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Hawaii? Or is there another island that is part of the US?

I'd say releasing a video on the official NDSU Football twitter account means they have an opinion. https://twitter.com/NDSUfootball/status/1312474752393584641

Does NDSU lose more money from not having fans at the game but still on the hook for a $100K guarantee or for backlash from boosters who apparently are incredibly unhappy with a political display? Looking like this one turned into a losing proposition.

He couldn't find an article to cut and paste to express "his" thoughts.

Oddly enough, NDSU made zero attempt to accomplish that when their stated plan was "sit in you regular season ticket seats or just move to empty ones if uncomfortable."

I would disagree very much with this statement and not just from the perspective that Danny was on the staff when McKinney was recruited.

The Federalist Society has put forth the nominations, not Trump. McConnell is the definition of the establishment and he's been pulling the strings all along. Trump is just a figurehead for electing judges. This isn't close to accurate. "Losing money" can mean multiple things and in this instance, it is being done on paper. Good luck determining the full story without all the proper information. There's plenty about a person's financial condition that can be learned from tax returns but they are just snippets in time and to your point, only tell part of the story. And with how much I'm guessing Trump pays his accountants (and forces them to push the envelope), good luck trying to decipher those snippets in time. Doesn't mean he isn't leveraged and might have some strained cash flow, but the generalizations are just guesses without the full package.

You mean the one that everyone thought represented the LA Chargers because the horn looks like a C? The logo was skewered pretty good when it was released to the point that the COO had to publicly come out and say they weren't changing it despite the blowback. Ram legend Eric Dickerson (who works for the team) even unsucessfully lobbied for a change. https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/04/06/rams-logo-color-not-changing-criticism-kevin-demoff That being said, I was a big fan of the jerseys they wore yesterday.

And it happened under a local government controlled by Republicans! Just wait until the Democrats start in with their meddling!!

So are you bad at math or comprehension?

Bulletproof sourcing. You have changed my mind. Well done. Also, things have been far from grinded to a halt in ND (because we're doing pretty well in deaths and hospital capcity), but carry on.

Do you have any sources that show 30% of ND deaths categorized as associated with CoVid actually had absolutely nothing to do with the person contracting the virus and they would have died the exact same day regardless?

You are right, we know the consequences of what damage a typical (and even non-typical) flu season brings and we have made peace with it (though it's admittedly overstated based on how it is estimated). We also know more about influenza, especially that it is less contagious and it is less deadly, so that's part of the equation. What we don't know what the damages would be if we did the same for this virus other than it would be a multiple of what a bad flu would be (as it has already proven to be even with unprecendented measures in place). I'm not pretending to have the answers or pick one side or another. I'm strictly pointing out what type of decision those in power have to live with. I don't envy it for a second. It is easy to sit here and say "open it up and whatever happens, happens" while not have to be the one responsible for the unknown of what might happen. It is equally as easy to say "shut it all down until <pick your goalpost to move later> while not to be responsible for things like people's livlihoods and the economy. Some of the responses have been over the top. Some of the restrictions are ridiculous. There are a ton of unintended consequences because of them. Hindsight makes things incredibly easy to criticize the decisions made. Those pretending to know the answers can think that because they aren't the ones who actually have to deal with consequences of decisions made.

For the most part, you are exactly right, excluding the unknown of any long-term effects for those that don't get sick enough for hospitalization but still show symptoms. What it boils down to: If you are in favor with doing our best to protect the vulnerable (which we are already doing) while letting everyone go back to normal life (which will speed how fast the virus transmits to everyone, including the protected vulnerable because they will still end up exposed), then just admit you are fine with the virus taking the elderly and infirm at a multiple that it is currently happening while work towards reaching some sort of end goal (likely vaccine/herd immunity).

He's already sent them into cities without state/local approval, no? And it was beyond the scope of "protecting federal property".

I agree on the D's plan is to do the opposite of Trump, but that's no different than Trump's literal agenda being the exact opposite of whatever Obama did, regardless of whether it was the right decision or not (some were, some weren't). Do you think the government's initial reaction is different if someone other than the Obama administration had put together the pandemic playbook that was completely disregarded? No agrument that too many people have too much information they don't understand, but considering how people refuse to believe the actual experts who have a better understanding than the average person, what is your solution on who should have and be able to interpret that info? The fact that death totals have been well above the "excess death" threhold for almost 6 months (despite unprecendented steps taken) disagrees with this take.

Here are the CDC numbers, which gives a buffer before saying a weekly total is at "excess". https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm

I mostly agree with you which is why I roll my eyes every time I hear people acting like its so easy to protect the vulnerable and everyone else can live their normal life and we'll be back to a near normal. But I'm not going to fault those making decisions for scaling back and making decisions on some of the things you deem as being "not the answer" because they are the ones who those that are responsible for trying to find that happy medium of people dying and people being able to live their "normal" lives.

He just saw a link and couldn't help but post it. Nothing of actual concern there. Honest question. Where/how do you think the people in LTC facilities are getting exposed despite having very strict, if any, visitation policies? And considering they are already pretty much isolated from outside visitors, what is the solution to further protect them?

They give up at least one additional run in the 4th if the infield wasn't in.

Treatments of it are also getting significantly better which has also improved survival rates. Point being, to say it is "acting like other viruses" when there has been significant uptick deaths above and beyond what is typical for almost 6 montsh running now is downplaying it a bit much. And that is with unprecendented steps that have been taken to slow the spread.

EPIC Management/EPIC Holding purchased it. Not sure what the mix will be but will be both commercial and apartments.

I agree with most of this, but the continued "excess deaths" disputes that this is just like every other virus. Since the week ending March 28, the death toll in the US has been above the threshold for excessive deaths for 22 weeks and counting. Will be interesting to see at some point if there is a large swing the other way. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm They are also looking at imposing more restrictions in Stockholm: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-22/sweden-could-introduce-restrictions-in-stockholm-after-uptick They continue to be an interesting case study. Their economy ended up being impacted about the same as everyone else's and while their death toll is low as a comparison worldwide, it is still quite a bit higher than its neighboring countries. I'd also say that while they didn't have has as much for government mandated restrictions, the people there took the recommendations (social distancing/social gatherings/mask wearing) much more serious than we see around here.

Crazy that the whole world is in on it. Extra props to Israel for really going deep, instituting their second lockdown over the weekend.

It's almost like the revision from a few weeks ago came from somewhere outside the CDC and was put in place despite some controversy. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/09/17/report-controversial-cdc-guidelines-discouraging-covid-19-testing-were-imposed-on-agency-by-hhs-and-white-house/