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HS football is done by about 10 pm. These neighboring folks were listening to a concert after midnight on a weeknight (think: work in the morning). Nothing here that can't be solved by scheduling. https://www.google.com/search?q="The+Lights"+noise+west+fargo&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS891US891&oq="The+Lights"+noise+west+fargo&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30i457.5838j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

You do realize that wishing ill toward or the demise of another is bad karma.

I'd say the last thing Mister (playing with his) Toobin needs is more "personal time".

And it ain't just the bridge on the glasses that is wrong for you. You need to look at a better color frame. Or maybe even a wire frame. Oh wait, in a real and true "Beloved Leader" country like North Korea that is the only frame selection. My bad.

@Hayduke1 , you're looking sharp with the crisp, clean cut, flat top, but can I recommend a new set of glasses? Something with a wider bridge to better fit your face? And why no tie, or is that question culturally insensitive and inappropriate? PS - Shall we politely say the pin stripes ain't helping you.

Um ... if you donate the jerseys and they are given away, how did the University profit? Is the claim that the "licensed jersey" is profit to the University?

The Lights is at Sheyenne and 32nd Ave S in West Fargo. This image is old so you only see dirt: https://www.google.com/maps/place/West+Fargo,+ND/@46.8345167,-96.9077345,1053m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x52cf34bb7797e871:0xb83bd0531febdbda!8m2!3d46.8769487!4d-96.8999057 The image you see at the start of the video is looking east into the concert area and courtyard (you're hovering over the WF schools ice rink). The biggest knock I've heard so far is concern noise affecting neighboring developments.

Warning shot to Twitter and Facebook also?

I'd forgotten that Oshie did that against "Bob".

Unfortunately, I fear in his rush to do that he hurt his long-term ability to do it. No way to know it now, but I believe another year at UND would have put him in position of ten to twelve years of one-way NHL contracts.

When I lived out east one of the NYC sports guys loved that line. His radio partner would run through the baseball injury reports and it would normally go something like this ... Person 1: ... and < player > is day to day. Person 2: ... but aren't we all.

The least free Americans in America? Our military. They must follow orders. They live under the UCMJ which has punishments up to and including death for crimes that would not garner such punishment for civilians (for example: rape is punishable by death). They are the least free in the land of the free. But they proudly serve to protect the rest of us. If your goal is a less free people and society, there's your model.

And those outcome evaluations need to include folks who have indirect impacts of the virus (didn't seek treatment when they should've; loss of job; mental health impacts).

When I flipped on the ATL/LAD game last night, ATL had the lead. Lo and behold, LAD are in the World Series this morning. This battle isn't over; it's still early to call winners and losers quite yet.

Are we fighting "cases" or "deaths". The deaths trend line is the one that matters.

Admittedly anecdotal, but I know of a worker in a LTC facility that kept testing until they came up ... positive ... so they (their words) could get 14 days off. I know four close people that have had it. All are still here. Three under 35; one had anti-bodies but had no idea when they were "sick". The fourth? An uncle, 75+, ND LTC facility, lots of pre-existing, and still here (but not sure where "here" is ... < bleep > Alzheimer's). Of those four, two were/are tested at least twice a week because of jobs or where they live.

2020 Advice: Don't be showin' your Toobin when you're Zoomin'. https://thehill.com/homenews/media/521734-cnns-toobin-suspended-by-new-yorker-after-exposing-himself-on-zoom-call I know you'll be shocked, but CNN is yet to comment on their legal analyst being suspended from his (New Yorker mag) day job.

Notice the middle chart of the three ...

Can Tony make up his mind? https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/19/coronavirus-hospitalizations-are-growing-in-37-us-states.html

More cases. Does more cases of beer sold mean more DUIs and road fatalities? Maybe. Maybe not. Who is buying the cases? Are they predisposed to binge drinking or drinking and driving? Cases don't tell the whole story. Who has the "case" and what they do with it matters.

Question: Where has the seasonal flu gone? https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm

Strangely enough, the shape of the "tests done per day" curve is much the same. A single number does not tell the whole story. https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/north-dakota-coronavirus-cases

And over the weekend the WHO says lockdowns do more harm than good. Sweden > WHO

To me, the perfect debate: X vs Y Coin toss before it starts decides who asks first question of opponent; say X wins the toss, they can ask or first question or start last round. Round? What round? A round: X asks question (open mic) for 45 seconds Y responds (open Y mic; X mic closed) to question for 135 seconds. X rebuts (X mic open; Y mic closed) for 90 seconds 10 seconds of both closed mics Next round starts with Y asking X. Oh, and each participant is in a sound-proof booth so when the mic is closed, it's closed: you can hear but not be heard. Each participant starts six rounds . By the way, the mics are opened and closed by preprogrammed software. The only two humans involved are X and Y.

Biden has called a lid until Thursday and the debate? https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/19/biden-campaign-goes-dark-until-thursday-without-answering-questions-on-hunter-biden-story/