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« Last post by MU82 on Today at 09:14:25 AM »
felon with a gun? you'd think you anti gun types would be throwing away the key. I know the felony is no biggie
The point is that felons should not be able to easily obtain guns. But you favor Gunz 4 Everybody! It doesn't matter to you if that means law enforcement people get hurt or killed ... but then again, your cheerleading for the 1/6/21 "patriots" already established that blue lives don't really matter to you unless you think they help score political points. Here's one of your fine patriots, the kind of upstanding citizen your "law-and-order" cult leader says he'd be setting free on Day 1: https://apnews.com/article/jack-wade-whitton-capitol-riot-sentence-32ca23ad4b637214ae21f637de17227c?WASHINGTON (AP) — A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection.
Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him — head first and face down — into the crowd on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace. Whitton later boasted in a text message that he “fed him to the people.”
Roughly 20 minutes later, Whitton tried to pull a second officer into the crowd, prosecutors say. He also kicked at, threatened and threw a construction pylon at officers trying to hold off the mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters.
“You’re gonna die tonight!” he shouted at police after striking an officer’s riot shield.
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« Last post by Uncle Rico on Today at 09:03:45 AM »
Big question: Was Carl Pohlad right and major league baseball needs to contract?
I look at teams like the White Sox, Marlins, Rockies, Athletics, Pirates and even my beloved Cardinals. There isn't enough major league talent to staff 30 teams. When you get down to the lower end of any division in baseball, not only is there no talent, or very little talent, there's NO HOPE!
Miami should be, on paper, one of the best baseball towns in America. Its demographic, major market size and stadium quality (even the food is good) suggests this is a true major league city. But a succession of bad owners and GMs has wrecked the franchise and left the Marlins as a mediocre AA team. The Pirates have played better as of late but does anyone in Pittsburgh think a World Series will becoming in their lifetime?
Yeah, some if it is money. Stars go where the money is. But the baseball product is so watered down today, true stars have a huge market because there's just a limited number of high-level major league superstars --far fewer than are needed for a 30+ team league. And, the idiot commissioner is thinking expansion again??????
Pohlad probably was right. Baseball needs to think about contraction. Probably about four to six teams need to go. I'd probably argue the As and Kansas City for starters. Any thoughts Scoopers?
I agree (And not just baseball). However, not happening
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« Last post by dgies9156 on Today at 09:01:18 AM »
Big question: Was Carl Pohlad right and major league baseball needs to contract?
I look at teams like the White Sox, Marlins, Rockies, Athletics, Pirates and even my beloved Cardinals. There isn't enough major league talent to staff 30 teams. When you get down to the lower end of any division in baseball, not only is there no talent, or very little talent, there's NO HOPE!
Miami should be, on paper, one of the best baseball towns in America. Its demographic, major market size and stadium quality (even the food is good) suggests this is a true major league city. But a succession of bad owners and GMs has wrecked the franchise and left the Marlins as a mediocre AA team. The Pirates have played better as of late but does anyone in Pittsburgh think a World Series will be coming in their lifetime?
Yeah, some if it is money. Stars go where the money is. But the baseball product is so watered down today, true stars have a huge market because there's just a limited number of high-level major league superstars --far fewer than are needed for a 30+ team league. And, the idiot commissioner is thinking expansion again??????
Pohlad probably was right. Baseball needs to think about contraction. Probably about four to six teams need to go. I'd probably argue the As and Kansas City for starters. Any thoughts Scoopers?
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« Last post by MU82 on Today at 09:00:15 AM »
From David Leonhardt in today's NYT The Morning e-newsletter: Let me start with a disclaimer: The subject of today’s newsletter will make some readers uncomfortable. It makes me a little uncomfortable.
The Times has just published an article about Americans who believe they suffered serious side effects from a Covid vaccine. More than 13,000 of them have filed vaccine-injury claims with the federal government.
My colleague Apoorva Mandavilli tells some of their stories in the article, including those of several people who work in medicine and science:
++Ilka Warshawsky, a 58-year-old pathologist, said she lost all hearing in her right ear shortly after receiving a Covid booster shot.
++Dr. Gregory Poland, 68 — no less than the editor in chief of Vaccine, a scientific journal — said that a loud whooshing sound in his ears had accompanied every moment since his first Covid shot.
++Shaun Barcavage, 54, a nurse practitioner in New York City, has experienced a ringing sound in his ears, a racing heart and pain in his eyes, mouth and genitals for more than three years. “I can’t get the government to help me,” Barcavage said. “I am told I’m not real.”
This subject is uncomfortable because it feeds into false stories about the Covid vaccines that many Americans have come to believe — namely, that the vaccines are ineffective or have side effects that exceed their benefits. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate, has promoted these stories, as have some Republican politicians and conservative media figures. “The scale of misinformation,” Dr. Joshua Sharfstein of Johns Hopkins University told Apoorva, “is staggering.”
So let me be clear: The benefits of the Covid vaccines have far outweighed the downsides, according to a voluminous amount of data and scientific studies from around the world. In the U.S. alone, the vaccines have saved at least several hundred thousand lives and perhaps more than one million, studies estimate. Rates of death, hospitalization and serious illness have all been much higher among the unvaccinated than the vaccinated.
Here is data from the C.D.C., in a chart by my colleague Ashley Wu: Not only are the vaccines’ benefits enormous, but the true toll of the side effects may be lower than the perceived toll: Experts told Apoorva that some people who believe Covid vaccines have harmed them are probably wrong about the cause of their problems.
How so? Human beings suffer mysterious medical ailments all the time. If you happened to begin experiencing one in the weeks after receiving a vaccine, you might blame the shot, too, even if it were a coincidence. So far, federal officials have approved less than 2 percent of the Covid vaccine injury-compensation claims they have reviewed.
Still, some ailments almost certainly do stem from the vaccines. The C.D.C. says some people are allergic (as is the case with any vaccine). Both the C.D.C. and researchers in Israel — which has better medical tracking than the U.S. — have concluded that the vaccines contributed to heart inflammation, especially in young men and boys. Officials in Hong Kong — another place with good health care data — have concluded that the vaccines caused severe shingles in about seven vaccine recipients per million.
These side effects are worthy of attention for two main reasons.
First, people who are suffering deserve recognition — and the lack of it can be infuriating. Dr. Janet Woodcock, a former F.D.A. commissioner, told The Times that she regretted not doing more to respond to people who blame the vaccines for harming them while she was in office. “I believe their suffering should be acknowledged, that they have real problems, and they should be taken seriously,” Woodcock said.
The second reason is that public health depends on public trust, and public trust in turn depends on honesty. During the pandemic, as I’ve written in the past, government officials and academic experts sometimes made the mistake of deciding that Americans couldn’t handle the truth.
Instead, experts emphasized evidence that was convenient to their recommendations and buried inconvenient facts. They exaggerated the risk of outdoor Covid transmission, the virus’s danger to children and the benefits of mask mandates, among other things. The goal may have been admirable — fighting a deadly virus — but the strategy backfired. Many people ended up confused, wondering what the truth was.
Here’s my best attempt to summarize the full truth about the Covid vaccines:
They are overwhelmingly safe and effective. They have saved millions of lives and prevented untold misery around the world. They’re so valuable that elderly people and those with underlying health conditions should be vigilant about getting booster shots when they’re eligible. For most children, on the other hand, booster shots seem to have only modest benefits, which is why many countries don’t recommend them.
And, yes, a small fraction of people will experience significant side effects from the vaccines. Eventually, scientific research may be able to better understand and reduce those side effects — which is more reason to pay attention to them.
Overall, Covid vaccines are probably the most beneficial medical breakthrough in years, if not decades.As always, we should empathize with the few people who have suffered side effects to Covid shots - or any other medication. But the conclusion based on an overwhelming catalog of data is obvious, and that's why it's bolded. I'm sure glad I was able to receive the life-saving vaccine and subsequent boosters.
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Rough night for Pat Beverly
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« Last post by Pakuni on Today at 08:39:52 AM »
Since the "very fine people on both sides" argument did not work ... you're going to try the "both sides are at fault" angle.
Got it.
Nope. I'm saying just one side is at fault, the side that attacked the encampment. As one who abhors violence, I can only imagine you want those people arrested and prosecuted for assault, battery and hate crime, right? And if they're students, they should be expelled, yes? Despite our differences, I'm sure we can find common ground on this.
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...more players in the NBA than transfers....
I had to read that like 3 times. Incredible.
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So Hards's new standard is protestors he agrees with can hit people all they like as long as they don't hurt them is protected by the First Amendment.
LOL. He neither said nor implied that. You're flailing about again. Since the "very fine people on both sides" argument did not work ... you're going to try the "both sides are at fault" angle.
Got it.
Actually no. He was pointing out that you were being dishonest. Which is something you usually resort to when your argument heads south.
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4 white law enforcement shot by a black guy who was wanted on an illegal weapons charge.
gee, the anti gun people should have had him in prison for a long time for that charge alone-what was he doing free to begin with
gee, the pro gun people would never have put him in prison in the first place. sEconD AmEnDmeNt!
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