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  1. I don't believe you.

    Watch videos of Novak do impressions. he is very skilled at them.

    The first scene where the guide puts on the cloak back at the council is a voiceover, but the ones at the gym are impressions. You can easily tell they are slight variations of his voice and definitely not voiceovers from the other actors
  2. Friend just finished his salt water pool last week, and we got to try it out. No chlorine smell, your eyes don't burn under water, and the water feels great. I don't know why anyone would want a chlorine pool vs salt water. Is there something I'm missing?  It seems cheaper and easier to maintain a salt water pool, and the enjoyment factor is huge. 
    We are looking to build a pool next year, so any recommendations would be appreciated. 

    Had a salt water pool for about 15 years. Only downside as far as I’m concerned is the salt water loves to eat away any porous stone that gets wet. Be careful with limestone trim, sandstone, etc. otherwise it was great.
  3. The formal approval from emergency authorized use to standard use can take some time and does require more data across various subsets.  
    But here's where we were and here's where we are:
    2019:  "The FDA is another government bureaucracy that has too much red tape, and they hold up live-saving vaccines and therapeutics!"
    2020:  "Remove all FDA barriers to vaccine development!"
    2021:  "I feel like things were rushed...I mean, I don't feel comfortable with a drug that's still only emergency authorized and not regular authorized.  I mean, I think some more government study of the vaccines and their long-term effects is really what's needed here.  I've been reading a lot on facebook so I'm pretty much up to speed on all this.  More government oversight and steady timelines with proper regulation are what most Americans want right now."  

    Late 2021: vaccine is fully approved. FDA is a political organization that can’t be trusted.
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  4. Given the recent upticks in cases, I’m starting to put a mask on at stores again. It’s really no big deal so why not.
    I believe the vaccine will protect me from hospitalization but I don’t want to catch COVID

    Exactly how I feel
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    Y’all talked me in to it. Got this one for 149.  $30 cheaper than the same unit on Amazon. Also, the Amazon listing is full of inaccuracies if you compare to mfg specs.  Anyway, should work perfectly in our kitchen/living room (cookie cutter open concept house, so it is one large room separated by a “bar” aka wife and kid shit storage). Humidity is sitting at… 50%, but we have to run the ac all day at 73 to get there. Would jump up to 55-57% if we didn’t run as much.  Will report back when I’m running AC at 84 because the humidity is 10% and I’m saving $200 a month. 
     
    https://www.teccpotools.com/collections/home-appliance/products/teccpo-dehumidifier-2-500-sq-ft-energy-star-1-gallon-water-tank-capacity-auto-or-manual-drain-dehumidifier-for-basements-home-large-rooms-50-pint-2012-doe?token=EC-1UR28614WN1733147

    Might cost you just as much to run the dehumidifier. Even all the energy star ones like power.
  6. Meanwhile, the idiot governor of Michigan is still planning on shutting down another major pipeline tomorrow:
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/11/michigan-governor-enbridge-line5-shutdown
    The state of Michigan has told a Canadian energy company it must shut down a controversial oil and gas pipeline by Wednesday amid growing fears that a spill would be catastrophic to the region, in a feud which threatens to strain relations between Canada and the United States.
    The company’s refusal to comply with the order, and swift support from top Canadian officials, highlights the politicized nature of pipelines, which campaigners have used as a target in the fight against climate change.
    For nearly 67 years, Enbridge has moved oil and natural gas from western Canada through Michigan and the Great Lakes to refineries in the province of Ontario.
    But Michigan says that one section to the pipeline – Line 5 – is too risky to continue operating.
    In November, the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, announced a plan to revoke the easement granted to Enbridge, which permits Line 5 to cross under the Straits of Mackinac. Whitmer set 12 May as the deadline for the Canadian energy giant to shut down the pipeline...
    Spoiler

    ...“These oil pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac are a ticking timebomb, and their continued presence violates the public trust and poses a grave threat to Michigan’s environment and economy,” Whitmer’s office said in a statement.
    The company says it has never experienced a leak in the underwater section of Line 5 and is currently working to tunnel beneath the lake bed to further improve the safety of the pipeline. But in the last two years, the pipeline has been struck by boat anchors and cables. And in 2010, a separate Enbridge pipeline spilled 3.2m litres of oil into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River.
    Whitmer, who campaigned on shutting down the pipeline, has received support from Democratic attorneys general as well environmental campaigners and Indigenous communities on both sides of the border.
    “Should anything that’s being transported in these 67-year-old pipelines get into the Great Lakes, it would have devastating effects and irreparable consequences,” said the Anishinabek Nation grand council chief, Glen Hare, who represents 39 First Nations across Ontario.
    In February, a federal court ordered Michigan and Enbridge to enter mediation. Recently, Michigan has argued that the case should be heard by a state court, which could give it a more favourable judgment.
    But international trade lawyer Lawrence Herman says that the United States, not Michigan, is legally bound to keep the pipeline running.
    He points to the 1977 Transit Pipelines Treaty between Canada and the United States, which was ratified by the US congress.
    “Regardless of what the state of Michigan may or may not want to do, the treaty is binding on the United States as a whole,”said Herman. “It’s a matter between the two governments: Canada and the United States.”
    Both governments intended the deal to be a long-term arrangement, said Herman, pointing out the treaty requires either side give 10 years notice to withdraw.
    “My point is, a deal is a deal,” he said.
    Enbridge’s president, Al Monaco, has warned that a shutdown would have disastrous consequences for the country’s two most populous provinces, calling it a “very bad outcome”.
    Line 5 delivers nearly half of the oil needs of both Ontario and Quebec, as well as propane for the state of Michigan.
    Earlier this month, Canada’s natural resources minister said the continued operation of the pipeline was “non-negotiable” and warned that in addition to thousands of job losses, a shutdown would require 800 tanker rail cars and 2,000 trucks each day to move oil.
    Canada and the United States have pledged to reduce emissions, but the two countries remain heavily reliant on oil. The precariousness of energy access was highlighted earlier this weekend after a key pipeline in the US was shut down following a ransomware attack....

    ...In addition to lobbying by diplomats, the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has raised Line 5 with Joe Biden, who has not yet commented publicly on the issue.


    Have a bunch of family in Northern Michigan. Fuck that Line 5 shit. You may not like the governor but it’s a huge local issue up there and indeed just a disaster waiting to happen.
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