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  1. what's the trend? In the US, it's bad, though in last 2 weeks the cases/deaths are going down.... Still, 25+ million infected and 420,000 dead. To those who still think it's a hoax: Yeah, you're so smart! You figured it out that the gov is paying actors to fill hospitals to capacity, and record fake deaths. Maybe evolution is a made-up theory too, because... how is it so many stupid people have survived? right? NYT data
  2. I was thinking of my next one that will be big enough to do that comfortably and safely. I was also thinking of a trawler type of boat, slow, heavy, but with great fuel efficiency and roomy, so something in the 35-foot range. You can do it with smaller but I'm talking about having protected "saloon", bathroom, kitchenette, AC, etc. The FL to Bahamas is 50 miles. Sailing and trawlers/tugs boats go about 5-7 knots (6-8mph), depending on current which can be up to 2 mph, burning 1.5-3.5 gph, where speed boats can go 25-40 mph, but they burn 20-60 gph (that's gallons per hour). My 21footer burns .75gph at 7-8 mph, inboard diesel engine. I can push it to 10-12mph. It's great for day trips, rivers, lakes, near coast.
  3. Man, Florida is too hot & humid most of the year, though it was nice when I visited in Jan or Feb many years ago. I hope one day soon I'll sail/boat down the Eastern seaboard to the Keys, Dry Tortugas, Bahamas, Caribbean, etc.
  4. because they're cultists... they even took down the American flag at the Capitol and replaced it with a Trump one.. Trump and the Repub party own all these people and their acts
  5. Surely, a competent demagogue can succeed in the US. This book, How Democracies Die, explains the way. Actually I'd say it'd be easier in the US since the Republican party, one of the two major parties, is anti-democracy, anti-intellectualism, anti-science, pro-conspiracy theories, fosters white privilege, and religiosity. Repubs have created a monster, their base, which has been helpful in mobilizing and winning elections, but is heavily anti-democratic (the system of democracy), and simplistic in its approach to politics: us v. them; with us or with the enemy; Dems aren't fit or legitimate to govern. There can never be unity or cooperation when there's no agreement on a set of reality, facts. A plurality of Repubs still believe this election was stolen. Now anyone who believes that is mentally challenged and/or divorced from reality. But in creating the monster, many Repub leaders have to feed it this lie. They should throw out of Congress all those elected members who challenge the result of the election as insurrectionists against the rule of law, and their oath to the constitution. The president, vp, all 435 House members, and 1/3 of the Senate, were elected on same ballot..... yes, same 1-piece ballot. So if they dispute the top line (for prez and vp), then they should dispute their own election too! Demagogues, hypocrites, enemies of democracy they all are, and of the worst kind, because they have more responsibility than the average person.
  6. Would you believe it? After the worst decade in the club's history, the start of 2021 finds PAO on top of the table, 10 points ahead of their rivals, while the club is favored to win the Europa cup this year! (the Champions League comes next year). Oh, and the Greek football league, finally became a truly professional, responsible, sensible, advanced European entity.
  7. Jan. 6th, 2021, will be remembered as a day when the Trump rioters, thugs, and insurrectionists stormed the US Capitol during the joint session of Congress was meeting to certify the Electoral College results and seal the election. Trump and most Republican leaders have been against democracy, and have been creating this monster that the party cannot control any longer. What happened on Wednesday is a disgrace but fitting end to a disastrous Trump administration. The "USA-USA" chanting self-described "patriots" proved, again, how unpatriotic they really are, and made the US a laughing stock, again, in the world. Our allies expressed grave concern, while dictators and authoritarian leaders, including Turkey's Erdogan made fun of us. As of now, there are 11 days left before this dangerous buffoon leaves office, but many are demanding he leaves now! He's unhinged, deranged, and a self-serving megalomaniac who's scared and so he's extremely dangerous. Before the 2016 election, we had long discussions, here and everywhere, about how Trump was so unsuitable to be president. Sadly, we can't say that what unfolded after he became president was a surprise. He turned millions of Americans into cultists, which the only explanation for those who still support him; they are in a cult and no evidence or reason can reach them. But Trump and the Republican party own this disgrace. We have a two party system and one party is anti-democracy, and not accepting the Dem party as legitimate. This has been in the making since the Clinton years, when N. Gingrich (Rep leader) broke the norms of civility and legitimacy. PS>We have to get to the bottom of this: why it was so easy for the Trump goons to breach the seat of the US government. Billions of $$ was spend to fortify DC following the 9/11/01 attacks. This also shows you that had the mob been mostly black, brown, or non-Xtian, it would have been a massacre.
  8. We probably not have much to discuss since this is another year under the command of Alafouzos. Very bad performances early on and the top 2 men, the gen manager and coach, are fired. The team has been out of Europe play for the longest in its history, and probably the longest without a domestic title. The best we can hope is to finish high enough to get a Euro spot. Or, do you think, the cup may be something PAO could go after this season?
  9. It's disheartening that so many Americans are divorced from reality. Have you tried to talk to members of the Trump cult? It's impossible, because they believe in "alternative facts". You have the Dpt of Homeland Security, judges, Republican elected officials, R governors, R state legislatures, etc, all showing that Trump is a loser and a petulant child that refuses to acknowledge reality, while dragging this country through the mud. This is incredible, 77% of Repubs) believe this election was fraudulent. Hooray for the greatest democracy in history... “Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here,” Judge Stephanos Bibas, a Trump appointee and former law school professor, wrote for the three-judge panel, after another frivolous Trump lawsuit was dismissed. And, while Trump snapped back at a reporter pulling his rank as president, there's a good question here I'd have asked: Since we hold the president to higher standards of responsibility, how do you, Mr. president, suggest we react to a president who keeps lying about the legitimacy of this election while his frivolous lawsuits are laughed out of court?....
  10. The pandemic is steeply rising almost everywhere in the US, and Trump isn't doing anything but keep having events where lots of people gather in close proximity without masks. Today, his chief of staff tested positive. Trump has stopped talking to experts, has no plan (like he didn't have a plan for anything other than filling the swamp and enriching himself) to deal with COVID19. Oh, wait, yes, he's planning to fire A. Fauci who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984.
  11. Fortunately, yes, as you said, this national nightmare will soon be over (well, in some 75 very painful days). WI, MI, PA established voting rules under Republican leadership. GA's gov, secy of State and legislature all Repubs. Repubs won seats in the House and Senate, which doesn't make sense if Dems were cooking the votes. This clown at the WH claims that the universe is out to get him. In my mind, it's a question about citizenship and patriotism to all those who have supported Trump and now are empowering him instead of telling him to stop his dangerous nonsense. Do they hold allegiance to the constitution, to our democracy, and our American ideals of a peaceful transfer of power, or to the "dear leader"? What a sore loser!
  12. Well, sleepy, possibly senile Joe will debate the very stable genius Trump tomorrow, Tue, Spt 29th.* It'll be a slaughter.* I mean, Trump, as he said, he's preparing for the debates by ..being president. What could possibly derail this?* Is there anything in the news lately?... * Will you be watching? *I'm being sarcastic (just in case you didn't notice)
  13. Who called COVID19 a hoax? And then he came up with ridiculous and dangerous ideas what to do about it? COVID19 has killed more police officers so far this year than all other causes combined! WaPo source
  14. Actually, I disagree with the term "gaslighting" The original meaning came from the 1944 movie, which showed a ..gradual approach in trying to turn someone crazy. I don't think this applies to Trump and his cohorts. Alternative facts/reality. No shame. No pretending. No hiding it. He turns off the lights and says darkness is good for your eyes. We saw how this pathological liar operates. Even after his lies are exposed he acts as if nothing happened and keeps repeating those lies. He's a bullshit artist too, making stuff up, fantastical conspiracies, idiotic arguments, without any constraints to reality or shame when he's shown that he's lying. Yes, we never had anyone like him at such a high political position. That's why, we cannot normalize his behavior. It's way beyond arguing about policies.
  15. Dang! I missed the 5th anniversary of Obama's tan suit scandal. Remember when Fox News and Republicans thought it was "shocking" and that Obama lacked seriousness? Those were the good ol' days. So, Biden has mental decline? Sleepy? He's got lots more mental acuity than Trump, who tweeted that it was fake news (nobody had reported it) that he checked into hospital for mini strokes. Then yesterday, he said Biden must be on some brain drug and he should be tested before the debate. He's coming unhinged. Of course, those in his cult will believe anything he says. They're also in mental decline. They've forgotten that he called COVID19 "a hoax"!! And, even after he acknowledged it, he kept contradicting the experts, some of which were of his own choosing, like Dr. Fauci, who now is hiding after receiving death threats from the Trumpistas. Did you know that, so far, more cops have died of COVID19 than other causes combined? More deaths than 9/11 too. What? they're not being gunned down by black criminals?...
  16. ^^^Tzatziki^^^ If only we had a clue before the 2016 election.... (I won't tire of saying this, because it was so obvious that he was a dangerous buffoon, totally unqualified, with a long history of scams, frauds, and serious character flaws)
  17. We have something to compare now.... Sweden, which has had a very lax COVID19 response... So, you'd think its economy did much better since they didn't have the massive shutdowns other countries did. But, according to this NYT article, Sweden paid a big price in human lives with little, if any, economic benefit. NYT article: In short, Sweden suffered a vastly higher death rate while failing to collect on the expected economic gains. COVID19 never left us, we are still in those waves.... I'm afraid that in about a month when schools open there will be a bigger wave. If we don't maintain social distancing, washing hands, wearing masks, etc, this epidemic will be battering our shores, until a vaccine or a cure.
  18. Since this topic is about the 2020 Elections: The Democrats... Thomas Friedman wrote an OpEd in the NYT arguing that Biden shouldn't debate Trump unless the latter makes his tax returns public, as every prez candidate has done in the last 50 years. Also, that there should be fact checkers, who before the show is over, will point out the fallacies/misstatements/lies said during the debate. NYT article
  19. Trump is a fraud; always been so. He's the most ignorant person who also believes he has the best opinion than anyone else. He's incompetent, and the presidency should NOT be the first gov office for anyone, but that's what the Repubs gave us. I'm more upset with the people who have been supporting this buffoon, though gross violations of the consitution, abuse of power, obstruction of justice, and incompetence that results in many deaths. No decent person would be acting and saying stuff like this man has. And, when it comes to being an elected leader, what decent leader would say don't let this cruise ship come to port with sick Americans becuase "my numbers will look bad"???!!! I hope everyone here is safe and well.
  20. Yes, but if you believe god is going to protect you....you should have no fear. Here's someone who should know better, but she's already infected with a virus of the mind. The sad thing is that her opinion is dangerous if others take it as "advice from an expert".... (link)* *For those who can't read Greek, she's a doctor saying that taking church communion is basically safe, because it's a ..miracle. By the way, it shouldn't have taken a deadly virus to make society question the practice of sharing liquids, spoons, and cloth napkins. This practice should have been discontinued long time ago.
  21. 1. The voting system is definitely rigged in Texas. They Republicans (who are in charge in TX) have eliminated hundreds of polling places and didn't hire poll workers in ..certain communities despite population growth and increased voter interest. I can't guess why.... On super Tuesday some people waited hours to vote--this discourages voting. But, if you say, like some Bernie people, that the Dem party is cheating him, that's false. A party, including its various officers and elected leaders, has a right to express a preference. If I were them, or even an average Dem voter, I'd say the big prize in the winning the WH and the Senate, and keep the House. ... especially if the alternative is Trump. I might not want to gamble with someone who'd take the party in a more radical/progressive direction if this meant losing the big prize..... even if this were the direction I'd personally prefer. 2. Sanders has not been able to broaden this base in the needed demographics. His "people revolution" hasn't materialized. He wins the people under 30 by huge margins, except these people don't vote. In some states, their turnout was lower this year. 3. Michigan was unexpectedly lost to Trump in 2016. It's now a swing state. The Dem voters will have a say in a few days. Let's see what they think would be the best to put against Trump. "Sleepy Joe" may be keeping Trump awake at night... Even before his latest surge, Biden was beating Trump in Michigan among all voters according to numerous polls.
  22. Biden realizes that in order to have a chance in the Dem primaries, he has to address some of their concerns. Note: those who vote in the primaries tend to be on the more progressive side (and more conservative on the Rep side). Biden's message since he declared was that he will restore ..Obama's politics, return to normalcy, and restore the credibility of the presidency. He also believes the Repubs will change their tactics once Trump goes, and that Biden can successfully work with Moscow Mitch. (He is wrong, in my opinion) So, I don't know whether these new policies is a serious plan by him or just a way to show he's got "new" policies the Dem base cares about. I'd guess he's not going to be a fighter. He reminds me of GHB (41, the elder) who just wanted to be president as a right.
  23. Could you all try to write in English, please? Thank you.
  24. I like the little hatchets...so when the blades get dull, apply the hatchet!
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