV and see hundreds or thousands of people protesting. So can you explain the selective enforcement or preferential treatment given based on political persuasion? Can you explain to people why they should listen to these messages when they do see that happening and no one is getting tickets, no one is even being told to enforce the masks or social distancing?"
Newsome said, "I maybe was unique in my household but I don't think I was, I think it was universally taught: Just because someone else is doing it, doesn't mean you should," Newsom said. "People know what the right thing to do is. I encourage them to do the right thing. And people also understand that we have a Constitution, we have a right to free speech a...

There's no use trying to understand tyrants. It's simple...he's a tyrant and should be overthrown.

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TrumpingTits says

Sorry, but unemployment won't go down as long as that $600/week payment is still around.

Exactly.

I see a lot of help wanted signs in the Florida panhandle. McDonalds hiring at $13 to start. St Joe is offering a $500 signing bonus plus $12 to start for their resorts like handing out towels and umbrellas.

And rents have stabilizing to about $0.90 to $1 per square foot.

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They have been faking it since I started following them. Nothing new, relatively speaking the numbers were pretty good, even if you discount the spin.

I'll tell you what's happening.

States are putting some of their employees on unemployment on purpose, while paying them the balance.

I don't know how it's possible, but I know several people where this is happening in two different states.

Why do you have any trust in a probable pedophile who was clearly engaged in corruption in Ukraine, who is almost certainly senile?

I'd have voted for Tulsi Gabbord. But non warmongering assholes not allowed.

www.youtube.com/embed/PUif106VC-o