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top of the heap to third world status in one generation

Gry

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I'm a Mystic Man (such a Mystic Man)
I'm just a Mystic Man (Mystic Man)

[Verse 1]
I man don't (I man don't, I man don't)
I don't drink no champagne (don't drink no champagne)
No I don't
And I man don't (I man don't, I man don't)
I don't sniff them cocaine (don't sniff no cocaine)
Choke brain
I man don't (I man don't, I man don't)
No I don't
Don't take a morphine (don't take a morphine)
Dangerous
I man don't (I man don't, I man don't)
I don't take no heroin (don't take no heroin)
No no no
'Cause I'm a man of the past
And I'm living in the present
And I'm walking in the future
Stepping in the future
Man of the past
And I'm living in the present
And I'm walking in the future
I'm just a mystic man (such a Mystic Man)
Got to be a mystic man (Mystic Man)

[Verse 2]
I man don't (I man don't, I man don't)
Eat up your fried chicken (Eat up your fried chicken)
Not lickin'
I man don't (I man don't, I man don't)
Eat up them frankfurters (Eat up the frankfurters)
Garbage
I man don't (I man don't, I man don't)
Eat down the hamburger (Eat down the hamburger)
Can't do that
I man don't (I man don't, I man don't)
Drink pink, blue, yellow, green soda (soda pop, soda pop)

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a man of the past
And I'm living in the present
And I'm walking in the future
Stepping in the future
Man of the past
And I'm living in the present
And I'm walking in the future
Stepping in the future
Keep on walking
[Chorus]
Just a mystic man (such a Mystic Man)
Got to be a mystic man (Mystic Man)

[Verse 3]
I man don't
No I don't
Play fools' games on Saturday
And I man don't
No I don't
Congregate on a Sunday
[Bridge]
(Such a Mystic Man)
(Mystic Man)
(Such a Mystic Man)
(Mystic Man)

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a man of the past
And I'm living in the present
And I'm walking in the future
Stepping in the future
Man of the past
And I'm living
And I'm walking in the future
Stepping in the future
[Outro]
Such a mystic man (such a Mystic Man)
Got to be a mystic man (Mystic Man)
Just a mystic man (such a Mystic Man)
Such a. such a. such a (Mystic Man)
Such a mystic man (such a Mystic Man)
Mystic Man (Mystic Man)
(Such a Mystic Man)
Got to be a mystic man (Mystic Man)
Morning, Midday, Night, and Evening (such a Mystic Man)
(Mystic Man)
Got to be Mystic, got to be positive (such a Mystic Man)
Got to be a mystic man (Mystic Man)

Peter Tosh 1979
 
Gry

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Not real happy with the new law in Hong Kong,
but when I think of how the peaceful protesters of
Layfette Park were treated, I am not real proud of
how things have gone here either.
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An academic paper produced by a Federal Reserve economist posits the socio-political effects of the 1918 flu pandemic as a factor contributing to the rise of Nazism in Germany.
The social dislocation caused by the Great Depression also drove German and world political sentiment to the right, providing additional momentum to global forces of fascism. Current U.S. economic data bring that to mind
 
armedoldhippy

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Gry said:
An academic paper produced by a Federal Reserve economist posits the socio-political effects of the 1918 flu pandemic as a factor contributing to the rise of Nazism in Germany.
The social dislocation caused by the Great Depression also drove German and world political sentiment to the right, providing additional momentum to global forces of fascism. Current U.S. economic data bring that to mind
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yeah, when you have economic upheaval & social disruption, a percentage of the lesser-educated population starts looking for a "savior". somebody, ANYBODY to promise them safety. Adolph did it, Il Duce did it, now trump wants a turn at the plate. apparently, between 25% to 35% of our population is that desperate/stupid.
 
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armedoldhippy said:
yeah, when you have economic upheaval & social disruption, a percentage of the lesser-educated population starts looking for a "savior". somebody, ANYBODY to promise them safety. Adolph did it, Il Duce did it, now trump wants a turn at the plate. apparently, between 25% to 35% of our population is that desperate/stupid.
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The part you missed and the most important part at that is....
We are being manipulated and some are completely blind to it.

At the same time these same blind people are screaming at the folks that can see the manipulation calling them freaks.

I find this very counterproductive, even a form a sabotage.
 
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Appeals court lifts restraint against Trump book publisher
https://apnews.com/b70f425fe5c064f683d722c382f6b80b

The judge wrote that “whatever legitimate public interest there may have been in the family disputes of a real estate developer and his relatives may be considerably heightened by that real estate developer now being President of the United States and a current candidate for reelection.”
He added: “Stated differently, the legitimate interest in preserving family secrets may be one thing for the family of a real estate developer, no matter how successful; it is another matter for the family of the President of the United States.”
 
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'Warp Speed' Team Sticks by End-of-Year Vaccine Timeline

Marcia Frellick
July 02, 2020

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center.
Leaders of Operation Warp Speed (OWS), the White House's team tasked with developing a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of this year, today told a US Senate Appropriations subcommittee it is on track to meet its goal.
OWS brings together federal officials, scientists, and drug companies in the effort. Its objective includes development, manufacturing, and distribution of a vaccine, as well as development of COVID-19 treatments.
Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health, told members of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee, "In record time, the very first vaccine [Moderna's mRNA-1273] went from knowing what the sequence of this viral genome was to injecting the first patient in a phase 1 trial in 63 days. That's a world record by a long shot."

A phase 2 trial started May 29, and a phase 3 trial will start this month. The phase 3 trial will involve 30,000 volunteers, and recruiting should take a few months, Collins said.
Other candidate vaccines are also moving ahead in clinical trials.
"We are all optimistic that the goal we have set to have a vaccine that works and is safe by the end of 2020 will be met by one of the vaccines. We would then have by early 2021 300 million doses of a vaccine that is safe and effective," Collins said.
Gary Disbrow, PhD, acting director of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), pointed out that yesterday, Pfizer announced early positive results from a phase 1 clinical trial and said, "We're ramping up manufacturing."

Will Vaccine Components Be Ready to Go?

A senator asked Disbrow about what is being done to ensure that the syringes, bandages, vials, and other components of the vaccination process won't be in short supply in the same way other items often made overseas were hard to get, such as masks and swabs.
"This pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability in our supply chains for medical devices, raw materials, and pharmaceutical ingredients," Disbrow acknowledged.
"We are working for needles and syringes and vials to expand domestic capacity so we don't have to worry about this in the near future. We are also working with all of our manufacturers to ensure that they acquire all of the raw materials needed to manufacture vaccines and therapeutics ? because therapeutics are also important ? so they can manufacture at scale, " he said.

Robert R. Redfield, MD, director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told the panel they are working on the twin priorities of vaccine distribution and vaccine acceptance.
He said one key element has been getting $12 billion to public health departments in the past 8 weeks to help make up for "decades of underinvestment" so they can build their capacity for fighting COVID-19.
NAM May Oversea Ethical Concerns

Deciding who will get the eventual vaccine in what order and ensuring equal access by racial and ethnic groups require oversight by an entity outside the federal government, Collins said. He disclosed that OWS is in talks with the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to perform that role.
"We think that is best done by an organization that is not itself governmental. It's still the case that people are a little uneasy about the government calling the shots here," Collins said.
He said agreement by the NAM "looks promising," and he expected a set of principles for distribution of the eventual vaccine by Labor Day.
Ensuring that all groups will be equitably benefited by the vaccine must be a top priority, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) said.
"People in the black community, Latino community, and tribal communities are three to five times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than white people, and the death rate for people of color is two to three times that for white people," she said.
Murray agreed that a vaccine is the best hope for stopping the virus but said she is "alarmed that while this administration has invested heavily in vaccine development, it is treating other priorities as an afterthought by investing far less in better diagnostics that can identify infections early in the course of the illness and prevent further spread."
She urged caution in moving too fast, even with immense pressure to do so.
"A vaccine that is fast but ineffective will fall short of what is needed to turn the tide on this pandemic," Murray said.
 
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Can't believe I put up with a windows machine for damned near a week before I grabbed the vise grips and extracted the windows debris. Every day was a 100 needless accommodations. No more !

Now it does what, and when I ask to, and don't even to sugar coat it. Every time I go though this, I curse
the years that I spent with the most worthless of operating systems- did have a buddy that hooked me up with some cut down versions that had appeal, which I do keep on the shelf.
 
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Gry said:
Can't believe I put up with a windows machine for damned near a week before I grabbed the vise grips and extracted the windows debris. Every day was a 100 needless accommodations. No more !

Now it does what, and when I ask to, and don't even to sugar coat it. Every time I go though this, I curse
the years that I spent with the most worthless of operating systems- did have a buddy that hooked me up with some cut down versions that had appeal, which I do keep on the shelf.
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Forgive me for posting so much here.
After hearing that I can not help but say.....

And you folks want to trust that gates guy with you life???

Yea, he is an expert on viruses....

His software is full of them....LOL

Ok, back on topic.
 
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