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    #1472
    MadYaker
    Registered Users Posts: 12,213 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1255734356728922113

    The first part should read "we discovered a new virus 2 months ago and didn't tell anyone about it until it had already spread all over the world" but they have a point.


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    #1473
    hetuzozaho
    Registered Users Posts: 2,840 ✭✭✭hetuzozaho


    2u2me wrote: »
    More than 38,000 people die every year in crashes on U.S. roadways.

    Better in future if they all cycle.
    Oh wait, 1,024 die on bicycles every-year, no good either.

    Let's all walk.... wait... 6,227 pedestrians die every year in the US.

    Forget this virus, the US should have shut long ago! Trump has blood on his hands!

    I think you might have been on to something there. Maybe your step one could prevent a lot of the cycling and pedestrian deaths.


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    #1474
    Boggles
    Registered Users Posts: 40,127 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    hetuzozaho wrote: »
    I think you might have been on to something there. Maybe your step one could prevent a lot of the cycling and pedestrian deaths.

    Fatalities from traffic accidents have been cut in half in California since stay at home measures were introduced.

    Swings and roundabouts.


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    #1475
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users Posts: 8,270 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    Carfacemandog wrote: »
    What did she ask for that those who want the economy reopened are so against though?

    Well I haven't heard anyone say that they want the casinos to reopen. They won't until a later stage and for good reason clearly . We are screwed for a good while anyway (not us personally, but the city. Its really terrible the amount of people who are out of work), so our local businesses being able to reopen is a good thing.


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    #1476
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users Posts: 3,919 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    2u2me wrote:

    Let's all walk.... wait... 6,227 pedestrians die every year in the US.

    Other than a very small number of people tripping on the footpaths, how would 6,227 pedestrian still be killed every year without vehicles and bicycles on the roads?


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    #1477
    0lddog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    Other than a very small number of people tripping on the footpaths, how would 6,227 pedestrian still be killed every year without vehicles and bicycles on the roads?


    40+ BMI waddling on the sidewalk in the summer midday sun ?


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    #1478
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users Posts: 3,919 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    https://twitter.com/MikeOkuda/status/1259579571227070464?s=20


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    #1479
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/MikeOkuda/status/1259579571227070464?s=20

    You would have to ask yourself what kind of individual writes such things as that on social media.
    Are these the type of people who should be quoted and listened to?
    Strange times


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    #1480
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users Posts: 25,545 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    You would have to ask yourself what kind of individual writes such things as that on social media.
    Are these the type of people who should be quoted and listened to?
    Strange times

    I wholeheartedly agree!


    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/247757867032117248?s=19

    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/262584296081068033?s=19

    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/976765417908776963?s=19

    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071132880368132096?s=19

    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/516382177798680576?s=19

    The irony of this one!!!

    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/210423753388208128?s=19

    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/411247268763676673?s=19


    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029329583672307712?s=19


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    #1481
    threeball
    Registered Users Posts: 8,149 ✭✭✭threeball


    Pence refusing to self isolate despite his press secretary testing positive. So two positive people in their entourage and neither Pence nor Trump will isolate or even wear a mask, yet they will come out and tell people thats what they need to do.

    Hopefully one or both gets a good dose soon and incapacitates them for a while at the very least. Ideally one would give it to the other.


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    #1482
    froog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    Trump is most definitely in the high risk group too, being in his 70s, overweight and living on a diet of fizzy drinks and maccy d's.


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    #1483
    threeball
    Registered Users Posts: 8,149 ✭✭✭threeball


    froog wrote: »
    Trump is most definitely in the high risk group too, being in his 70s, overweight and living on a diet of fizzy drinks and maccy d's.

    He didn't go to Nam but if he made the ultimate sacrifice now he'd save 10s of thousands of life. Your one and only chance to be a hero Donnie.


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    #1484
    2u2me
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭2u2me


    0lddog wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYjXbSJBN8

    Skip to around 58 min for a few words on CV19

    He's filing a lawsuit against against Almeda County.

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans to start letting some businesses reopen starting Friday so it comes as bit of a shock that Almeda County would defy the governor.

    Seems he will probably be moving shop to Texas, a state of similar size with
    35,390 confirmed cases; 973 deaths from a population of 30million.

    https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1259233511027945475


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    #1485
    Boggles
    Registered Users Posts: 40,127 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    Is that "billionaire" Elon Musk who is in self imposed quarantine but wants everyone else to get back to work?


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    #1486
    nigeldaniel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭nigeldaniel


    I used to have great respect for Elon a few years ago but ever since his Star Link sats populated the sky I have gone off him.

    Dan.



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    #1487
    threeball
    Registered Users Posts: 8,149 ✭✭✭threeball


    Boggles wrote: »
    Is that "billionaire" Elon Musk who is in self imposed quarantine but wants everyone else to get back to work?

    All he cares about is enriching himself and hoovering up government supports. He was warned about insider trading only last year and had to step down from his role in the company but did it again last week in a tweet where he dropped about 15% off the value of the company by tweeting about how its overpriced. Has he ever backed any significant project with his own funds or is it all grants and stocks.


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    #1488
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users Posts: 3,919 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    2u2me wrote: »
    He's filing a lawsuit against against Almeda County.

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans to start letting some businesses reopen starting Friday so it comes as bit of a shock that Almeda County would defy the governor.

    Seems he will probably be moving shop to Texas, a state of similar size with
    35,390 confirmed cases; 973 deaths from a population of 30million.

    https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1259233511027945475

    Texas men buy pickups to compensate for something


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    #1489
    2u2me
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭2u2me


    I see how this works, better attack their character than the actual arguments made.

    If a rich, famous, smart person argues to open up it: it's for self-enrichment
    If a Joe Shmuck says it : Why would you listen to them
    If a scientist says it: Discredited

    Do you seriously believe Musk is this short-sighted?

    His Giga factory in China has been open since February.

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1259487946048253955


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    #1490
    LessOutragePlz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭LessOutragePlz


    threeball wrote: »
    All he cares about is enriching himself and hoovering up government supports. He was warned about insider trading only last year and had to step down from his role in the company but did it again last week in a tweet where he dropped about 15% off the value of the company by tweeting about how its overpriced. Has he ever backed any significant project with his own funds or is it all grants and stocks.

    You're talking absolute nonsense! He had to chose what companies to save after the 2008 financial crisis. He's trying to help and improve the world around him and him being a billionaire is a by product of his companies success. He says as much below in Rogan's podcast and Tesla also repaid the capital grant they received after the financial crash with interest but, keep hating it's what a lot of people like to do on the internet because they've nothing better to do with their time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYjXbSJBN8


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    #1491
    show me the money.1
    Registered Users Posts: 261 ✭✭show me the money.1


    2u2me wrote: »
    I see how this works, better attack their character than the actual arguments made.

    If a rich, famous, smart person argues to open up it: it's for self-enrichment
    If a Joe Shmuck says it : Why would you listen to them
    If a scientist says it: Discredited

    Do you seriously believe Musk is this short-sighted?

    His Giga factory in China has been open since February.

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1259487946048253955

    And is stopped production last week.
    https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/tesla-abruptly-suspends-output-shanghai-plant-report-says


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    #1492
    LessOutragePlz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭LessOutragePlz


    Boggles wrote: »
    Is that "billionaire" Elon Musk who is in self imposed quarantine but wants everyone else to get back to work?

    He's talking sense but it goes against the narrative that certain groups are pushing.
    He explains why he thinks the lockdown should end very well in Rogan's podcast.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYjXbSJBN8


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    #1493
    NSAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,428 ✭✭✭NSAman


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    Texas men buy pickups to compensate for something

    Large farms? Hauling large amounts of goods for the Ranch? hauling the family?

    If you are suggesting small penis size... perhaps you should investigate...;)


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    #1494
    threeball
    Registered Users Posts: 8,149 ✭✭✭threeball


    LessOutragePlz wrote: »
    You're talking absolute nonsense! He had to chose what companies to save after the 2008 financial crisis. He's trying to help and improve the world around him and him being a billionaire is a by product of his companies success. He says as much below in Rogan's podcast and Tesla also repaid the capital grant they received after the financial crash with interest but, keep hating it's what a lot of people like to do on the internet because they've nothing better to do with their time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYjXbSJBN8

    All of his companies are technically broke and survive on the whims of investor confidence. He claims not to take a salary as such but has taken a total of $61 million in mortgages over 5 homes. A very frugal existence it must be said. Then he had the episode of insider trading and the latest tweet which would have made a stock buy back very attractive to him if he can now manage to convince people that he will now meet another set of targets which he then fails to meet. But its all for the good of mankind, sending people to mars will save the human race.


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    #1495
    2u2me
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭2u2me


    show me the money.1 wrote: »
    And is stopped production last week.
    https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/tesla-abruptly-suspends-output-shanghai-plant-report-says

    Surely you're not implying that has anything to do with Covid-19?
    The reason for the abrupt halt was not immediately clear but Chinese technology news site 36kr reported that it was because of component shortages.


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    #1496
    threeball
    Registered Users Posts: 8,149 ✭✭✭threeball


    LessOutragePlz wrote: »
    He's talking sense but it goes against the narrative that certain groups are pushing.
    He explains why he thinks the lockdown should end very well in Rogan's podcast.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYjXbSJBN8

    By the way, he flies his private jet from one side of LA to the other to avoid the mental traffic. Quite the environmentalist is our Elon.


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    #1497
    2u2me
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭2u2me


    threeball wrote: »
    Then he had the episode of insider trading and the latest tweet which would have made a stock buy back very attractive to him if he can now manage to convince people that he will now meet another set of targets which he then fails to meet. But its all for the good of mankind, sending people to mars will save the human race.

    That is the most ridiculous accusation I have heard in a long time.

    The context of that tweet was that people like you were criticizing his wanting to reopen as self-enrichment.

    He took to twitter to say that Tesla was over-priced and lost 15% of his company as a big '****-you' to those people. Lucky guy to have genuine '****-you' money.

    Then those people call it insider trading. You couldn't make it up.


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    #1498
    threeball
    Registered Users Posts: 8,149 ✭✭✭threeball


    2u2me wrote: »
    That is the most ridiculous accusation I have heard in a long time.

    The context of that tweet was that people like you were criticizing his wanting to reopen as self-enrichment.

    He took to twitter to say that Tesla was over-priced and lost 15% of his company as a big '****-you' to those people. Lucky guy to have genuine '****-you' money.

    Then those people call it insider trading. You couldn't make it up.

    You cannot publicly comment on the stock of a company you are promoting in a way which can affect the stock price. He got reprimanded last year for the very same type of messing so its hardly a baseless accusation

    https://www.businessinsider.com/teslas-elon-musk-settles-with-sec-must-step-down-as-chairman-2018-9?r=US&IR=T


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    #1499
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    When people condemn Trump-Pence for not wearing masks, they need to understand that they (the administration) have pretty much been taking their lead from Dr.Fauci from the get-go and his stance on masks is (ignore the 'Masks are Bull****' header):


    https://twitter.com/FuctupMike/status/1257868855986307072


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    #1500
    Carfacemandog
    Registered Users Posts: 2,042 ✭✭✭Carfacemandog


    Fauci has gone into self isolation and quarantine due to people in the WH orbit testing positive. If Trump and Pence are truly following his lead, they will be doing the same.

    Let's see if they do.


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    #1501
    LessOutragePlz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭LessOutragePlz


    threeball wrote: »
    By the way, he flies his private jet from one side of LA to the other to avoid the mental traffic. Quite the environmentalist is our Elon.

    Nice shifting of the goalposts there I never mentioned anything about the environment. Fairly sure you and everyone in this thread has flown via air travel so you might want to come down off that high horse. I'd hazard a guess and say that you'd do the exact same to avoid the mental LA if you could afford to.


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