buddha

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.

yes.

the broncos are for sale. if you have $4 billion lying around.

its all about how much risk youre willing to tolerate. canada has a much lower risk tolerance than we do and you seem to have a lower risk tolerance than me. perfectly understandable and, like you said, we'll agree to disagree.

i would agree that it used to be worse and i would argue that the measures the leagues have put into place that everyone is mad about have actually done a lot to make sure it gets better! should we go back to the glory days of the yankees winning every year? no salary caps. no draft. but nobody was intentionally tanking for draft position so it was all good.

i would much rather have the us approach than the canadian approach. the canadian approach is overkill, imo. denmark has ended all restrictions despite having a lot of cases.

i am arguing no such thing. i do think that the scenario in my extended family is fairly common.

i think what the chinese did was too extreme, period. but its not my culture.

its extremely disconnected from real life. a bunch of smart people who took econ in college ranting about incentives and rewards.

my pro-vax mother in law got covid, had a bad cold for two days, then immediately went back to work. lives in a house with a 90 year old and a teenager who went to school every day and a daughter who works for the cdc. everyone is fine.

are you saying you'd rather have the chinese method of welding people inside their homes in order to stop a virus that 98-99% of the people who get it survive? really? and the chinese are likely lying their collectice asses off about how many people there have died of covid.

all teams want to win. luck and bad leadership often prevent that. oftentimes teams realize they do not have the resources to win in an individual season so they make long term plans to establish a base to win in the future. sometimes those plans dont succeed because they are competing against other teams who also want to win. welcome to sports, fellas. not sure when we had this magical time when all teams were competing at the same level every season.