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I really want viable alternatives to what we currently have, I suspect i'll end up having to vote D again though. I really dislike Nessel, Whitmer is alright, and to be honest, would probably need to read up a bit more on Benson. The pandemic caused a headache for all services, but it seemed like it was dealing with a bunch of issues prior to it as well.

They have said to expect a nastier flu season this year. Something ran through our house this last week and Covid tests kept coming back negative too. My wife complained about the same things but she's still dealing with a lot of fallout from her allergic reaction so it's tough to differentiate.

She also got skewered by the right over being caught maskless at a restaurant recently, despite the fact that all SCOTUS members are vaccinated and she is still attending virtually. Turns out that was a mistake and Politico issued a correction (which hardly anyone will see, especially on the right), so all is good.

Yes, almost like there is nuance in the world. I'm admitting that the networks have different standards, but also saying what 1 did (cuomo) was worse than what the other did (hannity).

I call BS. It's nothing like that. The face of one news network, that wants to claim they are trustworthy, worked behind the scenes, using the resources of CNN, to give his brother an edge to deal with legitimate issues that have derailed political aspirations of folks from both parties. The other, said what needed to be said, from an advisory position (which shows how bad that POTUS was that he listened to a opinion show on cable), to a loose cannon president, but when his network decided to back Trump, he swallowed any pride he might have still had, and chose money over integrity by doing exactly what his company wanted him to do. From a fake 'i'm a journalist" aspect all cable news wants to pretend their primetime folks are journalist (when it comes to viewers, not when it has to defend itself in court), Cuomo was clearly worse with that aspect. No if and's or but's. For a horrible people ranking, both of these guys are 1 percenters though.

The facts are CNN fired Cuomo. FoxNews didn't fire Hannity. Someone pulled the 'but what about Hannity' card and I simply gave my opinion about why it was different. Part of that reasoning is that I believe CNN has a different standard for their primetime opinion folks than other stations. Another part of that reasoning is I believe what he did was actually worse.

I'd argue none of the prime time folks on the cable news channels are really journalists, but they do teeter a gray line. This is not a 'but your side' argument. My point with CNN is that simply it wants to be known as a trusted source for news, not trusted by republicans, not trusted by democrats, just trusted period. As such, I simply believe that even if Cuomo was only offering advice to his brothers administration, to CNN brass, they would have been more upset about that then MSNBC brass would be to hear that O'Donnell told Klain he thinks Biden should focus on X or Hannity telling Meadow what he thinks Trump should do.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/29/biden-lawrence-odonnell-biden-526232 If you don't think O'Donnell and Klain haven't texted each other about politics, you're delusional. A lot in this specific issue. If Cuomo was on MSNBC and there were no sexual assault complaints, he may have survived this, even though as I outlined, I do think what he did was worse than what Hannity did. Oblong wants to just say both are opinionated hosts on opinion shows, but again, one was using his position to try and change the position of a decision that was already known. The GOP didn't show up on 1/6 and one guy contested a state and a bunch more jumped on. This was a decision made well before and it was well reported in the media. Hannity was simply stating that this was a dumb move. Once we saw what that spurred on 1/6, he did what I hope all people would do if they saw an emergency situation and had contact information of someone that could do something about it. Cuomo was using his sources to try to obtain as much information before a story came out, either to ensure they could counter immediately or possibly help keep it from coming out at all. I'm actually kind of shocked that some of don't have the ability to see a difference.

I don't like the idea that a mainstream news channel primetime host has the President's chief of staffs direct contact information, but I will give you an answer about why it's not the same thing. 1) Cuomo was in hot water over multiple other issues which already had him one foot out the door. 2) CNN, while failing a bit at times IMO, has consistently claimed they were "The most trusted name in news". FoxNews has gone the way of MSNBC, just in the opposite direction. There is no claim by FoxNews to try and show both sides. While I don't like it, no one should have been surprised that major players on FoxNews had direct ties with major players in the GOP. 3) a. The content itself. Read what Hannity said. He was offering advice, sound advice at that. He was pointing out how big of a mistake it was to claim a stolen election. Sounds like he was one of the few that recognized there could be potential harm to staging that ridiculous attempt to block Biden from getting the EC votes on 1/6. Now, how you keep a guy employed that then goes on TV and backs Trump after the fact, well, that's just further proof of what we already know, FoxNews doesn't have much credibility and their primetime shows are even worse. b. Cuomo wasn't just offering advice, he was using his sources that he's built up from working at CNN and as a journalist to help feed information to his brothers administration to help them 'get in front' of the situation. And by 'get in front', that means identifying accusers so they could get dirt on them and try and discredit them right away. If maybe instead of doing that, he just texted his brother, or his brothers staff and said 'hey, how about you stop sexually harrasing women and see how that works for you?' it would be on the same level as Hannity.

1) I somewhat feel like they are trying to imply this guy was in direct contact with Cruz and Hannity. I just did a google search for 'Ted Cruz office number' and it came up with the number above. 2) I like Tom Bodett I think it was Charlie Kirk, but if not, someone like him at some forum and a guest asks when it is time to grab the guns and fight back. Kirk tries to backtrack on the guy saying we don't need to go there and that would mean we're just like them, but i'm sure once he got done, he went on trying to make these folks believe the election was stolen from them. How do they think this will end? edit: Found it, it was Kirk

Just finished the season/series finale of Dexter. The ending was better than the original, that's not saying much.

Verizon 5g home internet launched this week. I can't find a coverage map but it's not offered for me. Based on the original 5g rollout, guessing parts of Detroit and southern Oakland county. Decent price points, especially if you're a Verizon customer.

He is a good standup. The fact that this new boba fett series basically starts out from an unscripted riff he did on parks and rec is fantastic. I was referring to his backtracking when someone challenges him though. Might just be the worst possible 'friend' you could have.

Ted Cruz, the Patton Oswalt of politics.

Operation Warp Speed, IMO, was the 'deep state' Trump bashed the entire time he was in office. A group of long time government workers and then their agencies that got high enough approval to go find a solution to any issues arise as companies try and develop the vaccine. Trump deserves credit for backing it, but i'd like to think if my 17 year old was faced with the issues we had going on at the time, and a bunch of CEO's along with health care experts explaining to him how important this was and that they need cooperation, he would have backed it too. This worked despite Trump being president, not because of Trump being president. It's a crazy world. Youngkin got railed over the I-95 debacle. Best tweet I saw went off on him, then someone replied how Northam was still Gov, A little later the same women tweets how the response from Northam in dealing with I-95 was fantastic. Pfizer built on years and years of US research funding though. Add in that Warp Speed did more than just supply money, but worked with companies to deal with any type of issue they may encounter related to the development, production, and shipping of these vaccines. One could argue that Truman, and every president since, deserves some credit.

I'm glad nothing I say is a concern to you. Stick around then as this is a good place for you as within a few months, a few of these Trump wanna-be's will get banned (probably rightly so) and you can place an ignore on me and get all the information that matches your existing ideology spoon fed to you. Taking my wife, who we had no idea of what was going on and add on her health issues over the years, into the hospital was a little scary to say the least. Of course, never expected that they actual Covid shot itself was part of the reason why were were there. I don't know how she didn't get it while there.

Please note i'm not saying Biden should have recognized it as a problem and fixed it overnight. I'm not sure if anyone can fix it in this climate. I guess i'll point to Whitmer as an example. Very vocal and in front of everything, even at a national level early on. For those that argued that it didn't look like it affected kids (and schools should be open) or those that felt the proposed solutions to deal with Covid actually hurt Americans more in terms of other means (jobs/economy/mental health), she was all to willing, as with all dems, to ridicule and claim she 'follows science'. I've been vocal that I agreed with her that it was better to error on the side of caution. But as this last year continued to show trouble with how we were dealing with this, she's disappeared. I had health issues with my family, so maybe I was still wanting to be a little overly cautious, but you couldn't get anything out of Whitmer outside of initially where she'd mislead about the GOP for stripping her of her power. Then she went radio silent. Looking back at it now, I think she realized before the media started to realize just how damaging not having kids in school was. I think she probably was seeing the science which indicated it was safe for them to go back. And for those in the community that were still at risk to it, they had access to a vaccine if they wanted it. But from being so vocal initially, how can she come out and be so forceful to get kids back to school, especially when teacher unions were still hesitant. Even worse, it could look like she is admitting a mistake. So, instead of being vocal, up front, informing folks about the science involved, showing she's willing to change based on current evidence, she chose to sit tight. Covid goes south again, she knows the Dems will blame Trump, if it clears up, she'll ride with Biden on the "you're welcome" tour. And what came from doing nothing, you have a group that chooses to error on the side of caution with absolutely everything, even when there is no science to support some of those decisions under the umbrella of 'we follow science' and we have another group that see's some of that extreme caution, sees the science that shows how uncalled for it is, and uses that to deepen their own flawed outlook.

I agree to a point, but again, this is overkill. The people at risk in your story are vaccinated. The flu is literally more deadly than Covid for the infant. I'm not saying Covid is just like the Flu, but for children we have data now showing it's not an issue. Do these parents ever put their kid in a car? If so, might be time to call CPS. https://www.vox.com/22699019/covid-19-children-kids-risk-hospitalization-death

The playbook was still in play, it's not like Trump threw it in the trash. The team tasked with putting it together was no longer a team though. Part of the issue is that Trump didn't follow it exactly, I don't know enough about it, but there might be a valid argument that there wasn't a team to continue to update it. As for Biden though, I'm tired of hearing the 'huge mess' he had to clean up. While true, it's morphed into an excuse. This board likes to crap on DeSantis (and there are some legitimate reasons why), but when it comes to Florida death rate versus other states, most on this board will keep throwing things at the board about why it makes sense Florida's numbers look good up against Michigan and other blue states until they feel something sticks. It's time to stop doing that with Biden too. He walked in with a vaccine in hand. His own VP (prior to being the VP) called the vaccine 'Trump's vaccine' and initially stated she may not take it. Cuomo, the left's darling early on said he wouldn't trust the federal government's say on when it's ready. Pelosi, who never said anything inaccurate, consistently indicated that a rushed vaccine isn't good but rather one that goes through the normal channels. Senator Kennedy continues to say that same thing and people want him thrown off of Twitter (probably has been already). There are quite a few of you on this page that occasionally like to show a bar chart with each of the past X presidents under it and it shows how much the debt went up/down for each president. That's all the proof you need to determine which party is the best at handling the economy. Well, only two presidents that dealt with Covid, the one with the vaccine actually has the higher death count. Case closed, amirite? The federal response in regards to testing has been atrocious. The CDC and the White House can't even get on the same page. There is a legitimate issue with a large portion that won't get vaccinated and most of that blame lays with the right, but it's not like the left is actively trying to find a way quell some of the polarization that led to this point.

Dr called today, after consulting with all the different doctors involved in my wife's care for the last few weeks, everything points to Serum Syndrome which they suspect came on due to my wife getting both the Covid and Flu shot at the same time. She gets to have an Epi pen with her always now and the allergist needs to be consulted for any future shots.

Granted I don't know the medical situation of all involved here, but damn this sounds like overkill from what I suspect are 'follow the science' type folks.

I don't see it, she strikes me as one of those politicians that wants to do their job rather than get media attention. No room for her on the national stage.

Legitimately, I guess so. But I am pretty sure she is eligible. Trying to think how, but i'd think there would be a means for her to get it to the courts early in the process.

I feel like he could still be viable, but I agree he would need to harden up a bit. I listened to some folks talk about some recent doc that came out on him and I was a little soured by the idea that it's really all about power for him. But then I take a step back and realize that's all we have to chose from because who in their right mind would be a politician. Certainly my favorite, but completely agree. No one knows what her stance on anything is because she's been hiding for about a year now. Publicly about the only thing you'll hear her say is that the vaccinations work and she urges everyone to get one. Polis made some waves recently somewhat declaring Colorado is done with Covid. Seems to be center right and fits one of the necessary boxes for a Dem (he's gay), but he's also rich and jewish.

I'll use that defense with my wife. I expect her to come back with something like she'd buy that if I was saying 'Myers' vs what I say 'Mires'.