InvaderRam wrote:

i’m not all that bothered by it.

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Good, because all the Agreement was vexatious. I mean,
we almost had Four Agreements.

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“The four agreements are these: Be impeccable with your word. Don’t take anything personally. Don’t make assumptions. Always do your best.”

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Yeah, I think that pretty much nails it.

I would just add the the “educational system” is the media. That is the uber educational system. Kids aren’t learning their values from their teachers.

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Yeah, i put ‘education system’ in quotes because i mean it in a very very broad way. I dont even know what exactly i mean by ‘it’ but its not just schools. Its all the ways information/values get transmitted to the babies, kids, young people, etc.
In a corporate-capitalist system we know all the ways peoples minds are shaped. I wont go into it — we all know the drill.

Most of my leftist comrads spend half the time now, passing along posts/tweets/emails of the latest hellscape-happening. And the other half of the time they muse about how to live a decent life within the corporate-hellscape. My two cents lately has been “youve got to learn to live with ‘no hope'” I’m not sure what i mean by that, but i think i partly-mean, we cant get all dissipated by this or that hellscape occurence. It is what it is. So, we have to “bash on relentlessly, REGARDLESS”. I think the ‘regardless’ part is as important as the ‘bash on’ part. The ‘regardless’ part means fuck-hope. Just fight the fight because of…whatever inner-ground-wellspring gives you meaning.

Or somethin.

I dunno.

The RBG thing has a lot of people looking for a way outta here.

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I think about democracy a lot. I roll things over in my mind. “Which form of government is best?,” I ask myself.

All i know is Democracy is bad without an “education system” that prioritizes “critical thinking” and “compassion.” In other words Science plus Compassion.

Critical Thinking to ‘me’ is just another synonym for ‘wisdom.’ And wisdom to me, is “reason” plus “compassion”. Both. Haf to have both.

Now without an education-system that seriously prioritizes Science/reason and Compassion/cooperation, any ‘democracy’ will end up warped and dangerous and eventually a hellscape.

We did not end up with a democracy with an education system that stressed critical thinking/wisdom.

We ended up with a democracy that stressed Corporate-Capitalism. Corporate-Capitalism nurtures, greed, individualism, religion, fear, propaganda, hierarchy, obedience, imperialism, recreation, entertainment, incredible cutting edge technologies and bio-chemical-and-nuclear-weaponry. And general stupidity.

So, thats what we got.

It can be tinkered with, but it cant be reversed.

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This how my little town does virus-algebra
link:https://www.dominionpost.com/2020/09/16/covid-positive-wvu-students-isolated-at-arnold-apartments-will-count-as-1-case-for-mon-countys-map-status/?fbclid=IwAR1EKWkDCHbILlD89N3wsA0z72MFpS0WNnibMWxkfABtdvPERXehwjH4LhQ
COVID-positive WVU students isolated at Arnold Apartments will count as 1 case for Mon County’s map status

MORGANTOWN — WVU students isolated in Arnold Apartments for COVID-19 will be counted as a single COVID case.

The was the bottom line of lengthy discussion offered by Gov. Jim Justice, COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh, Monongalia County Health Officer Lee Smith and Higher Education Policy Commission Chancellor Sarah Tucker on Wednesday.

Justice first posed the idea of finding a way to ease Monongalia County out of the red by counting WVU’s on-campus COVID-positive students in the same way as congregate jail and nursing home cases on Monday. Wednesday’s announcement was the result of talks among his advisory team on the topic.

Marsh said Wednesday the talks focused on providing for public health while safely opening opportunities to get K-12 kids back into classrooms – Mon schools haven’t opened their door yet as Mon’s been in the red on the School Alert System map since Sept. 8 when school resumed.

Smith said they’ve been examining the data to understand WVU’s impact on community spread. The chief reason Mon has been red, he said, is the high number positive cases in the 20-29 age group – anywhere from 60%-90% of the daily positives.

And the cases are concentrated in Morgantown, not the rural western half of the county, he said. There’s also no evidence that surrounding counties are seeing any spread, including Preston, where more residents come to work in Mon than stay in Preston.

WVU has realized its role in ensuring the health of the community he said. That, combined with the data indicated students isolated in Arnold Apartments should count as a single case.

Looking at WVU and at colleges and universities across the state, Tucker said that a key provision of counting all on-campus isolated cases as one is that those settings are monitored and secure. At WVU, the Arnold residents have 24/7 access to nursing; the building is guarded and entry is accomplished with swipe cards which provides accountability.

They are also looking at offering incentives statewide for off-campus students to come isolate on campus, Tucker said.

And “We’re paying very close attention to the mental health needs of our students who are in quarantine and in isolation,” she said. They will be offering remote counseling services and safe opportunities for those students to get outside…..see link

That one is like something from the 50s.

The country is a Dali painting.

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Progs did well in Rhode I-land, i see.

I’ve watched the first half on Replay.

The thing that jumped out at me was
there were more Cowboy card-board-fans in the stands at So-Fi, than Ram card-board-fans.

And the Ram cardboard-fans seemed blah-zay and passive as usual.

Also, Legatron looked unreliable. It may be time to replace him.

Of the Two-Billionaire-Weasels, I thought Kroenke looked more evil. Seems to me, he will go to the deeper circle of hell, in the end. Though maybe it was just the mask.

Looked to me, like the Dallas Cowboys, America’s Team, was wearing the same uniforms they’ve always had. Imagine that. They must not understand marketing.

First-half-ball goes to Malcolm Brown. Nothing fancy, nothing electric, just good hard running. Reminds me of Les Josephson or Cullen Bryant.
I was not impressed with Akers. For one thing, he takes a lot of direct hard hits.

Rams OLine looked ok, but McVay didnt really trust it to pass block. Goff was either rolling out or getting rid of it quick. Fine by me, but that will not always work. At some point they gotta be able to pass-block enuff to stretch the field.

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Well, that bit of idiot-police-brutality is going to cost that dept about a million dollar settlement. And the criminal case will either be dismissed outright or a Jury — in about a 5 minute deliberation — will find the reporter Not Guilty.

Jeezus-H-christ, that guy went all the way back to 1983 preseason stuff. And even back into the 60s. Cromwell, Johnnie Johnson, Vince Newsome…Mel Owens, Kevin Greene, Fritz Shurmur…

Since when did football-writers start knowing stuff.

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