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Zing! Nice one! Your pedantic sarcasm is a big miss again - since I clearly stated that for years (meaning the article is old) the FBI has been warning ab out it.

And Rubio wasn't the only GOP Senator to make that error... which is even crazier. But, let's be real here. I am happy that Rubio was actually paying tribute to a good man who died. Unlike the President who couldn't be bothered to go pay tribute to Mr. Lewis.

That is funny and sad at the same time.

The OP said he is more concerned with white supremacists (nationalists) with rifles than teenagers with fireworks and water bottles. I 100% agree. I am also concerned with how easily people will believe that there is anarchy going on in Portland or these Antifa characters are trying to overthrow the government. It was a distraction tactic and it is alarming how much it works. The FBI has been warning police departments for YEARS about the growing white supremacists in law enforcement. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-white-supremacists-in-law-enforcement But Fox News wants people to think teenagers raging against the federal machine are more of danger - when there are ZERO linked deaths to them. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/27/us-rightwing-extremists-attacks-deaths-database-leftwing-antifa It really is a national embarrassment .

I think this is filed under the 'win stupid prizes' or 'Darwin Awards' section. That is chuckle worthy. Though his family didn't make him play those stupid games or test evolutionary fate. I am sorry for their loss. Losing a father, grandparent or sibling is terrible. I wish he took more care and didn't espouse the downplaying of this virus. The picture of him without mask at the Tulsa Rally will be the image I see when I hear his name... forever. It overtook the 9-9-9 plan.

We all know that you think my kind are the problem. I've never had my child with curse words on their signs though. If you can't understand why cops can't pull guns for people 1st amendment rights (even if you are offended) - then you are dense of part of the problem.

That was a peaceful protest - with children present. Having children be a part of a social movement can/should be a good thing. The narrative that protests are riots - and riots are Antifa - and all the the people there are anti-government - is very dangerous. That picture in particular is from Long Beach protests after Floyd's murder - which the white supremacists had tried (and succeeded?) into escalating.

If you think there F word on signs means guns in face... You are soft.

I am pretty sure the sentiment was if we DO play - we get money. You asked why we assume we would get money if we PLAY them.

At the very least he (GOP think tank leader) is being out and open with his willingness to let hispanics die - topped off with mic drop. Poor guy - he is just misunderstood. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/28/vance-ginn-texas-coronavirus/ "Almost 53% of public school students were Hispanic in 2018-19 and more than 60% are economically disadvantaged, according to Texas Education Agency data. Public health experts have said schools that reopen in areas with high and fast-rising rates of community spread are likely to exacerbate the effects of the virus. That means staff and students could bring the virus home to their families."

but. but. but... Antifa and its violent graffiti.

There is some good stuff in here https://fortune.com/2020/07/27/herd-immunity-coronavirus-covid-sweden/ "Until a vaccine or multiple vaccines are developed and used on a global scale to confer herd immunity, human beings must exercise free will to protect themselves and the rest of the human herd by using masks, social distancing, and good old-fashioned common sense." Ultimately it is saying what most of those logically people are saying -- that this is real -- herd immunity will not really work so let's practice what we know works until there is a vaccine. Saying we need to practice caution and common sense does not mean we want to shut down the economy and schools. Quit buying into the strawman arguments...

This dude definitely should be policed hard for holding such a deadly weapon on his shoulders.

I know that any time I post that I will get four downvotes off the top because of the same four fans that I have. But I can't imagine anyone eye-rolling or downvoting this type of policing. This is the libertarian wet dream! The 3% call to arms! The actual federal government impeding on the citizens! Unless the boot-licking nature of 'that' party truly makes them think they can't possibly criticize the heroes in blue.

Nothing to see here folks. Just good ole law enforcement against people you think are not politically aligned with you.

The fact that protestors in Portland are reacting to the Authoritarian tactics WITH the same tactics ... are being called "radical" is absurd. Everyone should be up in arms with how the DHS troopers are being deployed and used against local citizens against the wishes of the local government. It is insane talk. Then awesome Chad Wolf keeps referring to the "violent anarchist graffiti" as justification. Wow.

I guess the thinning of the middle class is not a problem in your vision. Even though the US's main dominance has been a large middle class. But the economic system has morphed into huge amount of wealth being held by a very small percentage. Like in China. So, nothing to see here folks.

You how they would have a tougher time? When the bring home COVID and kill a parent. "The agency reported that more than a third of deaths among Hispanic Americans (34.9%) and almost a third of deaths among non-white Americans (29.5%) were in people younger than 65. That compares to 13.2% among white people under that age. ... Non-white Americans (median age 31) are younger as a whole than white Americans (median age 44), but Covid-19 deaths among those under age 65 exceeded their proportion of the population. The researchers found that 33.9% of people under 65 who died were Hispanic, yet they account for just 20% of the under-65 population in the U.S. Similarly, Black, Asian, and other non-white people accounted for 40.2% of deaths under 65, though they make up just 23% of those under 65 nationally. Black people accounted for 30% of deaths under age 65; Asian people and multiracial people accounted for 6.1% and 4.1%, respectively." https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6928e1.htm?s_cid=mm6928e1_w

That is certainly a good point for some school. For Thor's school he was saying it was the vast majority in school. My kid's school has not released their numbers yet, but for the elementary grades anyhow, they were going half time through the fall. So the halls would be half filled. The middle school and high school is really up to how many parents decide to keep their kids at home in the fall. The hallways COULD still look like that.

This is a strawman. No one is arguing for distance education for two years. When a community is not having active spread for two straight weeks and the positive rate is below 5% - IN PERSON school can resume. That is straight from the CDC guidelines. We all agree that in person school is the best. Dallas does not meet this criteria (yet). BUT - Are we an exceptional country? I've always heard this is true. Can't we figure out how to educate differently in a time of need? Seem like we should be able to do it - until we can return to the classroom.

Huh? Random? The pool of people under 55 that he is quoting INCLUDE all the kids and young adults -- who currently are NOT exposing themselves right now... with this 'lockdown'. So when you open up and add them, you will see that number change. Same for the pool of people between 18 and 55 and his great statistics for their risk. Let's just "open up" and get all back to the office and see where the number goes. Right now it is neatly (and purposely) padded by people not going into the office. You can look at the statistics that only includes "essential" worker and the infection and fatality rates are way higher. That Twitter guy is very much in the 'this is a hoax' side of the argument. He also linked to an article about face masks - implying that the Dane's are recommending not to use them. Which is definitely not true when you read the article. They say they study suggests that we need eye shields as well, not just masks, but since the spread right now is so minimal - they don't require them because they think it will make people be "sloppy." Instead they are focusing on the message of hand washing and staying at home when sick. However, they not their numbers of infection are increasing - so they may need to change. But that didn't stop the covid-hoaxer to post a link trying to imply something else. Just like his original numbers. They do not tell the whole story.

First - when they say "kids don't have a lot of symptoms" - they mean less than 10 years old. 10+ aged "kids" show the same symptoms as adults. Let's see where that number goes when the hallways look like this:

"On July 16, the state had a total of 23,170 children ages 17 and under who had tested positive since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Florida Department of Health. By July 24, that number jumped to 31,150. That's a 34% increase in new cases among children in eight days. And more children in Florida are requiring hospitalization. As of July 16, 246 children had been hospitalized with coronavirus. By July 24, that number had jumped to 303. That's a 23% increase in child Covid-19 hospitalizations in eight days." 5 children have died - a 9 year old without risk factors died at the end of last week.

If this were some anthropology session, yes, let's understand why the Korowai culture practices cannibalism and then we can teach their beliefs and why they do it... But that's not a our life. I'm not going to ever say it's ok to kill and eat a person in the modern world. I have an open mind. You don't know me. That's cool. I'm open to understanding people's opposition to declawing cats or pro-circumcision. But definitely not hearing arguments for clitoral mutilation. There are lines where open mindedness isn't a pass. Quoting studies about safety of kids in schools, when those studies do not apply to a state with 200 people a day.. and not acknowledging that is bad faith. Not open-minded. Saying the risk of dying in a car crash is higher is just 100% not true. There is not an open mind to that. Less than 100 people die in car accidents in a given day in the whole US. Saying the flu is as dangerous or the flu kills just as many people. Not even close. Saying there aren't more overall deaths, it's just made up diagnosing, just factually wrong. There are not sides to those things. They are just false.. not opinions or beliefs.. just false. I don't need an open mind. I need to seek the information available and trust the experts. Not a football message board telling me the "China virus" will go away when we reach summer. Today we had 1200+ cases in Dallas County. the reporting anomalies were fixed. 16 deaths.

Holocaust denial is not a "side." That's my point and one you don't want to see. Having condoms in health class is good or bad - I can listen to beliefs and think about it. If Mandy Moore is a better actor or singer.. all ears.. Not all things have "sides."