Besides that, most other nations that followed the advice of pandemic experts to temporarily shut down to control it are doing much better than we are, and are well on the way towards restoring normalcy. The one European nation that refused to do that, Sweden, is the only nation in Europe that is doing proportionally even worse than we are in combating the pandemic.
That's not true. Spain is having a resurgence now.
The fact still remains that Spain has done much better than we have, and the latest surge had already peaked and was already subsiding before you posted the above. https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2 ... from-peaks
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's health ministry said on Tuesday the number of coronavirus cases detected daily had declined over the past four days, further off a peak of around 10,000 reached about 10 days ago, and officials said no new lockdown was necessary.
But I suppose you will continue to eagerly grasp at any straws you can find.
No precept or claim is more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
― Harlan Ellison
...This is why I can't understand how people like John Kasich can even call themselves Republicans. Obviously neither he nor Mitt Romney will ever be able to run for any position of significance as Republicans again. Real conservatives that disagree with Trump but are committed to conservative principles and furthering the conservative agenda are people like Ted Cruz.
Whatever happened to Lee Atwater's 'Big Tent'? The Party is becoming more ideologically pure. Heretics like Kasich should be cast out.
Ronald Reagan 1980 GOP acceptance wrote:“Trust me” government asks that we concentrate our hopes and dreams on one man; that we trust him to do what’s best for us. My view of government places trust not in one person or one party, but in those values that transcend persons and parties.
Donald Trump 2016 GOP acceptance wrote:I alone can fix it.
Like a splinter that hides from tweezers, here's a line from Trump's Inaugural:
At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America. Through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other.
This is not Ronald Reagan's allegiance to principles. It simply says that loyalty is the ultimate positive value, without explaining which principles are "at the bedrock", or if there are any other principles except allegiance. So Trump presents us with concept of allegiance not based upon principles. This is 'blood and soil', coupled with 'I alone can fix it'. The Republican Party's response? THERE IS NO PARTY PLATFORM. The party platform is whatever Donald Trump says. Allegiance is the bedrock, not conservative principles. And whether that model appears on the left or on the right, the result is a more totalitarian government.
"The great problem of any civilization is how to rejuvenate itself without rebarbarization." - Will Durant "We've kept more promises than we've even made" - Donald Trump "Of what meaning is the world without mind? The question cannot exist." - Edwin Land
Trump has already appointed a lot of people to the courts and two people to the Supreme Court. I want Biden to appoint Ginsburg’s replacement for the Supreme Court.
Are you still a Republican or something? Why wouldn't you want a liberal supreme court?
A second term of Trump means that we will get him as an imperial President. He will be like a dictator.
Trump’s abuse of presidential power isn’t unique, but it is worrying in so far as it sets the stage for a true test of our system of checks and balances in November. If voters choose to allow Trump free rein on presidential abuse, we may have a truly have an imperial president.
That was what we thought about Obama.
And when the confederates saw Jackson standing fearless as a stone wall the army of Northern Virginia took courage and drove the federal army off their land.
A second term of Trump means that we will get him as an imperial President. He will be like a dictator.
And you're good with that, because you despise our Constitutional Republic.
At least you admit where your loyalties lie.
"One of the hardest things for me to accept is the fact that Kevin Graham has blonde hair, blue eyes and an English last name. This ugly truth blows any arguments one might have for actual white supremacism out of the water. He's truly a disgrace." - Ajax
A second term of Trump means that we will get him as an imperial President. He will be like a dictator.
Trump’s abuse of presidential power isn’t unique, but it is worrying in so far as it sets the stage for a true test of our system of checks and balances in November. If voters choose to allow Trump free rein on presidential abuse, we may have a truly have an imperial president.
That was what we thought about Obama.
Which you have just admitted you would have been okay with, if it were Trump, instead of Obama. Right?
No precept or claim is more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
― Harlan Ellison
Which you have just admitted you would have been okay with, if it were Trump, instead of Obama. Right?
This is why Trump supporters have no credibility. They argue in bad faith. They can't tell the truth because they don't know what it is.
They don't give a sh-it about executive orders, unless it's a black man doing it. They don't give a sh-it about the president golfing, unless it's a black man doing it.They don't give a sh-it about political lies, unless it's a black man doing it. They don't give a sh-it about disrespecting the troops, unless it's a black man doing it. They don't give a sh-it about the rising federal debt, unless it's a black man doing it...
I could go on and on, but the point is, Trump supporters are fu-cking liars, and too goddamn stupid to understand the world around them. They have proven it over and over again. They actually seem to have missed all of Trump's incompetence (or are so incompetent themselves, they see him as successful... lol). They obsess over having Trump's tiny dick in their asses, and keep lying in hopes that the lies' pheromones attract his attention.
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.