Excess U.

Hanno comments on May 2, 2020:

I have the CDC data right in front of me. You can access it yourself. If you are intelligent enough you can work it out very easily. Up until mid March 2020 the US had less deaths than the previous three years averaged. That is just statistical variation and is small. Up until 14 March the ...

Hanno replies on May 2, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Very simple... the total number of deaths expected versus the actual deaths. Over this period the actual excess deaths are only 21 703. That is 21 703 more deaths than expected without Covid 19, that is according to the CDC statisticians. The percentage are rounded, so the number may be a bit lower or higher. It does not change the argument. Now this is where statistics come in... the “real” number is 21703 plus minus the uncertainty. Now that depends on how certain you want to be. So if want to be 99,9 or 99 or 95 or 87,5% certain will affect your answer range as you will need a bigger uncertainty factor we call sigma included in the final answer. It works positive and negative. So if the best estimate is 10, then the actual answer is 9, 10 or 11, if you want to be say 90% certain... ( the actual answer range depends on the size of the dataset to calculate 10, not the size of the number 10 itself). So, if we assume ALL extra deaths are due to Covid 19, the total death rate should be 21703 plus minus the uncertainty in the original estimate, which looking at the data they list cannot be more than a few thousand... so the real number would be between 19703 and 23703, but I am guessing a bit. Again it does not change the argument. Now of course there is a LOT of data you and I cannot access... and that may change the above number a bit. However, my argument is simple: Firstly, The data does not present actual COVID19 cases only. It includes significant other non-COVID19 deaths and the numbers are very skewed because of it. The CDC conceded that on their web page. Secondly, a significant fraction of COVID19 deaths would have happened anyway over this period due to primary cause reasons. The too low total excess deaths point to that. Obviously I do not know the true real answer, I can only look at the available data analyse it, and call bullshit, or that looks right. And that is my third and most important argument. People knowingly misquote scientific data and ignore the printed explanation that goes with it and puts this in newspapers. Politicians take this and mislead the public further. Scientists need to stand up and do the hard work and teach people the truth. Cheers, Hanno. PS. My inflammatory comments... I have not forgotten the comments you made about NZ... insult me but leave my country alone.

Excess U.

Hanno comments on May 2, 2020:

I have the CDC data right in front of me. You can access it yourself. If you are intelligent enough you can work it out very easily. Up until mid March 2020 the US had less deaths than the previous three years averaged. That is just statistical variation and is small. Up until 14 March the ...

Hanno replies on May 2, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles still have not looked at the actual data hey? If you did you would have found the data that WP reported there included you 65 841. Their data is just a week older. I used the latest complete data... and hence my numbers are larger. Same data set. The CDC themselves claim their own best estimate at end 18 April was only 34037. Which include possible and not tested estimates. You WP claim 37 100 which is the upper bound limit that includes all deaths, not just from COVID19 tested and suspected... go on... have a look, it is all there. WP here used data that the CDC themselves stated is not related to Covid 19 only. Hey, but what does the CDC know hey? Ricky just read the WP, understood nothing and knows everything!

Excess U.

Hanno comments on May 2, 2020:

I have the CDC data right in front of me. You can access it yourself. If you are intelligent enough you can work it out very easily. Up until mid March 2020 the US had less deaths than the previous three years averaged. That is just statistical variation and is small. Up until 14 March the ...

Hanno replies on May 2, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Did you even look at the CDC data? Too hard for you? The data gets updated all the time... it is moved to 90 000 for end of April. Look at the actual data. The issue is that at the actual Covid 19 deaths are not reported. In the CDC own words, they used the upper bound estimates against observed data and then to calculate excess deaths, all negative values are made zero and only positive results are counted. So all statistical negative errors are ignored and all positive statistical errors are included... they specifically state this so that anyone intelligent can immediately see these are their simplified worst possible and utterly unbelievable case. Then they include the actual data as well... which still include a large fraction of probable and not tested cases. I know this is well above your cognitive abilities, however at least try to understand. Oh my math? Yeah I have a master degree in modelling uncertainty analyses in physical systems. And a PhD in modelling of physical systems utilising statistical methods. But don’t let my credentials fool you, just have a look at the CDC data yourself and ask a clever person (if you know any) to explain it to you.

Excess U.

Hanno comments on May 2, 2020:

I have the CDC data right in front of me. You can access it yourself. If you are intelligent enough you can work it out very easily. Up until mid March 2020 the US had less deaths than the previous three years averaged. That is just statistical variation and is small. Up until 14 March the ...

Hanno replies on May 2, 2020:

See: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm You will see that all deaths from pneumonia and flu were combined with all possible covid 19 deaths. However, look at the pneumonia data before 7 March. Those pre covid deaths (which are in line with previous years) are included! If you do the statistical analyses you come the clear conclusion that actual covid deaths are less than 22 000... almost four times less than claimed.

OMG, so did I!

govols comments on Apr 29, 2020:

What are they?

Hanno replies on Apr 29, 2020:

I believe they are lemurs. But not sure.

Schrodinger's Cat Virus:

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 28, 2020:

The truth about all “invisible” threats, is that no matter how wrong they are, they can’t be disproved, so the dumber half of society believes whatever the media offers.

Hanno replies on Apr 28, 2020:

It is quite interesting the response I generally get when I make this exact point about religion.

Lauren Chen.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Anyone who thinks they will find something they can believe from Michael Moore after "An Inconvenient Truth," is a brainwashed follower of the Leftist media narrative. In that movie, New York City was to be totally under water by now, and the Earth on fire. Ooops. Any kind of apology or ...

Hanno replies on Apr 28, 2020:

Have you seen it?

While I agree that government should not be shutting businesses down and such, I don't know how ...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Trump called for quarantine as an intelligent response to fear in the public. Now that we are better informed, at least half of us are realizing that this was an overreaction by the public, that forced the President's hand. The public must now send the opposite message.

Hanno replies on Apr 27, 2020:

@TimTuolomne A small number of us advocated to only go to level 2 and to stay there until we know what we are dealing with. We were crucified. The leader of the opposition stated last week that we were slow to come of level 4 and it will cost him his position. His approval rating dropped so much he will be replaced as leader. The majority of NZ’ers, just like Americans, are scared and the government had to deal with that fear. How the media and some government officials were complicit in creating that fear is another issue.

While I agree that government should not be shutting businesses down and such, I don't know how ...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Trump called for quarantine as an intelligent response to fear in the public. Now that we are better informed, at least half of us are realizing that this was an overreaction by the public, that forced the President's hand. The public must now send the opposite message.

Hanno replies on Apr 27, 2020:

In NZ we went down to “level 3” today For the next two weeks and will likely (I hope!) go to “level 2” then. We can deal with level 2. I hope, and it is really hope, that this will save our economy and not plunge is into depression. However if the US goes down we all will eventually so let’s hope Trump does the right thing and the Democrats don’t stop him.

Call to Afrikaners...

ieuan comments on Apr 27, 2020:

I have bee, to SA and seen the poverty and shanty towns, and ask these questions, why do white people think it their country? Histort tells us that the country was invaded by the English French, Dutch, Germans etc and to show how stupid they imposed their Culture and Religion onto the inhabitants ...

Hanno replies on Apr 27, 2020:

That is the typical response by modern eyes who does not understand the history and the people’s of Southern Africa, or the world for that matter. As always, this is a much more complex issue, yet very simple principles that is the same everywhere else in the world.

Flattening the curve via lockdown really effective

Hanno comments on Apr 23, 2020:

I do not know in what world the author of that article lives in. We completely brought NZ to a halt. Our economy is in big trouble (just like everyone else’s). Our low case numbers are due to our geographic isolation... not out wonderful policies. Let’s face it... praise for my country is to ...

Hanno replies on Apr 23, 2020:

@dd54 Personally, I do not believe we will respond to the next outbreak the same way. The data from Sweden etc are showing our response was wrong. I stated: at the time. At the time it was a fair decision to make... not a decision I would have made and publicaly states that... however now we know better now and need to make better decisions.

Why do many people love conspiracies? Critical Thinking in the Fake News Era 092170 006 A - YouTube

SpikeTalon comments on Apr 23, 2020:

It appears alot of folks are content to dwell within their own little worlds and surround themselves with views that make them comfortable, with little to no regard for reality or what science has to say.

Hanno replies on Apr 23, 2020:

Everyone does that. I have suspicion we evolved to do that as a coping mechanism. Hence religion in all its forms were created numerous times in all locations. Hence we prefer to only watch Fox or only CNN. Some are worse than others, but we all do it.

As today is the 50th year of "Earth Day" activities, I put together a little animation of the pace ...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 22, 2020:

If you bother to look at replacement birthrates, the only place they are positive is India and Indonesia. Those two countries alone may not be enough to hold the Earth to 7.4 billion. For those of us who can do the math, it looks very much like the Earth will never again see that kind of human ...

Hanno replies on Apr 23, 2020:

@TimTuolomne do you know the populations of these countries? Nigeria:200 million Bangladesh: 164 million Egypt: 70 million Angola only 20 million but predicted to reach 100 million before 2050. These countries population growth will drop, but only after it caused a lot of misery.

As today is the 50th year of "Earth Day" activities, I put together a little animation of the pace ...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 22, 2020:

If you bother to look at replacement birthrates, the only place they are positive is India and Indonesia. Those two countries alone may not be enough to hold the Earth to 7.4 billion. For those of us who can do the math, it looks very much like the Earth will never again see that kind of human ...

Hanno replies on Apr 22, 2020:

You missed Nigeria, Angola, Egypt... pretty much most of Africa. You also missed Brazil and other South American countries. Not to mention Bangladesh and most of the Middle East.

As today is the 50th year of "Earth Day" activities, I put together a little animation of the pace ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 22, 2020:

"World’s population is projected to nearly stop growing by the end of the century" https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/17/worlds-population-is-projected-to-nearly-stop-growing-by-the-end-of-the-century/

Hanno replies on Apr 22, 2020:

Yep... the Swedish professor made a series of very good presentations where he showed the fastest decrease in population growth is in the countries with the highest population growth. It gave me a reason to positive about the future again.

As today is the 50th year of "Earth Day" activities, I put together a little animation of the pace ...

iThink comments on Apr 22, 2020:

The Earth is no more nor less "finite" than is the Universe itself. On a global scale the Earth is definitely not overpopulated. There are areas where human population is extremely highly concentrated and that is certainly problematic on a number of different levels. Presently 55% of the global ...

Hanno replies on Apr 22, 2020:

I think we did had the discussion about artificial fertiliser before and you did not believe. It is unfortunately not a fact ( of any kind... I do not understand what you mean by statistical fact), that we can sustain 7 billion people with the resources we have indefinitely... we are today fed by artificial fertiliser made from non-renewable finite phosphate rock and sulphate from coal, oil and a small fraction of geothermal Sulfur. Eventual it will run out... it will be some decades before then and the issue (I believe) will have sorted it out by then. So no cause for immediate alarm... however I always wince when people say we can sustain our current population forever.

As today is the 50th year of "Earth Day" activities, I put together a little animation of the pace ...

Lt-JW comments on Apr 22, 2020:

Humans on earth, correspond to virus and host. Either the host kills the invading species, or the virus takes over the body and by doing so kills itself. That's the reality we cannot escape

Hanno replies on Apr 22, 2020:

You don’t think humans can act as beneficial gut bacteria living in a symbiotic relationship with its host? Earth is not trying to kill us. And we cannot kill the earth... we can just make it a miserable (sick) place for ourselves.

This documentary from Epoch Times puts to bed for all time the myth of the Wuhan wet market as a ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 14, 2020:

The Epoch Times is the propaganda arm of the Falun Gong. Not surprising that they would make false claims about China.

Hanno replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Ok Ricky, a truce. You stop propagating false claims and making lies and I will stop exposing them. You may have noticed I have never responded in a negative way and actually supported posts you made that were true. Also, I have pointed lies and false claims with facts made by numerous contributors here... your not special. Other than that I enjoyed your ad hominem attack and noted your derogatory statements about NZ. But then again, all I do is expose who you are.

This documentary from Epoch Times puts to bed for all time the myth of the Wuhan wet market as a ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 14, 2020:

The Epoch Times is the propaganda arm of the Falun Gong. Not surprising that they would make false claims about China.

Hanno replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Which you know for a fact is not true? I don’t know either and I don’t believe that the facts presented necessitate the conclusion. However it is not false... it their conclusion based on the facts they have. They could be wrong, which is not the same as making a false claim (say something they know are wrong). What we do know is that Wuhan was doing research on Coronavirus and that both the CCP and the WHO covered up the start of the outbreak. I always ask the question why people lie.

This documentary from Epoch Times puts to bed for all time the myth of the Wuhan wet market as a ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 14, 2020:

The Epoch Times is the propaganda arm of the Falun Gong. Not surprising that they would make false claims about China.

Hanno replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@TimTuolomne a while back he posted far left wing propaganda and I called him out on it. He asked what was false and I explained to him in detail showing it was false propaganda Now the roles are reversed and I wanted to see if he had any integrity left to justify his claim. No response from him ... says a lot about him.

This documentary from Epoch Times puts to bed for all time the myth of the Wuhan wet market as a ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 14, 2020:

The Epoch Times is the propaganda arm of the Falun Gong. Not surprising that they would make false claims about China.

Hanno replies on Apr 14, 2020:

What claims were false?

Went to the store the other day. Saw this jar of "Fatworks Duck Fat." Duck fat?

Bay0Wulf comments on Apr 7, 2020:

Funny guy ... Its actually a “thing” and its usually cooked out of the skin. Like I make, save and use chicken fat for cooking. When i make stews or soups or just preslice chicken for freezing, I peel off the skin and save it in the freezer until i’ve enough to make it worth it ... In a ...

Hanno replies on Apr 7, 2020:

Some of us grew up during wars when butter was reserved for the war effort... we had pig fat and black pepper on toast... yam!

Poll: one in four business on brink of permanent collapse.

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 3, 2020:

More fearmongering. The 2.2 trillion bill contained several hundred billion (yes billion) in SBA support for small businesses. Finally a better use for the SBA than funding addicts for "recovery" from hurricanes.

Hanno replies on Apr 4, 2020:

Yes that will work for the next four weeks. And then we spend another $2tr for the next four weeks... And then we realise, oh it’s gonna be 16 weeks... we need another $4tr before this is over... Oh shit, how are we gonna repay the $8tr? I don’t know the answer either... but we are screwed.

I’ve tried to avoid the politics of Covid.

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 3, 2020:

I'm sure that will go as well as Afghanistan and Iraq.

Hanno replies on Apr 3, 2020:

Interesting point. I always wondered what would have happened if we did not stop those regimes and just used diplomacy and sanctions like we are doing with North Korea. Would we have been better or worse off allowing the Taliban to continue setting a precedent for other nutter groups that they will get away with it. In retrospect they may get away with it anyway. Nevertheless China is not Afghanistan and will need different treatment. Definitely not military unless they start it... however trade war is another matter.

Jordan Peterson met with Victor Orban last year. Yesterday Orban was made dictator of Hungary.

Hanno comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Why do you hate Peterson so much?

Hanno replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Supra_Librix Going to the moon vs a failed ideology: If we tried to go the moon and each time the spaceship blow up and we understood that there is a fundamental issue with going to the moon, we would stop. We will not hope and pray and try again and again. So why are we again trying the failed and well understood failure that is socialism/communism?

Jordan Peterson met with Victor Orban last year. Yesterday Orban was made dictator of Hungary.

Hanno comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Why do you hate Peterson so much?

Hanno replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Supra_Librix Yes, but would you want to live in China? I have a brother who lives in China and apparently he is happy... however he is not treated like a citizen and I think he has privileges the common don’t have.

Critiquing the Intellectual Dark Web: Michael Brooks’ “Against the Web” | Merion West

Hanno comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Again it is hilarious how he blames Peterson and Harris creates strawmen and attacks them without dealing with real progressive viewpoints... And then he goes and creates strawmen about Harris and Peterson and attacks them without dealing with their actual viewpoints. And right their in a ...

Hanno replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles The quotation was a clear strawman. The rest of the book... have you read it? So the book contains at least one strawman. And that is the one the author chose to present first... so the best if not one of the best points it is trying make. Does not bode well for the rest of the book.

Critiquing the Intellectual Dark Web: Michael Brooks’ “Against the Web” | Merion West

Hanno comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Again it is hilarious how he blames Peterson and Harris creates strawmen and attacks them without dealing with real progressive viewpoints... And then he goes and creates strawmen about Harris and Peterson and attacks them without dealing with their actual viewpoints. And right their in a ...

Hanno replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Ok, let’s start with they ALL defend the American imperial hegemony. First of all they are not all Americans and they do not all defend America. Secondly, look up what the word Imperial mean and realise that in itself is a Strawman. I am fairly confident that if I were to read the actual book, I will be able to point out strawman after strawman.

Thought provoking for sure.

Clammypollack comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Who wanted a world without vaccines? I’m sure there are a few of them but negligible.

Hanno replies on Mar 31, 2020:

They are few but very vocal. With modern technology such as Facebook etc, the tiny minority, if vocal enough, change our world. Look at the alphabet people...

Critiquing the Intellectual Dark Web: Michael Brooks’ “Against the Web” | Merion West

Hanno comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Again it is hilarious how he blames Peterson and Harris creates strawmen and attacks them without dealing with real progressive viewpoints... And then he goes and creates strawmen about Harris and Peterson and attacks them without dealing with their actual viewpoints. And right their in a ...

Hanno replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles They were all strawmen... especially how they are presented by the reviewer.

Jordan Peterson met with Victor Orban last year. Yesterday Orban was made dictator of Hungary.

Hanno comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Why do you hate Peterson so much?

Hanno replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles No you do not. You have no obligation to post at all. Hence my original question.

Critiquing the Intellectual Dark Web: Michael Brooks’ “Against the Web” | Merion West

Hanno comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Again it is hilarious how he blames Peterson and Harris creates strawmen and attacks them without dealing with real progressive viewpoints... And then he goes and creates strawmen about Harris and Peterson and attacks them without dealing with their actual viewpoints. And right their in a ...

Hanno replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles In any case, I have read many such books about religion and politics... they all are full if strawmen.

Critiquing the Intellectual Dark Web: Michael Brooks’ “Against the Web” | Merion West

Hanno comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Again it is hilarious how he blames Peterson and Harris creates strawmen and attacks them without dealing with real progressive viewpoints... And then he goes and creates strawmen about Harris and Peterson and attacks them without dealing with their actual viewpoints. And right their in a ...

Hanno replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Sorry, I was referring to the author of the article reviewing the book. I cannot judge the book.

Jordan Peterson met with Victor Orban last year. Yesterday Orban was made dictator of Hungary.

Hanno comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Why do you hate Peterson so much?

Hanno replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles I beg to differ. You only post articles that post Peterson in a negative light, and usually unfairly so. You never concede the good Peterson has done for millions of people. I disagree with Jacinda Ardern on many issues. I do not post negative article after negative article about her. I do not deny that Ardern has made good decisions on occasion. Spot the difference?

Critiquing the Intellectual Dark Web: Michael Brooks’ “Against the Web” | Merion West

Hanno comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Again it is hilarious how he blames Peterson and Harris creates strawmen and attacks them without dealing with real progressive viewpoints... And then he goes and creates strawmen about Harris and Peterson and attacks them without dealing with their actual viewpoints. And right their in a ...

Hanno replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Read the article... They ALL defend... American imperial hegemony... not only do they not all defend it, it does not exist. It is a straw man created by the socialist author. Then read further how he attacks Harris and then respond how Harris then “change his tune” about it only being thought experiments... and so on and so on.

Last night, I watched the movie "The Hunt" ($20 on Amazon) which is, in the most shallow ...

SpikeTalon comments on Mar 31, 2020:

@Admin Since you mentioned it, did you see the 1999 movie Animal Farm? That one was good.

Hanno replies on Mar 31, 2020:

We did Animal Farm as English Litterature in high school. It changed me at the age 16. Read 1984 directly after that. Really influenced me. Wonder if it will be allowed in today’s liberal schools.

Thomas Piketty Takes On the Ideology of Inequality | Boston Review

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 29, 2020:

This is Marxism in terms a millennial will understand. There is still no distinction between equal opportunity and equal outcomes, which makes his "philosophy" invalid.

Hanno replies on Mar 29, 2020:

Socialist maths: Outcome = outcome Capitalist maths: Opportunity x monopoly = outcome. Real world: Opportunity x personal effort x support system x intelligence = outcome.

Allegations that Joe Biden sexually attacked a young staffer may be a sign the Democrat ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Mar 27, 2020:

It's not the establishment putting the story out--it's the left.

Hanno replies on Mar 27, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles I think that is the problem you currently have... it is either Biden or Sanders. To get Sanders back in you need Biden to fall... yet the establishment is against you and will ignore anything negative about him... and only post BS to support the Biden agenda.. does not matter what stupid stuff he says or do. On the other hand Sanders will be portrayed as senile and crazy... does not matter what good he says or do. . You may start to understand how Trump feels soon.

What do you fear more.

DMcCreery1956 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

What I find frightening are the casual remarks about the average age of those who have died, as if people in their 80s should be abandoned on ice flows to free up resources for their grandchildren. Never mind that many of the most brilliant and accomplished people on this planet are octogenarians. ...

Hanno replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@DMcCreery1956 Yes it would have... however I would rather face 0,2% chance of death than facing 6 to 12 months of unemployment in an environment where the majority of young males are unemployed. Now I am facing 0,1% chance of death but life for most people is very likely going to be horrible for some years to come. Remember, young males have a ~1% chance of death from all other causes anyway... so the extra 0,2 for one year is not a big deal. Financial ruin and the associates suicides is not.

What do you fear more.

DMcCreery1956 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

What I find frightening are the casual remarks about the average age of those who have died, as if people in their 80s should be abandoned on ice flows to free up resources for their grandchildren. Never mind that many of the most brilliant and accomplished people on this planet are octogenarians. ...

Hanno replies on Mar 24, 2020:

My point about that is that we would have been much better off isolating the over 70 and the high risk individuals and let the rest get on with their lives and accept the 0,2% risk. In a year we should have a vaccine and the small minority at high risk can return to normal life. Now EVERYONE is buggered.

What do you fear more.

iThink comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Many of the people who are unable to work because of the social distancing strategy will never regain their jobs because their employers will lose their businesses. The economy itself is suffering a fever - at it may turn out to be a fatal condition. Collapse or "failure" of the economy will lead to...

Hanno replies on Mar 24, 2020:

NZ is shutting down tonight at 11:49 pm. We have plans in place, great... the problem is the plans are all for the next four weeks only. This will last at least three months. After month one, the government fund will be spend and then what. I am really worried.

What do you fear more.

Xtra comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I see more opportunity than I feel fear. I am retired and in a high-risk group and I'm thinking about starting a business.

Hanno replies on Mar 24, 2020:

That’s the spirit! My colleague and I are busy creating a new labour intensive business right now... we have been planning it for some time, however we now have a larger incentive.

What do you fear more.

govols comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I'm afraid nothing will be significantly different once the fallout settles.

Hanno replies on Mar 24, 2020:

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The first time I saw one of these compilations of news stations across the country all reading the ...

Hanno comments on Mar 22, 2020:

What was the deal with the devil? Eternal youth? That didn’t worked out so well did it? A Beautiful young wife... mmm he already had that before he ran. I know, a billion dollars! Oh, he already had that as well. Mmm, so what was the deal then?

Hanno replies on Mar 22, 2020:

Or, maybe the GOP realises that Trump is their best chance to win again and they are just to happy to have him. Looking at the GOP lineup: What you think is the most likely answer?

Donald Trump Called To Resign After Sleeping During Coronavirus Meeting: COVID19 Response A Failure

Header comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Here is the real data! ...

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

Those are only polls... done by various companies that does it for a living. They only polled a few thousand people statistically selected to present the population. It is not nearly as reliable or important as a random selection of tweets on Twitter by three looney left wingers.

Donald Trump Called To Resign After Sleeping During Coronavirus Meeting: COVID19 Response A Failure

Boardwine comments on Mar 21, 2020:

The left is shit. You’re a douche. Go fuck yourself.

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Great! Repeating another’s lie, means you are innocent of spreading that lie. Awesome Newspeak! Yet again you have been caught spreading fake news.

Donald Trump Called To Resign After Sleeping During Coronavirus Meeting: COVID19 Response A Failure

Boardwine comments on Mar 21, 2020:

The left is shit. You’re a douche. Go fuck yourself.

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Although I would not use Boardwines words, let’s analyse what you, a left winger wrote: You claimed Trump slept during a Coronavirus meeting. Reading the source material, this is not the case, he looked tired and sleepy. At no point does the source claim he was sleeping. So you Rick, is not just a messenger. You created the fake news that he was sleeping during an important meeting. You were caught lying about Trump again.

Contentious subject, but interesting. What are your thoughts or beliefs? [m.youtube.com]

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Sooo, 200,000 people infected with COVID-19 as of today, including 11,000 dead in the World, were all injected??? That is the nuttiest conspiracy theory I ever heard.

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@ForeverFree76 My over reaction is due to fact that in South Africa idiots went around and said that Aids are not caused by virus and you do not need to protect against invections. This killed millions of people. Your comment that Aids is was engineered is exactly the type of rubbish that helped cause the Aids epidemic in Africa. NO! Virus can be transferred in many other ways naturally. Saying aids was engineered or that viruses can only be transferred by injections killed millions of people and will keep in doing so. So your comment is not just your freedom or speech or idea. It is wrong and deadly wrong.

Contentious subject, but interesting. What are your thoughts or beliefs? [m.youtube.com]

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Sooo, 200,000 people infected with COVID-19 as of today, including 11,000 dead in the World, were all injected??? That is the nuttiest conspiracy theory I ever heard.

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@ForeverFree76 Sorry for coming down on you so hard. The stupid stuff people say really gets to me and I should be more tolerant. you are right and I need to apologise.

Contentious subject, but interesting. What are your thoughts or beliefs? [m.youtube.com]

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Sooo, 200,000 people infected with COVID-19 as of today, including 11,000 dead in the World, were all injected??? That is the nuttiest conspiracy theory I ever heard.

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@ForeverFree76, @TimTuolomne Of course, every time you get a common cold, the night before the ilumimati broke into your house and injected you with the virus. They are also very busy injecting trillions of bacteria with bacteriophages , because you know, viruses can only be injected. Poof, there goes the past 200 years of medical advances.

Contentious subject, but interesting. What are your thoughts or beliefs? [m.youtube.com]

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Sooo, 200,000 people infected with COVID-19 as of today, including 11,000 dead in the World, were all injected??? That is the nuttiest conspiracy theory I ever heard.

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@ForeverFree76 You twit. The aids virus dates from the early 80’s. Long before bio engineering was even close to manipulate viruses. You also believe in unicorns?

Contentious subject, but interesting. What are your thoughts or beliefs? [m.youtube.com]

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Sooo, 200,000 people infected with COVID-19 as of today, including 11,000 dead in the World, were all injected??? That is the nuttiest conspiracy theory I ever heard.

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@ForeverFree76 Careful, your tinfoil hat is coming undone. Aids virus was engineered.... laugh out loud.

Op-Ed: Politics and Religion Belong at the Dinner Table

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 21, 2020:

The new socialist movement has discovered that the very nature of being contentious and shutting down discourse is of value to the movement. And it fits human nature so well anyway. Blaming and shutting down communication is arguably the root of war. If we were to re-discover civil and respectful...

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

The problem is that if you allow civil discourse and teach everyone to consider each viewpoint on merit, the whole world will turn into conservative capitalists that tolerate all religions, races, sexes and cultures equally.

Will you fight?

Hanno comments on Mar 21, 2020:

UBI-FIT with progressive wealth taxation. The solution to the socialism-capitalism conflict by eliminating the weaknesses of both systems by only applying the strengths of each. Applied correctly it eliminates poverty, without punishing the hard working. It limits greed without the removing ...

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@808scotty I will not disagree with you! Some years ago I did some contract work for an American firm and the amounts of funding available from the US fed government was mind blowing.

Will you fight?

Hanno comments on Mar 21, 2020:

UBI-FIT with progressive wealth taxation. The solution to the socialism-capitalism conflict by eliminating the weaknesses of both systems by only applying the strengths of each. Applied correctly it eliminates poverty, without punishing the hard working. It limits greed without the removing ...

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@TimTuolomne Thanks for your responses. I will consider them and work on these ideas a bit more.

Will you fight?

Hanno comments on Mar 21, 2020:

UBI-FIT with progressive wealth taxation. The solution to the socialism-capitalism conflict by eliminating the weaknesses of both systems by only applying the strengths of each. Applied correctly it eliminates poverty, without punishing the hard working. It limits greed without the removing ...

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@808scotty, @TimTuolomne, Personally I would want to live in a world with very little government, where everybody treat everyone else with compassion and work hard for common good, you know, Utopia. I don’t live in that world. We need to have a level of unemployment to slow wage inflation. We need to be fair to those people and provide some kind of unemployment support. UBI deals with that problem with the smallest burocracy possible. A flat income tax rate with UBI simulates progressive income tax. We are already stuck with progressive income tax. A flat tax rate is again the simplest way to tax with smallest possible administration. Wealth tax is coming, like it or not. At least make it fair. 0% under $1m and then 0.1% till $10m. Then 0.5% till $100m and then 2% till $1b and then 4% over $1b. You can adjust above numbers to fit your country. I am looking for real flaws in my strategy.

Will you fight?

Hanno comments on Mar 21, 2020:

UBI-FIT with progressive wealth taxation. The solution to the socialism-capitalism conflict by eliminating the weaknesses of both systems by only applying the strengths of each. Applied correctly it eliminates poverty, without punishing the hard working. It limits greed without the removing ...

Hanno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

Ideally 90% all tax should be funded equally between a general sales tax, flat income tax and progressive wealth tax contributing 30% each. The remaining 10% can be funded by import/export taxes to help your local industry and “sin” taxes on things that people love to do but harm them... drugs and alcohol etc.

This Is THE END of Immigration And Globalization As We Know It, Trump And The EU Shutter Borders - ...

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 20, 2020:

The super-critical Left will still try to say nothing is good and try to destroy civilization to create their New World Order. Its up to all of us to lovingly say "That's nice." and ignore them.

Hanno replies on Mar 20, 2020:

There was a British tv show called Mrs Brown. When she said “That’s nice”, she meant £@ck You! 😂

Initial unemployment claims expected to rise above 2 million.

Hanno comments on Mar 20, 2020:

This is of course all Trumps fault. Right?

Hanno replies on Mar 20, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Wow, a coherent and fair post by you. Well done. Now while I have you in a reasonable state of mind: Compare Trump’s actions with other world leaders. Look at there “roadmap”. Why were all leaders slow to enact harsh quarantines and why did all them first waited to get information? It is because they all understood the massive economic impact this will have on their countries. Wrong decisions by them have massive impacts on the rest of us. All of them did stuff wrong and all them did stuff right. However what we see by the media and left wingers like you is only a focus in Boris Johnston and Trump, the two conservative leaders of importance. And then a very biased after the fact know better view. And that is why no one takes you seriously on IDW.

Following up on her balls-to-the-wall question yesterday indicting the bulk of the White House press...

N0DD comments on Mar 20, 2020:

"Much like the Spanish flu originated in Spain, and killed more people than any flu in history,..." Wrong! its well known that the flu pandemic of 1918 originated in the USA, not that that mattered to any of the 50 million that died. This is a verifiable fact for any body who knows their history or ...

Hanno replies on Mar 20, 2020:

@N0DD It is impossible to know that duck farmer was patient zero. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t. You do know who else got sick unreported before then. Rather stick with the facts and say the US was the first to discover it and more appropriate name should have been Kansas flu. None of that changes the fact that the current virus is from Wuhan and that to say it is racist to call it that... ludicrous.

Following up on her balls-to-the-wall question yesterday indicting the bulk of the White House press...

N0DD comments on Mar 20, 2020:

"Much like the Spanish flu originated in Spain, and killed more people than any flu in history,..." Wrong! its well known that the flu pandemic of 1918 originated in the USA, not that that mattered to any of the 50 million that died. This is a verifiable fact for any body who knows their history or ...

Hanno replies on Mar 20, 2020:

@N0DD it was 1918 you twit. It could have been all over Asia or South America and no one would have known. It was first recognised as a new outbreak in Kansas. Does not mean it originated there. 2019 completely different story.

Where is Trump's Roadmap for COVID19?

Rick-A comments on Mar 19, 2020:

POTUS has no idea that you even exist, and frankly posting your diatribe on the IDW is simply an indication to the rest of us of how delusional and removed from reality you are. Your making an even bigger fool of yourself than you usually manage to accomplish.

Hanno replies on Mar 20, 2020:

@Rick-A You can only laugh at the pompous pr!ck.

Where is Trump's Roadmap for COVID19?

Hanno comments on Mar 19, 2020:

From your posts Rick it is clear you have never managed significant numbers of people or dealt with complex problems where you were personally responsible. Do you really think the Potus has time to write you a nice roadmap to satisfy your curiosity? He is putting actual actions in place and does ...

Hanno replies on Mar 20, 2020:

@CuriousFury There would be many people involved. In NZ it is the Officer of Health, your equivalent Surgeon General, who leads it. The PM in the end communicate... just like Trump did. Don’t know what Rick Wiles expects other than to try and find a reason to blame Trump for something.

Where is Trump's Roadmap for COVID19?

Rick-A comments on Mar 19, 2020:

POTUS has no idea that you even exist, and frankly posting your diatribe on the IDW is simply an indication to the rest of us of how delusional and removed from reality you are. Your making an even bigger fool of yourself than you usually manage to accomplish.

Hanno replies on Mar 20, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Funny how you demand an argument of substance from Rick-A, however when I post an argument to you your only response is laughing emoji. You used to be better than this.

Where is Trump's Roadmap for COVID19?

Facci comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Google the daily updates and press conferences. It is a good place to start. Everything you say must start, has been underway for days and is common knowledge. We may not get past this until everyone has been exposed and many people die, but that is not the fault of government. It is merely ...

Hanno replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles The head of the CDC does not know that. How is Trump suppose to know. It is an evolving scenario. Things will be different in each country. Will USA go the way of South Korea or Iran? You as an American received far more information from your president than what I as a New Zealander received from prime minister. Even though I am not an Ardern supporter, I do not make demands on her and criticise her every move. I support her in this fully. She is doing all she can.

Where is Trump's Roadmap for COVID19?

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 19, 2020:

I suppose you have experience as an executive. If you have, then you know you don't make a move until you know what you are dealing with. Only a fool would take a step that might endanger his people more if it is in the wrong direction. And in an adversarial environment, I would not make my plans...

Hanno replies on Mar 19, 2020:

💯% agreement with you. Only once I became an executive manager did I realise how many difficult decisions you need to make with very little Information and no time.... people who has not been there has no clue. And when you make your plans known, everyone criticises however no one has solutions or better ideas. To demand that Trump provide a road map indicates Rick Wiles never had to manage large numbers of people or be responsible for significant problems... like most socialists.

you know what the tragedy about corvid is the people it kills are spending the end of there lives...

Facci comments on Mar 19, 2020:

This is my concern. My in laws may never see their grandchildren again. They are of the age, and health, that they could likely die during this lockdown regardless. Many seniors will die of loneliness.

Hanno replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@Facci Oh, I probably needed to explain. My parents live in South Africa and I live in New Zealand. We were about to fly over Australia to visit them , when the borders were closed. If it was up to me and my parents, we would gladly take the risk. However Qantas is canceling all its flights before we were to return, meaning we have no way of getting back to NZ. Potentially we could be stuck for some months since the NZ government warned us if we go they would not be responsible for us and may not send planes to get us when things go wrong. So we had to cancel.

Really ? Are they produced in china ?? [youtu.be]

Hanno comments on Mar 19, 2020:

The important word there is “possible”. I am “possibly” the most attractive man in the world... I would be delighted if hydroquinine cures Wuhan Coronavirus, however I find it unlikely that a cure for an amoeba disease will cure a viral disease. Not impossible, just unlikely. ...

Hanno replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@TimTuolomne My scepticism relates to the fact that Chloroquine is not a widely used therapy for other Coronavirus strains. Why would it suddenly work for Wuhan Coronavirus when it was not effective against SARS Coronavirus 1? I have not read up on this and is not an expert of course. So I may be proven wrong on this one.

you know what the tragedy about corvid is the people it kills are spending the end of there lives...

Facci comments on Mar 19, 2020:

This is my concern. My in laws may never see their grandchildren again. They are of the age, and health, that they could likely die during this lockdown regardless. Many seniors will die of loneliness.

Hanno replies on Mar 19, 2020:

I just had to cancel my trip to show my very elderly parents their grandchildren. I do not know when I will be able to take them again and if my parents will still be alive by that time. It sound dramatic, but it is what it is.

Steve Turley.

Hanno comments on Mar 18, 2020:

We are going to pay a terrible price for this outbreak. Will the world learn? This should be the clear sign to move production back into our own countries and live slightly poorer but independent lives.

Hanno replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@TimTuolomne It is not my concept and it is simply how things work. It is a simple matter of trade on a larger scale that benefit all. The concept of a one world government is another concept all together. It is another topic of discussion. Obviously I vigorously oppose that concept. This is getting off topic so all I can conclude is to say there is a difference between interdependent nations that work together for the each other’s greater good through fair trade, independent nations that protect themselves with trade restrictions and dependent countries who can only survive by sucking up to other nations.... you know Steve Covey principles of 7 habits of people upgraded to nations. You choose where you want to be. I choose interdependent countries that have strong but fair trade while keeping local key industries alive to ensure independence when you need it (like the outbreak we have now)z Trade between nations is important, we just should not be stupid going about it.

Trump's answer when asked why he calls it the Chinese virus: ' because it comes from China'.

WilyRickWiles comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Do you think we should punish China because it's the source of the virus, like Tom Cotton suggests?

Hanno replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles You see, I misunderstood what Bernie said. When corrected I apologise and refrain from such a statement again. Not difficult at all. Something you refuse to do. Says quite a bit about you and me.

Trump's answer when asked why he calls it the Chinese virus: ' because it comes from China'.

WilyRickWiles comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Do you think we should punish China because it's the source of the virus, like Tom Cotton suggests?

Hanno replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Mmm... Sanders did not say that billionaires should be punished with a wealth tax for not paying their low pay workers more? I apologise. I sincerely believed that to be his message. I was merely trying to point out the hypocrisy of your comment.

Steve Turley.

Hanno comments on Mar 18, 2020:

We are going to pay a terrible price for this outbreak. Will the world learn? This should be the clear sign to move production back into our own countries and live slightly poorer but independent lives.

Hanno replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@TimTuolomne Simple example: It will always be cheaper to produce and transport milk from NZ to Morocco than to produce it in Morocco ALWAYS. Simply because NZ has rain and soils to produce milk cheaply. Morocco does not. So Morocco sells NZ phosphate and NZ turns that phosphate into milk and sells it back to Morocco. So there you have an example where globalism will always best localism. Same with bananas in Panama, diamonds in Botswana, rice in India, high quality cars in Germany....etc etc. Now of course I agree with you on the production of many other things that are not site or resources specific. For example medicines should be manufactured at several locations in the works and not just 1 or two countries. And we will pay more for that and we will be poorer for it. But we will, in the long term be independent.

Steve Turley.

Hanno comments on Mar 18, 2020:

We are going to pay a terrible price for this outbreak. Will the world learn? This should be the clear sign to move production back into our own countries and live slightly poorer but independent lives.

Hanno replies on Mar 18, 2020:

@TimTuolomne No, that is simply not true. If it did not make things cheaper (and us relatively richer), we would never have had a global economy. The reason most of the stuff in your house come from China is because you buy the cheapest stuff you can get. Everyone does. If that stuff was made in the US, profits would be a lot less. Else we would not have moved production to China in the first place. Talk to anyone who manufacture a complex product and has to source the materials and components.

Trump's answer when asked why he calls it the Chinese virus: ' because it comes from China'.

WilyRickWiles comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Do you think we should punish China because it's the source of the virus, like Tom Cotton suggests?

Hanno replies on Mar 18, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Do you think we should punish hard working white men for being successful? No. Do you see how blaming white males for other people’s failures may stir up anti-white male sentiment? I think it is irresponsible of Sanders and I would not be surprised if it is intentional.

What Went Wrong with Coronavirus Testing in the U.S. | The New Yorker

Hanno comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Funny how dr Fauci, the guy that actually knows what goes on does not blame Trump nor the CDC... however Ricky and his buddies knows better... Oh wait a second, wasn’t it Ricky that was caught lying about Trump claiming he said it was a hoax with that fake video?

Hanno replies on Mar 18, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles At least now you conceive the truth. We both agree: Trump did not say the disease is a hoax, but the democrat blaming him was... so at least we are making progress.

What Went Wrong with Coronavirus Testing in the U.S. | The New Yorker

Hanno comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Funny how dr Fauci, the guy that actually knows what goes on does not blame Trump nor the CDC... however Ricky and his buddies knows better... Oh wait a second, wasn’t it Ricky that was caught lying about Trump claiming he said it was a hoax with that fake video?

Hanno replies on Mar 18, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles What exactly did Trump say that is not true... and I am referring here to the stuff you correctly quoted. I read it all and he is right. His numbers are correct and still are correct at this point in time . He agrees that it could and probably would get worse... however the media and the democrats have tried to create a panic that does more damage to our lives than the disease itself. The panic from this virus is causing a depression that will take at least 10 if not 20 years to recover from. No one is saying the disease is not real and we should not stop it... but the fear mongering and blaming Trump is silly. So I do not get the point of your post.

What Went Wrong with Coronavirus Testing in the U.S. | The New Yorker

Hanno comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Funny how dr Fauci, the guy that actually knows what goes on does not blame Trump nor the CDC... however Ricky and his buddies knows better... Oh wait a second, wasn’t it Ricky that was caught lying about Trump claiming he said it was a hoax with that fake video?

Hanno replies on Mar 17, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Come come Ricky, you directly stated Trump called the disease a hoax. He said the Democrat claims that he is responsible is a hoax. He never said the disease is a hoax. And what is more, if you go and read what Bob Coffee actually said was that the panic spread by the media is a hoax. I do not always agree with Bob Coffee, but he never said the actual disease is a hoax, but the media’s response was. That is how I understood Bob Coffee. He may correct me if I am wrong. PS. I actually went and read his post again. He clearly stated the disease is real.

What Went Wrong with Coronavirus Testing in the U.S. | The New Yorker

TimTuolomne comments on Mar 17, 2020:

The President has direct authority over foreign policy and originally the military. Other than that the President is more of a cheerleader. Of course one has to have some familiarity with the Constitution to be aware of that. So it is actually his job to be as positive as he can in the face of ...

Hanno replies on Mar 17, 2020:

When Ardern hugged Muslims after the Christchurch shootings, it did nothing to stop the next attack, however her positiveness and raising everyone’s moral was praised by everyone. Now Trump does the same and he is the devil.

Coronavirus Outbreak 2020

WilyRickWiles comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I know several people who have the symptoms but are unable to be tested.

Hanno replies on Mar 17, 2020:

Finland no longer tests, they assume if you have symptoms you have it and should isolate.

I really enjoy how calm, rational, and matter of fact these fellows are when presenting their views.

Clarken comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Thanks @MaskedRiderChris. I really admire that guy. I've tried to say everything he just said, but he says it sooooo much better. I think @Hanno, @BobCoffee1, @dmatic, would all like that video, too. And I wonder if my friend @BikerPetehall70 might not appreciate it as well? I'll be sharing ...

Hanno replies on Mar 16, 2020:

Thanks for the tag. This is nothing new. I say this to anyone... if you find yourself bored or have time on your hands, obtain Michael Crichton’s book “State of Fear”. It explains this phenomena in a very entertaining manner.

So there's now 3000 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the US and 57 deaths.

Hanno comments on Mar 15, 2020:

The issue is that covid 19 appears to be more infectious and mortality rate is 12,5 times more than common flu. Given the exponential nature of disease spread during the start of a pandemic, this could be much worse. So no, actions are needed, however we need suitable actions.

Hanno replies on Mar 15, 2020:

It is because Covid 19 has only been around three month... whereas the other strains have been around for years. So the big ramp up is still coming. We can slow it down though. You can calculate the mortality rate yourself. Simply divide the deaths with the reported infections. You will see it varied between less than 1% for South Korea to 6% for Italy. That number of course vary so much because age plays a big role in mortality and it is amplified by the small sample sets. Otherwise I agree with you, like I said, we need action, however it needs to be sensible, not the politicking that is going on now.

so if federal state and local government can disband church congregations, where does the line stand...

dmatic comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Interesting question! Obviously, the line is like a two lane highway, where the solid yellow is on the side the church is driving in. The State can pass into their lane anytime it feels like it, but not the other way around. To the State, the State is god!

Hanno replies on Mar 15, 2020:

Obviously because the government is elected to govern everyone and make laws. Your local church is a volunteer organisation that has no say in anyone’s lives outside the small volunteer group that belongs to it. And thank GOD for that!

For the do-it-yourselfers

Clarken comments on Mar 14, 2020:

Yeah, if you don't mind a mess sprayed all over. Like, how are you gonna contain the spray? And will it even thoroughly clean a messy back end? And then you still want to dry up, don't you?

Hanno replies on Mar 14, 2020:

Come on Clarken, don’t let a practical mindset ruin a funny meme... 😂

White House Knew Coronavirus Would Be A 'Major Threat' — But Response Fell Short : NPR

Hanno comments on Mar 12, 2020:

The desperation to show Trump has done something wrong is not helping your cause. When you look at his actual response, and what you try and claim indicates that you have nothing on him. I mean is that the best you’ve got? Together with the lie you told earlier about Trump calling the virus a...

Hanno replies on Mar 13, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles What is hilarious that the claim is that Trump did not ban public gatherings from the start... meanwhile your socialist leaders were having campaign rallies with no fear at the same time trying to win the democratic ticket. Puts things into perspective, doesn’t it?

White House Knew Coronavirus Would Be A 'Major Threat' — But Response Fell Short : NPR

Hanno comments on Mar 12, 2020:

The desperation to show Trump has done something wrong is not helping your cause. When you look at his actual response, and what you try and claim indicates that you have nothing on him. I mean is that the best you’ve got? Together with the lie you told earlier about Trump calling the virus a...

Hanno replies on Mar 13, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Then you quote ultra left wing propaganda to suggest Trump did less than say Hillary Clinton or Obama would have done if she was in his shoes? Not to mention Biden or Sanders. Like I said... for the external onlooker Trump’s response is severe... for you to say he is not doing enough... not very credible. And you still have not apologised for posting that heavily edited clip of Trump... and then lied about what Trump said.

White House Knew Coronavirus Would Be A 'Major Threat' — But Response Fell Short : NPR

Hanno comments on Mar 12, 2020:

The desperation to show Trump has done something wrong is not helping your cause. When you look at his actual response, and what you try and claim indicates that you have nothing on him. I mean is that the best you’ve got? Together with the lie you told earlier about Trump calling the virus a...

Hanno replies on Mar 13, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Oh, now suddenly BobCoffee is Trumps spokesperson? Or BobCoffee represent the right? Seriously?

Boris Johnsons Covid19 Statement summarised!

Facci comments on Mar 12, 2020:

Can you produce the quote to prove it?

Hanno replies on Mar 12, 2020:

Come now Facci... you cannot go and ruin a completely useless and pathetic attempt to make a meme by requesting for proof. You just have to n0dd and say yes, orange man bad.

Truth......

N0DD comments on Mar 11, 2020:

United States has killed 20 to 30 million people since WWII. Without counting the genocide of pre-Colombian Native Americans, the Mexican war, and the American civil war.

Hanno replies on Mar 11, 2020:

@iThink don’t let your facts spoil a good bullsht story...

What is the average mental age of people on the IDW?

Xtra comments on Mar 11, 2020:

There's no way to answer that question accurately.

Hanno replies on Mar 11, 2020:

One fool can ask more questions than a thousand wise men can answer.

Trump Halts CDC Fearmongering.

dmatic comments on Mar 9, 2020:

Also, follow God's instructed diet and quit eating pigs!

Hanno replies on Mar 9, 2020:

Which god?

Just want to remind everyone: The difference between a moderate Democrat and a progressive ...

Dmwils comments on Mar 4, 2020:

Sounds about right...we have to get the conservatives off their butts and to the polls.

Hanno replies on Mar 4, 2020:

It is also a matter of education... people need to learn history, cause and effect and basic economics. They will become conservatives and vote by themselves.

I heard COVID19 is a total hoax to bring down Trump. Is that true?

Hanno comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Only if you believe the left wing media!

Hanno replies on Mar 2, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Thanks for proving my point Rick. He does not say it a hoax or fake, he says it is being politicised by the left. He then said the that is a hoax that he did not take appropriate actions. Poor editing does not save you. So Rick, you are the liar. You stated that Trump said the virus is a hoax... not true. You lied.

I heard COVID19 is a total hoax to bring down Trump. Is that true?

Hanno comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Only if you believe the left wing media!

Hanno replies on Mar 2, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles That is exactly how the left media come up with “thousands” of Trump lies. They misquote him or purposefully misunderstood what he said and then claim he lied... Uh, no. You lied by misquoting him.

I heard COVID19 is a total hoax to bring down Trump. Is that true?

Hanno comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Only if you believe the left wing media!

Hanno replies on Mar 2, 2020:

@Leroy_Dumonde come now Leroy... Don’t let facts get in the way of a nice bullshit story!

Massive Bernie Sanders Rally In Boston, Mostly College Students. [twitter.com]

Clammypollack comments on Mar 1, 2020:

Many of us were liberals when we were younger. We got experience, knowledge, maturity and hopefully some wisdom and now we are conservatives.

Hanno replies on Mar 1, 2020:

True that!

Does anyone believe that the toothpaste can be put back into the tube when it comes to the ...

Kravman2 comments on Mar 1, 2020:

Whatever happens Europe will change. Everything changes and the history of Europe is one of continuous change. Even if Islam were to develop much more widely in Europe it would over time be a ‘European’ version which in itself would change. However all this takes time, a lot of time. But what ...

Hanno replies on Mar 1, 2020:

@Facci, @Kravman2 you also need to understand how the cultural differences are ever decreasing among countries the past 400 years. I have been to many countries in my life and we are all Americanised and before that Britishised.

Does anyone believe that the toothpaste can be put back into the tube when it comes to the ...

Kravman2 comments on Mar 1, 2020:

Whatever happens Europe will change. Everything changes and the history of Europe is one of continuous change. Even if Islam were to develop much more widely in Europe it would over time be a ‘European’ version which in itself would change. However all this takes time, a lot of time. But what ...

Hanno replies on Mar 1, 2020:

@Facci eventually yes. But remember that France only came in existence with Charles the great. Before that it was different tribes, different cultures and languages. Some back then may also have lamented his everything change.

Does anyone believe that the toothpaste can be put back into the tube when it comes to the ...

Hanno comments on Mar 1, 2020:

I honestly feel that the march to agnosticism/atheism is the only way the situation will resolve itself. They will not convert to modern Christianity (most christians don’t practice anyway)... however they will slip into apostasy in time. I have worked with many Turks and other Muslim ...

Hanno replies on Mar 1, 2020:

@Facci I went to Western Europe every year for a couple of weeks at a time for about 10 years and then spent two years in Belgium full time at the EU and Belgium Research centres. That’s now 7 yrs ago and I only go to Northern Europe every second year now, and that is only a few weeks a time. So things have changed a lot I agree. And my experience was mostly with highly educated Europeans and foreigners.

I have been so “Done” with Politicians for Decades that I find it odd for me to write the ...

Cariboome comments on Feb 29, 2020:

I wish we had his leadership here in Canada.

Hanno replies on Mar 1, 2020:

And here in NZ... there are NO leaders here. So depressing. I often feel compelled to enter politics... but I am a useless salesmen and here it is all old boys club .