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  1. 3 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

    Many churches are also holding services. Some still have an online service for their vulnerable congregants, but others are not (sometimes due to lack of funds for equipment). Even with distancing indoors if some churches are doing so, others may not be.

    Well what's the worst that could happen when you cram a bunch of folks into a room and have them all sing and breath the same air for an hour or so? Maybe it'll all work out just like a miracle

  2. 8 minutes ago, Lechuza said:

    I'm not sure what you're smoking given your "translation."  Cite me some caselaw professor.  And would that duty change if the police already had detained him, found out he was fucked up out of his mind, and then let him go?

    In addition to Warren v Dist of Columbia, there's also Castle Rock v Gonzales which found that the police did not have a constitutional duty to protect a person from harm, even a woman who had obtained a court-issued protective order against a violent husband making an arrest mandatory for a violation.

  3. 2 hours ago, workswithseed said:

    https://www.foxnews.com/media/nbc-news-google-federalist-zerohedge-ads 

    Looks like Google may be attacking comment sections now.

    "The Google spokesperson also suggested to Nover that the site's "comments section" was in violation of Google's policies but not any of its articles."

    It's Google deciding to not sell ads on their websites, not taking away their voice or imposing legal penalties. Do you want the government to tell businesses who they have to do business with?

  4. 2 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    lol, that's 6 days. in the internet age that's like 6 years. his book will be in free pdf form within 48 hours

    NYT and other journalistic outlets already have advance copies too. Horse has left the barn on this one

  5. 22 minutes ago, Wanker Bob said:

    Actually it's not. I've lost 44 lbs since January by doing nothing more than not eating breakfast and all my calories are consumed between 1-8 pm at least 6 days a week. 

    And it's serious fat loss. Have had to buy new pants and a new belt. Now under 200 lbs for the first time in forever. 

    Breakfast is bullshit. You don't need it at all. Just water

    Congrats, now you can humble brag to all your buddies about the wonders of "intermittent fasting" lol

  6. 18 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    My firm declared it a holiday for reflection of the struggles of the black community/civil rights and to celebrate their achievements and contributions to American society. 

    My employer is producing a bunch of bias and cultural training materials and requesting everyone clear their calendars to reflect and learn

  7. 2 minutes ago, Brew said:

    It looked like the timeline was he threw a female to the ground, others stepped in including someone hitting him with a skateboard, he backs out and appears to be leaving, and then several in the crowd rush him and take him down. After he gets up then you hear shots. That’s going to be an interesting case, because he is clearly going to argue self defense. Does his original action cancel that argument even though he was clearly backing out?

    Only cops can claim self defense after escalating the violence, duh

  8. 53 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

    The less cynical side of me tends to think that it's possible that at the beginning we were only admitting the worst of cases. Probably a lot of folks early on were sent home who should have had a hospital stay. Not so much abuse as a shift in standards for admission. 

    We definitely were only admitting the severe cases early on. Back in late Feb/early March my MIL had all of the hallmark symptoms of COVID, including loss of taste/smell, and she couldn't get tested because she wasn't gravely ill. Just got written up as another flu patient. Our numbers and data aggregation in general are realllllllyyyyy furked up around COVID. Something about if we don't test there won't be new cases....

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  9. Just now, Buzzrock said:

    Friend of mine who is a pretty high-up executive at a company you’ve all heard of drove down there with his daughter to check it out. He says the hype is unjustified. Basically a block party.

     

    But the guy who broke PIZZAGATE told me that the militant left is appointing warlords to control the city! Who ever should I believe???

  10. 1 minute ago, GRHorn said:

    I haven’t tracked this specifically. How far do deaths typically lag confirmed cases and then hospitalizations?

    It seems like the best ballpark number is about 2 weeks to see a reaction from a change in policy/behaviors, per previous interviews with Dr. Fauci. So this week we'll likely start seeing the impact from the loss of social distancing during the protests

  11. 2 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

    Resorting to ad hominem stupidity while blatantly ignoring what clearly illustrates the breaking of the federal gun laws I know you wish were tenfold is not a good way to build a credible concern troll either apparently....

    It's not an ad hominem attack, I'm saying that he has a demonstrated history of fabricating evidence to push an agenda and storyline. Which resulted in a stochastic terrorist act. 

    So before you rip your pearls off your neck while clutching them too hard, you should probably try to get at least a second independent source to his reporting 

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