Has nothing to do with infrastructure and has everything to do with the mindset of the population and culture that exists in those rural areas. And the mindset and the culture is pro-Trump, anything and everything he says and does - they believe and they believe in him. Messages like “The virus is a hoax”, “we’re turning the corner on the virus”, “it’s just going to magically go away by Spring” etc., etc. and other bullshit, etc.... If people we’re taking the necessary precautions and maybe really taking this thing seriously (and not listen to goddamn foolishness and utter stupidity and misdirection on a daily basis) then we just might NOT be in the position we’re in now.
@wrat1 I know that only too well, but I'll take any opportunity I can to stick it to those anti-maskers I'll ease off once Trump is out of office and back at mar-a-lago planning his next failed attempted coup....lol..
It took you a full year to gather these thoughts? Is that illustrious Giuliani paying you? Lev Parnas will go to court and he will present evidence that he committed crimes while working for Trump and at Trump's orders. In American courts his testimony is EVIDENCE against Trump. It is similar to the Cohen testimony in the INIVIDUAL 1 case. Trump will be going to prison. And to answer your other question: The Republicans have for years been saying there is no difference between a corporation and an individual. That was their argument in the CITIZENS UNITED CASE. Earlier cases defined natural and unnatural persons as equal in the eyes of the law. That is, corporations, although unnatural persons, also have rights like a natural person. In America a corporation can be punished for violation of our laws. It can be seized and shut down. You and your hero need to respect our laws.
Crimes committed on behalf of INDIVIDUAL 1 are also criminal charges waiting for January 20th. Each time Trump inflated his assets to apply for a loan will result in criminal charges in New York. The civil charges by E Jean Carroll could result in new criminal charges in New York. That last one is very similar to the Bill Cosby case. Trump is going to the pokey.
Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Reversal in Congress, Testing Pence excerpt: "Under rules laid out in the Constitution and the Electoral Count Act of 1887, their challenges must be submitted in writing with a senator’s signature also affixed. No Republican senator has yet stepped forward to say he or she will back such an effort, though a handful of reliable allies of Mr. Trump, including Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Rand Paul of Kentucky, have signaled they would be open to doing so. The president has praised Mr. Brooks on Twitter, but has thus far taken no evident interest in the strategy. Aides say he has been more focused on battling to overturn the results in court. Even if a senator did agree, constitutional scholars say the process is intended to be an arduous one. Once an objection is heard from a member of each house of Congress, senators and representatives will retreat to their chambers on opposite sides of the Capitol for a two-hour debate and then a vote on whether to disqualify a state’s votes. Both the Democratic-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate would have to agree to toss out a state’s electoral votes — something that has not happened since the 19th century."
COVID deaths highest in US in rural Republican-leaning Kansas county excerpt: "There's also a significant part of the population that you cannot tell them what to do; they won't wear a mask, that it's not worse than the flu," Hargitt says. "The flu is around every year and we don't lose half the long term care facility from it. This is clearly not the flu." Hargitt says she wishes her neighbors who dismiss concerns about the virus would see the toll it's taking on the community and respond accordingly. Hargitt's own father, she says, refused to wear a mask until the burials began mounting at the Quinter town cemetery that he helps manage. "A lot of us are just going through the motions trying to do life as best we can," she says. "It's not fair. It's all so much at once. It's hard for us all to process."
Like Nixon in 1961 and Gore in 2001, Biden as vice president in 2017 oversaw the electoral college vote tabulation. He had to reject final pleas from his party and acknowledge that Trump had won the 2016 election. Pence is now faced with the same task. Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Reversal in Congress, Testing Pence excerpt: “The role the V.P. plays in the transition is something that people have never focused on and never think about, but with Donald Trump, you now have to consider all the possibilities,” said Gregory B. Craig, a White House counsel under President Barack Obama. In 1961, Richard M. Nixon, who had just lost the election, oversaw the vote tabulation and had to decide whether to recognize competing electors from the new state of Hawaii. Mr. Nixon ultimately made a decision that hurt his vote total but had no effect on the final result that John F. Kennedy had won. Forty years later, after the 2000 election, Al Gore had to reject objections from his fellow Democrats and certify the victory of George W. Bush, who had won the state of Florida after the Supreme Court ordered a recount ended in that state.
Deadliest place in America: They shrugged off the pandemic, then their family and friends started dying Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY Published 3:01 a.m. ET Dec. 12, 2020 | Updated 10:29 a.m. ET Dec. 12, 2020 COVID deaths highest in US in rural Republican-leaning Kansas county excerpt: "D.A. Crist, the unofficial historian of Gove County, Kansas, sits in the front seat of a right-hand drive 1915 Pierce Arrow car being driven by his son Dan, with Dan's wife Janice in the back seat, in this undated photo. D.A. Crist died of coronavirus Oct. 12, 2020. (Photo: Courtesy photo/DAN CRIST) He was born the year Mickey Mouse made his first appearance, when astronomers discovered Pluto and workers started building the Hoover Dam. He lived through World War II, Korea and Vietnam, watched farming move from horses to tractors, saw the first humans land on the moon. "Up until the virus hit he was sharp as ever," says Dan Crist, 67. "He was just fine and then they called at 2:30 in the morning and said he died. I was shocked." Adds DuBois: "He could name the dates, the times, the people. Already people are saying, who are we going to ask now? D.A. had a way of telling the stories that you just wanted to listen." Like many Gove County residents, Crist hoped believed the rural county's isolation would insulate them from the worst. But Interstate 70 runs through the northern portion of the county, and lots of travelers stop to gas up or grab lunch at the Dairy Queen. Crist says he's also disappointed that wearing masks — as recommended by doctors — has become so political. "We were kind of hoping it wouldn't get here. And it sure did," Crist says. "Dad was able to trace family trees back many generations to when his ancestor Crists came to America from Austria in 1747, seeking religious freedom. He was often asked how folks were related, and could recall dates of events without a moment’s hesitation. We often asked Dad to share his stories so we could record them, but his stories were spontaneous. Now that historian is no longer with us.""
Opinion | There’s a Way to Halt Trump’s Baseless Election Fraud Cases excerpt: "Despite having told courts there is no evidence of fraud, Giuliani waved a binder before Michigan legislators recently, claiming it contained affidavits alleging widespread voter fraud. But even Giuliani apparently knows that whatever was in that binder is not enough to press a case in court. Lawyer Sidney Powell—with whom the Trump campaign cut ties after some particularly bizarre claims—has repeatedly alleged a conspiracy involving the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the creation of Georgia’s voting machines by Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. Lawyers cannot pull allegations out of hats without first conducting a reasonable inquiry into their accuracy. No surprise then that judges have already dismissed cases filed by Powell in Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin."
It’s sad that some people have forgotten how to think for themselves, and why they would believe what a charlatan tells them. It’s also ironic that rural folks have had to fend for themselves, and make decisions on their own, and yet because Trump said it has to be true. Trump, a guy who doesn’t give a shit about them. That’s obvious because they are dieing like flies, and he shows no empathy. Fuck him.
See, didn't I tell you? The people in Kansas are just like the people in Saudi Arabia. The men make the women ride in the back of the car.