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I love Rush but he has stated several time today that the death rate of Corona virus is LESS than the death rate of influenza. This is just flat out wrong. From the CDC website Mortality rate of influenza: Deaths per 100,000 population: 2. So the CDC says that for every 100,000 people that get the flu, 2 of them will die from it. What is the mortality rate percentage?: 2 (the number of deaths) divided by 100,000 = .00002, or .002%. The estimated mortality rate of corona (which he is basing on the number out of China = 2-3%....

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Friday wagged his finger at Democrats and U.S. intelligence agencies, arguing they tricked former President George W. Bush into the Iraq War and are now trying to do the same to President Trump. "Now Bush, as a Republican, probably not popular with the deep state, particularly after how he was elected," Limbaugh said on his radio show. "A lot of Democrats, a lot of deep staters think that [Al] Gore should have been president." "I think there was as much resentment in the deep state - we just didn't call it that then -...

As a tribute to Rush, I am asking his fans to remember their favorite update theme songs. He mostly stopped the use of these during the Bush43 and Obama years due to music royalty issues but here were some of my favorites:

RUSH: If Republicans… If Donald Trump, if Republicans follow the advice of the Never Trumpers out there today — if they follow the advice of the Drive-By Media — apologizing for Trump, distancing themselves from Trump, throwing Trump overboard, condemning Trump… If they do any of that, they’re gonna all end up like John Kasich. They’re gonna all end up marginalized like Kasich or McCain or Mitt Romney. Republicans have long pretended that politeness could act as a cover for being afraid, and it still survives to this day. The primary identity of the Never Trumpers is that they are...

RUSH:. Classic Trump at the White House moments ago. We’re rolling the audio off and we’ll have it ASAP. And he was being cheered by the audience. The only people not cheering were the Drive-By Media reporters who were there. And he made the point. There no racism in these tweets. I didn’t say a thing about that. These people hate America. Now, Ilhan Omar and some of these others that are in the Squad, what their defense is, “We do not hate America. We are trying to improve America. We are we are trying to perfect America,” which is...

RUSH: Months ago, weeks ago, this Michael Cohen guy was another reason why Trump should never have been elected. Now Michael Cohen’s a hero. Michael Cohen is one of the greatest assets this bunch of people has ever run into. Now they love Michael Cohen. In truth, when they’re through with him, they won’t have anything to do with him, and, if he goes to jail, they’ll applaud that too. Right now they’ve got Michael Cohen thinking that they’re gonna let him in the club because he’s doing such great work in helping them get rid of Donald Trump. Meanwhile,...

RUSH: Trump won the presidency. There was nothing illegitimate about Trump’s win. The Russians had nothing to do with it. The Russians had no impact. Rod Rosenstein himself has said, and numerous others in the DOJ have said the Russians had no impact on the outcome of any election, nor can it be determined that Russian activity resulted in one vote being changed. Not a single vote! And yet we’ve got all this. You know, people call it a hoax, Trump calls it a witch hunt. Look, he can use his language. I’m just telling you that what is happening...

For the past 30 years I have been a mind-numbed robot, unquestioningly accepting whatever Rush Limbaugh said on the radio. However, today I experienced a big shock---I actually disagreed with something El Rushbo said. It was when he labeled the Democrats as Radicals and Progressives. I don't (GASP!) agree. Progressives in a political sense came about at the end of the 19th century and extended into the early 20th century and meant something quite different than the way it is used today (as a substitute for "liberal"). Radicals can really mean anything extreme and is not specific enough. I propose...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Though known for its compassion to the needy, San Francisco may have hit peak saturation with tent camps, stinky urine and trash littering the streets, and the new interim mayor has vowed to do something about it. In the last few weeks, Mayor Mark Farrell has promised $750,000 to hire more people just to pick up discarded needles and $13 million over the next two years for more heavy duty steam cleaners and pit stop toilets. He also had workers dismantle sprawling homeless tent camps in the city's Mission District. The city famed for its picture-perfect...

RUSH: Okay, folks, I’m gonna go out on a limb here. It’s not too big a limb, but I’m gonna go out on it anyway. I think all of this collusion, Trump-Russia, obstruction of justice, this whole thing is starting to unravel big time on everybody involved in it on the DOJ and the FBI side. And I think these Comey memos are the exclamation point to the whole thing being a hoax. There is nothing here. JOHNNY DONOVAN: And now, from sunny south Florida, it’s Open Line Friday! RUSH: Yes siree bob. We gonna wrap up another busy broadcast...

RUSH: I want to run two things by you here that seem somewhat contradictory. I want to get your opinion on something, since it’s Open Line Friday. The first story here chronicles the first quarter television ratings tanking for CNN and ESPN. CNN is continuing to lose audience. Now, MSNBC is doing better, and it kind of mitigates my question a bit because MSNBC is radical left, and it is attracting an audience. It’s radical left insane, and it’s attracting an audience. It’s not outperforming Fox or anywhere close to it. Fox is still far and away numero uno. But...

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RUSH: So I watched it last night, and Kathryn could not believe — you know, I’m sending her text messages, she’s watching in another room, it’s one of the dogs’ birthdays, and so she’s in there with one of the dogs and I started sending her notes about the interview on 60 Minutes. She said, “You’re watching this? I can’t believe you would waste your time watching this. I want to know what you think about it.” So we were talking about it. And I gotta tell you something, folks. When it was all over, I didn’t feel horny, or...

RUSH: The march on Saturday with the kids and the guns, the whole thing was right out of the left-wing community organizing playbook. It was a voter registration drive. It was not about guns. It was not about saving lives. It was about promoting the left’s agenda. It was about trying to get rid of the NRA and trying to get rid of the Second Amendment, but it wasn’t about saving lives. And, by the way, can I ask a simple question, you know, I’m gonna date myself with this question, but in David Hogg character, this student that’s running...

RUSH: I want to share with you a piece I found here in the failing U.S. News & World Report. I didn’t even know that U.S. News was still around. I don’t think it is as a magazine. But it’s there, because I found something on a website claiming to be U.S. News. And the headline is: Building a Wall in the Dark.” The subhead: “Congress is using budget shenanigans to funnel Pentagon money to President Trump’s border wall.” And the writer here is Ryan Alexander, opinion contributor. Now, this is dated back in July of 2017. It’s not about...

RUSH: From the New York Times that Mueller subpoenas Trump Organization. This is the Trump Tower company. This is the real estate and building company. This has nothing to do with the campaign, nothing to do with collusion, nothing to do with the Russians and elections. Is Mueller trying to prove that he is conducting a witch-hunt? What in the world does the Trump Organization have to do with the Trump campaign colluding with the Russian government? And I want to read to you something here from the New York Times piece that’s just leaked here. It’s from Maggie Haberman....

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Videos: How to Bumpfire Effectively without a Bumpfire Stock! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIC8SMttjjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9fD_BX-afo No need for a Bumpfire stock. Amazingly fun! Accuracy is naturally compromised, though. Short handgun cartridges have the highest cyclic rate, since less bolt travel is needed. Bumpfiring is 100% legal, and safe in a properly maintained modern sporting rifle. Some gun ranges do not like it, though, because they feel you don’t have adequate control of the firearm. I am sure that could well be the case of you bumpfired a cartridge anywhere from .308 NATO on up.

RUSH: Do you remember the kerfuffle, do you remember the controversy that ensued in January of 2009 when I told the Wall Street Journal I didn’t need 400 words to explain my hopes and dreams for the Obama administration, I only needed four, and those words “I hope he fails.” Do you remember the ensuing controversy? And what was it based on? They said that I, your beloved host, El Rushbo, a household name in all four corners of the world, was advocating for the failure of America. By not hoping the president succeed, I was hoping America would fail....

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