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  1. I would be shocked if Bening won. She's been nominated five times and hasn't yet won but that doesn't mean she should've been picked over Greta Lee. I guess the Academy differs in their opinion.
  2. Oh yes it was/is. If I told a male (who didn't know of him) of an actor who was trained in dance, drama, ice-skated, and was also an all around athlete and who played not only a drag queen, but a pedophile during his career--they would call him a 'beta' in the targeted language some people use, but they would be wrong cause Patrick Swayze was so Alpha he'd just look at that male and laugh. He didn't win a ton of awards but he made some memorable movies. It was mentioned earlier that Roadhouse wasn't 'great,' and that is accurate but it's watchable in a coherent tidy way.
  3. The ones that are abusing minors certainly won't.
  4. Is he still living in Austin? He and the anti-vax guy (Del Bigtree) that makes the videos on various sites (he got kicked off of one, I think he's found another that is more disinfo friendly) were pretty close. Bigtree made a nice chunk of change even prior to COVID, which really brought in the $$.
  5. I'm at the point now where the "it's God's will" crowd that dominates the laws surrounding women's reproductive rights can now ban ED and Low T pharmaceuticals because it is God's will that a male has these issues. Women should be able to sue anyone that aids or abets a male who receives medical assistance in this matter. Not so extreme when one considers the lengths at which the state would like to interfere with women's medical care.
  6. The exemptions for personal reasons surpassed medical exemptions; off the top of my head it was 3% to 2% but I don't have the data in front of me right now. The remainder (in the overall state percentage) were children who were behind on one or more doses. That lag in currency may get rectified as children have their well checks each year. The issue of public school kindergarten students having low rates is that younger siblings or younger siblings of their classmates may not have yet received any doses at all. It's been awhile for our family but I think the kids were almost a year old before they got their first dose. So, you take your family to the school play where there is unknown case of measles present (and the health officials say that something like 9 out of 10 unvaccinated children become infected), it's a gamble that can turn south in a hurry. Deaths are rare, but complications suck too. Some of it is undoubtedly due to the Wakefield fracas, but vaccines becoming weaponized in the political arena did not help (Not CR discussing this here). There was a large outbreak that caused a furor in NYC over a certain religious group's refusal to vaccinate in spite of the outbreak. It's a touchy subject all around; it seems like it wouldn't be, but it is.
  7. I checked out the data from the Texas DHS; every year they publish some vaccine stats with respect to public and accredited private schools. While this omits the homeschoolers, etc it does provide a snapshot into how things are going. For kindergarten the MMR vaccine is at 94.20%, which is lower than public health officials would like to see I'm sure. It's not dire, but it's not great. I cannot recall the cutoff percentage for when the vaccine loses its ability to protect the vulnerable in the population. On the DHS website you can download a doc that lists the coverage percentage of kindergarten students by county. Some counties are at 100%, while others are below 90% (I'm only referring to the MMR, other vaccines are listed as well). Travis County is at 90.37%. Austin ISD specifically is at 87.69%. Austin Waldorf is 75%. Polk County is at 65.03%. (Included so one can see how stark the range is). Polk County has around 50,000 residents, no idea how many children in kindergarten there. Some of the very rural counties where the population is low have low percentages as well. While the risk of contamination and spread may seem remote, so is access to medical care, so there is that. It's a mixed bag where you can see pockets of low rates that might be affected if an infected individual gets among the group. Some charter schools with which I'm familiar were missing from the list and I'm not sure if that means the campus had too few kindergartners to turn in a report or if they've somehow slipped through the cracks.
  8. No, not Trump supporters--people that belong to the cult are not going to sway away from that. The last election was close enough that galvanizing people away from Trump continues to be paramount. He's going to get the nom I'm all but betting so in the battle of the olds, much much better if it's Biden.
  9. Fair. The longer she stays in the race, the more he'll keep needling though.
  10. Trump did not even want the US to be in the UN so it was a ghost appointment. Checkmate, lib! (Narrator's note: most MAGA don't know what the UN is or its purpose) Calling a female 'birdbrain' is a risky strategy IMO. Obviously it will appeal to certain demos, but could backfire.
  11. Governor Cox of Utah: "This is not a partisan issue."
  12. He'll get to it after he fixes the abysmal state of the foster care system....oh wait.
  13. I disagree with @atomheartbevo that this action by Abbott is wholly performative. It is performative, no argument there, but it is also a very good trial run to test just how state and federal military will react during a coup; a real coup that doesn't just use cos play cult crazies. If you think I'm being too Ledgey, no one except those cult crazies has suffered any punishment whatsoever. All of the GOP congresspersons, senators, planners (Roger Stone, Ali Alexander, Nick Fuentes, Michael Flynn, et al), donors, and such are still more than willing to keep trying. The leadup to January 6th was filled with stumping by Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, etc because of the January 5th Georgia Senate run-off between Loeffler and Warnock and the "Stop the Steal" campaign that began in November, 2020 was fully ramped up by then and all over social media, parroted by GOP reps (who then scrubbed their accounts). This drumbeat that Abbott began is going to keep pounding until something happens, and the GOP wants something to happen. Dangerous times right now.
  14. Reduced numbers of medical students selecting the OB-Gyn specialty is going to be a tough reckoning nationwide, but hey, as long as a guy can get his ED pills and such, I guess nothing else matters. Some men (and women) forget that there is more to womens' healthcare than just birthing babies. The states (besides Idaho) that decide not to keep too close an eye on maternal mortality may be the lead indicator (that a situation is worsening), but overall life expectancy (for women) may worsen in general. Over 80% of women who seek gynecological care are between 18-45, but gynecologists diagnose and treat other issues with female reproductive organs.
  15. The 'woke' argument is exactly as you say--it's the knee-jerk comment that ignores what was SI's inability to spot the leak that was sinking the ship. I remember being a young reader and the advertising that my parents talked about some (IIRC, it was in the news)--the Bud Light dog (I think?) and the Joe Camel ads...and the long spreads each season with the run down on the teams (football, basketball, baseball, hockey) but with the internet and message boards and then social media, that just subsumed their relevance in that respect and their revenue.
  16. Have either of you happened to read this book?
  17. I rather like this typo-created accidentally coined word. Rather striking image of a corpulent red-faced bellicose man being thrown and towed by the collar to jail. Too bad he was sanctioned instead.
  18. He may well go the way of Walker as was mentioned, but he seems like a vengeful man at heart and not unlike Stephen Miller in his ability to regroup and try something else for awhile. Both Walker and Miller are involved with the Young America Foundation and as you know, Miller launched the America First Legal Foundation. None of the three are all that old, so they'll be around for awhile.
  19. The mens' team has three 800m athletes with top ten indoor times right now, so if that holds, then your comment regarding the mids quality is spot on. NAU has some studs in the mile on up, but that's kinda their specialty.
  20. Obligatory: "you're"
  21. Happy birthday (belated), Penelope. Pics are fantastic and just wow at the whole experience. I am jealous but in a good way and so happy you were able to go and do so many things. Thanks for sharing your journey with us; it's very inspiring! I almost fell out of my chair at some of those food pics. The spring rolls looked so so good.
  22. I second Glencoe as well. It's well worth the visit. Actually, on your drive to Skye, some time spent near The Trossachs National Park/Loch Lomond would be another nature hiking (combined with historical and touristy spots) opportunity. I had mentioned Cairngorms because it's more north (and not too out of your way if you're driving back south from Orkney. Both are beautiful areas.
  23. We're all going to die and that's a fact. Rose Castorini: I just want you to know no matter what you do, you're gonna die, just like everybody else. Cosmo Castorini: Thank you, Rose.
  24. The guy who tweeted is running against Cuellar in this year's election. His treasurer is based in DC, but he's only just filed his PAC forms in the last month or so. He's a retired vet I believe.
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