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Up for a visit?

I mean, when the greedy ass sports leagues are all shutting down, that says something about how critical it is to engage in social isolation. I just need my go to beer places to stay open another day or 2 . I am NOT stocked up!

Good to see these establishments doing what is necessary for the greater good, despite the fact they are fuccking themselves.

In other (semi-non related) news, Marshall Yanda retired this week, leaving a major hole on the OL for the Ravens to fill. Might have to address that need through the draft, whenever that happens.

Flattening the curve yo. PDIII doesn't get it.

NFL Draft has been postponed and will not be held in Las Vegas as planned. My guess is it will go on behind the scenes, via conference calls etc. with no fanfare.

Picked up 0.18" of rain.

Any objective, fair minded person would agree that Fox news is largely a propaganda machine. I say that as a moderate democrat who has many conservative friends and family members, and is not a big fan of CNN or MSNBC either. There have been some legit good and objective journalists at Fox- Shep Smith was probably the best in recent times, until he just couldn't play that game anymore. There are one or 2 left there that are real journalists- Chris Wallace is one that comes to mind. Fox has essentially become state TV. There is no equivalent to Fox on the left leaning media outlets. It is simply the truth.

You have the original corona virus. Probably worse than this one.

It's not impressive at all on the ens mean. EPO is further south and west as it has been for months, and LOL at the NAO.. a few hours of ridging blowing through the NA. Doesn't even sniff bootleg criteria.

They wont cancel. I mean, if they do then we are probably all screwed lol. Might be shortened, but 162 freaking game reg season is too long anyway. Esp with the expanded playoffs. Whats the point of a marathon of a reg season? Used to be after that marathon, 2 teams emerged and played a world series. 130 games is plenty today. And there would be no early/late season weather issues.

As an Os fan, I really couldn't give a shit. I haven't watched more than a few innings total since Showalter left. The baseball equivalent to the Deadskins.

No one is changing minds when it comes to political views, especially in this current divisive political climate. What a fuccking waste of time. However, if anyone is interested in scissoring and hand wringing, and generally engaging in intellectually dishonest discourse, not to mention hurling personal insults, have at it here. http://www.americanpol.com/

For those who insist on comparing COVID-19 to the flu- https://www.sciencealert.com/the-new-coronavirus-isn-t-like-the-flu-but-they-have-one-big-thing-in-common And we aren't even close to sniffing a vaccine at this point.

The conversation has turned to shit.

Ended up with 0.43" here. Came down hard but didn't last very long. Over an inch in the last week.

I think the answer is simple. Testing is critical to tracking and stopping the outbreak. How would we even know a single person had it without a test? We could just say fucck it, who cares? We get all sorts of viruses and (most) survive and move on. Lots get the flu every year. This is new, however, and its behavior is largely unknown. It is pretty clear it is more severe than the flu and the fatality rate among older folks is much higher though. And ofc, there is no vaccine.

I cant be bothered. I have a few things in. I'll do carry out for a while.

^At least we could offset all the old/sick people that will die from this affliction. Wouldn't want to see a reduction in population. Not enough people in this country now.

You think there might be a spike in the birth rate, in say, 9 or so months from now?

THIS.

There has been a massive failure here wrt to testing capability. Not suggesting everyone who has a cough or a sniffle should be tested, but there was a major eff up with the initial test kits, and other countries did not have that problem. Test availability is still very limited here by comparison. In the greatest nation on earth, it's not acceptable. I will leave it to others to ponder/debate the reason(s).

We are all clearly gonna die, so drink and be happy in the meantime. Cheers!

Had a sudden heavy downpour around 6AM this morning with a small convective cell that passed over. Lasted about 5 mins or so.Totally not in the forecast.