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I predict that irrespective of the outcome of today’s elections shit will carry on same as before

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Shit might hit the fan tho,, for Fauci and a few others... take the good with the bad

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I'd love to think that Fauci get what he deserves, but that chances of that happening are tiny, even with republicans holding both houses

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Rand thinks he has a case.

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I am sure he has a case. I don't have any confidence that he will be able to prosecute it, even with republicans in control.

They will call for forgiveness. They will say "Mistakes were made", and no one will pay, and the drug companies will keep their profits, and the dead will rot and the many of the living will suffer.

I don't want to believe this but I do.

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agree sadly

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We don't need to prosecute the case to learn the lesson. The lesson is that the NIH's number one job in a pandemic is to test repurposed generic medicines for possible benefit, since there is no profit motive for anyone else to test them.

The cardinal sin from Fauci was not doing that job. Fauci and Collins proudly talked about how smart they were because they were approaching the pandemic with a public-private partnership focus. In doing so, they did what they thought was best but they were simply terribly wrong. Pfizer didn't even take money from the Feds because of all the strings and because of the very high potential profits. That profit motive alone was sufficient to drive their efforts. It didn't need federal subsidies.

But repurposed generic drugs did, and it is a failing that NIH didn't start testing them until April 2021. Instead, we argued there was no good data to know the real answers and that data on ivermectin from brown people overseas wasn't to be trusted. Now we have positive data from folks at Duke and Vanderbilt on ivermectin but it's too late to matter.

But we don't have to make that mistake next time, and we don't have to incriminate Fauci to point out this failing in a way that can result in us not doing the same thing ever again.

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The bigger they are, the harder they get screwed when they fall.

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Fauci--come to Coeur d'alene. Baseball bat waiting to be placed in your forehead.

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Classy.

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You're an ass. Couer d'Alene is a beautiful little city.

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Fauci did the best he could under difficult circumstances. And please don't forget Operation Warp Speed. That wasn't Fauci, but his political master.

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CV was fauci's 3rd blunder of bloody consequences. Don't forget his first foray into profit and politics over medicine and science: AIDS

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Everybody forgets about his disaster with AIDS. It is not everyday you go against the research and say it is a communicable disease.

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this is where i part ways with the shit lib left

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Right there with you.

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Read RFK Jr's book "The Real Anthony Fauci", and get back to us.

Trump sucked in many ways, not least of which was his failure to get rid of Fauci and confront the medical/pharma cabal. Im willing to accept that maybe his hands were tied in ways we aren't aware of but that may be giving him too much credit. It seems, however that you've just pointed at him for some partisan whataboutism along with your weak defense of Fauci.

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Considering I now have Parkinson's as a result of Fauci's assholery, I don't agree.

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Happened to a neighbor. Happen to have a study I could refer her to?

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Blame the man behind the curtain. Nothing to see here, masks and the vaccines work!

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Trump pedophile with Fauci mass murderer. perfect storm.

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you are kidding, right?

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Um. What?

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Fauci should be masked, vaccinated, boosted, locked down and distanced for life.

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Things can always get worse

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Do they ever get better?

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Yes

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They did, in 1946, for many, but not all, people.

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'32 was a good year

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Cheer up

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But not much worse...

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The times they are a changin'.

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Now with constant show trials!

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Sorrifily ... I agree.

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This is hands down the best prediction for election '22 I've heard so far. Also for every other election, pretty much.

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Very sad.. frustrating.

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There won't be meaningful change until frustration turns to anger on a wide scale. By that time much will have been lost.

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yep, the time for a tax revolt to prevent all this crap was about 30 years ago. a tax revolt now will prevent the hell we will live in 20 or 30 years from now.

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Yeah. Except that's actually the very definition of US politics (on the national scale, and mostly on local as well at this point). Has been since, basically, since I started voting in the late 80's? I recently gave up voting (as of 2020). Post covid, even the stench of the Greens makes me gag.

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yeah, agree that things will be more or less the same as it ever was...deep state chugs along regardless

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Even those guys can be surprised by events. No one runs this planet.

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And until Citizens United is overturned... won’t happen IMO

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LOL... and you honestly believe Citizens United changed ANYthing? You honestly believe banks, corps, and the MIC (that's medical industrial complex) didn't rule BEFORE Citizens United?

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Citizens United just made their job a little easier. Anything that contributes to centralization of power is bad in my book.

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Doesn't work with Android

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Not very inclusive.

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Will it run on my Kaypro?

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You have a Kaypro? Classic!

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And compatible with my Atari 2600. Happy happy joy joy lol. Meanwhile back in cali dance naked in the rain! This would be a call to laughing wet people dancing naked, obviously. 3 days with rain here SE of San Jose. And I shall dance when, where and clothed as I choose. Sometimes it is so dam* hard to find a chuckle. Discussing late 70's or early 80's personal computers did provide one of those. I paid under 60usd for the 2600 taking employee discount during Warner Bros fiasco that lost them a few billion and Atari hit the ropes. Volunteering for 1st round of layoffs put my walkaway cash at near 40k usd so I followed grrlfriend to Brussels for a year.

*dam is an obstruction in above ground water flow that provides a place where water gathers.

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Yeah, I downloaded the app only to learn that chat doesn't work.

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same here

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Um, I'm on android... r

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You're commenting , not chatting.

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Yup.

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They need a version that works on PCs where we do almost all our interaction with Substack. I only have an Android phone in any case, but to use this feature as a plug to get people to download their app instead of just supporting it on the PC where we all are anyway is lousy. I am sure Rumble would share their technology to help them.

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Agreed. I hate typing on my phone. I prefer the spread of a laptop

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Matt doesn't need us old farts, it seems.

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I'm already half in the bag on "Democracy itself."

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Is democracy over yet?

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death to apple

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It’s not working on my iPhone.

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I’m doing what I do every election and play a drinking game. Every time they say a, is, the, or or, it’s a shot.

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Double shots when they say Cayuga county

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OK. But drink water on each “denier”.

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You must be hammered.

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Tomorrow: EZ gives tequila reviews, and hydration advice.

Ok. The day after tomorrow.

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Disclaimer: Be safe. Don’t drive!

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Good call. Bien dicho. I’ve transitioned from Pinot noir to water, but I’ll still fall asleep way before this macana is over.

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W. C. Fields used to say his excuse (among so many) was that "you should avoid water, because fish 'fornicate' in that!"

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will Stacey Abrams please go away now?

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And take Beto O’Rourke with her. Maybe they could get a real job like the rest of us.

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Not possible due to politics becoming a career. WTF and I do know how to fix that little issue.

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Wanna get really drunk? Take a slug each time someone posts "Doesn't work".

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So Matt, if everything the media and the democrats are saying about the Republicans is hyperbole and fear mongering, which is as a minimum partly true, is the only real truth that both parties are controlled by the same companies and billionaires?

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This line of thought is similar to mine, that in reality both parties are very controlled by corporate interests.

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You know, here we are, all watching our fellow Americans vote. I rejoice in the process of elections and our democracy. Cheers to that.

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Republicans appear poised to control the House; too early to say how Senate will go.

Question: will Republicans, whatever the election outcome, use their newfound power to oppose Biden's warmongering?

I doubt it

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What happened to repeal ObamaCare? Who passed the Patriot Act. Republicrats are a criminal enterprise

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Uh-huh.

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Is the chat function only available on iphones because matt wants to limit chat to fanboys with no minds of their own?

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Apple's market share is about 16%. Someone, please urgently break this to Matt.

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It's Substack's decision. I have uploaded and deleted the Substack app a few times. It kind of sucks.

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So all in all Matt thinks Substack Chat still trumps YouTube Chat?

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Not sure if you are poking at Matt or Apple users or both. In Matt's case, I'm sure the reason is technical and not the desire for an echo chamber.

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Neither. The app is poorly designed. That isn’t Matt’s fault, he had nothing to do with it. If anyone is to blame, it’s Substack. I think it could be improved, and yes, it’s a technical issue.

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Hammond B3 with twin Leslie speakers. HEAVEN in an echoing way. You tube chat is not at all similar.

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The political ads this year have been some of the cringiest shit I've seen in a while

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One advantage of a non competitive state is the lack of friggin ads. Damn it.

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Am I the only one using a desk top computer and not a phone?

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you're not alone.

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Probably

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I think Biden uses a desktop also. OK, just kidding!

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Biden uses a Veep. (nasty tinged chuckle)

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No you are not. Dell bizbox and no cellular signals reach my home on Lost Valley Ranch, San Jose, CA. Land lines are only 100k usd for materials and a lot of work to string 6+ miles of line. Cogit ergo sum! Et nolte carborundum also.

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Is the chat available on the web? I have no interest in installing an app on my phone.

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At east you didn't install the app (begrudgingly) onl to learn this chat feature isn't available on your device. Bummer.

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The keyboard is completely dysfunctional though, so maybe for the best.

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Ditto that

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where's matt & walter?

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ABC News says election denial started with Donald Trump questioning Joe Biden's presidency. As if the former's presidency wasn't questioned (and sabotaged) by crooked Hillary 4 years before that.

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Why am I reading so many messages from Android users complaining it doesn't work for them??

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Correct

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Where are you Matt?

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Matt probably thinks Apple has about 100% of the smartphone market.

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