Mileage Psycho
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Play it down; What a piece of shit our president is. At the link you can hear the asshole say it all in his own words and voice.
Quote'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book
President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed US coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous, airborne, highly contagious and "more deadly than even your strenuous flus," and that he repeatedly played it down publicly, according to legendary journalist Bob Woodward in his new book "Rage."
"This is deadly stuff," Trump told Woodward on February 7.
In a series of interviews with Woodward, Trump revealed that he had a surprising level of detail about the threat of the virus earlier than previously known. "Pretty amazing," Trump told Woodward, adding that the coronavirus was maybe five times "more deadly" than the flu.
Trump's admissions are in stark contrast to his frequent public comments at the time insisting that the virus was "going to disappear" and "all work out fine."
The book, using Trump's own words, depicts a President who has betrayed the public trust and the most fundamental responsibilities of his office. In "Rage," Trump says the job of a president is "to keep our country safe." But in early February, Trump told Woodward he knew how deadly the virus was, and in March, admitted he kept that knowledge hidden from the public.
"I wanted to always play it down," Trump told Woodward on March 19, even as he had declared a national emergency over the virus days earlier. "I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic."
If instead of playing down what he knew, Trump had acted decisively in early February with a strict shutdown and a consistent message to wear masks, social distance and wash hands, experts believe that thousands of American lives could have been saved.
The startling revelations in "Rage," which CNN obtained ahead of its September 15 release, were made during 18 wide-ranging interviews Trump gave Woodward from December 5, 2019 to July 21, 2020. The interviews were recorded by Woodward with Trump's permission, and CNN has obtained copies of some of the audio tapes.
"Rage" also includes brutal assessments of Trump's presidency from many of his former top national security officials, including former Defense Secretary James Mattis, former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Mattis is quoted as calling Trump "dangerous" and "unfit" to be commander in chief. Woodward writes that Coats "continued to harbor the secret belief, one that had grown rather than lessened, although unsupported by intelligence proof, that Putin had something on Trump." Woodward continues, writing that Coats felt, "How else to explain the president's behavior? Coats could see no other explanation."
The book also contains harsh evaluations of the President's leadership on the virus from current officials.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the administration's top infectious disease expert, is quoted telling others Trump's leadership was "rudderless" and that his "attention span is like a minus number."
"His sole purpose is to get reelected," Fauci told an associate, according to Woodward.
'The virus has nothing to do with me'
Woodward reveals new details on the early warnings Trump received -- and often ignored.
In a January 28 top secret intelligence briefing, national security adviser Robert O'Brien gave Trump a "jarring" warning about the virus, telling the President it would be the "biggest national security threat" of his presidency. Trump's head "popped up," Woodward writes.
O'Brien's deputy, Matt Pottinger, concurred, telling Trump it could be as bad as the influenza pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, including 675,000 Americans. Pottinger warned Trump that asymptomatic spread was occurring in China: He had been told 50% of those infected showed no symptoms.
At that time, there were fewer than a dozen reported coronavirus cases in the US.
Three days later, Trump announced restrictions on travel from China, a move suggested by his national security team -- despite Trump's later claims that he alone backed the travel limitations.
Nevertheless, Trump continued to publicly downplay the danger of the virus. February was a lost month. Woodward views this as a damning missed opportunity for Trump to reset "the leadership clock" after he was told this was a "once-in-a-lifetime health emergency."
"Presidents are the executive branch. There was a duty to warn. To listen, to plan, and to take care," Woodward writes. But in the days following the January 28 briefing, Trump used high-profile appearances to minimize the threat and, Woodward writes, "to reassure the public they faced little risk."
During a pre-Super Bowl interview on Fox News February 2, Trump said, "We pretty much shut it down coming in from China." Two days later during his State of the Union address, Trump made only a passing reference to the virus, promising, "my administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat."
Asked by Woodward in May if he remembered O'Brien's January 28 warning that the virus would be the biggest national security threat of his presidency, Trump equivocated. "No, I don't." Trump said. "I'm sure if he said it — you know, I'm sure he said it. Nice guy."
The rest of the story at the link.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump-coronavirus/index.html
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On 9/1/2020 at 2:47 PM, spin_dry said:
That's sad, the foot drag isn't good, thoughts and prayers for Donnie.
On 9/1/2020 at 3:04 PM, Jimmy Snacks said:There is also this....
So sad, best wishes for him.
On 9/1/2020 at 4:22 PM, ManOnManOral said:Joe is physically and mentally fucked what should we do? Remember when Hillary was taking bribes from russia and we accused trump of being in bed with putin. Lets use the same strategy....ya, that will work.
I thought you were talking about yourself, best wishes for you to.
On 9/1/2020 at 5:14 PM, DriftBusta said:Spin and Smales are what is known as useful idiots.
Can't wait for the debate, the Trump campaign team has already abandoned the Biden is inept tactic, but your buddy @ManOnManOral seems to think it's a solid strategy.......
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Well we all know how important the ratings are to Donnie and of course he confirms this with a Tweet, what a loser
In Donnie's head big time
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5 minutes ago, Snake said:
Who loves ya baby?
Like a time warp eh.
5 minutes ago, frenchy said:Trump was sent by God, duh.
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Pretty hard to disagree with the assessments that these folks have made.
QuoteHundreds of ex-McCain, Romney and Bush aides endorse Biden
Republican aides who worked in the George W. Bush administration and for the late Senator John McCain and Mitt Romney vouched their support for 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Thursday, joining other GOP officials in rejecting President Trump's reelection campaign on the final day of the Republican National Convention.
In separate letters released Thursday, alumni of the Bush administration, Utah Senator Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign and McCain's 2008 White House bid and congressional office announced their support for the former vice president. The Republican officials said that while they disagree with some of Biden's policy positions, they value his record of bipartisan work and believe he can offer steady leadership as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, a weakened economy and deeply entrenched political divisions. "Given the incumbent president's lack of competent leadership, his efforts to aggravate rather than bridge divisions among Americans, and his failure to uphold American values, we believe the election of former Vice President Biden is clearly in the national interest," more than 100 former McCain staffers wrote in a public letter.
"Given the incumbent president's lack of competent leadership, his efforts to aggravate rather than bridge divisions among Americans, and his failure to uphold American values, we believe the election of former Vice President Biden is clearly in the national interest," more than 100 former McCain staffers wrote in a public letter.
Romney's former staffers were more forceful in their rebuke of Mr. Trump, saying that while some of them voted for him in 2016, they are all now worried about the GOP transforming into a "toxic personality cult" under the president's leadership. Romney himself has frequently crossed the White House since arriving in the Senate, and was the only GOP senator to vote to convict Mr. Trump in his impeachment trial.
"Since 2017, the results of that disastrous decision have been on full display for the world to see. Now, with a pandemic crippling our economy and strangling our national spirit, every corner of America is suffering at the hands of President Trump's erratic, inept, self-absorbed governing style," more than 30 former Romney aides wrote in their letter.
The group of Bush administration alumni, led by former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, focused on Biden's values and decency, implicitly criticizing Mr. Trump's conduct while in office, including his support of conspiracy theories and use of racist, sexist and divisive language.
"Joe's kindness is sorely needed right now. He famously treats the train operator with the same dignity as his fellow senators. As former public servants, we believe that decency in government must not be allowed to die on the vine," 230 Bush alumni wrote in their letter. "We must take a stand and insist that it returns to the Office of the President."
The former Bush, Romney and McCain staffers join a growing list of Republican officials who have publicly come out against their party's nominee for president in 2020. Several high-profile Republican politicians, like former Ohio Governor John Kasich, have endorsed Biden, who has also received the backing of officials who worked in the Trump administration, including former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor.
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4 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said:
Now I don’t give a fuck who Trump Sleeps with (as long as they are legal) but most bible thumpers sure are selective with their judgement and condemnation.
What happened to Mike Pence and his moral conviction?
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16 hours ago, jtssrx said:
I can tell you I’m not surprised
JT, you are fucked up as usual from the shit you read
This has been all over the news, I have a bridge for sale cheap
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1 minute ago, XCR1250 said:
Thank God!!
Indeed!! My heart sank when I first saw your post.
That little girl is probably down a pint or two a blood seeing the bugs had her for 24 hours, but she's alive and that's all that counts!!!
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35 minutes ago, XCR1250 said:
I believe they just found her, extremely dehydrated, they shut down the roads and only family and Medics allowed, I do believe she's alive.
Check social media in about an hour for more details.
UPDATE: Missing Sawyer County toddler found alive
https://wqow.com/2020/08/10/volunteers-searching-for-missing-3-year-old-in-winter/
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1 minute ago, Polaris 550 said:
Yup. I told you guyz, LEAD WAS GONNA FLY.
We ain't seen nothin' yet. This IS a race war. We are actually in it, as we speak.
This is the form it's going to take. Major cities with large black populations, will riot ......................and lead will start to fly.
At some point we may see armed whites travelling into the cities to engage the blacks in gunfire.
12% of the population, nothing to worry about.
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On 8/7/2020 at 10:01 AM, motonoggin said:
Read each post from bottom to top to put them in order
I find this to be quite the motivating tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0xwIFGIRc0
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Coordinated criminal activity via Facebook, it's time to shut that shit down and bust some heads.
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1 hour ago, Woodtick said:
Are any of those six guys in the hospital? We have guys that go to Covid outbreak buildings.They change the filters,disinfect the evap coils, and do a air purge. They go home to their families and go to work the next day. No quarantine for us when we come in contact and no testing. None of the older guys or guys with medical conditions are sent to these jobs.
Last I heard three guys are pretty fucked up with it, my last conversation regarding it was Friday evening, at the time Super was getting worse, body aches progressed to chest tightness, and when he closes his eyes he hallucinates.
9 minutes ago, Woodtick said:In my line of work,yes,waste of time to get tested.
How do you figure?
I've been pretty succesful in life listening to the smartest folks in the room, the smartest folks certainly don't reside here at this site, nor are any of the crackpots that Fox or the pres tweets about anywhere close to being the smartest people in the room.
Make no mistake that Birx and Fauci are top 5 infectious disease specialist in the world, call me crazy but I'm going with there advice.
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@jtssrx Any chance these astronauts will tell us the earth is flat?
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2 minutes ago, Stephen Hawking said:
What does the Lincoln project have to say about this?
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The failure out.
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3 hours ago, Woodtick said:
Why isn’t the cashiers at Walmart getting it. What about the flight attendants? The cleaning workers in commercial buildings should all be dead any day now. Millions of workers have been going to work everyday through this and it’s unsafe for a teacher?
What about the six guys who got it on one of our jobsites last week? Of course they all had fuck the PPE mentality. In any event I had nine guys that have tested negative from that outbreak and I have GF who is under a 14 day quarantine because of that outbreak.
3 hours ago, Doorider said:If you're a teach with a compromised immune system or respiratory issue, you stay home. If your a health person, do your job. My wife works in the hospital, she doesn't cry about being scared and not go to work....
Your wife works in a stictly controlled environement with the best PPE measures being deployed, you can't compare a school to an elementary school.
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18 hours ago, Mainecat said:
Yeah let’s send the kids back to school.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/health/coronavirus-children-camp.html
6 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said:So kids don't give it to adults and there is no asymptomatic transmission according to the doctors here...that means every case is adults transmitting it while symptomatic...sure.
5 hours ago, motonoggin said:These guys are a serious fucking threat to the survival of the species. I hope none of their genes survive this pandemic. We need to seriously reduce the amount of dangerous dumbfucks on the planet.
Send my kids to school? Fuck you.
Kids aren't getting/spreading/dying from it in large numbers because they've been out of school since March, you fucking dipshits.
We have now moved to the next phase of the death cult of capitalism - child sacrifice. Unfuckingbelievable...
I have a freind who wants the kids to go to school without a mask on....and nowI guess I have two friends buying into that nonsense after seeing @jammin post on page 1.
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1 minute ago, Woodtick said:
It’s not needed anymore because we are all wearing masks now.
The coronavirus testing czar noted that the anti-malarial drug at first “looked very promising” as a coronavirus treatment before explaining that a number of randomized clinical trials since then have now revealed there “is no benefit.”
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15 hours ago, Ez ryder said:
again proving you are a fucking idiot
I have a 71 Panther 760 with Montana Pipes, are you interested?
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I know many here will have a hard time believing this especially in light of Trump Tweeting about that crackpot Doc from Nigeria.
QuoteTrump’s Coronavirus Testing Czar: Time to ‘Move On’ From Hydroxychloroquine
Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir pushed back against President Donald Trump’s obsession with unproven anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine on Sunday, stating unequivocally that he “can’t recommend” the drug as a coronavirus treatment and that it’s time to “move on” from it.
Over the past week, the president and his allies have renewed their embrace of the controversial medication after a fringe group of doctors touted it as a coronavirus “cure” in a viral video. Trump continued to endorse the video even after finding out that Dr. Stella Immanuel, one of the most outspoken members of the group, claimed that “alien DNA” was in medicine and some female medical problems are caused by demon sex.
Giroir, however, refused to back the president’s support for hydroxychloroquine during a Meet the Press interview while pointing to a plethora of studies that show the drug is largely ineffective in treating COVID-19.
“Look, I know you’re not a political person, but the president continues to advocate for hydroxychloroquine,” NBC News anchor Chuck Todd asked on Sunday. “Is that a danger to public health?”
The coronavirus testing czar noted that the anti-malarial drug at first “looked very promising” as a coronavirus treatment before explaining that a number of randomized clinical trials since then have now revealed there “is no benefit.”
“At this point in time, we don’t recommend that as a treatment and there’s no evidence to show that it is,” he added.
Todd, meanwhile, wondered aloud if Giroir was “concerned” that the administration’s “mixed messaging” on the drug is “going to continue to sort of create this fog” about the drug’s efficacy.
“So hydroxychloroquine needs to be prescribed by a physician,” the HHS official replied. “There may be circumstances, and I don’t know what they are, where a physician may prescribe it for an individual.”
“But I think most physicians and prescribers are evidence-based and they’re not influenced by whatever’s on Twitter or anything else and the evidence just doesn’t show that hydroxychloroquine is effective right now,” he continued. “I think we need to move on from that and talk about what is effective.”
Giroir went on to say that the most effective methods of stemming the spread of the virus are social distancing, mask-wearing, and hand-washing while touting advances in therapeutics and potential vaccines.
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2 hours ago, spin_dry said:
It’s like a day around here.
No fake news in that statement
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1 hour ago, racer254 said:
BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. Statewide mandated mask order effective 12 am Saturday for Wisconsin. Put away all distractions when out alone, pay attention to your surroundings and keep your children within arms length. You think one of the biggest human trafficking hot spots in the country is bad now? Just wait when every stranger is suddenly anonymous and unidentifiable. Over 1/2 a million missing kids in the US alone every year. Please be aware not only for your little ones but your teens and even yourself
You sound grim, maybe it's time to find the train?
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Super hot hispanic chick at the 6:56 mark in the jetski vid, ay caramba!
Cuomo says Trump 'caused' New York coronavirus outbreak
in Current Events
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Fuck Trump he has admitted to [playing down the virus threat when he knew it was bad.
Many deaths hang on Trump.
http://www.freedomsledder.com/index.php?/topic/33836-play-it-down-trump-admits-to-concealing-the-true-threat-of-coronavirus-in-new-woodward-book/