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Trump interview with AXIOS
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At least he didn't say something bizarre about being on cocaine...That's what
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Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View PostRumors, rumors, rumors . . .That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostAre you denying Biden made a bizarre comment about being tested for cocaine use?
People just cannot resist distorting, can they?"It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
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Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostIt was not a bizarre comment. He simply posited an equally preposterous question to the reporter.
People just cannot resist distorting, can they?
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Originally posted by whag View PostI disagree. There's no denying it was bizarre in every way that Trump's inarticulate and rambling responses are bizarre. There were a thousand excellent ways to respond to this question."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostIt was not a bizarre comment. He simply posited an equally preposterous question to the reporter.
People just cannot resist distorting, can they?
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Originally posted by seanD View PostIt was clearly racially motivated, and that's how anyone, especially the left would have interpreted it had it been Trump. He used junkie and cocaine (or crack) because the guy who asked was black. It explains why he used the "Come on, man" shtick, because he was trying to be culturally "hip," the same way he addressed Charlemagne the God during his interview.
Edited to add. The fact is that whether a journalist is black, white, blue, pink or green, journalism along with other branches of the media and entertainment industry is noted for a propensity towards alcohol and narcotics - cocaine often being the drug of choice. The Thames in London is apparently full of the stuff with the inevitable impact on riverine fauna.Last edited by Hypatia_Alexandria; 08-06-2020, 12:11 PM."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostYou are very free with your pronouncements on other people's thought processes and behaviour.
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Originally posted by whag View PostThe interviewer in TrumpÂ’s AXIOS interview wasnÂ’t even throwing hardball questions at POTUS. All he was doing that journalists up till now havenÂ’t been doing is asking simple follow ups.
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The other key source of data - the cases found by testing - shows numbers have started going up. They are now more than 40% higher than they were in the second week of July on a rolling-seven day average.
But that masks the fact the number of tests being carried out is increasing and being targeted at areas where infection rates are highest.
If you test more, you are likely to find more.
This is a point made by Prof Carl Heneghan, who heads the centre for evidence-based medicine at Oxford University.
He says it is essential to adjust for tests being done and is concerned about what he calls "poor interpretation" of data.
Covid cases, he says, simply aren't rising in any meaningful sense.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53656852
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Originally posted by David Hayward View PostIf POTUS is claiming that increasing the number of tests done distorts the figures, it seems there's at least a partial truth in that claim whenever the increase in tests happens (as it probably should) in those areas which need it because there are outbreaks; here's an extract from the BBC reporting on UK figures being misleading:
To lies, damned lies and statistics add poor understanding of statistics. POTUS might have a point, even if he doesn't have a clue why.
It should not be an excuse to limit testing (Trump's approach). You just have to be a bit smarter evaluating the data (scientific approach). We need to get testing sufficiently high with sufficiently fast turnaround to allow it to serve the nation as a means to controlling the pandemic once we have the number of new daily cases to a small enough number we can do contact tracing and quarantine effectively.My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by seanD View PostIt was clearly racially motivated, and that's how anyone, especially the left would have interpreted it had it been Trump. He used junkie and cocaine (or crack) because the guy who asked was black. It explains why he used the "Come on, man" shtick, because he was trying to be culturally "hip," the same way he addressed Charlemagne the God during his interview.
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