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Comment Re:November 4th (Score 1, Informative) 402

It's just gonna go away, you'll see. No plan for how. As well as just disappearing there will be a vaccine in a few weeks. We were first told this months ago but hang in there and don't die of the third leading cause of death in the meantime. It's just like a bad flu.

Timeline of the Trump Administration's Response to the Wuhan Coronavirus

December 31: China reports the discovery of the coronavirus to the World Health Organization.

JANUARY:

January 3: CDC Director Robert Redfield sent an email to the director of the Chinese CDC, George Gao, formally offering to send U.S. experts to China to investigate the coronavirus.

January 5: CDC Director Redfield sent another email to the Chinese CDC Director, George Gao, formally offering to send U.S. experts to China to investigate the coronavirus outbreak,

January 6: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice for Wuhan, China due to the spreading coronavirus.

January 7: The CDC established a coronavirus incident management system to better share and respond to information about the virus.

January 11: The CDC issued a Level I travel health notice for Wuhan, China.

January 17: The CDC began implementing public health entry screening at the 3 U.S. airports that received the most travelers from Wuhan – San Francisco, New York JFK, and Los Angeles.

January 20: Dr. Fauci announces the National Institutes of Health is already working on the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus.

January 21: The CDC activated its emergency operations center to provide ongoing support to the coronavirus response.

January 23: The CDC sought a “special emergency authorization” from the FDA to allow states to use its newly developed coronavirus test.

January 27: President Trump tweeted that he made an offer to President Xi Jinping to send experts to China to investigate the coronavirus outbreak.

January 27: The CDC issued a level III travel health notice urging Americans to avoid all nonessential travel to China due to the coronavirus.

January 27: The White House Coronavirus Task Force started meeting to help monitor and contain the spread of the virus and provide updates to the President.

January 29: The White House announced the formation of the Coronavirus Task Force to help monitor and contain the spread of the virus and provide updates to the President.

January 31: The Trump Administration:

                Declared the coronavirus a public health emergency.
                Announced Chinese travel restrictions.
                Suspended entry into the United States for foreign nationals who pose a risk of transmitting the coronavirus.

January 31: The Department of Homeland Security took critical steps to funnel all flights from China into just 7 domestic U.S. airports.

More . . .

California governor praises Trump's efforts to help state amid coronavirus crisis

Alex Azar: 'One or two' COVID-19 vaccines could be available by December

Comment Re:You would be surprised, shocked and terrified (Score 1) 356

Many American Republicans have noted that education is positively correlated with not voting for them. Whether that's because public education is "liberal" has not been established.

“There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.” George Orwell

Liberal professors outnumber conservatives nearly 12 to 1, study finds
Survey shocker: Liberal profs admit they'd discriminate against conservatives in hiring, advancement
Yes, Universities Discriminate Against Conservatives

Why Are Teachers Mostly Liberal?

. . . . among high school teachers overall, there are 87 Democrats for every 13 Republicans.

It is important to understand the influence of schools of education, which train prospective teachers, on the political and ideological leanings of teachers.

Dr. Greg Forster, Friedman Fellow at the school-choice organization EdChoice and a top education researcher, last year wrote that university education schools indoctrinate future teachers in left-wing ideology.

And where is that going?
Prof: Algebra, geometry perpetuate white privilege
Teachers learn to use math as Trojan horse for social justice (now modified after ridicule)

- - -

Democrat Strategists in Confused Panic as Suburban Vote Slips Away From Biden

Polls show that the gap between Biden and Trump is narrowing and typical Democrat voting blocs are feeling the fatigue of the Democrat’s riots:

One of the strategists described a focus group in which white, college-educated women reacted to the protests by discussing their own property values and, in one woman’s case, her family’s mortgage.

“White women who have college degrees are starting to really get sick of this,” the strategist said.

If Trump wins re-election be sure to thank the comrades in the streets.

Comment Re:You would be surprised, shocked and terrified (Score 1) 356

...then we have to admit to the fact that public education being predominantly liberal...

Objection, your honor. Assumes facts not in evidence.

I submit exhibit A, which will leave you overruled.

Why Are Teachers Mostly Liberal?

. . . .among high school teachers overall, there are 87 Democrats for every 13 Republicans.

It is important to understand the influence of schools of education, which train prospective teachers, on the political and ideological leanings of teachers.

Dr. Greg Forster, Friedman Fellow at the school-choice organization EdChoice and a top education researcher, last year wrote that university education schools indoctrinate future teachers in left-wing ideology.

Your post is rubbish unless you are trying to suggest that the mass of educators are more Left than liberal. But if that was the case you should have simply stated it, and I doubt that is what you had in mind.

At this point in court you would be approaching the bench to have your knuckles rapped.

Comment Re: I guess (Score 1) 160

Yes, or better yet do something about how our military is used so that they don't have such an image. Seeing as how that's kind of exactly her fucking job.

That's basically rubbish since there are many factions that will call the military "baby killers" or similar names to slander them regardless of what they are doing.

Rep. AOC's "job" is something of an ironic topic.

Victory? Elated AOC tweets ‘anything is possible’ after Amazon scraps plan for new HQ & thousands of jobs in NY

Comment Re:Boo hiss (Score 1) 160

The US military is an honorable* profession.

*According to the American public.

FTFY

October 18, 2016
Most Americans trust the military and scientists to act in the public’s interest
By Brian Kennedy

About three-quarters or more of Americans are confident in the military, medical scientists and scientists in general to act in the best interests of the public. But fewer than half of Americans report similar confidence in the news media, business leaders and elected officials, according to a Pew Research Center report released earlier this month.

One-third of the public (33%) has a great deal of confidence in the military and an additional 46% say they have a fair amount of confidence. The high ranking of the military is consistent with a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, which found 78% of the public said the military contributes “a lot” to society

I'll also throw in this freebie since it clears up a commonly held myth:

U.S. Military Better Educated Than Populace It Protects

As a whole, the U.S. military is far better educated than the American population it defends. 82.8% of U.S. military officers in 2010 had at least a bachelor’s degree, compared to 29.9 percent of the general population. 93.6% of enlisted soldiers had at least a high school diploma, compared to 59.5% of America.

Just because you don't like the military doesn't mean the necessity for it goes away or decrease the value of the personal qualities and skills it teaches.

Comment Re:We're not calling you racist because taxes (Score 1) 206

Still waiting for him to do that, because he hasn't.

He did just there.

In fact, he's doubled down on support for white nationalists by using federal resources to protect Confederate monuments and fightign against renaming military bases named after Confederate generals.

So you consider this a statement of support for white nationalists? -- "He issued a broad warning against the destruction of Confederate monuments.... “I do not advocate and don’t want anybody tearing down any statues,”.

Comment Re:We're not calling you racist because taxes (Score 1) 206

How is Trump racist?

"There are fine people on both sides."

Too good to check, right?

Trump's Charlottesville comments twisted by Joe Biden and the media

"You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. ... I saw the same pictures as you did. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name. ... So you know what, it's fine. You're changing history. You're changing culture. And you had people — and I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the White nationalists, because they should be condemned totally — but you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and White nationalists. Okay? And the press has treated them absolutely unfairly. Now, in the other group also, you had some fine people. But you also had troublemakers, and you see them come with the black outfits and with the helmets and with the baseball bats. You had a lot of bad people in the other group."

I'll be interested to see if you make that claim again.

Comment Re:Excellent! (Score 0) 277

No credit for taking down National Socialists (Nazis) if you don't also take down international socialists (Communists). The Communists killed far more than the Nazis and were at least as oppressive. Communists and Nazis both killed by class and race or ethnicity, they just preferred a different order. Today Communism poses a much bigger threat than National Socialism. Communism is accepted and popular on campuses and in society, and it has favorable press even though we can expect nothing to change if they gain power in another country. And the difference between Communism and National Socialism is much less than often supposed. Several countries governed by Communist parties, such as China, have effectively adopted a fascist economic model.

Lord of the Rings

Ian Holm, Bilbo Baggins In 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Alien' Star, Dies At 88 (nypost.com) 46

cold fjord writes: Sir Ian Holm, a classically trained actor celebrated for his interpretations of Shakespeare, and with an astonishing range of work in important science fiction and fantasy films, has died at age 88. Holm's depiction of King Lear was celebrated, and he brought Puck to life in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." But most people on Slashdot will remember him for a few other roles, such as Bilbo Baggins, in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and two of the "Hobbit" movies. Holm also appeared in "Alien" as the android Ash, as Napoleon in "Time Bandits," and Cornelius in "The Fifth Element." Holm received a Tony Award in 1967, a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in 1998, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1981, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Chariots of Fire. Holm received royal honors in 1989 and 1998.

Submission + - Ian Holm, Bilbo Baggins in 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Alien' star, dead at 88 (nypost.com)

cold fjord writes: Sir Ian Holm, a classically trained actor celebrated for his interpretations of Shakespeare, and with an astonishing range work in important science fiction and fantasy films, has died at age 88. Holm’s depiction of King Lear was celebrated, and he brought Puck to life in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” But most people on Slashdot will remember him for a few other roles, such as Bilbo Baggins, in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, and two of the “Hobbit” movies. Holm also appeared in “Alien” as the android Ash, as Napoleon in “Time Bandits,” and Cornelius in “The Fifth Element.” Holm received a Tony Award in 1967, a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in 1998, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1981, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Chariots of Fire. Holm received royal honours in 1989 and 1998.

Comment "Dependent" doesn't really work (Score 5, Interesting) 504

Just because a process is a "dependent" doesn't necessarily mean it does the bidding of the process it is dependent on.

If it had to change, maybe manager and worker processes, but the "dependent" proposal doesn't really represent the relationship.

No doubt many other terms will come up to be cancelled, like bind, submit, whitelist, blacklist, ... As I saw in a reply in another thread ... is "whitespace" now problematic on a page? Will the Whitespace programming language be cancelled? This all seems .... well ...something.

With all of the purges of streaming media, words, phrases, people, and other nonsense it appears we are descending into madness that will do nothing to change the behavior of the occasionally encountered bad actor.

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