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• I didn't say 'previous presidents'; I said 'previous president' (singular). • I'll bet the news desks shown in the linked video also had things crossed out/changed on their transcripts, too. It's all immaterial; the terminology was initially used to communicate the specific virus, nothing more. It took weeks for the official scientific name to become widespread. But some op-eds will ignore the masses that used the same terminology repeatedly and try and make you believe only 1 person used it (and what he meant by it). That's called 'being fed a narrative'.

Previous president did the exact same thing- no transcripts, no thesis’s, no high school records- all permanently sealed. WRT calling COVID-19 something, see my link from the prior page. The above are 2 apparent examples of watching only 1 network news source.

I do not believe nor do I find any singular network news to be wholly objective & balanced. One’s best bet is to watch multiple ones and balance them against each other. Because they’re all biased to a degree.

bad-ass individual!

@daves87rs I'm not sad about Bernie dropping out. At all. I'm hoping that Joe picks your state governor as his running mate. @oldshurst442 She could have died of cancer. The article mentioned that she has battled it before. If she was weakened by that battle, it would have been harder to overcome COVID-19. Some famous people, as we see on the news, have succumbed to it. We don't know if it was the issue here. A few days prior, Honor Blackman, who played the Bond girl with the character name that has gone unforgotten in "Goldfinger," died at 94, and it was entirely due to other health issues. I have heard that theory that Linda Tripp was a case of being scorned and being jealous of Monica. If Linda Tripp was jealous or thought she had a chance, she was delusional. As for gossip and sinfulness, imagine this. Try to spend an hour with someone, such as a friend, and not talk about anyone. It's not possible to operate in a vacuum. Possibly, there are two options - just talking about someone in a "shoot the breeze" way and gossip of the "nasty" variety. If you want to talk sin, the first one would not be while the second one could be. I don't want to digress into a spiritual discussion. Regardless, all this talk about Linda Tripp and company got me thinking about this classic tune (better here than in the music thread):

I believe she died of cancer. I wonder if she ever furthered her career... I think slick Willy probably ignored her sexual advances on him and she was just bitter and she sought revenge. After all, slick Willy is known to be promiscuous. Not a wholesome fella he is. Down right rapey I think... Imagine how nasty she must have been for slick Willy to refuse her advances? (Random Thought right there...) Another food for thought 1. what is more sinful? a) Slick Willy being unfaithful to his wife. A holy (monogamous) bond he made with her and God. b) Slick Willy engaging in "non-sexual" sexual acts with a CONSENTING ADULT. c) A "non sexual" sexual act that was clearly made out of the bonds of holy matrimony. Remember folk, sex is not a sin. "Depraved" acts are not a sin as long as they are done with your partner within the bonds of holy matrimony. d) backstabbing "friends" and other humans in order to gain monetary and career benefits. (This applies EQUALLY to Tripp AND to Lewinsky. e) Being home wrecker. Because in essence, Lewinski is a home wrecker even though Hillary decided to "stand by her man". (If I was Hillary, Id leave that SOB. Id leave that SOB a loooong time waaaaaaay before he held office. He was accused of rape and had allegations of cheating on her early on in their marriage.) And lastly... 2. Was this ever our business? Engaging in gossip last I heard, was also a sin...

Random thoughts could include mulling over current events: - Bernie Sanders has dropped out of the race, and - Linda Tripp died a day or two ago, at age 70. The cause has not been revealed. When I thought of the word bureaucrat, I thought of employees in European government posts who pushed paper and took forever to do so, probably giving priority to their smoke and coffee breaks. We definitely have these same types over here. At any rate, Linda Tripp, a previously obscure federal employee, became the American face of the term "bureaucrat" some 20 years ago ... and this is the face most likely to be etched into people's brains:

Yes. There is a small minority of Greeks whose religious background is Roman Catholic. I do not know why the author chose to have a Priest of Greek origin in the movie. You taught me a something. I always thought he was a Greek Orthodox Priest. (The overwhelming religious majority for Greeks is Greek Orthodox. The remaining 10% is divided between Catholic, Muslim and even Jewish. So you could see as to why I assumed wrongly) I googled and wiki states that William Blatty wrote him as a Jesuit Priest. I was too young and maybe I did not care enough to realize his frocks are not Greek Orthodox and yes indeed, Catholic. Maybe the author thought that having Greek in the book and in the movie was more (because if I remember correctly, he talks to his mother in Greek at one point too) original than hearing Italian as the Italian culture was more visible at that point in time. Spaghetti Westerns and the Godfather. Maybe he chose Greek because the word Exorcist originates from the Greek language and he saw a connection there. I dunno. All I know, this is the only movie that still creeps me out. The last time I saw the movie, I was 25 years old and I rented it. 25 years old. I said then that Im a grown ass man and I will defeat this movie. (I saw it when I was younger 2 times prior and I had nightmares) Well, I wasnt afraid after viewing it...but. It happened to be a windy night that night and every time I heard a tree branch move outside my bedroom window, I woke up... I aint gonna see this movie again, in fear that I will be a sissy once again. I aint afraid of God, or the Devil. I have faith in God. The reason why I aint afraid of God is because I am a child of His. He made me. He made me in His own image. He says in His words that He is always there for me. My saviour, His son, died for all of our sins. And as it were, Easter is right around the corner. Jesus' words say for us to be as good as Christians as we could be. And well, I might not be perfect, and He (The Holy Trinity) knows Im not perfect and well...I do try my best to be a good Christian. And that is all He has ever asked of us. And THAT is why I aint afraid of God. Nor the Devil for that matter for that very same reason. But THAT movie...creeps me the phoque out.

Non-sequitor. Cadillac is not a singular, stand-alone corporation, but 'one knife in the drawer'. BMW/MB/Audi have to reach way downmarket to keep the factories humming. A8/A7 sales aren't doing it anymore. And entry-level cars do not 'get people in the brand who then move up'; that's a disproven myth.

Greek Orthodox priest in that...which reminds me....

I must admit. It does look...(gag me please)...good But nah...let me get the vile out of my mouth again by posting awesome Firebird/Trans Ams.

Stealing sales from within your own company shows just how idiotic your business sense or lake of sense is. Having a proper rounded portfolio that takes sales from competition not from within the family of products is how business is and should be run. Your comments make one question if you have any college education at all in understanding how to run a business.

Pure comedy gold, right there...

CNN is my point of reference. I looked it up in Wiki and the article said that, while the perception is that they lean left, the reality is that they present a balanced viewpoint.

Got them here also last night...the evening was great, up to 72 in Cleveland yesterday..sat on the patio until 11 enjoying the weather, some adult beverages and music. Then went to bed and heavy thunderstorms and wind...some branches down in the yard this morning. Read there are tornado sightings to the south and west of here..

I'm talking about the perception of the virus rather than reality. Your imbecile president, with an Ivy League pedigree from Penn, hastily called it the Chinese virus.

A/GLA are not their best sellers, E-class alone does close to the volume those 2 do combined worldwide. C and GLC outsell the A's also. Buick only has 1 product smaller than an XT4, and that is the Encore and Encore GX if you want to call that 2 products. Neither are luxurious, the Encore doesn't even have a center arm rest for the front passenger seat. Nor do Buicks have Super Cruise. I think a CT3 Cadillac would be an absolute bust, however an XT3 would sell. An XT4 is 182 inches long. There are several crossovers on market right now in the 165-170 inch long range so XT4 is much bigger than some current crossovers already on market.

If ya get Covid-19 and I honestly hope not, we can call it the blu-virus! I doubt Idiot45 has an actual degree. No one is willing to show his school transcripts and there is no evidence he actually graduated. The only thing he did was play basketball and get a fake Bone Spur note to avoid serving his country. Yes he is an Idiot for calling it the Chinese Virus, just showing his racist boomer roots.