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  1. 48 minutes ago, iodeac said:

    A friend of mine on FB posted this picture today, and another acquaintance tried to explain it away as the results of more testing. Where can I find a chart showing how the positivity rate is increasing more than what it should be? If you're testing a bunch more people, than ideally the positivity rate should be declining or at least staying the same, and I don't think that's happeningf942117ee2b8ba3fda1ed5b72132fcfa.jpg

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    Assuming you're in Texas, the Tribune lays it out pretty well in a series of charts here for our state: https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2020/texas-coronavirus-cases-map/

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  2. 1 hour ago, LebongJames said:

    Or maybe they want to blame construction?

     

    1 hour ago, GRHorn said:

    They weren’t able to pull together the story about kids transmitting the virus via playground equipment in time.
     

    So they ran with construction. 

    I'm guessing neither of y'all actually clicked to read/watch the story. APH provided them the available data that they had on work related clusters, not all of which were in construction.

  3. Quick glance at what industries are causing workplace related clusters in Travis:

    KXAN Investigators reached out to Austin Public Health for any current data they could provide on positive COVID-19 cases at local construction sites, and learned general contractors top the list of clusters for all industries in Travis County outside of nursing homes.

    Link & video

  4. 4 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    I do as well, but Alex Jones is on top of this, along with his merry band of followers with pre-existing conditions.  He even rolled out his armored personnel carrier (how the hell did that not get taken in the divorce or Sandy Hook lawsuit losses?)

    https://www.statesman.com/news/20200628/alex-jones-leads-anti-mask-protest-at-capitol

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    Three comments/questions:

    1) Surprised not to see Fitlump. She must’ve been riding bitch in that personnel carrier.

    2) Nice black baseball cap, fat dickhole photographer on the right in that first spoilered image.

    3) What the hell does “Goy Knol” mean on the sign in the second to last pic?

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  5. 23 minutes ago, bluto said:

    Fox news just had one of their military analysts on, he claims the veracity of the intelligence was 70% which is fairly high. The only aspect of the story in question in his mind is whether American deaths were linked, zero doubt that the WH claim of not being briefed is false.

    I was just listening to an interview on NPR with Petreus, and he said it's the type of situation they've long feared and have been on the lookout for going back to when he was in command over there. He did say they know of at least one instance where a bounty was indeed paid out, but he noted this is a story about the situation prior to peace talks and he thinks the Taliban haven't been seeking to fill those bounties since.

  6. How do other countries deal with representation for their capital federal districts? I can think of three off the top of my head that have a special designation for theirs: Australia, Brazil, and Mexico. So far as I know, the vast majority of countries don't have some special status for their capitals.

  7. 8 minutes ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

    Had to take a few things to my uncle in Scottsdale this weekend, and Ho Lee Fuck, is that what it looks like in Texas? 

     Not exactly. We have trees and grass.

    What are you talking about/referring to exactly?

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  8. The no-booze-on-Sunday-morning thing is really all about regulating others' behavior. Recall, that law is a remnant of the old blue laws forbidding all Sunday commerce because of "the Sabbath is holy" thinking. It's really all about a bunch of overly pious Baptist assholes wanting to control your behavior once out of every seven days.

    Experience/expertise level: Raised Southern Baptist in a small town about 100 miles west of Abilene.

  9. 40 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

     

     

    The demon rum crept back into Abilene in 1962 after having been exiled 60 years earlier in one of those periodic spasms of Prohibition that dried up so much of Texas. The thing that returned the demon was a little municipality (you can’t even call it a village) named Impact. Impact lies at the north end of Abilene, just off Old Anson Road, and if one considers Highland Park and Dallas to have a strange symbiosis, think on Abilene the Absolute, and Impact the Impure. Impact consists of a neatly kept area containing the mayor’s home, two big liquor stores, and a grocery where beer can be bought on Sundays. You can box the compass from Impact and all you get is Abilene.

    https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/gods-country-november-1975/https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/gods-country-november-1975/

    I remember when Abilene went wet. For most of my childhood there was Impact on the north and Buffalo Gap on the south. My maternal grandmother lived there. I had family all over Taylor county. It is still a little like going back in time when I go there. 

    Cooper or High? Either way, I still have a distinct memory of attending a game at Shotwell in the fall of 1985 when we played High and unexpectedly won, causing the coach to quit mid-season. My high school has always been notoriously bad at football, regardless of classification, but that year was our last as a 5A member of the "Little Southwest Conference" before dropping down to 4A and Sweetwater becoming a bitter rival.

  10. U.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers, Judge Rules
    The ruling applies to children held in the nation’s three family detention centers for more than 20 days. They must be let go by July 17, a federal judge ruled on Friday.

    Citing the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday ordered the imminent release of migrant children held in the country’s three family detention centers.

    The order to release the children by July 17 came after plaintiffs in a long-running case reported that some of them have tested positive for the virus. It applies to children who have been held for more than 20 days in the detention centers run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two in Texas and one in Pennsylvania.

    There were 124 children living in those facilities on June 8, according to the ruling.

    In her order, Judge Dolly M. Gee of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California criticized the Trump administration for spotty compliance of recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To prevent the virus from spreading in congregate detention facilities, the agency had recommended social distancing, the wearing of masks and early medical intervention for those with virus symptoms.

    “The family residential centers are on fire and there is no more time for half measures,” she wrote.

    Given the pandemic, Judge Gee wrote, ICE must work to release the children with “all deliberate speed,” either along with their parents or to suitable guardians with the consent of their parents.

    The order was the first time a court had set a firm deadline for the release of minors in family detention if their parents designated a relative in the United States to take custody. Recent orders had required their “prompt” release.

    “Some detained parents facing deportation brought their children to this country to save them from rampant violence in their home countries,” said Peter Schey, counsel for the class of detained children, “and would prefer to see their child released to relatives here rather than being deported with the parent to countries where children are routinely kidnapped, beaten and killed.”

    Judge Gee oversees compliance with the 1997 Flores settlement agreement that sets national standards for the treatment and release of detained immigrant children.

    The Trump administration has been trying to terminate the settlement for the last two years, but those efforts have been blocked by Judge Gee and are currently being appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

    Eleven children and parents have tested positive for the coronavirus at a family detention center in Karnes City, Texas. Some migrants at a family facility in Dilley, Texas, are awaiting test results after workers there tested positive for the virus.

    Over all, about 2,500 immigrants in ICE detention have tested positive for the virus. The agency has said that it has released at least 900 people with underlying conditions and that it has shrunk the population in each facility to mitigate the spread of the virus.

  11. 8 hours ago, Yuk said:

    I'm sure his EO sounded like a good idea politically when he issued it.  But he's really backed himself in the corner.  Without it, he could blame others for the decisions that need to be made.   With it, he owns this thing.  So now he's "damned if you do, damned if you don't" fucked.

    And what sucks for all of us is that this--like so many other important things in our lives--has been politicized into tribalism.  And we can't seem to work together or agree upon facts related to science, all of our livelihoods, or our health.  It's a "you bad, me good" thing.  And it fucking sucks.

    We're weak as fuck as a country right now, and boy does it show.

    Do you mind starting up another "Beauty of the Universe" thread to help lift our spirits?

  12. 4 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

    Ok.  So you combine the Dakotas and turn Wyoming and Montana into Wyntana.  

    The Great State of Wynona would also be an acceptable answer for such a big politically red expanse.

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