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  1. 7 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

    I don’t. I negged you for being stupidly repetitive. And with outdated information no less. 

    Gotcha, if oudated information upsets you, I would suggest not aligning with the posters who post things like "this is an ordinary illness."

     

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  2. This is an interesting story. Local LA Fox reporter (who seems to be the official media spokesman for the LAPD, and also the "reporter" that broke the story about the tampon in the cops coffee which also turned out to be false) publishes a story that City Councilman Mike Bonin is voting to slash funding to the LAPD despite the fact that Bonin himself called the LAPD trying to get them to clear protesters from outside his property.

    Hypocritical and infuriating, right?

    This local story made its way around the conservative news universe:

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/la-councilman-who-voted-to-slash-police-budget-called-officers-eight-times-to-his-house-records-show

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8608673/LA-councilor-voted-slash-funds-police-called-cops-home-EIGHT-TIMES-April.html

    Shockingly, it turns out to be fake. Bonin did NOT make those calls, and the LAPD intentionally fed that lie to the reporter.

    Bonin's office puts out a statement today:

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  3. 2 minutes ago, Born Burnt said:

    My point is that everyone is worried about sports spreading the virus, but there are other things that are going to spread it much more. 

    If we feel allowing sports – even with all the monitoring and control – is dangerous to point where we need to cancel it, then students should stay home and attend classes online.

    I don't disagree with anything you've said, and I do agree that there are other things that are going to spread it much more. I'm just not confident that they can pull it off. I hope I'm wrong.

  4. Just now, Tex Pete said:

    They're going to be tested 3 times a week during the season. If they don't play, they won't.

    Right. I brought up MLB, which also has testing. So far, they've had some major hiccups, but I was told that its a poor analogy. Hopefully, the NCAA attempt fares better.

  5. 1 minute ago, Born Burnt said:

    Huh, I didn't know the Marlins were a college team.

    College athletes not playing this fall are going to be attending parties and still spreading the virus. Anyone who thinks differently doesn't spend much time around college students.

    You're making my point. If you are conceding that the players will be getting and spreading covid, why in the world do you want to then ship those players all over the state to interact with others including people at risk?

    Or is your position simply, "people are gonna get it, so no reason in trying to mitigate that risk?"

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  6. 1 hour ago, Eskimohorn said:


    I work in the COVID ward every day. Then gonna visit the folks, who both have “comorbidities”. I feel fine right now. What could possibly go wrong?

    This whole thing is like looking back in history about how stupid they were with their flat earth, inquisitions, witch trials, and staring at the sun, and realizing it’s happening in real time and we’ll be the ones being laughed at.

    Yeah, that's fucking mind blowing. Working the Covid floor and then visiting high-risk, elderly family members?

    I work as an essential worker and am exposed to an "at risk" population. I haven't seen my parents since mid March.

  7. 8 minutes ago, Born Burnt said:

    Yes, and sports are not going to be the problem. Off-campus parties are going to be the problem. And there's nothing the Big Ten or PAC can do about that.

     

     Take a look at baseball, specifically the Marlins fiasco. Some players broke protocol and got sick.  They then played a team spreading it to them and their staff. So, yes, while the "off campus" activity may have lead to members of the team contracting the virus, the organized team sport helped spread it to other teams and staff.

  8. 42 minutes ago, NWBuck said:

    It really is fascinating how quickly things moved from "9/11 was Al'Quaida, and we need to bomb Afghanistan back to the stone age" to "9/11 was supported by Iraq and they have weapons of mass destruction so we should bomb them back to the stone age" to "9/11 was an inside job done by our own government and we should bomb it back to the stone age" for many of my "conservative" Republican family members.

    Speaking of 9/11, the deaths of 2000+ Americans led to a 20 year war, trillions spent, and millions dead.  Try to bring up the 150,000 covid deaths with republicans and you get "so what? do you know how many people die every year of car deaths/drowning/spontaneous combustion?"

  9. 4 minutes ago, Casual Encounter said:

    Administrations know players are going to get sick with or without football. This is them washing their hands of responsibility because we live in a “blame the deepest pockets“ society. Now, let’s talk about the social fallout from all the young men with too much time on their hands and angry at the world...

    Apply this logic to businesses and k-12 schools and we'll have everything 100% open in no time flat!

    You're gonna get it anyway, come on in.

     

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  10. 1 minute ago, Veerbone said:

    This is the first I’ve heard the risks of COVID are mitigated when not among staff & students.   I have heard you are more likely to get CTE in a contact sport vs every day life.

    Aggy fucks sheep.. don’t be a sheep.

     

    What a bullshit strawman argument.

    And you're right, I should be a free thinker like you. You've got it all figured out. Which is why people like you have our country leading the world in deaths - because we won't succumb to fear. 

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  11. Just now, Onboard 2.0 said:

    As a great system being gamed by people with money, and 2 political parties that are willing to sell to the highest bidder.

    A system so great that its been hijacked by the greedy for influence, power, and money.  

    So, is that not possible with other systems, like say, Communism?

  12. Just now, Onboard 2.0 said:

    He ain't the only one who gets it. Despots have always been out for themselves since despots were despots.  It's called narcissism in its most basic definition, and form. And communism does not, nor will it ever work. So it doesn't mater what it's called it's a theoretical system of gov't which is just power, and control of a few over the many.

    And how would you describe the modern day United States?

     

  13. 2 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

    I assume homicides are up because people are out of work and tensions are high. The typical homicide is a crime of passion rather than an intricate plot. Heat of the moment crimes aren't likely to be influenced by what the cops are or are not doing. It would be interesting to see more data about this rather than conjecture. 

    Yeah, my "opinion" was a sarcastic attempt to show that such proclamations are worthless.

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