The anti-quarantine protests seem spontaneous.

Boardwine comments on Apr 22, 2020:

I guess you want to stay on lock down until.....? A cure? I mean what do you think is going to happen? Let's stay in for another 2-3 months, will the virus be gone? No. Will the economy be completely destoryed along with millions of lives? Yes.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 22, 2020:

I think through the end of May is reasonable and hopefully should be enough time to ramp up testing to where it needs to be, start contact tracing, and start serology tests. As far as the economy, the people funding these protests are the same people preventing government from doing what it needs to do to freeze the economy.

As he so often does, Dennis Praeger asks an inconvenient question: IF HALF THE VIRUS DEATHS WERE ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 21, 2020:

The real question: If half the virus deaths were in New York and Montana were in charge, would New York lock down.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 21, 2020:

@Header Well it captures the real dynamic. It's not about personal freedoms. Rural America is going to do whatever it wants, regardless. They are upset at how New York's shutdown has hurt their own economy and they want New York to get back to work, casualties be damned.

Populism...

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 19, 2020:

Guns or Trusted State. Freedom or Safety. You don't have a trusted state, you never do 100%. You just trust it more the the people whose job it is to keep it trusted. A bit too many people look like they want the state to limit freedom. No You are distracted.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 20, 2020:

@Supra_Librix Complicit.

Do you see the fault lines between the left and liberals/centrists?

RyanLSumner comments on Apr 19, 2020:

I think this poll question needs clarification. What is meant by Fault Lines.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 20, 2020:

Their political differences or divisions.

Populism...

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 19, 2020:

Guns or Trusted State. Freedom or Safety. You don't have a trusted state, you never do 100%. You just trust it more the the people whose job it is to keep it trusted. A bit too many people look like they want the state to limit freedom. No You are distracted.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 19, 2020:

We both think we are objective. At least one of us is wrong.

Healthcare workers face off against anti-lockdown protesters in Colorado [twitter.

dd54 comments on Apr 19, 2020:

Would it not be better for the elected officials to hold some digital town halls in an effort to negotiate needed restrictions before the powder keg blows? The stats appear to bear out that there are many people who most likely have had the virus thinking it was a seasonal flu, minor symptoms of ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 19, 2020:

My idea would be to stay home for another month or until testing is ramped up and contact tracing and serology tests can begin.

Healthcare workers face off against anti-lockdown protesters in Colorado [twitter.

dd54 comments on Apr 19, 2020:

Would it not be better for the elected officials to hold some digital town halls in an effort to negotiate needed restrictions before the powder keg blows? The stats appear to bear out that there are many people who most likely have had the virus thinking it was a seasonal flu, minor symptoms of ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 19, 2020:

By stats do you mean one study from a highly infected area in Germany?

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@Supra_Librix You lost me a while ago.

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@Jeeper752 And you ignore the history of those southerners (Dixiecrats) and city folks (mobsters like Trump) who now call themselves Republicans at my peril.

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@Jeeper752 I mean I'm not going to defend Daley. I'm not even going to defend Biden's history. I'm talking about the current Democratic platform. Today it's a multicultural party including liberal former Republicans like myself.

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@Jeeper752 Certainly the Democrats formed a consensus with Republicans a few decades ago in the form of the War on Crime, but in recent years they have shifted toward criminal justice reform. It is the far right wing police unions, Republicans, and to a lesser degree nonpartisan, business friendly mayors like Rahm Emanuel and Michael Bloomberg who came of age politically during the War on Crime and continue to terrorize black and brown communities.

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@Jeeper752 I was talking about the current day. If you insist on my language being consistent across eras, replace "Republicans" with "right-wingers" in the above.

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 18, 2020:

@Supra_Librix For one thing, I'm not a one-issue voter. For another, there is a difference between prohibition and the regulation that the Democratic Party advocates. And as I've said before, a vote for the Republicans is a choice to use guns to oppress minorities. Regardless, while we are discussing two things that the Gun Girl said, neither of them have anything to do with guns.

Well paid CNN journos Jim Acosta, Wolf Blitzer fret over Trump 'stoking unrest' with jobless ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Jobless? They're small business owners who are part of Betsy Devos's tea party-esque groups and are upset about not being able to get their boat on the water and use their football season tickets.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 18, 2020:

@LancesNana I am fortunate to have savings, but not because my parents supported me or will leave me with an inheritance. During my childhood, they lost everything from several economic crises. On top of that, my father's bosses illegally cut my father loose when he was hurt on the job. Bosses do not have our interests at heart and will not save us even if they could.

Well paid CNN journos Jim Acosta, Wolf Blitzer fret over Trump 'stoking unrest' with jobless ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Jobless? They're small business owners who are part of Betsy Devos's tea party-esque groups and are upset about not being able to get their boat on the water and use their football season tickets.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 18, 2020:

@LancesNana Their bosses or former bosses don't speak for them.

Well paid CNN journos Jim Acosta, Wolf Blitzer fret over Trump 'stoking unrest' with jobless ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Jobless? They're small business owners who are part of Betsy Devos's tea party-esque groups and are upset about not being able to get their boat on the water and use their football season tickets.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 18, 2020:

@Rosary_Trace It's her organization--you said it yourself. She's involved by virtue of her money and leadership of the organization. She doesn't have to be personally involved in planning an action--though she may be at some level.

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 18, 2020:

@Supra_Librix I don't love them but I'm not calling for them to be prohibited either.

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 18, 2020:

@Supra_Librix Authoritarianism is where I draw the line.

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 18, 2020:

@Supra_Librix That's my point. Yet those solutions are being offered by a popular libertarian.

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 18, 2020:

@Supra_Librix "This" referring to the content of the images.

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 18, 2020:

@Supra_Librix They have nothing to do with protesters with guns either.

Is this liberty to you?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Here's my issue with the anti-trump narrative. Both of those memes depend on an imaginary logic. The timing is a little bad because everyone is in lockdown. There are Trump supporters protesting in the street for liberty. It's one thing when hippies protest, but when people with gun ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 18, 2020:

They're not memes.

Is this liberty to you?

SpikeTalon comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Do sarcasm (poor sarcasm at that) and emotionally charged personal opinions (ironic given what she stated in her comment) always have to be taken seriously?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 18, 2020:

I think it's valid to question whether Kaitlin Bennett and Liberty Hangout should be taken seriously, but the fact is that she has been taken seriously by many up to this point.

Is this liberty to you?

Facci comments on Apr 17, 2020:

I think those fake memes are where Schiff gets his information from.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

Do a search on IDW, you'll find all of her videos.

Is this liberty to you?

Facci comments on Apr 17, 2020:

I think those fake memes are where Schiff gets his information from.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

Again, are you not aware of Kaitlin Bennett?

Is this liberty to you?

govols comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Define liberty.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

@govols How exactly would he not be dictator if someone had the power to declare him president for life?

Is this liberty to you?

Facci comments on Apr 17, 2020:

So, a leftist creates a meme that represents the leftists distortion of reality and other lefties use it as source material against conservatives?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

What meme are you talking about?

Is this liberty to you?

Facci comments on Apr 17, 2020:

The left can't meme.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

@Facci You don't know who Kaitlin Bennett is? Or about her website Liberty Hangout? She's the gun girl from Kent State who was a Talking Points USA chapter leader and reporter for InfoWars.

Is this liberty to you?

govols comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Define liberty.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

@govols He would be if he was "declared President for life."

Is this liberty to you?

Serg97 comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Sound like the best idea you have ever had Ricky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

What does? Those aren't my Twitter posts.

Is this liberty to you?

Facci comments on Apr 17, 2020:

The left can't meme.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

It's not a meme. It's a pair of right-wing libertarian Twitter posts.

Is this liberty to you?

govols comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Define liberty.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

@Facci Donald Trump. Cf. the first image.

Is this liberty to you?

govols comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Define liberty.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

@govols Do you think those actions would increase liberty in the United States?

Is this liberty to you?

govols comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Define liberty.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

Can you have liberty with a dictator or without women's suffrage?

Is this liberty to you?

govols comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Define liberty.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

How about the definition implied by those two screenshots?

Antifa makes hand sanitizer while Proud Boys block ambulances [oregonlive.com] [youtube.com]

cRaZyTMG comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Who's paying for the production materials? Even if the labour is free (which I doubt) a free lunch should never go to waste. And why a proud boys hook?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

@cRaZyTMG

until someone better comes along 🍊 Donald is our Captain Orange we lucky we didn’t get ...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 17, 2020:

To anyone who believes in our system, Trump is the President. To anyone who doesn't think so, they are the subversives, the treasonous and the seditious.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

Terminal pedantry right here.

Anyone else make the same observation?

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 4, 2020:

While there are a lot of people of color endangering their health for the greater good by delivering packages, working at grocery stores, and working in hospitals, some striking with support from socialists, I have not seen any Proud Boys or Blue Lives Matter setting up temporary hospitals or ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

@SpikeTalon Hmm... works for me. Here: https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/portland-anti-fascists-are-making-hand-sanitizer-for-essential-workers-homeless-residents.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d77M58BbhYY

Antifa makes hand sanitizer while Proud Boys block ambulances [oregonlive.com] [youtube.com]

cRaZyTMG comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Who's paying for the production materials? Even if the labour is free (which I doubt) a free lunch should never go to waste. And why a proud boys hook?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

The Proud Boys and Betsy DeVos's orgs protested the stay at home order in Michigan the other day and blocked an ambulance. They've been known to fight antifa. Hard times show their respective true colors.

Antifa makes hand sanitizer while Proud Boys block ambulances [oregonlive.com] [youtube.com]

cRaZyTMG comments on Apr 17, 2020:

Who's paying for the production materials? Even if the labour is free (which I doubt) a free lunch should never go to waste. And why a proud boys hook?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

They raised $10,000 in small donations.

Anyone else make the same observation?

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 4, 2020:

While there are a lot of people of color endangering their health for the greater good by delivering packages, working at grocery stores, and working in hospitals, some striking with support from socialists, I have not seen any Proud Boys or Blue Lives Matter setting up temporary hospitals or ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 17, 2020:

@SpikeTalon https://idw.community/group/culturewar/discussion/91686/antifa-makes-hand-sanitizer-while-proud-boys-block-ambulances-https-www-oregonlive-com-coronaviru

How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air [nytimes.

govols comments on Apr 15, 2020:

And your thoughts are?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@Serg97 That's not what I meant, but OK!

How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air [nytimes.

govols comments on Apr 15, 2020:

And your thoughts are?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@Serg97 I'm saying those are things that have inflated in recent years--I think government should play a bigger role in providing them--let the rest of the economy pick up some of that balance.

How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air [nytimes.

Serg97 comments on Apr 15, 2020:

There are only two ways to pay the debt we are/have created!! 1. RAISE TAXES, which you know THEY won't do, because THEY would not get re-elected or retain their current job/power!!! 2. DEVALUE the Dollar so that everything takes two or three times as much to buy!! THEY will spread this over a ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@Serg97 I'm talking about things that have inflated meaningfully in recent decades.

How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air [nytimes.

govols comments on Apr 15, 2020:

And your thoughts are?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@govols I think it should be fine, though any cash not being invested is going to suffer from some inflation over the course of decades.

How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air [nytimes.

govols comments on Apr 15, 2020:

And your thoughts are?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@Serg97 Sure, there's inflation if people have more money than the goods they can buy with it. But it doesn't necessarily devalue the dollar if it is financing economic activity. And one might decide there is a balance to strike for the public good.

How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air [nytimes.

govols comments on Apr 15, 2020:

And your thoughts are?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@Serg97 It prints money to buy the debt and returns any income to the Treasury that issued it. It's effectively an accounting gimmick for money printing.

How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air [nytimes.

Serg97 comments on Apr 15, 2020:

There are only two ways to pay the debt we are/have created!! 1. RAISE TAXES, which you know THEY won't do, because THEY would not get re-elected or retain their current job/power!!! 2. DEVALUE the Dollar so that everything takes two or three times as much to buy!! THEY will spread this over a ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

Why should I care about the effect loose money has outside of my lifetime? We're dealing with near-deflation right now despite Fed policy. So far the money printing hasn't trickled down to the real economy. The only things that have suffered from inflation are public goods like health care and college.

How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air [nytimes.

govols comments on Apr 15, 2020:

And your thoughts are?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@Serg97 When the Fed buys the debt, it ceases to exist at maturity. Yes, there is a balancing act, but it's not budgetary, it's in the economy. And keep in mind that because of structural reasons, inflation is not a problem right now.

How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air [nytimes.

govols comments on Apr 15, 2020:

And your thoughts are?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

Good. I hope that they go further in running deficits and purchasing debt so that ordinary people are helped more directly (e.g. health care, higher education, housing, and UBI), giving them the capital they need to shape their lives, so that monetary policy serves small businesses and not just corporate consolidation, so that state governments are able to keep federalism alive without being crushed by pension obligations, and so that global challenges like climate change can be confronted.

The Rise of Karen-ism Means This Lockdown Nonsense Needs To End Soon [townhall.com]

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 15, 2020:

Oh the irony of a conservative scold calling out Karens.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@dmatic OK, I'll make a guess... you're lazily tarring me as an "SJW?"

The Rise of Karen-ism Means This Lockdown Nonsense Needs To End Soon [townhall.com]

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 15, 2020:

Oh the irony of a conservative scold calling out Karens.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@dmatic Explain.

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.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@Hanno, @TimTuolomne I'd like to thank Hanno once again for following me from thread to thread, screeching that I impugned his idol Trump's honor by posting about how he called criticism by Democrats and others of his slow response to COVID-19 "their new hoax" (that is the "left-wing propaganda" to which Hanno refers). As a reminder, in the same characteristically incoherent speech, which followed weeks of minimizing the virus, Trump likened it to the flu and suggested that its spread had been halted at 15 cases and 0 deaths thanks to his efforts. In light of those numbers, he accused the media of being hysterical for claiming that tens to hundreds of thousands of people might die. Hanno, you see, is a Trump fanatic (which is cute coming from a Kiwi), an obsessive (like his fellow Kiwi, Trevor Loudon), a pedant, and hypocritically, often stubbornly illogical himself. Just take this inane exchange a couple weeks ago. https://idw.community/discussion/88003/critiquing-the-intellectual-dark-web-michael-brooks-against-the-web-merion-west?cid=1161571

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.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@Hanno https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-not-human-made-lab-genetic-analysis-nature Now where is the evidence for the claims of these propagandists? You folks are so credulous!

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.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@Hanno, @TimTuolomne It claims that China engineered the virus.

Just when you thought fake news couldn't get any worse: "This guy died twice"

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 14, 2020:

It's the same person and the same story.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 14, 2020:

He taught law enforcement courses--and probably started AFTER HE RETIRED FROM BEING A COP! https://www.memphis.edu/cjustice/contactus/lenard-wells.php

Just when you thought fake news couldn't get any worse: "This guy died twice"

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 14, 2020:

It's the same person and the same story.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 14, 2020:

@Rick-A, @Obiwannosi Read the story. Try not to be so gullible. https://fox6now.com/2020/03/22/69-year-old-retired-milwaukee-police-officer-died-from-covid-19/

How COVID has kicked Uber and Lyft drivers to the curb

CookieMonster comments on Apr 13, 2020:

If wages are heading south they should of been looking to bail a lot sooner imo.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 13, 2020:

Part of the problem I think is that the rates are obfuscated by the apps.

Admin, might it be judicious to go ahead and free Wily?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 13, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles where is your response to this sophistry? I'd love to hear your side.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 13, 2020:

@Supra_Librix My last conversation with Chuckpo before the suspension--I can't see it anymore though. https://idw.community/group/KeepOut/post/49780/how-in-the-heck-did-we-hire-these-two-enemies-of-the-united-states-for-the-us-house-of-representativ?aid=61602

Admin, might it be judicious to go ahead and free Wily?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 13, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles where is your response to this sophistry? I'd love to hear your side.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 13, 2020:

@Supra_Librix Canuckamok and HighQ may have been involved as well.

Admin, might it be judicious to go ahead and free Wily?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 13, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles where is your response to this sophistry? I'd love to hear your side.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 13, 2020:

@Supra_Librix I was glad to have the support here from a number of people who otherwise disagree with me.

Admin, might it be judicious to go ahead and free Wily?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 13, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles where is your response to this sophistry? I'd love to hear your side.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 13, 2020:

@Supra_Librix I was suspended from making posts or comments (but not replies) for a week, if I remember correctly. I never found out why, but I believe it followed a rather contentious debate with Chuckpo, who always had it out for me and made things very personal. He disappeared from the site around the same time.

Admin, might it be judicious to go ahead and free Wily?

SupraLibrix comments on Apr 13, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles where is your response to this sophistry? I'd love to hear your side.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 13, 2020:

I think I replied to some comments here, but I can't see them anymore. And this was a while ago.

How many genders? Watch to conclusion😂[youtu.be]

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Is that what a MAGAsexual looks like?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 10, 2020:

@BikerPetehall70 I count two Trump Pepes right here.

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — ...

GaryLK comments on Apr 9, 2020:

WilyRickWiles Your responses actually reinforce my point. Statistical analysis is extremely complex and the way to elucidate facts from statistical information is to take a totally objective position from the outset. There could be any number of reasons for a disproportionate number of 'black' ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 10, 2020:

Dude look in the mirror.

Trump 2020 Location-Tracking Firm Cashing in on Coronavirus

Serg97 comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Ricky, And I THOUGHT that I was a conspiracy NUT!! You put me to shame, keep drinking the KOOLAID, you make me feel good about myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 9, 2020:

@Serg97 It's all about discerning the TRUE conspiracies.

How many genders? Watch to conclusion😂[youtu.be]

WilyRickWiles comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Is that what a MAGAsexual looks like?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 9, 2020:

@BikerPetehall70 Umm... you posted something with Trump memes. And I made light of it...

Trump 2020 Location-Tracking Firm Cashing in on Coronavirus

Serg97 comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Ricky, And I THOUGHT that I was a conspiracy NUT!! You put me to shame, keep drinking the KOOLAID, you make me feel good about myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 9, 2020:

Where's the conspiracy theory?

Heather Long on Twitter: "Just In: GOP Senator Josh Hawley (Missouri) proposes a Denmark-style plan ...

Serg97 comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Have we all forgot the PLAIN FACT that the government CAN NOT give ANYTHING that was not taken from someone else!!!!! Where is ALL of this going to come from???????????????? Or should I say WHO??????

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 9, 2020:

@Serg97 It's pretty intertwined with the state these days. Think the Federal Reserve, private equity, and people like Bill Gates.

Heather Long on Twitter: "Just In: GOP Senator Josh Hawley (Missouri) proposes a Denmark-style plan ...

Serg97 comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Have we all forgot the PLAIN FACT that the government CAN NOT give ANYTHING that was not taken from someone else!!!!! Where is ALL of this going to come from???????????????? Or should I say WHO??????

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 9, 2020:

Tell that to capital.

The new intellectuals of the American right

Boardwine comments on Apr 8, 2020:

Utter bullshit. The libertarian wing of the right is growing daily.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 8, 2020:

And COVID-19 desecrated its corpse.

The new intellectuals of the American right

Boardwine comments on Apr 8, 2020:

Utter bullshit. The libertarian wing of the right is growing daily.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 8, 2020:

It died the day Trump was elected.

Ida Bae Wells on Twitter: "When Covid-19 first hit America hard last month, the narrative was that ...

RobBlair comments on Apr 6, 2020:

This type of equality (equality of outcome) is a call for everyone to be equally poor and miserable and stems from jealousy. Instead, focus on being individually exceptional and deny those voices that would hold you to the bondage of victimhood. No sane American wants to be brought down to be ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 7, 2020:

@RobBlair That's a pretty simplistic view of racism.

Ida Bae Wells on Twitter: "When Covid-19 first hit America hard last month, the narrative was that ...

ProfMC comments on Apr 7, 2020:

For some people, racism is everywhere....even in a virus from China?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 7, 2020:

It's not the virus that's racist. It's the racial inequality in society that the virus reveals.

Ida Bae Wells on Twitter: "When Covid-19 first hit America hard last month, the narrative was that ...

RobBlair comments on Apr 6, 2020:

This type of equality (equality of outcome) is a call for everyone to be equally poor and miserable and stems from jealousy. Instead, focus on being individually exceptional and deny those voices that would hold you to the bondage of victimhood. No sane American wants to be brought down to be ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 7, 2020:

@RobBlair An election does not magically give millions of people good health, wealth, and connections, nor does it cure every form of racism.

Pharma-Funded Group Tied to a Top Trump Donor Is Promoting Malaria Drug to the President – Sludge

Boardwine comments on Apr 7, 2020:

Whatever commie. It's working. Or would you rather people die as opposed to trying?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 7, 2020:

Is it, mafiosi?

Ida Bae Wells on Twitter: "When Covid-19 first hit America hard last month, the narrative was that ...

RobBlair comments on Apr 6, 2020:

This type of equality (equality of outcome) is a call for everyone to be equally poor and miserable and stems from jealousy. Instead, focus on being individually exceptional and deny those voices that would hold you to the bondage of victimhood. No sane American wants to be brought down to be ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 7, 2020:

@RobBlair A few exceptions do not change the broader disparity. And people do not immigrate to this country as blank slates--they bring their class/wealth with them.

Ida Bae Wells on Twitter: "When Covid-19 first hit America hard last month, the narrative was that ...

Naomi comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Hello. According to this article https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate: *As public health officials watched cases rise in March, too many in the community shrugged off warnings. Rumors and conspiracy ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 6, 2020:

Doesn't make much of a difference how seriously you take it if you can't work from home and have to cram into public transportation and work as a cashier every day, for example.

Ida Bae Wells on Twitter: "When Covid-19 first hit America hard last month, the narrative was that ...

RobBlair comments on Apr 6, 2020:

This type of equality (equality of outcome) is a call for everyone to be equally poor and miserable and stems from jealousy. Instead, focus on being individually exceptional and deny those voices that would hold you to the bondage of victimhood. No sane American wants to be brought down to be ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 6, 2020:

@RobBlair Is it really that wild of a notion that class might be tied up with race in this country?

Ida Bae Wells on Twitter: "When Covid-19 first hit America hard last month, the narrative was that ...

Dmwils comments on Apr 6, 2020:

As long as there are those who constantly whine about everything and those who constantly throw out the race card there will never be equality. Man places this inequality in his path by his thoughts about himself. You can only be below someone if you choose to be below.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 6, 2020:

If only they'd stop whining they'd stop dying from COVID-19!

Ida Bae Wells on Twitter: "When Covid-19 first hit America hard last month, the narrative was that ...

govols comments on Apr 6, 2020:

EVERYTHING is racist. Every single time.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 6, 2020:

NOTHING is racist! Never!

Ida Bae Wells on Twitter: "When Covid-19 first hit America hard last month, the narrative was that ...

RobBlair comments on Apr 6, 2020:

This type of equality (equality of outcome) is a call for everyone to be equally poor and miserable and stems from jealousy. Instead, focus on being individually exceptional and deny those voices that would hold you to the bondage of victimhood. No sane American wants to be brought down to be ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 6, 2020:

Is this reality what equality of opportunity looks like?

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — ...

beekeeper comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Here's the thing as I see it . If you practice social distancing , stay in your home, wash your hands and keep your hand away from your face you greatly minimize the chance of getting it no matter what race you are . Now what does that tell you ?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 6, 2020:

For grocery store workers with a pre-existing health problem, for example, their job is basically a kill zone right now.

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — ...

beekeeper comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Here's the thing as I see it . If you practice social distancing , stay in your home, wash your hands and keep your hand away from your face you greatly minimize the chance of getting it no matter what race you are . Now what does that tell you ?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 6, 2020:

I know that black people are more likely to be poor and working class. Poor and working class people are more likely to be essential workers (i.e. they can't work from home), laid off, or furloughed, have poor or no health insurance, and live in unsafe housing and communities.

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — ...

GaryLK comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Basic problem with the validity of the entire analysis is assuming anyone who is not 100% white is ipso facto black. COVID19 seems to be disproportionately affecting men compared to woman for biological reasons but no one seems to care. Stop trying to turn a strictly biological phenomena into a ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 6, 2020:

"COVID19 seems to be disproportionately affecting men compared to woman for biological reasons but no one seems to care." Also worth looking into.

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — ...

GaryLK comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Basic problem with the validity of the entire analysis is assuming anyone who is not 100% white is ipso facto black. COVID19 seems to be disproportionately affecting men compared to woman for biological reasons but no one seems to care. Stop trying to turn a strictly biological phenomena into a ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 6, 2020:

"Stop trying to turn a strictly biological phenomena into a ideologically obsessed socially constructed phenomena." Do we have to cover our eyes too when we go to the grocery store, take a delivery, take public transportation, our even read the numbers now, in order to satisfy Gary's color blind sensibilities? There is definitely a class/race divide in how people are able to respond to this crisis and it is obvious anytime one looks outside.

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — ...

GaryLK comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Basic problem with the validity of the entire analysis is assuming anyone who is not 100% white is ipso facto black. COVID19 seems to be disproportionately affecting men compared to woman for biological reasons but no one seems to care. Stop trying to turn a strictly biological phenomena into a ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 6, 2020:

"Basic problem with the validity of the entire analysis is assuming anyone who is not 100% white is ipso facto black." That's not the case though.

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — ...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Bogus as a 3 dollar bill. No data set referenced. And the fact that the CDC does not specify infections by "race" is a good thing. Those who feel there are races among human beings are not influencing the CDC. Now that we have sequenced the human genome, we know beyond doubt that there are no ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@TimTuolomne You said "no data set referenced." You were wrong. The article was referencing Milwaukee's dashboard and provided a link. Has nothing to do with the CDC.

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — ...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Bogus as a 3 dollar bill. No data set referenced. And the fact that the CDC does not specify infections by "race" is a good thing. Those who feel there are races among human beings are not influencing the CDC. Now that we have sequenced the human genome, we know beyond doubt that there are no ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@TimTuolomne Neither is the CDC what?

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — ...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Bogus as a 3 dollar bill. No data set referenced. And the fact that the CDC does not specify infections by "race" is a good thing. Those who feel there are races among human beings are not influencing the CDC. Now that we have sequenced the human genome, we know beyond doubt that there are no ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

You're correct that there is no scientific basis to race, however that has not stopped humans from racializing other humans.

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate — ...

TimTuolomne comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Bogus as a 3 dollar bill. No data set referenced. And the fact that the CDC does not specify infections by "race" is a good thing. Those who feel there are races among human beings are not influencing the CDC. Now that we have sequenced the human genome, we know beyond doubt that there are no ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

Read more closely. "The county’s online dashboard of coronavirus cases keeps up-to-date information on the racial breakdown of those who have tested positive." https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/COVID-19 And this just in from Chicago: https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/in-chicago-70-of-covid19-deaths-are-black/dd3f295f-445e-4e38-b37f-a1503782b507

US political parties in a nutshell: Democrats serve capital and Republicans serve capitalists.

Xtra comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Not all Democrats think alike. Not all Republicans think alike.

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

Electeds largely do.

Florida's slow response: How the sunshine state got it so wrong | Florida | The Guardian

Serg97 comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Ricky, have you done the math? Number of cases vs the population? Maybe you should ask why the country is reacting as it is! Also, check the numbers re: Flu outbreaks and cases over the last ten years!!

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@Serg97 All you offer in return is "total fake news hoax witch hunt." Do better!

US political parties in a nutshell: Democrats serve capital and Republicans serve capitalists.

govols comments on Apr 5, 2020:

What does that even mean?

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

Democrats work for the group of people and institutions that finance big business while Republicans work for specific billionaires who finance big business.

Florida's slow response: How the sunshine state got it so wrong | Florida | The Guardian

Serg97 comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Ricky, have you done the math? Number of cases vs the population? Maybe you should ask why the country is reacting as it is! Also, check the numbers re: Flu outbreaks and cases over the last ten years!!

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

We're already near capacity for ICU beds and 40% capacity for hospital beds overall in Illinois.

Florida's slow response: How the sunshine state got it so wrong | Florida | The Guardian

Serg97 comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Ricky, have you done the math? Number of cases vs the population? Maybe you should ask why the country is reacting as it is! Also, check the numbers re: Flu outbreaks and cases over the last ten years!!

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

Yes, I've done the math. Do you understand that there is no built-in immunity to COVID-19? Do you understand that the number of cases is grows exponentially? Do you understand how that many cases all at once exceeds our health care capacity and leads to many more deaths, including people without COVID-19?

Farmworkers, Mostly Undocumented, Become ‘Essential’ During Pandemic

SpikeTalon comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Some would say they are taking jobs away from Americans...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@SpikeTalon "Quite a few."

Farmworkers, Mostly Undocumented, Become ‘Essential’ During Pandemic

SpikeTalon comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Some would say they are taking jobs away from Americans...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@SpikeTalon Sounds like a fantasy to me.

Farmworkers, Mostly Undocumented, Become ‘Essential’ During Pandemic

SpikeTalon comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Some would say they are taking jobs away from Americans...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

Funny how the people we invite to do all of our work historically don't get to be Americans and are put in these precarious situations where they'll be expelled or experience violence if they don't play by their boss's rules: African slaves, Chinese railroad workers, and farm workers from Mexico and Central America.

Farmworkers, Mostly Undocumented, Become ‘Essential’ During Pandemic

SpikeTalon comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Some would say they are taking jobs away from Americans...

WilyRickWiles replies on Apr 5, 2020:

Go west, young American! "In a 2017 survey of farmers by the California Farm Bureau, 55 percent reported labor shortages, and the figure was nearly 70 percent for those who depend on seasonal workers. Wage increases in recent years have not compensated for the shortfall, growers said."