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I miss BlueSquareThing, he could have answered a lot of those questions.

Are you hostile in person? Is that you in the avatar meeting Chuck?

have leaders and those politicians ever said that you can NEVER remove your mask? Taking your mask for a few seconds for a photo isn't a big deal. Manufactured outrage.

others might be more likely to go if they knew everyone around them was vaccinated. They also might have a more stable employee base knowing the customers were vaccinated. I went to 4 concerts since Thanksgiving that all required proof of vaccination before being let in. I would not have gone without that requirement. Every restaurant we went by in Chicago on Friday and Saturday night last weekend was full and had a waiting list.

Undercover woman, in the midst of Fascists in America: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/amanda-moore-undercover-maga/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing=VF_HivePS_020522&utm_medium=email&bxid=5c5b21a42ddf9c2e35797a31&cndid=49460903&hasha=05adedcbe118f772c76e6794cb1d861d&hashb=cca16e819211b15fd7af268d1f4362d9033855f6&hashc=61895f16272cd7ba625b3c6df95dae50b64f58c907319519cc42cbec8714cdb5&esrc=newsletteroverlay&mbid=mbid%3DCRMVYF012019&source=EDT_VYF_NEWSLETTER_0_HIVE_ZZ&utm_campaign=VF_HivePS_020522&utm_term=VYF_Hive

The hospitals are in dangerous neighourhoods and people are afraid to go there!

Yes, that was a good day, Ben. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN201206130.shtml

counter point

Me too. Few celebrity deaths really, truly impact me in a big way. I feel for them as people, but I don't feel start struck when they died. However, I loved all the content Bourdain put out from No Reservations onward. He seemed like a genuinely good human being and losing him hurt, especially by suicide. Actor Eric Bogosian would be a perfect fit to play him in a movie.

In addition to some being overwhelmed or close to it, it seems most hospitals are facing both real staffing shortages and burnout. It’s not a binary thing (overwhelmed/okay). Lots in between that isn’t sustainable or acceptable.

That is where I am as well. Until we start seeing some progress it's still the same guys who have been there for the last 10 years in charge.

Tenacious D - love all your autograph displays - good stuff!!

I watched several minutes of the 1st quarter in between basketball games. I've seen better tackling in spelling bees.

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the pro bowl is a dumb idea and nothing they can do will make it interesting.

They will also be ranked #1 in lost luggage and cancelled flights.

90% of the population wants those people to shut up, go home, and get a shot. They aren't going to change anyone's mind. They are assholes who are emboldened by what they see on TV.

I don't like going to restaurants, so Covid has been a good excuse not to go! I prefer takeout.

and I think the recent CDC paper did another serious disservice by not making clear the distinction between masking as a personal protection strategy and masking as a public health transmission reduction strategy. They are different things completely and even the professionals constantly forget to keep the distinction clear. Masks don't have to be particularly effective at preventing individual exposure to still be effective at reducing community spread. This had been a fundamental and continuing point of confusion about masking from the beginning of the pandemic and the clarity on it just never gets any better.

Well, I enjoyed our one year reprieve from mediocrity.

you said "i dont think i mentioned you" but you specifically quoted my post and then called me out specifically and insulted me. lol. this is nuts.

The difference is that there are actual political consequences in the UK apparently.

Let’s please keep politics out of here. Believe it or not it does offend members here and there is a space provided for this.

I was yesterday years old when I learned that the actor who played Jackie Chiles on Seinfeld is the son of the late great Greg Morris who played Barney on the original Mission: Impossible tv series.

Hey there's Teresa May, cramming a red hot poker up Boris' butt.

I just realized many of you are probably too young to understand why this is funny. 😬

Speaking of the Olympics, interesting tidbit about Chris Chelios’ who is competing in Olympics hockey. For the States? For Canada? Greece? Nope. From today’s Toronto Globe & Mail: One such player this year is the son of a four-time U.S. Olympian, Chris Chelios. “Obviously I’m not Chinese but for the last three years I’ve been playing for the Chinese team, I’ve got the chance to live here and I love it,” Jake Chelios, who competes as Jieke Kailiaosi, told the Olympic news service this week.