Comments on: NY Governor Cuomo: that’s life – and death

By: om

om — Wed, 20 May 2020 22:49:09 +0000

Not sure if experts are needed to count the deceased and divine the cause of their passing but our King Jay is not pleased that an independent review found 13% overcount of deaths by the China contagion.

https://www.redstate.com/freedom-foundation/2020/05/20/freedom-foundation-finds-washington-state-is-overreporting-covid-19-death-toll/

Juice the stats? How’s dat work? GIGO, but you don’t get out.

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Wed, 20 May 2020 19:33:38 +0000

“…another scandal…”
Rhetorical question (sigh): When is a scandal not a scandal?

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Wed, 20 May 2020 19:27:47 +0000

While we’re at it, anti-discrimination law stinks.

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2020/05/how-can-this-work-in-restaurant-it.html

By: Tom Grey

Tom Grey — Wed, 20 May 2020 10:44:04 +0000

I sure hope for class action lawsuits by the families of those who died in homes where infected elderly were wrongly sent.

These kinds of mistakes by gov’t will happen less often when the gov’t pays, millions, to the victims of its gross negligence.

Whenever the gov’t ORDERS others to do things, the gov’t should be liable for excess damages.

Cuomo does have an important point – those who die were mostly likely to die soon(er) from their unhealthy co-morbidities. Is that “sooner” meaning days, weeks, months? Or years?

I’m pretty sure for many of Cuomo’s victims, there would have been years of life left.

By: Philip Sells

Philip Sells — Wed, 20 May 2020 04:08:21 +0000

Well, I had commented to a relative some weeks ago that I had thought Cuomo was doing a decent job with the whole thing, but since then a few of the things he’s said in the meantime, along with this whole situation with the nursing homes, has changed my opinion. Since I still think Cuomo is the ultimate heir apparent after Biden, Bernie and refurbished Hillary – who else have the Democrats got, really? – I’ve begun to refer to him as His Royal Highness. It’s in keeping with the spirit of the lockdown around here, too. He does indeed strike me at this point as someone who, in the classic manner, wants the credit for when things go right and when things go bad, we get the whole song and dance.

I still hope he runs for the presidency – it seems to be the only chance Albany has to get rid of him at this point.

By: NotfulDgr

NotfulDgr — Tue, 19 May 2020 20:08:38 +0000

Here is another scandal about to hit the air…

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POROSHENKO: Yesterday I met with General Prosecutor Shokin, And despite of the fact that we didn’t have any corruption charges, we don’t have any information about him doing something wrong, I specially asked him – no, it was day before yesterday – I specially asked him to resign. In, uh, as his, uh, position as a state person. And despite of the fact that he has a support in the power. And as a finish of my meeting with him, he promised to give me the statement on resignation. And one hour ago he bring me the written statement of his resignation. And this is my second step for keeping my promises.“

BIDEN: I agree.

Four weeks later on March 22, 2016:

BIDEN: Tell me that there is a new government and a new Prosecutor General. I am prepared to do a public signing of the commitment for the billion dollars.

Poroshenko then tells Biden that one of the leading candidates is the man who replaced Shokin, Yuriy Lutsenko who later said in a deposition that Hunter Biden and his business partners were receiving millions of dollars in compensation from Burisma.

May 13, 2016, Biden congratulates Poroshenko on “getting the new Prosecutor General,” saying that it will be “critical for him to work quickly to repair the damage Shokin did.”

“And I’m a man of my word,” Biden adds. “And now that the new Prosecutor General is in place, we’re ready to move forward to signing that one billion dollar loan guarantee.”

UPDATE 12:17pm EST: The press conference also detailed corruption by former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovich…

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Tue, 19 May 2020 14:41:54 +0000

AesopFan,

I agree that the Dems are without ruth.

By: LeClerc

LeClerc — Tue, 19 May 2020 11:30:47 +0000

Each day I watch Andrew do his Don Corleone meets Mr. Rogers schtick on TV. Outside of NYC it’s way overtime in NY state to end the lockdown – but this drama queen can’t let it go.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Tue, 19 May 2020 04:43:07 +0000

“Let’s go to the transcript, Candy.”

https://www.redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2020/05/18/greg-abbott-mic-drops-media-by-sharing-red-state-vs-blue-state-wuhan-virus-response-comparison-graphic/
“It’s too bad the mainstream media have been unwilling to point out these differences when they report on governors and their handling of the crisis, but it’s about par for the course when you consider their obvious political leanings.”

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Tue, 19 May 2020 04:42:02 +0000

On the nursing home scandal.
Author of the first link, Richard N. Gottfried, is a member of the New York state Assembly and chairs its Health Committee.
https://nypost.com/2020/05/18/nursing-home-coronavirus-horrors-why-ny-needs-truly-independent-probe/

Cuomo mandates a level of testing that is literally impossible to implement.
https://nypost.com/2020/05/15/gov-cuomos-latest-nursing-home-order-is-pure-cover-your-butt/