The Sicatoka

Do me a favor: Read what you wrote there. Yes. These people are effectively doing the same thing as begging to sign their own death warrant. They're saying "please put me under Mao's China" or "put me under Stalin's Soviet Union, including the trip to the Gulag, please." Yes, our current system of government is the worst ... except for all the others tried in human history.

Is that what I said? Or are you claiming to be some sort of mind reader? (You're not.) I'm disappointed that folks believe their recourse is the streets. It can be done better by dialog and at the ballot box. And there's far less mayhem and civil destruction. You don't believe me? I have three letters for you: A.O.C. <-- She defeated the US House Democrat Caucus Chair Joe Crowley, the #3 Dem in the House, a 10-term incumbent, in what was widely seen as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries.

What gives me a thrill? A democratically elected representative republic working. What ires me? Folks that believe other systems will work out better. They won't. Don't believe me. Ask the Soviets, the Chinese, people who lived under Nazi Germany, anyone who lived under Baby Doc Duvalier's terror reign, today's Venezuelans, and the rest of history's ghastly list of other unelected, abusive regimes .

@Hayduke1 -- regarding Mr. Cain's demise (regards to his family), do we know when and where he contracted the virus? To claim to is pure speculation.

Red Town, Blue Town?

You got a copyright or trademark on that one yet?

Since we're still before the deadline ... LBoH (Marchand) went off the ice last night looking dinged. Ovechkin (WAS) Kucherov (TBL) Kuznetsov (WAS) Point (TBL) Petterson (VAN) Draisaitl (EDM) O'Reilly (STL) McKinnon (COL) Little Ball of Hate* (BOS) Smith (VGK) Carlson (WAS) Hedman (TBL) Josi (NAS) Barrie (TOR) Girard (COL) Hughes (VAN)

Here goes nuffin'.... Ovechkin (WAS) Kucherov (TBL) Kuznetsov (WAS) Point (TBL) Petterson (VAN) Draisaitl (EDM) O'Reilly (STL) McKinnon (COL) Little Ball of Hate* (BOS) Carlson (WAS) Hedman (TBL) Josi (NAS) Barrie (TOR) Girard (COL) Hughes (VAN) *Marchand

Toews then expanded on his thoughts a few minutes later in the interview. “Does anybody really know how and when people catch this thing?” he said. “The best you can do is get good rest, eat healthy, take care of your body, do the little things that lower your chances. What else can you do? https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2020/7/22/21334757/blackhawks-jonathan-toews-voted-against-nhl-cba-return-to-play-plan

A simple reality check for some of you: You are human. Viruses attack living things, like humans. Viruses tend to do bad things to what they attack, up to and including kill them. As a human you are subject to viral attack. And it may kill you. But, as a human, sooner or later, something is going to kill you, if not just simply time. And as smart and world-dominating humans think they are, viruses still rule. Don’t believe me? How come the common cold still exists with all the bright shiny technology and smarts of humanity. Viruses still rule humans. Probably always will. So get over yourself. You’re going to die. I’m not saying to play in traffic, but sooner or later, we’re all dead. So go about your life. Don’t take stupid risks, but you have to live, or you’re dead already. Me personally, I more fear the personal economic damage this may do than the personal biologic damage. That’s my personal risk assessment. Yours may vary.

I’m Pooh. Covid-19 is Piglet. Enjoy: https://ifunny.co/picture/what-day-is-today-asked-pooh-it-s-the-day-lJYlVvVT6

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< puts on Moderator cap > OK, we've let this one go far-a-field for a long time. Call it a "steam dump"; blow off some steam. What will not pass muster is obscenities directed at another poster. Period. Disagree. Talk politics in this and only this thread on this forum. This is the one and only, small, sandbox here for that. But if I see it keep getting directly personal and/or vulgar, well, I too am a "governor" of sorts and have my own flavor of "stay at home" orders to give. The Moderation Team

Personal list of cities to carry concealed in or never go to: +Charleston SC

Um... https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/fox-35-investigates-questions-raised-after-fatal-motorcycle-crash-listed-as-covid-19-death

It's ba-a-a-ack. The rules, altered slightly for 2020 because you're picking from the field of 24 teams: - pick nine (9) forwards - pick six (6) defensemen - straight POINTS, not goals, POINTS (G + A) scored by your players in the playoffs to the Cup determines winner - no more than five (5) players from a single NHL team on your team Teams must be in before first playoff puck drop Saturday August 1, 2020. And as before, I'm not going to have much time to track scores; I'll need help with it. Thanks to everyone in advance. 2019 Game 2018 Game 2017 Game

Meanwhile in Europe... https://medium.com/@vernunftundrichtigkeit/coronavirus-why-everyone-was-wrong-fce6db5ba809

I thought groups in rooms was a bad idea. Now it’s more dangerous to not have groups in rooms? MUYFM. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/cdc-director-says-closed-schools-pose-larger-public-health-risk-kids

They’ll be after the ND Fighting ..... one day. Well, today is one day.

Frankly I care little about daily positives other than the percent. Tell me about hospitalizations and deaths (raw numbers and percents please).

Do that with a connection with the bridge to nowhere and you have some attractive housing. Walking outside in winter would be eliminated from there to the Union.

Governor Newsom still allowing protests in California. A cynic might say he’s put a portion of his hot spot state in a viral petty dish as some sort of experiment. Mentioning the governor of California, he’s going by do as I say not as I do. Nice. https://www.the-sun.com/news/1080736/california-coronavirus-wineries-closed-gavin-newsom/ More California nonsense: Protests OK; singing in church not. https://www.businessinsider.com/california-bans-singing-in-places-of-worship-coronavirus-surge-2020-7

The chief of police in Miami (sick cops) and the mayor of Los Angeles disagree and point to the riots as spike sources.

No, I can’t; hence use of a form of the word assumption. But if there’s not gained immunity we’re screwed.

Sadly, of late, that gets filed alongside: jumbo shrimp civil engineer paid volunteer