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Sat 03/28/20 04:17 PM




Those who show up to be treated, and can be helped, should be helped. Some are not going to be able to be saved, and they should have resources to be made as comfortable as possible like hospices for others in their last days. But those who have a fighting chance at recovery, which is most right now, should be treated.
hello msharmony waving

.. I think the issue is with infection Transmission ... Most hospices do not have negative pressure isolation Rooms .

Curious .... if treatment was not an option .. how would you feel About giving a loved one end of life Comfort Cares in their home ???

What does a pandemic crisis mean to you ?? Do you feel there are adequate health resources to offer everyone treatment ??? If there is only one ventilator and 20 people needing mechanical ventilation .. how should it be decided who is ventilated???

Sure everyone has the right to treatment but if resources are unable to meet extreme demand globally how do you suggest that is rectified and in such a short timeframe ??? The disease has a rapid progression .


I feel at home comfort care is a reasonable option if nothing else will help, and at the patient's approval.

a crisis to me means lack of information and/or resources to contain something fatal and contagious

I know there is not adequate health resources, because a contingency for these types of numbers was most likely never even considered.

Only one person can be treated at a time. I feel resources should be used in the order of those patients admittance, to be totally fair.


I think the only thing that can be done is to contain the numbers as best we can until such time that it is understood enough to be treated and fatality rate decreased.

thanks for your honesty .

Out of interest ...If your child needed That one ventilator would you still support the concept of first come first served ...regardless of any other influencing criteria .


I would, because I believe it is the only way to be 'fair' and understand that everyone is someone's child.


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Sat 03/28/20 04:15 PM

“The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory.

The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control.

The world is rudderless.”
― Alan Moore

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Sat 03/28/20 03:00 PM

sometime i find it hard to differeniate between prostitute and girlfriend.


In concept, they can overlap. Your girlfriend might be a prostitute. And a prostitute can be someone's girlfriend. I think the difference is one is 'strictly' a business transaction of money for service, with no emotional commitments, promises, or expectations. The other is based in a commitment of certain emotions, promises, and expectations.

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Sat 03/28/20 02:38 PM
Edited by msharmony on Sat 03/28/20 02:40 PM


Those who show up to be treated, and can be helped, should be helped. Some are not going to be able to be saved, and they should have resources to be made as comfortable as possible like hospices for others in their last days. But those who have a fighting chance at recovery, which is most right now, should be treated.
hello msharmony waving

.. I think the issue is with infection Transmission ... Most hospices do not have negative pressure isolation Rooms .

Curious .... if treatment was not an option .. how would you feel About giving a loved one end of life Comfort Cares in their home ???

What does a pandemic crisis mean to you ?? Do you feel there are adequate health resources to offer everyone treatment ??? If there is only one ventilator and 20 people needing mechanical ventilation .. how should it be decided who is ventilated???

Sure everyone has the right to treatment but if resources are unable to meet extreme demand globally how do you suggest that is rectified and in such a short timeframe ??? The disease has a rapid progression .


I feel at home comfort care is a reasonable option if nothing else will help, and at the patient's approval.

a crisis to me means lack of information and/or resources to contain something fatal and contagious

I know there is not adequate health resources, because a contingency for these types of numbers was most likely never even considered.

Only one person can be treated at a time. I feel resources should be used in the order of those patients admittance, to be totally fair.


I think the only thing that can be done is to contain the numbers as best we can until such time that it is understood enough to be treated and fatality rate decreased.

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Sat 03/28/20 02:34 PM


Those who show up to be treated, and can be helped, should be helped. Some are not going to be able to be saved, and they should have resources to be made as comfortable as possible like hospices for others in their last days. But those who have a fighting chance at recovery, which is most right now, should be treated.


Who gets to decide who has the ability to survive? I know of many cases where someone said there's no hope. Then someone else helped and that person lived.


The people who have the expertise in disease and illness maybe?

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Sat 03/28/20 02:33 PM


Did U.S.A. start 'The Chinese virus'?
Probably not.
Did you?



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Fri 03/27/20 06:53 PM
Edited by msharmony on Fri 03/27/20 06:54 PM
This is how we learn and grown, from experience, but also critique and feedback. I consider compliments the positive feedback, and criticism the negative feedback. We are not growing if we are only open to compliments, we will not grow if all we get is criticism. There needs to be a healthy balance between them. There also needs to be an understanding, in general, of where helpful critique ends and belittling and bullying words begin.


Do you agree?

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Fri 03/27/20 06:26 PM
Those who show up to be treated, and can be helped, should be helped. Some are not going to be able to be saved, and they should have resources to be made as comfortable as possible like hospices for others in their last days. But those who have a fighting chance at recovery, which is most right now, should be treated.

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Fri 03/27/20 11:56 AM
Because of my age, I will admit to prejudice on this. I am more likely to be drawn to someone in my age range and prefer someone who has shared their life with a child by this point in their lives. I am a single parent and being able to connect on the parenting experience is a mandate for me.

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Wed 03/25/20 11:27 PM

Reality has a good way of kicking people in the teeth. We find ourselves dealing with a global problem. C-19 has a 1% mortality rate amongst those 65 and older, people who have heart+lung problems along with some other immune system problems. It doesn't seem to have an impact on children 15 and under. Although, a 14 year old boy did catch it. But women are giving birth to healthy babies even though the mother has it.

In the western world the mortality rate is getting this low because of medical care and the treatment for Malaria is showing to be a cure or at least a major reduction possibility. "Never let a good tragedy go to waste", is the saying when it comes to politics. Political power plays are being made by the so called "Democratic Socialist" (Fascist/Communist highbred), Eleatests (once called Robber Barons), Technocracy (science/tech corporations) and the others who are over shadowed right now.

Some are wanting to use C-19 to kill off those that it will to remove the burden of those people on society. Yes, there's the standard, "rip=off the tax payers". Everyone know that by now. By the summer this will be in the past. The question will be, "How much is the world f'cked-up?"



Part of the reason may also be people quarantined. There is no 'one reason' to pinpoint.



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Wed 03/25/20 11:18 PM
Edited by msharmony on Wed 03/25/20 11:24 PM

What is his experience besides being a politician? He seems to have no understanding of the country outside of major urban areas. I do wish the democrats would actually start looking for worthwhile candidates in the future.



I think he has at least as much 'understanding' as the current POTUS, who mostly understands REAL estate.

Cuomo's resume is not shabby.

Cuomo worked two years as a New York assistant district attorney and briefly for the law firm of Blutrich, Falcone & Miller. He became active in the policy areas of homelessness and state housing policy during the 1980s and 1990s. He later created Housing Enterprise for the Less Privileged (HELP), a nonprofit organization focusing on homeless initiatives. Cuomo was appointed chairman of the New York City Homeless Commission during the administration of New York City Mayor David Dinkins from 1990 to 1993.

Prior to ascending to the state's top post, Cuomo spent time at the federal level, serving as assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 1997 and as secretary of HUD from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Returning to the state level, Cuomo served as New York attorney general from 2006 to 2010.[1]

Prior to being elected governor of New York, he was the state's attorney general from 2007 to 2010.

all added up, that is three years city level experience, 8 years fed level experience, and 4 years state level experience, not including the past 7 years as a state governor.

Given a choice of POTUS who only knows politics, or working within the constitutional framework of government and one who knows NOTHING about it, only working as a civilian BOSS with very little accountability or framework, my preference would be the former.

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Wed 03/25/20 12:50 PM

We always hear 'The Rules' from the female side.
Here are the rules from the male side.



1 Breasts are for looking at and that is why we do it. Yes, we know where your eyes are, but your boobs are where our eyes are. Don't try to change that.

2 Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

3 Saturday = Sports. Its like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

4 Shopping is NOT a sport. and no, we are never going to think of it that way.

5 Crying is Blackmail. End Of.

6 Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: subtle hints do not work..! strong hints do not work..! obvious hints do not work..! Just say it..!

7 Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

8 Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

9 A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem.
See a doctor.

10 Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

11 If you think you are fat, then you probably are. Don't ask us. We know it's a trap.

12 if something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.


One of the most reasonable realistic 'lists' I've seen... bravodrinker drinker

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Wed 03/25/20 12:48 PM

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-03-23/how-coronavirus-made-andrew-cuomo-americas-governor

He has been a reassuring presence throughout this crisis. I admit that as a resident of NY, I was not a fan of his prior to the crisis.

Do you all think the Democratic party will, after things calm down, consider Cuomo as a viable alternative to Biden?


That would be nice, but it is too late in the game. I can def see it in 2024, if he has any interest and has continued to be a strong leader.

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Tue 03/24/20 11:44 AM
Edited by msharmony on Tue 03/24/20 11:46 AM

Applying to your news source:

Overall, we rate CNN left biased based on editorial positions that consistently favors the left, while straight news reporting falls left-center through bias by omission. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to several failed fact checks by TV hosts. However, news reporting on the website tends to be be properly sourced with minimal failed fact checks


LEFT BIAS

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I think it is more a matter of educated listening. There is dire need for people to be educated in comprehension and determining facts and data from opinions. Decades ago, the culture changes made it so that 'just the facts' approach did not bring in the views and ratings that sensational news did, and we started seeing reporters and news shows add in more casual talk and opinions.

When you allow the human element in, or allow reporters to also comment and describe things, you invite bias regardless of the side. If our education kicked out more people with the logic to tell what is fact from what is opinion, 'bias' would not be an issue.

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Tue 03/24/20 09:20 AM
Edited by msharmony on Tue 03/24/20 09:21 AM


unemployment being low means very little when wages are so low and healthcare isn't provided. congratulations, you've got a **** ton of people who can't pay rent. probably working two 39.5 hour jobs so that they can afford the bare minimum health insurance that one job won't provide 'cause their boss won't let 'em have 40 hours.

the stock market being high means absolutely nothing. do you even own capital? tell me about your factory. tell me about your restaurant. do you even own your house? are you still making car payments? why would you support capitalism in any form? pretty much the only socialist programs we have these days are corporate bailouts

but I will tell you straight up, don't argue with old white people. most of them drank the Kool-Aid loooong ago, especially the men. their brains simply don't accept new information. they were alive at a time when you could work a minimum wage job and still pay for university, a car, and your own place. try doing that now, especially in a city where gentrification quadrupled rent prices and drove out the natives.
First your analysis of a minimum wage job and the cost of living is very geographic. In some parts of the country what you say is true, in others, not. As for working a minimum wage job, if that is the peak of your job skills, that is totally your own choice. The last time I worked a minimum wage job was 50 years ago when I was still in school.


Today's market is not that of 50 years ago. Then, we had more than 100 million less people in the USA. Then, you could get decent jobs without college, and more of the market was trade competitive, than tech competitive, and the level of 'outsourcing' was nowhere near as high
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Sun 03/22/20 11:16 PM
Edited by msharmony on Sun 03/22/20 11:17 PM

Sounds to me like you A. Probably didn't like him before he was president. B. You've let yourself morph into tunnel vision sheep that our media depends on for ratings. And C. If you took the time to objectively look at the whole picture of where this country was on his first day in office in regards to the economy, employment, and the creation off new jobs, you might lose a bit of your misguided vehemence!



Oh, I think data is objective.


As far as unemployment, on the first day he was in office was 4.8. Four years later, it was 3.6, a decline of 1.4 in four years. Under Obama, it was 7.6 the first day, peaked at 10.2 by the beginning of his first budget (fiscal year) in October of 2009. From 10.9 to 4.8, that is a drop of 6.1 in 86 months. Comparing that to Trumps first FY, when it stood at 4.1 percent, to 3.6 it was in January, that is only one half of a percent in 27 months. Trump did nothing too extraordinary in that area.

https://wallbuilders.com/founding-fathers-jesus-christianity-bible/#FN5


This chart clearly shows Trump has not done anything unusual in the economy either.


I think Trumps' truthful hyperbole has many of his followers repeating his praises of being something spectacular, when considering what was already happening when he took the reigns, he is not.

And listening to the words from his own mouth, taking into account all the lawsuits and bankruptcies, he is also a con man and a bully and a perv.




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Sun 03/22/20 11:13 AM
happy

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Sun 03/22/20 10:27 AM

I have an honest question. Is there a place on earth where "racism" does not exist? I said before, in a previous post that there is a "middle ground", it's called prejudice. Jessie Jackson said once that he was relieved to see someone behind him was white instead of black walking down a street in N.Y. That's my middle ground. Prejudice (Pre-Judging) and racism are not the same thing. Everyone is prejudice , few admit it.

Rabbit.


I would say, yes, in places where identity is more about ethnicity or nationality than race. Prejudice exists everywhere, but it not always 'race' based. Racism is a race based prejudice. Because of the founding of the USA being somewhat constructed around racism, it is ingrained into the fabric of our system.

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Sun 03/22/20 02:39 AM

I heard the Dems are going for Biden and he will get enough delegate ...seems the dems are not with Bernie again ... but I will tell u he is a fighter and knows his stuff ... and that one reason the corporation don;t ...
want him in there ...


he is the mirror of Trump, with the senile and crazy part, but he has spent a good deal of time in public service which makes me think he may give half a crap compared to Trump's not even giving one.

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Sun 03/22/20 02:21 AM
Edited by msharmony on Sun 03/22/20 02:22 AM

trump is a nationalist at a time most politicians are globalists so they dont like him,also he's a Christian so atheists dont like him,that's it pretty much and he's not a professional politician so he doesn't sugar coat everything to the point you wonder what he means.


I don't believe it is that simple. Nationalist? No evidence of it in his lifetime, five deferments and no civil or public service. Globalist? A more accurate description since his wealth is from all over the Globe. Christian? I am a Christian, and he does NOT carry himself in a way that is particularly or specifically "Christian". Not being a politician is not a plus. He has admitted openly that he makes stuff up and just says stuff, and I have heard him speak, so wondering what he means still applies to him too.

I think people who like Trump like him because whatever he espouses mirrors their own values and priorities, just like when people choose any other politicians. I also think that the rate of inclusion of other groups into a mainstream that was more exclusive in previous years makes people feel threatened about their status in this country, and he makes them feel assured that he is gonna protect their status above others instead of being open to the inclusiveness that has been happening.



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