DeSantis for the win

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Tsing Tao, May 21, 2020.

  1. Snarkhund

    Snarkhund

    Oh you silly Canadian.

    I did a couple of unpleasant years at Citadel. Where did you get your professional experience?

    Yeah, I thought so.

    Commence angry response in Three... Two.. One...

    You people made me get epoxy on my mouse... lol.
     
    #3381     Mar 22, 2021
  2. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    ‘Remove Ron’ committee launches Gov. DeSantis radio hit blasting ‘Vaccine Auction’
    https://floridapolitics.com/archive...v-desantis-radio-hit-blasting-vaccine-auction

    The ad accuses DeSantis of pay-for-play with vaccines.

    A political committee opposing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2022 reelection campaign is launching a new radio ad attacking Florida’s Governor for what the ad describes as a pay-for-play scheme with COVID-19 vaccinations.

    The Remove Ron committee’s one-minute radio spot, entitled “Vaccine Auction,” spotlights pop-up vaccination sites in two wealthy Florida communities that have been criticized for prioritizing DeSantis donors over others eligible to receive the vaccine.

    “Welcome to Florida’s vaccine auction, sponsored by Gov. Ron DeSantis,” the ad opens. “Now, here are the ground rules: only political supporters and fancy, rich campaign donors to Gov. DeSantis are eligible to bid.”

    The ad stems in part from a Miami Herald report showing elderly residents in Ocean Reef Club, a wealthy Key Largo community, had almost been fully vaccinated by mid-January as many other elderly Floridians struggled to get their hands on the shots.

    The report highlights numerous residents who donated $5,000 or more to DeSantis’ political committee, with one donation from a community resident reportedly contributing $250,000.

    The ad doesn’t use those exact numbers but highlights the overarching sentiment from critics.

    “Lot No. 1 is a vaccine clinic that could serve thousands in the general public, but that’s not the way our Governor does business. Today, it’s available only to you,” an announcer says in a voice that sounds part game show host, part auctioneer.

    “Do I hear $25,000, $50,000; sold for $125,000.”

    In another commonly-cited complaint against DeSantis, critics complain he also prioritized residents in two wealthy ZIP codes serving Lakewood Ranch in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. There, a pop-up site was organized by Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh and Lakewood Ranch developer Rex Jensen, who each made arrangements to receive priority vaccines for themselves as part of the effort. However, backlash prompted neither to follow through with getting a shot.

    “Join us next week for a chance to get a vaccine only money can buy, courtesy of Ron DeSantis,” the ad concludes with the token “ka-ching” sound of a cash register.

    Remove Ron launched under leadership from attorney Daniel Uhlfelder, a longtime DeSantis critic who spent last summer touring Florida beaches dressed as the Grim Reaper to highlight DeSantis’ decision to keep beaches open.

    “Governors must be held to account for the entirety of their record, and unfortunately, Ron DeSantis’ decision to give supporters and donors priority access to the vaccine over average Floridians was a shameful act,” Uhlfelder said in a statement announcing the ad. “This has been documented by numerous Florida press outlets and criticized by local officials as well as members of both parties.”

    The ad will run in Tallahassee beginning Tuesday, with further markets to be determined later in the week.
     
    #3382     Mar 22, 2021
  3. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    I'm not Canadian. I don't know why you would get that impression.

    I doubt you worked at Citadel, but that's great if you did. I had a great experience on Wall Street but am happy that i left. However, I still trade which is why I frequent this trading site. Why do you?
     
    #3383     Mar 22, 2021
  4. Snarkhund

    Snarkhund

    So... no-name bucket shop or you would have proudly stated where you got your "experience".

    Thats fine. Better than nothing I guess.

    I mean, someone who worked at Goldman, for instance, would probably tell you.
     
    #3384     Mar 22, 2021
  5. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

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    #3385     Mar 22, 2021
  6. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    lolz, nobody believes this. The 1st time you heard of citadel was on the GME story:

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    #3386     Mar 22, 2021
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  7. Ricter

    Ricter

    But you're a flatlander now. Sorry bro.

    :)
     
    #3387     Mar 23, 2021
  8. Snarkhund

    Snarkhund

    lol not sure sitting in a recliner in your home or running the snow blower in your driveway counts as "mountain time" Ricter. You should try alpine sports. All those years in Calgary though... flattest place I've ever seen.

    You folks just hate on Florida because Trump won here and hate on DeSantis because he is exhibiting the kind of leadership that is unseen among Democrat governors who have gone full dictator.
     
    #3388     Mar 23, 2021
  9. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    DeSantis still doing his best to kill Florida's population. Since he has not been fully successful in maximizing the extermination of residents, he is turning to Scott Atlas and other clowns for advice instead of listening to proper public health guidance.

    Why is Florida's Ron DeSantis listening to Scott Atlas?
    When Atlas finally exited the White House, there was relief in some circles that he might finally stop giving bad advice. Ron DeSantis had other ideas.
    https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-florida-s-ron-desantis-listening-scott-atlas-n1261804

    Nearly six months ago, with COVID-19 cases starting to spike in the United States for the third time, a libertarian think tank unveiled a plan urging most Americans to "resume life as normal." The extraordinarily dangerous blueprint was authored by Drs. Martin Kulldorff, Sunetra Gupta, and Jay Bhattacharya, who collectively declined to say how many would die as a result of their approach to "herd immunity."

    It was against this backdrop that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) held a roundtable discussion last week with speakers who endorsed the governor's pandemic response. DeSantis' panel featured ... wait for it ... Martin Kulldorff, Sunetra Gupta, and Jay Bhattacharya.

    The governor was criticized for "cherry-picking experts who would back his views and sidelining Florida's mainstream scientists." That's probably because the Florida Republican appears to have cherry-picked experts who backed his views and sidelined Florida's mainstream scientists.

    But there was one other familiar face rounding out DeSantis' roundtable discussion. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported:

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis assembled a group of scientists who backed his COVID policies at a Thursday roundtable, where they assured him he was taking the right steps on the disease. The group included Dr. Scott Atlas, the Stanford radiologist whose skepticism on the value of masks and optimistic forecasts on the pandemic won him a job as COVID adviser to President Trump.


    Atlas, true to form, questioned the efficacy of wearing masks to limit the spread of the virus, with remarks that "conflicted with the views of most infectious disease specialists."

    As regular readers may recall, at an NBC News townhall last fall, Samantha Guthrie reminded Donald Trump that Atlas is not an infectious disease expert, which made him a curious choice to help oversee the White House's response to a deadly pandemic. The then-president, unfazed, described Atlas as "one of the great experts of the world."

    The assessment was, and remains, bizarre. Atlas has "no expertise in public health or infectious disease mitigation," hasn't practiced medicine in nearly a decade, and has demonstrated a habit of echoing unscientific claims. During his strange White House tenure, Atlas argued against masks and increased testing, sidelined actual experts, and advocated an indefensible approach to "herd immunity," in which officials allowed the virus to spread and infect much of the population.

    Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recently explained, in reference to Atlas, "He keeps talking about things that when you dissect it out and parse it out, it doesn't make any sense." Similarly, Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was overheard saying in September that Atlas was spreading misinformation.

    "Everything he says is false," Redfield was overheard saying by an NBC News reporter.

    Describing Atlas and his role in the Trump White House last fall, MSNBC's Chris Hayes characterized the radiologist as "one of the most destructive, deadly policy advisors in recent American history." When Atlas finally exited the White House, there was a relief in some circles that he might finally stop giving bad advice.

    And yet, in Florida last week, we find Atlas, at the invitation of Ron DeSantis, speaking as if his credibility remains intact.
     
    #3389     Mar 23, 2021
  10. jem

    jem

    since he is jealous of those who have chosen to live their lives the last year...


    gwb-lying is still doing his best to try and make sure that govt in every open area... imposes rules in which the residents have to live in their basements with the windows shut tight.... the way he lives.
     
    #3390     Mar 23, 2021