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Yeah we are missing 4 birthday parties in the process :/ not to mention the far nicer weather in ohio.
By grandson turned 5 last week. I have to wait until I can celebrate it with him, feel your pain!

It is starting to get warm in Ohio.. Cant really enjoy it, But can;t complain.. I have a property out east we are headed there tonight, at least I get to go to a place where I have 8 acres to roam!
 

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I just have to say this post really shows you are not getting it.
Sad but true.

You bring up the need for elective surgery... seriously smh!!!!

Prove your point that the cure is worse than the disease... show me how you know this?
No. You and others may rant on and live your life in fear. I have made a multitude of points that went unanswered. I will continue to make whatever points I see fit to make. Unless freedom of speech is verboten in this East German society we find ourselves in as well as every other freedom.
As me and my family, we will not.
Ride this hysteria as long as you like. I’m just waiting to see where and when the citizenry will say enough!!
 
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No. You and others may rant on and live your life in fear. I have made a multitude of points that went unanswered. I will continue to make whatever points I see fit to make. Unless freedom of speech is verboten in this East German society we find ourselves in as well as every other freedom.
As me and my family, we will not.
Ride this hysteria as long as you like. I’m just waiting to see where and when the citizenry will say enough!!
I have no hysteria, I do understand that epidemics and pandemics are real.

I do understand the data and the data is clear, there is no dilemma between the economy and the virus, no mitigating measures means a strained, possibly ruined economy and many deaths and lingering illness because this virus has long term effects on the body.

Bearing down hard is the only way for the economy to survive and for deaths to be minimized, and really it should have happened a lot sooner.

I find it interesting you do not address the entire pressure this places on the health care system, front line workers, the fact that people would be left to die on the streets like China or in their homes like in Italy and what has been clearly experienced in places like Italy... unless you think that it all fake news?

And death by this virus is not pretty as people are gasping for breath until their heart gives out... the virus attacks the entire lung.

Are you out and about living your life as normal is that your position?
 

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I'm not going to be bullied into silence and go quietly in the night. I'm going to post a slew of stories that will show just how quickly we are descending into a fascist state. If freedom loving Americans don't soon rise up, we may not be able to later These are just reports from TODAY!!
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Here is the supposed super expert himself saying 2 months ago this is nothing to be concerned about:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...united-states-not-something-citizens-worried/

While simultaneously releasing many criminals, judges and jurisdictions are putting GPS ankle monitors and threatening arrest and imprisonment to citizens who have committed no crimes and broken no laws for refusing to self quarantine:

https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...noncompliant-coronavirus-patients/5094594002/

Here we have Google giving authorities, WITHOUT A WARRANT, phone location records of private citizens who are suspected of leaving their homes:

https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-regulation/coronavirus-google-releases-location-data-338372

What did this poor soul, who was arrested and faces fines and up to 6 months in prison do? He had the audacity to go paddle boarding ALONE in the GIGANTIC ocean!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...paddleboarding-malibu-facing-six-months-jail/

Have a friend or relative in Delaware but live in say.... Maryland with Maryland license plates? Expect to get pulled over, questioned and told you MUST either turn around or face a 2 week quarantine:

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2...ll-over-out-of-state-drivers-during-pandemic/


You say "Ok, ok, all of those temporary loss of freedoms and injustices are only till the curve is flattened and we have less cases. THEN we'll get all our freedoms back." Well here is "hero" Fauci telling us NO! We can't end this insanity until we have ZERO cases!!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...estrictions-no-new-cases-no-new-deaths-video/


So who knows how much more time we have to save the republic. Tomorrow may bring "rules" and "guidelines" that say there will be fines and penalties for speaking out against the authoritarian crackdowns.


One day we may look back and say, "why didn't anybody stop this tyranny!?" Well NOW is all of our chance.
 
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I'm not going to be bullied into silence and go quietly in the night. I'm going to post a slew of stories that will show just how quickly we are descending into a fascist state. If freedom loving Americans don't soon rise up, we may not be able to later These are just reports from TODAY!!
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Here is the supposed super expert himself saying 2 months ago this is nothing to be concerned about:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...united-states-not-something-citizens-worried/

While simultaneously releasing many criminals, judges and jurisdictions are putting GPS ankle monitors and threatening arrest and imprisonment to citizens who have committed no crimes and broken no laws for refusing to self quarantine:

https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...noncompliant-coronavirus-patients/5094594002/

Here we have Google giving authorities, WITHOUT A WARRANT, phone location records of private citizens who are suspected of leaving their homes:

https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-regulation/coronavirus-google-releases-location-data-338372

What did this poor soul, who was arrested and faces fines and up to 6 months in prison do? He had the audacity to go paddle boarding ALONE in the GIGANTIC ocean!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...paddleboarding-malibu-facing-six-months-jail/

Have a friend or relative in Delaware but live in say.... Maryland with Maryland license plates? Expect to get pulled over, questioned and told you MUST either turn around or face a 2 week quarantine:

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2...ll-over-out-of-state-drivers-during-pandemic/


You say "Ok, ok, all of those temporary loss of freedoms and injustices are only till the curve is flattened and we have less cases. THEN we'll get all our freedoms back." Well here is "hero" Fauci telling us NO! We can't end this insanity until we have ZERO cases!!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...estrictions-no-new-cases-no-new-deaths-video/


So who knows how much more time we have to save the republic. Tomorrow may bring "rules" and "guidelines" that say there will be fines and penalties for speaking out against the authoritarian crackdowns.


One day we may look back and say, "why didn't anybody stop this tyranny!?" Well NOW is all of our chance.

Gateway Pundit is one man who more than once has had to retract his statements and has printed false information.
I can link it you would like.

Sad journalism when statements are taken out of context.

They did many of the same things during the 1917 pandemic.... btw

Are you rising up, are you in front of the government buildings taking a stand?
 

PennEd

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Gateway Pundit is one man who more than once has had to retract his statements and has printed false information.
I can link it you would like.

Sad journalism when statements are taken out of context.

They did many of the same things during the 1917 pandemic.... btw

Are you rising up, are you in front of the government buildings taking a stand?
Utterly lazy response. And most of the articles are local and have nothing to do with Gateway Pundit.
But bet you didn’t even read them.

The Gateway Pundit story has video. Did the guy dress up like Fauci and pretend to be him?
You are simply trying to discredit something that doesn’t fit your narrative. How about responding to the points instead?
 
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I'm not going to be bullied into silence and go quietly in the night. I'm going to post a slew of stories that will show just how quickly we are descending into a fascist state. If freedom loving Americans don't soon rise up, we may not be able to later These are just reports from TODAY!!
:
Here is the supposed super expert himself saying 2 months ago this is nothing to be concerned about:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...united-states-not-something-citizens-worried/

While simultaneously releasing many criminals, judges and jurisdictions are putting GPS ankle monitors and threatening arrest and imprisonment to citizens who have committed no crimes and broken no laws for refusing to self quarantine:

https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...noncompliant-coronavirus-patients/5094594002/

Here we have Google giving authorities, WITHOUT A WARRANT, phone location records of private citizens who are suspected of leaving their homes:

https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-regulation/coronavirus-google-releases-location-data-338372

What did this poor soul, who was arrested and faces fines and up to 6 months in prison do? He had the audacity to go paddle boarding ALONE in the GIGANTIC ocean!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...paddleboarding-malibu-facing-six-months-jail/

Have a friend or relative in Delaware but live in say.... Maryland with Maryland license plates? Expect to get pulled over, questioned and told you MUST either turn around or face a 2 week quarantine:

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2...ll-over-out-of-state-drivers-during-pandemic/


You say "Ok, ok, all of those temporary loss of freedoms and injustices are only till the curve is flattened and we have less cases. THEN we'll get all our freedoms back." Well here is "hero" Fauci telling us NO! We can't end this insanity until we have ZERO cases!!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...estrictions-no-new-cases-no-new-deaths-video/


So who knows how much more time we have to save the republic. Tomorrow may bring "rules" and "guidelines" that say there will be fines and penalties for speaking out against the authoritarian crackdowns.


One day we may look back and say, "why didn't anybody stop this tyranny!?" Well NOW is all of our chance.
This is what keeps me up at night...and if the United States turns into a facist dictatorship, the rest of the world doesn't stand a chance...it wasn't a European who said 'give me liberty or give me death', nor a Canadian...after the American Revolution those who fought on the side of Britain, most of them moved up here.
 
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Utterly lazy response. And most of the articles are local and have nothing to do with Gateway Pundit.
But bet you didn’t even read them.

The Gateway Pundit story has video. Did the guy dress up like Fauci and pretend to be him?
You are simply trying to discredit something that doesn’t fit your narrative. How about responding to the points instead?
I already of familiar with Gateway Pundit.... and that is all is "pundit"
That means opinions.

I read this one start to finish

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...estrictions-no-new-cases-no-new-deaths-video/

Most of it out of context, does not refute examine why those numbers were off ... just makes blanket statements like this.....

Dr Anthony Fauci told Jon Karl on ABC that the US could expect up to 21 million coronavirus hospitalizations and up to 1.7 million coronavirus deaths.

And it is well known this a projection based on no mitigation with what was known by the Imperial College in London at the time about the virus. That is reckless reporting because most people, sadly most will not fact check and go back and read the actual report.

I am familiar with all the other situations. If people did what they were told then their rights would not be infringed.

Sadly, we who are responding appropriately given a pandemic as they did in 1917 will have to suffer because some people do not get it just like 1917... yup history repeats and interestingly enough once it was over back then the churches opened back up.
 
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I already of familiar with Gateway Pundit.... and that is all is "pundit"
EH, quick genuine question. I'm just wondering if you know how reliable the numbers being posted on the worldmeter site are. Despite our differing opinions I do think you're an intelligent person.
 
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EH, quick genuine question. I'm just wondering if you know how reliable the numbers being posted on the worldmeter site are. Despite our differing opinions I do think you're an intelligent person.
I like it because the source is right there and you can click on the link... I have not noticed any discrepancy with John Hopkins...just updated a different intervals.
 
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This is what keeps me up at night...and if the United States turns into a facist dictatorship, the rest of the world doesn't stand a chance...it wasn't a European who said 'give me liberty or give me death', nor a Canadian...after the American Revolution those who fought on the side of Britain, most of them moved up here.
The survellience society is already upon us, and yes of course the threat government over stretching its reach is an ongoing concern.

However one must remember that a pandemic left unmitigated could possibly cause huge civil unrest if police are not able to do their jobs.

Presently in the GTA there are 500 police that are in self isolation...that is with mitigation...so one must also look on the flip side and see other bad scenarios of lawlessness.

In these situations there many possible different ways it can get bad.
 
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The survellience society is already upon us, and yes of course the threat government over stretching its reach is an ongoing concern.

However one must remember that a pandemic left unmitigated could possibly cause huge civil unrest if police are not able to do their jobs.

Presently in the GTA there are 500 police that are in self isolation...that is with mitigation...so one must also look on the flip side and see other bad scenarios of lawlessness.

In these situations there many possible different ways it can get bad.
You use the term GTA, and to me that means Greater Toronto Area.....are you also Canadian?
 

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I sincerely hope that you deniers are at least obeying the suggestions (now orders in most areas) of the real health experts. I hope that your actions don't lead to the death of someone.

I would like to remind everyone that by direction of God, we have a responsibility to obey the laws of our government.
 
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I sincerely hope that you deniers are at least obeying the suggestions (now orders in most areas) of the real health experts. I hope that your actions don't lead to the death of someone.

I would like to remind everyone that by direction of God, we have a responsibility to obey the laws of our government.
I am complying completely......best case scenario, if nothing else...these mitigation efforts will help when the eventual surge comes....but even with them I expect our hosptials are going to be overwhelmed. If Toronto gets hit with 20 cm of snow its a near disaster....even 10 or 15 cm is bad.

The media can make even a benign event seem horrendous:

 
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No. You and others may rant on and live your life in fear. I have made a multitude of points that went unanswered. I will continue to make whatever points I see fit to make. Unless freedom of speech is verboten in this East German society we find ourselves in as well as every other freedom.
As me and my family, we will not.
Ride this hysteria as long as you like. I’m just waiting to see where and when the citizenry will say enough!!
Hate to say it bro but your out of line, you want to risk your family and go,out, that’s on you, but to say there is no threat, we’ll tell that to the 100 people,who,died in Ohio in just a few short weeks, or the 3000 people who have died in NY, the nursing home here in Ohio where 20 people (died) and I know California and Washington state have suffered the same fates,

you want to go out feel free, but know your supposed to be representing Christ, and people are looking at church people like you who think it is ok, putting your lives and others at risk, and just proclaim what many think, that Gods people do not care,

if you do not think it is a great threat. That’s fine, don’t judge others who want to serve others by NT putting them at risk
 

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back ( for a minute) to the topic of this thread, reopening America-\

it has become very clear in the last 10 days or so that some areas of the country are way worse off than others,

at this point, I see no way that a general, nationwide reopening can happen, as the hard hit areas, even if they improve, can have a relapse.

here is a local example - the city of atlanta ( the metro area) has more cases than the neighboring states of ala. and s.c.

my town ( Athens ga) is about 70 miles northeast of atlanta . ( we have a population of 90,000).

we locked down 2 and 1/2 weeks ago, we have 59 cases.

so, clearly, we can start to reopen long before them, but a lot of folks from here travel up there for business, and also, the university of ga, is here, with most of the students being from metro atl.

luckily, they were on spring break when things started to go downhill, they were told when they returned to move out of their dorms and go home. many of them just took a few things and left the rest.

they will all have to come back and move stuff in the next few months.

as you can see, just this little tiny piece of America has a lot of things to figure out, like how to handle the students not bringing the virus back into town if atlanta is still hot ( which it could very well be) 8-10 weeks from now.

the reopening is going to a mess, and that is a understatement.
 
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I sincerely hope that you deniers are at least obeying the suggestions (now orders in most areas) of the real health experts. I hope that your actions don't lead to the death of someone.

I would like to remind everyone that by direction of God, we have a responsibility to obey the laws of our government.
I am complying with all the rules....however that point about obeying the laws of gov't, that responsibilty has limitations. In Roman times Christians were told to swear against their Lord and Saviour.....and some did, they obeyed. Remember, Jesus Himself prioritzed even the Commandments placing Love the Lord your God and Love your neighbor above the rest....
 

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Like I said in another thread:

There is a time to not defy the lockdowns; however, it is pure absurdity and stupidity to allow them to go on indefinitely.
The situation has to be weighed carefully.

If freedom loving Americans don't soon rise up, we may not be able to later
The true and correct answer to this lies in what all freedom-loving Americans should be doing on a continual basis - before a threatening situation arises. And, the form of 'rise up' must be something different than what the words mean to most who will hear/read it. The wrong kind done the wrong way will only get people thrown into prison camps. But, the right kind done the right way can do a lot of good.

One day we may look back and say, "why didn't anybody stop this tyranny!?" Well NOW is all of our chance.
Before you can do much real good, a sufficient number of like-minded honorable intelligent individuals in collaboration with a common goal - having clear and secure communications among all of them - must work together to provide information and leadership to others in a way that expands and grows the group until there are enough of them to be able to effect the proper change.

Our "chance" has been all along --- and, hopefully, will still be with us for some time to come...

The question is - what are we doing with it?