3 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

 

Don't families have to pay back or compensate the child tax credits they are getting now on the 2021 taxes?

Ohio introducing similar bill.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2021-11-02/2-ohio-lawmakers-introduce-texas-style-abortion-restriction

1 hour ago, oblong said:

MI's numbers are back at a new high for this wave.... things looked promising 10 days ago but they started back up again.  Across the board in most counties so we can't blame the outstaters so much... although their rates are in the 40s and 50s and metro area is better, except Macomb of course.

 

So strange sharing a border to the south our numbers have been moving down steadily and have zero restrictions. I think there is one school district in Fort Wayne that require masks, outside of hospitals thats it.

8 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

absolutely. It was quite strange. The traditional playoff team's dilemma is usually which regular starters give up their role because you don't need 5 in the players. The Braves were pretty much down to 2 starters and they still managed to win.

We saw AJ do that all year here in Detroit. We did it out of neccesity and or pitch count restrictions. This could be the future regular season rotation approach. Pitchers need less rest between appearances less stress on arms.

Drew Smyly joins Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Anibal Sanchez and Rick Porcello as former Tigers starters who won a World Series title down the road. David Price, for whom Smyly was traded in 2014, also on the list.

If you get rid of Trump middle of the road voters go back to R.

Are mail in ballots at play? Late night dump?

My theory is that Apple is the devil. I mean their logo is an apple with a bite out of it for crying out loud. The mark of the devil is your cell phone number. Mike drop...... 

When the kids had to stand on the stump with their backs facing the woods. You can't get more horror than that!!!

26 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Yeah... it wasn't a con at all.

It was a conservative group of people trying to hide from modern times and live like "in olden days"...

And using scary tactics to try and scare everyone into line, and away from exploring back into the modern world. I got it. It was a cool story.

I don't think tater "got it".

To me that was the beauty of it. They pulled it off all the way down to the no fly zone. 

8 hours ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

I would have literally hauled off and punched M. Night Scamalan after watching The Village were he standing in front of me when I went and saw it in theaters. I felt so duped as a movie goer watching what I thought was going to be a solid horror movie only to be swerved in the last 10 minutes to find out it was all a big ruse and it was really a socio-phycological experiment. The Village to me is one of the worst movies of all time. Scamalan lost me after his Village con and I don't watch his movies any longer.

Wow I thought it was great! One of my all time favorites.

Cade day?

56 minutes ago, buddha said:

80% of denmark is fully vaccinated and cases are increasing.  "cases" will continue to happen because its an infectious disease.

of those cases in denmark, 99.8% of them are mild.  

the point being, just counting "cases" isnt a great measure anymore, imo.  continue to work to vaccinate and remediate and continue to lower the risk of the virus to people who do get it.  the fact that "cases" are increasing isnt a reason for real alarm, imo.

Agreed, get vaxxed don't get vaxxed its up to you. Nothing has stopped the spread. Denmark is the Canary in a cole mine. I have traveled throughout the MW and east coast in the last couple of months. Vey rarley did I even see a mask outside of DC which required them everywhere. It is the new norm unfortunately.

11 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

What in the fresh hell is this? 

It's a Mormon thing, you wouldn't understand.

In Indiana anyone can now get a booster. I think you just need to show your vax card to verify.

Umm sounds like Gutierrez is at fault (funny how they keep saying they don't blame her). Tons of red flags....

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Bunker is on a mission.

More than a third of Chicago police officers defy city vaccine mandate

(CNN)About 4,500 Chicago police officers didn't report their vaccination status by October 15 as mandated by the city, officials said Monday.

That means roughly 35 percent of the city's 12,770 officers could be placed on no-pay status in the foreseeable future.
The Chicago Police Department had the lowest response rate of any department in the city, but of the about 64 percent who did report, the majority of officers say they are vaccinated, according to data released by the city. Specifically, 6,894 indicated being vaccinated while 1,333 reported they have not.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/17/us/chicago-police-department-time-off-restriction/index.html

2 minutes ago, casimir said:

Can we have both strong gun and strong voting controls in place?

Yes please. Not sure why they can't go hand in hand honestly.

30 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

I've already spoken about how I want annual registration fees structured for gun owners... to pay for annual IRS/ FBI/ and mental health audits.

So you are also in favor of picture I.D. to vote?

49 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Where are all these vast majority of people who don't wear masks? Where I live, there is an indoor mask mandate at most indoor establishments, and mask compliance is near 100%, same as it was a year ago. There are still a high percentage of people who walk the street in masks, which I think is overkill, but hey, that's their choice, and it's a much safer choice than someone being deliberately unvaccinated and deliberately unmasked around others, because they care only about themselves.

Are people in Michigan actively spurning indoor mask mandates to make a point?

Here in Indiana the only place anyone wears a mask is in a hospital or doctors office which require them. I was in Washington D.C. 5 days last week, most places require masks. I stayed in Virginia and I could count on one hand the people I saw with masks.

On 10/9/2021 at 4:21 PM, Archie said:

I read that the school shooter was released on a $75,000 bond.  That sends a heck of a message.  Shoot the school up on Wednesday and be home on Thursday.  He does have to wear an ankle monitor to make it better.

If he were white it would be on every news cycle.