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That may be how it was sold, but it was really just an excuse to spend money. Nothing short of HEPA filtration is going to prevent the spread of a virus, and HEPA filtration on a large scale is critically expensive to install and puts operational efficiency well below the standards mandated by the International Energy Conservation Code for most building types.
Unless you are constructing something that makes it absolutely a requirement - such as a clean room or operating theatre - it's just not a reality.
But this is getting pretty far afield from a general discussion of Conservatism.
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JHC. It's called irony ... but I guess I'll have to spell it out:
Trumpers spent 4 years crowing about Trump's business savvy and how it led to historically low unemployment and a record high stock market. They even ignored the fact that his inept & inappropriate response to Covid led to an abrupt reversal of the situation.
The reality is that politicians - even US Presidents - have a limited impact on what are cyclical business patterns. What Trump did, in particular, was boost public spending at a time of a strong economy in search of 4% growth to prove how brilliant a "business leader" he was. At the same time he harassed the Fed for not lowering interest rates to goose the economy further. Both things were contributing factors to the situation the US finds itself today and both things were entirely inappropriate at the time.
Biden has no particular "business savvy" and I'm not sure he, or his supporters, ever considered that an important aspect of his qualifications for President, which were (primarily) not being Trump and being something of a consensus candidate for the Democrats. What's happening in the US now is a **** storm of unintended consequences of measures taken before, during and after the pandemic. The problem is: low information Trump supporters will seize on this as a reason to believe that Trump is some kind of economic savant, rather than the self-serving narcissist with terrible economic intelligence that he actually is.
I have no doubt that things are going to get worse in the US over the coming months: rising interests rates, a bear stock market, falling house prices, rising unemployment etc. If "independents" follow the "it's the economy stupid" line this could lead to Republicans controlling the House, the Senate, the Supreme Court, the electoral system and possibly the White House in 2024. Given that the GOP has made no serious attempt to put Trumpism behind them, this bodes very ill for the state of politics and civil society in the US ... and the rest of the world.
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Indeed, it was designed to take money from the connies (a play on "commies" as frequently employed by conservatives--to whom "connies" refers--to describe "the left," but pleasing here for its homonymic relation to a non-word, "con-ee," referring to someone who has been taken victim by a confidence scheme) and has certainly succeeded.
Of course it's unlikely someone so committed to the bit as Straka above has walked away from anything, but stupid people accept abject ******** that validates their priors.
The text quoted above citing the scheme was part of a hilarious bitchfit over the New York Times promoting an animated segment featuring one's bronzer daddy fantasizing about a homoerotic relationship with Vladimir Putin, featuring audio clips from said bronzer daddy.
Now the individual quoted above, who has since noped the **** out of here (presumably off to TruthSocial), was a fervent anti-"PC" crusader who certainly didn't shy away from mocking sensational reactions such as their own in the aforementioned instance, but as I said around that time, one's being pro-Trump preempts one's being anti-"PC."
Here's the animation that provoked the sensational reaction:
Aaaaanywaaaaay...perennial bigot James Lindsay appears to have gotten the boot from Twitter. That's ****ing great!
Here's a thread that highlights just a tiny portion of Lindsay's mother****ery as well as some generally cringeworthy stuff like the chunky monkey sword dancing in shorts that highlight his fat guy calves (muscular only as a result of the weight that they're forced to carry up the basement stairs when it's time to eat or take a dump).
The knowledge that @VBR is off melting somewhere because of this news has me sporting a partial. Don't kink shame me, please.
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lol
So this one's having a cry over a fallen comrade but is also demonstrating one's own staggering hypocrisy. Hypocrisy isn't unique to conservatism, of course, but this particular bitchfit is so prevalent among the connies.
The willingness to block one whose remarks you find distasteful is wholly inconsistent with criticism of Twitter exercising its right to free association. If you think having 50,000+ users checking in is a lot, some of whose comments you don't like, just imagine having hundreds of millions of users taking advantage of the service that you provide.
Twitter gives users the ability to block others and, for Twitter's part, anyway, users get to utilize that feature to their hearts' content, but Twitter also gets to ban users. Bans may be consistent with terms of service but those terms of service don't legally constrain Twitter and so they have the right to ban for any reason whatsoever. Twitter doesn't have to be consistent with its bans, either. If Twitter has a bias against connies as connies so frequently allege, Twitter gets to ban connies for behavior that they let slide when non-connies engage in it.
So this one's having a cry over a fallen comrade but is also demonstrating one's own staggering hypocrisy. Hypocrisy isn't unique to conservatism, of course, but this particular bitchfit is so prevalent among the connies.
The willingness to block one whose remarks you find distasteful is wholly inconsistent with criticism of Twitter exercising its right to free association. If you think having 50,000+ users checking in is a lot, some of whose comments you don't like, just imagine having hundreds of millions of users taking advantage of the service that you provide.
Twitter gives users the ability to block others and, for Twitter's part, anyway, users get to utilize that feature to their hearts' content, but Twitter also gets to ban users. Bans may be consistent with terms of service but those terms of service don't legally constrain Twitter and so they have the right to ban for any reason whatsoever. Twitter doesn't have to be consistent with its bans, either. If Twitter has a bias against connies as connies so frequently allege, Twitter gets to ban connies for behavior that they let slide when non-connies engage in it.
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What in the christ is Woko Haram? Does he mean Boko Haram? I mean he's Nigerian and that group is definitely Nigerian terrorists.
Also, this dude has to be a Soundcloud rapper right? I'm really into hip-hop and rap and never heard of Zuby before. Although looking up his music, I can see why I've never heard of him, he's terrible. Awful flow, beats that sound like they were made by a middle schooler who discovered FruityLoops for the first time, and lyrics that are just all-around crap.
Also, this dude has to be a Soundcloud rapper right? I'm really into hip-hop and rap and never heard of Zuby before. Although looking up his music, I can see why I've never heard of him, he's terrible. Awful flow, beats that sound like they were made by a middle schooler who discovered FruityLoops for the first time, and lyrics that are just all-around crap.
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I gave it a listen for a couple of minutes but find the music monotonous so I looked up the lyrics instead. He has quite a lot to say about how private prisons have a vested interest in incarceration for profit amongst other things.
Akala – Fire in the Booth
BBC Radio 1Xtra with Charlie Sloth holds regular fire in the booth sessions where MC’s show their lyrical prowess. Akala here explains a bit about his early life,drops some
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It's UK street slang for dealing, derived from 'roadman', which is a dealer, with 'food' being drugs in the same vernacular.I gave it a listen for a couple of minutes but find the music monotonous so I looked up the lyrics instead. He has quite a lot to say about how private prisons have a vested interest in incarceration for profit amongst other things.
Not sure what being "on road" means though. I bought his book you recommended but haven't got around to reading any books for a while now.Akala – Fire in the Booth
BBC Radio 1Xtra with Charlie Sloth holds regular fire in the booth sessions where MC’s show their lyrical prowess. Akala here explains a bit about his early life,drops some
Similarly 'ends' is an area a street gang runs, derived from 'our end of the street',vand 'boxed up' and 'boxing yards' both terms for prison.
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The seventh day was declared the day of rest as God created the US Constitution over 6 days.
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