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Yes. You can sense it. Have you watched any remotely offensive stand up comedy or shows lately? I watched an episode of In Living Color the other day. It would never make it past the executives in today's climate. There would be calls to revoke the citizenship of the entire Wayans family over the Men On Film skit.

Pennsylvania voters appear to have curtailed the governor's powers with emergency declarations. The big take away is the governor can declare an emergency alone, but he or she will no longer be able to extend it indefinitely without the legislature being involved. The pandemic showed that those powers that solely rested with the governor can be abused and the check is not only appropriate, but necessary. The casus belli IMO wasn't masks, but the picking and choosing of businesses that were "essential" that really appeared random at best, politically motivated at worst. Wolf did himself no favors by refusing to share data on how those were picked and of course, marching with BLM maskless last summer in Philadelphia. I say "appear" because the tallies are unofficial but it's at 55% yes on both Constitutional amendments. It won't impact Gov. Wolf too much. He's at the end of his term and Dr. Levine is off to obscurity in Washington.

I think the experiences of the WFH employee, the small business owner and the employee in a non wFH trade or profession, and those that were laid off or furloughed due to the lockdown policies are *very* different. The most vocal group for masks and lockdowns I encounter are the WFH crowd who felt no economic hardship. They remained fully employed, never lost a dollar. They didn't lose a business. They didn't lose months of income from that business. They didn't have to layoff people they know. They weren't forced to work in the summer heat with a mask on, working in a factory with it on, or wear it for an 8-12 hour shift. They didn't have to quit their job because the daycare closed and couldn't reopen. I don't think people would have cared much at all about masks if the economy stayed open, and it certainly could have.

I wouldn't redshirt him. I think he will surprise early on because OLs haven't seen him before. You may see a sack or two in the first game or two and you'll be impressed by what he's doing. The Bills want their DL to do a lot of different things (see Oliver, Epenesa) so don't expect to see Rousseau just running downhill at the quarterback play after play, even if it's what he excels at. Around the middle of the season, you'll start to see the struggle set in as OLs have countermeasured. That's where you start to find out the kind of football player you have. Can you teach him new moves and strategies? Can he incorporate them into his game?

Drs. Fauci and Collins are faces of U.S. virology academia but there are thousands of scientists with a vested interest in keeping their virology research and the hundreds of millions of dollars funding it, out of the public spotlight. You're talking about universities, third party organizations, corporations. For a guy like Fauci, he's a true believer - he thinks the research is progress and he has every interest in keeping it going. He also controls a lot of the grant money so you're not going to have widespread questioning from his peers. I think there is an ugly truth - that SARS and SARS II were both the result of lab accidents, and there have been several close calls that were kept quiet by the very same people the public treats like prophets of truth and honesty. Is it really that much of a stretch that this is the result of human error? Nobody has yet to show either bug is from nature or that nature can replicate it on its own. It is no coincidence that the COVID bug was mapped so quickly and pharmaceutical companies just happened to have half built vaccine tech lying around for it. It's because it's *all* active research.

The CDC hasn't been the gold standard of anything for decades because it's filled with hall wallking academia and professional bureaucrats from academia. Even Robert Redfield, who retired from the Army as a colonel, spent the last 20 years writing papers and being in management. Walensky has a lot of titles, but she, too, has spent most of her time managing. That's why the CDC has nonsense guidance - bureaucrats are part weather vane, part political animal, all self preservationist.

He'll never do it but he needs the Fed to raise interest rates right now or else. Going to be deeply unpopular, but that's the fix, along with sending out the notice that stimulus is over and there are no more paychecks coming. Biden is sliding into that Nixon/Carter inflation quicksand and the longer he ignores it or assumes it's temporary, the certainty grows that you'll need a Paul Volcker-style intervention to fix it, and absolutely nobody wants that.

I think that's going to be his high water mark. He's no more competent than Trump was. While Trump's incompetency resulted from the endless chaos and hubris, Biden's comes from inaction and fear of making a mistake. I don't think this administration realizes the danger of the inflation, the shortages of nearly everything and the shortage of people in the workforce. There's also the border which hasn't improved and the violence in Israel and Afghanistan. I thought Biden would do ok so long as nothing major happened, and he didn't go out and start anything. If you're expecting decisive, shrewd action, don't hold your breath. His still wearing a mask like it's a safety blanket tells you a lot about the personality in charge.

Nothing a couple trainers, a little HGH and a couple workouts a day can't fix right quick. I can't imagine how hard and expensive it is to keep a truly top notch body. The Rock seems to work out literally every hour of the day. I can't imagine the work Stallone puts in to keep elderly age at bay. I figure he's hitting the HGH hard too, but at his age, it is nearly impossible to put muscle on the body.

Kenny Mayne was the bizarre uncle of those early ESPN hosts. When I hear his name anywhere, all I hear is his famous meats and cheeses line which always made me laugh.

IMO these are the moves you make when you are interested in selling the team, and making it look as financially healthy as possible on the balance sheet. You jettison as many long term contracts as you can. Trading Watson, which I feel will happen before the new season, is part of that strategy. Janice McNair is 85 years old.

I wouldn't use the words "truth" and "Cheney" in the same sentence.

I thought the 2008 Bills were legitimately AFC title contenders. Runner up: thought Steve Spurrier was going to be a great NFL coach.

You know the world is upside down when a Cheney is being portrayed as a sympathetic figure in the media.

I'm still waiting for COVID-19 to be found in nature. Science seems to have quick answers and retort for everything but that one sticky detail.

This draft won't be Brandon Beane's best draft work he will ever do. It was ok. I think this was one of the weaker overall drafts in the last couple years. Lots of good players but no generational talent like those early 90s drafts where you had zero hall of famers out of them.

Urban Meyer will do a year and then retire. When the going gets tough, Meyer gets going....in the direction of the exit. Softer than a brownie.

I really don't like this selection. It's probably my least liked selection of the Brandon Beane era. Rousseau is a one hit wonder who got the majority of his sacks lined up over center, not the edge. Didn't play last year, came back heavier in 2021. I prefer a track record of consistent production or consistent improvement in production. He's a great athlete but so is every other player in the NFL.

The vaccine isn't as effective out in the wilderness of the unhealthy American body. When you read through the pages of people Pfizer and Moderna excluded from the testing, you come to the conclusion that yes, the vaccine works great in a relatively healthy body that doesn't have a lot of problems. it's augmenting an already capable immune defense. Problem is America as a whole, is exceptionally unhealthy. I don't think its efficacy is anywhere as high in the morbidly obese, those with cancers, those with diabetes, those with chronic inflammation, or those extremely vitamin deficient and that covers a large swath of America. It's not a miracle drug.

Terrible choice. This was the pick I hope they'd avoid.

I've often wondered if Rudy was ethically challenged as Mayor of NYC or his thirst for money got the best of him afterwards. He often reminds me of the Frank Skeffington character in the Last Hurrah.

I had to laugh when "fully vaxed" President Biden walked to the podium on this gorgeous day with the mask on...and nobody around him.

Are you going to attempt to correlate the situation in India with the United States? India is one of the most Vitamin D deficient populations in the world, largely due to malnutrition. Studies suggest 90% of the population is deficient to severely deficient. Add that to poor sanitation and you have millions of juicy hosts for viruses to feast upon. It's why viruses historically run roughshod over India. You're only hearing about it now because it advances a narrative, but India is routinely fighting viral, bacterial and fungal plagues of all kinds, especially in its cities.

I've been seeing more and more people not wearing masks at stores, regardless of the signs. The demographics have changed too. It used to be just white boomers. Now, you're mixing younger people and different races. I've also noticed some stores have quietly removed their signs about masks. Grocery stores and big box stores do not seem to care. Small businesses, it depends. There is a local bookstore who's owner is *still* stopping every customer at the door to squirt hand sanitizer on them.

The catch to that idea is the police officer may have to respond to an incident where lethal force is necessary in that first shot to defend themselves. For every teenager armed with a knife, there are domestic disputes with heavily armed individuals, drug dealers, active shooters, and otherwise violent felons that have zero compunction in killing a police officer. I think the Columbus incident is a justifiable use of lethal force. The woman was armed, was in the act of using that weapon on somebody, and did not stand down when the police arrived. The woman in the pink jumpsuit was seconds away from being murdered. This wasn't the George Floyd case by a country mile IMO.