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Kavanaugh might not be running, but if the election is tight enough, he might get to cast a decisive vote at some point.

Every single Trump supporter I know lies to the pollsters to lull the Democrats into a false sense of security

LOLOLOL - that'll show them

Unsurprisingly, Trump supporters like the man himself, are liars.

Surprised he didn't think to do the "big book full of blank pages" thing that Trump did for his healthcare "better than Obamacare" plan.

This thread used to be a good source of information on Covid in Ireland, particularly for those of us living abroad.  But lately it has become an unedifying and repetitive back and forth where the same arguments are put forth again and again. 

As a way of moving forward, I  respectfully suggest that this thread be split into two.  One on Covid/Lockdown scepticism, and one on general news updates on covid.   

[when there are 4 complete constitutionally appointed new liberal justices on the bench next year]

When you establish the rules about how that chair can be filled, and then proceed to fill it in direct contravention of your own rules, then yes, it is.

Which "rules" exactly?

The ones that Lindsey Graham proudly announced could be turned against him if he went against him.

Take it up with him when there are 4 complete constitutionally appointed new liberal justices on the bench next year. He'll be out of a job, so he'll have plenty of time to chat with you.

If only.  In my 25 years here, the Democrats have never shown themselves to have the kind of "f**k you, you can't stop us, so we're doing it" approach that McConnell, and before him Gingrich, exemplify. 

Don't you know about the bit in the constitution requiring candidates to be seen outside every day during the campaign, lest they forfeit their legitimacy J70?

Were they at least dipped in holy water? f**k all use against demons otherwise.

Anyone ever figure out why Covid isn't growing exponentially in the US? Seems to be following a linear progression which goes against what is currently thought about the virus.

Not sure, but it's possible this might have something to do with it:

"Hospitals have instead been ordered to send all COVID-19 patient information to a central database in Washington DC.

This will have a range of likely knock-on effects. For starters, the new database will not be available to the public, prompting inevitable questions over the accuracy and transparency of data which will now be interpreted and shared by the White House"

https://theconversation.com/us-coronavirus-data-will-now-go-straight-to-the-white-house-heres-what-this-means-for-the-world-142814

Yes, but the fear of putting the x the last time was largely through being told they wouldn't be able to continue on as part of the EU.

With Biden PR like this, how can Trump not lose?

Can't be all bad if the tories are coming out against it.

One thing that I found interesting at the time it happened was how quickly he was convicted and sentenced from the time of the crime.  It happened in August 2018 and I think he was sentenced in November of that year too.  Alot of speculation now as to what changed him, from steroids to those weight loss patches that he wore all the time.

I actually watched it last night and intended mentioning today here, without wanting to give too much away to those that haven't seen it yet but I found the last couple of minutes incredibly chilling.

Two other true crime documentaries that, in my opinion, warrant watching for their surrealness are The Staircase and The Jinx.

The Jinx is great. Mind boggling stuff.  Staircase is decent, but they dragged it on too long imo.
Evil Genius is my favourite recent true crime doc.  Truly bizarre.

[His policies on business and doing everything to keep the economy going/creating jobs are admirable (from the limited knowledge I have so bear in mind it is all IMHO).]

Trump is the president - like him or loathe him.
He was voted in by the American people.

His policies on business and doing everything to keep the economy going/creating jobs are admirable (from the limited knowledge I have so bear in mind it is all IMHO).

His policies on nearly everything else including climate change/BLM etc etc are f**king disgraceful and should be roundly condemned.

Keeping the economy going

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1313561057986633729

Trump has called off COVID relief negotiations. Tens of millions of Americans who have lost their jobs will receive no federal unemployment supplement without that relief. Americans in need will remain in need.

producer on msnbc Larry o donnell last word show surprising he has a  negative tweet about trump .

Unless what he tweeted is untrue, it doesn't really matter what his job is, does it?

So, is it untrue?

i haven't read the whole bill have you ? so I don't cherry pick one issue and Moan about it .
God only knows what Nancy wanted to put in it, but people should be looked after as much as possible and their local politicians should be doing everything to get them back to work and open up businesses ASAP .
Any comment on Hillary setting up the Russian hoax so as to distract from her emails. It was an idea from one of her foreign policy advisers. You couldn't make it up, doubt Kyle griffin will be tweeting about it .

This Whitehouse covid cluster is actually a brilliant strategy by Trump. Once he's lost the election and refused to leave office, who's going to be willing to go in and drag him out?

Were there equivalents to lockdown during the Spanish flu?  How long did it take for things to go back to normal back then?

Here's an interesting article on that in the US. Useful graphs showing what happened when restrictions were lifted early/late relative to other states.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/how-cities-flattened-curve-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic-coronavirus/