buddha

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

keith law:

not to mention that masks dont seem to stop omicron either. are the very very marginal differences youre talking about enough to warrant a vax mandate to enter a place of business? i dont think so, but my risk tolerance (and denmark's) is higher than yours. the goal from the beginning was to not oberwhelm the hospitals. they are not overwhelmed in most areas, eve with omicron. to me that says we can start to open things up and end things like mask mandates in schools and vax mandates to enter businesses. its not warranted anymore. but your risk tolerance may be less than mine. which i dont think is a right/wrong answer.

michigan should make mcs happy by hiring eric bienemy.

i dont think that's true with omicron. it was with delta and alpha but not with omicron. which makes sense considering thw vaccines were made to counter alpha and delta. what the vaccines do is increase the chances that you will only see mild symptoms. and with omicron being milder in general, that's doubly helpful. but it doesnt stop or slow omicron. you can pass omicron whether youre vaxxed or not. denmark is fully open now even though they have a very high number of cases and a very high vax rate. why? cause the hospitals arent in danger and the symptoms of omicron are usually milder. they opened up despite having a high case count. this is not an anti-vax position. its what the data is telling us.

but i'm not saying "why do i have to be inconvenienced with mandates" i'm saying that the stated reasoning behind the mandates is wrong. to latch onto g2's post about the cdc, the messaging through this whole process has been horrible and oftentimes wrong. which opens the door to people to question the whole messaging process. some of that comes from the need for immediacy of knowledge, but some of it is from political pressure. the cdc has come out of this whole thing looking very poorly.

i agree. but it doesnt stop the spread of omicron. the point of keeping people out of restaurants and bars unless they were vaccinated was to slow the spread. but it doesnt slow the spread, which undercuts the purpose. in fact, the stated purpose has now changed from slowing the spread to incentivizing people to get vaccinated. which, ok, but the original reasoning was - again - flawed.

so maybe they didnt want a guy who was out fucking kids moms to be head coach? that sounds like something the moral police would be in favor of? no?

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.

but the vaccines dont stop the spread of omicron. you can be vaxxed and still spread it. so why have vaccine mandates to get into a reataurant if the vaccine does not stop the spread of the virus? you can still spread it if youre vaccinated.

if you come out with a quote like that about your bosses, you better be squeaky clean. because michigan's pr machine isnt going to take something like that lying down.

you said "i really cant believe you didnt know these basic facts" after you quoted me.

you're right, i shoukdnt have phrased it that way. i apologize. that bar is also open until 5 am, which invites trouble.

serwer is the same way. theyre both good writers and thoughtful thinkers, its their twitter personalities that are grating. the need to be rude to others publicly is oft putting to me. but im old... and trump kind of broke both of them.

after the last shooting, the cops had dedicated patrols in the neighborhood late at night and were consistently towing cars and making sure nobody was there. then they ran out of money for the operation and left. lo and behold, another shooting happens when theyre not around. who knew?

https://cwbchicago.com/2022/02/1-injured-after-gunman-opens-fire-on-wicker-park-bar-overnight.html another shooting at that bar in bucktown, the one i talked about and you thought i was either making up or exaggerating.

that was the best offense michigan had since brady/thomas/terrell. they rolled over ohio state and everyone else they played until they met a generational defense. dont let that georgia game fool you, michigan's offense was very good this year.

im concerned they'll lose recruits, not that concerned over losing gattis. i think the offense this year was more harbaugh than "speed in space." they went back to a lot more power running this year.

tells me gattis didnt think he was getting the job if harbaugh left. instead he spent the time putting out feelers about other jobs.

well....jemell bouie thinks everything is racism so...

i would love for there to be political consequences for all the politicians who have done this. but didnt whitmer do this?

hasnt almost every politician done this? the mayor of dc, the governor of california, boris johnson, aoc... lockdowns and mandates for thee, parties for me.

people have found ways to demonize "the other" for as long as human beings have existed. every culture does it. europeans just gave it the name "race."

i said the vaccines do not stop omicron from spreading. that's true. they do lessen the amount of hospitalizations. so i do know the facts. not sure why youre going after me.

not only that, but the vaccines do not stop the spread of omicron. so why do we have mandates that you have to be vaccinated before going into a restaurant? much less enter a country like canada has. not to mention the silliness of forcing people to wear a mask when entering a restaurant, but not when sitting down to eat. silly theater.