As Positive covid test go up, the number of deaths from Covid continues to go down and the number of moderately or severly ill covid patients also goes down. Deaths are not increasing despite a large increase in positive tests…if these were REAL covid ILLNESSESES (not well people with positive tests), the number of deaths would also be substantially increased. They arent increased, they are dropping.
It is noteworthy that hospitals are being paid more if they have a patient testing positive for covid, regardless if they are sick from covid. That biases the data. Hospitals are now testing nearly every patient coming in for elective surgery, things like a knee surgery. Well, gee, why are test positive people going up, whill illnesses are going down? Why? Well, because the data is skewed and biasd by people with financial and political motives.
The Wall Street Journal editorial board in a Thursday night op-ed slammed President Trump for not articulating a clear vision for a second term, with the 130-year-old publication warning the incumbent of defeat in November and taking the Republican majority in the Senate with him.
“President Trump may soon need a new nickname for ‘Sleepy Joe’ Biden. How does President-elect sound?” the board wrote.
“On present trend that’s exactly what Mr. Biden will be on Nov. 4, as Mr. Trump heads for what could be an historic repudiation that would take the Republican Senate down with him.”
“Mr. Trump refuses to acknowledge what every poll now says is true: His approval rating has fallen to the 40 percent or below that is George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter territory,” it continues.
The board specifically broached two key issues that have emerged in the past four months that have resulted in falling numbers for the president: the coronavirus pandemic and the police killing of George Floyd that has resulted in nationwide protests and unrest in the country.
Citing US officials, The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reported that a Russian military intelligence unit offered the alleged bounties last year.
The same unit has been linked to assassination attempts in Europe
The Russian embassy in the US said the claims had led to threats to diplomats.
The Taliban also denied doing any deal with Russian intelligence.
The reports come as the US attempts to negotiate a peace deal to end the 19-year war in Afghanistan.
The unnamed officials cited by the New York Times said US intelligence agencies had concluded months ago that a unit of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency had sought to destabilize its adversaries by covertly offering bounties for successful attacks on coalition forces.
Islamist militants, or armed criminal elements closely associated with them, were believed to have collected some money, the newspaper said.
According to the Times, President Donald Trump was briefed on the reports in March. Mr Trump denied having been briefed, writing on Twitter on Sunday that neither he nor the vice president had been told “about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians”. (I find that unlikely….)
(Why do I think it’s unlikely? Because others at the WH knew.)
The officials quoted by the New York Times said the White House’s National Security Council had considered how to respond, including imposing an escalating raft of sanctions against Russia.
The GRU unit allegedly involved has also been linked to the attempted murder of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with a nerve agent in Salisbury, England, in March 2018.
Ah yes, the 1999 trifecta of MS. Windows CE, ME, NT. Windows CEMENT. Windows 95/98, (n): 32 bit extension and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can’t stand 1 bit of competition.
Windows NT is a full on disk based operating system with an integrated graphical interface, derived from the OS/2 project of IBM and Microsoft. In fact Windows 10 is a version of NT, i.e. NT 10. MS Windows was a graphical shell on MS DOS that developed into Windows 95, ME was a continuation of MS Windows 95, with some changes to make it somewhat like NT, and just made Win95 even worse.
Every time Windows does a massive update, like a couple of weeks ago, my computer crashes all the time. I don’t know if it is the update directly, or bad interaction with my cleanup and monitoring programs needing to be updated to match the Windows updates. The crashes usually stop in a couple of weeks, and then the computer doesn’t crash for months, until the next major Windows update. Wish I could cut out those two weeks of crashes, and scanning the hard drives with chkdsk to fix them after some of the crashes.
pschearer Premium Member about 4 years ago
For those who have forgotten or never knew, “Windows ME” was Windows, Millennial Edition.
Cheapskate0 about 4 years ago
Please tell me Scott is being facetious here.
It is a problem with this strip (and often the commentary) that, too often, one just cannot tell when someone else is trying to be funny.
William Robbins Premium Member about 4 years ago
Pretty much all conspiracies are laughable. These are now tragic.
Whipple’s whole thread got deleted from yesterday. What did y’all get up to overnight?Brain Pudding about 4 years ago
As Positive covid test go up, the number of deaths from Covid continues to go down and the number of moderately or severly ill covid patients also goes down. Deaths are not increasing despite a large increase in positive tests…if these were REAL covid ILLNESSESES (not well people with positive tests), the number of deaths would also be substantially increased. They arent increased, they are dropping.
It is noteworthy that hospitals are being paid more if they have a patient testing positive for covid, regardless if they are sick from covid. That biases the data. Hospitals are now testing nearly every patient coming in for elective surgery, things like a knee surgery. Well, gee, why are test positive people going up, whill illnesses are going down? Why? Well, because the data is skewed and biasd by people with financial and political motives.
Silly Season about 4 years ago
Humm… ’Pudding may have read the WSJ editorial…
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The Wall Street Journal editorial board in a Thursday night op-ed slammed President Trump for not articulating a clear vision for a second term, with the 130-year-old publication warning the incumbent of defeat in November and taking the Republican majority in the Senate with him.
“President Trump may soon need a new nickname for ‘Sleepy Joe’ Biden. How does President-elect sound?” the board wrote.
“On present trend that’s exactly what Mr. Biden will be on Nov. 4, as Mr. Trump heads for what could be an historic repudiation that would take the Republican Senate down with him.”
“Mr. Trump refuses to acknowledge what every poll now says is true: His approval rating has fallen to the 40 percent or below that is George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter territory,” it continues.
The board specifically broached two key issues that have emerged in the past four months that have resulted in falling numbers for the president: the coronavirus pandemic and the police killing of George Floyd that has resulted in nationwide protests and unrest in the country.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/media/504743-wsj-editorial-board-tees-off-on-trump-trends-pointing-to-historic-repudiation
Silly Season about 4 years ago
Citing US officials, The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reported that a Russian military intelligence unit offered the alleged bounties last year.
The same unit has been linked to assassination attempts in Europe
The Russian embassy in the US said the claims had led to threats to diplomats.
The Taliban also denied doing any deal with Russian intelligence.
The reports come as the US attempts to negotiate a peace deal to end the 19-year war in Afghanistan.
The unnamed officials cited by the New York Times said US intelligence agencies had concluded months ago that a unit of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency had sought to destabilize its adversaries by covertly offering bounties for successful attacks on coalition forces.
Islamist militants, or armed criminal elements closely associated with them, were believed to have collected some money, the newspaper said.
According to the Times, President Donald Trump was briefed on the reports in March. Mr Trump denied having been briefed, writing on Twitter on Sunday that neither he nor the vice president had been told “about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians”. (I find that unlikely….)
(Why do I think it’s unlikely? Because others at the WH knew.)
The officials quoted by the New York Times said the White House’s National Security Council had considered how to respond, including imposing an escalating raft of sanctions against Russia.
The GRU unit allegedly involved has also been linked to the attempted murder of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with a nerve agent in Salisbury, England, in March 2018.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53204747
rossevrymn about 4 years ago
Tying Gates to the right-wing populists……………………………..a Stantis
Brian Fink about 4 years ago
Ah yes, the 1999 trifecta of MS. Windows CE, ME, NT. Windows CEMENT. Windows 95/98, (n): 32 bit extension and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can’t stand 1 bit of competition.
braindead Premium Member about 4 years ago
Trump Disciples don’t trust anyone who does not praise The Messiah as much as Mike Pence does.
bwsevier Premium Member about 4 years ago
Windows NT is a full on disk based operating system with an integrated graphical interface, derived from the OS/2 project of IBM and Microsoft. In fact Windows 10 is a version of NT, i.e. NT 10. MS Windows was a graphical shell on MS DOS that developed into Windows 95, ME was a continuation of MS Windows 95, with some changes to make it somewhat like NT, and just made Win95 even worse.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member about 4 years ago
Every time Windows does a massive update, like a couple of weeks ago, my computer crashes all the time. I don’t know if it is the update directly, or bad interaction with my cleanup and monitoring programs needing to be updated to match the Windows updates. The crashes usually stop in a couple of weeks, and then the computer doesn’t crash for months, until the next major Windows update. Wish I could cut out those two weeks of crashes, and scanning the hard drives with chkdsk to fix them after some of the crashes.