Super Duper Negatron

Watch Middleditch and Schwartz on Netflix. Do it now. My face hurts from laughing so hard.

Curious about your thoughts on swine flu?

I mean, compare the two statements: "thanks to some f--king bat" "thanks to some f--king bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards" Hint: the bat is not the subject in the second version. Had he posted the first one, this is a non-issue.

That...is really bad. What was he thinking?

We need sports back soon. I am losing it.

I also watched highlights of the 13th man Grey Cup. Lost in all the hilarity of the final play was the fact that the Riders blew a giant 4th quarter lead in that game. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! ... Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

There is not a single Calgary highlight in the second half of that game.

Stamps aren't even in that game if they aren't gifted the first 2 TDs. Just watched the 4th quarter of the Grey Cup. This has been said so many times in so many ways, but what an absolute **** kicking. Demski, Harris, Jefferson and Jeffcoat were in another league in that game. That drive in the middle of the 4th quarter was when I finally unclenched and started enjoying it. #BaileysTDWasACatch

This CBC interview with a supposed sports economist is terrible. "If you're telling me that Ambrosie's being honest about losing $20 million last year, then $150 million is seven years of loses," he said. "Why do you need a decade worth of losses now?" WTF is that? Economist my ass. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-funding-pandemic-1.5563123

Wait, so you mean the Democrats launched an investigation without knowing 100% what they would find? *looks up dictionary definition of investigation* Sounds right to me?

Sweden's argument has always been they have the capacity to handle a huge spike, unlike other jurisdictions. I have no idea how true that is.

I lost track about what you guys are even arguing about anymore. Is it whether or not Trump is scum that has been accused of more and worse than Biden has? He is. Is it whether the Democrats and left leaning news media are being hypocritical? They are. Is it whether or not any of this will matter on election day? It won't. The whole thing sucks, and makes you depressed as a human that our choice of people in power, more often than not, boils down to who might be less of a human trash bag.

The success or failure of Sweden's strategy can't be measured in today's numbers. The deaths were always going to be higher in Sweden earlier on. The real test will be 6 months or a year from now. Remember, flattening the curve was never about a lower overall death count, it was about spreading that number over a longer period to avoid overwhelming the health care system. If the health care system can handle the higher early spike in hospitalizations, in theory, Sweden would be able to go back to normal earlier than everyone else, with little to no difference in overall mortality. It is a hell of a gamble, though.

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Am I stupid in thinking the timing of increased testing and phase 1 essentially happening at the same time are going to throw off the numbers? I feel like they should have run with the increased testing as a baseline for a while first.

Trump will win. People are that dumb. I have no faith in humanity at this point.

What is more likely? That there is a coordinated conspiracy theory orchestrated by literally every country in the world to oversell the severity of covid-19, or that sometimes a crackpot is just a crackpot? I know my vote.

It never gets old does it?

Just looked him up. Nope. Not going to bother with that one.

How is that Vegas mayor a real person?

I think the biggest evidence of that is number of hospitalizations. If Manitoba's testing numbers were so far out of line of other provinces, you would think the number of hospitalizations would be disproportionately high, which they aren't. Everyone's numbers are too low, but Manitoba is no different than anywhere else.

Collins is the worst for that. She is the Phil Lieberman of the Senate. Bonus points for everyone that gets that reference.

Yup. South Dakota is getting almost as many new cases per day than we have active. With a much smaller population.

This. I have given up hoping that there is a proverbial straw that will break the camel's back. That camel has the strongest freaking back I have ever seen. It would be admirable if it wasn't so gross.

The whole cottage thing seems like a "use your best judgement" kind of deal. If you have a cottage an hour out of a major city, I can't honestly see any issue (Falcon, West Hawk, etc). In those cases, you are likely sticking to your own cottage anyways, and most likely would end up in Winnipeg if you needed health care. For Trudeau: 25 minutes out of the city? There is no way that is what people are intending when they say "avoid the cottage". Kenora, Clear Lake, etc...those ones are trickier. Disclaimer: we have a cottage at Falcon, so I am 100% biased here.