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  1. 9 minutes ago, heso said:

    The target I went to yesterday was completely out of hand sanitizer. I saw several people with carts full of water. The grocery store I went to today was completely out of bottle water.
     

    overall I’d say it was a lot of calm prepping. I expect once the confirmed cases start doubling with regularity the madness amps up quickly. 

    Why are people stockpiling water? Is there worry that things get so bad that the water supply becomes compromised?

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  2. 4 hours ago, Bevo said:

    I would guess that there are no commercially available tests. They probably are doing rt-PCR tests using specific primers provided by the CDC as well as a protocol developed by the CDC. The primer sequences can be made by any sequencing lab and the protocol is readily available so as long as labs have the equipment testing should be straightforward. However, the materials wouldn't be in the standard premade kits that most labs use. Keep in mind that I'm more familiar with products used for research purposes than those used by clinical labs.

    If they are using RT PCR for this test and have primer sequences designed, it should be pretty straight forward to sub in these primers in to an already in use RT PCR kit. The only caveat is that nothing is ever that easy in terms of regulated medical testing.

    The largest provider for DNA oligos that I know of (IDT) has a dedicated ordering page for Coronavirus projects that is expediting all orders for anything coronavirus related, but they are usually able synthesize and ship primers overnight anyway unless they need any special modifications or purification. 

  3. 1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

    William H. McRaven, a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014. He oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden.

    Edmund Burke, the Irish statesman and philosopher, once said: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Over the course of the past three years, I have watched good men and women, friends of mine, come and go in the Trump administration — all trying to do something — all trying to do their best. Jim Mattis, John Kelly, H.R. McMaster, Sue Gordon, Dan Coats and, now, Joe Maguire, who until this week was the acting director of national intelligence.

    I have known Joe for more than 40 years. There is no better officer, no better man and no greater patriot. He served for 36 years as a Navy SEAL. In 2004, he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and was chosen to command all of Naval Special Warfare, including the SEALs. Those were dark days for the SEALs. Our combat losses from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were the highest in our history, and Joe and his wife, Kathy, attended every SEAL funeral, providing comfort and solace to the families of the fallen.

    But it didn’t stop there. Not a day went by that the Maguires didn’t reach out to some Gold Star family, some wounded SEAL, some struggling warrior. Every loss was personal, every family precious. When Joe retired in 2010, he tried the corporate world. But his passion for the Special Operations soldiers was so deep that he left a lucrative job and took the position as the president of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, a charity that pays for educating the children of fallen warriors.

    In 2018, Joe was asked to be the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, a job he knew well from his last assignment as a vice admiral. He accepted, but within months of his arrival came the announcement of Coats’s departure as director of national intelligence. Maguire didn’t seek to fill the job; he was asked to do it by the president. At first he declined, suggesting that Sue Gordon, Coats’s deputy, would be better suited for the job.

    But the president chose Maguire. And, like most of these good men and women, he came in with the intent to do his very best, to follow the rules, to follow the law and to follow what was morally right. Within a few weeks of taking the assignment, he found himself embroiled in the Ukraine whistleblower case. Joe told the White House that, if asked, he would testify, and he would tell the truth. He did. In short order, he earned the respect of the entire intelligence community. They knew a good man was at the helm. A man they could count on, a man who would back them, a man whose integrity was more important than his future employment.

    But, of course, in this administration, good men and women don’t last long. Joe was dismissed for doing his job: overseeing the dissemination of intelligence to elected officials who needed that information to do their jobs.

    As Americans, we should be frightened — deeply afraid for the future of the nation. When good men and women can’t speak the truth, when facts are inconvenient, when integrity and character no longer matter, when presidential ego and self-preservation are more important than national security — then there is nothing left to stop the triumph of evil.

    Just forwarded this to John Cornyn

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  4. On 2/14/2020 at 11:16 PM, BearSchlong said:

    I wouldn't work for anyone who didn't let me keep my miles/points unless they made it up with a finominal comp plan.

    I didn't know this was an option for a lot of companies, so I'm a little jealous. When my company got acquired the worst thing that happened was being forced to use a company credit card instead of my personal card. Still get all the airline and hotel points etc., but I really miss the credit card miles.

  5. I'm a no recliner, but sometimes you have to accept that you're not going to be comfortable on a flight. International I usually go for bulkhead seats (preferably a two seater row on the left or right if available) which brings up another issue. What's the consensus on propping feet up on the bulkhead? I'm talking shoes on or socks at a minimum.  I've heard that his is also bad manners.

  6. 8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    I'm surprised (because crooked rich Republicans), but maybe I shouldn't be.  I know my wife has been making contributions to a shitload of Dem candidates all over (Texas and other key races).  My family has never been big on political donations -- we are now.  

    I've never been big into politics other than doing a little research before voting, and have voted around 70/30 Democratic to Republican in the past. Between the end of last year and today I've probably donated to 6 or 7 Dem candidates already. Waiting to see who the Surly Lib PAC decides to support too.

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  7. 9 minutes ago, JohnnyRage said:

    The Wizistreams and the sports 247 are working best for me from sports urge .net

     I would probably be gold,  but I’m not at home on a physical line.

    Gracias

    The Sports 24 is working well for me as of now

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