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Inan Dogan, PhD Dr. Dogan is the co-founder and research director of Insider Monkey. He has a Ph.D. in financial economics and he has been doing quantitative stock research for more than a decade. You can reach him here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/inan-ian%E2%80%8B-dogan-phd-0a1b903/ 1.) Coronavirus Fatality Rate or Death Percentage: The Most Accurate Estimate Published on February 29, 2020 at 1:24 pm by Inan Dogan, PhD in News,Tech published @ https://www.elitetrader.com/ "Recap: We don’t know how many people are actually infected with the new coronavirus, but we have a pretty good idea about the number of people who died because of COVID-19. That’s why our best estimate is very likely to be higher than the actual fatality rate. Since South Korea tested around 1 out of every 1000 people and no other country with widespread infections tested a higher proportion of its population, South Korea’s 0.546% fatality rate is closest to the actual fatality rate of the new coronavirus. We wouldn’t be wrong to assume that COVID-19’s fatality rate is not more than 0.5%. This means the new coronavirus’ fatality rate is probably somewhere in between 0.2% and 0.5%. This is a wide range, but it is still narrow enough to make very educated guesses about the future. One implication is that only one out of every 200 to 500 infected people will die due to the new coronavirus. This means this new coronavirus isn’t as deadly as what most people currently believe. This also means that there are far more infected people than we identified. For example, Iran identified less than 400 infections, but the actual number of infections in Iran at this moment is anywhere from 6800 and 17,000. Please keep in mind that our coronavirus mortality rate in humans is an estimate for the entire population. Coronavirus fatality rates for different age groups, genders, and co-morbidities are different and will be shared in other articles." 2.) Hell is Coming: Here is the Mathematical Proof Published on March 20, 2020 at 2:50 pm by INAN DOGAN, PHD in Economy,ETF Trading,Market Movers,News @ Insider Monkey. "Right now 2 million Americans are infected with the coronavirus. The total U.S. death toll by April 15th will be more than 20,000. We estimate that 80 thousand of the 2 million infected Americans will be hospitalized over the next 2 weeks. That’s why we are short-term bullish on hospital stocks."

frontpagemag.com Credibility Ratings via three news site rating organizations Newsguard: frontpagemag.com Proceed with caution: This website severely violates basic standards of credibility and transparency. A conservative website that has published false news and conspiracy theories about Muslims and minorities, owned by a nonprofit that declares "the political left has declared war on America." CREDIBILITY NO - Does not repeatedly publish false content NO - Gathers and presents information responsibly NO - Regularly corrects or clarifies errors NO - Handles the difference between news and opinion responsibly NO - Avoids deceptive headlines TRANSPARENCY NO - Website discloses ownership and financing YES - Clearly labels advertising YES - Reveals who's in charge, including any possible conflicts of interest YES - The site provides names of content creators, along with either contact or biographical information Newstrition Label Frontpage Mag Frontpage Mag is a conservative site with the stated mission of combating "the efforts of the radical left and its Islamist allies to destroy American values and disarm this country as it attempts to defend itself in a time of terror." Media Bias / Fact Check: Overall, we rate FrontPage Magazine a Questionable source based on Extreme Right Bias, promotion of conspiracy theories regarding Islam as well as propaganda that only reports negatively on Islam. This source has also failed fact checks by IFCN [ The International Fact-Checking Network of the Poynter Institute of Journalism ] fact checkers. History FrontPage Magazine is an online conservative political website, edited by David Horowitz and published by the David Horowitz Freedom Center, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California. The David Horowitz Center has claimed that the “Left has declared war on America.” Some notable writers for FrontPage include Ann Coulter and President Trump’s adviser Stephen Miller. All of which, who have failed numerous fact checks. Funded by / Ownership FrontPage Magazine is owned by the David Horowitz Freedom Center, which is a conservative foundation founded in 1988 by political activist David Horowitz and his long-time collaborator Peter Collier. It was established with funding from groups including the John M. Olin Foundation, the Bradley Foundation and the Scaife Foundation. Besides FrontPage Magazine, they also run the Questionable Jihad Watch, which promotes negative information towards Islam. The David Horowitz Freedom Center is a non-profit that generates revenue through donations. Analysis / Bias In review, FrontPage Magazine promotes extreme right wing propaganda that utilizes loaded language such as this: LEFTISTS HAVE ALWAYS LIED ABOUT AUSCHWITZ. They also routinely promote President Trump’s immigration agenda such as this: ORWELLIAN SPECTACLE OVERSHADOWS IMMIGRATION DEBATE. The primary purpose of this website is to paint Islam followers negatively such as this: AMERICA’S NEWEST MUSLIM MARTYR IS A CHILD RAPIST AND KILLER. In general, the stories published on this website serve to portray Islam in a negative light. You will never find a positive story, only murder, rape and terror. This is a classic propaganda and conspiracy website that many take seriously. According to the SPLC David Horowitz and FrontPage Magazine are considered anti-Muslim hate groups. A factual search reveals a few failed fact checks by IFCN [ The International Fact-Checking Network of the Poynter Institute of Journalism ] fact checkers. Examples Is Robert S. Khuzami, the deputy U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, an “Obama holdover”? – FALSE Social media rumors claimed President Obama dropped leaflets warning ISIS militants of imminent airstrikes against them. – FALSE Overall, we rate FrontPage Magazine a Questionable source based on Extreme Right Bias, promotion of conspiracy theories regarding Islam as well as propaganda that only reports negatively on Islam. This source has also failed fact checks by IFCN fact checkers. (10/7/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 6/21/2019)

Q: Am I supposed to be Wally? A: It shouldn't have to be explained to you 😁 *yawn*

@Dugan: "Sometimes the price of freedom includes being more susceptible to something like this, [...] Given the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have died over the centuries simply to preserve our freedoms, it is a small price to pay." /s Thanks for your willingness to sacrifice others in pursuit of your selfish goals masquerading as patriotic fervor. /s

@Wally - close but no cigar. It's actually sarcasm, a form of irony meant to convey mockery or ridicule. "Irony and sarcasm are often confused, which is understandable. In some cases, they are interchangeable. This is because sarcasm is a kind of irony, so all instances of sarcasm are irony, but not all instances of irony are sarcasm. Irony is when something appears to be or is said to be one way, but is actually another. One type of irony is verbal irony. It is when someone says something, but they mean something different. “Great, my dress is ruined. That’s just what I always wanted.” “It’s time to spend ten hours watching paint dry. I can’t wait.” In both cases, the speakers are using verbal irony to communicate their displeasure. Sarcasm is when someone uses verbal irony with the intent to *insult or ridicule*. For example, if someone arrives to a location with their hair in a mess, saying “Oh, I love what you did with your hair!” would be sarcasm because it’s calling attention to how bad the hair is. It can also be used to mock an idea. So, while irony can cover situations, knowledge, and speech, sarcasm is only a form of ironic speech, and it is only used to insult or ridicule while irony can also be used for suspense or comedy. @Random - "Yeah, it's hard to take any comment seriously if not presented per capita." Yeah, it's not meant to be SERIOUS; it's meant to be SARCASTIC, Capisce?

*Covid19: American Exceptionalism*

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pun was intended 😁

TUSCL seems to need its bad guys. Dougster, Trucidos and its other identities gone, SJG disappears for several weeks; the members need a new target. 'scrub 'volunteers' by his nasty attack. Characteristic of his barbed jests whose intent is to insult or humiliate the target member. Third string stuff compared to Trucidos and SJG. Yet, unlike those major league trolls 'scrub can sometimes make useful contributions to sc posts. IRL is this fellow a bored hater, a downer who wants showcase his unhappiness with the world by bringing others down? Just seems bitter and discontent. And like a lightning strike he discharges his frustration and anger at a target of opportunity -- new reviewer, dancer, etc. Nothing personal, really?? Like founder said just mute his offensive comments or put him on ignore. BTW founder, nice color-coding for yourself ....... color of money 😁

Took it as a dig at male TUSCLers who check female/dancer when creating a new TUSCL identity.

If you submit a satiric item without this [smiley, i.e. ":-)" or ??] symbol, no matter how obvious the satire is to you, do not be surprised if people take it seriously.

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Feelings about Buck as a sportscaster and person aside I still thought it was amusing that some people were sending sex tapes for him to provide a play-by-play😁

⬆ "Not as paranoid? Not so sure about that my friend." BUT I AM SURE! [BIAS] 😁 How's that for an SJG rigid, defensive "I am always right' type post....nah need more practice. NJB: Yikes, it is loooooong! Wrote in text editor and posted. Wall of text.............scared me. Jeez, NJB you want fucking links too? Having a 'conversation' w/ SJG is like beating your head against a brick wall. URC & NJB - proposal: you guys contribute to the Where In The World Could SJG work and live contest AND I'll ask my analyst about my paranoid traits and diarrhea of words. Deal?

⬆ Ya think so doc freud? I can't imagine aspiring to such greatness. I may be compulsive but I'm nowhere near as paranoid😁 And I just don't have as tragic and compelling a life story😁 Start a secret org? At 70+ I'm just trying to organize my daily life😁

^ Papi ✔ I wrote the following before I saw your posts So all you bored TUSCLers put your thinking caps on TFP & others with experience in the vast collective hive of companies and services that feed and support the Internet and the devices we use to connect -- from corporate IT dept to ISPs etc So all you bored TUSCLers put your thinking caps on I assume SJG works somewhere in that vast support network. Where could that be? That's beyond my area of expertise. Calling all TUSCL IT/system engineers etc Parameters: [to my knowledge] SJG generally posts between 11am and 5pm PT. But he's sometimes posted past 5pm PT but not beyond 7pm PT. Sometimes he's only started posting after Noon or even 1pm PT There's always been a weekly cycle. I can't remember him ever posting something SEVEN days in a row. When he first stated posting [ mid 2014] it was strictly M-F. Then he began posting on SAT but with one weekday where he didn't post at all. Occasionally, he's posted on both SAT and SUN though again with at least one weekday skipped and maybe a shorter posting time on another day. Collectively, you guys know more about the positions available in this vast structure than I do. Part-time / full time Employee / independent contractor self-employed in own company shift work office job / mobile worker / on-call I'm sure there are other possibilities. Where does/did he live? Recently he commented on posts about door-to-door solicitation. In them he mentions opening his *front door* to them. Also a front yard --posting signs? Threatening to call the police. etc IF YOU BELIEVE SJG's posts accurately reflects his author's situation, where might he live. It doesn't have to be in San Jose or even Santa Clara Co, author just has to be very familiar with them for authenticity. Lloyd Schoene - SJG's author can just as easily as another TUSCL member have googled san jose guy and found poor Lloyd's Linked-In page, then used the moniker on TUSCL anyway. A cover if someone else googled it. Paranoid individuals can be very sneaky & devious; it's okay to do this to protect yourself from your *enemies* Consider whether SJG's author left his home for "safer" rural digs before lockdown and he doesn't have his elaborate computer protections available. Maybe he was hospitalized, not necessarily COVID-related. Just because you're a troll and psychologically disordered doesn't exempt you from serious medical disorders. Some ideas already mentioned are worth keeping on the TUSCL 'whiteboard' We're brainstorming not writing the definitive explanation. After all, he COULD BE a homeless divorced man whose life was ruined by his marriage. Props to SLD then. But Insufficient info to say it must be so.

*IS THE SAME AS the persona of SJG on TUSCL. I see malicious troll behavior on TUSCL from SJG's author: sealioning and wall of gibberish among others Being a malicious troll DOES NOT exclude being psychologically disordered too. The SJG TUSCL persona is a very good character representation of a one time narcissistic that has broken down [decompensated] to the level of paranoid disorder functioning. The question still remains how close does the SJG TUSCL persona represent the daily functioning of its author??

TFP: "You mentioned paranoia which it very well might be. And I guess I gotta remember that the dude is off his rocker, judging from both the contents of his posts and the sheer volume of them." Actually, being clinically paranoid = being *way* off your rocker in everyday terms. Or to put it another way, Trump, as a mixed antisocial-narcissistic character disorder IS still better organized than a paranoid disorder. If Trump were to start functioning like SJG does in his posts then that would signal that Trump's antisocial-narcissistic disorder is no longer functioning successfully. If and when that happens we're all in big trouble. TFP, you make some good points. As to paranoia etc I'll say more later. From my viewpoint: It's still an open question as to how much the personality of SJG's author IS THE

Wondered who would break the Wallanon rule = 'DON'T TALK ABOUT SJG NOW THAT HE'S GONE' PaulDrake is the winner of the bored and frustrated PL of the day prize. 😁 Papi makes a good point about SJG NOT posting from home. Several years ago SJG posted several topic about using vpns and other ways to anonymize & mask UR location & identity. Lots of his subsequent post are filled with paranoid trait indicators. Someone so excessively concerned with protection from "external threats" might take steps most of us wouldn't to post on TUSCL.

Same here. No notice on either Chase or BOA sites. Also use HackNotice extension which notifies me if I open a website that has been recently hacked. No notice from them either.

3rd option: petition Trump to declare TUSCL VIP an essential service. worked for the gun store lobby 😁

Muddy, thanks for the April 1st laugh

@Ermita_Nights: Thank you for the correction, Grammar Nazi. It makes no-never-mind to the overall post but I know it makes a BIG, BIG difference to your compulsive self. However, please note that the correction should be sent to the original authors. Here's the info: Personality Disorders in Modern Life SECOND EDITION THEODORE MILLON and Seth Grossman Carrie Millon Sarah Meagher Rowena Ramnath JOHN WILEY & SONS , I NC . This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 2000, 2004 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada.

CSW, RE: your preface: ditto for me, one of the reasons I, too, took a break from clubs. Nevertheless, good to see one of my favorite TUSCL posters contributing again.