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the linear trajectory may be misleading because we are limited by the number of tests available.  The death trajectory, sadly, will be likely the most accurate measure of pace.  The next 3 months will be a combination of boredom, depression and terror.  

Can someone tuned into Trumpville explain to me how 100 to 200 thousand completely avoidable deaths of American citizens equates to a "very good job"?  

AIUI, they objected to the part where he called it a "hoax" as deceptive/false advertising.  He kinda did call the concern over it a hoax, though.  
We are heading into a month(or two, or even three) of perhaps some of the most tremendous losses our country has ever faced.  While it may seem "partisan" to some to point out failures of preparedness and heel-dragging by 45, the grave import of these errors will be apparent to even the willfully blind soon enough.  

This whole thing is just taking post-apocalyptic LARPing a bit too far, methinks.  

Plane with 5 passengers on board: Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, The Pope and a 10-year-old schoolboy. The plane is about to crash and there are only 4 parachutes.
Trump says I need one: “I’m the smartest man in the USA and am needed to make America great again.” Takes one and jumps.
Johnson says, ‘I’m needed to sort out Britain’. He takes one and jumps.
The Pope says, ‘I need one as the world needs the Catholic Church.’ He takes one and jumps.
Angela says to the ten year old: “You can have the last parachute. I’ve lived my life, yours is only just starting.”
The 10-year-old replies: “Don’t worry, there are 2 parachutes left. The smartest man in the USA took my school bag.”

Plane with 5 passengers on board: Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, The Pope and a 10-year-old schoolboy. The plane is about to crash and there are only 4 parachutes.
Trump says I need one: “I’m the smartest man in the USA and am needed to make America great again.” Takes one and jumps.
Johnson says, ‘I’m needed to sort out Britain’. He takes one and jumps.
The Pope says, ‘I need one as the world needs the Catholic Church.’ He takes one and jumps.
Angela says to the ten year old: “You can have the last parachute. I’ve lived my life, yours is only just starting.”
The 10-year-old replies: “Don’t worry, there are 2 parachutes left. The smartest man in the USA took my school bag.”

Plane with 5 passengers on board: Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, The Pope and a 10-year-old schoolboy. The plane is about to crash and there are only 4 parachutes.
Trump says I need one: “I’m the smartest man in the USA and am needed to make America great again.” Takes one and jumps.
Johnson says, ‘I’m needed to sort out Britain’. He takes one and jumps.
The Pope says, ‘I need one as the world needs the Catholic Church.’ He takes one and jumps.
Angela says to the ten year old: “You can have the last parachute. I’ve lived my life, yours is only just starting.”
The 10-year-old replies: “Don’t worry, there are 2 parachutes left. The smartest man in the USA took my school bag.”

Plane with 5 passengers on board: Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, The Pope and a 10-year-old schoolboy. The plane is about to crash and there are only 4 parachutes.
Trump says I need one: “I’m the smartest man in the USA and am needed to make America great again.” Takes one and jumps.
Johnson says, ‘I’m needed to sort out Britain’. He takes one and jumps.
The Pope says, ‘I need one as the world needs the Catholic Church.’ He takes one and jumps.
Angela says to the ten year old: “You can have the last parachute. I’ve lived my life, yours is only just starting.”
The 10-year-old replies: “Don’t worry, there are 2 parachutes left. The smartest man in the USA took my school bag.”

Plane with 5 passengers on board: Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, The Pope and a 10-year-old schoolboy. The plane is about to crash and there are only 4 parachutes.
Trump says I need one: “I’m the smartest man in the USA and am needed to make America great again.” Takes one and jumps.
Johnson says, ‘I’m needed to sort out Britain’. He takes one and jumps.
The Pope says, ‘I need one as the world needs the Catholic Church.’ He takes one and jumps.
Angela says to the ten year old: “You can have the last parachute. I’ve lived my life, yours is only just starting.”
The 10-year-old replies: “Don’t worry, there are 2 parachutes left. The smartest man in the USA took my school bag.”

Plane with 5 passengers on board: Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, The Pope and a 10-year-old schoolboy. The plane is about to crash and there are only 4 parachutes.
Trump says I need one: “I’m the smartest man in the USA and am needed to make America great again.” Takes one and jumps.
Johnson says, ‘I’m needed to sort out Britain’. He takes one and jumps.
The Pope says, ‘I need one as the world needs the Catholic Church.’ He takes one and jumps.
Angela says to the ten year old: “You can have the last parachute. I’ve lived my life, yours is only just starting.”
The 10-year-old replies: “Don’t worry, there are 2 parachutes left. The smartest man in the USA took my school bag.”

Bernie Sanders is going to be more than 300 delegates behind Biden after tonight, with roughly half the total delegates selected.  It's nearly impossible for Sanders to catch up, and we all remember how messy, fractured and contentious the extended primary was, and how that poisonous atmosphere continued into the Democratic convention.  Only 75% of the Sanders primary voters supported Clinton in the general election, and half of those who didn't voted for Trump.  I don't want a repeat of ANY of that.  Bernie needs to quit, and soon.  

Dry cough, fever of 102-104, and shortness of breath are the major symptoms.  If you have a persistent fever(lasts more than a day), see a doctor.  Shortness of breath and high fever are definitely "red flag" symptoms in any event, even if it's not COVID.  

Dry cough, fever of 102-104, and shortness of breath are the major symptoms.  If you have a persistent fever(lasts more than a day), see a doctor.  Shortness of breath and high fever are definitely "red flag" symptoms in any event, even if it's not COVID.  

Sanders' failure so far to put together a broader, winning coalition within the Democratic party is a "sneak preview" of the problems he would have doing so in a general election.  My politics are pretty leftward, but I recognize the importance of coalition-building.  
Given how the incumbent is running the country, even a challenger running as a moderate Republican(which Biden is not doing) would be offering the country a meaningful alternative.  

Sanders' failure so far to put together a broader, winning coalition within the Democratic party is a "sneak preview" of the problems he would have doing so in a general election.  My politics are pretty leftward, but I recognize the importance of coalition-building.  
Given how the incumbent is running the country, even a challenger running as a moderate Republican(which Biden is not doing) would be offering the country a meaningful alternative.  

Sanders' failure so far to put together a broader, winning coalition within the Democratic party is a "sneak preview" of the problems he would have doing so in a general election.  My politics are pretty leftward, but I recognize the importance of coalition-building.  
Given how the incumbent is running the country, even a challenger running as a moderate Republican(which Biden is not doing) would be offering the country a meaningful alternative.  

My theory is that subversion of the upper middle class enables this kind of thievery.  So long as the more affluent members of the bourgeoisie/working class identify more strongly with the Executive/Investor class, they will support and defend them against what ought to be coming to them.  They may even come to believe that they are better off than their middle middle class and lower middle class brethren because they "work harder" or "work smarter" or some such meritocratic delusions.  Pish tosh!  In reality the 1% still won't invite you to their coolest parties, just the beat ones.  And they'll give you raises just good enough to keep you "loyal".  Without that (purchased) loyalty, that 1% would be extremely susceptible to turns in public sentiment.  My .02.  😜

My theory is that subversion of the upper middle class enables this kind of thievery.  So long as the more affluent members of the bourgeoisie/working class identify more strongly with the Executive/Investor class, they will support and defend them against what ought to be coming to them.  They may even come to believe that they are better off than their middle middle class and lower middle class brethren because they "work harder" or "work smarter" or some such meritocratic delusions.  Pish tosh!  In reality the 1% still won't invite you to their coolest parties, just the beat ones.  And they'll give you raises just good enough to keep you "loyal".  Without that (purchased) loyalty, that 1% would be extremely susceptible to turns in public sentiment.  My .02.  😜

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Imagine how citizens of color felt about the government's attitude toward their interests for the period from 1619 to about the mid-60s(and beyond, in many cases).    

There's not a clean division between the end of the pulp era and the beginning of the Golden Age.  Doc Savage didn't make his appearance until 1933, and Superman debuted in 1938.  But there were masked men with extraordinary abilities introduced during the Pulp Era.  So it could be fun to run a campaign in the late Pulp Era/Early Golden Age, where you play with that overlap.

Too soon?