We’ve always been at war with Covid-19?
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I think for the 1%ers the genocide is a feature, not a bug.
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“The GBU-53/B StormBreaker, previously known as the Small Diameter Bomb II…” Wikipedia
Stormbreaker?! Really? I’d love to get to name military hardware. “The Raytheon GBU-53/B Bellend.”
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ISTR reading somewhere about a study of the efficacy of technicians that had just been trained over a week or so on one model of ventilator. They were not as good as trained nurses but pretty effective. And WAY better than nothing.
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You know what it’s like - a billion here, a billion there, and soon you’re talking about real money!
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Are you suggesting GM is grifting? 1 billion divided by 80000 is 12,500 per ventilator. In a related “story” - $36,000 per ventilator was “a very low price” in 2015.
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I’m not sure whether it is a good thing that Trump has not seemed to realize just what a great position the person that controls the supply of ventilators will be in when this gets really bad. I hesitate to think what exactly he would demand in return for them when he LITERALLY has the power of life and death. Because he is at his core an amoral bully so we can assume that he would take full advantage of that.
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There’s not enough subcontractors between vendor and buyer that can funnel some of the money to GOP re-election campaigns.
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Bail Out Bomb
Wall Street Tank
etc. etc.
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Obama probably bears some blame, too, for so thoroughly dismantling him at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011.
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They’re gonna get plenty of opportunities to practice, too.
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Are you kidding? That’s “Plan A” at all times. Lie and then lie about lying. When called out on that second lie, lie again. Repeat forever.
This I absolutely agree with, if the price was legitimately inflated and not just a case of the Fucker in Chief practicing the art of his deal. “I know I can talk them down to a nickel apiece. I know they can’t be worth more than that.”
It’s a shame a couple billion of the $2 trillion Hail Mary wasn’t set aside for necessary medical equipment, but if it had been I’m sure it wouldn’t have come from the corporate bailout chunk.
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My understanding is that it’s billions of dollars. Interesting that Mexico would now like one in place to keep Americans out of their country.
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If it was Trump business they would take the Vents, then not pay for them…
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For comparison, Trump’s golf trips have cost $133,800,000+.
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For a “wartime President” Donnie doesn’t get that sometimes urgency outweighs cost.
“Yeah, I know you need tanks. But have you seen how much they cost? I wanna shop around, see if I can get a lower price. I’m sure you boys can hold off the Wehrmacht for a couple months while I do that, right?”
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History will show that every decision Trump made only exacerbated the problem.
Or course, here and now, conservatives are praising his “leadership” and blaming the media and Democrats for everything.
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Hey, GM, keep making 'em… I’m sure Canada will give you a fair price on those ventilators.
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Is that an accurate number for the ventilators? If so, GM’s price isn’t that bad.
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