NOS4A2

Your imagination is getting the better of you friend.

I retired from the Kremlin many years ago.

Thank you, friend.

The UN is now predicting famines of “biblical” proportions within the next few months. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-52373888 If this does come to pa...

Personally I think the modelling approach to prediction took a big hit during this pandemic. Even as educated guesses they were way off, but were none...

I suspect China will be a political cudgel this time around, as Russia was last time. But this time the evidence of foreign interference and espionage...

Here’s an interview in Nature with epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, who remains positive about the Swedish case. The voluntary approach shows no clear d...

It’s crazy to think about. Many of us might be without homes within the year. I suspect that within the decade historians will look back and say we to...

They probably regret their pro-Trump efforts. Besides, it’s the ChiComs we have to worry about.

I lean towards anarchism, but I’m still unsure whether it is feasible. There are few of any anarchist societies, so unlike socialism, we can’t weigh t...

Check out this fire meme, from the leader of the free world himself. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1252204786059018240?s=21

The hoax you guys peddled back and forth to each other for years. Man, you guys were so sure of yourself. It was brilliant.

Remember when you guys got outraged at a sharpie mark on a map? Three years old.

The Trump campaign has a sophisticated digital team. The worst you could do is underestimate it, just like last time.

Dunking on Pelosi. A sign the political season is going to be great this year. https://youtu.be/s7DKYML2MRs

Trump’s federalist take on the current emergency has put statists on edge, but for me it is a turn away from the common ploy of seizing powers during ...

It’s starting to look more and more like the infection fatality rate of covid-19 is in the ballpark of the seasonal flu, at least according to this st...

I’ll leave that to the living.

We know what happens to ourselves after death and have the cadaver farms to prove it. We rot. But we can choose to do so in a dignified manner, for in...

Sunlight may kill the virus quite quickly. https://news.yahoo.com/sunlight-destroys-coronavirus-very-quickly-new-government-tests-find-but-experts-say...

You said my reasoning “speaks volumes about my ideology”, without telling me what volumes they speak of. So I told you that it wasn’t about any ideolo...

Some “seroprevalence” studies are beginning to come out. This one is not peer-reviewed, but it’s conclusions are profound. https://www.medrxiv.org/con...

No western country could have known enough that early. Here’s a decent timeline of events. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2019–20_coron...

It’s not an accusation, I’m just contrasting it to my own ethics, which are more deontological. I’m suggesting this is where we might differ. The Chin...

It’s the art of the deal. “Never take anything off the table”. Trump likes to tout his power and authority for leverage and ambiguity in deal making. ...

I think the difference in my “ideology” is that I’m not into applying utilitarian principles. But if I were to do so I would say your assumption that ...

I never said Trump was a victim. I never said he has total authority. I’m not sure why one would try to lie about that but I’m sure spin has something...

If the fire-Department was actively covering for the arsonist, then yes, withholding funding would be prudent as would an investigation. Yes, withhold...

The investigation can help recognize structural and perhaps even political failures. I see no reason to continue funding until that process is complet...

They are not being defunded. The US is withholding its funding pending an investigation.

Lol quick to edit that one, weren’t you?

Oh look, an offended commie.

Yes. It’s in our best interest to have a properly functioning health authority, especially during a pandemic.

It’s the other way about. It appears Trump has become the scapegoat once again, as has been the case from everything to climate change to mistrust of ...

I think the WHO needs to be accountable for its errors, namely spreading Chinese misinformation, declaring a pandemic too late, opposing travel restri...

I’m no statistician but I suspect deaths per million is a more adequate measure to determine who faired better or worse. In that respect, some countri...

Horowitz has no power of subpoena, so based on what they told him, sure that is the case. Durham, who does have the power and who is by now deep into ...

It was just declassified. And it shows the FBI knew Steele was perhaps dealing in Russian disinformation, which I suspect you believed. So yes it is n...

That’s a good point. The line-ups outside the barbershop alone will cause chaos.

I personally would deviate from your point because I do not believe in any notion of a greater good, but I certainly do agree we should all do our sha...

Sweden just recorded it’s highest daily death count since the 6th of April after a slow weekend. This will surely ignite pressure for more draconian m...

I think there is a political discussion to be had here. For example, the much touted healthcare systems of Europe, often held against the American sys...

Again, a lazy stretch.

I don’t know if that’s the case or not without seeing the classified documents.

Yeah, it was awesome. It’s a lazy stretch to say it was a campaign ad. Government propaganda? Perhaps.

I was just relaying the article. Are there such powers? I don’t know. More from the article:

I’m pretty sure you’ve used that one before.

It is chilling to know that the president has powers not even congress knows about. Trump could be referring to those. Let’s hope we do not see them d...

That’s certainly debatable.

It’s the art of the deal. “Never take anything off the table”. Trump likes to tout his power and authority for leverage and ambiguity in deal making. ...