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

  1. Coronavirus: Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment US President Donald Trump has been lambasted by the medical community after suggesting research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body. He also appeared to propose irradiating patients' bodies with UV light, an idea dismissed by a doctor at the briefing. Another of his officials had moments earlier said sunlight and disinfectant were known to kill the infection. Disinfectants are hazardous substances and can be poisonous if ingested. What did President Trump say? During Thursday's White House coronavirus task force briefing, an official presented the results of US government research that indicated coronavirus appeared to weaken more quickly when exposed to sunlight and heat. The study also showed bleach could kill the virus in saliva or respiratory fluids within five minutes and isopropyl alcohol could kill it even more quickly. While noting the research should be treated with caution, Mr Trump suggested further research in that area. "So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous - whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light," the president said, turning to Dr Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response co-ordinator, "and I think you said that hasn't been checked but you're going to test it. "And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside of the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you're going to test that too. Sounds interesting," the president continued. "And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? "So it'd be interesting to check that." Pointing to his head, Mr Trump went on: "I'm not a doctor. But I'm, like, a person that has a good you-know-what." He turned again to Dr Birx and asked if she had ever heard of using "the heat and the light" to treat coronavirus. "Not as a treatment," Dr Birx said. "I mean, certainly, fever is a good thing. When you have a fever, it helps your body respond. But I've not seen heat or light." "I think it's a great thing to look at," Mr Trump said.
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  2. Trump invited the mob. Trump incited the mob. Trump directed the mob. "We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you." The entire event on January 6th was entirely Trump's fault and Trump's responsiblity. "The buck stops here" is a phrase that was popularized by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who kept a sign with that phrase on his desk in the Oval Office. The phrase refers to the notion that the President has to make the decisions and accept the ultimate responsibility for those decisions. It's not enough to punish the people who rioted.
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  3. Trump has admitted to taking the documents.
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  4. Just because you can't solve all the problems at once does not mean that you shouldn't start somewhere.
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  5. "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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  6. See inflation in Europe and Canada.
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  7. "Tariffs will raise US fuel prices. Many refineries are configured to run heavy Canadian grades. Midwest refineries are most reliant on Canadian crude imports. If implemented, the tariffs would force those refiners, including Marathon Petroleum to either pay a higher price to import oil from these countries or to find alternative suppliers that would be further away and thus also more expensive." The Guardian
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  8. Visit the CDC or FDA website.
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  9. Any word that ends in "ate" rhymes with vaccinate.
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  10. Trump has admitted to taking the documents. Nixon was a criminal president. Trump was a seditious president.
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  11. Vaccines have always had side effects. I would bet that if we dug up all the people who have died from COVID-19 and asked them if they would take the vaccine, they would say yes.
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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. Populism: a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
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  15. 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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  16. Trump has admitted that he stole the documents. Nixon was a criminal president. Trump was a seditious president. You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  17. Trump has admitted that he stole the documents. Presidents should be above reproach but are not above the law. Nixon was wrong when he said "When a president does it, it's not illegal."
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  18.  @brian5230  Trump should just go away and play golf. If he did that, everyone would stop talking about him.
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  19. You are wrong and here is why. 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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  20. Trump has acknowledged that he stole the documents.
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  21. Trump has acknowledged that he stole the documents. Trump invited the mob. Trump incited the mob. Trump directed the mob. "We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you." The entire event on January 6th was entirely Trump's fault and Trump's responsiblity. "The buck stops here" is a phrase that was popularized by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who kept a sign with that phrase on his desk in the Oval Office. The phrase refers to the notion that the President has to make the decisions and accept the ultimate responsibility for those decisions. It's not enough to punish the people who rioted.
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  22. The opposite of woke is asleep.
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  23. You should look up the history of why you can't drink until you are 21. The gun control lobby needs MADD energy.
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  24. 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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  25. That is how a parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister resigns. The governing party picks a new leader. An election will follow.
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  26. Trump has admitted that he stole the documents. Trump invited the mob. Trump incited the mob. Trump directed the mob. "We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you." The entire event on January 6th was entirely Trump's fault and Trump's responsiblity. "The buck stops here" is a phrase that was popularized by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who kept a sign with that phrase on his desk in the Oval Office. The phrase refers to the notion that the President has to make the decisions and accept the ultimate responsibility for those decisions. It's not enough to punish the people who rioted.
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  27.  @davenalford6956  You get vaccinated for Shingles after having chicken pox.
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  28. "It goes through the air," Mr Trump told the author on 7 February. "That's always tougher than the touch. You don't have to touch things. Right? But the air, you just breathe the air and that's how it's passed. "And so that's a very tricky one. That's a very delicate one. It's also more deadly than even your strenuous flus."  From BBC News "Former President Donald Trump on Monday encouraged his supporters to get vaccinated but said he did not understand why Republicans were more skeptical of the shot—even as he again floated a conspiracy theory about Pfizer. Trump—who previously expressed skepticism about vaccines in general—said he doesn’t know why Republicans are hesitant to get inoculated, saying “I don’t know what that is exactly.” “I encourage people to take it, I do,” Trump said of Covid-19 vaccines, adding that he was immunized. Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump received the vaccine in January behind closed doors, unlike Joe Biden and other former presidents." From Forbes
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  29. Trump has admitted that he stole the records. Trump invited the mob. Trump incited the mob. Trump directed the mob. "We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you." The entire event on January 6th was entirely Trump's fault and Trump's responsiblity. "The buck stops here" is a phrase that was popularized by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who kept a sign with that phrase on his desk in the Oval Office. The phrase refers to the notion that the President has to make the decisions and accept the ultimate responsibility for those decisions. It's not enough to punish the people who rioted.
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  30. There really is no serious side effect that hasn’t occurred within six weeks of the dose. I can think of no example of a vaccine that 10 or 15 or 30 years later caused something that wasn’t picked up initially,” said Offit, who is also a member of the FDA advisory committee for COVID-19 vaccines.
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  31. Even if every child or spouse of a Democrat shot someone on Fifth Avenue, that would not mean that Trump aka The Mango Mussolini and his minions shouldn't be held accountable.
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  32. Trump has admitted that he stole the documents.
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  33. Trump invited the mob. Trump incited the mob. Trump directed the mob. "We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you." The entire event on January 6th was entirely Trump's fault and Trump's responsiblity. "The buck stops here" is a phrase that was popularized by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who kept a sign with that phrase on his desk in the Oval Office. The phrase refers to the notion that the President has to make the decisions and accept the ultimate responsibility for those decisions. It's not enough to punish the people who rioted.
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  34. Anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers should be held accountable.
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  35.  @fatronjones  If not for all the dead Republicans, the red wave may have happened. "The vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” Trump said. “I came up with a vaccine — with three vaccines — all are very, very good … in less than nine months. It was supposed to take five to 12 years.” “And if you take the vaccine, you’re protected," Trump went on. "The results of the vaccine are very good. And if you do get it, it’s a very minor form. People aren’t dying when they take their vaccine. The vaccine worked, but some people aren’t taking it,” he said. “The ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones who don’t take their vaccine.”
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  36. Go back to Faux News.
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  37. Texas judge rules Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook parents full $49 million in defamation case. The judge opted not to apply a $750,000 cap Texas imposes on punitive damages, questioning its constitutionality and saying Jones had “done something horrible” in claiming the shooting was faked.
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  38. Trump invited the mob. Trump incited the mob. Trump directed the mob. "We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you." The entire event on January 6th was entirely Trump's fault and Trump's responsiblity. "The buck stops here" is a phrase that was popularized by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who kept a sign with that phrase on his desk in the Oval Office. The phrase refers to the notion that the President has to make the decisions and accept the ultimate responsibility for those decisions. It's not enough to punish the people who rioted.
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  39. 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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  40.  @occamselectricrazor  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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  41. "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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  42. 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 of the warning signs.
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  43. Trump lost the election and admitted to stealing the documents.
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  44. According to the anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers code of conduct, you have to wait 5-10 years to try a medical treatment. That is the standard reason for not taking the vaccine. Why should the rule change for a treatment?
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  45. Trump has admitted that he stole the documents. Nixon was a seditious president. Trump was a seditious president. You have been bamboozled by a grifter.
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  46. Go back to Faux News.
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  47. The Ohio train derailment was the result of Republican deregulation and corporate greed. Norfolk Southern helped convince government officials to repeal brake rules — and corporate lobbyists watered down hazmat safety regs.
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  48. Trump admitted that he stole the documents.
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  49. In October 2017, a gunman shot and killed nearly 60 people at a music festival in Las Vegas. While not an exhaustive list of every mass shooting that took place during the Trump administration, here are some of the deadliest incidents while Trump was in office: In November 2017, 26 people were killed at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. In February 2018, 17 people were killed at a high school in Parkland, Florida. In May 2018, 10 people were killed at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas. In October 2018, 11 people were killed at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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  50. That's a thought but we always have and should continue to pay the healthcare costs of clumsy people. You would need a committee to decide whose gets coverage for what and under what conditions. I can't imagine that would not get very complicated and add an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy and cost to what is already a very expensive program.
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