loudmouth2,
I agree re the Right to disagree however, disagree does not translate into Right to sabotage !
Sabotage is what the Left is practicing from social to economic !

Dear Shadow Minister,

You claimed;

“Infections and economic damage seem to be lower in Sweden than in other countries.”

What a crock as usual.

Please compare horses for horses. Of the 4 geographically similar Scandinavian countries Sweden suffered the worse June quarter drops.

Finland 4.5%
Norway 5.1%
Denmark 6.9%
Sweden 8.5%

And Sweden did do lockdowns. It closed its major industries something which did not happen in Australia. It also closed high schools and universities.

And here is the comparison of deaths per million people in the respective countries.

http://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-covid-deaths-per-million?tab=chart&stackMode=absolute&time=2020-01-31..latest&country=NOR~SWE~ISL~DNK~FIN&region=World

A reminder that unlike Denmark it isn't attached to countries with significant infection rates. Rather it is squeezed between two with markedly low rates.

Black really is white for you isn't it. Do try to do better.

According to Trumpf; "America is doing better than any other country, with the possible exception of Botswana."

The worlds most successful country when it comes to the coronavirus is Tuvalu, no infections, no deaths, no virus. Not dissimilar to the north west corner of South Australia, except for the odd shower of rain and possibly having a little bit more coast line, the Tuvalains (natives of Tuvalu) have been basking in the sun, fishing, surfing, gathering coconuts, whilst the rest of us have been in lockdown. The Tuvalains have not had as much as a sniffle, a sneeze or even a cough. When asked by reporters; why he hadn't locked down the capital Funafuti during the pandemic? Tuvalu's PM, Mr Sopoaga, said "As the name will tells you, Funafuti is a fun place, and having fun, lazing in the sun, is the best defence against them nasty old viruses."...Prime Minister Sopoaga went on to say; "Tuvalu is doing better than any other country, with the possible exception of the United States."

Foxy

I had a quick look at the LA Times article you posted. Do you realise its marked 'Opinion' and is almost a year old?

But the timing couldn't be sweeter. The crux of the article is about the impeachment of Trump over the Ukrainian phone call. Which we now know was shown to be a nothing-burger. But just yesterday, a new report was released from the Senate showing just how corrupt the Biden family is and why the impeachment was used to try to stop the government from looking into that corruption.

Foxy, I know that the people you rely on to tell you what to think won't have mentioned this report to you so it'll come as a hell of a surprise. But if you can bring yourself to look at the truth for a change, there's more than enough out there about the Biden corruption - false payments, bribes, human trafficking, prostitutes.

Or you could just say you'd prefer not to know these things, as usual.

http://www.scribd.com/document/477154100/FINAL-DRAFT-CLEAN-COPY-4-pdf

Loudmouth,

By my reckoning, I've now mentioned this to you four times - the states, not Trump or the feds, control the voting system. So when you say "So many ways for the Trumpfites to rig this election !" that's simply wrong. Not a little wrong, not partially right but utterly wrong.

But you don't what that to be true, so carry on.

As to mail in voting...
Mail ballots from the overseas military found in the trash in Pennsylvania. All were votes for Trump.

I can't imagine why the GOP are worried about mail-in voting.

Hi Mhaze,

Yes, you're right, there are many, many ways to subvert the democratic process in the US, and some of those are within the purview of state governors (and mayors and local governments) to control and combat.

Which is why there will probably be disputes between some governors and Trumpf between now and Nov 3. 40 days away.

I anticipate also major disputes between Trumpf and the Electoral Commission chairperson, Ellen Weintraub - for example, like this:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/trump-mail-ballot-biden-election-electoral-commission-ellen-weintraub-b572434.html

And Trumpf being a bully from birth, I expect he will browbeat her and the Commission in all manner of ways over the next few weeks.

Only 40 days to go :)

And by the way, there is no rush: the final results won't be approved by Congress until around January 6th. And there have been many times in US history when the final results of voting weren't known for weeks, so there is no 'trumped-up' excuse for Trumpf to demean the electoral process. And as a candidate, he has no power to dictate how the election is to be conducted, that would be the job of the Congress.

Joe