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buka001 said:
China was not Communist at the end of WW2.
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You'll just confuse him.

He thinks China was always communist, that Mao was a 4 000 year-old red, and that Chinese dynasties and a republic are merely plot devices for Hollywood movies.
 
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cerebus said:
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Here's a respiratory disease pandemic timeline from 1918:

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Here's Covid compared to SARS and the 1968 pandemic:

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Yeah, I'm not seeing "three, four, five weeks" anywhere...
 
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Aquila ka Hecate said:
Because he's got a huge financial stake in there, somewhere.
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I doubt this even. I think he just talked kak, bet on this horse and now to save face is just riding it to the end. Nothing more and nothing less.

It would be better and reasonable and sane if he did have a stake, but this is Trump so none of those things apply.
 
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The Trump administration’s order ends deployments on June 24, just one day before thousands would qualify for education and retirement benefits.

More than 40,000 National Guard members currently helping states test residents for the coronavirus and trace the spread of infections will face a “hard stop” on their deployments on June 24 — just one day shy of many members becoming eligible for key federal benefits, according to a senior FEMA official.

The official outlined the Trump administration’s plans on an interagency call on May 12, an audio version of which was obtained by POLITICO. The official also acknowledged during the call that the June 24 deadline means that thousands of members who first deployed in late March will find themselves with only 89 days of duty credit, one short of the 90-day threshold for qualifying for early retirement and education benefits under the Post-9/11 GI bill.

The looming loss of crucial frontline workers, along with questions about whether the administration is shortchanging first responders, would require a delicate messaging strategy, the official — representing FEMA’s New England region — told dozens of colleagues on the interagency call.

“We would greatly benefit from unified messaging regarding the conclusion of their services prior to hitting the 90-day mark and the retirement benefit implications associated with it,” the official said.

Top National Guard and other federal officials on the call did not dispute the June 24 cutoff or raise the possibility of an extension. In a statement, FEMA acknowledged that President Donald Trump’s current order for the federal government to fund the troops expires on June 24. But a National Guard spokesperson said a decision to extend the deployments could still be made in the coming weeks.

“We’re not there yet on the determination,” the spokesperson, Wayne Hall, said. “Nobody can say where we’ll need to be more than a month down the road.”

Governors and lawmakers in both parties have been pleading with the White House to extend the federal order for several more months or until the end of the year, warning in a letter to Trump that terminating federal deployments early in the summer just as states are reopening “could contribute to a possible second wave of infection.”
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90 days means you qualify for education and retirement benefits. 89, not so much. MAGA!
 
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They can't win unless they cheat. Example #109373546

Georgia Republicans cancel election for state Supreme Court, meaning governor can appoint a Republican

The state of Georgia was supposed to hold an election Tuesday to fill a seat on the state Supreme Court. Justice Keith Blackwell, a Republican whose six-year term expires on the last day of this year, did not plan to run for reelection. The election, between former Democratic Rep. John Barrow and former Republican state lawmaker Beth Beskin, would determine who would fill Blackwell’s seat.

But then something weird happened: Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and the state’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, canceled Tuesday’s election. Instead, Kemp will appoint Blackwell’s successor, and that successor will serve for at least two years — ensuring the seat will remain in Republican hands.

On May 14, the state Supreme Court handed down a decision that effectively blessed this scheme to keep Blackwell’s seat in the GOP’s hands. The court’s decision in Barrow v. Raffensperger is unusual in many regards — among other things, six of the state’s regular Supreme Court justices recused from the case, and they were replaced by five lower court judges who sat temporarily on the state’s highest court. The court’s decision in Barrow turns upon poorly drafted language in the state constitution, which does suggest that Blackwell, Kemp, and Raffensperger’s scheme was legal.
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Chris_the_Brit said:
Yeah. Just checked his Wikipedia page. All those medals :oops:. Shame, his wife survived an attempted assassination attempt. Bloody hell!

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Gabby. Yeah, Democratic House rep for AZ 'till the shooting.

He has a twin brother, Scott... also an astronaut and a Navy pilot. NASA actually did a twin study with the two of them. Scott in space for a year and Mark on the ground. Comparing physiological changes and such...

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NASA’s Twins Study Results Published in Science Journal

NASA’s Twins Study Results Published in Science Journal
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bwaha so petty, so triggered

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Trump is refusing to unveil Obama’s portrait at the White House, breaking a 40-year tradition


President Donald Trump is breaking a 40-year tradition and won’t be unveiling former President Barack Obama’s portrait at the White House, NBC News reported on Tuesday.

Obama would also not be interested in attending such an event, according to the report, which cited people familiar with the matter.
 
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