COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread

[Ron]

"The white population of the United States increased by 17.5 percent between 1950 and 1960, as compared with 26.7 percent for the nonwhite population, so that white persons constituted 88.6 percent of the total population in 1960 and 89.3 percent in 1950."

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1961/dec/pc-s1-10.html

OK, we'll call it 89% in 1950 and 88% in 1960.

10% of the remaining population were the Black citizens which presented unique struggles of integrating into society due the history of slavery. That gives us 98 and 99% of the population.

So if Charby was talking about Blacks he should have said so, instead of making it sound like there was this huge population of non-whites being discriminated against.

Blacks were discriminated against both unfairly and fairly in America in the 50's and 60's.

And what is with lumping all whites into one category?

The white population of the USA (and Europe for that matter) is anything but homogeneous.

Unless you are just judging by the color of ones skin.

[RoadKingLarry]

Some people may need to take off rose colored glassed when looking at the past. I think you need to take off the soot-covered ones.

Yeah, that ain't soot covering his eyes 

[Angel Eyes]

Sign of the apocalypse:  AOC is actually making sense.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/12/22/ben-shapiro-candace-owens-and-other-conservatives-are-in-full-agreement-with-aoc-after-she-called-the-covid-relief-bill-hostage-taking/

This is why Congress needs time to actually read this package before voting on it.

Members of Congress have not read this bill. It’s over 5000 pages, arrived at 2pm today, and we are told to expect a vote on it in 2 hours.

This isn’t governance. It’s hostage-taking.

And by the way, it’s not just members who need to see the bill ahead of time - YOU do.

The PUBLIC needs to see these bills w enough time to contact their rep to let them know how they feel.

Members are reeling right now bc they don’t have time to consult w/ their communities.

[charby]

OHHHHH, so when YOU pine for the past, it's not about racism. But when other people pine for the past, it's obviously about racism. Got it.

Statistics to back that up?

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/yi/yi16.pdf

[makattak]

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/yi/yi16.pdf

So, black people were making massive gains in income and gained ground on white incomes during the period of 1950-1970, as I reported?

Thanks for confirming what I said- the 1950s were a time of great improvement for black people.

[WLJ]

How quickly their opinion can change.


'Modern day miracle': Beshear applauds work behind COVID-19 vaccine before receiving first dose
https://www.wlky.com/article/modern-day-miracle-beshear-applauds-work-behind-covid-19-vaccine-before-receiving-first-dose/35044968

[cordex]

Charby,

Can we agree on the following?

1. There have been bad things done in the past in the US.  Those bad things are bad.
2. There have been good things done in the past in the US.  Those good things are good.
3. There have been structurally bad things about he US system.  Those things should be changed.
4. There have been structurally good things about the US system.  Those things should not be changed.
5. Some good things have changed for the worse.
6. Some bad things have changed for the better.
7. It is possible to wish for the return of good things that have been lost without simultaneously wishing for the return of the bad things that were done away with.

Your presumption in this conversation (and totally separately the presumption of leftwing pundits) seems to be that anyone who calls for the restoration of something positive that was lost must also want the restoration of the bad things that existed back when as well. 

I posit that is not the case, and one need not think things were 100% perfect at any given point to say (for instance) they wish that a bad law had not been passed.  Further, just as telling the story in terms strictly of winners or losers misses a big part of the truth, trying to make the story strictly about race and defining all members of that race as either winners or losers might miss a good bit of the story and truth too.

[MillCreek]

^^^Cordex, your numbered list should be engraved on a stone tablet somewhere.  I like it.

[charby]

Charby,

Can we agree on the following?

1. There have been bad things done in the past in the US.  Those bad things are bad.
2. There have been good things done in the past in the US.  Those good things are good.
3. There have been structurally bad things about he US system.  Those things should be changed.
4. There have been structurally good things about the US system.  Those things should not be changed.
5. Some good things have changed for the worse.
6. Some bad things have changed for the better.
7. It is possible to wish for the return of good things that have been lost without simultaneously wishing for the return of the bad things that were done away with.

Hard not to disagree. So yes, I agree with you.

Your presumption in this conversation (and totally separately the presumption of leftwing pundits) seems to be that anyone who calls for the restoration of something positive that was lost must also want the restoration of the bad things that existed back when as well. 

I posit that is not the case, and one need not think things were 100% perfect at any given point to say (for instance) they wish that a bad law had not been passed.  Further, just as telling the story in terms strictly of winners or losers misses a big part of the truth, trying to make the story strictly about race and defining all members of that race as either winners or losers might miss a good bit of the story and truth too.

We all pine for things in past, wouldn't be human if you didn't. But one also needs to look at why things aren't the same at the same time. Politicians and money suck too.

For example I wish anti gun folks would realize that gun control laws are rooted in racism.

[Hawkmoon]

Sign of the apocalypse:  AOC is actually making sense.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/12/22/ben-shapiro-candace-owens-and-other-conservatives-are-in-full-agreement-with-aoc-after-she-called-the-covid-relief-bill-hostage-taking/

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in awhile. But she is entirely correct. No legislator should ever vote on a bill that he or she has not been given an opportunity to read and digest. Asking [exhorting/requiring] them to do so is not leadership, it's tyranny.

[cordex]

We all pine for things in past, wouldn't be human if you didn't. But one also needs to look at why things aren't the same at the same time. Politicians and money suck too.

Fair enough.  So you obviously brought race into the conversation for a reason - apparently because you saw it as a factor for something that someone else was failing to consider.  Could you elaborate a bit on what you thought that was contributing?

For example I wish anti gun folks would realize that gun control laws are rooted in racism.

Yes, this is true, but it doesn't mean that everyone who advocates for modern gun control are doing so with racist intent.  Nor is racially motivated evil the only kind of evil that needs to be guarded against.

[ConstitutionCowboy]

There are more important things to discuss. This virus could be like the chickenpox. Only instead of getting shingles, you'll end up getting clapboards. 

Woody

[Angel Eyes]

There are more important things to discuss.

Woody

Absolutely.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ISBJc1wFk

[MillCreek]

^^^lol!

[Cliffh]

Oh PLEASE let that be true!   

[TommyGunn]

Oh PLEASE let that be true!   

Well, it's CNN,  so it's most likely fake news .....     ....... 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Absolutely.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ISBJc1wFk

Revers. It's the Pax!

Woody

[RoadKingLarry]

Absolutely.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ISBJc1wFk

 


Stole that and posted it on fecesbook,
Already got three people offended.
Winning!

[Andiron]

It's the Pax. The G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate that we added to the air processors. It was supposed to calm the population, weed out aggression. Well, it works. The people here stopped fighting. And then they stopped everything else. They stopped going to work, they stopped breeding, talking, eating. There's 30 million people here, and they all just let themselves die.

[Fly320s]

It's the Pax. The G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate that we added to the air processors. It was supposed to calm the population, weed out aggression. Well, it works. The people here stopped fighting. And then they stopped everything else. They stopped going to work, they stopped breeding, talking, eating. There's 30 million people here, and they all just let themselves die.

That could be a good premise for a movie or TV show.

[Ben]

That could be a good premise for a movie or TV show.

Nah, never work.

Well, maybe if Disney decided to steal the idea. :)

[Ben]

I just heard on the TV that the CCP bioweapon has made it to Antarctica. Apparently the entire Chilean contingent there is infected.

This bodes ill for when the zombie apocalypse hits. Seems going remote isn't that big of a help. :)

[WLJ]

I just heard on the TV that the CCP bioweapon has made it to Antarctica. Apparently the entire Chilean contingent there is infected.

This bodes ill for when the zombie apocalypse hits. Seems going remote isn't that big of a help. :)

I'm sure they cycle personnel in and out all the time so it was bound to happen sooner or later.

[WLJ]

Knock Knock
Who's there?
COVID-20
COVID-20 who?

Just days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a second COVID-19 vaccine for Emergency Use Authorization, news broke of a mutant coronavirus strain with “significantly faster” transmission rates making its way through the U.K., per The Washington Post.

This variant, which has been dubbed “COVID-20” on social media, first emerged in southeast England in September, and has quickly dominated surrounding regions since. Some areas of England, including London, have now entered into “Tier 4” stay-at-home restrictions, which forbids mixing of households. Restaurants may only do takeout or drive-thru service, and only essential retailers, like grocery stores, may stay open.

Doctors explain the new mutant coronavirus strain that shut down the UK
https://www.wlky.com/article/britain-covid-19-coronavirus-mutation/35048860

[TommyGunn]

Knock Knock
Who's there?
COVID-20
COVID-20 who?

Doctors explain the new mutant coronavirus strain that shut down the UK
https://www.wlky.com/article/britain-covid-19-coronavirus-mutation/35048860

Aha!   Now we know where THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN came from!!!