Comments by "yankee2 yankee" (@yankee2yankee216) on "NBC News" channel.

  1. During a recent hospitalization at Mass General Hospital, I learned that that highly respected hospital tolerates cannabis use by their nurses, and probably other employees... I met one nurse who I learned uses cannabis, always after, never before work of course, with the hospital's full knowledge. It seems we are FINALLY emerging from a very dark period. The truth is, though an intoxicant, cannabis is the LEAST harmful, least compromising recreational drug (I hate that term, because many of us use it medicinally, even if we buy recreational pot) of all, by at least an order of magnitude. "KIND" is in fact a good word to use to describe cannabis, especially compared with both alcohol and tobacco.
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  2. Ramaswamy’s reference to Rep. Ayanna Pressley as “the modern KKK” is absurd! It’s a false equivalency! It’s like saying that because a Democrat takes a moral stand, that that stand is the equivalent to a Republican making an IMMORAL stand! In a certain sense, Ramaswamy is correct. Ayanna Pressley, i.e. the Democratic Party, IS in fact the product of 50 years of evolution, from the primitive, unsophisticated KKK to a much more modern, equitable understanding of human rights. She, and WE, i.e. the Democratic model, are what the KKK has evolved into, and THAT is an acceptable outcome, or will be, when the job is finally finished.
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  3. “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have…” I have been wondering, what did he mean by “one more than we have?” That sentence is hard to understand, without making some leaps… I have heard that it means “one more vote than my opponent has,” but that is certainly not clear. Trump is often unclear, often deliberately.
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  4. Some people are saying that it was BETTER that the sirens were not sounded, because people, believing the warning to be of a tsunami, would have run the wrong way, however, that is wrong. Yes, they might have run the wrong way at first, but they would have been alerted. They would have become aware of the actual situation much more quickly than they in fact were, without the sirens. They might have run the wrong way at first, but they would have quickly changed direction. They would have been escaping, precious minutes sooner than was possible without the sirens.
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  5. If he doesn't mean "attacking NK," he's certainly begging that question.
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  6. There MIGHT be peace if Israel would agree to a solution, a TWO-STATE solution. It HAS agreed to one in principal, years ago, but it has NEVER made a single significant move in that direction. Israel wants a Jewish state badly, and Palestine is the legitimate owner of that land. The only lasting solution has to be a Palestinian state. A VIABLE Palestinian state, with contiguous territory, free trade, free travel, free commerce, access to the sea and the ability to defend itself. When Israel is willing to make a REASONABLE compromise, and grant Palestine a VIABLE state, then and ONLY then will there ever be peace.
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  7. BOTH of them? One of them (Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk) wants to set a new precedent, against the will of the people, while the other (Judge Thomas O. Rice) wants to accept the evidence of 20 years of safe and effective usage (which is normal FDA practice in cases where a drug has already proven safety and effectiveness through use), CONSISTENT with the will of the people. There is no comparison between the rulings of these two federal judges. One of them is activist, the other is just doing his job!
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  8.  @mesropmadzharyan6727  That’s a cop-out. 70% of Americans (a HUGE majority) favor keeping Mifepristone legal and available, so ONE side, the side that wants to make a radical change, to ban Mifepristone, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is activist, and being unreasonable, while the other side, which wants to preserve its availability, Judge Thomas Rice IS SIMPLY REPRESENTING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE! HE is being reasonable! HE is simply doing his job! These 2 judges are NOT similar cases! Kacsmaryk is activist, Rice is simply doing his job. BIG DIFFERENCE!
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  9. If my kid was bullied, I’d sue the school for a million dollars, maybe 2, maybe 10, depending on all relevant factors. Lucky for them, my kids’ schools, determined by Boston and Forbes Magazines to be among the top 1% of public 1° and 2° schools in the country (actually, they were voted the TOP schools in the country, which is what we came here for), FORBID BULLYING, and several bullies have been suspended, and at least one expelled. There is (virtually) no bullying in those schools.
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  10. He's a skilled reality show host. He knows how to leave an audience hanging, to better ensure that they come back next week. That's probably what he was doing when he said that this is "the calm before the storm." He will probably come back with something totally benign, but that is NOT assured, is it? We might be living in a grey, totalitarian world, racked by nuclear war, before we know it... Trump is a real sicko to play games with peace on Earth.
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  11. CHS is very rare, occurs mostly among heavy, long-term users, and if a user stops using, symptoms usually subside within a few days. A few people HAVE died of it, usually due to choking on vomit or dehydration, but that is vanishingly rare.
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  12. Hopefully, Hamas has a LOT of weapons.
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  13. Woman wrestlers can have hair 2 feet long, if they like (Google images of "school women wrestlers"), see that MOST female wrestlers have LONG hair), so why should a man be required to cut HIS short? Way beyond this incident, it would appear that these rules, if any, discriminate on the basis of gender, and are, therefore, UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
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  14. We cannot believe what the police say; we need to know what the coroner finds.
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  15. Because of their last name? Like what? It’s not at all clear what you are trying to say!
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  16. Let’s settle this thing once and for all… Let’s subject both Biden and Trump to identical memory tests, e.g. general questions about American government and history, and see who comes out ahead, and who (if any) declines to play… I predict that Trump would refuse to take the test, but if he does take it, that he would lose by a landslide!
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  17. What is Trump doing anyway? Participating in an official ceremony? Isn’t he a common civilian? What office does he hold? The truth is, Donald Trump is a DISGRACE to America and all Americans! He shouldn’t be permitted on the property, much be less officiating in any official ceremonies! Trump should be stripped of his special, ex-presidential privileges, including SS protection. Our American dead must be rolling over in their graves!
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  18. What is this 2nd degree murder BS??? She was shot in cold blood! Her killer, Kevin Monaghan should die for his crime, and the sooner the better.
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  19. Johnson could have worn a cap. That's what others do. For some reason, Maloney Baloney wouldn't permit that. Johnson has competed with that hair before, without issue. His hair was NOT particularly long. I don't know if it was over 4" or not, but does that same rule apply to women? If not, then that whole argument, and rule, is racist, not to mention SEXIST crap..
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  20. If my kid was bullied, I’d sue the school for a million dollars, maybe 2, maybe 10, depending on all relevant factors. Lucky for them, my kids’ schools, determined by Boston and Forbes Magazines to be among the top 1% of public 1° and 2° schools in the country (actually, they were voted the TOP schools in the country, which is what we came here for), FORBID BULLYING, and several bullies have been suspended, and at least one expelled. There is (virtually) no bullying in those schools.
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  21. We are, in fact, little more that animals. Not even animals make organized war (there are certain exceptions)! In that way, humans are not necessarily the top animals…
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  22. Maloney said he demanded that Johnson cut his hair ("not for any racist reasons, but") "because it was not natural." Well, crew cuts aren't natural, either! Maloney didn't disqualify the white guys for THEIR "unnatural" hair, did he? He didn't disqualify ANYONE for getting REGULAR haircuts, either, did he (haircuts are also NOT natural)? Rather, he deliberately and specifically targeted a BLACK person's haircut!  It's NOT a matter of "complaining about something," rather, it's a matter of complaining about RACISM. Don't you think we should have a right to complain about THAT???
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  23. One thing is clear, authorities didn’t bother to do a thorough search for survivors, who were, apparently, mostly black. Anyone think that’s a coincidence?
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  24. We want her back. We want her back, alive and well, and until we have her back in our arms, warm and loving, those responsible for the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and policies are (censored pejorative). Until we have her back, they are (censored pejorative). Until she has her life back, they will never be anything else but (censored pejorative)!
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  25. Qualified immunity must be ELIMINATED. When a police officer commits violence, whether fatal or otherwise, his acts should be evaluated by an INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL INVESTIGATOR, NOT by “internal investigators” (i.e. NOT by HIS BUDDIES)! If an officer is found to be implicated in a crime, he/she MUST be prosecuted, to the fullest extent of the law. Not a single pig cop should ever commit unnecessary violence and get off without legal consequences, ever again!
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  26. That "rule" is UNCONSTITUTIONAL (because it treats men and women differently, i.e. women wrestlers are NOT required to cut their hair).
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  27. Whatever else can be said about conspiracies, and conspirators, one thing is certain, that a whole slew of federal judges, Supreme Court justices, and federal Congress-persons are engaged in a conspiracy to overthrow the American government, system and way of life, and replace it with a hideous, oppressive, fascist dictatorship! We need to understand that this is in fact a gigantic conspiracy, deliberately promoted by Donald J. Trump! This conspiracy is the most diabolical, insidious attack ever mounted against the United States of America. The crisis is existential. We need to do whatever is necessary to STOP IT.
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  28. Looking at what is left of this building, a few things seem apparent. One is that although the construction is of brick, the walls are thin, and high. When they decay, i.e. begin to crumble, they collapse! Another is that the interior construction appears to be wood! Now, that may not be unusual, but in a building this big, I say that is flimsy construction. It LOOKS flimsy! If it was decayed in certain places and ways, and it seems it was, no wonder it collapsed. There are probably MANY other buildings in Davenport (and everywhere) in just such a state of imminent collapse!
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  29.  @redink8704 Palestine has been paying, for being the rightful owners of Palestine, for decades. It is time Israel pays for Its violent treatment of Palestinians. The US should cut all military support to Israel. Hamas was provoked. Israel has it coming.
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  30. If the US was HALF as ethical as it claims to be, it would DEFEND Palestine against it vicious invader, Israel. It would withdraw support to Israel, “the fascists of Palestine,” and OPPOSE their presence there. Israel has no legitimate right to Palestine.
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  31.  @zjeee  I never heard any such thing. I believe they would have accepted, had any legitimate offer been made (of course they might have determined that THAT would not have constituted a viable state; I suspect that if superficially true, you have left much out). References please.
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  32. All I can say, and all that really needs to be said, is that Israel has been asking for it. Do I need to explain?
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  33. Did Trump have nothing to say? No condolences? Nothing? Is this what a man gets for following Trump?
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  34. If you lived in a tyrannical country, and you had the opportunity to move to a free country, would you do it? That’s the case for residents of the backward states! They have a choice, they can continue to live in a state where guns are unregulated and abortion is illegal, or they COULD move to a free state. It’s almost as simple as gassing up the car and going - someplace else. People who continue to live under oppressive conditions, have, with many caveats, only themselves to blame. We probably shouldn’t say this, because you might be politically different from us, but people from red states would be welcome in blue states…
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  35. Are those AMERICAN WEAPONS? Are we going to let that FASCIST NETANYAHU drag us into WWIII?
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  36. Qualified immunity must be ELIMINATED. When a police officer commits violence, whether fatal or otherwise, his acts should be evaluated by an INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL INVESTIGATOR, NOT by “internal investigators” (i.e. NOT by HIS BUDDIES)! If an officer is found to be implicated in a crime, he/she MUST be prosecuted, to the fullest extent of the law. Not a single pig cop should ever commit unnecessary violence and get off without legal consequences, ever again!
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  37. Did you cut all your hair off, or are you just talking through your hat?
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  38. Observers should understand one thing, Hamas was provoked. It was provoked by years and decades of oppression of Palestinians by Israel. Israel has stolen hundreds of square miles of Palestinian land, it has bulldozed thousands of acres of Palestinian life blood, its olive groves. Israel denies Palestinians housing, food and even water. It restricts Palestinian movement. And we must not forget, PALESTINIANS ARE THE NATIVE POPULATION. THEY have far more right to be there, in Palestine, than does Israel. Be prepared for a massacre. Hamas is merely fighting back against a powerful foreign invader. Israel will create a bloodbath. By Gawd I hate Israel.
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  39. This is a very early report.
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  40. Who is next, George Washington???
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  41. So far this year, before THIS conflict, Israel has murdered about 200 Palestinians… Should Palestine take that lying down? Palestinians have been brutalized on a daily basis by Israel for decades. Israel is a foreign INVADER. I don’t blame Hamas for taking action, even extreme action. This has been war from the beginning, but the brutal treatment of civilians is unacceptable. If I see a lot more of that, I may lose much of my sympathy.
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  42. What’s GREAT about Ukraine taking a big chunk of Russia is that if or when a cease fire and settlement are negotiated, Russia will have to give up areas it occupies in the highly industrialized Donbas region, if it wants it’s previous territory back. Otherwise, Ukraine should annex it, and anything else it can grab, permanently. The seized lands will serve as a bargaining chip against Russian occupation of Ukrainian territory.
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  43. Strange to say, George Santos is as big a liar as Trump ever was! NOBODY voted for HIM. The election should be cancelled, because the winner has grossly misrepresented himself.
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  44. Maloney said he did it, and I paraphrase, "not for racial reasons, but because Johnson's hair was 'not natural.'" REALLY??? Well, did he disqualify all those whities with crew cuts? THEY are not natural, either (it does NOT grow that way, does it?)! What he did is to SPECIFICALLY target the kind of hair BLACK people wear, and use his power to violate it. In fact, his act was ABSOLUTELY RACIST. Maloney HAS to be fired, and banned from sports, and putting him in prison for a few months would not be beyond the pale, either.
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  45. I also think a $1M fine, to be paid directly to Mr. Johnson, would be reasonable!
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  46. Yes, but then, when we (think) we have found it, we can’t distinguish AI deep fakery from reality… From now on, and increasingly, it will be impossible to tell deep fakes from reality, and that includes video and all other types of media. TRUTH will become elusive…
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  47. That school owes that kid a high school education, ideally without the student losing one minute of time (i.e. he shouldn‘t have to go back and repeat what he missed, instead, he should receive a private education, paid for by the town, plus at least $1M for his loss of time and order in his life. Furthermore, he should receive a full scholarship to the college of his choice, for the disruption of his life. While i’m here I’d like to comment on the spell-checker, which must not use AI, because it is stupid beyond the pale! I just wrote the word “shouldn’t,” which BTW is a correctly spelled word. The spell checker underlined “shouldn,” ignoring “‘t,” indicating a misspelling. It was too stupid to recognize a contraction! Furthermore, one of the choices to correct it was “shouldn’t,” spelled exactly as I spelled it, so I selected that. What did I get? I got “shouldn’t’t!” If this is AI at work, we should run as fast as we can!
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  48. George Santos says he has “lived an honest life;” Hahahahahahahahaha! Lolololololol! When have I ever heard anything so funny?
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  49. What is this “the cops are not trained to enter structures to look for bodies?” WHY NOT? That is one of their jobs! For failing to prevent this fire, the town owes residents a rebuild, as it was before. The lives lost cannot be recovered, but homes and businesses CAN. The town needs to rebuild every structure AS IT WAS BEFORE. The government has to pay for it. It needs to PUT THAT COMMUNITY BACK, as it was. If it thinks otherwise, what good is it?
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  50. If radical right MEN want to ban Mifepristone, then maybe women should move to ban Viagra? If corrupt old men want to ban a key woman’s medication, HONEST liberal women should move to ban Viagra! It is, after all, completely unnecessary and therefore no matter how dangerous or safe it is, and every drug produces some amount of risk, it is unnecessary, and therefore should be banned! Let’s ban Viagra (and Cialis), and see how these FILTHY old men like it.
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