The City of Sturgis Update on the Motorcycle Rally held there, and the MSM's reporting hence

[Dan Warnick + 6,100]

Oil, petroleum, Covid politics

Hmm, did anyone see anything like this in the MSM?

2020 City of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Update September 9, 2020

Quote

Sturgis SD - 2020 City of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Update

 

The San Diego State University IZA study regarding the COVID-19 cases resulting from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is blatantly faulty. The study concludes that nearly 20% of the COVID- 19 cases reported in America from August 2 to September 2 are due to the event. This outrageous conclusion is antithetical to actual case data as numerous State Officials across the United States have been actively seeking to tie any COVID-19 case to the event. Despite these active efforts, fewer than 300 cases have been identified nationwide. The careless ease with which mainstream media outlets have published a report that multiplies that factual data by 1,000 is shameful. The absolute preposterousness of the conclusion is further demonstrated by the results of the community-wide mass testing which occurred after the event, where there were 26 positives cases out of 650 patients tested.

The City of Sturgis holds those affected by COVID-19 in our thoughts and prayers as the virus continues to impact our nation and world. We recognize that individuals were exposed to the virus on their trip to, from, or while at the Rally, but the data reported by health officials across the nation show that the impact from the event was a mere fraction of what was projected and anticipated by many of the experts. The continued media focus on infection and the hope of increased transmission rates and death, following this event are reminiscent of the models that told us that locally our hospitals would be overwhelmed, we would have a massive lack of ventilators, and 3-5% of us would not survive. Fortunately, as we have seen, the underlying assumptions of these models were unfounded and categorically inaccurate, just as is the conclusion of this report.

[Tom Nolan + 2,441]

5 hours ago, Dan Warnick said:

The San Diego State University IZA study regarding the COVID-19 cases resulting from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is blatantly faulty.

The concerted propaganda campaign is beyond belief.

[Gerry Maddoux + 3,627]

32 minutes ago, Tom Nolan said:

The concerted propaganda campaign is beyond belief.

Truer words were never spoken!

But the political dichotomy is even more perplexing. Seemingly intelligent people--generals, Cindy McCain, one oil and gas guy on this site--have to be watching the same clips that I'm watching and coming up with totally opposite formulations. I see a frail, deeply corrupted VP who can't hold a thought, form a sentence, recall names and places, as he flounders about and then makes a decision to put a lid on his appearances, presumably to ride out the storm of controversy and scandal and hope for the best. I see a man who will be almost 78 when he takes office and I can't imagine seeing him running the country when he is 82, which means that we'll have President Harris running things . . . and that makes my blood run cold. These other people obviously see this another way.

I am also having trouble figuring out why this concerted propaganda campaign is occurring. Is it to establish a New World Order? Is there some preoccupation to run a world-stage experiment on socialism once again? Or is it all just due to Trump hatred? Or maybe to put a face to the virus. Why? That is the thing that I am grappling with. 

Xi clearly has overstepped his mark. If Mr. Trump gets reelected, China will be isolated and sequestered. China needs semiconductor chips and will have little recourse but to try and take Taiwan, which will be met with U.S. military action. China is food and water insecure, energy insecure, and if medication precursors are removed and trading partners melt away, it will soon become financially insecure as well. With nowhere else to go, I fear that President Xi might resort to retooling C19. It would not be that hard to generate a meaner C20 with new bells and whistles. And if a population is vaccinated pre-virus-release (under the guise of influenza vaccine), then hegemony may well revolve around viruses and vaccines, not guns and oil. 

The above-mentioned propaganda machine may, alas, run straight through Beijing. And that thought scares me most of all. 

[Dan Warnick + 6,100]

27 minutes ago, Gerry Maddoux said:

Truer words were never spoken!

But the political dichotomy is even more perplexing. Seemingly intelligent people--generals, Cindy McCain, one oil and gas guy on this site--have to be watching the same clips that I'm watching and coming up with totally opposite formulations. I see a frail, deeply corrupted VP who can't hold a thought, form a sentence, recall names and places, as he flounders about and then makes a decision to put a lid on his appearances, presumably to ride out the storm of controversy and scandal and hope for the best. I see a man who will be almost 78 when he takes office and I can't imagine seeing him running the country when he is 82, which means that we'll have President Harris running things . . . and that makes my blood run cold. These other people obviously see this another way.

I am also having trouble figuring out why this concerted propaganda campaign is occurring. Is it to establish a New World Order? Is there some preoccupation to run a world-stage experiment on socialism once again? Or is it all just due to Trump hatred? Or maybe to put a face to the virus. Why? That is the thing that I am grappling with. 

Xi clearly has overstepped his mark. If Mr. Trump gets reelected, China will be isolated and sequestered. China needs semiconductor chips and will have little recourse but to try and take Taiwan, which will be met with U.S. military action. China is food and water insecure, energy insecure, and if medication precursors are removed and trading partners melt away, it will soon become financially insecure as well. With nowhere else to go, I fear that President Xi might resort to retooling C19. It would not be that hard to generate a meaner C20 with new bells and whistles. And if a population is vaccinated pre-virus-release (under the guise of influenza vaccine), then hegemony may well revolve around viruses and vaccines, not guns and oil. 

The above-mentioned propaganda machine may, alas, run straight through Beijing. And that thought scares me most of all. 

That^^  It has nothing to with Trump; the vitriol and blame that is directed at him and his followers is just a diversion the same as the "virus".  Once labeled evil they/we can be dealt with outside the Constitution.  There is no other explanation than a movement to change our system of government and rob its, and our country's, wealth to fund a new form of (socialist?) government with those proceeds.  Or to be guided to be under the control of another "central" government.

People have to err on the side of this possibility, because if it's real it will be extremely hard to reverse after a few years.  Now, right now, we need top-notch investigators from all over the U.S. to be paid to do what they do best and unravel the whole damned thing with irrefutable evidence.  Get the oil men and women, the well-healed conservative backers, and other volunteers to get the money ball rolling.  Then, as the investigations and evidence pile up, line them up, give them orange jumpsuits and lock them away and let the trials begin.  It will take a while to get it all through the courts, and a few will get away, but it has to be done to have any chance of restoring confidence.

Trump cannot do this alone and we can't rely on the corrupt Congress.  Trump winning the election may delay the inevitable, but it will take the investigations to expose it for what it truly is or else it will go unchecked until the next election, so good people everywhere need a serious awakening if they hope to remain free.  I'd like to say "let the Left do what they think they are doing, and see what Hell they bring down upon themselves" but I can't because this would take us all down with it.  The Left, apparently, have no idea what the results of their campaigns would actually be.

[Ward Smith + 6,615]

The rally proved that the Covid "plandemic" didn't have legs. The entire population is being cowed, all to give China hegemony (they know this is all BS). For those snowflakes who think life is so bad under Trump, wait until they're under Xi. 

[Hotone + 412]

2 hours ago, Gerry Maddoux said:

Truer words were never spoken!

But the political dichotomy is even more perplexing. Seemingly intelligent people--generals, Cindy McCain, one oil and gas guy on this site--have to be watching the same clips that I'm watching and coming up with totally opposite formulations. I see a frail, deeply corrupted VP who can't hold a thought, form a sentence, recall names and places, as he flounders about and then makes a decision to put a lid on his appearances, presumably to ride out the storm of controversy and scandal and hope for the best. I see a man who will be almost 78 when he takes office and I can't imagine seeing him running the country when he is 82, which means that we'll have President Harris running things . . . and that makes my blood run cold. These other people obviously see this another way.

I am also having trouble figuring out why this concerted propaganda campaign is occurring. Is it to establish a New World Order? Is there some preoccupation to run a world-stage experiment on socialism once again? Or is it all just due to Trump hatred? Or maybe to put a face to the virus. Why? That is the thing that I am grappling with. 

Xi clearly has overstepped his mark. If Mr. Trump gets reelected, China will be isolated and sequestered. China needs semiconductor chips and will have little recourse but to try and take Taiwan, which will be met with U.S. military action. China is food and water insecure, energy insecure, and if medication precursors are removed and trading partners melt away, it will soon become financially insecure as well. With nowhere else to go, I fear that President Xi might resort to retooling C19. It would not be that hard to generate a meaner C20 with new bells and whistles. And if a population is vaccinated pre-virus-release (under the guise of influenza vaccine), then hegemony may well revolve around viruses and vaccines, not guns and oil. 

The above-mentioned propaganda machine may, alas, run straight through Beijing. And that thought scares me most of all. 

It doesn't matter whether it's Biden, the pope or the devil who is standing as his opponent.  This election is ALL and ONLY about Trump.  You either vote for him or against him.  You either LOVE Trump or HATE him.

 

Edited October 26, 2020 by Hotone

[Ward Smith + 6,615]

4 minutes ago, Hotone said:

It doesn't matter whether it's Biden, the pope or the devil who is standing as his opponent.  This election is ALL and ONLY about Trump.  You either vote for him or against him.  You are either LOVE Trump or HATE him.

 

So if you're being totally honest, it's not Trump you hate, it's the kind of people who love Trump that you hate. Those deplorables you pretend you're better than. 

[Dan Warnick + 6,100]

32 minutes ago, Ward Smith said:

For those snowflakes who think life is so bad under Trump, wait until they're under Xi. 

Exactly.  Socialism has always "sounded" good.  It's the practice that gets you.

[Dan Warnick + 6,100]

22 minutes ago, Hotone said:

It doesn't matter whether it's Biden, the pope or the devil who is standing as his opponent.  This election is ALL and ONLY about Trump.  You either vote for him or against him.  You are either LOVE Trump or HATE him.

 

That is incorrect.  As I said, this has nothing to do with Trump.  We were/are just lucky that we have him to stop/delay the inevitable until such time as the Left and outside forces can be recognized for what they truly are and dealt with under law.

[KeyboardWarrior + 527]

I drove through Sturgis on the last day of the rally when heading out to college. A sight to see for sure. I guarantee, for that amount of freedom concentrated in one place, the elites are annoyed. 

[Tom Nolan + 2,441]

5 hours ago, Gerry Maddoux said:

I am also having trouble figuring out why this concerted propaganda campaign is occurring. Is it to establish a New World Order? Is there some preoccupation to run a world-stage experiment on socialism once again?

Without a doubt, the mess that we see is a concerted plan to move towards a New World Order, towards a "Great Reset".

Follow the money.  Which industry has the most Lobbyists?  Big Pharma.  Who dictates to the World the Covid measures?...influencers like Bill Gates who has incredible, well-documented sums donated in World and National Health organizations, Big Phara, all the Media.  He and Fauci communicate several times a week by their own admission.  All the big corporations and Big Tech companies are on board with this Davos crowd Bilderberg type Global control of "The Great Reset".  The Left has bought into it and are funded by it.  The same issues from manmade Climate Change to Universal Basic Income to monitoring our every action...these same issues of the Left are the same issues of The Globalists.  

The World Economic Forum (who, by the way, ran video exercises of a Coronavirus Pandemic and global shutdown on October 18, 2019 called EVENT 201...which anyone can watch on YouTube) has these weird predictions...

90 seconds

 

[Hotone + 412]

7 hours ago, Ward Smith said:

The rally proved that the Covid "plandemic" didn't have legs. The entire population is being cowed, all to give China hegemony (they know this is all BS). For those snowflakes who think life is so bad under Trump, wait until they're under Xi. 

Your next POTUS will be ready from day one.

Edited October 26, 2020 by Hotone

[Ward Smith + 6,615]

^^^ she's unelectable but more than willing to slide into the role.  I wonder what the Biden family business will do? Sell access to Harris? 

[ronwagn + 6,290]

16 hours ago, Tom Nolan said:

The concerted propaganda campaign is beyond belief.

The way the whole pandemic panic campaign has been run is beyond belief. Fauci and the W.H.O. have led the throngs by misinformation as has the media around the world. The panic mongering will continue until after the election. Longer, since President Trump will be reelected. 

[Boat + 1,315]

On 10/26/2020 at 2:36 AM, Dan Warnick said:

Oil, petroleum, Covid politics

Hmm, did anyone see anything like this in the MSM?

2020 City of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Update September 9, 2020

Quote

Sturgis SD - 2020 City of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Update

 

The San Diego State University IZA study regarding the COVID-19 cases resulting from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is blatantly faulty. The study concludes that nearly 20% of the COVID- 19 cases reported in America from August 2 to September 2 are due to the event. This outrageous conclusion is antithetical to actual case data as numerous State Officials across the United States have been actively seeking to tie any COVID-19 case to the event. Despite these active efforts, fewer than 300 cases have been identified nationwide. The careless ease with which mainstream media outlets have published a report that multiplies that factual data by 1,000 is shameful. The absolute preposterousness of the conclusion is further demonstrated by the results of the community-wide mass testing which occurred after the event, where there were 26 positives cases out of 650 patients tested.

The City of Sturgis holds those affected by COVID-19 in our thoughts and prayers as the virus continues to impact our nation and world. We recognize that individuals were exposed to the virus on their trip to, from, or while at the Rally, but the data reported by health officials across the nation show that the impact from the event was a mere fraction of what was projected and anticipated by many of the experts. The continued media focus on infection and the hope of increased transmission rates and death, following this event are reminiscent of the models that told us that locally our hospitals would be overwhelmed, we would have a massive lack of ventilators, and 3-5% of us would not survive. Fortunately, as we have seen, the underlying assumptions of these models were unfounded and categorically inaccurate, just as is the conclusion of this report.

I guess Sturgis had nothing to do with the swelling outbreak in South Dakota. You should work for Trump. The disinformation king.

[Ward Smith + 6,615]

3 hours ago, Boat said:

I guess Sturgis had nothing to do with the swelling outbreak in South Dakota. You should work for Trump. The disinformation king.

We know who you work for wumaodang. 

I get you're not very bright but exactly when was Sturgis? The virus doesn't sit around for months then decide to infect people still in the state. Speaking of disinformation…

[Dan Warnick + 6,100]

3 hours ago, Boat said:

I guess Sturgis had nothing to do with the swelling outbreak in South Dakota. You should work for Trump. The disinformation king.

You are welcome to your opinion.  This is the statement from the Governor or South Dakota:

PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Kristi Noem issued the following statement on the grossly misleading San Diego State CHEPS study regarding COVID-19 cases following the Sturgis rally

PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Kristi Noem issued the following statement on the grossly misleading San Diego State CHEPS study regarding COVID-19 cases following the Sturgis rally:

“This report isn’t science; it’s fiction. Under the guise of academic research, this report is nothing short of an attack on those who exercised their personal freedom to attend Sturgis,” said Governor Noem. “Predictably, some in the media breathlessly report on this non-peer reviewed model, built on incredibly faulty assumptions that do not reflect the actual facts and data.

“At one point, academic modeling also told us that South Dakota would have 10,000 COVID patients in the hospital at our peak.  Today, we have less than 70.  I look forward to good journalists, credible academics, and honest citizens repudiating this nonsense.”

[Boat + 1,315]

 Trump and Republicans play the freedom to mingle and thus infect the innocent. What really needs to happen is sophisticated tracing teams  quarantining those infected and part of that tracing would include egregious behavior by offenders documentated so courts can determine if  potential manslaughter charges are warrented.  Yep, them crazy rightwhiners are willing to kill off fellow citizens. Just like Germany in WWII these crazies think they have some kind of rights to the detriment of others. Lock-em-up. 🤣

Edited October 28, 2020 by Boat

[Dan Warnick + 6,100]

55 minutes ago, Boat said:

 Trump and Republicans play the freedom to mingle and thus infect the innocent. What really needs to happen is sophisticated tracing teams  quarantining those infected and part of that tracing would include egregious behavior by offenders documentated so courts can determine if  potential manslaughter charges are warrented.  Yep, them crazy rightwhiners are willing to kill off fellow citizens. Just like Germany in WWII these crazies think they have some kind of rights to the detriment of others. Lock-em-up. 🤣

You are allowed to twist words and perceived actions, that is your right.  You may have missed it, but people who actually get sick with this virus, do so quickly.  When they get sick they go home, or stay home, and/or get medical help.  At this point, they are isolated.  Anyone else that is going to get sick from being around the first, goes through the same process, if they get sick.  No need to tag the entire country, much less the world.  With a death rate of less than 0.05%, anything else is simply a cover (which it is).

This man sizes it up pretty well.  Give him an hour out of your busy schedule.

 

[ronwagn + 6,290]

On 10/26/2020 at 9:25 AM, Gerry Maddoux said:

Truer words were never spoken!

But the political dichotomy is even more perplexing. Seemingly intelligent people--generals, Cindy McCain, one oil and gas guy on this site--have to be watching the same clips that I'm watching and coming up with totally opposite formulations. I see a frail, deeply corrupted VP who can't hold a thought, form a sentence, recall names and places, as he flounders about and then makes a decision to put a lid on his appearances, presumably to ride out the storm of controversy and scandal and hope for the best. I see a man who will be almost 78 when he takes office and I can't imagine seeing him running the country when he is 82, which means that we'll have President Harris running things . . . and that makes my blood run cold. These other people obviously see this another way.

I am also having trouble figuring out why this concerted propaganda campaign is occurring. Is it to establish a New World Order? Is there some preoccupation to run a world-stage experiment on socialism once again? Or is it all just due to Trump hatred? Or maybe to put a face to the virus. Why? That is the thing that I am grappling with. 

Xi clearly has overstepped his mark. If Mr. Trump gets reelected, China will be isolated and sequestered. China needs semiconductor chips and will have little recourse but to try and take Taiwan, which will be met with U.S. military action. China is food and water insecure, energy insecure, and if medication precursors are removed and trading partners melt away, it will soon become financially insecure as well. With nowhere else to go, I fear that President Xi might resort to retooling C19. It would not be that hard to generate a meaner C20 with new bells and whistles. And if a population is vaccinated pre-virus-release (under the guise of influenza vaccine), then hegemony may well revolve around viruses and vaccines, not guns and oil. 

The above-mentioned propaganda machine may, alas, run straight through Beijing. And that thought scares me most of all. 

The Chinese people are helping fight Biden just as they fight the CCP. If Trump puts enough stress on the Chinese economy, the CCP can be overthrown. The people of China are tough and know that they will be better off in the long run if they get rid of their fascist masters. They have the examples of Taiwan and Hong Kong. Biden would sell out America to China and the Globalist crony capitalist elite. There is more than ample proof that he has already made his family rich the same way that Hillary did. Globalists like in Silicon Valley know that the largest markets are global. They are not loyal to America. 

[ronwagn + 6,290]

On 10/26/2020 at 10:23 AM, Dan Warnick said:

That^^  It has nothing to with Trump; the vitriol and blame that is directed at him and his followers is just a diversion the same as the "virus".  Once labeled evil they/we can be dealt with outside the Constitution.  There is no other explanation than a movement to change our system of government and rob its, and our country's, wealth to fund a new form of (socialist?) government with those proceeds.  Or to be guided to be under the control of another "central" government.

People have to err on the side of this possibility, because if it's real it will be extremely hard to reverse after a few years.  Now, right now, we need top-notch investigators from all over the U.S. to be paid to do what they do best and unravel the whole damned thing with irrefutable evidence.  Get the oil men and women, the well-healed conservative backers, and other volunteers to get the money ball rolling.  Then, as the investigations and evidence pile up, line them up, give them orange jumpsuits and lock them away and let the trials begin.  It will take a while to get it all through the courts, and a few will get away, but it has to be done to have any chance of restoring confidence.

Trump cannot do this alone and we can't rely on the corrupt Congress.  Trump winning the election may delay the inevitable, but it will take the investigations to expose it for what it truly is or else it will go unchecked until the next election, so good people everywhere need a serious awakening if they hope to remain free.  I'd like to say "let the Left do what they think they are doing, and see what Hell they bring down upon themselves" but I can't because this would take us all down with it.  The Left, apparently, have no idea what the results of their campaigns would actually be.

The squad knows, and they are the vanguard of the Demoncrat party now. Pelosi will not be able to control them and hasn't even in the past. Just look at the Demoncrat Party Platform and you can see the future that they want. It ends up in total financial collapse which, they hope, will give them total control under socialism. Actually it will put the Masters of the Universe in total control and they want worldwide control and beyond. They want a toothless middle class and an unenforced Constitution. 

Edited October 28, 2020 by ronwagn
spelling

[Boat + 1,315]

Let’s lay the crash that GW was in charge of and the current financial crash on Trump. They were and are the prez, right? So the Biden fear of bad government may be real but that’s conjecture. The proof of poor governance of our last two presidents is already in the books. I have yet to be convinced a second term will be any better. 
Bottom line I don’t think either party has a decent candidate.

After voting for Obama, a few reasons he didn’t receive a vote for a second term.

Continued military involvement in the Middle East and around the world playing policeman. How many need to die and how many trillion need to be spent. We have trade and the worlds best market as weapon #1. We have the most dangerous Air Force, Navy and Submarine groups. Missiles, nukes, drones etc. to bring to bear without needing many ground troops and hundreds of bases. We have like allies with similar ideals to reinforce retaliation whatever that may be. If you want more reasons why our politics are so out of touch with common sense and reality, just mention a topic. Trump and Biden brains just can’t handle much.

Edited October 29, 2020 by Boat

[Boat + 1,315]

6 hours ago, Dan Warnick said:

You are allowed to twist words and perceived actions, that is your right.  You may have missed it, but people who actually get sick with this virus, do so quickly.  When they get sick they go home, or stay home, and/or get medical help.  At this point, they are isolated.  Anyone else that is going to get sick from being around the first, goes through the same process, if they get sick.  No need to tag the entire country, much less the world.  With a death rate of less than 0.05%, anything else is simply a cover (which it is).

This man sizes it up pretty well.  Give him an hour out of your busy schedule.

 

If you were correct then why do I read of large gatherings like churches where people end up dead. Open up bars and infected people numbers skyrocket. You don’t read about these instances? How do you reason that away? Even under strict guidelines sports teams struggle. You think it’s smart for NASCAR to pack in 160,000 in NC for a race because we’ll only lose a few hundred?

Edited October 29, 2020 by Boat

[Boat + 1,315]

On 10/26/2020 at 10:23 AM, Dan Warnick said:

That^^  It has nothing to with Trump; the vitriol and blame that is directed at him and his followers is just a diversion the same as the "virus".  Once labeled evil they/we can be dealt with outside the Constitution.  There is no other explanation than a movement to change our system of government and rob its, and our country's, wealth to fund a new form of (socialist?) government with those proceeds.  Or to be guided to be under the control of another "central" government.

People have to err on the side of this possibility, because if it's real it will be extremely hard to reverse after a few years.  Now, right now, we need top-notch investigators from all over the U.S. to be paid to do what they do best and unravel the whole damned thing with irrefutable evidence.  Get the oil men and women, the well-healed conservative backers, and other volunteers to get the money ball rolling.  Then, as the investigations and evidence pile up, line them up, give them orange jumpsuits and lock them away and let the trials begin.  It will take a while to get it all through the courts, and a few will get away, but it has to be done to have any chance of restoring confidence.

Trump cannot do this alone and we can't rely on the corrupt Congress.  Trump winning the election may delay the inevitable, but it will take the investigations to expose it for what it truly is or else it will go unchecked until the next election, so good people everywhere need a serious awakening if they hope to remain free.  I'd like to say "let the Left do what they think they are doing, and see what Hell they bring down upon themselves" but I can't because this would take us all down with it.  The Left, apparently, have no idea what the results of their campaigns would actually be.

The left are equally as corrupt as the right. Well them and many other groups that push their agendas using money and influence to gain yet more money and influence. Let’s take a look at the vanity industry. Clothes, jewelry, makeup, cosmetic surgery, child labor, worker exploitation etc. The desire to add detail to the human look is even protected by constitutions, authoritarian regimes, religious organizations etc. But the most powerful group that pushes this corrupt and nasty industry is any group of three or more women. Just try and take away their shyt for the good of the exploited and the air and water we need for heathy lives and XI will look meek in comparison. 🤣

Edited October 29, 2020 by Boat

[Tom Nolan + 2,441]

This is an excellent analysis from Rachel Elnaugh.  She does a great job of exposing the hyperbole of fear, especially with the inflated PCR testing stats and Covid deaths.