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What wonderful "good fortune." One jauntily surviving a magic bullet while the other is felled by a virus.

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Hmm, I wonder if it will be announced that Biden's doctors have belatedly diagnosed the (im)patient with the dreaded "long COVID". Of course, if they persist in keeping him propped up on the Oval Office Throne, "long COVID" would be a public-relations liability.

Biden's resolve may be cracking because Team Biden's post-debate would-be damage control is... well, I want to say "backfiring" or "not getting traction", but now these sound like assassination-attempt and elderly infirmity double-entendre.

It's just my guess, but it seems as if Biden's most influential handlers-- possibly Dr. Jill and Hunter, gack!-- hoped that showcasing Biden with a string of interviews would rehabilitate him.

Alex Christoforou suspects that this rehabilitation isn't so much to "prove" that Biden is still mentally fit (if not "sharp"), but actually to perversely desensitize the public to Biden's marked and conspicuous cognitive and communicative lapses. Alex may have a point; after a while, Biden's lapses are not novel or startling, but pathetically routine.

Long or short, it's also possible that Biden has finally seen the handwriting on the White House wall, and this "COVID" interlude is the precursor or first step to an off-ramp: Biden reluctantly yielding to the ravages of illness.

Since I resolutely repudiate the Megadeath Virus of Doom Scamdemic narrative, which led me to likewise repudiate the myth of illness-causing viruses, I savor the irony of The Ghost of Joe Biden (Barely) Present being appropriately laid low by a Phantom Menace. 😎 👻 🦠

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Covid is the perfect cover for getting rid of Joe....

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thanks, Cindy. what would we do without you. it is SO nice to be able to laugh out loud.

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Also my reaction when they announced Biden tested positive for Covid was "you're seriously expecting us to care?"

I hope the sloped roof trope catches on.

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All the pundits trying to "figure it out," and write the script for tomorrow. Joy Reid Biden? Script's already been written, by Pfizer, JB Pritzker, or whoever. High time to replace the mini-Tyrant he replaced. "Sloped Roof" might replace "Cellar Door" as the best known poetic trope. Trump may not rhyme with "History," but at least he can boast that he's a "Survivor."

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Like the TV show? 😂

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I can always count on you to find the greatest memes. At least I can laugh when the missiles start falling around me.

While Kirby blathers during "press conferences" Putin releases targets in Europe to be eliminated as soon as NATO "officially" enters the race.

The video of the Columbian mercenary warning his fellow countrymen to stay the hell out of Ukraine is fascinating. I ALMOST felt sorry for him.

Time to grab the popcorn, find a comfy seat, and watch the unfolding clown show. I love it when they pack into tiny cars.

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"laugh though your heart is breaking, laugh though it's war they're making"

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I myself during the Iraq genocide lobbied Rosa DeLauro, James Langevin and other democrats .. until I landed on Ron Paul's doorstep... it's funny to watch Tulsi and others go through the great awakening... I register as END THE FEDS not federal reserve but more so, THE entire federal criminal cabal. Its not a government, its a population control board the deals in extinguishing human life... And as for Trump, well he's a useful idiot, he's already aligning with the enemies. J.D. Vance??? History repeating itself... if you've never watched it "Thankyou for smoking" well that was documentary not a comedy..

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My house has a steeper roof than that, and I still get up there to get the leaves out, though I doubt I could pass a law enforcement physical fitness test. And the leaves are unarmed.

I stay off the barn roof though, because it is thin rusty metal, and I might put a foot through it.

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The Republican Party imploded a long time ago. All that fooling around with mockups like Romney. Trump and his followers colonized it like a squatters in an abandoned building. I didn't expect the Dems to go down anywhere this easy or soon. But in both cases, they did it to themselves. Now we have the Trump party and the "We Don't Need No Stinking Primaries" party.

Imagine if they'd run Warren. Yes, another authoritarian capitalist warmonger, but that would have likely played out better for them in many ways. Instead they, what? Kept thinking if they picked the worst guy that would be more likely to appeal to Trump supporters? Nobody they run will appeal to Trump supporters.

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In CEO meeting, Trump promised more tax cuts

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/investing/trump-tax-cuts

Trump will adhere to his own class interests and will screw his MAGGOT working class fans who, out of desperation with a political system bought and paid for by a thin layer of ultra wealthy, crowd around him and his bloodied ear like Lazarus.

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None of these people understand global economics. They don't want to. They don't want to participate in federal economic systems either. I live in SE NM surrounded by this crowd. They make all new sheriffs swear an oath to be Constitutional Sheriffs and answer to no one or nothing else. Screw the feds and screw the state. And especially screw the Democrats.

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Again?

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Thanks for formula recap. A lot fragmentation going on these days, just snake unity. ( so sad) However the slope formula would actually be a , change in , since you can either have positive or negative slopes.

This way it is written seems like it is scalar quantity meaning it has a magnitude but no direction. Usually used for distance, speed, or mass. ( where usa seems to be )

A vector has both magnitude and direction. Usually displacement, velocity, and force.

A medical favorite .. the fundamental unit of charge. (Electrostatics)

e = 1.60 X 10 subscript -19 cou LOmb

and for doubling the distance between 2 charges , you reduce the force by 1/4 of original force.

However , I think these days most people like oscillations(ie ripples in ocean waves, ripples in sound, ripples in light waves.

Oscillations means oscillation systems with continuous repetitive motions of some kind.

They are erring on simple harmonic motion.

F=-kx , the negative sign means the restoring force is the opposite direction of DISplacement. ( formula actually Hooke’s law)

My humble thoughts.. hope this helps..

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