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Dirtyblue929 Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#332426: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:01:42 PM

Yeah, "Tupac ain't dead" is a huge inside joke among rap fans

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#332427: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:01:59 PM

The prior debate was also live, IIRC they had them masked and distanced socially.

Still questionable but not exactly unprecedented or unprepared.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#332428: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:03:30 PM

Honestly, rather than latching onto the fact that Tupac is dead, I feel like they'd be more likely to attack her for giving an answer at all. You know, because of rap being the root of all evil, and all that.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#332429: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:07:04 PM

Have his hologram show up.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Dirtyblue929 Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#332430: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:07:09 PM

This is... a development:

For those not willing or able to watch (don't blame you): he's insisting that the hospital stay was an abundance of caution and not necessary, or implying that it was a solidarity thing, one or the other. He's saying regeneron caused an immediate uptick in his health and he's trying to authorize the treatment to be distributed for free to hospitals across the country. Not sure about how FDA testing will tie into it...

He's also saying that a vaccine will be available "right after the election" and that it would be available before the election but "politics" are getting in the way or something. And insisting that China will "pay a big price" for "what they've done to the world."

Bullshit aside he seems fairly healthy in this video.

Edited by Dirtyblue929 on Oct 7th 2020 at 4:09:10 AM

astrokitty Happiness is a cup of tea from Somewhere Out There Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Happiness is a cup of tea
#332431: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:12:14 PM

It's so weird to see him not looking like a cheap spray tan.

Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#332432: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:14:09 PM

He’s pretty clearly lying. He’s still not fully treated, nor does he have any plans to distribute that drug.

Speaking of which, he’s still full of drugs inhibiting him, right?

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#332433: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:21:19 PM

I honestly don't know if I want Regeneron to work anymore. I feel unclean about this.

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#332434: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:24:50 PM

Keep in mind not 24 hours ago he was doing this:

“DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, THE BIGGEST OF ALL POLITICAL SCANDALS (IN HISTORY)!!! BIDEN, OBAMA AND CROOKED HILLARY LED THIS TREASONOUS PLOT!!! BIDEN SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO RUN - GOT CAUGHT!!!”

Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#332435: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:26:32 PM

Let's say that it does become that "miracle" drug to fight COVID, people are gonna take it regardless on how they feel about Trump. Yeah, it'll suck that they are taking meds from a guy that basically destroyed everyone's lives, but I don't think people want to die from COVID just to spite Trump. Same reasoning with the stimulus checks; you don't like that it came from a shitheel, but for many, they were in a position where they really did need that money.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#332436: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:30:32 PM

Trump was also given three times the normal dose.

Oh, and I think I saw that foetal stem cells were used in its creation. I'm sure the Republicans won't mention that.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#332437: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:35:51 PM

Yep. I was waiting to hear something about that related to his treatments.

Do not obey in advance.
Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#332438: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:49:28 PM

Let's say that it does become that "miracle" drug to fight COVID, people are gonna take it regardless on how they feel about Trump.

You're overlooking the main thing they feel about Trump; they feel he's a liar. After 4 years of lying those people aren't going to just suddenly accept that this time he's telling the truth and the drug isn't going to hurt them.

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#332439: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:54:10 PM

Honestly, even though it doesn’t look like he’s dying in the ad, it either means that he’s pushing himself to look healthy or the gave him so many drugs that he’s unaware that he can’t breath properly.

Or maybe he actually is healthier now.

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#332440: Oct 7th 2020 at 4:57:24 PM

Or maybe he actually is healthier now.

Press F to doubt.

I give it a couple days before the drugs wear off and his condition crashes.

Edited by Karxrida on Oct 7th 2020 at 4:58:49 AM

RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#332441: Oct 7th 2020 at 5:00:18 PM

Going from symptomatic to completely asymptomatic after that amount of drugs (and the low oxygenation) seems implausible. Not given the general recovery period associated with this.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#332442: Oct 7th 2020 at 5:00:20 PM

Very well could be that the drugs are suppressing the worst signs of the disease (at the expense of Trump's already limited impulse control). Now, we can't say if they will keep the disease in check until it passes, or if the conditions worsens over time (as COVID as be known to do).

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#332443: Oct 7th 2020 at 5:13:44 PM

I don't think even the mild covid sufferers recovered this quickly so I think he's probably using a pick-me-up.

TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#332444: Oct 7th 2020 at 5:17:41 PM

He may be fine now, but chances are he'll crash again in a week or two when his immune response really kicks in.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#332445: Oct 7th 2020 at 5:29:11 PM

[up][up]Here, officials declare cases "resolved" if no symptoms of the disease occur after 10 straight days, and there are several negative tests.

Man, the worst part about the CNN debate coverage is that they've got goddamn Rick Santorum as their token Republican talking head. Can't stand that guy. Then again, all the remotely decent Republicans/ex-Republicans have remained neutral if not declared for Biden at this stage.


In yet more good polling/projection news: CNN's model has shown, for the first time, Biden getting 270+ Electoral Votes with Solid and Leaning Democratic states alone.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/07/politics/electoral-college-joe-biden-donald-trump/index.html

Edited by Rationalinsanity on Oct 7th 2020 at 9:35:17 AM

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#332446: Oct 7th 2020 at 5:34:57 PM

I'm watching the debate on Crooked Media, where a bunch of former Obama officials and some others stream it on Twitch while making comments and criticisms. It's pretty fun actually.

Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#332448: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:00:00 PM

538 is also doing their usual live reactions.

Thought: What if instead of Kamala, Biden comes out and says, "You didn't say which VP!"

Edited by Parable on Oct 7th 2020 at 6:00:12 AM

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#332449: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:02:58 PM

That would be funny, but no.

Harris is going to win. You really think Pence would debate against a woman?

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#332450: Oct 7th 2020 at 6:03:28 PM

Biden going onstage would put himself at unnecessary risk, so no.

Edited by AlleyOop on Oct 7th 2020 at 9:03:41 AM


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