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Makes me ragey. So some other person on the lung transplant waiting list may die because this dick couldn't be bothered to do the smart thing? Fuck him.

Dang double post!

Can I download over the air or will I need to plug in? Only if you have 5G.

If the only thing that happened to such people who chose not to be vaccinated is that they died I'd be all for the live and let live. But that's not the whole story. Those dicks are the probable vectors for the Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, ... Omega variants. They'll pass that new version on to a large number of people before they croak. Sooner or later one of those variants is going to be different enough that the vaccines we do have now won't suffice, then we're back in the suck. Rinse and repeat. And as pointed out in another post, yes, the low vaccination rates elsewhere (in many cases having to do with total unavailability instead of something silly like political leanings) are a problem too and perhaps even a bigger one. Delta originated, if I recall correctly, in India. So the entire world needs to step up.

100% correct. Which is why the US and the rest of the western world should be pushing vaccinations everywhere. No one on the planet should fail to get a vaccine if they want one.

I'm not sure that's the case, though I'm not a doctor. COVID has a Ro value of 2.4, or something like that. So a given person who is unvaccinated and infected will pass it on to 2 or 3 other people. All presenting new opportunities for mutation. A vaccinated person who becomes infected has a far lower possibility of passing the infection on to others, though to what extent in numbers I have no idea. That means less mutation potential. That's astronomically a better outcome, not just a minor difference. Any medical experts out there please chime in. I'm curious what the real numbers are on a vaccinated person's ability to spread the virus, if any, actually is. I never thought a Governor from Arkansas, of all people, would do something I want the media to do every day, but here we are: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/02/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html Edit: Ack! Ro is worse for COVID that previously reported. It's up to 5.7 in some studies. Perhaps this is taking into account the newer Delta variant?

Fuck Reggie Bush. And concerning other posts that bring up the tax angle and whether the kids will be able to navigate it, it's an entirely different world than most of us were exposed to with our first job. Taxes get withheld by the store you work for. You file, 1040EZ for the win, to get a refund. That's easy as it gets, IRS wise. I'm 54 and have navigated taxes for decades. What exactly are the tax implications for an individual receiving lots of free stuff for a tweet or post? I'm sure there is one, but I have no idea how to file that. Some 18 year old kid likely doesn't as well. The can of worms has been opened and UT, and other schools, had best be prepared to help the student athletes navigate this minefield or there may be some ineligible players next season for reasons we had not seen up to this point.

I want to see every news organization say the same thing day after day: "CDC reported xxx deaths yesterday due to COVID-19. All of the victims were unvaccinated" Every single day. Of course the real numbers might be more like "99% of the victims were unvaccinated" and that the 1% outlier will be the rallying cry for anti-vaxxers because we live in the dumbest of timelines.

That might still be an improvement over some of the CWS 2021 strike zones, but yeah, we should be able to do better.

Given HIPAA, I think we never get the full story about medical issues for legal reasons. Also, I've heard County Healthcare officials mentioned once or twice in this thread. So it's possible the NCAA is not the only entity driving the events.

I understand your point. But the article references: Retaining all 36 teams will require a large-scale fundraising campaign for Stanford Athletics, and “we will need to ask for the support of the Cardinal faithful like never before,” They still have to find the money. It's not a done deal.

I thought I had read that the rules were changed recently to limit the number of sports that could count towards the Directors Cup. Stanford had a huge advantage in that they fielded 36 teams, compared to Texas' 16 (??). Try competing against competition which can field double the number of players you can. It was a foregone conclusion that Stanford would win. Regardless of the rules changes, things may have leveled out somewhat anyway. Looks like Stanford is going to have to cut back: https://news.stanford.edu/2021/05/18/stanford-continue-11-varsity-sports/

Norway has public data on the income and taxes paid by its citizens. From the article: One nice feature of tax transparency is that it discourages tax evasion. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/07/in-norway-everyones-income-is-public-and-so-is-tax-paid/242386/ Take it for what it's worth. But other's have tried this, and other, proposals that are discussed here. I'll bet there's not an idea in this thread that has not been tried by someone, somewhere at some time. I would love to see some data on it.

I know Mussolini did not make the trains run on time. I neglected to put my own </sarcasm> tag. Apologies.

At least Mussolini made the trains run on time? Hugo Boss uniforms for everyone? Easier "decisions" on "election" day? Trying to find the silver lining here.

Yes, there has been a recent increase in solar activity in the last year. But.... this is just part of the normal 11 year Solar cycle and we are currently just coming off of the Solar minimum between cycles 24 and 25 (the current one). So Solar activity for the last couple of years has been LOWER than the average. Furthermore, the peak of Solar cycles 23 and 24 were LOWER than many of the peaks observed in modern times. We Ham Radio operators love those Solar cycle peaks. The shortwave radio bands really come to life. I wish I was around for Cycle 19 in the late 1950's, which was legendary. There are a couple of different measurements of "solar activity" one of them being the number of sunspots (more spots = more output). Cycle 19 had 129 average daily sunspots. Cycle 24 had only 49. In a nutshell, Solar output is not causing this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_cycles

Haha! You're Dad sounds awesome.

Brilliant! Sad and scary, but brilliant.

I'm not on anyone's radar, as far as I know, but if I were, one of my first principles in life would be to ensure I do not cross the border, either via land or air, of someone who wishes me to be dead.

In a properly functioning republic, you're probably right. We don't live in a such a fantasy world unfortunately. We inhabit something more and more like a third world country with first world money.

Now the ballots came from South Korea and not the Southeast "corner" of the world? So hard to keep up with changing conspiracy theories.

Probably true, but man, if you love the game and someone's paying you anything to play you do it. Here in Sonoma we have (had? Not sure if it will survive the pandemic) a minor, minor league Baseball team (Sonoma Stompers - http://www.stompersbaseball.com/). It's actually a very fun and cheap night out. A few have gone all the way into MLB teams. Most just have a dream. If I recall correctly, those guys make a few hundred bucks a month. They get free meals on game nights, which is almost every night. So there's that.

Don't blame Jerrod for this!