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For RB, be advised that Schwabls looks like a dump. Grew up near there. Driven by it hundreds of times. Never set foot in the place. I was dumbfounded when someone I know who works on a different city drove several hours to go there. But apparently it’s worth it. And a quick shot out the 190/400 from downtown. You should hit the Southtowns at least once. Bar bill is a Pegulas haunt. Village of East Aurora is great. And Mangia (outside) is sort of a perfect Orchard Park experience. You can’t go wrong. Might see former bills there if they’re in town for the game. I have a great Marv Levy story from outside Mangia.

Not a tailgater, but Hammer's Lot is probably your best bet. A vegetarian (not much help here, sorry), but Schwabl's in West Seneca has the reputation of having the best beef on weck around. Eckl's supposedly is pretty good, too. (I never tried either before I switched to vegetarian a few years ago.) Bar Bill in EA probably will get some votes, too. Great wings there as well. Now that I've said all of this, I'd probably go to Bar Bill just for the experience. And, if the line is long, get a drink at the very cool bar next door at 189 Burger. Depends on where you're staying and what the weather is like for fine dining, but my vote is Rick's on Main in East Aurora. If you want to stay in OP, and if you like Italian food, then Mangia is the place to go. Definitely eat on the sidewalk at Mangia, and try to get an outside seat at Rick's. Excellent experiences at both locations. Nino's (West Seneca) on the pizza. You'll have a lot of input here. Some will say Imperial in South Buffalo (a little too burned for me). Others will say La Nova. But I'm a Nino's person. This answer, though, kind of depends on where you're staying. If you're downtown, then La Nova is probably where it's at for you.

Obviously the vax is worthwhile. HCQ does not help COVID 19 patients. Increased mortality and no clinical benefit. So that's why taking the vax, in spite of the pain, is smart, and promoting HCQ--"just enough to keep me safe," in the words of "Doc"--is foolish, dangerous, and a waste of breath.

Depends where you are on California. But going up to Southwestern usually is the best bet. I've never done the ravine. Not worth the aggravation of face-planting to save a few minutes.

Exactly what you said when trump told you HCQ was an effective treatment for COVID. My work here is done. Let me know when you have something from the relevant scientific community to back up your garbage position about HCQ’s COVID efficacy. Until then, good luck with the horse dewormer.

There was a press scrum early in camp in which Hyde/Poyer were masked and Allen wasn't. That was my hint that Allen took the vax. I'm pretty comfortable with the idea that he's been vaccinated.

It's going to be more than 50%, but less than the lousy deals cut by Indy and Cincinnati. It will, however, be for more public money than in either of those places. At this point, my guess is that the main sticking points will be term (state will want 30 years) and, obviously, dollars. I suspect that, ultimately, we're going to be in a tug of war between percentages and dollars. Kathy will want a lower percentage than, say, Pittsburgh (63%, IIRC), and the Bills will want more dollars than Pittsburgh, Cinci, Indy, etc. Maybe that's part of the reason why the price tag looks so high right now. The guess here is that the state/county get hit for $800m to (more likely) $900m (63% of 1.4b is $882m), and away we go.

What's dumb is saying that HCQ was both a prophylactic and an effective treatment with respect to COVID. It's plain stupid. Untested, unproven. And yet something for which "Doc" advocated. He even said he took enough to keep himself safe. How that works is beyond me, since the drug was never proven to have efficacy with respect to COVID. What's telling is that you've never attached your name, nor to my knowledge, has any physician attached his or her name, publicly to the position you take with respect to the utility of HCQ as a COVID-fighting mechanism. Maybe you'll find another "miracle drug." Could be Ivermectin. Could be Flintstones vitamins. Could be something Ponce de Leon put in a vault. Either way, your advocacy for HCQ as a treatment for COVID was and is straight BS. You know it. I know it. And I'll make sure that we don't forget about it.

Hoax. Safe and effective are two different things. And safe is relative; it does not mean perfect. You know as well as anyone that there are side effects associated with HCQ, some of which are significant. So instead of questioning the efficacy and utility of the drug for this purpose, you promoted its wanton, random use, including as a prophylactic. "Just enough to keep me safe" was your quote. Unfortunately, your foolishness contributed to a false sense of security for those who took the drug as a defense mechanism. And, sadly, giving the COVID patients the drug indiscriminately distracted from what could have been effective treatments and exposed said patients to an unnecessary risk of harm. So, sadly, that is why I must continue my work here. If one less person relies on the hoaxy medical advice of "Doc," then I have done my job. Until then, sir, lay off the HCQ and try not to take too much horse dewormer with breakfast.

I can’t speak to the former items. But as to the latter … you strike me as a closet nerd. Definitely the type.

I don’t know if I’m going to take grammatical advice from you. I’ll have to think about that. I’ll hold that under advisement for the time being.

I think they may get a trim of Roe as a compromise, but I largely agree with you. Roberts has time to work on Kavanaugh and Barrett.

You forgot the period after “nerd.” FYI.

Looks like you've rejected your commission as chief of the local grammar police already. Sad.

Keep an eye on your blood pressure. It's not healthy to get triggered by Internet randos. I'd hate to see what happens when the Girl Scouts knock on your door to sell cookies. Also, you spelled "Chef Jim Crow" incorrectly. FYI. I totally agree with all of this. The point of the law, though, is to give SCOTUS the chance to revisit Roe.

Doesn’t work for COVID. You know that. Side effects aren’t worth the “taking” of the drug for that purpose. This is why we have to keep harping on the HCQ issue.

You need to work on your spelling. Especially if you want to be our resident grammarian. I don’t agree with the act, but we live in a secular society. Safe, legal, and rare. Roe stays.

Looks like we have a grammarian on our hands here. Excellent news. I look forward to your input.

I didn’t realize that you are such a snowflake. Maybe I should include in my work information about the perils of consuming cheap whiskey. I’m guessing you guzzle that stuff, chow down on red meat as much as you can, and will munch some HCQ/ivermectin with “Doc,” but won’t get the COVID vax because of your “concern about what goes in your body.” One of those meal team six guys who has never met a Big Mac he didn’t like but won’t get the vax for “health” reasons.

If you practice proper grammar, then I will think about it. But I probably won't change. It's important to keep everyone safe from jiggery pockery about COVID. It's also important to keep people enfranchised. Consider my work here a public service. Or a gift. Or both. Whatever. I think the best course is for me to stick to promoting my work here, and you to stick to your cheap, largely intolerable whiskey, and we'll see what happens from there.

Sounds like you’re trying to censor me.

Basically, doc thinks it should be easier for a COVID patient to get a script for HCQ than it should be for a black person to vote in Texas or Georgia. ‘Mercia, baby. We need to mainline some ivermectin and get with the program down in Texas.

It is unamerican. No doubt.

I personally don't believe in the act of abortion, but I also don't live in a theocracy and I acknowledge that others rightfully feel very differently and I believe that the law rightfully accounts for those with disparate views. In any event, if you want to go that route, then I'll happily support the application of crippling taxes upon ammunition. Might help stop the public health crisis in this country involving gun violence. Keeping life has to be just as important, if not more important, than creating life.

When does a fetus become a baby?