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Honestly I think you guys are overreacting. There isn’t a President past, present, nor future who wouldn’t have some type of media control. Out of fairness I agree that Pence (and Trump) probably are not the best to handle this situation. But who is? You’re dealing with the unknown and I trust Pence to punt to individuals who know what they’re doing. Donny isn’t going to take this back under his wing (until it’s almost solved and he’s looking for credit) :P Also you’re being a bit dishonest with what Pence said regarding tobacco. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-smoking/ Back to the corona virus....I think the key metric everyone wants to know is mortality rate...my guess is that’s driving the majority of the fear. Especially when you hear and see videos of “people being burned alive.” The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. Worse than what China reported, but I’m personally doubtful of the bubonic plague hysteria. If it turns out to be as bad as some say, well I’ll be at the family cabin

The CEO of a company isn't in the R&D lab or on the factory floor or doing sales call or doing building maintenance (most of the time) either, but do you think it doesn't matter who the one making the decisions, picking the team and allocating resources is? Behind the scenes Expert: "We have been seeing success with this testing. Statistics show that this is the best course of action and we need resources." Trump: "Name your price." Press Conference Trump: "I with my great intellect have decided to allocate this specific amount of funds to this expert for the study I found most compelling. I believe they are the best for the job. We have the best here in America. The vaccine is going to be hugeee." Also Trump is about the biggest germaphobe the world has ever seen. I'm surprised he isn't walking around like bubble boy yet. :P

Trump doesn't need Pence for that. He has the best knowledge of science. Trump University > MIT ;D

Why is everyone on here acting like Pence and Trump are in the lab trying to synthesize the vaccine on their own ;D

Sold 20% of my SPCE puts locking in 67% gain.

It's certainly not out of the realm of possibility. I mean a brief look at China's past will show many sick things done to their own populations. But conspiracy theories are often a bunch of conjecture and convenient motives, outcomes, and boogiemen being strung together. But I will say this......those Hong Kong protests have basically halted.

I believe someone pointed it out earlier in the thread. But Taiwan and China are pretty bitter enemies. It’s hard to find news coming from Taiwan about China credible. At the very least there is some motive to spread false info.

Starter position in SSW

More UPS

Bought some speculative calls on SPCE when it dipped this morning. Just sold out at +300%....paid off my vacation.

$UPS at 98 and change RDSb MSGN Adding a bit to DISCA

Maybe he’s making a statement?

Wrote some more puts, 215-strike, Feb 28-expiration. Every time I read about Mike [CoBF member boilermaker] doing this stuff, I get hit - in a mild way - by a brain hemorrhage [because I can't do stuff like this, for Danish tax and other regulatory reasons for Danish investors]. Today, two times! *sigh* That's interesting. I've been discussing taxes with some coworkers from Prague and it's fascinating to see the differences between the US and there. Their opinions of tax codes are even better :P

“SPCE” maybe Beyond Meat can start making astronaut food for the voyage.

- Spend time in nature - Volunteer your time (helps others, gives you appreciation for your life circumstances, networks, etc) - Physical labor (other than exercise). Accomplish, build, create something outside of the white box sitting on your desk. Great stress relief (garden, split some wood, landscape your house, etc.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/technology/jeff-bezos-climate-change-earth-fund.html?0p19G=2870 Can’t wait to see the mental gymnastics by Bernie and the likes on this....how will they paint these evil corporations now when Bezos just split their platform in half? The Left” “Amazon pays no taxes! They’re evil!” Also the Left: “12 years and were all dead” Bezos: “I’m basically going to lead the way for climate change research and I’m giving 10B...who’s with me?” Personally, I’m a fan of this approach. People are so unsure that private sector can’t solve climate change and that it will take serious govt intervention. I think this is a much better approach to get to the bottom of the “why is the climate changing” question. Seems pointless to forcefully bankrupt Americans through taxes especially when other countries...cough cough China....aren’t doing anything positive. I’d much rather see Bezos, Musk and others like that lead the way than some inefficient government bureaucrat. Perhaps ol Warren will donate a large chunk? :P kidding kidding

Sold remaining position (minus a few cheap Calls) in $I a few days ago for a small profit. It doesn't look like the FCC is going to get anywhere near estimated value (Intelsat's estimates) with their offers.

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$I Sold 1/3rd of position to lock in some profits. 22% in a few days

I find it highly unlikely that real news has ever existed nor will it exist in abroad sense. Each MSM outlet certainly contributes to spreading factual information. But the other 23 hours are simply spent on rhetoric and "noise." See the top notch reporting below: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-diversity-obama/index.html As I said.....noise and narrative. I generally only care about news that is directly related to policy and how said policy stacks up against the Constitution which in turn affects individual liberties. Foreign news is often even worse....(Assad Syria Chemical attacks come to mind) Every single MSM news outlet loses all credibility when they go beyond regurgitation. Donald Trump signed the blah blah blah bill today (good so far). The Bill was about this (still ok). Let take this over to Tucker Carlson for analysis or Lets head on over to Brian "endorsed Michael Avenatti" Stelter from "Reliable Sources" to give you the run down (Ding ding ding ding). THIS is where I stop watching.....I'll go read the bill myself....There is so much shit hidden in every bill anyways that no mainstream media outlet would be able to cover it all even if they were truthful.

May all be true, still name 1 better source for news (not state propaganda) this day and age? I read it, yet I don't leave my brain at home while doing so. It is state propaganda, is the point. You just seem to personally prefer Russian state propaganda designed to make westerners hate and mistrust their own governments for the benefit of Putin and his mafia-state cronies. Propaganda - truth is a spectrum. ZH is much less propaganda than any western (US or European) mainstream news outlet I've ever come across. If (!) there's Russians behind ZH there's Russians behind ZH big deal. There are definitely groups of people behind mainstream western news outlets whose interests are not alligned with mine (or the truth). When ZH is trying to regurgitate news, they heavily quote mainstream media that you say is inaccurate. Their latest article quotes three paragraphs from the NYT, a Sky News tweet, a SCMP tweet, some random twitter account (started in January 2020 with 3 followers), and China Economy (an account started a month ago with 100 followers). I'm going to take a wild shot in the dark and guess that the Chinese twitter account with 3 followers is actually ZH quoting themselves to make their article appear to have more authority than it actually does. The whole article is bolding select sentences in a NYT article when seen from this perspective. That's the problem with ZH. It's not a news site. I could do this with every 'news article' ZH posts. ZH is a confirmation bias honeytrap. ZH doesn't actually engage in any journalism. Some of their articles are written by former Infowars, Paul Joseph Watson. Infowars has admitted in court that they do not publish news and they are an entertainment site. Similarly, ZH is clearly for entertainment only. You might like what the Babylon Bee writes but it's still not news/truth. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/i-cant-let-my-mom-die-home-desperate-patients-swarm-wuhan-hospital-hong-kong-closes Show me one MSM outlet that doesn’t selectively quote or selectively cite information? There isn’t a single outlet out there that simply lays out what happened. News does not exist anymore. Narratives do. Everything is so outlandish it’s insane!

Didn't Zerohedge just get banned from Twitter for spreading false info about this?

Really sorry to hear that! Wish the best for you and your family

My sister and brother in-law flew through Beijing on their way back to Laos (Jan 18). Luckily they made it through the quarantine. They haven’t been tested yet (not available) but haven’t had any symptoms yet. They did say that public buildings and schools (at least in Vientiane) are beginning to close.

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