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 Unless you get someone like Trump in office who is willing to make cuts.  I know there's a ton of backlash when X-Agency has a funding cut, like the EPA, or the CDC, but on the other side we can't continually add, add, add and maintain an efficient program.

The annoying thing is Bush expanded govt a lot even while paying lip service to small govt under the umbrella of 9/11. Obama expanded it more. Trump started cutting it, some of it seemed indiscriminate - because well, it was, and it also was probabilistic and hence can always be blamed for not considering a .001% of this or that - never mind some expert always says its freaking 100%.

Yea 3 yrs of cutting around the edges of the previous 24 yrs of expansion can always be claimed to be cut too deep etc etc crap.

When both sides are against the tax payer it seems like an indiscriminate butcher may be the only one for LOL.

Cool.
Srinath.

In my experience, George Orwell words, especially in the book 1984.
Are spot on.
And the more that people quote him, the more they learn, what is happening.

It is my experience that the people that complain that George Orwell’s words are not relevant in today's society.
Are the architects of, or the beneficiaries of, that warning.

Just a few in point. (Their are so many more)

Used to have FSTC in the local school, wanted to keep that option open.
School board said NO because someone else said no.
It had to be explained to them they DID have the authority to say yes to Firearms in Schools for a FST Class.

A City, telling a developer they HAD to have a Codicil  or a Homeowners agreement in place, when in that City/State, their is NO SUCH requirement.   (No Virginia a ‘Codicil' is NOT just a adjustment to a will)

A Police man, saying he was going to confiscate a Firearm, sitting in the front seat of a car, (Unloaded, In a Case, case fully closed). Which was perfectly, and completely Legal. AND the State law, said, "Notwithstanding Local Regulations” (Again for Virginia, Notwithstanding, means in spite of). His excuse was, ‘well we do things differently here’.

Employees at a Court House, saying ‘Well the County Planning Commission has denied the request for the CUP, (Conditional Use Permit), so you have no more resources for that project". When the TRUTH is, according to the law in that place, it is the ELECTED Commissioners of that County that make the final decision, NOT the appointed, administrators.  

And as handy as a ratchet wrench is.
It CAN, be undone.

My name for the ratchet the fact is the stop sign phenomenon. How often have you seen stop signs come down after they’ve gone up? Sure it happens but it’s very rare. Even if the traffic patterns change, doesn’t matter the stop sign remains. Very annoying and is all motorcyclist know,  intersections are dangerous. Interestingly enough, I was in Germany and noticed that driving through Frankfurt in the neighborhoods many of the four-way streets did not have stop signs. It was customary for all the drivers to slow and see if there was traffic coming as opposed to always stopping at a four-way even if there’s absolutely no traffic around.

Exactly. Much of this is about determining your level of risk. We all ride motorcycles which means we’ve all decided to accept a level of risk. Some ride only with ATGATT, some don’t. Again, we all determine the level of risks we’re comfortable with.

I’ve tried to find detailed demographics on the severely ill and those who have died from COVID-19 in the St. Louis area to no avail. I want to know how many of those had one of the six or seven underlying health conditions. I want to know how many were living in group retirement home settings/communities. I want to know the ages, I want to know if they were traveling to work everyday or mostly staying at home.

"I’ve tried to find detailed demographics on the severely ill and those who have died from COVID-19 in the St. Louis area to no avail. I want to know how many of those had one of the six or seven underlying health conditions. I want to know how many were living in group retirement home settings/communities. I want to know the ages, I want to know if they were traveling to work everyday or mostly staying at home. "

 

 I don't know about where you live but in CO this information isn't exactly easy to verify.  I have the privilege of seeing some information not released to the public, like the cellphone metadata, and it's useful but not a "go-to" for verification.  For instance we couldn't prove the owner of the phone was the one with it.

 As for some of the other information it just takes time to compile.  I'd like detailed demographics too, but there's not a lot of people allocated to this detail, at this time.  Reminds me of getting a team into NY for 9/11.  People wanted "identification" but the first steps were to just find a safe (contamination free) way to house the bodies.  I was already sent overseas when the team arrived in NY so I didn't experience it first hand, but the briefings when I got back showed areas that scrambled for DNA/Dental/Fingerprint ID's actually had lower accuracy.

 I didn't expect that, but I see how it happened.

Eegore wrote on 04/20/20 at 10:38:50:

 All of them receive surgery.

Please Prove that is happening.
 Because, 'Whistle-blower',  Doctors say otherwise.

(Wait, forgot, only some, 'Whistle-blower's', are to be believed.
While others are Not !)