What concerns me more than trump's infection being "fake or not" is what people will do while trump is ill and thenafter towards the election.
Remember when Bozo got ill with CV19? We were all supposed to "rally round" and support our leader - never mind what he has done, he's ill you HAVE to support him; it is your duty to do this. I vauegly remember hearing on BBC R2/Jeremy vine show at the time - on one edition of that he (vine) almost seemed to demand his listeners show full support for bozo boris.
I mean I didn't wish death on bozo but to be pratically ordered to support him?
Maybe something similar happens in the US if trump survives? Trump recovers claims he defeated the virus and is some sort of "superman" and everyone pats him on the back. Poor trump, never mind what you did in the past, he's so amazing. Great guy, 4 more years absolutely.
And are democrats now going to just continually wish trump the best, pull their attack ads and say "Great guy that trump" too? If so they're pretty much handing him the election.
Ugh.
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At least, that's what the columnist from the Guardian is saying that it's the latest from Q....
]]>Or just pull back and dump the surplus loot into turning the Senate blue and keeping the house in Democratic hands.
Also, I think most democrats (myself included) want Trump to be fit to stand trial next year, so we do sincerely hope he doesn't become too debilitated to face justice. In this regard, I do sincerely wish him a complete, if slow, recovery from his current illness. Around, say, President's Day 2021.
]]>I know they will never do it. But I would love to see a M P look alike surrounded by a pile of brown stained paper towels furiously trying to clean off his nose with a fist full.
]]>[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia - according to that, current figure including edit history by extrapolation is probably around 15TB, 150GB compressed (100 to 1) More for wikimedia. Doable on capacious personal hardware.
]]>First off: don't use a reverse pyramid structure, it has a particular meaning. Well, several, but try this: The inverted pyramid: A neo-Ricardian view on the economy–environment relationship https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800914002675
There's entire serious literature on inverted pyramids in trading, business models and so. It has strong vibes with gold bugs and other types and using it is basically signalling that you're using taxon from a position of ignorance. It's also a base to Chaos stuff, in that summoning them tends to get you Trump, but that's a much longer story.
Secondly, a lot of what she considers "dangerous antisemitic conspiracy theories" are in fact, true (or close enough to give a major dint to her research skills). e.g. The first thing I did after receiving a full-size sample of SkinMedica’s TNS Essential Serum to try out was to check the veracity of these rumors. And lo and behold, it all seems to be true. Human fibroblast cells have been obtained from human foreskins for research purposes at least, and these are also commercially available in the U.S. So let’s just say that my first thought before actually trying SkinMedica’s TNS Essential Serum was that this stuff had better be damn good for me to be potentially slathering my face with male genital cells. https://www.truthinaging.com/review/reader-review-skinmedicas-tns-essential-serum
Thirdly, the USA is obsessed with making everything antisemitic and it is playing out very badly when you slap incredibly naive and dumb labels of 'the antisemitic point of no return' on things, because that allows the actual Neo-Nazis an "in".
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This young lady is a proper danger, Louis Mensch / Daily Fail of Conspiracy Research and not how it works.
]]>TikTok Shadowbanned? Major TikToker Claims Shut Out of Algorithm & Features
When the issue was first covered at Screen Rant, the topic was addressed with the conclusion that shadowbanning is likely not real, on the grounds that it wouldn't make sense for a platform to limit viral creators and because it appeared solvable through smarter social marketing. However, following an interview with TikTok creator Abbie Richards (@tofizzle), in which evidence was presented that clearly represents either intentional interference from TikTok or some kind of malfunction within the For You algorithm, it's difficult to stand by the assessment that shadowbans are not real.
...Abbie has established a social media presence in 2020 through pointed, viral anti-golf videos, with several of her posts racking up hundreds of thousands (or over 1 million) views. With so much content about the problems with golf, her content naturally touches on anti-capitalist ideas, which also contributes to the connection she's established with her audience. That success is best highlighted by Abbie being referenced on live TV when an ESPN broadcaster mentioned her by name, calling her "too avant-garde for Sportscenter". https://screenrant.com/tiktok-shadowban-abbie-richards-tofizzle/ To wit: not only is that a 'Conspiracy Theory' she was pushing, it's a particular Right-wing bugbear version that has growling masses of QAN support behind it (and places like PraegerU). That "horseshoe" of where QAN meets Hippy Liberal US Americana? Guess what? It's fucking projection. If we bothered to do a deep dive into who NO CARRIER - mod
Re the comments, they are sort of about influence operators of highly varying levels of competence and awareness, and they are about a few real but minor currents being churned up by the world of influence operations over (overlapping) subpopulations of minds in the populations. Most people are mostly blind to this stuff. She sees it (lives it) very well.
[1] stolen from elsewhere: "your lack of knowledge about the depths of my ignorance is just adorable" [2] Bayesian surprise attracts human attention (Laurent Itti, Pierre Baldi, 2006)
]]>It wasn't intended to be Catholic bashing. I don't think Catholics have a monopoly on hypocrisy. If it is bashing of any kind, it's ACC Basketball Rival Bashing.
If he wasn't infected by Cheatolini iL Douchebag himself, there's good reason to suspect it was at that unseemly hasty garden party.
I actually came to it by way of a news story about Notre Dame students passing around a petition calling on him to resign due to breaching University health and safety protocols. This bit is telling:
This incident is the second time Jenkins was accused of breaking protocol, having issued an apology for a previous transgression in early August.
We'll find out one way or another. If El Cheeto was positive a week ago, he's on day 8 at least of infection. So by Monday-Wednesday or so, we'll know if he's in the mild category or the not-mild category (in the former, he gets better. In the latter, he gets worse). If not, he's got most of another week in Walter Reed to see which track he's on, and we get to see if VP Renfield invokes the 25th Amendment or not.
Should have been done already. Wonder why it hasn't been?
I suspect El CHeeto's at the hospital so that they can have a crash cart standing by, get him under good oximetry, give him that experimental regeneron antibody treatment and probably remdesivir (better to do these in the hospital anyway), and see if they can find him a nurse who looks good in her PPE to help keep his mind focused (/sarcasm).
I've seen one "news" item suggesting he was already on oxygen for the walk out to the helicopter. Had the oxygen generator concealed by his jacket pocket and a nasal cannula concealed by his hairpiece & face mask.
Then there's this:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/04/donald-trump-covid-19-what-we-know-steroid-dexamethasone/3616811001/
The only certainty is that Trumpolini's campaign and the White House are lying about what's going on.
]]>I have decided that henceforth he shall be known as Mike Pretense.
I know they will never do it. But I would love to see a M P look alike surrounded by a pile of brown stained paper towels furiously trying to clean off his nose with a fist full.
Well, according to the New York Times, "the glee and memes from some on the left were vulgar" ... so please, while cackling with joy, do try to maintain some semblance of decorum and refinement.
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