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ORIGINAL: obvert


Well, actually you were replying to my re-reading of the article you'd posted. This is the statement I was responding to in the most recent post.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

The only issue I have is with how his opponent characterized the governor. You didn't denounce that, but I'm pretty sure you don't find it acceptable.

Here you quite clearly say you have issue with what the "opponent" said (The democratic official). You also assume for some reason that I wouldn't "find it acceptable," and implied I should be denouncing it.

Then ...

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I assume you're kidding here. If not, we operate on such different planes that we can't have fruitful conversations about this. If you think an allegation that a governor is willing to trade lives for profit....really?

... you go back to the insistence that we should be talking about the democratic official's statement instead of the article explaining Abbot's different positions in public and private about reopening, which prompted the democratic officials comments.

Sorry Dan, you're obviously over the line in focusing on the politics. We get it. This is a big divide all over the nation, not just in the South, and it's not just about party lines, as much as most here would like us to believe.

I'll still keep pointing these things out, but you're right on one thing; there will not be fruit.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

A forumite who has vigorously asserted there is no liberal bias in US media is concerned about media bias in UK because a BBC photo showed a politician when he had a better haircut?

[:D]

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All I'll say about the second article is that once you have a 'conspiracy narrative' it is easy to find examples to fit the narrative if you look hard enough.

To be frank, I somehow doubt that two professors from the Univ. of Zurich are indulging themselves by writing articles on conspiracy narrative. However, if we write that off as two nutcase academics, here's another paper:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1389295

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This is well off-topic - happy to continue by PM.

What is it with this trend to take discussions to PM? If you want to discuss, let it be for everyone.

The point about conspiracy narratives was about the Boris Johnson story not the first article about Brexit.

Re. taking things to PM - my own view is that this is a Coronavirus thread. From my end I am trying to respect that. I don't think discussing the ins and outs of the potential bias of the BBC is relevant. I probably should never have gone there in the first place but felt the initial characterisation of the BBC as being a 'left-wing' institution/news organisation was inaccurate and was worth challenging. If you want to discuss Brexit/the BBC 'in public' I'm happy to do so in a separate thread.

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This is the kind of stupid nonsensical questions from the elite Press that I simply abhor.

The woman is a spokesman, a Press Secretary. Man I can think of a thousand and one better questions if given the opportunity to ask the spokesman of the office of the White House than this crap.

The guy asking the question is from Reuters and supposedly a journalist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7xhIUIL3o (less than 2 minutes)

Reuters asking the Press Secretary a question. I assume he can only ask a couple of questions a month.

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

This is what mind control looks like This is Operation Mockingbird

Video 1min:36s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=HeRyrXJS0tU&feature=emb_logo

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You know the argument about the lockdown causing secondary health problems?

I think we are there. There is anxiety breaking out all over. 8 year olds with insomnia. The moms calling in worried about their kids look like THEY need a psychiatrist. Palpitations, severe reflux with esophagitis. I am handing out omeprazole and famotidine like Christmas candies. I can't find anyone to do talk therapy so I can pass the baton a bit. The health system is suffering staggering economic losses, mostly because of loss of elective procedures. We have one medical assistant furloughed, the office RN who used to do the phone triage is farmed out to do COVID testing. Everybody wants a f'ing COVID blood test because they had a fever in January. I just want to get on sailing yacht and sail to Papaete or something...and I get seasick easy.

I can't help but keep on thinking, "Where is Milo?" This screams like ideal conditions for his business talents. Surely it wouldn't take long for his lawyers Dewey ... to get quick approval from the FDA for use of sea urchin as a vaccine. Not to mention all those Quonset huts as temporary hospital wards.

Alfred

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I am not sure if this is the same small sample, but it seems working is the best chance to not catch the virus. I would assume more than 17% of people are working...

Coronavirus Update: Most NY patients are retired or unemployed, survey finds

https://abc7ny.com/health/most-ny-coronavirus-patients-are-retired-or-unemployed-survey-finds/5989875/

Hospitals in New York state say only 17 percent of recently admitted patients were working, Governor Cuomo announced on Wednesday


...in other New York City news the Mayor said New York City is too bankrupt to re-open.

I think that one of the few bits of common ground is that the demographics that are seeing the worst outcomes are the elderly and people with chronic pre-existing medical conditions. Both of whom are likely to be out of work. If anything 17% seems a little higher than I would expect.

IIRC the thing that really put the frighteners on the UK government and prompted their u-turn in policy was not the 'baseline' mortality statistics coming out of Northern Italy but the numbers of hospitalisations of working age/healthy individuals which seemed to have overwhelmed their healthcare systems.

A large percentage of Americans are too broke to retire or enjoy working and keep at it well into their 70's.

Found some data quickly:

About 19% of Americans aged 65 and older are now in the workforce, up from about 12% in 1996. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2026, nearly 22% of people 65 and older will be working, with those 75 and older experiencing the fastest growth rate.May 1, 2019

Yeah that seems much higher than where we are in the UK - in 2018 we had 1.2M over 65s employed and 10.6M inactive. So roughly a 10% employment rate for over 65s.

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

This is what mind control looks like This is Operation Mockingbird

Video 1min:36s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=HeRyrXJS0tU&feature=emb_logo

I think it is a little bit bizarre to try and raise concerns of media manipulation by...manipulating media.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Sammy, your comment is what prompted me to watch the YouTube video linked by Makee. It's pretty funny and has nothing to do with misleading, baiting or manipulating the media. Were you referring to it or something else.

RE: the YouTube video: "This is extremely dangerous to our democracy."

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ORIGINAL: Sammy5IsAlive

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

This is what mind control looks like This is Operation Mockingbird

Video 1min:36s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=HeRyrXJS0tU&feature=emb_logo

I think it is a little bit bizarre to try and raise concerns of media manipulation by...manipulating media.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

New York and California are infamous for having the most aggressive out of state audits.


Cuomo: Out-of-State Health Care Workers Who Came to New York to Help Now Subject to NY State Income Tax



https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/05/cuomo-health-care-workers-who-volunteered-to-help-with-covid-19-must-pay-state-income-tax/

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ORIGINAL: mind_messing

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I am not sure if this is the same small sample, but it seems working is the best chance to not catch the virus. I would assume more than 17% of people are working...

Coronavirus Update: Most NY patients are retired or unemployed, survey finds

https://abc7ny.com/health/most-ny-coronavirus-patients-are-retired-or-unemployed-survey-finds/5989875/

Hospitals in New York state say only 17 percent of recently admitted patients were working, Governor Cuomo announced on Wednesday


...in other New York City news the Mayor said New York City is too bankrupt to re-open.

I think that one of the few bits of common ground is that the demographics that are seeing the worst outcomes are the elderly and people with chronic pre-existing medical conditions. Both of whom are likely to be out of work. If anything 17% seems a little higher than I would expect.

IIRC the thing that really put the frighteners on the UK government and prompted their u-turn in policy was not the 'baseline' mortality statistics coming out of Northern Italy but the numbers of hospitalisations of working age/healthy individuals which seemed to have overwhelmed their healthcare systems.

A large percentage of Americans are too broke to retire or enjoy working and keep at it well into their 70's.

Found some data quickly:

About 19% of Americans aged 65 and older are now in the workforce, up from about 12% in 1996. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2026, nearly 22% of people 65 and older will be working, with those 75 and older experiencing the fastest growth rate.May 1, 2019

Yeah that seems much higher than where we are in the UK - in 2018 we had 1.2M over 65s employed and 10.6M inactive. So roughly a 10% employment rate for over 65s.

Would it be perhaps explained by the state pension system here? I don't think there's something similar in the US (but happy to be corrected if I'm wrong)?

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ORIGINAL: mind_messing


It wasn't a photo. Did you even read the article?

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

New York and California are infamous for having the most aggressive out of state audits.


Cuomo: Out-of-State Health Care Workers Who Came to New York to Help Now Subject to NY State Income Tax



https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/05/cuomo-health-care-workers-who-volunteered-to-help-with-covid-19-must-pay-state-income-tax/

I can say first hand this is true. Up until last year my primary residence was in Hoboken, NJ and I worked in NYC. I had a weekend/summer place in NY state, which is now my current home once I retired. They subpeoned my mobile phone records and claimed that since I made calls from NYC I must be a NY State resident. Ah - you think I might use my mobile when I was working in the city? It galls me that I pay taxes to employee people to torture me on BS when anyone with half a noodle could figure that going into the city from Hoboken made a lot more sense than commuting from Warwick, NY. I am paying a bunch of money to fight it, on general principal, even though my accountant tells me nobody wins these cases.

Rant off.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Sammy, your comment is what prompted me to watch the YouTube video linked by Makee. It's pretty funny and has nothing to do with misleading, baiting or manipulating the media. Were you referring to it or something else.

RE: the YouTube video: "This is extremely dangerous to our democracy."

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ORIGINAL: Sammy5IsAlive

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

This is what mind control looks like This is Operation Mockingbird

Video 1min:36s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=HeRyrXJS0tU&feature=emb_logo

I think it is a little bit bizarre to try and raise concerns of media manipulation by...manipulating media.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Man, that's something. Good luck.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

New York and California are infamous for having the most aggressive out of state audits.


Cuomo: Out-of-State Health Care Workers Who Came to New York to Help Now Subject to NY State Income Tax



https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/05/cuomo-health-care-workers-who-volunteered-to-help-with-covid-19-must-pay-state-income-tax/

I can say first hand this is true. Up until last year my primary residence was in Hoboken, NJ and I worked in NYC. I had a weekend/summer place in NY state, which is now my current home once I retired. They subpeoned my mobile phone records and claimed that since I made calls from NYC I must be a NY State resident. Ah - you think I might use my mobile when I was working in the city? It galls me that I pay taxes to employee people to torture me on BS when anyone with half a noodle could figure that going into the city from Hoboken made a lot more sense than commuting from Warwick, NY. I am paying a bunch of money to fight it, on general principal, even though my accountant tells me nobody wins these cases.

Rant off.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Yeah, I read it. It featured a photo with a caption reading, "Boris Johnson pictured in 2016 and again on Sunday." So I used the same phraseology. That's splitting hairs. Your reaction to the photo/video is what's interesting.

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ORIGINAL: mind_messing


It wasn't a photo. Did you even read the article?

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

It may be a small matter, but the video is showing that the media tends to use the identical jargon/catch phrases, as though marching in lockstep; as though coordinated; as though all on the same team. This happens all the time. It happens across networks and stations. The first time I recall encountering it was when GW Bush and John Kerry faced off in the '04 election. One day, as if a light switch flipped on, every single station across the country used the phrase "gravitas." That became the buzzword. John Kerry had "gravitas" (depth) that Bush lacked. I've seen it dozens of times since then. Another that really stuck out weirdly was the sudden coordinated use of "pivot." That was during the Obama administration.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

It may be a small matter, but the video is showing that the media tends to use the identical jargon/catch phrases, as though marching in lockstep; as though coordinated; as though all on the same team. This happens all the time. It happens across networks and stations. The first time I recall encountering it was when GW Bush and John Kerry faced off in the '04 election. One day, as if a light switch flipped on, every single station across the country used the phrase "gravitas." That became the buzzword. John Kerry had "gravitas" (depth) that Bush lacked. I've seen it dozens of times since then. Another that really stuck out weirdly was the sudden coordinated use of "pivot." That was during the Obama administration.

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ORIGINAL: Sammy5IsAlive

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ORIGINAL: mind_messing

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ORIGINAL: Sammy5IsAlive

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

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ORIGINAL: Sammy5IsAlive

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I am not sure if this is the same small sample, but it seems working is the best chance to not catch the virus. I would assume more than 17% of people are working...

Coronavirus Update: Most NY patients are retired or unemployed, survey finds

https://abc7ny.com/health/most-ny-coronavirus-patients-are-retired-or-unemployed-survey-finds/5989875/

Hospitals in New York state say only 17 percent of recently admitted patients were working, Governor Cuomo announced on Wednesday


...in other New York City news the Mayor said New York City is too bankrupt to re-open.

I think that one of the few bits of common ground is that the demographics that are seeing the worst outcomes are the elderly and people with chronic pre-existing medical conditions. Both of whom are likely to be out of work. If anything 17% seems a little higher than I would expect.

IIRC the thing that really put the frighteners on the UK government and prompted their u-turn in policy was not the 'baseline' mortality statistics coming out of Northern Italy but the numbers of hospitalisations of working age/healthy individuals which seemed to have overwhelmed their healthcare systems.

A large percentage of Americans are too broke to retire or enjoy working and keep at it well into their 70's.

Found some data quickly:

About 19% of Americans aged 65 and older are now in the workforce, up from about 12% in 1996. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2026, nearly 22% of people 65 and older will be working, with those 75 and older experiencing the fastest growth rate.May 1, 2019

Yeah that seems much higher than where we are in the UK - in 2018 we had 1.2M over 65s employed and 10.6M inactive. So roughly a 10% employment rate for over 65s.

Would it be perhaps explained by the state pension system here? I don't think there's something similar in the US (but happy to be corrected if I'm wrong)?

As far as I can tell the 'contributions based' national pension scheme is pretty similar in principle. The federal means tested scheme (SSI) seems more stringent - it involves an assessment of health/disability for over 65s that we don't have for Pension Credit in the UK. That gap may be filled by social security schemes at a state level?

I imagine the US posters will have better information of how it works.

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The income tax on employees is to be collected by the employer, who is to deduct the amount from the wages "as and when paid". Section 802 (a). He is indemnified against claims and demands of any person by reason of such payment. Ibid. The proceeds of both taxes are to be paid into the Treasury like internal-revenue taxes generally, and are not earmarked in any way.
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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

It was new to me when I encountered it in 2004. Since then its basically always used positively for one side and negatively to another. So it has significance, to my way of thinking.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I've barely followed this story until today. Looks grim. Did the governor have options or were his hands basically tied? Did the severity of the outbreak leave him no good choices?

I don't know much about Cuomo, but I'd assume any governor is trying to do his best under difficult circumstances.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Pretty harsh opinion article on Nursing Homes in NY.

This nursing home disaster is on you, Gov. Cuomo: Goodwin

https://nypost.com/2020/05/05/this-nursing-home-disaster-is-on-you-gov-cuomo-goodwin/

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I've barely followed this story until today. Looks grim. Did the governor have options or were his hands basically tied? Did the severity of the outbreak leave him no good choices?

I don't know much about Cuomo, but I'd assume any governor is trying to do his best under difficult circumstances.

My best guess is to say it never really reached Cuomo, a decision was made down the line probably to save money as nursing homes cost less than hospitals.

You probably could count on one hand the state administered nursing homes that could safely handle positive covid patients.