Comments by "Darlene" (@darlene2709) on "CNN" channel.

  1. "One of the victims in the FedEx shooting in Indiana may have tried to thwart the gunman — pulling out his own gun in vain before being shot dead late Thursday. Levi Miller, who works at the plant in Plainfield just outside Indianapolis, was on break when he heard the quick succession of gunshots in the parking lot. “My friend at the time witnessed a man who was not part of the incident but also pulled out a gun from his truck to try and engage the shooter and he died because of it,” Miller said Friday morning on NBC’s “Today” show."
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  2. If the death rate was an Olympic sport, with over 600,000 deaths, the United States would win the gold medal.
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  3.  @nattie5330  Can you imagine what the result of arming teachers would be? That was the suggestion after the Parkland shooting.
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  4. The Hillary Clinton email case was investigated and resolved. "Investigation of Clinton emails ends, finding no ‘deliberate mishandling." The Guardian. The same needs to happen with the Trump documents. Even if every child or spouse of a Democrat shot someone on Fifth Avenue, that would not mean that Trump and his minions shouldn't be held accountable.
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  5. It's important to read the full story. "The CDC also said the data has limitations. The agency noted that as population-level vaccination coverage increases, vaccinated persons are likely to represent a larger proportion of Covid cases. Additionally, asymptomatic breakthrough infections might be underrepresented because of detection bias, the agency said. The CDC also said the report is "insufficient" to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of the authorized vaccines against Covid, including the delta variant, during this outbreak."
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  6. If anyone should have resigned for bad behavior, that would be Trump. From walking into a teen dressing room to joking about his obligation to sleep with contestants, Trump’s a storied pageant creep.
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  7. On Fox News, Vaccination Pleas Intensify, but Skepticism Persists. Amid mixed messages on the channel, the hosts Sean Hannity and Steve Doocy encourage viewers to get Covid-19 shots as the Delta variant spreads. New York Times July 20, 2021
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  8. I can't imagine Trump giving this speech. "In a televised speech from his ceremonial office next to the White House, Gore said that while he was deeply disappointed and sharply disagreed with the Supreme Court verdict that ended his campaign, ”partisan rancor must now be put aside.” “I accept the finality of the outcome, which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College” he said. “And tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.”
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  9. The family of a 28-year-old anti-vaxxer who died from Covid have revealed how he regretted not getting vaccinated in his final days in an ICU unit, and admitted that it was “not a hoax”. Curt Carpenter, of Pell City, Alabama, allegedly told his family the disease was “not a hoax” after believing in the fringe conspiracy and falling-ill in March. His mother, Christy Carpenter, also believed the virus was not real. "It took watching my son die and me suffering the effects of Covid for us to realise we need the vaccine,” she told The Washington Post in a recent interview. “We did not get vaccinated when we had the opportunity and regret that so much now.” Ms Carpenter said she and her son were anti-vaxxers because “it took years to create other vaccines”. The family eventually caught Covid and Curt was taken to an ICU unit in Birmingham, Alabama. He died on 2 May after 51 days on a ventilator.
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  10. On Fox News, Vaccination Pleas Intensify, but Skepticism Persists. Amid mixed messages on the channel, the hosts Sean Hannity and Steve Doocy encourage viewers to get Covid-19 shots as the Delta variant spreads. New York Times July 20, 2021
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  11. It's okay to admit that you have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  12. The Nuremberg Code specifically addresses experimentation; COVID-19 vaccines aren’t experimental, and therefore, don’t violate the Code.
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  13. The strike by Biden came after a civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on US targets earlier this month. A US service member and five other contractors were also injured when the rockets hit sites in Irbil, including a base used by the US-led coalition.
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  14.  @cattameme  "Gun Threats and Self-Defense Gun Use." Many of the claims about the benefits of gun ownership are largely myths. Guns are not used millions of times each year in self-defense. Most purported self-defense gun uses are gun uses in escalating arguments, and are both socially undesirable and illegal. Firearms are used far more often to intimidate than in self-defense. Guns in the home are used more often to intimidate intimates than to thwart crime. Criminals who are shot are typically the victims of crime. Few criminals are shot by decent law-abiding citizens. Self-defense gun use is rare and not more effective at preventing injury than other protective actions. Adolescents are far more likely to be threatened with a gun than to use one in self-defense." Harvard University
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  15. You are wrong. MYTH: 98% of Mass Shootings Occur in Gun-Free Zones. Researcher John Lott claimed that 98% or more of mass shootings from 1950 to the present occurred in gun-free zones. Lott’s false claim is based on a basic error. For the period 1977–1997, Lott counts each individual mass shooting death as an entire mass shooting incident. Even after Lott corrected his mistake, he made a new claim that 94% of mass shootings occurred in gun-free places, which is also based on flawed data and contradicts other research that concludes that 12% to 13% of mass shootings occur where guns are prohibited.
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  16. The advice is and has always been to ask your family doctor. If you don't trust your doctor's opinion, you need a new doctor.
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  17. That is hilarious given that Fox News told its gullible audience one thing publicly while privately knowing that the opposite was true. “He’s acting like an insane person,” Hannity allegedly wrote of Trump in the weeks following the election as the host continued to push the so-called “big lie” during his top-rated prime time show, aided by a succession of election deniers he had on as guests. Even billionaire Fox owner Rupert Murdoch was dismissive of the former president’s false allegations, the filing alleges, calling them “really crazy stuff” in one memo to a Fox News executive, and criticizing Trump’s scattergun approach of pursuing lawsuits in numerous states to try to overturn his defeat.
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  18. Indeed. The people in the parade were the prey being hunted for sport. That is not a very good argument in support of gun rights.
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  19. A Republican theme on abortions: 'It's OK for me, evil for thee'. Republicans abhor abortions – unless it’s for their mistress, of course. Scott Lloyd, the head of the Office of Refugee Resettlement; in theory he’s responsible for supporting refugees build a better life in America by providing them with financial and medical assistance. Under previous administrations, this included abortion services. But we live in a God-fearing America now, and Lloyd has made it his mission to ensure refugee women, including unaccompanied minors, don’t get abortions. As Mother Jones reported this week, despite his patronizing proselytizing, Lloyd doesn’t always practice what he preaches. As a young man he drove an ex-girlfriend to get an abortion and paid for half of it. Lloyd joins an illustrious list of Republicans whose stance on abortion is basically: “It’s OK for me; evil for thee.” Earlier this year, for example, it emerged that Elliot Broidy, the former RNC deputy finance chairman paid $1.6m to a Playboy Playmate he had an affair with, after she aborted his child. Then there is Tim Murphy, the pro-life Pennsylvania Republican who resigned last year after it was revealed he had urged his mistress to consider an abortion. And let’s not forget the charming Scott DesJarlais. According to testimony during his divorce trial, the Tennessee congressman supported his ex-wife's decision to get two abortions before their marriage. The former doctor also allegedly pressured a 24-year-old patient he was having an affair with to get an abortion. Even after all that information came out DesJarlais still had the gall to vote for anti-abortion bills and boast of having a “100% pro-life voting record." The Guardian
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  20. Nixon was a criminal president. Trump is a seditious president. We are missing the modern day Barry Goldwater. "It wasn’t until August 6, 1974, at the regular Senate Republican Conference lunch that Barry Goldwater fumed to his colleagues: “There are only so many lies you can take, and now there has been one too many. Nixon should get his ass out of the White House—today!” Hours later, he ventured to the White House to tell Nixon to resign. And, amazingly, Nixon did. For Nixon knew that when Goldwater threw in the towel, it really was over." Politico
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  21. Who needs pesky medical experts with degrees when we can rely on social media for medical advice? (sarcasm)
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  22. Who are you going to sue if you die from COVID-19? "24 countries have no-fault vaccine-injury compensation systems for routine immunizations. Although these systems generally aren’t designed to cover injuries related to vaccine administration during public health emergencies, they could quickly be adapted to do so. Changes could be made to policies related to funding, proving injury, and distributing compensation. These systems tend to exist in wealthier countries, but Nepal and Vietnam also have such systems. Countries with existing no-fault vaccine-injury compensation systems could incorporate Covid-19 vaccines into these programs. From the New England Journal of Medicine
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  23.  @OutlanderVideo  It's one thing to decide for yourself not to be vaccinated. It's quite another to spread misinformation in an effort to discourage vaccination in others.
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  24.  @Stephen_Eee  Both parties and by extension, the voters, bear responsibility. If you want change, you have to elect representatives that will ensure that change happens.
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  25. You're wrong and here is why. "Other Countries Had Mass Shootings. Then They Changed Their Gun Laws. Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway: All had a culture of gun ownership, and all tightened restrictions anyway. Their violence statistics now diverge sharply from those of the U.S. Only the United States, whose rate and severity of mass shootings is without parallel outside of conflict zones, has so consistently refused to answer those events with tightened gun laws. The record is clear, confirmed by reams of studies that have analyzed the effects of policies like Britain’s and Australia’s: When countries tighten gun control laws, it leads to fewer guns in private citizens’ hands, which leads to less gun violence — and to fewer mass shootings." New York Times
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  26. Indeed. It is better to follow the advice from your friends on social media.
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  27. On Fox News, Vaccination Pleas Intensify, but Skepticism Persists. Amid mixed messages on the channel, the hosts Sean Hannity and Steve Doocy encourage viewers to get Covid-19 shots as the Delta variant spreads. New York Times July 20, 2021
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  28. That is true. A vaccine is a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease.
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  29. As a former Trump campaign lawyer, Sidney Powell did more than perhaps anyone to push the big lie that President Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in last November’s presidential election was the result of fraud involving Dominion Voting Systems machines. Now, however, lawyers representing her have acknowledged that the “big lie” is, in fact, just that. Arizona Republican ‘audit’ finds even bigger lead for Biden in 2020 election. Hand count of the 2.1m ballots cast in Maricopa county found that Biden actually won 360 more votes over Trump than was reported. A partisan, Republican-instigated review of the 2020 election result in Arizona failed to turn up any evidence of widespread fraud, a major blow to Donald Trump and other conspiracy theorists who celebrated the effort. The investigation, which lasted several months, confirmed that Joe Biden did indeed beat Trump in Maricopa county, the state’s most populous county, Doug Logan, who led the review, told the Arizona senate on Friday. In fact, a hand recount found 99 additional votes for Biden and 261 fewer votes for Trump.
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  30.  @lowiqleftist8940  It doesn't make sense to be both an anti-masker and an anti-vaxxer. I will never understand the desperate need to discourage vaccination in others. Why is it necessary to make outlandish and easily disproven claims in support of your cause?
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  31. When we don't learn lessons from past mistakes, we are doomed to repeat those mistakes. Despite the claim from Nixon that he was not a crook, the evidence uncovered by Woodward and Bernstein proved otherwise. Nixon resigned but didn't admit to any wrongdoing. Who does that remind you of? So many gullible rubes keep following Trump despite all the warning signs.
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  32. The carbon tax is no longer an election issue. "As Governor of the Bank of Canada under Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, he helped steer this country through the biggest economic crisis it has ever faced. When Carney was appointed chair of the G20’s Financial Stability Board in 2011, Harper said that it was “a testament to his skills and to the strength of Canada’s financial system.”  As Governor of the Bank of England, meanwhile, Carney tried to warn Britons about the economic risks associated with Brexit in the lead up to the vote. When they voted for it anyways, he aggressively cut interest rates and provided British banks with liquidity to avert a complete collapse in business and consumer confidence. Mission accomplished." National Observer  Carney won praise for his handling of the financial crisis, when he created new emergency loan facilities and gave unusually explicit guidance on keeping rates at record low levels for a specific period of time. The Bank of England was impressed enough though to poach him in 2013, making him the first non-British governor in the central bank's three-century history, and the first person to ever head two G7 central banks. Britain's finance minister at the time, George Osborne, called Carney the "outstanding central bank governor of his generation".
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  33. Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, on Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney's appointment to the Bank of England “On behalf of the Government of Canada I would like to offer my congratulations to Mark Carney on his appointment as Governor of the Bank of England. “In this time of global economic uncertainty, Governor Carney has done an admirable job in fulfilling the Bank of Canada’s mandate and has been a valued partner as the Government has worked to steer Canada away from the worst impacts of the global economic recession. As a result, Canada remains an example to the world with its strong banks, effective regulatory environment and sound economic policy. “I wish Governor Carney every success as he begins his new role on July 1, 2013.”
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  34. As a former Trump campaign lawyer, Sidney Powell did more than perhaps anyone to push the big lie that President Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in last November’s presidential election was the result of fraud involving Dominion Voting Systems machines. Now, however, lawyers representing her have acknowledged that the “big lie” is, in fact, just that. Arizona Republican ‘audit’ finds even bigger lead for Biden in 2020 election. Hand count of the 2.1m ballots cast in Maricopa county found that Biden actually won 360 more votes over Trump than was reported. A partisan, Republican-instigated review of the 2020 election result in Arizona failed to turn up any evidence of widespread fraud, a major blow to Donald Trump and other conspiracy theorists who celebrated the effort. The investigation, which lasted several months, confirmed that Joe Biden did indeed beat Trump in Maricopa county, the state’s most populous county, Doug Logan, who led the review, told the Arizona senate on Friday. In fact, a hand recount found 99 additional votes for Biden and 261 fewer votes for Trump.
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  35. What does that have to do with Treasonous Trump?
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  36. The Mango Mussolini made a campaign promise to lower prices day one. As any American who has gone shopping for eggs lately knows: Prices aren’t any lower than they were on Inauguration Day. Despite DOGE budget cut crusade, Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips. Since January 20, the president has reportedly spent all four weekends on the green, and played golf at his own properties on nine of his first 30 days in office.
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  37. What about grocery store cashiers? "Gun Threats and Self-Defense Gun Use." Many of the claims about the benefits of gun ownership are largely myths. Guns are not used millions of times each year in self-defense. Most purported self-defense gun uses are gun uses in escalating arguments, and are both socially undesirable and illegal. Firearms are used far more often to intimidate than in self-defense. Guns in the home are used more often to intimidate intimates than to thwart crime. Criminals who are shot are typically the victims of crime. Few criminals are shot by decent law-abiding citizens. Self-defense gun use is rare and not more effective at preventing injury than other protective actions. Adolescents are far more likely to be threatened with a gun than to use one in self-defense." Harvard University
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  38. Carlson "passionately" hates Trump: In a number of private text messages, Carlson was harshly critical of Trump. In one November 2020 exchange, Carlson said Trump's decision to snub Joe Biden's inauguration was "so destructive." Carlson added that Trump's post-election behavior was "disgusting" and that he was "trying to look away." In another text message conversation, two days before the January 6 attack, Carlson said, "We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can't wait." Carlson added of Trump, "I hate him passionately." The Fox host said of the Trump presidency, "That's the last four years. We're all pretending we've got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it's been is too tough to digest. But come on. There isn't really an upside to Trump."
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  39. A Republican theme on abortions: 'It's OK for me, evil for thee'. Republicans abhor abortions – unless it’s for their mistress, of course. Scott Lloyd, the head of the Office of Refugee Resettlement; in theory he’s responsible for supporting refugees build a better life in America by providing them with financial and medical assistance. Under previous administrations, this included abortion services. But we live in a God-fearing America now, and Lloyd has made it his mission to ensure refugee women, including unaccompanied minors, don’t get abortions. As Mother Jones reported this week, despite his patronizing proselytizing, Lloyd doesn’t always practice what he preaches. As a young man he drove an ex-girlfriend to get an abortion and paid for half of it. Lloyd joins an illustrious list of Republicans whose stance on abortion is basically: “It’s OK for me; evil for thee.” Earlier this year, for example, it emerged that Elliot Broidy, the former RNC deputy finance chairman paid $1.6m to a Playboy Playmate he had an affair with, after she aborted his child. Then there is Tim Murphy, the pro-life Pennsylvania Republican who resigned last year after it was revealed he had urged his mistress to consider an abortion. And let’s not forget the charming Scott DesJarlais. According to testimony during his divorce trial, the Tennessee congressman supported his ex-wife's decision to get two abortions before their marriage. The former doctor also allegedly pressured a 24-year-old patient he was having an affair with to get an abortion. Even after all that information came out DesJarlais still had the gall to vote for anti-abortion bills and boast of having a “100% pro-life voting record." The Guardian
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  40. "An outdated video clip of Dr. Anthony Fauci is circulating on social media — giving the false impression he is currently advising the public not to wear face masks. Fauci, like other health officials, recommends wearing a cloth face covering when distances of at least six feet can’t be maintained. But the Facebook pages didn’t share the more up-to-date interviews. Instead, they shared the old interview without noting the date. For example, a Facebook page that supports the widely debunked conspiracy-theory video "Plandemic," shared the old clip on May 6 with the caption, “Dr. Anthony Fauci: ‘There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask.'” That’s the opposite of the advice Fauci was giving by that time." From factcheck March 19, 2020
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  41. It doesn't matter where Hunter is. Even if every child or spouse of a Democrat shot someone on Fifth Avenue, that would not mean that Trump and his minions shouldn't be held accountable.
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  42. "Anyone who starts listing Joe Biden’s verbal slips had better be ready to listen to a LONG list of Donald Trump’s gaffes. For example: Yo-sem-ite National Park and Thighland. Trump also said, “You know, we have to protect Thomas Edison, and we have to protect all of these people that came up with originally the light bulb, and the wheel and all of these things. And he’s one of our very smart people, and we want to cherish those people.” How do we make sense of that? Does he think Edison is still alive? Does he know who invented the wheel? Who has the patent on it? A number of psychologists have expressed concern about the deterioration of Trump’s mental faculties. His own niece, a psychologist, has said he is “unfit” to be president, as Lindsey Graham did in 2016. Some psychologists have examined his interviews from a decade or more ago and have noted how he now struggles for words and often leaves sentences unfinished. You could put together a video of his gaffes, misstatements, and outright lies and binge-watch for hours." The Independent
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  43. On Fox News, Vaccination Pleas Intensify, but Skepticism Persists. Amid mixed messages on the channel, the hosts Sean Hannity and Steve Doocy encourage viewers to get Covid-19 shots as the Delta variant spreads. New York Times July 20, 2021
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  44.  @padensposies6009  What is maddening is all the misinformation circulating on social media. Facebook is for catching up with high school friends.
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  45. Indeed Who needs pesky medical experts with degrees when we can rely on medical advice from YouTube rubes who fall for every nonsensical idea from social media?
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  46. Fox has quietly implemented its own version of a vaccine passport while its top personalities attack them. New York(CNN Business)Tucker Carlson has called the idea of vaccine passports the medical equivalent of "Jim Crow" laws. And other Fox News personalities have spent months both trafficking in anti-vaccine rhetoric and assailing the concept of showing proof of vaccination status. But Fox Corporation, the right-wing talk channel's parent company, has quietly implemented the concept of a vaccine passport as workers slowly return back to the company's offices.
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  47. Canada is a source of Potash, Crude oil, Natural gas, Coal, Clean electricity, Uranium, Tellurium, and Niobium. Canada exports about 20 million tonnes of the rose-coloured rock each year, mostly to American farmers. More than 80 per cent of the potash used in U.S. agriculture comes from Saskatchewan mines. As The Globe and Mail put it recently, “Canada is the king of potash.”
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  48. None of that worked for Caleb Wallace. "When Caleb Wallace first felt symptoms on July 26, his wife told the Standard-Times, he refused to get tested or seek medical care. He instead began treating himself with a cocktail of Vitamin C, zinc, aspirin and ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug that has been falsely promoted as an effective treatment for COVID-19 by conservative media. He was taken to the hospital on July 30. Caleb Wallace died on Saturday, his wife Jessica Wallace said on a GoFundMe page where she had been posting updates on his condition, the San Angelo Standard-Times reported Saturday. He was 30 years old and a father of three children. His wife is pregnant with their fourth child." Read the full article on Yahoo News
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  49. Eduardo Rodriguez on comeback from COVID-19 myocarditis: 'I can be an example to others'
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  50. Even Fox News has refused to air that nonsensical video.
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