waterfield wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

I, as a moderate, have never once thought of Sanders as “evil”. But most progressives apparently do feel that anyone outside their small club are “evil”. And I genuinely believe that is what turned off many a moderate Dem. voter who thought Biden was too old and would have preferred Sanders. But the “you play by my rules or I take my ball and go home ” crowd didn’t help Sanders in the end. And that’s too bad in my opinion.

I think politicians who rape their staffers are evil.

And on what FACTS do you base this statement-besides some anti Biden blog someplace. (hopefully not from the Sanders camp) That is an awfully important claim which IMO should always be sounded on something solid. Otherwise its simply Fox news or worse-just pure crap.

It’s based on claims made by the victim, Tara Reade. She claims Biden pinned her against a wall, began kissing her, and then reached under her dress and digitally raped her.

Link: https://www.google.com/amp/s/reason.com/2020/03/26/joe-biden-tara-reade-sexual-assault-me-too-believe-women/%3famp

zn wrote:

wv wrote:

I have a theory, myself. I think a Virus wiped out the Dinosaurs. It was a meteor-virus. A big meteor landed and there was an alien corona-virus on it.
And that was that.

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I’m in a debate with some “elsewhere” who argue that herd immunity will eventually protect us. Not just me debating, I am on a side. Our side argues that herd immunity needs a vaccine, it doesn’t just arise spontaneously. The other side thinks it arises spontaneously. Right now though we don’t even know if you can get this again, and there are signs you can, or some can anyway. They didn’t have a vaccine for the Spanish Flu, and it took 3 years to go away. (Probably because it mutated into something more benign, like, for example, dedicated football fandom).

Yes, it will require a vaccine to develop herd immunity to this virus. Somewhere around 70% of the population would have to be immune to the virus for herd immunity to develop. Assuming for a moment that people can develop natural immunity to this virus it would only require a few months to infect the required number of people if none of the current precautions were taken. Of course, this would lead to the deaths of millions of people. And even if you can develop natural immunity to this virus, it likely will only last a few months or years based on what we know about other corona viruses. Therefore, maintaining herd immunity will likely require multiple vaccinations over a lifetime.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by nittany ram.

wv wrote:

I dunno. The uniforms look like cheesy plastic to me. They always do. Gazillion-dollar movies, and the uniforms always look like plastic to me. Star Wars is unwatchable for me, because of the cheesy plastic uni’s.

I hope, at least, the logo is good.

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What you call ‘cheesy plastic’ is actually an advanced space-age polymer that provides Imperial Storm Troopers protection from anything except Rebel blaster fire or an angry Wookie.

Besides, it looks really cool.

Cheesy plastic indeed.

The next thing you’ll tell me is that the carrot creature on ‘Lost in Space’ didn’t look real.

COVID-19 becomes leading cause of death in US – surpassing heart disease…

Link: https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-becomes-number-one-cause-death-per-day-us-surpassing-heart-disease-cancer-1495607

This is a study from @waynestate, by the way, the university where I'm faculty. It's not truly randomized, but it is depressing. It suggests that, instead of benefiting #COVID19 patients, #Hydroxychloroquine might well cause harm. At the very least, this study shows zero benefit. https://t.co/DC6Shyhd7N

— David Gorski, MD, PhD (@gorskon) April 11, 2020

At a time when millions of people are losing their jobs and their health insurance, the United States government must guarantee that you will have all of the health care you need. https://t.co/RiN5F2meZo

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 7, 2020

Ecosystem returned to normal? pic.twitter.com/Pnz2DZmgdR

— Kathleen Hefferon, PhD (@KHefferon) April 5, 2020

You know you’ve thought about it…. pic.twitter.com/Ln4NgHLMCr

— The OG Devil's Agvocate (@MGigger) April 6, 2020

It’s amazing to me what doesn’t make a politician unelectable.

– sexual assault
– blatant lying about easily provable facts
– using your position to gain favors for family members
– violating emoluments clauses
– blackmail
– etcetera ad Infinitum

Those videos are really cool. Thanks, Vader.

An instant classic.@ESPN + @NFL will be airing the 2018 Chiefs-Rams thriller this coming Monday.

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) March 27, 2020

And just like that, the Rams d-line looks pretty damn formidable.

As a former health insurance exec, I don’t think any story better illustrates my old industry’s racket than the one I’m about to tell you: Right now, as we enter the worst public health crisis of our lifetimes (#COVID19), health insurers are still raking in record profits. (1/11)

— Wendell Potter (@wendellpotter) March 26, 2020

JackPMiller wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Wouldn’t it be a little late to change logos now? League approval was obtained, contracts were signed, merchandise produced…seems like whatever logo the Rams have now would be a done deal – at least for the immediate future.

I don’t know. There could rules that could change it. With fan reactions, and poor sales, which they know will happen with the horrible logos they are presenting, one that looks like the LA Chargers, and the other has a penis nose. I believe there is always a way to change it.

The first batch of merchandise with the new logo sold out within hours of going on sale. I don’t think as many people are as unhappy with the logo as you might think. Money will talk, and right now the money is saying that the new logo is a hit.

At least a half billion dollars ($500,000,000,000) is slated for a slush fund / bailout for large corporations.

$500,000,000,000 / 320M Americans = $1560, or $6,000 per family of 4.

I just think we need to remember these moments of wealth redistribution to corporations.

— c0nc0rdance (@c0nc0rdance) March 25, 2020