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dpberr

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  1. You need to fill that venue with "stuff" as many of the 365 days you can to make any money. Sports. Jehovah's witnesses. Concerts. High school graduations. Anything, everything.
  2. That guy is in serious trouble. Those pictures are of an immune system in meltdown. Parents giving their children these vaccines are out of their minds.
  3. The report, along with the fast availability of vaccines is valuable information in that it most definitely shows that the virus wasn't some natural, previously unknown phenomenon. Nature leaves behind clues and evidence. It's pretty sloppy. You can find it in animals or in nature. Human beings covering up something raze buildings, destroy files, arrest or kill people involved and spread disinformation like a shotgun to muddy the waters so much no one will ever know what's fact vs. fiction. My own personal theory: Lab accident. It's not the first one either. Everyone involved has incentive to confuse, obscure and lie about the details. The WHO, big pharma, university research academia and all the crew in the Dr. Fauci world of epidemiology knew the gain of function experiments conducted there were quite dangerous but also valuable in inventing vaccines and cures, and no one wants the research and billions in research dollars to stop. You have a crew of invisible university and third-party government organizations conducting very dangerous, very precise research in labs all over the world. Since it happened in their lab in their country, the Chinese don't want to be held liable for their incompetence and what has happened and sued by every country in the world. The ongoing SARS research is the core reason the fundamental building blocks of the vaccine technology were already around. Why? Because SARS and SARS the Sequel were *both* lab accidents in Chinese labs. The first SARS accident was the reason the US freaked out and banned private GOF research for years on US soil, which ultimately only managed to chase it all to China who were ongoing partners in the research.
  4. It's shaping up to be a disaster on the commercial side. Office, retail, healthcare sectors are all thinking about dramatically cutting their square feet.
  5. I'll offer that there will be next to no public money coming for *either* option. The absolute worst time to negotiate this for all parties involved. There remains a lot of uncertainty in the economy and government is deep in the hole because of the pandemic. There is already a tsunami of tax increases coming to fill in the deep budgetary holes. This will unfold over the next 1-2 years as the retail, office and commercial real estate gets reassessed downwards creating considerably less revenue for the government. Empty stores and office buildings don't generate the tax dollars full ones do. Empty buses and trains don't generate fares and less driving generates less gas tax. The bond market is going to be expensive too because bondholders will be looking at the state's capacity for generating revenue, and price in that new risk. You only prevent that by getting the economy back to its 2019 levels with people commuting to work and working in office buildings again. That's the fiscal reality. The economy is fragile. Always has been. It requires perpetual movement and perpetual consumption. If the majority of taxpayers prefer working from home, shopping for everything on Amazon, and hanging out at home indefinitely, government isn't going to have the capacity to do these kinds of projects like they used to.
  6. That's why the government's response to COVID has been complete bull#### from the very beginning. .Gov loves their lockdowns, masks and vaccines, but you never get their same harpy treatment on how obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure have played such a significant role in a person's COVID experience. You don't see the government banning fast food, society shaming the obese like some do over the vaccine or anyone advocating healthier meal plans at home and preaching about getting a half hour of real activity a day. Hell, the government found fast food "essential" and closed down parks and playgrounds last year. I remember cities removing basketball hoops. How dare those children exercise! If you want to talk pandemics, obesity and its comorbidity is "the" national pandemic. Kids are fat. Millennials in the prime of their lives, fat. Middle age when the health problems multiply even when you're healthy...fat. Elderly...fat. You see the fat arms and legs. You see the huge beer guts. You see the bloat. People out there who haven't had their cholesterol or Vitamin D (nearly all overweight people are deficient in VIT D) checked in a decade. You add vaping, drinking, a sedentary lifestyle and for some, recreational drugs, and you have a lot of primed unhealthy bodies for any virus to take root in.
  7. I enjoyed the one about the candy bar wars. You could easily turn that era into a political thriller with all the skulduggery between the candy titans.
  8. It's alright. Would have preferred Highmark Field. I'm happy the company is local and has ties to WNY.
  9. He looks like a strong safety to me or a Deon Bucannon type of Safety/Linebacker. I like that he's football player first, elite athlete second and that his instincts for defending the pass are there from playing QB. I don't like that in nearly every draft profile you read you see discussion about how he'd get swallowed up against the run.
  10. He's got a gift for this type of show. His candor is refreshing.
  11. I think the Egyptians need much, much larger tugboats for this job. I mean big boats like in the 200+ ton bollard pull range.
  12. Last year, he had 5 sacks but they all came in two games. He had 12 solo tackles last year, 11 of which came in one game. When Dallas declines to re-sign a troubled defensive lineman, that should give you pause. They love those guys.
  13. Saving Private Ryan Mr. Holland's Opus
  14. Cigs, booze, casinos, pot. Legalized prostitution is the next frontier. In the post pandemic and present underfunded pension world, states will need every dollar they can find.
  15. Baltimore's returns will continue to diminish with Jackson at QB and Roman at OC. Defenses have figured both of those guys out.
  16. It's only a stimulus check if you didn't pay any taxes in CY2019. Otherwise, it's the government benevolently giving you a sliver of your own money back to you. While I like this setup like the next person, I'm also worried about late 70s-era inflation which will make a lot of people lose their minds when they try to get mortgages with those "low" 20% interest rates.
  17. Besides having absolutely no reason to be there, getting out of Afghanistan is an ideal way to stick it the Russians, Chinese and Iranians. 20 years. Unbelievable.
  18. This is definetly my speculation: 1. Vaccinated employees who are required to test on a consistent basis are creating a slew of false positives; 2. More PCR cycling shenanigans. It's odd to me that the increases are in states that do not require labs to publish the cycle revolution on your test. 3. Conspiracy theory: The media and .gov know #1 is the likely cause but drumming up a little drama to goose the vaccination rates.
  19. Good route runner. With the professional coaching the NFL provides, he could be a great route runner. That makes all the difference. Ye shall not take a WR high in the draft that can't or won't consistently run precise routes.
  20. I tend to think Surtain will end up being quicker than some of those CBs because of his high football intelligence/instincts and being a more complete *football player* than them at this juncture. Less hesitation in interpreting what the offense is lining up to do and a faster uptake on understanding the nuances of the call on defense. I won't be surprised to see him go higher than 18th (in this scenario) on draft day because he's likely a first year starter at CB or FS.
  21. Of the choices, I picked DE. I'd add the best outcome would be a DE who can *consistently* generate pressure either through brute strength and/or excellent technique. I don't think lightweight DEs that rely just on speed work well - today's tackles are strong and quick and can negate that speed advantage most of the time. I still would like a blue chip prospect at TE.
  22. In this scenario, I take PSII. High football intelligence, solid tackler. Teachable. I think he is a future starter at CB or S. At the bottom of my list is Rousseau. One hit wonder, opted out, and every profile says he's an exceptional athlete but a very raw football player in the skills department. These types of players rarely pan out.
  23. The Bengals were white hot in the 1988 season and the media fawned over their version of the no huddle. Scored a ton of points, went undefeated at home. They gave the all-powerful 49ers a legitimate battle in the Super Bowl and if it weren't for Jerry Rice's other wordly game, the Bengals probably would have won it.
  24. I think he was a good mentor to Josh Allen. Won't surprise me to see him become a fine coach in the future. Backup QB has to be one of the best jobs in the NFL next to team owner and cheerleader tryout executive.
  25. This is a fun topic. I'll add some: Scott Mitchell, QB, Detroit Lions, 1995 season. He threw for over 4,000 yards. Chris Borland, LB, 49ers, 2014 season. He had 100+ tackles that season and then abruptly retired. John Stephens, RB, Patriots, 1988 season. Gets his one and only Pro Bowl nod and wins ROTY in his first season rushing for nearly 1,200 yards. Plays for a couple more seasons, never eclipses 1k again.
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