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As bad as they were, Jason Witten made them sound downright erudite. When they no longer had that cover after Witten left, their ineptitude had nowhere to hide.

Crazy people with mass media platforms for other crazy people to indulge their NEED to believe what they believe. The times we live in.

Absolutely. In some cases, that can be a life changing chunk of change in your pocket.

Players only get paid their salary after each regular season game; 1/16th of their annual pay each week, excluding the bye. Players get paid for camp and preseason games at a fixed league wide rate but that is separate from their salary; something like 1k per week for rookies, 2k for vets. Not sure if the new CBA changes any of that. I doubt it.

In another life, I had the good fortune of traveling the world and meeting folks on nearly every continent. Everywhere I went, people expressed admiration for my country and the idea it represented to the world. In speaking to some people from overseas lately, it’s the exact opposite; they are embarrassed for me. And I have to agree. We’ve lost our leadership role and our response to this pandemic has driven that home. Like @Hapless Bills Fan has said several times, we literally wrote the book for the rest of the world when it comes to managing pandemics. Now, we don’t even know how to read it.

I’ve finally had to start shopping in the “husky” section. “Jane, you ignorant slut...”

In a word? The Fed policies that have been propping it up more than anything. Caught this article today: https://apple.news/A6VufKtXZQmiSFpYq3BOGzg

Agree entirely. The refs had no intention of overturning PI calls and decided to sabotage it from the get go.

Can’t believe the NFL CBA doesn’t have a force majeure clause like the NBA.

I said back in late January that the most insidious aspect of this new virus is its asymptomatic spread. It’s just so unlike anything I can remember in that regard.

It can’t be a surprise, though. I mean, we aren’t even following the federal government’s own guidelines for reopening. Guidelines they were trumpeting when they announced them weeks ago with painstaking detail as each phase was explained. Just another example of the feckless nature of the corona virus response team and why disbanding them won’t make a bit of difference.

Well, by the same token, Cuomo’s decision to create the New Rochelle containment area on March 10th preceded any other mitigating action taken by other governors. No doubt actions in NYC were a day late and a dollar short, but De Blasio has more to answer for in that regard, imo. His rhetoric was downright dangerous early on.

The current state of antibody testing is the Wild West at best. Given their mandate to fast track everything under the sun, the FDA’s oversight role has been negated. Nearly two hundred without FDA authorization. It’s crazy time. https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/emergency-situations-medical-devices/faqs-diagnostic-testing-sars-cov-2 Oh, I laughed. I’ll change my reaction to a laughing face to reflect that.

The lack of federal action is by design. Can’t have Americans seeing first hand just how effective we can be when marshaling and targeting our vast resources to meet a challenge. I mean, if people saw how good the federal government was at handling a pandemic, what else would they want?

Like Bum Phillips used to say, “He can take hizzin and beat yourin or take yourin and beat hizzin.” Can’t think of a better way to say “great coach.” RIP, coach.

Are you really asking “why?” The answer is obvious. Anyway, we can’t save people from themselves. It’s amazing how callous people can be when this virus hasn’t touched anyone they know. Almost like tiny toddlers who think you disappear when they close their eyes.

Hey MiH, I noticed your negative reaction to my post referencing Scalia’s majority opinion in Heller. Perhaps I should add some context as that opinion was murky in many ways. I was specifically referring to this quote from his opinion: Regarding those that descended on the Michigan statehouse, I disagree that they had a “right” to carry semi-automatic rifles with high volume magazines to that assembly and I suspect Scalia might agree.

And thank god for Antonin Scalia’s interpretation of the 2nd A. Not that it made any difference.

Interesting contrast to the demonstrations at the Michigan state capitol yesterday. People protesting a war were tear gassed and even shot and killed while doing nothing but shouting. Nowadays, we can march on the capitol with rifles equipped with high volume magazines and it’s just fine. The times we live in.

Well for starters, gain-of-function research is performed to gain insight into the creation of vaccines and therapeutic defenses against viruses in order to mitigate a potential pandemic and SAVE LIVES whereas bio-weapons are manufactured for the sole purpose of killing people. NIH and other research labs around the world have conducted this type of research for years. It’s a risky proposition, regardless, as the safeguards are only as strong as the least competent link in the chain. It’s easy to see why scientists have warned about it and called for it to be stopped.

Talk about dollar velocity!

Lots of stabby chops.

Fair enough. I get that we have to resist the urge to delve deep into a very heady subject. But in the absence of a more nuanced discussion I’m just asking what gives a better snapshot? It has to be GDP simply because of its dependence on Main Street metrics like unemployment rate, etc. Whereas we’ve seen time and again how Wall Street can be propped up with liquidity and fed reserve machinations, regardless of the employment numbers. Like what we’ve seen since the stimulus package.

You can when you deliberately want to confine the discussion to one basic question: what is a better indicator of how the economy is doing: the stock market or GDP? I’m not downplaying the importance of labor statistics as they certainly are part and parcel to the discussion, especially as those stats relate to GDP. My question includes them on a macro basis. I’m just keeping the question deliberately simple.

I’m just confining the discussion to what best indicates the health of our economy, the stock market or GDP.