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Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« on: October 18, 2021, 01:07:37 pm »
Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
NY Post, Oct 18, 2021

Republican former Secretary of State Colin Powell died Monday as a result of complications from COVID-19, his family said.

The 84-year-old former military leader, whose 2003 United Nations speech paved the way for the Iraq war, was fully vaccinated against the virus.

“General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19. He was fully vaccinated,” his family said in a statement on Facebook.

“We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring treatment. We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American.”

It wasn’t immediately what complications he suffered or how long Powell had been in the hospital prior to his death.

He is survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Alma Powell, and their three children.

In his four decades of public life, Powell was the first black man to serve as national security adviser near the end of Ronald Reagan’s presidency and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993.



https://nypost.com/2021/10/18/colin-powell-former-general-and-secretary-of-state-dead-at-84/

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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2021, 01:13:16 pm »
Note how the family deemed it necessary to proclaim his vaccination status.  His new friends would have thrown him overboard. 

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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2021, 01:24:03 pm »
Note how the family deemed it necessary to proclaim his vaccination status.  His new friends would have thrown him overboard.

Dying to see how Fauxcii spins this.  He'll go into the vax is not 100 effective schpeil, but no doubt it seems the vaccines are losing crediblity every day
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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2021, 01:26:50 pm »
Dying to see how Fauxcii spins this.  He'll go into the vax is not 100 effective schpeil, but no doubt it seems the vaccines are losing crediblity every day

I will never know what that little bastard says unless you report it here.
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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2021, 01:29:26 pm »
Just imagine how much worse it would have been had he not been fully vaccinated!

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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2021, 01:29:28 pm »
I will never know what that little bastard says unless you report it here.

Big fan huh?   :silly:
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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2021, 01:30:30 pm »
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It wasn’t immediately (known) what complications he suffered or how long Powell had been in the hospital prior to his death.

Sounds like Powell may have dies with covid, not from.  Wonder if he caught it in the hospital.   :pondering:

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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2021, 01:35:03 pm »
Interestng .... headlines include "Covid" but not "vaccinated".

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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2021, 01:37:04 pm »
Just imagine how much worse it would have been had he not been fully vaccinated!

Trying hard not to laugh, but failing miserably @mountaineer 





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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2021, 01:41:49 pm »
Interestng .... headlines include "Covid" but not "vaccinated".

Found one .....

Colin Powell Dies From COVID Complications, Was Fully Vaccinated

https://www.newsweek.com/colin-powell-dead-covid-vaccinated-age-84-1639824

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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2021, 01:45:52 pm »
Just imagine how much worse it would have been had he not been fully vaccinated!

YOU are the master @mountaineer

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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2021, 01:49:32 pm »
Aw, shucks, Bigun.
The sad thing is that the vaccinemongers really believe that and have said so publicly with regard to other Covid patients. Well, yes, he died, but thanks to being vaccinated, his symptoms weren't as severe as they might have been.  *****rollingeyes*****

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The fact that Colin Powell died from a breakthrough COVID infection raises new concerns about how effective vaccines are long-term.
9:21 AM · Oct 18, 2021
Indeed.

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« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2021, 02:00:12 pm »
I think it's necessary to point out that commenting on Mr. Powell's fully-vaccinated status is not in any way mocking or celebrating his death from Covid. We are not leftists, after all. I'm sympathetic to his family's grief.

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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2021, 02:05:52 pm »
I'll bake a yellow cake in his honor.

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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #14 on: October 18, 2021, 02:08:08 pm »

... used and abused by Bush '43 Administration to justify 2003 Iraq foreign adventure.

Another betrayal of Republican values by Bush '43.
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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #16 on: October 18, 2021, 02:32:25 pm »
Just imagine how much worse it would have been had he not been fully vaccinated!

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« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2021, 02:34:29 pm »
Just imagine how much worse it would have been had he not been fully vaccinated!

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« Reply #18 on: October 18, 2021, 03:03:15 pm »
Just imagine how much worse it would have been had he not been fully vaccinated!

What counts for 'fully vaccinated' these days?  Four shots total?
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« Reply #19 on: October 18, 2021, 03:03:30 pm »
I'll bake a yellow cake in his honor.

I see what you did there.   :laugh:
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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #20 on: October 18, 2021, 04:04:08 pm »
Aw, shucks, Bigun.
The sad thing is that the vaccinemongers really believe that and have said so publicly with regard to other Covid patients. Well, yes, he died, but thanks to being vaccinated, his symptoms weren't as severe as they might have been.  *****rollingeyes*****
Indeed.

 888high58888 I'm just going to put it down to the training you received back when you were working with your friend Chris Stirewalt.   :bolt:
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« Reply #23 on: October 18, 2021, 05:25:25 pm »
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And there it is, the worst take on Colin Powell you'll see today. Clown.

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Re: Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dead at 84
« Reply #24 on: October 18, 2021, 05:27:42 pm »

Fox News anchor deletes tweet suggesting Powell's death raises longterm vaccine effectivity concerns

Wow, that's almost record time for the truth suppression police.
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