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7 hours ago, Saraburi121 said:

Would be nice to hear the perspective from individual Allied Forces who fought the war in the Pacific contribute to this discussion vice those looking at history in hind sight but they are all mostly passed. Probably a very different opinion than folks today.  Was it terrible, yes, and hopefully never repeated. Who will every know the truths about it that are written different in each countries history lessons.  I have been to the Hiroshima site several times and it is very sobering.

First person narrative is always preferable, but I doubt we have any 100 year olds on this site.

Qld has just announced border closures to NSW and ACT from Friday night.

39 minutes ago, Olmate said:

How did you miss out?

I am in hiding.

These are American numbers but they do show that Asians have a lower death rate by race.

Interesting but not necessarily directly relatable to the low Th numbers.

https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race

KEY FINDINGS (data collected through July 21):

• Overall, actual American death rates from COVID-19 data (aggregated from all states with available data and the District of Columbia) have reached new highs for all race groups:

  • 1 in 1,350 Black Americans has died (or 73.7 deaths per 100,000)

  • 1 in 1,650 Indigenous Americans has died (or 60.5 deaths per 100,000)

  • 1 in 2,100 Pacific Islander Americans has died (or 48.0 deaths per 100,000)

  • 1 in 2,700 Latino Americans has died (or 37.2 deaths per 100,000)

  • 1 in 3,100 White Americans has died (or 32.4 deaths per 100,000)

  • 1 in 3,250 Asian Americans has died (or 30.7 deaths per 100,000)

     

• Black Americans continue to experience the highest overall actual COVID-19 mortality rates— about 2.3 times as high as the rate for Whites and Asians, who have the lowest actual rates.

Doubt if anyone on here has actually done the quarantine thing. There are people on here who seem desperate to return and would probably like to know how you managed it.

Overloaded/badly balanced?

1 minute ago, heybruce said:

Mostly I see them on comedy shows that lampoon them.  Almost entirely that way, now that I think of it.

Certainly more entertaining than what passes for comedy on the late night shows.

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

James Murdoch and his wife Kathryn in January condemned the organization's coverage of climate change, particularly for denying the role of global warming in Australia's devastating fires.

There is no actual evidence of cause/effect. 

4 hours ago, heybruce said:

Fox News viewers rejoice!  Maybe now the last remaining real journalists at Fox News will be fired and replaced with more bile spouting conspiracy theorists like Hannity and Carlson.  Those guys are much more entertaining than real news.

After saying that you only read the real news we find you watching tv pundits after all. ????

31 minutes ago, Mama Noodle said:

When everything is said and done these kids, if it’s their first non-violent offense, they probably gonna get a very firm wrist slap and as long as they keep their nose clean after, they should be ok. 

Hope so, but it depends how vindictive people want to be.

I can frown and smile at this. Obviously fraud and hacking are crimes and should attract punishment, but one can admire the talent at the same time. Talented youths should be nurtured before they turn to crime and fast-tracked into cyber security.

2 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

["Election Day was fixed by a federal law passed in 1845, and the Constitution itself in the 20th Amendment specifies that the newly elected Congress meet at noon on Jan. 3, 2021, and that the terms of the president and vice president end at noon on Jan. 20, 2021," Calabresi said. "If no newly elected president is available, the Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes acting president." (Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is the current Speaker.)]

 

There are probably other sources, but this was in an article I posted earlier.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/07/30/cofounder-of-conservative-federalist-society-calls-for-president-trump-to-be-impeached/#5c2af3922a01

 

Thanks but there was something else that I read and now cannot find about the procedure if a result could not be met by a certain date.

6 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

Biden has already come out and said unequivocally that he does not support defunding the police. 

I agree that Biden does not want to actually de-fund the police. It is a sop to the far-left extremists. If Biden should win there would be some cosmetic changes and then it would be back to business as usual.

39 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

A lot to unpack.

You seem to know about this. Thank you.

What is the significance of the Dec 14 date, Supreme Court, and back to the House to resolve. I read conflicting stuff on this.

Thanks.

10 minutes ago, heybruce said:

Here's a radical thought:  Try reading the news.  And focus on factual reporting, not opinion pieces.  Whenever you bring up the names of pundits while commenting on news, it leads one to assume you don't understand the difference between opinion shows and actual news.

 

Not liking the facts being reported by established media does not justify trusting conspiracy theory sites.

Well they did just get sued for their reporting of the "actual news" eg Covington.

There are many ways of slanting a truthful story. In journalism it is called "framing". Surprised you would not know this.

Clintoned?

None of us know of course but speculation is such fun.

Going to be concluded as a heart attack in the end (probably).