Mrs Whiggins

Remember, this is Elon and his company here so I imagine it's like the ending of the video posted above but the eventual outcome is this:

Most of the Aggy politic board is skeptical that Swift is a psy-op campaign, but there is always that one guy. Here's some screenshots for your Hump Day reading: The poster, 'Shooz,' didn't comment after that; perhaps has decided to do some more 'research,' before resurfacing. I wonder exactly the qualifications necessary to be classified as a 'shadowy figure.' Seems like a rather vague job description. FTR, CAA has around 3000 employees worldwide, give or take a few (they cut jobs during the pandemic). Their current majority owner is married to Salma Hayek:

Produce? Not sure you'll find that in the convoy cart.

The meme about daughters and "be smaller, be less" is exactly how the haters wish it to be. It's why it's so troubling to them. How can men such as themselves feel good about themselves unless females serve and obey them?

It boggles my mind that the outrage geniuses can't see how they're being played by RW media w/respect to Swift/Kelce. The NFL needs not only consumers viewing its sold ad time, but players in the pipeline. Anyone with half a brain who reads may have noticed that participation numbers of males in football has declined overall. It's especially noticeable in certain demographics and certain states. WaPo did an article on it, and the NFHS released a survey about two years ago that broke down some of the numbers based on tackle, flag, etc. Oddest thing: while overall participation was down, girls participation was up--perhaps that made the NFL take notice. Especially due to the fact that the wealthier, more educated, whiter demographics were the areas where overall tackle football participation declined. If you have fewer players in the pipeline and fewer fans watching, money dries up. Guess, they could go Saudi like pro golf (one of the few sports that saw an increase in the NFHS survey) and the other sports that Saudi has purchased large shares of (soccer, Formula One, Cricket among others) but given Saudi Arabia's views towards women in sport, the NFL is capitalizing on this moment to perhaps get a viewing share of the younger demographic who like to, you know, enjoy the rizz of the singer and athlete. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/interactive/2023/football-participation-decline-politics-demographics/ https://www.nfhs.org/articles/nfhs-releases-first-high-school-sports-participation-survey-in-three-years/

He moved from Arizona to Texas prior to running. He has six children, so if CPS shows up at his house, perhaps the call will come from inside....

Nah, even after all the reports on the faulty Cybertruck trunk closures come in, they'll still be like:

I could rant for a good several paragraphs on the stupidity of a man who is blind to that which is no one's fault but his own, but I don't think I will. He is not a kind man, nor a particularly insightful one even though he believes himself to be. His anger frequently over-rules his logic, proving once again that some men are every bit as emotional as they claim women to be.

One of the weird bits in that video was when the guy was plugging his accessory/Tesla support business at the 3ish minute mark and went on to talk about replacing filters in the models because "you're probably familiar with, you know that gross sock smell" I get that he makes money off the filters, but dude you just paid a lot of money for a truck that smells like dirty socks and you still rave about it? That sounds like an Elon bro, for sure.

I vote for the chairs as well. Unless the chairs create an issue (damage) with the surface upon which they set, the chairs are way more versatile and easy to replace. Plus, you can stack them as necessary, move them to other locations, and so on. I'm a practical person so take that for what it's worth.

There's little need to do so as the real numbers are widely available. Measles antibodies develop in ~93-95% of children vaccinated at age 1 year and ~97-99% of children who receive two doses. To achieve herd immunity, as noted above, 95% of a population vaccinated is a good benchmark to keep cases limited. Again, fatalities are rare in developed nations with access to healthcare, but after noting some of the case counts rising in the UK and other countries where US citizens frequently visit, it seemed like a good opportunity to add current state/local information to @Neonmoon's initial post. Most US outbreaks in past years have been swiftly curtailed. The Disney outbreak almost a decade ago was one of the larger ones that I can recall. It spread to several states and Canada but due to enough coverage, a little over 100 people were ill. It's not a very large number because so many people still inoculate their children. Prior to vaccine availability, 3-4 million cases per year were estimated in the US. I'm not chicken littling this thread; I believe most of you are aware of the MMR vaccine etc. It's simply a placeholder as we pass through 'measles' season. (typically ends in April).

It's rather interesting to see a few neutral posts that contain factual information regarding documented cases and inoculation percentages grow rather emotional. It's not being alarmist to note these numbers in order to remind people to check medical records to ascertain if they're up to date. While measles fatalities are rare in developed countries, putting a child through the symptoms (rash, fever, etc) seems rather foolish but here we are. I make no comment on medical capacity to withstand outbreaks only to comment that given the contagious nature of the disease (noted in another post) that depending upon the size of the population affected, the medical community will likely be paying closer attention this spring to see how this goes.

I would be shocked if Bening won. She's been nominated five times and hasn't yet won but that doesn't mean she should've been picked over Greta Lee. I guess the Academy differs in their opinion.

Oh yes it was/is. If I told a male (who didn't know of him) of an actor who was trained in dance, drama, ice-skated, and was also an all around athlete and who played not only a drag queen, but a pedophile during his career--they would call him a 'beta' in the targeted language some people use, but they would be wrong cause Patrick Swayze was so Alpha he'd just look at that male and laugh. He didn't win a ton of awards but he made some memorable movies. It was mentioned earlier that Roadhouse wasn't 'great,' and that is accurate but it's watchable in a coherent tidy way.

The ones that are abusing minors certainly won't.

Is he still living in Austin? He and the anti-vax guy (Del Bigtree) that makes the videos on various sites (he got kicked off of one, I think he's found another that is more disinfo friendly) were pretty close. Bigtree made a nice chunk of change even prior to COVID, which really brought in the $$.

I'm at the point now where the "it's God's will" crowd that dominates the laws surrounding women's reproductive rights can now ban ED and Low T pharmaceuticals because it is God's will that a male has these issues. Women should be able to sue anyone that aids or abets a male who receives medical assistance in this matter. Not so extreme when one considers the lengths at which the state would like to interfere with women's medical care.

The exemptions for personal reasons surpassed medical exemptions; off the top of my head it was 3% to 2% but I don't have the data in front of me right now. The remainder (in the overall state percentage) were children who were behind on one or more doses. That lag in currency may get rectified as children have their well checks each year. The issue of public school kindergarten students having low rates is that younger siblings or younger siblings of their classmates may not have yet received any doses at all. It's been awhile for our family but I think the kids were almost a year old before they got their first dose. So, you take your family to the school play where there is unknown case of measles present (and the health officials say that something like 9 out of 10 unvaccinated children become infected), it's a gamble that can turn south in a hurry. Deaths are rare, but complications suck too. Some of it is undoubtedly due to the Wakefield fracas, but vaccines becoming weaponized in the political arena did not help (Not CR discussing this here). There was a large outbreak that caused a furor in NYC over a certain religious group's refusal to vaccinate in spite of the outbreak. It's a touchy subject all around; it seems like it wouldn't be, but it is.

I checked out the data from the Texas DHS; every year they publish some vaccine stats with respect to public and accredited private schools. While this omits the homeschoolers, etc it does provide a snapshot into how things are going. For kindergarten the MMR vaccine is at 94.20%, which is lower than public health officials would like to see I'm sure. It's not dire, but it's not great. I cannot recall the cutoff percentage for when the vaccine loses its ability to protect the vulnerable in the population. On the DHS website you can download a doc that lists the coverage percentage of kindergarten students by county. Some counties are at 100%, while others are below 90% (I'm only referring to the MMR, other vaccines are listed as well). Travis County is at 90.37%. Austin ISD specifically is at 87.69%. Austin Waldorf is 75%. Polk County is at 65.03%. (Included so one can see how stark the range is). Polk County has around 50,000 residents, no idea how many children in kindergarten there. Some of the very rural counties where the population is low have low percentages as well. While the risk of contamination and spread may seem remote, so is access to medical care, so there is that. It's a mixed bag where you can see pockets of low rates that might be affected if an infected individual gets among the group. Some charter schools with which I'm familiar were missing from the list and I'm not sure if that means the campus had too few kindergartners to turn in a report or if they've somehow slipped through the cracks.

No, not Trump supporters--people that belong to the cult are not going to sway away from that. The last election was close enough that galvanizing people away from Trump continues to be paramount. He's going to get the nom I'm all but betting so in the battle of the olds, much much better if it's Biden.

Fair. The longer she stays in the race, the more he'll keep needling though.

Exactly.

Trump did not even want the US to be in the UN so it was a ghost appointment. Checkmate, lib! (Narrator's note: most MAGA don't know what the UN is or its purpose) Calling a female 'birdbrain' is a risky strategy IMO. Obviously it will appeal to certain demos, but could backfire.

Governor Cox of Utah: "This is not a partisan issue."

He'll get to it after he fixes the abysmal state of the foster care system....oh wait.