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On August 7, 1942, a U.S. Navy plane was shot down behind enemy lines on Guadalcanal, during the D-Day invasion of the island. One of the native islanders, Jacob Charles Vouza, rescued the pilot and escorted him to the American line. It was here that Vouza met his first group of U.S. Marines. Then over 40 years old and retired from the Solomon Islands Protectorate Armed Constabulary, Vouza immediately volunteered to help the Marines rid his island of the Japanese. Enemy soldiers captured Vouza scouting for the Marines a few weeks later. They tortured him when they found an American flag concealed in Vouza's loincloth. They bayoneted him in the arms, throat, shoulder, face, and stomach, and left him for dead. Miraculously, Vouza survived, chewed through the ropes binding him, and made his way back to the Marines. After only 12 days in a hospital, Vouza returned to duty as the chief scout for Evans Carlson's 2d Raider Battalion. Throughout the battle over the island, Vouza played an unwavering and indispensable role in protecting his home and helping the Marines.
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After the war, General Alexander Vandegrift personally awarded Vouza a Silver Star for his role in the battle. He also received a Legion of Merit for his service with the Marine Raiders, and was given the honorary rank of Sergeant Major in the Marine Corps. The British government presented him with additional medals, and Queen Elizabeth II knighted him in 1979. Throughout the years, Vouza maintained his friendship with the Marines and flew the American flag outside his home on Guadalcanal. He died in 1984 and was buried in his USMC tunic.
Fucking hilarious, Cuomo gets called out!
Cuomo lied, and now we know it (msn.com)
That mistake may very well have contributed to the deaths of thousands of elderly New Yorkers, but there's no reason to believe when he ordered nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients in March that it was anything other than well-intentioned and based on his best judgment.
The governor's judgment proved poor in this case, but it was the start of a pandemic, and scientific information was often conflicting. Furthermore, under Cuomo's leadership, New York flattened its curve faster than any other state with an early deluge of COVID cases.
And Cuomo's daily press conferences in the early days of the pandemic - similar to Rudy Giuliani's addresses in the first days after 9/11 - were a much-appreciated source of calm, authoritative updates during a terrifying moment for a nation.
Cuomo's nursing home order was a misstep in hindsight, but understandable in the fog of an unprecedented crisis.
The reason we're still talking about that order is simple: Andrew Cuomo can't admit he made a mistake.
But a new report from Attorney General Letitia James confirms what has long been suspected: Andrew Cuomo lied.
And just as crucially, the report says "nursing home resident deaths appear to be undercounted ... by approximately 50%."
While the "undercount" may seem like a technical glitch, in actuality it was self-serving accounting: patients who came from nursing homes and died in hospitals were not counted as part of the state's tally of COVID nursing home deaths.
But both of these takeaways from the AG's report directly contradict the public data that had previously been provided by the Cuomo administration's Department of Health, as well as the administration's self-investigation that cleared itself of any responsibility for the state's spike in nursing home deaths.
When Democrats and mainstream media outlets asked for an independent investigation and transparency on the state's data, Cuomo repeatedly painted such calls as "ugly politics" and below-the-belt Republican partisan tactics.
Meanwhile, he wrote a book on leadership during the pandemic in which he barely touches on his nursing home order, but uses lawyerly doublespeak in the brief moments when he does acknowledge it. Cuomo's book, released in October 2020, concludes with a chapter titled "The Aftermath."
The governor has offered various, conflicting explanations for the order.
He's said he had no choice to make the order because he had to follow CDC guidelines. But he's also cited his Health Department's report that put no blame on the order for nursing home deaths. And he's even tried to memory-hole the order itself, literally saying last October that "it never happened."
These explanations cannot all be true.
At some point, all of this tapdancing, finger-pointing, and brazen mischaracterization of indisputable facts needs to be called what it is: lying.
Asked about the AG's damning report in a Friday press conference, Cuomo doubled-down on his accusations of political skullduggery, blaming the former Trump administration Health and Human Services official Michael Caputo for making his disastrous nursing home order "a political football."
Cuomo knows there were serious issues because of the order - the media, lawmakers in his own party, and even the AG of his own state have said so - but despite all available evidence, he dismissively and willfully misleads the public by claiming this is nothing but a Republican-fabricated controversy.
Cuomo's been feted across the country, was COVID's earliest media sex symbol, and he even got an Emmy for his press conferences.
But he couldn't admit he made a single honest mistake.
If he had admitted the mistake, he would have shown leadership. But instead he lied, and now we know it.
Read the original article on Business Insider
Cuomo lied, and now we know it (msn.com)
- All New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had to do was admit he made a well-intentioned mistake when he ordered nursing homes to accept COVID positive patients.
- Instead, he's given conflicting explanations and said it's a phony Republican-made controversy.
- Now the state's attorney general has released a report confirming that Cuomo's order put nursing home patients "at increased risk of harm" and that the state undercounted the nursing death toll, perhaps by over 50 percent.
- At some point, all of this tapdancing, finger-pointing, and brazen mischaracterization of indisputable facts needs to be called what it is: lying.
- This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
- Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
That mistake may very well have contributed to the deaths of thousands of elderly New Yorkers, but there's no reason to believe when he ordered nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients in March that it was anything other than well-intentioned and based on his best judgment.
The governor's judgment proved poor in this case, but it was the start of a pandemic, and scientific information was often conflicting. Furthermore, under Cuomo's leadership, New York flattened its curve faster than any other state with an early deluge of COVID cases.
And Cuomo's daily press conferences in the early days of the pandemic - similar to Rudy Giuliani's addresses in the first days after 9/11 - were a much-appreciated source of calm, authoritative updates during a terrifying moment for a nation.
Cuomo's nursing home order was a misstep in hindsight, but understandable in the fog of an unprecedented crisis.
The reason we're still talking about that order is simple: Andrew Cuomo can't admit he made a mistake.
But a new report from Attorney General Letitia James confirms what has long been suspected: Andrew Cuomo lied.
All he had to do was admit he made a mistake. He still won't.
"Government guidance requiring the admission of COVID-19 patients into nursing homes may have put residents at increased risk of harm in some facilities and may have obscured the data available to assess that risk," the AG's report says.And just as crucially, the report says "nursing home resident deaths appear to be undercounted ... by approximately 50%."
While the "undercount" may seem like a technical glitch, in actuality it was self-serving accounting: patients who came from nursing homes and died in hospitals were not counted as part of the state's tally of COVID nursing home deaths.
But both of these takeaways from the AG's report directly contradict the public data that had previously been provided by the Cuomo administration's Department of Health, as well as the administration's self-investigation that cleared itself of any responsibility for the state's spike in nursing home deaths.
When Democrats and mainstream media outlets asked for an independent investigation and transparency on the state's data, Cuomo repeatedly painted such calls as "ugly politics" and below-the-belt Republican partisan tactics.
Meanwhile, he wrote a book on leadership during the pandemic in which he barely touches on his nursing home order, but uses lawyerly doublespeak in the brief moments when he does acknowledge it. Cuomo's book, released in October 2020, concludes with a chapter titled "The Aftermath."
The governor has offered various, conflicting explanations for the order.
He's said he had no choice to make the order because he had to follow CDC guidelines. But he's also cited his Health Department's report that put no blame on the order for nursing home deaths. And he's even tried to memory-hole the order itself, literally saying last October that "it never happened."
These explanations cannot all be true.
At some point, all of this tapdancing, finger-pointing, and brazen mischaracterization of indisputable facts needs to be called what it is: lying.
Asked about the AG's damning report in a Friday press conference, Cuomo doubled-down on his accusations of political skullduggery, blaming the former Trump administration Health and Human Services official Michael Caputo for making his disastrous nursing home order "a political football."
Cuomo knows there were serious issues because of the order - the media, lawmakers in his own party, and even the AG of his own state have said so - but despite all available evidence, he dismissively and willfully misleads the public by claiming this is nothing but a Republican-fabricated controversy.
Cuomo's been feted across the country, was COVID's earliest media sex symbol, and he even got an Emmy for his press conferences.
But he couldn't admit he made a single honest mistake.
If he had admitted the mistake, he would have shown leadership. But instead he lied, and now we know it.
Read the original article on Business Insider
My neighbors are listening to this on my surround sound.
It's Trump's fault, doncha know.....
So, if you are in need of some weekend laugh-at-the-hypocrites lol-a-thon action, TwitShitter has you covered:
www.foxnews.com
Democrats outraged as anti-Cuomo troll uses Maxine Waters quote that had targeted Trump aides
Democrats have been riled up on Twitter after a troll account altered a quote by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., to go after Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
www.foxnews.com
Hey man... This is the Motivational Thread. Not the "How Fast Can You Make A Grown Man Cry" challenge...
Seriously though, that is some wicked awesome reading right there... I just watched Hacksaw Ridge not too long ago also, and..... all I have to say.... is...... Let the left keep defecating on our history and hallowed symbols. It is going to get very, very personal before they even know it. I pity those fucking worthless idiots because they really do not know what the fuck they are trifling with...
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I'm back in December, travelling through time, but it looks like the fags won.
So, if you are in need of some weekend laugh-at-the-hypocrites lol-a-thon action, TwitShitter has you covered:
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Democrats outraged as anti-Cuomo troll uses Maxine Waters quote that had targeted Trump aides
Democrats have been riled up on Twitter after a troll account altered a quote by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., to go after Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
i love all the elected reps coming out of the woodwork to condemn this tweet for "inciting violence and hatred".....and calling for the account to be suspended.....and then we get crickets when its revealed to them who actually said the quote.
fucking hypocrites....all of them.....they are truly empty, hollow husks of a person that simply repeat what they are told.....
this should be a new thing.....take all the words democrats say....then just retweet them aimed at democrats.....and watch all the liberal heads explode over how "evil" conservatives are for "inciting violence"
Not gonna lie... all these elitist wall street hedge funds, borrowing non-existent shit and betting that non-existent shit on businesses failing....finally losing at their own fucked up game where they thought they had 100% control.... priceless.
Fourth in population, first in death...and probably the only state that did not inflate the numbers.
