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  1. softlynow
    Are you going to address the fact that you apparently don’t read the entire piece and that it’s initial publication predated the failed Israeli school reopening experiment? Also, are you of the wrong-headed opinion that one study, even though peer-reviewed doesn’t close the book on an issue? Why is that?
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    Israel opened schools in May. Things have not gone well there since. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/07/888148317/amid-new-surge-in-virus-cases-israels-top-public-health-official-resigns "Sadetzki praised Israel's nationwide lockdowns in the spring, which brought an initial wave of infections to as low as about 10 cases a day. She blamed the latest wave in large part on Israel's swift reopening of schools in May and wedding venues in June." That study in Pediatrics was originally published on May 26. I wonder if someone can get the authors to update their findings to include the Israeli data.
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    From the study you linked: "These data all suggest that children are not significant drivers of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is unclear why documented SARS-CoV-2 transmission from children to other children or adults is so infrequent. In 47 COVID-19 infected German children, nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral loads were similar to those in other age groups, raising concern that children could be as infectious as adults.15 Because SARS-CoV-2-infected children are so frequently mildly symptomatic, they may have weaker and less frequent cough, releasing fewer infectious particles into the surrounding environment. Another possibility is that because school closures occurred in most locations along with or prior to widespread physical distancing orders, most close contacts became limited to households, reducing opportunities for children to become infected in the community and present as index cases."
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    Can state level governments force local school districts to open?
  5. softlynow
    I'm waiting for the epistemological argument to take off with the occasional deontological and hermeneutic asides.
  6. softlynow
    Biden has spoken about support for decriminalization of marijuana, along with expunging convictions and rescheduling the drug. That’s doable. Comprehensive immigration reform. Infrastructure Year! Some kind of election reform including requirements of liberal access to mail-in and early voting options, as well as equal polling place access.
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    They’re quite inept at pairing the propaganda with action, though. This country was primed for a fascist takeover. They could have gone full V for Vendetta with Covid (minus releasing the disease themselves) but dropped the ball like dogs. They’ve got another shot in the fall, but they’ll have to bring the carnage themselves. Will they shit the bed and hope daddy Vlad bails then out?
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    Voted early in Conroe. All the volunteers were in Covid's kill zone. There's no hope for Montgomery County. Ever. Quick aside, I've had 2 conversations with low info olds in Conroe about political issues recently. It was not surprising that they both thought Dems were out to take away health care (1 thought they wanted to END medicare) and raise taxes on retirees to pay for college. And yes, they thought highly of the ACA, but despise Obamacare. I didn't take a moment to wonder how the fuck because we all know how the fuck. I'm sure they'll both be adorning their cars with Tucker Carlson '24 stickers when they're available.
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    The new "last throes." See Cheney, Dick re: Iraq, 2005.
  10. softlynow
    Biden needs to run four corners at this point. Stay home, Zoom a few friendly appearances. Tweet a bit. No debates. Hell, Biden's campaign ads could be 30 seconds of uncut Trump speeches followed by Biden doing his best Jim Halpert. Biden 2020: No But Really
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    Given recent headlines, I'd like to see this happen: Trump loses in November, he flees to Russia the day of Biden's inauguration, Iran asks that six-party talks reconvene immediately with the offer of reinstating the old deal in exchange for the extradition of Dotard, the new deal is signed days later, Iran televises a ridiculous show trial which all the networks run during the day garnering tremendous (the best, you wouldn't believe how great) ratings, and, because I am merciful, he's sentenced to life in a 6x8 cell with no solid walls and a 24-hour live camera feed on a new website called rthedonald.yuge. I'd settle for Biden winning, though.
  12. softlynow
    At least concurrent jurisdiction means the states aren't shut out of that action. From what I've seen of local prosecutors, I'm not sure they can handle computer crimes or mortgage fraud with any kind of proficiency. They struggle in trial even when the Homeland Security techs bring them open-and-shut child solicitation and porn cases. And the ones I see spend significant time doing only those cases. No push back from me on the drug war, but I think there are quite a few crimes the feds investigate and prosecute that state and local governments will never have adequate funding to be competent.
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    So even if the connection to interstate commerce is more than "tenuous?" I was looking for specifics, but if you're nixing everything that isn't counterfeiting, piracy, crimes on the high seas, offenses against the law of nations, and treason, I'd like to see why you would prefer the feds almost completely vacate the playing field even if you'd concede that the CC and NPC aren't offended. Good luck getting the FBI to transition to what you want it to. Not a bad idea, but we know it goes nowhere.
  14. softlynow
    Which federal criminal laws would you want to see go away?
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    The objective of the WH is to get Trump a "win" with a peace deal with the Taliban. Given that objective, their move to say, "yeah, we know, but we didn't tell Donny" tells us all we need to know about whether this happened. If it was a baseless report, Ratcliffe and McEnany would've said so. Instead they went to the lie their most likely to get away with. They had time to wind up for a kill shot at the NYT, if this was incorrect. They didn't. Your obsession is making you dismiss the obvious for the nonsensically devious.
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    That's been done, and your theory has been deemed ridiculous. Start a new thread if you want a place to frappe that horse.
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    That executive order would at least expand the Overton Window. My compromise punishment for Tucker Carlson:
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    He thinks if he invokes the 2nd enough that a brownshirts organization will spontaneously form, protecting him from the democratic process. Laziest fucking fascist there ever was.
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    And 52:
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    Season? It blew up it China in Dec-Jan and is spiking now here. If there’s a seasonality to this thing it’ll be one as long as hockey season.
  23. softlynow
    Considering how lightly people are taking this, that’s what effective leadership looks like.
  24. softlynow
    If I’m on your jury, you got no worries.
  25. softlynow
    Let the video roll. 5 seconds in, it's clear it's from the party in the article.

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