Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social

'Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity' - MLK

On a related note, I block gun nuts.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@ewcrabtree1967 To assume racial bias doesn't exists in admissions suggests ignorance or extreme naivety.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@pornstache6969 I think we can all agree that's absurd, and obviously a mistake that may have been corrected. But I still contend comorbidity deaths are valid.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@pornstache6969 Show me one actual instance where a motorcycle accident was counted as a COVID death.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@ewcrabtree1967 The headline of the linked story: U.S. Service Academies Must End Race-Based Admissions.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@ewcrabtree1967 The subject was affirmative action enrollment at military academies. But thanks for playing.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@ewcrabtree1967 Yes. And prior to that, in the military and pretty much everywhere else, straight, white males got the preferential treatment.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@elonmusk You know people who bring fentanyl into the country ILLEGALLY won't be paying tariffs, right? I thought you were supposed to be smart. 🤨

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@ewcrabtree1967 The only difference between preferential treatment based solely on skin color or sex is that now the policy is in writing, before it was simply common practice.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@finch216 @88mph121 I'd try to explain it to you again, but obviously you are incapable of understanding.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@AGoat1971 He rose to his position BECAUSE of ignorance. Not his ignorance, the ignorance of the people who voted for him.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@finch216 @88mph121 So you agree, had they not gotten COVID they would not have died when they did.

[Meacham @MeachamDr]

Trump’s pick for Surgeon General has a medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. No, seriously. I’m not making this up. (The current Surgeon General has a BA from Harvard and an MD from Yale).

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@stevecstny @DavidCornDC Oh please. Trump thinks you can kill a virus with antibiotics. I doubt he even knows what airborne means.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

@88mph121 Did they die? Yes.
Would they have died right then had they not gotten COVID? Highly unlikely.
Conclusion? Died because they got COVID.
That's what's important.

[David Corn @DavidCornDC]

Bhattacharya said at the start that only 20K to 40K people would die from Covid. That was the basis for his recommendations. He was only off by 1.16 million. That’s all.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

GOP is the party of family values. Just without the family. Or the values.

[Miranda @DoomScroling]

Mike Johnson has blocked a proposal to allow representatives who give birth 6 weeks of being able to vote remotely so they could recover from childbirth.

In response to Johnson blocking the billl from even being brought to the house floor, GOP Rep Anna Luna stated "Female members should not be forced to choose between representing their constituents and having children."

Ultimately gop men do not value any woman. Not liberal women, not moderate women, and not those like Luna who eagerly pander to misogynists. Misogynist pandering gop women, meet leopard.

[Barbara Hoffman indybhoffman.bsky.social @indybhoffman]

That "friendly deregulatory environment" led to the 2008 financial crisis and housing market crash. But sure. Let's bring that back because, as usual in a crisis, the rich got richer and that's all that really matters. 🤬

[mass ave curmudgeon @mass_ave]

“A rising tide lifts all yachts”

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

It isn't "sharing your faith" when you're using legislation to do it. That's "forcing your faith."

Jesus never gave us the right to impose our religious beliefs on anyone.

When it violates human free will and matters of conscience, it isn't about Jesus.

It's about control.

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

“We’re mass deporting people”
“Trans people are done”
“No more affirmative action”
“We’re firing 3 million honest workers”
“We’re gonna emit carbon”
“All prices are going up”
“You’ll face financial hardship”
“We’re giving your kids polio”
“Wow why are you so mean to us?”