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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157876</link>
		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Victoria, er, &lt;b&gt;Kick&lt;/b&gt; wrote,

&lt;i&gt;the Democrats...didn&#039;t have to prove a dang thing... because &lt;b&gt;you did it for them when you set the metric which Trump couldn&#039;t live up to... and Trump is just getting started.&lt;/b&gt; Epic fail by your metric.

I believe the Democrats would most definitely like to thank the inveterate gullible Trump chump for volunteering that metric by which Trump should be judged. :)&lt;/i&gt;

And this is just sooo many reasons I don&#039;t get why anyone has Trump Deification Syndrome. No way I&#039;d put up with even a fraction of this in a Democratic President.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Victoria, er, <b>Kick</b> wrote,</p>
<p><i>the Democrats...didn't have to prove a dang thing... because <b>you did it for them when you set the metric which Trump couldn't live up to... and Trump is just getting started.</b> Epic fail by your metric.</p>
<p>I believe the Democrats would most definitely like to thank the inveterate gullible Trump chump for volunteering that metric by which Trump should be judged. :)</i></p>
<p>And this is just sooo many reasons I don't get why anyone has Trump Deification Syndrome. No way I'd put up with even a fraction of this in a Democratic President.</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157867</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike
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&lt;i&gt;Facts to support??? &lt;/i&gt;

Read the blog. You claimed no one discussed it. You&#039;re a bald-faced LIAR. 

&lt;i&gt;And yet, President Trump is STILL President and you Democrats morons haven&#039;t proved shit.. :D &lt;/i&gt;

I&#039;m not a Democrat, but were I to speak for the Democrats here in Weigantia -- not that they need any help from me -- they didn&#039;t have to prove a dang thing... because you did it for them when you set the metric which Trump couldn&#039;t live up to... and Trump is just getting started. Epic fail by your metric.

I believe the Democrats would most definitely like to thank the inveterate gullible Trump chump for volunteering that metric by which Trump should be judged. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike<br />
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<p><i>Facts to support??? </i></p>
<p>Read the blog. You claimed no one discussed it. You're a bald-faced LIAR. </p>
<p><i>And yet, President Trump is STILL President and you Democrats morons haven't proved shit.. :D </i></p>
<p>I'm not a Democrat, but were I to speak for the Democrats here in Weigantia -- not that they need any help from me -- they didn't have to prove a dang thing... because you did it for them when you set the metric which Trump couldn't live up to... and Trump is just getting started. Epic fail by your metric.</p>
<p>I believe the Democrats would most definitely like to thank the inveterate gullible Trump chump for volunteering that metric by which Trump should be judged. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157866</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, my normal schedule still applies...

My time now belongs to my lovely wife..  :D

&lt;B&gt;&quot;See ya tomorrow!! MAYBE!!&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-Bill Murray, GROUNDHOG DAY 

:D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, my normal schedule still applies...</p>
<p>My time now belongs to my lovely wife..  :D</p>
<p><b>"See ya tomorrow!! MAYBE!!"</b><br />
-Bill Murray, GROUNDHOG DAY </p>
<p>:D</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157865</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bashi
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&lt;i&gt;So this is a drive by spewage rather than a continuous stream? :D &lt;/i&gt;

Heh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bashi<br />
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<p><i>So this is a drive by spewage rather than a continuous stream? :D </i></p>
<p>Heh.</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157864</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike
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&lt;i&gt;And I see Victoria is back, spewing her fact-less BS..&lt;/i&gt;

I&#039;m not back, I never left. 

&lt;i&gt;Again, funny how the morons ignore Odumbo&#039;s 12,000+ American dead..

And try to attack President Trump.... &lt;/i&gt;

Said the moron who whined incessantly about the &quot;decidedly non serious&quot; novel coronavirus and repeatedly set that metric for Trump that he blew past in a few days. So nice of you to shine a klieg light on the incompetence of Donald Trump using your own criteria. No one else need do a thing when you&#039;ve done it for us.

&lt;i&gt;I guess only dead Americans matter to Victoria when she can use them to beat President Trump over the head with... &lt;/i&gt;

You&#039;re not Donald Trump, but it is your metric, moron. I guess if you didn&#039;t want Donald Trump measured by it, you wouldn&#039;t have prattled on and on about it. Tough break when Your Rotisserie-Chicken Colored Worship can&#039;t even live up to what you assured us was &quot;incompetence.&quot; Epic fail for Donald... according to you, of course. 

&lt;i&gt;But even she is to chicken to make a wager about President Trump&#039;s guaranteed re-election.. :D &lt;/i&gt;

Not chicken... just completely and totally not interested in making a wager with anyone.

&lt;i&gt;I guess she is conceding that I am factually accurate with my prediction.. :D &lt;/i&gt;

Oh, please. You got your ass handed to you... by your own self... volunteered it too... over and over and over ad nauseam. Hoisted by you own Picard. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike<br />
79</p>
<p><i>And I see Victoria is back, spewing her fact-less BS..</i></p>
<p>I'm not back, I never left. </p>
<p><i>Again, funny how the morons ignore Odumbo's 12,000+ American dead..</p>
<p>And try to attack President Trump.... </i></p>
<p>Said the moron who whined incessantly about the "decidedly non serious" novel coronavirus and repeatedly set that metric for Trump that he blew past in a few days. So nice of you to shine a klieg light on the incompetence of Donald Trump using your own criteria. No one else need do a thing when you've done it for us.</p>
<p><i>I guess only dead Americans matter to Victoria when she can use them to beat President Trump over the head with... </i></p>
<p>You're not Donald Trump, but it is your metric, moron. I guess if you didn't want Donald Trump measured by it, you wouldn't have prattled on and on about it. Tough break when Your Rotisserie-Chicken Colored Worship can't even live up to what you assured us was "incompetence." Epic fail for Donald... according to you, of course. </p>
<p><i>But even she is to chicken to make a wager about President Trump's guaranteed re-election.. :D </i></p>
<p>Not chicken... just completely and totally not interested in making a wager with anyone.</p>
<p><i>I guess she is conceding that I am factually accurate with my prediction.. :D </i></p>
<p>Oh, please. You got your ass handed to you... by your own self... volunteered it too... over and over and over ad nauseam. Hoisted by you own Picard. ;)</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157863</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yawn. 

47,139 dead due to covid-19 and counting...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yawn. </p>
<p>47,139 dead due to covid-19 and counting...</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157862</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Once again.. Bashi hangs on my every word.. :D

&lt;I&gt;Now, you know that&#039;s a steaming pile of bullshit...&lt;/I&gt;

Yea, you KEEP claiming that.. Yet, you have NO FACTS to back up yer claim.. :D

&lt;I&gt;And have been for the last two weeks, but please jump in to your usual dismissive one liners and faux laugh. The usual sign you can&#039;t keep up your end of an argument...&lt;/I&gt;

Yer not MAKING an argument..

Yer simply spewing fact-less bullshit that you have NO SUBSTANTIATION for...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once again.. Bashi hangs on my every word.. :D</p>
<p><i>Now, you know that's a steaming pile of bullshit...</i></p>
<p>Yea, you KEEP claiming that.. Yet, you have NO FACTS to back up yer claim.. :D</p>
<p><i>And have been for the last two weeks, but please jump in to your usual dismissive one liners and faux laugh. The usual sign you can't keep up your end of an argument...</i></p>
<p>Yer not MAKING an argument..</p>
<p>Yer simply spewing fact-less bullshit that you have NO SUBSTANTIATION for...</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157861</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;MULTIPLE persons did, though, and if sexual assault allegations bothered you, you wouldn&#039;t belong to the Trump cult of flailers and hypocrites.&lt;/I&gt;

Facts to support???

Nope???

Of course not..

&lt;I&gt;You mean like Donald Trump and his multiple payoffs?&lt;/I&gt;

And yet, President Trump is STILL President and you Democrats morons haven&#039;t proved shit.. :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>MULTIPLE persons did, though, and if sexual assault allegations bothered you, you wouldn't belong to the Trump cult of flailers and hypocrites.</i></p>
<p>Facts to support???</p>
<p>Nope???</p>
<p>Of course not..</p>
<p><i>You mean like Donald Trump and his multiple payoffs?</i></p>
<p>And yet, President Trump is STILL President and you Democrats morons haven't proved shit.. :D</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike
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&lt;i&gt;Funny... Looking back over the comments in my absence..

Not a SINGLE person commented on this issue... &lt;/i&gt;

MULTIPLE persons did, though, and if sexual assault allegations bothered you, you wouldn&#039;t belong to the Trump cult of flailers and hypocrites. 

&lt;i&gt;Sweep things under the rug much???? &lt;/i&gt;

You mean like Donald Trump and his multiple payoffs? 

Come to think of it, I guess when you&#039;re used to paying for &quot;stimulus&quot; like Trump, you would put your name on the check after f***ing the entire country. Heh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike<br />
74</p>
<p><i>Funny... Looking back over the comments in my absence..</p>
<p>Not a SINGLE person commented on this issue... </i></p>
<p>MULTIPLE persons did, though, and if sexual assault allegations bothered you, you wouldn't belong to the Trump cult of flailers and hypocrites. </p>
<p><i>Sweep things under the rug much???? </i></p>
<p>You mean like Donald Trump and his multiple payoffs? </p>
<p>Come to think of it, I guess when you're used to paying for "stimulus" like Trump, you would put your name on the check after f***ing the entire country. Heh.</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
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		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;And yet, you NEVER have.. :D&lt;/i&gt;

Now, you know that&#039;s a steaming pile of bullshit...

&lt;i&gt;And yet.. HERE you are... :D&lt;/i&gt;

And have been for the last two weeks, but please jump in to your usual dismissive one liners and faux laugh. The usual sign you can&#039;t keep up your end of an argument...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>And yet, you NEVER have.. :D</i></p>
<p>Now, you know that's a steaming pile of bullshit...</p>
<p><i>And yet.. HERE you are... :D</i></p>
<p>And have been for the last two weeks, but please jump in to your usual dismissive one liners and faux laugh. The usual sign you can't keep up your end of an argument...</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157858</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 20:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;And, I&#039;ll be more than happy to participate in a rational discussion about the important topics covered.&lt;/I&gt;

The problem, of course, is you CAN&#039;T have a rational discussion on anything if it involves the WHO...

Their Trump/America hate is well documented and their leader is a scumbag...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>And, I'll be more than happy to participate in a rational discussion about the important topics covered.</i></p>
<p>The problem, of course, is you CAN'T have a rational discussion on anything if it involves the WHO...</p>
<p>Their Trump/America hate is well documented and their leader is a scumbag...</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157857</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 20:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;More than yours. I at least back mine up!&lt;/I&gt;

And yet, you NEVER have.. :D

&lt;I&gt;In your dreams, lazy boy...&lt;/I&gt;

And yet.. HERE you are... :D

BBBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>More than yours. I at least back mine up!</i></p>
<p>And yet, you NEVER have.. :D</p>
<p><i>In your dreams, lazy boy...</i></p>
<p>And yet.. HERE you are... :D</p>
<p>BBBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 20:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;I just popped back in here to provide this link to the WHO regular press briefing today:&lt;/I&gt;

WHO???

Shirley, you jest....  

Like THEY have an credibility.. 

Next you&#039;ll be quoting the UN...  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I just popped back in here to provide this link to the WHO regular press briefing today:</i></p>
<p>WHO???</p>
<p>Shirley, you jest....  </p>
<p>Like THEY have an credibility.. </p>
<p>Next you'll be quoting the UN...  :D</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
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		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 20:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Really?? You think that yer BS is actually worth remembering??&lt;/i&gt;

More than yours. I at least back mine up!

My glee is not with death but the total hypocrisy of your inability to criticize Trump under worse conditions than you tried to hammer us with...

&lt;i&gt;That has you hooked on every word...&lt;/i&gt;

In your dreams, lazy boy...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Really?? You think that yer BS is actually worth remembering??</i></p>
<p>More than yours. I at least back mine up!</p>
<p>My glee is not with death but the total hypocrisy of your inability to criticize Trump under worse conditions than you tried to hammer us with...</p>
<p><i>That has you hooked on every word...</i></p>
<p>In your dreams, lazy boy...</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157854</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 20:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just popped back in here to provide this link to the WHO regular press briefing today:

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

And, I&#039;ll be more than happy to participate in a rational discussion about the important topics covered.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just popped back in here to provide this link to the WHO regular press briefing today:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019" rel="nofollow">https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019</a></p>
<p>And, I'll be more than happy to participate in a rational discussion about the important topics covered.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;But it is up to you to handle reading and remembering, eh, Lazy boy.&lt;/I&gt;

Really??  You think that yer BS is actually worth remembering??

BBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You funny...

&lt;I&gt;Projecting again?&lt;/I&gt;

Notice how you didn&#039;t deny you feel glee.. You just tried the old I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I rebuttal..

Yes, most definitely #sad

&lt;I&gt;So this is a drive by spewage rather than a continuous stream? :D&lt;/I&gt;

That has you hooked on every word...

:D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>But it is up to you to handle reading and remembering, eh, Lazy boy.</i></p>
<p>Really??  You think that yer BS is actually worth remembering??</p>
<p>BBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA</p>
<p>You funny...</p>
<p><i>Projecting again?</i></p>
<p>Notice how you didn't deny you feel glee.. You just tried the old I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I rebuttal..</p>
<p>Yes, most definitely #sad</p>
<p><i>So this is a drive by spewage rather than a continuous stream? :D</i></p>
<p>That has you hooked on every word...</p>
<p>:D</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
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		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Better hurry.. I won&#039;t be here long..&lt;/i&gt;

So this is a drive by spewage rather than a continuous stream? :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Better hurry.. I won't be here long..</i></p>
<p>So this is a drive by spewage rather than a continuous stream? :D</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157851</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;It&#039;s not up to me to prove your bullshit..&lt;/i&gt;

But it is up to you to handle reading and remembering, eh, Lazy boy.

&lt;i&gt;If you can&#039;t do it, that&#039;s telling..&lt;/i&gt;

Yes it is.

&lt;i&gt;I can almost see the glee you have here... &lt;/i&gt;

Projecting again? Yes, most definitely #sad</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>It's not up to me to prove your bullshit..</i></p>
<p>But it is up to you to handle reading and remembering, eh, Lazy boy.</p>
<p><i>If you can't do it, that's telling..</i></p>
<p>Yes it is.</p>
<p><i>I can almost see the glee you have here... </i></p>
<p>Projecting again? Yes, most definitely #sad</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157850</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Too lazy to look I see... in both cases...&lt;/i&gt;

It&#039;s not up to me to prove your bullshit..

If you can&#039;t do it, that&#039;s telling..

&lt;I&gt;46,899 dead due to covid-19 and counting...&lt;/I&gt;

I can almost see the glee you have here...  

#sad</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Too lazy to look I see... in both cases...</i></p>
<p>It's not up to me to prove your bullshit..</p>
<p>If you can't do it, that's telling..</p>
<p><i>46,899 dead due to covid-19 and counting...</i></p>
<p>I can almost see the glee you have here...  </p>
<p>#sad</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157849</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Plus you already proved the epidemic under Obama was handled just fine...</description>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157848</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;All is well in Weigentia. Welcome back, Michale! I look forward to tearing into your baloney later when I have the time.&lt;/I&gt;

Better hurry.. I won&#039;t be here long..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>All is well in Weigentia. Welcome back, Michale! I look forward to tearing into your baloney later when I have the time.</i></p>
<p>Better hurry.. I won't be here long..</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157847</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>46,899  dead due to covid-19 and counting...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>46,899  dead due to covid-19 and counting...</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157846</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;he calls them. that&#039;s RICH.
~bert&lt;/b&gt;

https://youtu.be/cUusX1Js6R0?t=36</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>he calls them. that's RICH.<br />
~bert</b></p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/cUusX1Js6R0?t=36" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/cUusX1Js6R0?t=36</a></p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157845</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Too lazy to look I see... in both cases...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Too lazy to look I see... in both cases...</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157844</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Then you found my link proving my per capita numbers...&lt;/I&gt;

Yea.. Just like your &quot;proof&quot; that there have been catastrophic climate change models that have been factually accurate..

NON-EXISTENT...  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Then you found my link proving my per capita numbers...</i></p>
<p>Yea.. Just like your "proof" that there have been catastrophic climate change models that have been factually accurate..</p>
<p>NON-EXISTENT...  :D</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157843</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And I see Victoria is back, spewing her fact-less BS..

Again, funny how the morons ignore Odumbo&#039;s 12,000+ American dead..

And try to attack President Trump....

The epitome of lameness....

I guess only dead Americans matter to Victoria when she can use them to beat President Trump over the head with...

But even she is to chicken to make a wager about  President Trump&#039;s guaranteed re-election..  :D

Baawwwkkk  Bawwwkkk  Baaaawwwkkkk

I guess she is conceding that I am factually accurate with my prediction..  :D

&lt;B&gt;&quot;Silence Gives Assent&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-Weigantian Charlottesville Rule</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And I see Victoria is back, spewing her fact-less BS..</p>
<p>Again, funny how the morons ignore Odumbo's 12,000+ American dead..</p>
<p>And try to attack President Trump....</p>
<p>The epitome of lameness....</p>
<p>I guess only dead Americans matter to Victoria when she can use them to beat President Trump over the head with...</p>
<p>But even she is to chicken to make a wager about  President Trump's guaranteed re-election..  :D</p>
<p>Baawwwkkk  Bawwwkkk  Baaaawwwkkkk</p>
<p>I guess she is conceding that I am factually accurate with my prediction..  :D</p>
<p><b>"Silence Gives Assent"</b><br />
-Weigantian Charlottesville Rule</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157842</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt; Funny... Looking back over the comments in my absence..&lt;/i&gt;

Then you found my link proving my per capita numbers...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i> Funny... Looking back over the comments in my absence..</i></p>
<p>Then you found my link proving my per capita numbers...</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157841</link>
		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[39]

&lt;i&gt;Talk about infections that keep coming back...

Welcome back, Michale. :D&lt;/i&gt;

That&#039;s just &lt;b&gt;rich,&lt;/b&gt; Don Harris. I&#039;m telling ya this coronavirus catastrophe really brings out the secret comedian within you!</description>
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<p><i>Talk about infections that keep coming back...</p>
<p>Welcome back, Michale. :D</i></p>
<p>That's just <b>rich,</b> Don Harris. I'm telling ya this coronavirus catastrophe really brings out the secret comedian within you!</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157840</link>
		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see Mike is back to spew more of that BS he defines as &quot;facts.&quot; Or maybe he&#039;s back to settle that bet:

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/20/ftp566/#comment-156171

&lt;i&gt;What is Odumbo&#039;s leadership called when over 12 THOUSAND Americans died.. &lt;/i&gt;

Mike insisted on highlighting this repeatedly... demanded the constant deflection to Obama over and over ad nauseam as if somehow it would make Trump look favorable by comparison. So with the passage of time, I&#039;d say the approximately 1,000 deaths per month under Obama are looking stellar compared to the multiple days where 1000+ Americans died in a single day under Trump, and Trump is just getting started, of course, so we&#039;ll obviously have to revisit these figures after a year has passed for a fair average of that comparison Mike insisted on shoving down everyone&#039;s throat repeatedly. 
 
&lt;i&gt;Let me put it this way.. When we get to the end of this and less than 6,000 Americans died under President Trump&#039;s leadership.. 

Will you finally concede that President Trump did better than Odumbo?? &lt;/i&gt;

Let me put it this way... more than 6,000 Americans died under President Trump&#039;s leadership in just a few days&#039; time so anyone opining about the superiority of Donald Trump&#039;s leadership by the comparative metric Mike set for us all would look like a full-blown indoctrinated member of the zombie cult of Trump bleating sheeple. 

&lt;i&gt;12,269 quatloos (the same number of deaths under Odumbo) says you won&#039;t.. &lt;/i&gt;

Ouch... pony up... such are the perils of putting your faith in a con artist pathological lying moron and believing the incessant whining of the talking heads claiming &quot;hoax&quot; and &quot;common cold.&quot; Mike lost that bet in just a few days&#039; time under the leadership of Trump... with many and multiple months and months to go before it meets the metric he foisted on Weigantia in order to deflect from Disaster Donald. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see Mike is back to spew more of that BS he defines as "facts." Or maybe he's back to settle that bet:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/20/ftp566/#comment-156171" rel="nofollow">http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/20/ftp566/#comment-156171</a></p>
<p><i>What is Odumbo's leadership called when over 12 THOUSAND Americans died.. </i></p>
<p>Mike insisted on highlighting this repeatedly... demanded the constant deflection to Obama over and over ad nauseam as if somehow it would make Trump look favorable by comparison. So with the passage of time, I'd say the approximately 1,000 deaths per month under Obama are looking stellar compared to the multiple days where 1000+ Americans died in a single day under Trump, and Trump is just getting started, of course, so we'll obviously have to revisit these figures after a year has passed for a fair average of that comparison Mike insisted on shoving down everyone's throat repeatedly. </p>
<p><i>Let me put it this way.. When we get to the end of this and less than 6,000 Americans died under President Trump's leadership.. </p>
<p>Will you finally concede that President Trump did better than Odumbo?? </i></p>
<p>Let me put it this way... more than 6,000 Americans died under President Trump's leadership in just a few days' time so anyone opining about the superiority of Donald Trump's leadership by the comparative metric Mike set for us all would look like a full-blown indoctrinated member of the zombie cult of Trump bleating sheeple. </p>
<p><i>12,269 quatloos (the same number of deaths under Odumbo) says you won't.. </i></p>
<p>Ouch... pony up... such are the perils of putting your faith in a con artist pathological lying moron and believing the incessant whining of the talking heads claiming "hoax" and "common cold." Mike lost that bet in just a few days' time under the leadership of Trump... with many and multiple months and months to go before it meets the metric he foisted on Weigantia in order to deflect from Disaster Donald. :)</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157839</link>
		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ahhh, Michale is back and Don Harris came up with, 
&lt;i&gt;Wake up. Wise up. Rise up.
Get Real.&lt;/i&gt;

All is well in Weigentia. Welcome back, Michale! I look forward to tearing into your baloney later when I have the time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ahhh, Michale is back and Don Harris came up with,<br />
<i>Wake up. Wise up. Rise up.<br />
Get Real.</i></p>
<p>All is well in Weigentia. Welcome back, Michale! I look forward to tearing into your baloney later when I have the time.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157838</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;just that biden has more general election prospects than any of the primary opponents he defeated.&lt;/i&gt;

Which says it ALL about the Democrat&#039;s chances of winning the White House..

Considering all the baggage that Biden brings to the race..

&lt;B&gt;On The Record: A Former Biden Staffer&#039;s Sexual Assault Allegation&lt;/B&gt;
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/19/837966525/on-the-record-a-former-biden-staffers-sexual-assault-allegation

&lt;B&gt;&quot;ALL WOMEN ARE TO BE BELIEVED&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-Democrat Party Mantra

Funny... Looking back over the comments in my absence..

Not a SINGLE person commented on this issue...

Sweep things under the rug much????

This sexual assault accusation and all women are to be believed are the reality of the here and now..

Surely it deserves a discussion, eh??  :^/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>just that biden has more general election prospects than any of the primary opponents he defeated.</i></p>
<p>Which says it ALL about the Democrat's chances of winning the White House..</p>
<p>Considering all the baggage that Biden brings to the race..</p>
<p><b>On The Record: A Former Biden Staffer's Sexual Assault Allegation</b><br />
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/04/19/837966525/on-the-record-a-former-biden-staffers-sexual-assault-allegation" rel="nofollow">https://www.npr.org/2020/04/19/837966525/on-the-record-a-former-biden-staffers-sexual-assault-allegation</a></p>
<p><b>"ALL WOMEN ARE TO BE BELIEVED"</b><br />
-Democrat Party Mantra</p>
<p>Funny... Looking back over the comments in my absence..</p>
<p>Not a SINGLE person commented on this issue...</p>
<p>Sweep things under the rug much????</p>
<p>This sexual assault accusation and all women are to be believed are the reality of the here and now..</p>
<p>Surely it deserves a discussion, eh??  :^/</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157837</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s **ALL** about the politics..

&lt;B&gt;Warren, Senate Democrats call for investigation into Trump administration response to coronavirus&lt;/B&gt;
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/warren-senate-democrats-call-for-investigation-into-trump-administration-response-to-coronavirus

In the middle of a house fire, Dumbocrats want to plant the matches on the GOP...

&lt;B&gt;&quot;meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-Klingon Proverb

TRANSLATION:
Only a fool fights in a burning house..

And Dumbocrats are the biggest fools on the planet...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's **ALL** about the politics..</p>
<p><b>Warren, Senate Democrats call for investigation into Trump administration response to coronavirus</b><br />
<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/warren-senate-democrats-call-for-investigation-into-trump-administration-response-to-coronavirus" rel="nofollow">https://www.foxnews.com/politics/warren-senate-democrats-call-for-investigation-into-trump-administration-response-to-coronavirus</a></p>
<p>In the middle of a house fire, Dumbocrats want to plant the matches on the GOP...</p>
<p><b>"meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH"</b><br />
-Klingon Proverb</p>
<p>TRANSLATION:<br />
Only a fool fights in a burning house..</p>
<p>And Dumbocrats are the biggest fools on the planet...</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157836</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;now i&#039;m not so sure. covid-19 sort-of threw everything into flux, so it&#039;s really anybody&#039;s ballgame.&lt;/I&gt;

I concede that things are different now..

But the end result will be the same..  I am still sure of that..  

So sure that I am willing to make ANY reasonable wager..  :D

*I* have the strength of my convictions..  :D

Let&#039;s see if anyone else does..  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>now i'm not so sure. covid-19 sort-of threw everything into flux, so it's really anybody's ballgame.</i></p>
<p>I concede that things are different now..</p>
<p>But the end result will be the same..  I am still sure of that..  </p>
<p>So sure that I am willing to make ANY reasonable wager..  :D</p>
<p>*I* have the strength of my convictions..  :D</p>
<p>Let's see if anyone else does..  :D</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157835</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Bullshit. Larger populations are going to have larger numbers. Florida and many other southern states have both a higher per capita infection rate and per capita death rate than California (by official test numbers). &lt;/I&gt;

Facts to support???


&lt;I&gt;New York is a special case as it&#039;s one of the highest density cities on earth (especially Manhattan) which makes it an infectious disease paradise...&lt;/I&gt;

Yea.. it&#039;s only &quot;special&quot; because it refutes your bullshit claim..  :D

&lt;I&gt;The actual road we are going on or the road that most aligns with your political bias and convenience of argument?&lt;/I&gt;

Read the book and you tell me..

Much of what is in the book  has it&#039;s basis in the here and now...

&lt;I&gt;The authors bio does lend much confidence...&lt;/I&gt;

In other words, YOUR political bias causes you to disregard the concept...  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Bullshit. Larger populations are going to have larger numbers. Florida and many other southern states have both a higher per capita infection rate and per capita death rate than California (by official test numbers). </i></p>
<p>Facts to support???</p>
<p><i>New York is a special case as it's one of the highest density cities on earth (especially Manhattan) which makes it an infectious disease paradise...</i></p>
<p>Yea.. it's only "special" because it refutes your bullshit claim..  :D</p>
<p><i>The actual road we are going on or the road that most aligns with your political bias and convenience of argument?</i></p>
<p>Read the book and you tell me..</p>
<p>Much of what is in the book  has it's basis in the here and now...</p>
<p><i>The authors bio does lend much confidence...</i></p>
<p>In other words, YOUR political bias causes you to disregard the concept...  :D</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157834</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;You really should read that book The People&#039;s Republic. It&#039;s a primer that shows where you all are going on the road you&#039;re on.&lt;/i&gt;

The actual road we are going on or the road that most aligns with your political bias and convenience of argument? The authors bio does lend much confidence...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>You really should read that book The People's Republic. It's a primer that shows where you all are going on the road you're on.</i></p>
<p>The actual road we are going on or the road that most aligns with your political bias and convenience of argument? The authors bio does lend much confidence...</p>
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		<title>By: BashiBazouk</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157833</link>
		<dc:creator>BashiBazouk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;In the Democrat states, whose so-called Dem &quot;leaders&quot; have chucked the US Constitution out the window, who had blatantly stated that they give no thought to the Bill Of Rights... THOSE states have the highest infected and mortality rates in the country..

The GOP states where the leadership is balancing safety with common sense and Constitutional approaches have some of the lowest infected/mortality rates...&lt;/i&gt;

Bullshit. Larger populations are going to have larger numbers. Florida and many other southern states have both a higher per capita infection rate and per capita death rate than California (by official test numbers). New York is a special case as it&#039;s one of the highest density cities on earth (especially Manhattan) which makes it  an infectious disease paradise...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>In the Democrat states, whose so-called Dem "leaders" have chucked the US Constitution out the window, who had blatantly stated that they give no thought to the Bill Of Rights... THOSE states have the highest infected and mortality rates in the country..</p>
<p>The GOP states where the leadership is balancing safety with common sense and Constitutional approaches have some of the lowest infected/mortality rates...</i></p>
<p>Bullshit. Larger populations are going to have larger numbers. Florida and many other southern states have both a higher per capita infection rate and per capita death rate than California (by official test numbers). New York is a special case as it's one of the highest density cities on earth (especially Manhattan) which makes it  an infectious disease paradise...</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s all I can take for one day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That's all I can take for one day.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157831</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>not much of an exaggeration. in my opinion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>not much of an exaggeration. in my opinion.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157830</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>not an exaggeration.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>not an exaggeration.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157829</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Indeed!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Indeed!</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157828</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>that&#039;s an exaggeration of course, there&#039;s always a chance. just that biden has more general election prospects than any of the primary opponents he defeated.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>that's an exaggeration of course, there's always a chance. just that biden has more general election prospects than any of the primary opponents he defeated.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157827</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>plus the dems nominated the only guy with a chance of winning.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>plus the dems nominated the only guy with a chance of winning.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157826</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Still know that President Trump is going to be re-elected?? :D&lt;/i&gt;

now i&#039;m not so sure. covid-19 sort-of threw everything into flux, so it&#039;s really anybody&#039;s ballgame.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Still know that President Trump is going to be re-elected?? :D</i></p>
<p>now i'm not so sure. covid-19 sort-of threw everything into flux, so it's really anybody's ballgame.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157825</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As far as your solidarity thing goes. The problem with you people is that you define solidarity as doing everything your way.

You really should read that book The People&#039;s Republic. It&#039;s a primer that shows where you all are going on the road you&#039;re on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As far as your solidarity thing goes. The problem with you people is that you define solidarity as doing everything your way.</p>
<p>You really should read that book The People's Republic. It's a primer that shows where you all are going on the road you're on.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157824</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Go away, Michale. And, never come back as far as I&#039;m concerned.&lt;/I&gt;

Facts are facts, Liz...

If you take away all the guns, people will still mass murder other people..

Australia proved that FACT beyond any shadow of a doubt..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Go away, Michale. And, never come back as far as I'm concerned.</i></p>
<p>Facts are facts, Liz...</p>
<p>If you take away all the guns, people will still mass murder other people..</p>
<p>Australia proved that FACT beyond any shadow of a doubt..</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157823</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I knew that, Joshua. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I knew that, Joshua. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157822</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;As you yourself state, GUNS are not the problem..&lt;/I&gt;

Go away, Michale. And, never come back as far as I&#039;m concerned.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>As you yourself state, GUNS are not the problem..</i></p>
<p>Go away, Michale. And, never come back as far as I'm concerned.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157821</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i meant that, re: &quot;the novel coronavirus is on the side that will lose. And, ALL of us, are on the side that will beat it.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i meant that, re: "the novel coronavirus is on the side that will lose. And, ALL of us, are on the side that will beat it."</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157820</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>right you are, liz.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>right you are, liz.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157819</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;And, thank-you for your concern about the evil that visited upon Nova Scotia. But, you have drawn the wrong conclusion, naturally.&lt;/I&gt;

Actually, by your own words, my conclusion is dead on ballz accurate..

&lt;I&gt;This unimaginable evil included not only guns but many fires and no less than 16 crime scenes! SIXTEEN crime scenes and at least 23 people in a community of hundreds &lt;/I&gt;

As you yourself state, GUNS are not the problem..

&lt;I&gt;before the perpetrator was shot dead.&lt;/I&gt;

By a good guy with a gun..

So, in this case, not only were guns NOT the problem, they were obviously the SOLUTION...

&lt;I&gt;President Obama did not have to deal with a pandemic&lt;/I&gt;

Uh yes he did... 

&lt;I&gt;Science, solutions, solidarity.&lt;/I&gt;

Yea??  And Democrats show their solidarity by dragging President Trump and this country thru ANOTHER witch hunt, even WHILE PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING!!!

How, exactly, is that &quot;solidarity&quot;??  :D

&lt;I&gt;I had hoped your time away might have been a bit more reflective on things. &lt;/I&gt;

I had hoped my time away would have given ya&#039;all time to come to your senses and throw off the shackles of &lt;B&gt;Hyper Hysterical President Trump Derangement Syndrome&lt;/B&gt;..

I guess we&#039;re both disappointed, eh?  :D

&lt;I&gt;I need your help with that, Michale. Please help me!&lt;/I&gt;

I stand ready as soon as ya&#039;all are able to face reality and facts..  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>And, thank-you for your concern about the evil that visited upon Nova Scotia. But, you have drawn the wrong conclusion, naturally.</i></p>
<p>Actually, by your own words, my conclusion is dead on ballz accurate..</p>
<p><i>This unimaginable evil included not only guns but many fires and no less than 16 crime scenes! SIXTEEN crime scenes and at least 23 people in a community of hundreds </i></p>
<p>As you yourself state, GUNS are not the problem..</p>
<p><i>before the perpetrator was shot dead.</i></p>
<p>By a good guy with a gun..</p>
<p>So, in this case, not only were guns NOT the problem, they were obviously the SOLUTION...</p>
<p><i>President Obama did not have to deal with a pandemic</i></p>
<p>Uh yes he did... </p>
<p><i>Science, solutions, solidarity.</i></p>
<p>Yea??  And Democrats show their solidarity by dragging President Trump and this country thru ANOTHER witch hunt, even WHILE PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING!!!</p>
<p>How, exactly, is that "solidarity"??  :D</p>
<p><i>I had hoped your time away might have been a bit more reflective on things. </i></p>
<p>I had hoped my time away would have given ya'all time to come to your senses and throw off the shackles of <b>Hyper Hysterical President Trump Derangement Syndrome</b>..</p>
<p>I guess we're both disappointed, eh?  :D</p>
<p><i>I need your help with that, Michale. Please help me!</i></p>
<p>I stand ready as soon as ya'all are able to face reality and facts..  :D</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157818</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;welcome back to the fight. this time i know our side will win.
victor lazlo, Casablanca&lt;/I&gt;

And, by that, I know you mean that the novel coronavirus is on the side that will lose. And, ALL of us, are on the side that will beat it.

And, that we will only beat it through national unity and global solidarity. If we don&#039;t work together on this, then prepare for the worst.

&lt;I&gt;Science, solutions, solidarity.&lt;/I&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>welcome back to the fight. this time i know our side will win.<br />
victor lazlo, Casablanca</i></p>
<p>And, by that, I know you mean that the novel coronavirus is on the side that will lose. And, ALL of us, are on the side that will beat it.</p>
<p>And, that we will only beat it through national unity and global solidarity. If we don't work together on this, then prepare for the worst.</p>
<p><i>Science, solutions, solidarity.</i></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157817</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Welcome back, Michale. Be good. 

I can see you are already up to your old tricks on your first day back posting. I had hoped your time away might have been a bit more reflective on things. I&#039;m sure you have been following the goings on around here and it has been rather nice of late, you might agree.

And, thank-you for your concern about the evil that visited upon Nova Scotia. But, you have drawn the wrong conclusion, naturally.

This unimaginable evil included not only guns but many fires and no less than 16 crime scenes! SIXTEEN crime scenes and at least 23 people in a community of hundreds before the perpetrator was shot dead.

Thank God that we don&#039;t have nearly the number of these events as you suffer in your country - for a number of reasons. And, that is the conclusion you can draw.

President Obama did not have to deal with a pandemic but he stood up an office in the national security apparatus in the WH in order to help deal with such a health crisis before it developed into a pandemic.

President Trump, not understanding how easily such a health crisis could occur and not knowing, apparently, that SARS and MERS were wake up calls - hell, THIS pandemic may be a wake up call, imagine that! - allowed this important office to be shut down just before the onset of an actual pandemic.

Science, solutions, solidarity.

I need your help with that, Michale. Please help me!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome back, Michale. Be good. </p>
<p>I can see you are already up to your old tricks on your first day back posting. I had hoped your time away might have been a bit more reflective on things. I'm sure you have been following the goings on around here and it has been rather nice of late, you might agree.</p>
<p>And, thank-you for your concern about the evil that visited upon Nova Scotia. But, you have drawn the wrong conclusion, naturally.</p>
<p>This unimaginable evil included not only guns but many fires and no less than 16 crime scenes! SIXTEEN crime scenes and at least 23 people in a community of hundreds before the perpetrator was shot dead.</p>
<p>Thank God that we don't have nearly the number of these events as you suffer in your country - for a number of reasons. And, that is the conclusion you can draw.</p>
<p>President Obama did not have to deal with a pandemic but he stood up an office in the national security apparatus in the WH in order to help deal with such a health crisis before it developed into a pandemic.</p>
<p>President Trump, not understanding how easily such a health crisis could occur and not knowing, apparently, that SARS and MERS were wake up calls - hell, THIS pandemic may be a wake up call, imagine that! - allowed this important office to be shut down just before the onset of an actual pandemic.</p>
<p>Science, solutions, solidarity.</p>
<p>I need your help with that, Michale. Please help me!</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157816</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;welcome back to the fight. this time i know our side will win.
victor lazlo, casablanca&lt;/I&gt;

For the record....

&lt;B&gt;&quot;I&#039;m not back!!!&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-Bill Paxton, TWISTER

I am still off and on with this bug.. Not THE bug... A bug...

But I just wanted to check in and let everyone know I am still this side of the ground.. :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>welcome back to the fight. this time i know our side will win.<br />
victor lazlo, casablanca</i></p>
<p>For the record....</p>
<p><b>"I'm not back!!!"</b><br />
-Bill Paxton, TWISTER</p>
<p>I am still off and on with this bug.. Not THE bug... A bug...</p>
<p>But I just wanted to check in and let everyone know I am still this side of the ground.. :D</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157815</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;The Republican Governor of Georgia overrules ANY measures that the Democratic Mayor of Atlanta might put into place.

Local governments ONLY have as much control as the state government ALLOWS them to have.&lt;/I&gt;

Not factually accurate..

It&#039;s why Jacksonville opened it&#039;s beaches while FL still had a beach ban in place...

&lt;I&gt;Funny NOW that the number of deaths is more than DOUBLE under Trump what it was under Obama and still climbing, how it doesn&#039;t matter to YOU anymore...&lt;/I&gt;

Why is that funny??

It didn&#039;t matter to you before.. You find it funny it doesn&#039;t matter to me now??  

I find it hilarious how dead Americans ONLY matter to you when you can use them to beat President Trump over the head with...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>The Republican Governor of Georgia overrules ANY measures that the Democratic Mayor of Atlanta might put into place.</p>
<p>Local governments ONLY have as much control as the state government ALLOWS them to have.</i></p>
<p>Not factually accurate..</p>
<p>It's why Jacksonville opened it's beaches while FL still had a beach ban in place...</p>
<p><i>Funny NOW that the number of deaths is more than DOUBLE under Trump what it was under Obama and still climbing, how it doesn't matter to YOU anymore...</i></p>
<p>Why is that funny??</p>
<p>It didn't matter to you before.. You find it funny it doesn't matter to me now??  </p>
<p>I find it hilarious how dead Americans ONLY matter to you when you can use them to beat President Trump over the head with...</p>
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		<title>By: John M</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157814</link>
		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[25] Michale wrote:

&quot;Funny how you didn&#039;t care about Odumbo&#039;s death toll until it was surpassed..&quot;

Funny NOW that the number of deaths is more than DOUBLE under Trump what it was under Obama and still climbing, how it doesn&#039;t matter to YOU anymore...

Talk about transparent!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[25] Michale wrote:</p>
<p>"Funny how you didn't care about Odumbo's death toll until it was surpassed.."</p>
<p>Funny NOW that the number of deaths is more than DOUBLE under Trump what it was under Obama and still climbing, how it doesn't matter to YOU anymore...</p>
<p>Talk about transparent!!!</p>
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		<title>By: John M</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157813</link>
		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[25] Michale wrote:

&quot;Uh.. You do realize that Atlanta is a city and doesn&#039;t HAVE a &quot;governor&quot;, Republican or otherwise, right???&quot;

You do realize how state government works, right????

The Republican Governor of Georgia overrules ANY measures that the Democratic Mayor of Atlanta might put into place.

Local governments ONLY have as much control as the state government ALLOWS them to have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[25] Michale wrote:</p>
<p>"Uh.. You do realize that Atlanta is a city and doesn't HAVE a "governor", Republican or otherwise, right???"</p>
<p>You do realize how state government works, right????</p>
<p>The Republican Governor of Georgia overrules ANY measures that the Democratic Mayor of Atlanta might put into place.</p>
<p>Local governments ONLY have as much control as the state government ALLOWS them to have.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157811</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@don,

that is not the case at all - i don&#039;t see you as an infection. i try not to put a derogatory label on people when i can avoid it. however, whatever it is that michale does, you do the exact same thing with much less variety and MUCH less entertainment value - which makes your statement ironic.

JL</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@don,</p>
<p>that is not the case at all - i don't see you as an infection. i try not to put a derogatory label on people when i can avoid it. however, whatever it is that michale does, you do the exact same thing with much less variety and MUCH less entertainment value - which makes your statement ironic.</p>
<p>JL</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157808</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JL,

&lt;I&gt;hey there stranger!

welcome back to the fight. this time i know our side will win.
victor lazlo, casablanca&lt;/I&gt;

Thanx  :D  

You REALLY had to reach back for THAT quote, eh?? :D

Still know that President Trump is going to be re-elected??   :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JL,</p>
<p><i>hey there stranger!</p>
<p>welcome back to the fight. this time i know our side will win.<br />
victor lazlo, casablanca</i></p>
<p>Thanx  :D  </p>
<p>You REALLY had to reach back for THAT quote, eh?? :D</p>
<p>Still know that President Trump is going to be re-elected??   :D</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157807</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Talk about infections that keep coming back...

Welcome back, Michale. :D&lt;/I&gt;

&lt;B&gt;&quot;Ouch!!  And the ref takes a point away!!!&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-Jim Carrey, LIAR LIAR 

:D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Talk about infections that keep coming back...</p>
<p>Welcome back, Michale. :D</i></p>
<p><b>"Ouch!!  And the ref takes a point away!!!"</b><br />
-Jim Carrey, LIAR LIAR </p>
<p>:D</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157806</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JM,

&lt;I&gt;We already have a bet. Trump is going to LOSE in a landslide!&lt;/I&gt;

Funny..  You said the *EXACT* same thing in the run-up to the 2016 election..  :D

Well, yer track record is gonna remain perfect..  

Always wrong  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JM,</p>
<p><i>We already have a bet. Trump is going to LOSE in a landslide!</i></p>
<p>Funny..  You said the *EXACT* same thing in the run-up to the 2016 election..  :D</p>
<p>Well, yer track record is gonna remain perfect..  </p>
<p>Always wrong  :D</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157805</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@m,

hey there stranger!

&lt;b&gt;welcome back to the fight. this time i know our side will win.
victor lazlo, casablanca&lt;/b&gt;

https://youtu.be/GDm3qr3Zlu0</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@m,</p>
<p>hey there stranger!</p>
<p><b>welcome back to the fight. this time i know our side will win.<br />
victor lazlo, casablanca</b></p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/GDm3qr3Zlu0" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/GDm3qr3Zlu0</a></p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157804</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>now that IS ironic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>now that IS ironic.</p>
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		<title>By: John M</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157801</link>
		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[36] Michale 

&quot;You can&#039;t cure stupid or stop evolutionary natural selection.

Wanna bet??&quot;

We already have a bet. Trump is going to LOSE in a landslide!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[36] Michale </p>
<p>"You can't cure stupid or stop evolutionary natural selection.</p>
<p>Wanna bet??"</p>
<p>We already have a bet. Trump is going to LOSE in a landslide!</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157800</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;In 3 to 4 weeks all those Trump supporters who went to the beaches and protest rallies will begin dying off from coming down with the infection.

You can&#039;t cure stupid or stop evolutionary natural selection.&lt;/I&gt;

Wanna bet??

Oh, they might get infected...

But they have an upwards of 99.3% of surviving... 

That&#039;s why the media doesn&#039;t report the number of deaths..  By and large they report the number of infected...

It&#039;s a scarier number..   :eyeroll:

&lt;B&gt;&quot;They call him &#039;The Sand Spider&#039;...&quot;
&quot;Why do they call him that??&quot;
&quot;Probably because it sounds scary..&quot;&lt;/B&gt;
-TRUE LIES

:D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>In 3 to 4 weeks all those Trump supporters who went to the beaches and protest rallies will begin dying off from coming down with the infection.</p>
<p>You can't cure stupid or stop evolutionary natural selection.</i></p>
<p>Wanna bet??</p>
<p>Oh, they might get infected...</p>
<p>But they have an upwards of 99.3% of surviving... </p>
<p>That's why the media doesn't report the number of deaths..  By and large they report the number of infected...</p>
<p>It's a scarier number..   :eyeroll:</p>
<p><b>"They call him 'The Sand Spider'..."<br />
"Why do they call him that??"<br />
"Probably because it sounds scary.."</b><br />
-TRUE LIES</p>
<p>:D</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157799</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CW..

Anything with mlive DOT com trips the NNL filters...

Just FYI</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CW..</p>
<p>Anything with mlive DOT com trips the NNL filters...</p>
<p>Just FYI</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157798</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18428#comment-157798</guid>
		<description>Testing 2

mlive.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Testing 2</p>
<p>mlive.com</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157797</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18428#comment-157797</guid>
		<description>Testing something...

mlive</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Testing something...</p>
<p>mlive</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157796</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18428#comment-157796</guid>
		<description>Testing something..

https://www.mlive.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Testing something..</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mlive.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.mlive.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157795</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18428#comment-157795</guid>
		<description>Testing something...

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/04/michigan-coronavirus-daily-death-numbers-spike-to-new-high-but-with-a-caveat.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Testing something...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/04/michigan-coronavirus-daily-death-numbers-spike-to-new-high-but-with-a-caveat.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/04/michigan-coronavirus-daily-death-numbers-spike-to-new-high-but-with-a-caveat.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157794</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18428#comment-157794</guid>
		<description>&lt;B&gt;Michigan coronavirus daily death numbers spike to new high, but with a caveat&lt;/B&gt;
https://tinyurl.com/yd8ajw74

Democrat Governor...

You seeing the pattern???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Michigan coronavirus daily death numbers spike to new high, but with a caveat</b><br />
<a href="https://tinyurl.com/yd8ajw74" rel="nofollow">https://tinyurl.com/yd8ajw74</a></p>
<p>Democrat Governor...</p>
<p>You seeing the pattern???</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157793</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18428#comment-157793</guid>
		<description>&lt;B&gt;Michigan coronavirus daily death numbers spike to new high, but with a caveat&lt;/B&gt;
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/04/michigan-coronavirus-daily-death-numbers-spike-to-new-high-but-with-a-caveat.html

Democrat Governor...

You seeing the pattern???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Michigan coronavirus daily death numbers spike to new high, but with a caveat</b><br />
<a href="https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/04/michigan-coronavirus-daily-death-numbers-spike-to-new-high-but-with-a-caveat.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/04/michigan-coronavirus-daily-death-numbers-spike-to-new-high-but-with-a-caveat.html</a></p>
<p>Democrat Governor...</p>
<p>You seeing the pattern???</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157792</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;B&gt;N.J. Reports Record New Deaths, Expects Hospital Shift South&lt;/B&gt;
https://sports.yahoo.com/jersey-reports-record-379-deaths-191351782.html

Democrat Governor..

Who said, incidentally, that he gives absolutely &quot;NO THOUGHT&quot; to the Bill Of Rights...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>N.J. Reports Record New Deaths, Expects Hospital Shift South</b><br />
<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/jersey-reports-record-379-deaths-191351782.html" rel="nofollow">https://sports.yahoo.com/jersey-reports-record-379-deaths-191351782.html</a></p>
<p>Democrat Governor..</p>
<p>Who said, incidentally, that he gives absolutely "NO THOUGHT" to the Bill Of Rights...</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157791</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=18428#comment-157791</guid>
		<description>&lt;B&gt;California reports highest one-day rise in coronavirus cases&lt;/B&gt;
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/493977-california-reports-highest-one-day-rise-in-coronavirus-cases

Democrat Governor</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>California reports highest one-day rise in coronavirus cases</b><br />
<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/493977-california-reports-highest-one-day-rise-in-coronavirus-cases" rel="nofollow">https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/493977-california-reports-highest-one-day-rise-in-coronavirus-cases</a></p>
<p>Democrat Governor</p>
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		<title>By: John M</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157790</link>
		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[23] Michale wrote:

&quot;But look at the bright side..

At least, with a REAL leader as Governor, you can go to the beach again.. :D&quot;

YEP, that is a bright spot. 

In 3 to 4 weeks all those Trump supporters who went to the beaches and protest rallies will begin dying off from coming down with the infection.

You can&#039;t cure stupid or stop evolutionary natural selection.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[23] Michale wrote:</p>
<p>"But look at the bright side..</p>
<p>At least, with a REAL leader as Governor, you can go to the beach again.. :D"</p>
<p>YEP, that is a bright spot. </p>
<p>In 3 to 4 weeks all those Trump supporters who went to the beaches and protest rallies will begin dying off from coming down with the infection.</p>
<p>You can't cure stupid or stop evolutionary natural selection.</p>
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		<title>By: John M</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157789</link>
		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[21] Michale wrote:

&quot;More fear mongering....

And, of course, it&#039;s **ALL** President Trump&#039;s fault.. :eyeroll:

What did Odumbo do to stop all of it, eh JM??

Not a damn thing..

But, of course, HE is your messiah so you won&#039;t say ill towards him at all..

It&#039;s ALL about Trump/America hate...&quot;

WHAT did Trump do to make it better???? NOT A DAMN THING. He went golfing during the month of February while Rome burned. 

But of course, Trump is YOUR MESSIAH, so you won&#039;t say any ILL towards him at all. It&#039;s all about ODUMBO HATE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[21] Michale wrote:</p>
<p>"More fear mongering....</p>
<p>And, of course, it's **ALL** President Trump's fault.. :eyeroll:</p>
<p>What did Odumbo do to stop all of it, eh JM??</p>
<p>Not a damn thing..</p>
<p>But, of course, HE is your messiah so you won't say ill towards him at all..</p>
<p>It's ALL about Trump/America hate..."</p>
<p>WHAT did Trump do to make it better???? NOT A DAMN THING. He went golfing during the month of February while Rome burned. </p>
<p>But of course, Trump is YOUR MESSIAH, so you won't say any ILL towards him at all. It's all about ODUMBO HATE.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157788</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Also on a personal note, welcome back Michale.&lt;/I&gt;

I missed you too..  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Also on a personal note, welcome back Michale.</i></p>
<p>I missed you too..  :D</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157787</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;In OTHER words, let 2 to 3 million Americans die from a totally preventable infection. What do you care if they are your parents or grandparents, as long as it is not you, RIGHT???&lt;/I&gt;

Of course, YOU would prefer to destroy the country and it&#039;s economy where TENS OF MILLIONS of Americans will die..

JUST so you can blame President Trump..

You ARE familiar with the concept of &quot;triage&quot;, right???

Can such a concept get thru your hysterical and bigoted Trump/America hate???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>In OTHER words, let 2 to 3 million Americans die from a totally preventable infection. What do you care if they are your parents or grandparents, as long as it is not you, RIGHT???</i></p>
<p>Of course, YOU would prefer to destroy the country and it's economy where TENS OF MILLIONS of Americans will die..</p>
<p>JUST so you can blame President Trump..</p>
<p>You ARE familiar with the concept of "triage", right???</p>
<p>Can such a concept get thru your hysterical and bigoted Trump/America hate???</p>
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		<title>By: John M</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157786</link>
		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[19] Michale wrote:

&quot;On a more personal note.. My condolences for the mass shooting you Canadians experienced recently..&quot;

Also on a personal note, welcome back Michale.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[19] Michale wrote:</p>
<p>"On a more personal note.. My condolences for the mass shooting you Canadians experienced recently.."</p>
<p>Also on a personal note, welcome back Michale.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157785</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;FIRST of all that has NOT happened.&lt;/I&gt;

Facts say otherwise..

But, of course, you don&#039;t WANT to know the actual facts..

&lt;I&gt;Secondly it is the OTHER WAY AROUND. Drastic measures have been taken BECAUSE they have been the hardest hit. They are NOT the hardest hit because drastic measures have been taken.&lt;/I&gt;

And yet, those &quot;drastic measures&quot; aren&#039;t working.

THAT&#039;s the fact you can&#039;t see...

And, in GOP states, they were hard hit as well initially..

But their COMMON SENSE approach not only flattened the curve but ALSO kept intact most civil liberties..

&lt;I&gt;Tell that to the people of Maryland with a Republican governor, the people of Sioux Falls South Dakota with the biggest hot spot outbreak in the nation, also with a Republican governor, the people of Atlanta, another hot spot, also with a Republican governor.&lt;/I&gt;

Uh.. You do realize that Atlanta is a city and doesn&#039;t HAVE a &quot;governor&quot;, Republican or otherwise, right???  

This is the problem with your &quot;facts&quot;??  They are like this... Hysterical and bullshit..

&lt;I&gt;Don&#039;t you mean the shutdown engineered by the Republican Congress under Obama?&lt;/I&gt;

Yea, of course.. When it&#039;s a Dem POTUS, it&#039;s the GOP Congress fault..

When it&#039;s a GOP POTUS, it&#039;s the POTUS fault..

Your hysterical bigotry is so transparent...

&lt;I&gt;REALLY? With a death toll that has more than DOUBLED under Trump from what it was under Obama, that you kept crowing about as an EPIC failure???&lt;/I&gt;

Funny how you didn&#039;t care about Odumbo&#039;s death toll until it was surpassed..

Once again.. Your hysterical bigotry is so transparent..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>FIRST of all that has NOT happened.</i></p>
<p>Facts say otherwise..</p>
<p>But, of course, you don't WANT to know the actual facts..</p>
<p><i>Secondly it is the OTHER WAY AROUND. Drastic measures have been taken BECAUSE they have been the hardest hit. They are NOT the hardest hit because drastic measures have been taken.</i></p>
<p>And yet, those "drastic measures" aren't working.</p>
<p>THAT's the fact you can't see...</p>
<p>And, in GOP states, they were hard hit as well initially..</p>
<p>But their COMMON SENSE approach not only flattened the curve but ALSO kept intact most civil liberties..</p>
<p><i>Tell that to the people of Maryland with a Republican governor, the people of Sioux Falls South Dakota with the biggest hot spot outbreak in the nation, also with a Republican governor, the people of Atlanta, another hot spot, also with a Republican governor.</i></p>
<p>Uh.. You do realize that Atlanta is a city and doesn't HAVE a "governor", Republican or otherwise, right???  </p>
<p>This is the problem with your "facts"??  They are like this... Hysterical and bullshit..</p>
<p><i>Don't you mean the shutdown engineered by the Republican Congress under Obama?</i></p>
<p>Yea, of course.. When it's a Dem POTUS, it's the GOP Congress fault..</p>
<p>When it's a GOP POTUS, it's the POTUS fault..</p>
<p>Your hysterical bigotry is so transparent...</p>
<p><i>REALLY? With a death toll that has more than DOUBLED under Trump from what it was under Obama, that you kept crowing about as an EPIC failure???</i></p>
<p>Funny how you didn't care about Odumbo's death toll until it was surpassed..</p>
<p>Once again.. Your hysterical bigotry is so transparent..</p>
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		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[18] Michale wrote:

&quot;Let me try to be more clear - if you live in the US, then you can be a carrier of the virus and infect others with whom you come in contact.

Let me be equally clear..

If you are not in the high risk group, you have upwards of a 99.3% chance of surviving an infection..

Given that fact, does it make sense to utterly destroy people&#039;s economic lives??&quot;

In OTHER words, let 2 to 3 million Americans die from a totally preventable infection. What do you care if they are your parents or grandparents, as long as it is not you, RIGHT???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[18] Michale wrote:</p>
<p>"Let me try to be more clear - if you live in the US, then you can be a carrier of the virus and infect others with whom you come in contact.</p>
<p>Let me be equally clear..</p>
<p>If you are not in the high risk group, you have upwards of a 99.3% chance of surviving an infection..</p>
<p>Given that fact, does it make sense to utterly destroy people's economic lives??"</p>
<p>In OTHER words, let 2 to 3 million Americans die from a totally preventable infection. What do you care if they are your parents or grandparents, as long as it is not you, RIGHT???</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JM,

But look at the bright side..

At least, with a REAL leader as Governor, you can go to the beach again.. :D

Feel sorry for those schmucks in California.. Virtual martial law.. And STILL has one of the highest infected/mortality rate in the country...   

Moron Gov....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JM,</p>
<p>But look at the bright side..</p>
<p>At least, with a REAL leader as Governor, you can go to the beach again.. :D</p>
<p>Feel sorry for those schmucks in California.. Virtual martial law.. And STILL has one of the highest infected/mortality rate in the country...   </p>
<p>Moron Gov....</p>
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		<title>By: John M</title>
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		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[14] Michale wrote:

&quot;In the Democrat states, whose so-called Dem &quot;leaders&quot; have chucked the US Constitution out the window, who had blatantly stated that they give no thought to the Bill Of Rights... THOSE states have the highest infected and mortality rates in the country..&quot;

FIRST of all that has NOT happened.

Secondly it is the OTHER WAY AROUND. Drastic measures have been taken BECAUSE they have been the hardest hit. They are NOT the hardest hit because drastic measures have been taken. 

Thirdly, the LAW and the CONSTITUTION both give governors extraordinary power when it comes to matters of public health, both Democratic and Republican governors alike. 

&quot;The GOP states where the leadership is balancing safety with common sense and Constitutional approaches have some of the lowest infected/mortality rates...&quot;

Tell that to the people of Maryland with a Republican governor, the people of Sioux Falls South Dakota with the biggest hot spot outbreak in the nation, also with a Republican governor, the people of Atlanta, another hot spot, also with a Republican governor. 

&quot;Odumbo used in the one of the government shutdowns he was always having..&quot;

Don&#039;t you mean the shutdown engineered by the Republican Congress under Obama?

&quot;President Trump&#039;s foresight and bold leadership has already guaranteed him a second term...&quot;

REALLY? With a death toll that has more than DOUBLED under Trump from what it was under Obama, that you kept crowing about as an EPIC failure???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[14] Michale wrote:</p>
<p>"In the Democrat states, whose so-called Dem "leaders" have chucked the US Constitution out the window, who had blatantly stated that they give no thought to the Bill Of Rights... THOSE states have the highest infected and mortality rates in the country.."</p>
<p>FIRST of all that has NOT happened.</p>
<p>Secondly it is the OTHER WAY AROUND. Drastic measures have been taken BECAUSE they have been the hardest hit. They are NOT the hardest hit because drastic measures have been taken. </p>
<p>Thirdly, the LAW and the CONSTITUTION both give governors extraordinary power when it comes to matters of public health, both Democratic and Republican governors alike. </p>
<p>"The GOP states where the leadership is balancing safety with common sense and Constitutional approaches have some of the lowest infected/mortality rates..."</p>
<p>Tell that to the people of Maryland with a Republican governor, the people of Sioux Falls South Dakota with the biggest hot spot outbreak in the nation, also with a Republican governor, the people of Atlanta, another hot spot, also with a Republican governor. </p>
<p>"Odumbo used in the one of the government shutdowns he was always having.."</p>
<p>Don't you mean the shutdown engineered by the Republican Congress under Obama?</p>
<p>"President Trump's foresight and bold leadership has already guaranteed him a second term..."</p>
<p>REALLY? With a death toll that has more than DOUBLED under Trump from what it was under Obama, that you kept crowing about as an EPIC failure???</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157781</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yea yea yea..

More fear mongering....

And, of course, it&#039;s **ALL** President Trump&#039;s fault.. :eyeroll:

What did Odumbo do to stop all of it, eh JM??

Not a damn thing..

But, of course, HE is your messiah so you won&#039;t say ill towards him at all..

It&#039;s ALL about Trump/America hate...   :^/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yea yea yea..</p>
<p>More fear mongering....</p>
<p>And, of course, it's **ALL** President Trump's fault.. :eyeroll:</p>
<p>What did Odumbo do to stop all of it, eh JM??</p>
<p>Not a damn thing..</p>
<p>But, of course, HE is your messiah so you won't say ill towards him at all..</p>
<p>It's ALL about Trump/America hate...   :^/</p>
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		<title>By: John M</title>
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		<dc:creator>John M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s only A Matter of TIME:

Coronavirus is NOT the only threat that&#039;s out there:

A virus in 2017 in Mongolia, part of the same virus family as measles, infected goats and wiped out 80 PERCENT of the livestock, with a fatality rate of 90 PERCENT. A mutation in the genome of just two amino acids would make it infectious to Humans. 

For another example: There is also the Nipah virus, which first appeared in 1998.

Found in both Malaysia and Bangladesh.

In Bangladesh the virus spread from the sap of date palms that had become contaminated.  People in Bangladesh harvest and drink the sap raw. Saliva, urine and droppings from fruit bats fall into the pots people collect the sap in.

Humans then spread the virus to each other directly, from person to person. It is only a matter of time before a version develops that is both deadly and highly transmissible. 

The fatality rate from Nipah has been 75 PERCENT. 

Unregulated live animal markets, destruction of wildlife habitat, unrestricted trade in endangered species and unregulated growth and development, decreasing biodiversity, all bring animals and people and new viruses into contact with each other that never would have happened naturally in the wild before. All contribute to this new threat. 

Trump has consistently undermined science as part of his pro-development, anti-environment agenda. Until this changes, the whole world will remain vulnerable.  

Meanwhile the list keeps growing: HIV, Ebola, Marburg virus, SARS, MERS, Zika, and now COVID-19, all have made the jump from animals to Humans in recent years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's only A Matter of TIME:</p>
<p>Coronavirus is NOT the only threat that's out there:</p>
<p>A virus in 2017 in Mongolia, part of the same virus family as measles, infected goats and wiped out 80 PERCENT of the livestock, with a fatality rate of 90 PERCENT. A mutation in the genome of just two amino acids would make it infectious to Humans. </p>
<p>For another example: There is also the Nipah virus, which first appeared in 1998.</p>
<p>Found in both Malaysia and Bangladesh.</p>
<p>In Bangladesh the virus spread from the sap of date palms that had become contaminated.  People in Bangladesh harvest and drink the sap raw. Saliva, urine and droppings from fruit bats fall into the pots people collect the sap in.</p>
<p>Humans then spread the virus to each other directly, from person to person. It is only a matter of time before a version develops that is both deadly and highly transmissible. </p>
<p>The fatality rate from Nipah has been 75 PERCENT. </p>
<p>Unregulated live animal markets, destruction of wildlife habitat, unrestricted trade in endangered species and unregulated growth and development, decreasing biodiversity, all bring animals and people and new viruses into contact with each other that never would have happened naturally in the wild before. All contribute to this new threat. </p>
<p>Trump has consistently undermined science as part of his pro-development, anti-environment agenda. Until this changes, the whole world will remain vulnerable.  </p>
<p>Meanwhile the list keeps growing: HIV, Ebola, Marburg virus, SARS, MERS, Zika, and now COVID-19, all have made the jump from animals to Humans in recent years.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157779</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Liz, 

On a more personal note.. My condolences for the mass shooting you Canadians experienced recently..

It really surprised me..

Canada has some of the strictest gun laws on the planet..  There is no right to own a weapon in Canada..

And yet.. A mass shooting still occurred...

Why, it&#039;s almost as if strict gun laws can&#039;t prevent mass shootings...  

Who would have possibly guessed that!??   

Oh.... wait....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liz, </p>
<p>On a more personal note.. My condolences for the mass shooting you Canadians experienced recently..</p>
<p>It really surprised me..</p>
<p>Canada has some of the strictest gun laws on the planet..  There is no right to own a weapon in Canada..</p>
<p>And yet.. A mass shooting still occurred...</p>
<p>Why, it's almost as if strict gun laws can't prevent mass shootings...  </p>
<p>Who would have possibly guessed that!??   </p>
<p>Oh.... wait....</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157778</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Liz,

&lt;I&gt;Let me try to be more clear - if you live in the US, then you can be a carrier of the virus and infect others with whom you come in contact.&lt;/I&gt;

Let me be equally clear..

If you are not in the high risk group, you have upwards of a 99.3% chance of surviving an infection..

Given that fact, does it make sense to utterly destroy people&#039;s economic lives??

Put another way..

You have 1000 skittles.. You must eat one..

ONE of the 1000 skittles will kill you... 

The other 999 will give you 10 million dollars...

The odds are overwhelmingly in your favor...

It&#039;s a no brainer..

Which describes the Democrats and their fear-mongering campaign..

Borne of no brains...  

It&#039;s the climate &quot;crisis&quot; {sic} all over again..  Cherry picked &quot;facts&quot;, rumor, innuendo and outright bullshit to scare the sheeple into compliance...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liz,</p>
<p><i>Let me try to be more clear - if you live in the US, then you can be a carrier of the virus and infect others with whom you come in contact.</i></p>
<p>Let me be equally clear..</p>
<p>If you are not in the high risk group, you have upwards of a 99.3% chance of surviving an infection..</p>
<p>Given that fact, does it make sense to utterly destroy people's economic lives??</p>
<p>Put another way..</p>
<p>You have 1000 skittles.. You must eat one..</p>
<p>ONE of the 1000 skittles will kill you... </p>
<p>The other 999 will give you 10 million dollars...</p>
<p>The odds are overwhelmingly in your favor...</p>
<p>It's a no brainer..</p>
<p>Which describes the Democrats and their fear-mongering campaign..</p>
<p>Borne of no brains...  </p>
<p>It's the climate "crisis" {sic} all over again..  Cherry picked "facts", rumor, innuendo and outright bullshit to scare the sheeple into compliance...</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157777</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;Just like Trump/America haters WANTED the economy to crash and burn just so they could blame it on President Trump...&lt;/I&gt;

Need another example???

Notice how the Trump/America haters ignored the death count of Odumbo&#039;s Swine Flu Pandemic..  Until the current death toll became hire..  

THEN it was all about the death count...  :eyeroll:

It&#039;s painfully obvious that nothing matters to Trump/America haters..

Nothing but their hate and bigotry..

They couldn&#039;t WAIT to scream &lt;B&gt;&quot;INVESTIGATION!!!!  INVESTIGATION!!!&quot;&lt;/B&gt;  even while people were dying...

Don&#039;t even get me started on how Dumbocrats dragged their heels and politicized the aid package and how they are STILL dragging their feet on the small business aid package..

They only bright spot in all this gloom and doom is that President Trump will be re-elected in a landslide..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Just like Trump/America haters WANTED the economy to crash and burn just so they could blame it on President Trump...</i></p>
<p>Need another example???</p>
<p>Notice how the Trump/America haters ignored the death count of Odumbo's Swine Flu Pandemic..  Until the current death toll became hire..  </p>
<p>THEN it was all about the death count...  :eyeroll:</p>
<p>It's painfully obvious that nothing matters to Trump/America haters..</p>
<p>Nothing but their hate and bigotry..</p>
<p>They couldn't WAIT to scream <b>"INVESTIGATION!!!!  INVESTIGATION!!!"</b>  even while people were dying...</p>
<p>Don't even get me started on how Dumbocrats dragged their heels and politicized the aid package and how they are STILL dragging their feet on the small business aid package..</p>
<p>They only bright spot in all this gloom and doom is that President Trump will be re-elected in a landslide..</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157776</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JL,

&lt;I&gt;how much do you want to bet that righties start accusing lefties of WANTING people to get sick, just to prove republican governors wrong?&lt;/I&gt;

Oh, that&#039;s already painfully obvious..

Just like Trump/America haters WANTED the economy to crash and burn just so they could blame it on President Trump...

There is no thought in their minds, save TAKE DOWN TRUMP...

No matter who it hurts, no matter who it kills...

TAKE DOWN TRUMP..  

Sad that Democrats have come to this...  So ruled by their hate and bigotry..

Given the blatantly hypocrisy of Democrats, I guess it was inevitable..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JL,</p>
<p><i>how much do you want to bet that righties start accusing lefties of WANTING people to get sick, just to prove republican governors wrong?</i></p>
<p>Oh, that's already painfully obvious..</p>
<p>Just like Trump/America haters WANTED the economy to crash and burn just so they could blame it on President Trump...</p>
<p>There is no thought in their minds, save TAKE DOWN TRUMP...</p>
<p>No matter who it hurts, no matter who it kills...</p>
<p>TAKE DOWN TRUMP..  </p>
<p>Sad that Democrats have come to this...  So ruled by their hate and bigotry..</p>
<p>Given the blatantly hypocrisy of Democrats, I guess it was inevitable..</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157775</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Liz,

&lt;I&gt;As long as the response strategy in the US continues to be divided along blue states vs red states and along other divisive measures, the fight against the virus is going to be a very, very, very long proposition.&lt;/I&gt;

I highly recommend you read THE PEOPLE&#039;S REPUBLIC by Kurt Schlichter..

You&#039;ll see a LOT of parallels between that fiction and what&#039;s happening in reality..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liz,</p>
<p><i>As long as the response strategy in the US continues to be divided along blue states vs red states and along other divisive measures, the fight against the virus is going to be a very, very, very long proposition.</i></p>
<p>I highly recommend you read THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC by Kurt Schlichter..</p>
<p>You'll see a LOT of parallels between that fiction and what's happening in reality..</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157774</link>
		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s rather ironic..

In the Democrat states, whose so-called Dem &quot;leaders&quot; have chucked the US Constitution out the window, who had blatantly stated that they give no thought to the Bill Of Rights... THOSE states have the highest infected and mortality rates in the country..

The GOP states where the leadership is balancing safety with common sense and Constitutional approaches have some of the lowest infected/mortality rates...

The moral of the story??  It&#039;s the Democrats who are politicizing this pandemic and using the same MAKE IT HURT approach that Odumbo used in the one of the government shutdowns he was always having..

But, of course, we already know that Democrats are politicizing this pandemic..  It was obvious when the same old RUSSIA COLLUSION DELUSION and FAUX IMPEACHMENT COUP players started yelling and screaming about MORE investigations to nullify a free, fair, duly, legal, democratic and Constitutional election...

President Trump&#039;s foresight and bold leadership has already guaranteed him a second term...  

That is fact...

Biden??  Where has Biden been but hunkered down in his basement....   :^/

Apologies for my absence...  In addition to have toured the nine levels of hell health wise.....

http://sjfm.us/pics/newborn.jpg

We have a newborn in the house and it means a lot of sleepless nights and endless bottle feedings..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's rather ironic..</p>
<p>In the Democrat states, whose so-called Dem "leaders" have chucked the US Constitution out the window, who had blatantly stated that they give no thought to the Bill Of Rights... THOSE states have the highest infected and mortality rates in the country..</p>
<p>The GOP states where the leadership is balancing safety with common sense and Constitutional approaches have some of the lowest infected/mortality rates...</p>
<p>The moral of the story??  It's the Democrats who are politicizing this pandemic and using the same MAKE IT HURT approach that Odumbo used in the one of the government shutdowns he was always having..</p>
<p>But, of course, we already know that Democrats are politicizing this pandemic..  It was obvious when the same old RUSSIA COLLUSION DELUSION and FAUX IMPEACHMENT COUP players started yelling and screaming about MORE investigations to nullify a free, fair, duly, legal, democratic and Constitutional election...</p>
<p>President Trump's foresight and bold leadership has already guaranteed him a second term...  </p>
<p>That is fact...</p>
<p>Biden??  Where has Biden been but hunkered down in his basement....   :^/</p>
<p>Apologies for my absence...  In addition to have toured the nine levels of hell health wise.....</p>
<p><a href="http://sjfm.us/pics/newborn.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://sjfm.us/pics/newborn.jpg</a></p>
<p>We have a newborn in the house and it means a lot of sleepless nights and endless bottle feedings..</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hopefully, the governors who wish to end their shutdowns too soon will very soon learn that their economies will be better off in the long run if they follow guidelines and benchmarks for easing out of their shutdowns set out by those who know what they&#039;re talking about, and that includes economists who are worth more than their own salt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hopefully, the governors who wish to end their shutdowns too soon will very soon learn that their economies will be better off in the long run if they follow guidelines and benchmarks for easing out of their shutdowns set out by those who know what they're talking about, and that includes economists who are worth more than their own salt.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Many more lessons to be learned here:
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-out-of-many-one-36b886af37e9</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many more lessons to be learned here:<br />
<a href="https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-out-of-many-one-36b886af37e9" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-out-of-many-one-36b886af37e9</a></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And, speaking of contacts and tracing them, sign me up!

Any leader worth his or her salt would be putting the call out for an army of contact tracers. That goes double for countries that can&#039;t seem to get out from under mitigation measures and move to containment efforts.

Another lesson to be learned.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And, speaking of contacts and tracing them, sign me up!</p>
<p>Any leader worth his or her salt would be putting the call out for an army of contact tracers. That goes double for countries that can't seem to get out from under mitigation measures and move to containment efforts.</p>
<p>Another lesson to be learned.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157770</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let me try to be more clear - if you live in the US, then you can be a carrier of the virus and infect others with whom you come in contact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me try to be more clear - if you live in the US, then you can be a carrier of the virus and infect others with whom you come in contact.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157769</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The US may be about to find out the hard way that its public health system is not up to the task of suppressing the novel coronavirus. Which is a virus that doesn&#039;t care if the human is a citizen or an undocumented immigrant.  

Hopefully, lessons like this will be learned and fast.

Michale, are you listening?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The US may be about to find out the hard way that its public health system is not up to the task of suppressing the novel coronavirus. Which is a virus that doesn't care if the human is a citizen or an undocumented immigrant.  </p>
<p>Hopefully, lessons like this will be learned and fast.</p>
<p>Michale, are you listening?</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157768</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 03:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great.</description>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157767</link>
		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 02:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[5]

That would fall under the &quot;distract them from the deaths&quot; approach and par for the course for the Repugs.</description>
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<p>That would fall under the "distract them from the deaths" approach and par for the course for the Repugs.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157764</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 01:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;&quot;Please! Please quarantine the politicization of COVID!&quot;&lt;/b&gt; ... WHO DG Dr. Tedros, April 8, 2020, WHO regular press briefing

I&#039;m feeling an overwhelming need to channel Dr. Tedros tonight.

Over the course of this outbreak, Dr. Tedros has been delivering a very important message in order to end this pandemic - we need national unity, regional cooperation and global solidarity.

We need unity at the national level. So many national leaders believe this and are putting it into action as part of their overall response. We should be able to work across party lines, across faiths and ideologies and other differences we have. No matter how difficult this may be it is the right thing to do if leaders care about saving their peoples&#039; lives. 

Secondly, we need global solidarity. Dr. Tedros relayed a story about small pox at this press briefing. During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union came together to fight against Smallpox and they brought along the rest of the world as well. Within 10 years the disease had been eradicated. Now it is time for China and the US to come together and lead the world to victory over this dangerous enemy. We need honest leadership from the US and China and honest solidarity at the global level.

This is the only option if we want to win this war. When there are cracks in national unity and global solidarity this novel coronavirus will succeed. If disunity continues then please prepare for the worst to come, as Dr. Tedros has warned.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>"Please! Please quarantine the politicization of COVID!"</b> ... WHO DG Dr. Tedros, April 8, 2020, WHO regular press briefing</p>
<p>I'm feeling an overwhelming need to channel Dr. Tedros tonight.</p>
<p>Over the course of this outbreak, Dr. Tedros has been delivering a very important message in order to end this pandemic - we need national unity, regional cooperation and global solidarity.</p>
<p>We need unity at the national level. So many national leaders believe this and are putting it into action as part of their overall response. We should be able to work across party lines, across faiths and ideologies and other differences we have. No matter how difficult this may be it is the right thing to do if leaders care about saving their peoples' lives. </p>
<p>Secondly, we need global solidarity. Dr. Tedros relayed a story about small pox at this press briefing. During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union came together to fight against Smallpox and they brought along the rest of the world as well. Within 10 years the disease had been eradicated. Now it is time for China and the US to come together and lead the world to victory over this dangerous enemy. We need honest leadership from the US and China and honest solidarity at the global level.</p>
<p>This is the only option if we want to win this war. When there are cracks in national unity and global solidarity this novel coronavirus will succeed. If disunity continues then please prepare for the worst to come, as Dr. Tedros has warned.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157763</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 01:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>how much do you want to bet that righties start accusing lefties of WANTING people to get sick, just to prove republican governors wrong?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>how much do you want to bet that righties start accusing lefties of WANTING people to get sick, just to prove republican governors wrong?</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/04/21/the-politics-of-reopening/#comment-157761</link>
		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cain&#039;t blame you, 
Elisabeth. I understand that Mexicans are kinda leery of us gringos.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cain't blame you,<br />
Elisabeth. I understand that Mexicans are kinda leery of us gringos.</p>
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