48Sorry about this, just trying to get caught up on posts. Jack: those are all very good suggestions. Honestly, I had not considered them because I did not know anything about them. I thought about doing live streams using Patreon is something that I had heard about, but if that's something that requires video then that will not work because we don't currently have folks who can come in to provide regular visual assistance in that way.. I have been trying to figure out ways to make this work, but so long as folks want video to be included I can't because we just don't have a way to make that work. Getting paid is another thing that is of great concern. Yeah, I use PayPal, but lots of folks who might pay to support what I am doing may not desire to use that as there are still lots of folks who just don't trust online payments like that. I even thought about streaming playthroughs of games, not just audio games either, but a little of everything. Problem is, that too requires video and, as previously mentioned, I have no way to do that. I could try it, but I can't say for certain how well it would work. Could be interesting though. Thanks for suggestion those ideas. I'll look into them and see what I can find out. i appreciate it.

@54, that's a pretty big accusation, considering that (i) Woodward brought down various other presidents, and has authored books through 25 presidencies and (ii) you have absolutely no evidence to prove your claim. Here's my challenge: go buy the book called 'Rage'. Its only $15.00 on Kindle, and is free with Audible. Then listen to that. You'll find some very interesting nuggets of information that may or may not change your view (though from what I know of you on here, nothing any of us who are actually well-educated on the situation as is will say will actually alter your mindset). From what I can see, your mindset is, "I'm right, or I think I'm right, and I don't give a damn about what's actually right or what common sense tells me to do, because my career, income, and freedoms are far, far more important than all else."

Jade, I was able to find Woodward's book "Rage", and will give it a read. I will try to come at this from a researcher's perspective and keep his political affiliations out of it. I have major misgivings about this man as it just seems to me like he is just another Trump hater, and when all I've heard from those that stand against him is nothing more than hate then you can understand why I might see it that way at first. I attempted to look up the Woodward tapes you mentioned, but am having trouble finding them. I did find a bunch of other books that Woodward had written, but wasn't sure if that was part of what you mentioned or not. I tried to search on Google for the Woodward Tapes, but didn't find them.

Yet again, twenty seconds of googling brought me this link:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/0 … isk-410796

Read it. Accept it. It's fact.

If you dig around even a little more, you'll actually find recordings of Trump doing exactly what it was claimed that he did (acknowledging that the virus is dangerous, and then later claiming he wanted to downplay it).

See, here's the thing. To keep a country calm in the face of crisis is a big, big deal. It's very difficult to do. The way you do it is to say something like, "We are facing an unprecedented crisis due to the growing Covid-19 pandemic. As your president, I want you to know that while this virus is dangerous, we're doing everything we can to get a handle on it. We're going to work with health officials to keep people healthy and safe. If we are brave, if we are strong, we will weather this storm just as we have weathered countless storms before". It's still kind of political-speak, and glosses some issues, but you don't have to lie to keep the public calm. All you have to do is know how to tell the truth without scaring the almighty shit out of everyone. Apparently Trump doesn't believe it's possible to do that, so he decided that keeping America safe meant lying to everybody, then doubling down and praising himself when he was caught doing it.

Interesting book so far. I have to admit that "Rage" is an interesting read, and quite compelling as well. However, if this book was meant to persuade me to vote Biden then it has, and will, fail. At least trump has a solid platform to run on. All the left has is hate. their platform is basically "remove trump". Okay, after that, then what happens? As usual, the left has no idea. They've got lots of ideas, but it seems that not a one of them has any clue how to carry the things out. Take this Green New Deal. That thing, if it is ever past, will make it unaffordable to live here for a lot of people, and we think we've got it rough with COVID-19.

Ethan, I did see the passage you referred to, and all I can say is that we ought to be thankful that Trump's decision to act wasn't delayed any further. He could have put that off for another few weeks, but he didn't. Could he have, and should he have, acted sooner? Yes, I personally believe so.

Jade: thanks for the link that you shared. I am glad it only took you 20 seconds to find it. Now, go have a cookie to celebrate it.

There are countries that are actively providing mortgage assistance and stimulus payments to their citizens. Germany was paying 2/3 of workers' wages when I checked a while ago. The reason it hasn't happened in the US is because of the sitting president and his party. Just look at how much they're fighting over sending us a meager $1,200 and how much of a mess the last payment was. Plus, they'll get it back in next year's taxes.

Keep in mind that the party you're supporting is the one in power right now, and that party is the one that's blocking you getting any type of assistance. We don't even have renter's assistance in this country like other countries do. Yet just look at how much the airlines and cruise industries received. And the blame for this falls squarely on the party you support. Want your $30,000 mortgage assistance? Want holdover cash to help carry you over (as you should receive and what other countries have already implemented?) Well, guess who's stopping it all? It's your friend and the man who will most likely get reelected. That's where your frustration should be directed.

I agree: a few grand of holdover cash would be nice. But we won't get it because it'll stop people from returning to work. This is the argument your party has used to not provide more than $1,200 to Americans who have faithfully paid taxes for years. If you feel like someone's turned their back on you, it's your president, not us.

Jayde: Thanks. I agree re: unique solutions. I've seen this from a lot of people myself.

We're much better equipped today to deal with the fallout from the virus than we were during 1918 for example. A lot of us can work remotely. I feel for the essential workers who get paid minimum wage and put their lives on the line for us by exposing themselves to the virus so services can continue to run as smoothly as possible. If anyone's hurting from this virus, it's them. Mostly because I feel like the country (the US) has let down these workers the most. And it's really sad to see: while Congress is fighting over a stimulus payment that doesn't even cover rent for most people for one month, people are actually losing their homes because our government can't get its act together.

Yet there is still widespread support for the current party in power. It makes no sense to me.

If it weren't trump, it'd be something else, These people are deranged and off the rails. They hate anyone who isn't aligned with them, and we're not even talking political affiliation. Simply the way they act is the complete antithesis of how they speak. Let's say Trump loses and we get the child touching demented probably rapist cuck lord that is Sleepy Joe Biden. Oh they'll be thrilled at first. Their little lives will shift into perfect alignment for a nanosecond or two, but then what. It'll be illegal to misgender someone? Like or deliver so-called aggressions? We'll have to learn a dictionary of 500 plus pronouns and new genders for the NBs.

These people can't even run a store, how will they run a country? Observe the common Liberalis Moronis at work by clicking here. That's what we'll get if we allow the blue wave to storm over us. These people are filled with hate and rage, and don't think for one moment that it'll die down if Trump loses.

Want to support black people but understand that BLm are criminals and terrorists? Easily done by not voting democrat. But you won't just be supporting them, you will be giving them the tools to live fulfilling lives like the Dems don't want for them. The Dems want to keep the black man down, because the left wants to assert more and more dominance over all of us.

Voting democrat is the same as lighting a torch and throwing it in a pool of oil. They have no idea how to execute anything. Look at the feces in San Francisco and the used drug needles after they got hold of that stuff. Look at the Bird scooters in SF, LA, Austin and other cities that no one returns and are parking up the side walks. These people fail at everything and we can't allow them in power until some serious reform takes place within their ranks. namely, the removal of Nancy Pelosi from Speaker of the House and from office in general. She's the fucking engineer driving the hate train through the flames of hell.

If I'm not mistaken Biden literally helped pass a lot of the police stuff being protested right now, for what that's worth.  I'm not 100% on that, I'd have to check some facts, but if Biden is left then the moon is made of cheese.

There's just the problem of her saying she'd never lie to Americans, and then promptly shoving her foot down her throat by doing it anyway. Repeatedly. But I guess if you can ignore that part, she might be okay.
Then again, falling headfirst into an industrial meat-grinder wouldn't be dangerous if you ignored the meat-grinder, so I guess as long as you do that, it's not harmful. Same difference, really.

Munawar:
The reason we aren't getting all of the cash assistance we need is because the left keeps wanting to put stuff into these stimulus packages that has no business being there. that's why we only get $1,200 checks and nothing more. Technically, each American ought to be getting something closer to $13,000, but until the House of Representatives gets with the program and stops trying to fund their own little projects, we're not going to see it. Our president is far from perfect, but we can't go blaming him for every single thing that has gone wrong here.
Also, as I said, we're not all in this together. If we were, there would be more understanding and less division. If we were really all together in this, then we wouldn't be trying to tear each other apart when someone decides they don't wish to wear a mask, and snitching on people for that as if we were little children who just got pushed on the playground. Same storm, yes. Same boat, absolutely not.

I'll defend Trump because of the level of hate I've seen against him. I've asked people to give me a reason for this hate, and all I get is that he is arrogant and how he has failed in the past as a businessman. i also get things like he was a womenizer, and a fascist. The left says they hate fascism, and yet they use those exact same tactics to get people to fall in line with their ideals. They say they will not tolerate those that would take advantage of women, yet they release known rapists from jail so that they can riot in the streets and find more targets to take advantage of. They talk of hate from Trump supporters, yet I've never heard such hate-fill garbage as that which comes out of the mouth of leftists lately. This is why I defend our president. He is far from perfect, and I do not like his arrogance. However, at least I can say with all honesty that I do not actually hate anyone who is a leftist. I would never seek to actually cause them harm or even to threaten them unlike some of their goons have done recently by going to the homes of the Senate majority leader and Senator Graham. I do hate their actions and their so-called political platform, but I do not hate any of them as people and wouldn't waste the energy required to do so. Woodward's book is compelling, but other than that it's another journalist looking for another five minutes of fame on election year. He made some good points to consider, but that's all he did. It would be interesting if he were to do an investigative book on Biden and his supporters.