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MC Fresh Breath

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  1. Gave up one HR, but otherwise not horrible. He is better when he mixes things up instead of all fastballs all the time.
  2. Now Torrens can’t hit. Can’t catch, can’t hit…
  3. Oregon announces a mask mandate tomorrow, most likely. “The number of hospitalized COVID-19 positive patients has surpassed the previous pandemic high set back in November. This is alarming and an urgent call to action if you have not yet been vaccinated. All three COVID-19 vaccines are extremely effective in preventing severe COVID-19 infection leading to hospitalization. Vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself against COVID-19 and to keep the virus from spreading among our loved ones, our friends and neighbors and our communities,” said Patrick Allen, Director of Oregon Public Health Authority." The bolded part boggles my fucking mind. I know it has been expressed already, but still. To think we have more infected people now, months after the opportunity to vaccinate happened. I've posted numerous times that I try to be sympathetic to the stupids and only hateful to the politicians/influencers. I think somewhere in this past week I've run out. Reading the stories posted here by Trauma Babe and Bama and then the ones I see from medical personnel on reddit doesn't help. Seeing folks on this board get breakthrough infections and have to worry doesn't help. Read a tweet about a kid who had appendicitis but couldn't get it treated in a timely fashion because of the effect of covid patients on his ER. Kid develops sepsis and now has to be on a special diet/regimen for the rest of his life. Because of anti-vaxxers. That doesn't help either. I'm to the point where I may re-watch that CNN clip of that regretful Dad and yell obscenities at the dude instead of feel bad for him as I previously did. I think I'm done. Fuck each and every single person who can medically get the vaccine but has made a choice not to do so, no matter their reason. In my locale, we're not out of ICU beds, we're just of medical personnel to treat people because they've quit in droves. Maybe I can volunteer to shove a ventillator do-dad down someone's gullet.
  4. we should have beat the Rangers, so we lost. We should have got swept by the Rays, so we took that series. The Yankees, well they were all close games. So yeah, a blow out by the Rangers would follow along at this point.
  5. Same, in multiple ways. After I moved, my company did a round of layoffs that touched my team directly. Were I still in Austin, that would have scared me into delay. Then covid hit. That absolutely would have kept me from moving. Then a few months later while we are all "how bad is the covid thing going to get" I put a bid on a house. Went through incredible fear of "is the market going to crash." That sounds crazy to say now, but at the time everything was impending doom and there were a lot of "now is the worst time to buy a house" missives to be found. That Phil mortgage dude on this board graciously let me vent my fears. Now the house I'm in and location I love would be beyond my ability to afford, which is wild. I tell my wife all the time how I feel like Indiana Jones sliding under some closing concrete wall of death, reaching back to grab his hat. Whew, just in time.
  6. @Biff Tannen how are you doing these days? improved?
  7. it has been said already a million times, but the attitudes towards vaccination for a pandemic has really re-emphasized there is no such thing as 'conservative' anymore in terms of mainstream politics. we obviously know what someone is referring to when they use the term, but it really doesn't apply. because the most conservative thing one could do would be to get a vaccine if you think about it. when anti-vaxxers were the purview of jenny mccarthy and the new agers, the conservatives could laugh and call it part of the 'loony left.' this isn't a substantive point, i guess. just another frustrating thought rolling around in my head.
  8. I remember your handle from way back in the Austin 360 days. Hope your recovery continues to improve, and quickly. Joining you in the rest of your sentiments as well.
  9. Ummm...why did you all not just stick to this? He's on my ignore, so please quit quoting the disingenuous pos. When he started insulting the income of educators was actually where I knew I didn't need him in any feed.
  10. Nice! I wasn’t familiar with them, appreciate the note. Edit: whoa, same singer. Well that makes sense
  11. Would you say you will have a plethora of shirts?
  12. Also, while we've already kicked the dead Mr. apley a few times, this tweet is pretty delicious.
  13. apparently this asshole is still technically alive.
  14. This is never popular on a Texas board, and I'm not going to argue it. But if you feel helpless about it all, maybe personal change is the one thing you can control. Reduce your meat consumption, folks. Not telling you to go vegan. But maybe try a meatless Monday or two, and go from there. Maybe in the long run it makes no difference. But maybe in your life it helps you feel like you're actually doing something to help.
  15. So, probably not the place to say this, but I had to give up on the rest of the politics news, as I don't ever believe it gets better. I do think we're on a downward spiral, that the duopoly that controls the US is, while very powerful, too short sighted to even keep the peasantry afloat. And while the only real answer is an ugly revolution, I don't think that happens in my lifetime. And if it did, it would be squashed pretty fast. (see the BLM protests and what in actuality has taken place since). In short, we're heading for some sad combo of China and Brazil, imo. And yes, a good chunk of the lemmings are cheering and shooting the rod at their fellow mammals while the gleefully jump off the cliff. Sadly my only answer is make a difference locally, as much as one can. And taking time to enjoy whatever you enjoy that's non-political. It seems from out here that Austin has had a mild summer, compared to many summers in the past. Surely that's a good thing. Sports, even if our baseball team (the Mariners) sucks, can be a nice distraction. I know you have some good hiking experiences. When you're felling better, perhaps time to enjoy those while you can. My take on the environment is I'm of course sad about it, so I try to get out and enjoy it as often as I can. Hang in there buddy. We're all in this together (except for ant-vaxxers, fuck them).
  16. This is awful and fantastic. It should be the site motto.
  17. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-08/florida-parents-sue-desantis-ask-court-to-allow-mask-mandates?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm
  18. Oregon mandated masks for schools this fall a while back. Sorry for those dealing with Abbott in Texas, what a shitshow.
  19. Was driving back through Sisters OR yesterday. For Texans think Fredericksburg. Real similar vibe. One main road through town which jams up with both tourists and locals trying to get through. Saw a jackaass with a home made sign on the side of the road at one of the slowing down points. I thought it was going to be something like “out of work need food.” Instead the sign has “97 percent survival rate” and “sheeple” on it. Couldn’t make out the rest. The local and only big hospital around here is telling stories like Trauma Babe had posted. And this idiot with his sign thinks he is doing something worthwhile. I sure hope he catches it, I really do.
  20. Had to listen to last inning as I was on the road. Hey, we didn’t get swept!
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