Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by James Lacey

You realize that any moment now Rich is going to accuse Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barret of being RINOs right?

Good point.  

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

James, apparently I was onto something....

https://disrn.com/news/two-california-megachurches-rebrand-as-strip-clubs-to-defy-government-lockdown-orders?fbclid=IwAR05HLfuDTqzryTiveMnEofluFlP__thSC-bNUf3OLgc_4X6mJk_bfvdv7M&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Dave

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

As covid cases set records in Idaho, anti maskers swarm together to stop mitigation efforts: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/idaho-anti-maskers-delay-local-vote-on-covid-measures-by-swarming-homes-of-health-officials
Meanwhile, yesterday: https://localnews8.com/health/coronavirus/2020/12/08/record-2012-new-idaho-covid-19-cases-19-new-deaths/
It's exactly what I'd expect from team moron in that state...

I'm not sure what you have against small states Rod.  Especially since California is such a disaster.  Have you noticed how the Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Iowa and the upper mid-west are trending in the correct direction?  Not so much with big 'ole virtuous California.  I bet you guys exported your infections to poor Idaho.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"Have you noticed how the Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Iowa and the upper mid-west are trending in the correct direction? "
Really? I'm not seeing that...

Green is good.  https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Er, ah, I know what green means. Take Idaho, the topic of this thread for example. It has hit a record high, as has the rest of the country today or yesterday. It could be a few cases lower tomorrow and the day after and it'll be "green" as a result. It's still going ballistic. Ditto for many of the others. As for California, the epicenter for almost all of it is where it's usually been: the largest county in the USA: Los angeles county. 55% of the cases there ans most of the deaths occur in its hispanic community. They tend to have large families living together and they don't socially distance especially on weekends and holidays. And that's why we have what we do...

Hi Rod:

You are missing a key point.  Johns Hopkins is showing a state as green only if they show a decline over a two week period, which period is significant according to the CDC.  So Idaho and the rest of the west coast (Not to mention everything east of Iowa won't roll into the green until they have a decline over a two week period.

I'm only teasing you about Idaho.  I know it is a disaster there too.  I do think the Dakotas are interesting.  A few months ago they were ground zero.  You'll remember our mutual disdain for the Sturgis rally.  Now they have the best looking graphs in the country.  I find that interesting.  I know from personal observation that mask wearing in SD is hit or miss.  It is far less universal there than here in CO for example.  

Why are they trending down?  It is not like it isn't winter there.  Could it be the onset of herd immunity?  They had significant infections this fall.  Especially on the crowded and impoverished reservations.   I've hoped for that but been wrong before.  Is it just because the population is so sparse?   Maybe.  It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Jim

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

I think we need to take another look at S Dakota: "Current hospitalizations are at 501, up from Tuesday (491). Total hospitalizations are now at 4,974, up from Tuesday (4,291)." "Wednesday’s new person tested positivity rate is 48%." "Only seven of South Dakota’s 66 counties are listed as not having “substantial” community spread."
in N Dakota: "The North Dakota Department of Health Tuesday morning confirmed 586 new cases of COVID-19 in the state during testing December 7, bringing the total positives since testing began to 85,688."
"The number of currently active COVID-19 cases in the state stands at 4,774 as of December 7. That’s up 16 cases from December 6."

ND did flip back to red on the JH site.  Let's give it several days and see how things change.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

The funny thing is, Paxton was suing the battleground states because they changed their election practices during the pandemic and allegedly allowed voter fraud to happen despite there being no evidence. Well, here in Texas, they expanded early voting by a week, and in Harris County, they greatly expanded ballot drop-off locations, both of which were controversial. Why isn't Texas suing Texas? Or why isn't Texas suing all the Republican states that Trump won for altering their election practices during the pandemic? This was such an obvious moot political stunt it's amazing that anyone ever thought it had legs. What pisses me off is Paxton is wasting our taxpayer money on this political mumbo jumbo during the height of the pandemic. Isn't our time and money better spent elsewhere right now?

Good morning fellas.  I don't usually log in on the weekends, but this inevitable dismissal for lack of standing seemed special.  Is this the final nail in Trump's coffin?  I hope so, but even I am not that naïve.  A few random thoughts:

*  Chalk up another win for my team -  the robust system of checks and balances bestowed upon us by our superior ancestors. 

*  Do you think that the "stop the steal" protests will devolve into riots?  I don't.  I think that riots in the 2020 timeframe are typically a tactic of the youthful, spoiled, ill-behaved left.  I'm sure that there will be minor incidents, but nothing like this summer.

*  Local business - are you forum lefties looking forward to playing defense for 4 years?  I gotta say I'm looking forward to to having a more clear cut angle to articulate after Trump denied that to me for the past 4 years.  

*  Rod, are you going to apologize to ACB?  

*  Today is the first time in 100 years that the Old Oaken Bucket game between Purdue and Indiana is not being played.  They played through WWII.  The last misses were 1918 and 1919.  Isn't that amazing.  The last great pandemic.  War too of course, but I imagine the pandemic was the cause for the cancellations.  Here's some heartfelt thanks to the scientists, engineers, supply chain and distribution workers, health care professionals and of course public servants who have developed and are distributing such amazing  vaccines at such a pace.  That said, we are probably closer to collapse of the health care ICU system now than ever before.  Please keep wearing masks, distancing and working from home if possible.  I know quite well that none of these measures is all that effective, but effectiveness on the margins is critical now.

Big day ahead for me, so I won't be dialoging, but maybe tomorrow afternoon.  It's not like the Broncos are worth watching.  

Jim

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

I don't see a need to apologize to ACB for doing her job...

Of course not! 

You need to apologize to her for opining that she is a partisan hack who would refuse to do her job when the time came!

Jim

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

I doubt it will devolve into riots, but I will bet that it devolves into violence/deaths. Maybe I just personally know more batshit crazies than you do.

Probably, I had a similar conversation with another friend who has family on the fringe right.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"Both the number of deaths and the number of cases is rising fastest in areas President Trump won in 2020 and Republican congressional candidates carried in 2018. That may be a function of geography — Republicans perform better in rural areas, while Democrats do better in urban cores. It may also indicate that those living in rural areas are less likely to abide by recommendations from health experts to avoid social gatherings."
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/530128-covid-19-deaths-hit-hardest-in-rural-america

This is contradicted by the Johns Hopkins data.  Not sure it matters, but it is weird that the media insists on continuing to politicize this given that their home states are the worst of the worst by any metric.  Jim


https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states