The Sicatoka

That's how the CDC presents the statistics (follow link).

Allow me to say it again: Here are COVID-19 deaths per 100k of population, by state; the worst state is New Jersey at 180 per 100k. Here is infant mortality (5.7) per 1000 live births. <-- That is 570 deaths per 100k live births. Being born is still 3x more deadly than COVID in New Jersey. (<-- There has to be a great New Jersey joke in there.) Tell me which one is the greater "pandemic".

With crack reporting like this, what's not to trust about COVID reporting, or reporting in general: Well goodness, imagine if they'd hit a record for old deaths. Or if total deaths went ... down. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/13/coronavirus-cases-are-growing-in-11-us-states.html

Sounds like West Fargo HS and Detroit Lakes HS are going virtual because of positive tests.

Sing it Billy!

May I change your "where" to a "how".

The quintessential statement on TV news is Don Henley's Dirty Laundry. (Parody video of song ... or it is ...) We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blond Who comes on at five She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye It's interesting when people die Give us dirty laundry Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet? You know, the boys in the newsroom got a running bet Get the widow on the set! We need dirty laundry You don't really need to find out what's going on You don't really want to know just how far it's gone Just leave well enough alone Eat your dirty laundry Full Lyrics

I guess I'd be a Saturday.

That's not a controlled substance, although some days it should be.

Are you under the influence of a substance that alters perceptions and reaction times? "Get up off the asphalt. You're not really dead; dude behind the wheel was stoned, not drunk."

... on a goal with 9 seconds left. NYI played the perfect game for them ... and still lost. The sound you just heard was the fork coming out of the silverware drawer and heading for NYI.

Same dude. Risk. Reward. Friction.

I'm elevating the penalty. Friction.

Tell that to the dead person killed by a pot user behind the wheel. (Golly, that "what about the children" type reply is actually kinda fun. ) I've said it before: Here's how you get away with murder in America --> Be seen in a bar 'consuming' (but pouring them in a plant); then, go drive over your victim; then, slosh down a fifth of whatever beverage it was you were pretending to drink at the bar and then hit a curb/pole/tree. Cops show up and you're blackout drunk. The worst you'll come away with is vehicular manslaughter (and that's if you have a bad lawyer).

Crabby guy here. Life is negotiation, give and take. I'll give legalized weed ... if ... and there's always one of those ... if you give me my ask: Driving under influence, proven by blood test, and you kill someone gets you the death penalty. Period. And that's weed ... or booze. I'll give you the play toy, but I want the friction to make sure misuse is not worth the risk. Signed, A guy who's been broadsided by drunk going 50 mph in town.

Yeah, that "peace in the Middle East" thing is a testy, persistent problem. Oh, wait, ... you were talking "the war on drugs". Nevermind. Endless wars.

Yellow and green is what comes out of a bison.

A wall won't stop everything, but it adds friction. Every time you add friction it deters behavior. Speed bumps in parking lots are friction. The old guy with questionable eyesight and dead batteries in his flashlight looking in bags at the doors to REA is a friction. Neither stop all unwanted behavior, but they do deter some.

Hey, I'm firefighter air pack qualified and scuba tank qualified. If I go with the bubble mask and tank up am I good to go?

"I wanted to always play it down." Are you aware of the next sentence of the President after that statement? It's a good read. Here's your cheat. Or highlight below: Trump told Woodward on March 19 that he deliberately minimized the danger. “I wanted to always play it down,” the president said. “I still like playing it down because I don’t want to create a panic.” Image that. Not wanting to create _____; what a horrible approach for a leader to take, not creating _____.

Think about it: It really is a ... vhatah heetah.

Why would someone make such a claim knowing the scorn and ridicule that comes with it?

2020 is a four letter word.

Note article date: https://armenianweekly.com/2019/05/27/66629/ Newsweek uses the word ... "again" ... in their headline. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-nobel-peace-prize-1530575 Same guy who nominated this year claims he did also for the 2019. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-2292878

Well, the official roster is up ... https://fightinghawks.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster I went to grid view, sorted by Year, then by position to get this snippet: 2 Gabe Bast D R 5-10 184 Sr. Red Deer, Alberta Penticton (BCHL) Communication 3 Matt Kiersted D L 6-0 175 Sr. Elk River, Minn. Chicago (USHL) Marketing 20 Josh Rieger D R 6-0 181 Sr. Regina, Saskatchewan Estevan (SJHL) Accountancy 24 Jacob Bernard-Docker OTT D R 6-1 195 Jr. Canmore, Alberta Okotoks (AJHL) Kinesiology 15 Ethan Frisch D R 5-11 187 So. Moorhead, Minn. Fargo Force (USHL) Marketing 4 Cooper Moore DET D L 6-1 182 Fr. Cos Cob, Conn. Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) Banking & Financial Economics 7 Mitchell Miller D R 5-9 189 Fr. Sylvania, Ohio Tri-City Storm (USHL) Banking & Financial Economics 25 Tyler Kleven D L 6-4 198 Fr. Fargo, N.D. U.S. Under-18 Team (NTDP) Marketing 26 Jake Sanderson D L 6-0 183 Fr. Whitefish, Mont. U.S. Under-18 Team (NTDP) Kinesiology My crazy theory that come fall 2021 Ethan Frisch could be the "old guy" of the defense (as a junior) is well on it's way. Given Tychonick's departure all it takes now is JBD going pro after a junior season ... if there is one ... And looking at that, I can see all the more why they brought in four freshmen this fall. They'll probably be bringing in three in fall 2021. That'd be a D of a junior, four sophs, and three freshmen ... and that assumes all the 2020 freshmen play a sophomore year.