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Post by JukEboX on Jan 23, 2020 19:44:42 GMT -6
Fox news is reporting the Corona virus is liked to Snake and Bat Meat????
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Post by Minerva on Jan 23, 2020 20:10:41 GMT -6
Guys, my husband is a full on Bernie Bro. It's just as bad, I think. At first I thought he was just your run of the mill Bernie supporter but nope, turns out he is an actual bro. We do not talk politics. Ugh. You have my sympathy. I consider myself truly fortunate because I started dating a Republican, got engaged to a moderate and married a progressive (my influence on H, lol). This is true of H as well. He grew up in a conservative family and was an apathetic fiscal conservative when I met him. Ten years later and he shares my progressive values (though he still thinks most politicians are useless).
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Post by Minerva on Jan 23, 2020 20:15:02 GMT -6
Fox news is reporting the Corona virus is liked to Snake and Bat Meat???? Bats are actually a really common zoonotic vector for viruses. 😕
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Post by blurnette989 on Jan 23, 2020 23:23:51 GMT -6
Fox news is reporting the Corona virus is liked to Snake and Bat Meat???? Are you confused or bothered by the meat source? I can't tell but yeah people eat bats and snakes? Snake is even eaten in the US.
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Post by cakewench on Jan 24, 2020 5:41:41 GMT -6
Fox news is reporting the Corona virus is liked to Snake and Bat Meat???? Are you confused or bothered by the meat source? I can't tell but yeah people eat bats and snakes? Snake is even eaten in the US. I’ve eaten rattlesnake, when H and I visited the Grand Canyon. It was fried, and tasted like very chewy chicken. Once was enough for me lol
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Post by cakewench on Jan 24, 2020 5:43:26 GMT -6
Locals - it’s March for Life day. Wonder how many I’ll run into on metro. Biting my tongue around them is so hard, but I am not in the mood to engage this morning.
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Post by JukEboX on Jan 24, 2020 6:12:51 GMT -6
Fox news is reporting the Corona virus is liked to Snake and Bat Meat???? Are you confused or bothered by the meat source? I can't tell but yeah people eat bats and snakes? Snake is even eaten in the US. Oh I know people eat snake here. I was actually more surprised that it wasn't monkey or pig which were like the last 5 or 6 that came out of Asia.
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Post by jaygee on Jan 24, 2020 8:46:05 GMT -6
Locals - it’s March for Life day. Wonder how many I’ll run into on metro. Biting my tongue around them is so hard, but I am not in the mood to engage this morning. I heard (on NPR) that T is going IN PERSON. Time to save face with those evangelicals, I guess. Good luck avoiding that mess, dca folks.
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Post by byjove on Jan 24, 2020 9:27:28 GMT -6
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Post by blurnette989 on Jan 24, 2020 9:37:47 GMT -6
As someone who lived in that town for 7 years and has tons of friends there- No it was not viewed by anyone as peaceful. Just because no one got hurt? Part of that is because everyone who could holed up at home, avoided downtown and felt uncomfortable about the whole thing. Intimidation is violence.
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Post by byjove on Jan 24, 2020 9:40:54 GMT -6
As someone who lived in that town for 7 years and has tons of friends there- No it was not viewed by anyone as peaceful. Just because no one got hurt? Part of that is because everyone who could holed up at home, avoided downtown and felt uncomfortable about the whole thing. Intimidation is violence. I agree, and that's what the story argues also. It's disappointing big media couldn't label it as such.
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Post by blurnette989 on Jan 24, 2020 9:45:18 GMT -6
As someone who lived in that town for 7 years and has tons of friends there- No it was not viewed by anyone as peaceful. Just because no one got hurt? Part of that is because everyone who could holed up at home, avoided downtown and felt uncomfortable about the whole thing. Intimidation is violence. I agree, and that's what the story argues also. It's disappointing big media couldn't label it as such. Yeah- didn't mean to seem like we were disagreeing. Just that my friends who lived locally very much felt intimidated. Terrible. I lived so close to there. It's so upsetting. Especially after the VB shooting too (where I grew up).
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Post by byjove on Jan 24, 2020 10:09:48 GMT -6
It is kind of blowing my mind that Wuhan has decided to build a 270k sqft new hospital and is already excavating the site and they think that it will be built fast enough to help with the growing number of coronavirus cases. No joke, estimated completion is Feb 3.
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Post by cnf on Jan 24, 2020 10:32:41 GMT -6
It is kind of blowing my mind that Wuhan has decided to build a 270k sqft new hospital and is already excavating the site and they think that it will be built fast enough to help with the growing number of coronavirus cases. No joke, estimated completion is Feb 3. Whhaaaaaaa??? Who can build a hospital from scratch and have it up and running in in two weeks? That is bonkers and unrealistic.
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Post by blurnette989 on Jan 24, 2020 10:34:09 GMT -6
It is kind of blowing my mind that Wuhan has decided to build a 270k sqft new hospital and is already excavating the site and they think that it will be built fast enough to help with the growing number of coronavirus cases. No joke, estimated completion is Feb 3. Whhaaaaaaa??? Who can build a hospital from scratch and have it up and running in in two weeks? That is bonkers and unrealistic. Even if the "hospital" is just a warehouse that's really freaking fast!
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Post by cakewench on Jan 24, 2020 10:38:06 GMT -6
Head of ICE says they are waiting for SCOTUS to side with Trump so they can deport DACA recipients:
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Post by Peekaru on Jan 24, 2020 11:34:29 GMT -6
This is a bit of a side note, but I didn't want to sully the impeachment thread.
Obviously, 45 has been impeached for Ukraine; but the chances of him being removed are small. However, there seem to be several other items that he could ALSO be impeached for, i.e. asking China to find information on live TV.
So, does this whole thing start all over again?
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Post by byjove on Jan 24, 2020 11:36:30 GMT -6
Peekaru, they could impeach again. I don't think anyone knows what will happen yet.
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Post by byjove on Jan 24, 2020 11:37:53 GMT -6
So China has the force and might to build a 1,000 bed hospital in 2 weeks, but the official guidance from doctors being distributed to residents of the effected cities is to make a special tea from leaves and tangerine peel, eat 4 eggs a day, and to eat chicken soup.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 24, 2020 11:42:38 GMT -6
So China has the force and might to build a 1,000 bed hospital in 2 weeks, but the official guidance from doctors being distributed to residents of the effected cities is to make a special tea from leaves and tangerine peel, eat 4 eggs a day, and to eat chicken soup. Western and Eastern medicine clashing
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Post by elle on Jan 24, 2020 12:10:24 GMT -6
Head of ICE says they are waiting for SCOTUS to side with Trump so they can deport DACA recipients: JFC.
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Post by mathlete on Jan 24, 2020 12:10:44 GMT -6
Fuck Trump and his headaches aren't injuries statement. I keep thinking things like this might get Republicans military supporters to flip but I won't hold my breath.
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Post by JukEboX on Jan 24, 2020 13:12:05 GMT -6
It is kind of blowing my mind that Wuhan has decided to build a 270k sqft new hospital and is already excavating the site and they think that it will be built fast enough to help with the growing number of coronavirus cases. No joke, estimated completion is Feb 3. Whhaaaaaaa??? Who can build a hospital from scratch and have it up and running in in two weeks? That is bonkers and unrealistic. They do this all the time in China. They have developed construction methods to build skyscrapers in a week. They have replaced a full highway bridge in a night. Google it there are lots of videos on what they have been doing.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 24, 2020 13:25:07 GMT -6
This is a bit of a side note, but I didn't want to sully the impeachment thread. Obviously, 45 has been impeached for Ukraine; but the chances of him being removed are small. However, there seem to be several other items that he could ALSO be impeached for, i.e. asking China to find information on live TV. So, does this whole thing start all over again? Should the House impeach again, yes, the whole thing would start over again from the start. A vote to open an inquiry, followed by depositions, followed by public hearings, followed by a full House vote on articles of impeachment, which the Senate would, again, be forced to hold a trial on. I don't see it happening.
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Post by mathlete on Jan 24, 2020 13:29:51 GMT -6
Whhaaaaaaa??? Who can build a hospital from scratch and have it up and running in in two weeks? That is bonkers and unrealistic. They do this all the time in China. They have developed construction methods to build skyscrapers in a week. They have replaced a full highway bridge in a night. Google it there are lots of videos on what they have been doing. I just took a terrible detour for a year on my way to work so they could build a new bridge over a creek. A creek. I need IDOT to learn these ways.
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Post by cakewench on Jan 24, 2020 15:50:24 GMT -6
As a Trekkie, I am personally offended Trump's Space Force logo bears such a close resemblance to the Trek logo.
(I'll let you decide what % serious I am on that lol.)
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Post by cakewench on Jan 24, 2020 15:51:08 GMT -6
(Spoiler alert: It's 100%.)
ETA: On the plus side, Nerd Twitter is having a field day.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 24, 2020 15:58:02 GMT -6
As a Trekkie, I am personally offended Trump's Space Force logo bears such a close resemblance to the Trek logo. (I'll let you decide what % serious I am on that lol.) I hope cbs goes after him for trademark infringement
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Post by cnf on Jan 24, 2020 16:06:31 GMT -6
They do this all the time in China. They have developed construction methods to build skyscrapers in a week. They have replaced a full highway bridge in a night. Google it there are lots of videos on what they have been doing. I just took a terrible detour for a year on my way to work so they could build a new bridge over a creek. A creek. I need IDOT to learn these ways. Seriously. They're doing a two year project over the canal here. If that kind of construction ability exists then we need it!
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Post by dc2london on Jan 24, 2020 16:17:06 GMT -6
I just took a terrible detour for a year on my way to work so they could build a new bridge over a creek. A creek. I need IDOT to learn these ways. Seriously. They're doing a two year project over the canal here. If that kind of construction ability exists then we need it! Forced, very cheap labor and no worker protections sure improve efficiency!
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