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9 minutes ago, VanHammersly said:

:roll: You live in Florida 

The list that put Atlanta at 47 worst put Miami at 42 :roll:

10 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

The list that put Atlanta at 47 worst put Miami at 42 :roll:

I don't live in Miami

43 minutes ago, Procus said:

If I wanted to change the subject, I'd point out what a crappy place Atlanta is to live.

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/report-ranks-st-louis-as-third-worst-city-to-live-in-the-country/85-564445562

Report puts Atlanta among the 50 worst cities to live in the country

So if you wanted to change the subject, you would change the subject about changing the subject? Something tells me you change the subject a whole lot.

26 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

The list that put Atlanta at 47 worst put Miami at 42 :roll:

I’m just amazed he posted a link that doesn’t immediately give you malware. 

I’m a fortunate person in a better situation than most, but I never stayed home one single day through the entire pandemic, my office remained open, other businesses I work with remained open (with precautions). I’m in construction and construction never stopped. Added precautions were made, but work never stopped. Gas stations were open, grocery stores were open, I’ve never run out of chicken…

The lockdown persecution/ freedom infringement / government overreach concerns that @Procus is still crying about that were put in place while trump was in office are WAY overblown IMO.

2 hours ago, Toty said:

I've said multiple times that I'm this board's intellectual midwife

Then get to making that mid-sammich

12 hours ago, MidMoFo said:

I’m a fortunate person in a better situation than most, but I never stayed home one single day through the entire pandemic, my office remained open, other businesses I work with remained open (with precautions). I’m in construction and construction never stopped. Added precautions were made, but work never stopped. Gas stations were open, grocery stores were open, I’ve never run out of chicken…

The lockdown persecution/ freedom infringement / government overreach concerns that @Procus is still crying about that were put in place while trump was in office are WAY overblown IMO.

Procus is what happens when you spend all your time in right wing echo chambers. 

17 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

Procus is what happens when you spend all your time in right wing echo chambers. 

He really does make EagleVA look sane

13 minutes ago, downundermike said:

He really does make EagleVA look sane

Let’s not take it THAT far… 😂

2 minutes ago, MidMoFo said:

Let’s not take it THAT far… 😂

yeah, it's the Abra guy that's giving EagleVA a run for his money.

 

 

 

:roll:

 

 

1 hour ago, Talkingbirds said:

Likely that's what this nonsense is about

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-omicron-covid-19-deaths-08f8db29985b992d5ef98ccfa1459eb7

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The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March.

 

34 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

Freaking anti-vaxxers (I know you're not one of them)

If you aren't vaxxed end up hospitalized because of COVID without a legitimate medical reason to not be vaccinated, you should be triaged and prioritized behind people who actually need healthcare access and are being denied because of hospitals overrun with anti-vaxxers. 

If there's capacity, fine treat the imbeciles. But if, at this point, you've decided the vaccine isn't for you, that's a choice you've made and choices have consequences. 

Insurers should be charging extra for unvaxxed, hospitals should be prioritizing care to others who have made responsible health choices.

(This doesn't go just for COVID; if some lifelong smoker comes in with lung cancer they aren't going to get priority over the otherwise healthy non-smoker who developed cancer anyway)

 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

Freaking anti-vaxxers (I know you're not one of them)

If you aren't vaxxed end up hospitalized because of COVID without a legitimate medical reason to not be vaccinated, you should be triaged and prioritized behind people who actually need healthcare access and are being denied because of hospitals overrun with anti-vaxxers. 

If there's capacity, fine treat the imbeciles. But if, at this point, you've decided the vaccine isn't for you, that's a choice you've made and choices have consequences. 

Insurers should be charging extra for unvaxxed, hospitals should be prioritizing care to others who have made responsible health choices.

(This doesn't go just for COVID; if some lifelong smoker comes in with lung cancer they aren't going to get priority over the otherwise healthy non-smoker who developed cancer anyway)

:roll: :wacko: 

7 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

 

7 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

(This doesn't go just for COVID; if some lifelong smoker comes in with lung cancer they aren't going to get priority over the otherwise healthy non-smoker who developed cancer anyway)

Smoking include the potheads? Thats like smoking unfiltered Camels.

Fat people?

Drug addicts?

Drunk drivers?

Mountain climbers?

People who drive convertables?

Illegal immigrants?

Prostitutes?

"Johns"?

People who resist arrest?

Gun owners?

Miners?

Where do you want to draw this line of yours? 

 

 

 

5 hours ago, The_Omega said:

 

 

 

 

 

When the **** hits the fan morons like these should be hunted before they can fly out.

 

12 minutes ago, lynched1 said:

...morons like these should be hunted before they can fly out.

 

Easy there, Pol Pot...

14 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

 

 

Easy there, Pol Pot...

Are they not the ones stirring the pot?

Will they not be the first boarding private or chartered planes out of here if/when that pot boils over?

 

"The nuclear option extinguishes the power of independents and moderates in the Senate. That’s it, they’re done. Moderates are important if you need to get to 60 votes to satisfy cloture; they are much less so if you only need 50 votes. Let’s set the historical record straight. Never has the Senate provided for a certainty that 51 votes could put someone on the bench or pass legislation.” — Joe Biden

 

 

 

"60 votes easier to get than 51. Ignoring the other party creates rushed garbage legislation. When you do 60, it’s a compromise.” — Brian Schatz

"If you don’t have 60 votes yet, it just means you haven’t done enough advocacy, and you need to work a lot harder.” — Kirsten Gillibrand

"I think we should have the filibuster in place. You have to have a consensus. I would’ve liked to see 60 votes. I don’t think we should’ve made that change.” — Amy Klobuchar
 

"I rise today to urge my colleagues to think about the implications the nuclear option would have on this chamber and this country. I urge you to think not just about winning every debate, but about protecting free and democratic debate.” —Barack Obama

 

“[Ending the filibuster] would be the end of the Senate as it was originally devised and created going back to our Founding Fathers.” — Dick Durbin

"The ideologues in the Senate want to turn what the Founding Fathers called ‘the cooling saucer of democracy’ into the rubber stamp of dictatorship. We will not let them. They want to make this country into a banana republic, where if you don’t get your way, you change the rules. Are we going to let them? It’ll be a doomsday for democracy if we do.” — Chuck Schumer

“[W]e are united in our determination to preserve the ability of Members to engage in extended debate when bills are on the Senate floor.”— among others, Patrick Leahy, Angus King, Mark Warner, Michael Bennet, Amy Klobuchar, Bob Casey, Martin Heinrich, Jeanne Shaheen, Sherrod Brown, Dianne Feinstein, Kristen Gillibrand, Brian Schatz, Cory Booker, Maria Cantwell, Mazie Hirono, Joe Donnelly, Jon Teste, Kamala Harris, Maggie Hassan, Tammy Duckworth, Tim Kaine, Jack Reed, Ed Markey, Debbie Stabenow, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Bob Menendez.

2 hours ago, The_Omega said:

 

 

Who's a "moderate" in the Senate? Nobody is willing to buck the party because the tribes shoot anybody that goes off the reservation.

18 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

Who's a "moderate" in the Senate? Nobody is willing to buck the party because the tribes shoot anybody that goes off the reservation.

But isn't this entire clusterF of a situation happening now particularly because two senators are bucking the party?

At the very least they have the ability to be situationally moderate. 

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