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handpeople 3 points ago +4 / -1

Not going to stop acquittal. Its never Trumper revenge. They are hoping for a juicy media cycle. But I think McConnell will push for ending deliberation, under the threat of bringing the Bidens into the mix, and that may put enough pressure on the never Trumpers to vote for acquittal without delaying and moving on to witnesses.

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handpeople 4 points ago +5 / -1

Biden will be irrelevant, the whistle blower's identity needs to be protected, Schiff is not a material witness, and calling any of the managers will be "just a political stunt". End result, Pompeo, Bolton, other Dem called witnesses will be allowed to testify, none of the GOP witnesses (other than maybe the Secretary of Basketweaving with nothing to say as a show witness). We have a very strong POTUS, but a very, very, weak and cucked party.

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handpeople 4 points ago +5 / -1

I strongly believe the internet. Its a huge leap for humanity really. Its equally as big as the printing press, bigger than radio or TV. To imagine such could come to light without changing the world (for better or worse) is naivety. So really, I think its a mix of our innate nature as humans, and the tool which is the internet.

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handpeople 2 points ago +3 / -1

It could have started in a lab. How would I know? But common sense tells me they would not release it as some sort of bio-weapon when their economy is on edge. Its hurting China bad, when they dont need it. That is something I can discern logically. Even if it was developed in a lab, we will never know. It would be speculation forever. China is in a world of shit, this was not intentional.

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handpeople 1 point ago +2 / -1

20 million or 2 million, doesnt matter. Fact is, I know how slavery thrived and existed. People dont care, cheap cotton in 1800, cheap sneakers in 2020, all the same.

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handpeople 3 points ago +4 / -1

Unfortunately, none of it matters. People have drawn their lines in the sand. The one good thing that matters, 53 Senators will vote against removal, yes, even Mittens. Thats the hard facts.

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handpeople 1 point ago +2 / -1

Every culture has its plus and minuses. Asian cultures, the minus = eating disgusting shit. Its just a fact. People who try to compare a cow or chicken to a bat or cockroaches are just disillusioned.

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handpeople 1 point ago +2 / -1

You cant go to a Socialized free medical care facility in the Ukraine without paying under the table. You cant even get a national ID without paying under the table. The whole country is corrupt as fuck, from the top down. Its a clearinghouse of foreign aid.

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handpeople 0 points ago +1 / -1

Yeah communism fucked up Chinese food in China. Imagine that. Imagine you have General Tzo's chicken, Braised Pork, WuShu beef, and you have to eat bats. Definitely a downhill spiral, come on you have CHINESE FOOD, what happened?

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handpeople 0 points ago +1 / -1

I personally like the President is where the buck stops on foreign policy. Why do you think we give foreign countries money? To do what we want them to do, we meaning the POTUS. In every circumstance of aid, strings are attached. Its in the Presidents power to do so because the President is elected. Its not lobbying organizations that decide, because they are uncountable to the voters.

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handpeople 4 points ago +5 / -1

You can bet there is a lot of fearporn, this goes without saying. You can also bet there are people scared to death. There is panic, there are people with the flu who think its coronavirus. None of this negates the fact that its spreading, and will spread here. We are simply at the mercy of how transmissible this is, how lethal it is, whether it kills itself out, whether it mutates (bad or good). Its too early to tell at this point. I suspect when it makes its way out of China in a major way, and given a couple of weeks to see the recovery rate, we will see what we are dealing with. In any event, we are shouting at the sky and pounding sand. We have little to no control over the situation.

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handpeople 13 points ago +14 / -1

A movie in the 90s was made about the race to the intellectual bottom called Harrison Bergeron, nobody was allowed to be smarter in the egalitarian society. Its a great movie.

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handpeople 6 points ago +7 / -1

Right, that's reported by China. We wont know really until it runs its course in 1st world countries that do not obfuscate every little fact. Probably at least two weeks before we can get numbers anywhere near accuracy.

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handpeople 3 points ago +4 / -1

Yup, the problem is when the hospitals get full. I am sure death rates would be higher now, they dont estimate as many would die now because of medical facilities, drugs, time to develop vaccines, but they never appreciate how quickly our healthcare would go to shit if even 1-2% required hospitalization. We would not be much better off in 2020 than in 1918 once the system was over taxed. Could see numbers 100-200 million in such a case.

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handpeople 8 points ago +10 / -2

Its beyond containment now. I am sure China is lying to keep panic from spreading too. Probably a lot more cases. Only question now is will it just be SARS or are we looking at 1918 again, maybe something in between, maybe not so lethal we can only hope. Its been a 100 years, right on schedule.

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handpeople 2 points ago +3 / -1

Something is up over there. I got banned for supporting the 2A rally and telling people not to be scared.

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handpeople 1 point ago +2 / -1

Very good advice.

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