He doesn't understand that the Democrats were the biggest racists back then. The Democrats were the KKK post civil war. It's like Muhammed Ali not realizing that muhammed and his nephew Ali were quite the slavers back in the day. They elected Biden, look at his history... . I could go on and on, but trying to cure stupid is like pissing in the ocean to change the pH.Originally Posted by grump
Hey ho Governor Cuomo,
You lied they died!
It took the vermin in Albany near a year to get 'woke'.
And then there's the brother 'swab' Chris uttering those inciteful words: Who says protests have to be peaceful!
They learned well from the father!
With rare exception, politicos all suck!
I love New York, only not so much anymore!
Cuomo’s near-apology on nursing home data he withheld misses the mark
Chris Churchill – Albany Times Union
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday almost apologized for stonewalling the release of full and accurate information on the Covid-19 deaths of New York’s nursing home residents. But not quite – and his excuse for what he described as a mere “delay” failed the smell test.
Cuomo conceded better information on nursing home deaths should have come sooner and said the failure to provide the data created “a void” that was filled with what he referred to as misinformation and conspiracy theories.
“I take responsibility for creating the void,” the governor said after days in which his administration has been battered for its nursing-home decisions. “We should have done a better job.”
Obviously true. So far, so good.
Not so good: The governor also blamed the delay on a Department of Justice request for data in late August. The administration simply prioritized that federal request over ones from the media and state lawmakers, he said.
Oh, governor. You can do better than that old excuse, which ignores several key facts.
First, lawmakers and journalists had already been asking for the full tally of how many nursing home residents died of Covid-19 for months when the DOJ request arrived.
Second, the DOJ initially sought data for only a small number of public nursing homes, while lawmakers and media outlets wanted a tally for all nursing homes, public and private. Nothing kept the state from releasing the full tally.
(A reminder: Unlike other states, New York excluded residents who died at hospitals from its nursing home death tally.)
Third, the Cuomo administration still hadn’t provided the requested information six months later – and didn’t release the information until called on the carpet by a scathing report from Attorney General Letitia James and a state Supreme Court justice’s decision.
Thanks to those two factors, we finally know that nearly 15,000 New Yorkers died after contracting Covid-19 in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, which is 63 percent higher than the administration’s prior tally.
That we only just learned the total can’t be blamed on the Justice Department, Donald Trump, the state Legislature or dancing unicorns. We can only presume that the stonewall – illegal under state Freedom of Information Law, acting state Supreme Court Justice Kimberly O’Connor stated – happened because Cuomo didn’t want the information made public.
And you don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to realize that hiding the full number of deaths helped the governor fend off criticism of his controversial March 25 order that said nursing homes couldn’t turn away Covid-positive patients. Cuomo defended the order again on Monday. And, yes, it is debatable just how much, if at all, that measure contributed to New York’s nursing home death total.
Cuomo isn’t wrong to say there’s been misinformation and misconceptions about that. But there’s no debating that Cuomo attempted to stonewall the release of information. A top aide, Melissa DeRosa, in a private conversation with lawmakers even admitted the administration was worried the data “was going to be used against us.”
So, what happens next? Will lawmakers let Cuomo’s stonewalling slide? Or will they stand up to the governor and take meaningful action?
To be sure, many lawmakers from both parties have been saying the right things since James’ report and the reporting of DeRosa’s comments.
They’ve been expressing appropriate outrage, with some Republicans suggesting Cuomo should be impeached.
OK, let’s acknowledge it’s a bit rich for a political party that, in Albany and in Washington, excused Trump’s behavior for years to suddenly be calling for, of all things, an impeachment. The irony glares.
But Democrats who spent years decrying Trump’s abuses of power will be acting just as hypocritically if they turn a blind eye to Cuomo’s. They need to do something.
At the very least, lawmakers should curb some of the power granted to Cuomo during the pandemic. The governor has shown, after all, that he can’t be trusted with the authority.
Lawmakers also need to improve conditions in New York nursing homes. (Cuomo, to his credit, on Monday said he will introduce a package of nursing home reforms within 30 days.) Most of all, there needs to be a full investigation, with hearings and subpoenas, into Cuomo’s nursing home decisions.
And yes, we need an honest look at that March 25 order – not for retribution or to embarrass the governor, but to guide future decisions.
This is a pivotal moment for a Legislature controlled by Democrats. They can be an independent check on a fellow Democrat, or they can cave to a governor who wields his power like a weapon.
“There’s nothing to investigate,” Cuomo said Monday when asked if James’ office should mount an independent probe of the matter.
Oh, but there is. There really is.
Save Us, it was sarcastic, you did not get the joke.
You and grump can live in the past go ahead, grump constantly throws that out there, while the KKK types of today don't seem to earn your scorn. Why not??
Is it because they are not Democrats?
The radical lesson plans that are being taught American kids
Another perception: Is debate being fostered or squashed?
Talking through disagreements doesn’t happen anymore. Free speech is being silences through fear of intimidation – cancel culture.
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6233884972001/
Just my opinion, forget free speech, the free market place of ideas and scholarly debate. Bring on forced silence, intimidation and cancel culture, because what many people do not seem to realize is that 2020 may not have been exclusively a Presidential and National election year.
IMHO, 2021 was the year of a near-completed revolution. That revolution appears to have been the culmination of fifty-five years of incremental social and political upheaval, seemingly instigated by a strong Marxist element resident on our campuses and in the halls of our government.
As I see things, the next step is a natural one: The consolidation and institutionalization of the revolution's doctrines, principles, and governing mechanisms.
However, the anticipated consolidation and institutionalization however is time-sensitive to the 2022 national election races. Those 2022 races now emerge as a lurking threat to the permanent success of the perceived revolution, because they will afford the voters the opportunity to rebuke the Left and to reclaim their traditional Constitutional destiny.
To wit, I would caution that in the very near future, watch for the end to the Senate filibuster. That simple act, strictly under the whimsical control of the Democrat Senate, would pave way for an expansion of the SCOTUS.
With a highly politicized SCOTUS in place, the floodgates will then be open to a "rubber stamping" of an ultra-Left wish list, inclusive of a radical reduction in the Constitutional guarantees which make us truly a free people.
Under such a SCOTUS, the Buffalo Schools curriculum about which Carlson opined, may truly be indicative of what will be in store for all of us: Institutionalized control over the complete narrative of the historical American experience, expression, thought and function; a replay of the dark techniques existent in dictatorships of Mainland China, Cuba, and formerly, in the now extinct Soviet Union.
What values would those new controls honor?
If one examines the Buffalo Schools curriculum, it appears to have its roots in the philosophical holdings of BLM; an organization composed of "trained Marxists."
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgEU...bYtcT7SAHOScFs
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I have never met a Nazi, or KKK person that I know of but if I did I would scorn them. It's just that the democrats come up with the most stupid crap. I mean I could do a whole standup routine with their drivel. Letting transgender men compete in women's sports is particularly amusing. BLM in schools is another gem, oh and free college for everyone...no wonder bitcoin is going through the roof! Good thing we have fiat to pay for all this stuff.
Dr. Fauci on Covid, vaccines, normality timeframe
Does the media have you confused and scared about getting Covid, the difficulty of getting vaccinated, the risk of taking the vaccine, and the timeframe of returning to normalcy, well, the omniscient Dr. Fauci explains it all in the interview with Chris Wallace today.
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6234104747001/
Interview highlights:
• Virus rate down 69%in last 5 weeks. Baseline still too high. We must stay vigilant.
• Vaccinating on average 1.7 million people per day. By July there will be 600 million doses to vaccinate 300 million people.
• Future booster shot may be required to combat variants.
• Garbled messages from White House regarding school openings and teacher union resistance to opening schools.
• Nationwide, 47% of grade K-8 students are attending full time. Only 33% grade 9-12 students attending full time.
• Trump lauded for Warp Speed vaccine development but berated by Biden and Harris for distribution roll out.
Other Fauci interview appearances and suggestions
While some Doctors are opining that herd immunity may be reached by April because of number of recorded Covid cases and vaccinations taking place, Dr. Fauci has other ideas (by fall) and that no matter where you live the wearing of a face mask that fits snugly and is double layered, not traveling, social distancing, avoiding large crowds, not going indoors with people you're not sheltering with (especially in bars), practicing good hand hygiene, getting vaccinated when it becomes available to you, and to protect your life and the lives of others by not visiting any of these 35 Places You're Most Likely to Catch COVID.
https://www.eatthis.com/covid-19-high-risk-places/
Fauci: No clear direction
Despite the dramatic decrease in Covid cases and related deaths, the number of cases already reported and not, the significant increase in vaccinations, it is not enough to satisfy the doom-and-gloom Dr. Fauci. Any good news is tempered with pessimism.
Had enough of Dr. Fauci yet?
Dr. Fauci 'primary' practitioner of COVID doublethink
Ingraham slams public health officials over changing COVID message: 'Liars in lab coats'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/liars-...olving-message
Dr. Fauci Says He Won't See His Children Until They Are Also Vaccinated
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dr...cid=uxbndlbing
You can’t make this stuff up
Cuomo blaming Trump for his mishandling the nursing home deaths – the kettle calling the pot black. Trump will continue to be blamed for everything.
Biden, celebrities, and mainstream media silent in criticizing Cuomo, their ‘gold standard’ Covid star.
Fauci continues incoherent Covid messaging – CDC guidelines coming out soon, get your shots, even when getting both shots wear your masks, stay away from inside dining, movies, and large groups, etc., etc., etc., etc.
Fauci strategy – tell us how to protect ourselves, get the shots to build up herd immunity, but continue to scare the **** out of us. Don’t go anywhere, masks until at least the beginning of 2021, and then some.
The Biden plan – follow the science, except when it doesn’t meet your agenda, or if it gives Trump any credit. $1.9 trillion for Rescue Relief - an estimated 9-50% of the money going for actual public Covid relief purposes. A wish list for the 'progressives'. Those heartless Republican bastards!
Had enough yet?
Can you really be that stupid to write something like that??
"the revolutionaries will treat him" SAY WHAT ???
Calling Dr. Fauci, the Breezy virus is once again trying to suppress free thought on this forum.Can you really be that stupid to write something like that??
"the revolutionaries will treat him" SAY WHAT ???
Better yet, Res, you may need to consult an oncologist, because Breezy is Speak Up's equivalent of a rapidly metastasizing Stage 4 Cancer.
Try picking up a history book Emoji Man, fight your conversion disorder, read the actual contents of the book, and concentrate.
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LIDA Member Rinow to Member Ruda: You were a sitting Trustee on the Board. Did you help support Mr. Sweeney getting a seat on the CDC Board?"
Republicans need to get ‘woke’
Hey, you intellectually and morally bankrupt Republicans, you need to get ‘woke’. You have to learn to fit in to have that ‘deplorable’ label dropped. You are near being cancelled.
An inner party struggle exists to create a Republican Party that is democratic and not authoritarian, patriotic and not nationalistic, conservative and not reactionary, benevolent and not belligerent, intellectually self-confident and not apocalyptic and dishonest. Get on board!
In his opinion column David Brooks suggests: The party needs to be reformed so that “it serves the interest of all those who don’t fit in with the definition of the good life that is promulgated by the meritocracy. It’s to be a champion for those who didn’t complete college, don’t want to leave their hometown for the big city, do have a set of traditional values centered around their faith.”
David Brooks: Letter to a young Republican
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/...ty/4511092001/
Wow, this must be another conspiracy theory...
Reference: https://www.theepochtimes.com/capito...pZMl5iExXkaOlMCapitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick’s Mother: ‘He Wasn’t Hit on the Head’ on Jan. 6
LIDA Member Rinow to Member Ruda: You were a sitting Trustee on the Board. Did you help support Mr. Sweeney getting a seat on the CDC Board?"
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