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Figured this is an appropriate thread for this, I passed my CISSP test today. Last time I really had to study for something my kids were so young, you'd think it would've been easier this time. Just glad it's behind me.

Donaldson is trying to play it off like it was a joke between acquaintances, but I think it was a dig at Tim for comparing himself, in any way, to Jackie Robinson. I don't think it was a racially motivated dig, but simply a gtfo with that type of comparison dig.

I'm pretty sure we both agree on the fact that we don't appreciate you advertising the fact that we agree on something. 🙂

In my team of Network Engineers, i'm the only one that continues to stay with an iphone. Everyone on my team is confused that I choose to stay with the iphone. I wouldn't be a NetEng if I didn't enjoy tinkering and playing with tech, but there is also a point where I just want something to work with as little input as I can put into it.

Anyone on this board actually listen to Tucker? I have some seen clips which look horrible for him, but I used to watch O'Reilly and I was used to watching Twitter or this board explode over stuff that was taken wildly out of context. With the GOP as it is today, I guess I lean towards the fact there is some truth to this, but IDK. That said i'm not going to watch that show to find out.

6+ months is a long time, especially for Russia given how the last several months have worked out for them. As stated above though, reports are that they are strengthening in Donbass and while western media has exhaulted gains from Ukraine towards the Russian border near Kharkiv, the fact Russia was moving back certainly played a part in it. A coup for Putin still feels like a pipe dream, but I do think it has legs now. That happens, whoever comes in can 'save face' by getting out and keeping Crimea. I can see Putin, or anyone that he has picked to take over for him should his health require it, to ignore what's happened so far and just consider it sunk cost and even show more of a need to keep eastern Ukraine for the resources that they'll need to recoup from this.

Absolutely true, you're describing a legitimate strength with our system. It's just ironic some of the more 'right side of this board' are pointing out the complaints about big pharma and one of the most left wing folks on this board is defending them. What a crazy few years this has been.

In this case, I haven't seen any evidence of Merck doing this, but absolutely that is one of the legitimate Bernie Bro's complaints that has some value. They will have a revenue driving drug and put money into a replacement. Sometimes that replacement is far superior and they launch that and advise against the use of their old one, but sometimes, the replacement gives barely any advantages, yet they spin the same message in order to get the next big winfall. Insulin is a good example, where studies have shown older forms of insulin is just as effective in certain types of diabetes patients, yet the doctor prescribes the 'latest and greatest' or sometimes the insurance company themselves don't even allow the older versions.

This is where I am as well, although I would not be surprised to learn in a few years that it did have some benefits. And as much of a concern there is of a certain group of people deciding it's beneficial without true evidence, I find it equally concerning that the other side has to play the other extreme and call it a horse de-wormer, when it's already been proven to be so much more, when early on, they didn't have any evidence either.

Great point, which is why in the end, choose to believe the ones that match up with what you want to be true and you'll always be right.

My wife is still dealing with intense itching and an occasional rash due to mast cells that are still elevated and they continue to say based on all of their testing, that it's fallout from getting her Covid booster and Flu shot together, so yes, anything is possible with drugs, but 'albeit rare' is the exact point that should have made you question it.

Not sure I would trust that local reporter as much anymore. Considering anyone that got past the meme's that made fun of ivermectin users would know that it has regularly been given to humans for decades without any issues. Yet somehow it only affects people that want to take it to help with Covid....hmmm, one would think it wouldn't pass the smell test if....you know, they didn't want it to be so true.

I joked with my brother last week that the GOP has convinced me and now i'm so pro-life, that even if the pregnancy is a risk to the mother, no abortion allowed. Furthermore, should the mother die giving birth, I want that baby brought up on capital murder charges because it killed it's mom! No appeals either, fast track that baby right to the electric chair. While a joke now, we're on pace to that being on Trump's platform in 2 years.

My bad, i've been studying for a cert and haven't paid as much attention lately, but saw the left jump down Manchin's throat like he was the lone reason why it failed. Assumed there was some reason why they only needed 50 for this one.

This is Trump's endorsement of a state house candidate. No way he'd know these names, but I could see him having some say in this one. I got to talk to one of her canvassers who assured me the first thing Eubanks would do is impeach Whitmer. Had a fun conversation for a minute or so and she cut ties and just handed me a brochure, at least she realized she didn't have my vote and wasn't going to waste her time further.

You're spot on with everything you posted, i'm only singling this portion out, not because you're wrong, but just a point I want to make. I may be off a bit, but i'm pretty confident the last time I read about when abortions happened, 99% of abortions occur by the mid-way point of the second trimester. So your point above is well taken. But that brings me back to this past week when if the dems only put in a ban in the third trimester outside of the health of the mother, you might have seen it pass. So to me, the Dems are willing to allow what we know is likely inevitable to happen, in the hopes that they only get beat a little bit in the mid-terms. Instead of doing something that their voters want, they are once again choosing to use it as a campaign issue. How did that work out for them with Garland? I don't get it.

https://www.covid.gov/tests You can order some more free covid tests. Just had to use another yesterday as I have several symptoms, guessing just the flu for me though.

Well, I'm sure that is the case with some issues, but it's not the case with all. We treat our pets more humanely at end of life than we do our own grandparents, but that's just my opinion. Additionally, it's tough to say 'medical fact'. What is true today in medicine, doesn't mean it's true tomorrow. Most people do not support abortions through the third trimester. My opinion on that is most start to look at the baby bump on a mom as a baby, not a fetus, at that point. Add in the fact that fetus' can survive without their mother as early as late 2nd trimester and it adds to the argument that they are separate human beings at that point. My sister was the smallest baby to survive in Michigan at the time she was born, now babies born 2-3 weeks earlier than her still have over a 50% chance of survival. Still though, your point you're making on the opposition is spot on, there is no change for a legitimate debate with folks that are extreme. In the end, I'm with Bill Clinton, I want abortions to be safe, legal, and rare.

There is a fact though that we need a legal standing, not just a medical one. Most states have laws on the books which add charges for killing an fetus during a felony. Even in blue states, democrats have conceded that a wanted baby is worthy of having the hands of justice defend it. There is no medical book out there that will say there is a medical difference between a wanted or unwanted fetus. I'm not sure what the answer should be, but playing politics with this issue isn't benefiting the country. I think the Dems could have codified abortion after a set period and/or after the case of rape, incest, and the health of the mother. Instead, it lives to play it's part in the 2022 election. To note - pretty much all of the outrage towards the GOP I've read in the last few pages is justified as well.

That's an interesting point, although my guess is, people are getting sick with the variant that is around them period. Add to the fact that vaccines/boosters do still show effectiveness in in the current variants. As such, my guess is, if you were in close contact with a vaccinated person or an unvaccinated person, with the same variant in both cases, the unvaccinated person is more likely to have more symptoms which may not be as noticeable to you at the time, but more likely to infect you. I suspect much of this is the reason why we didn't see vast amounts of spread in schools, kids simply don't get as sick, have less symptoms, and as such, don't spread it amongst themselves as easily as others.

I had a feeling he wasn't white based on the reporting. Not that I saw any reporting initially say what he was, it was just missing from the story. That's odd.

The way he talks is a way I could see him pulling away Trump voters that aren't necessarily Republicans. In short, blue collar union employees that have felt the Democratic party left them and regardless how crass Trump was, at least he spoke (at) to them. He's one of the few democratic voices i've heard in the last year that really seems to be for that blue collar worker. On top of that, imagine Oz trying to say he looks weak on a subject, GTFO. The 'strong man' ideology that Trump has installed within his voters is going to peak interest in him come voting day.

A senator/rep looking like an idiot during their questioning of a witness? Tubberville obviously is an exception as I've never heard any other senator/rep ask stupid questions before.

From someone who recently switched from Outlook to Gmail at work, I absolutely believe this is happening along with the suppression of mails from your boss, calendar invites, peers, etc. And if you don't catch it immediately and have to search for it....forget about it.