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Crickets.....

Binghamton afternoon discussion says lights out til at least early next week. At least the temps are seasonable.

After the depressing Christmas rainstorm wiped out the snowpack we are back to some nice nordic ski conditions here, albeit with a few thin/wet spots. Happy days are here again!

Outperforming nicely here in central Otsego County. A couple of inches already.

Even now? We popped up above freezing around 0600, and it was 37F last I looked. About 2 inches of frozen concrete overnight. I think most of it will remain because we get back below freezing this afternoon.

Milano is absolutely key to stopping a runner like Henry (and we need Edmonds on top of his game too which has been hit and miss this year). Given his tendency to get injured, I would not have him play a single down against Miami. We really need him next week no matter who we end up playing.

Seeing a low in that position in January and having to worry if it would be snowing or raining at my place......Appalling!

I agree with you in that order, but there's a big drop off in my confidence after the first three. I think to make the Super Bowl from the AFC, you are going to have to beat the Chiefs. But getting there via the Titans or especially the Ravens is going to be very tough.

1650 feet at my house and it ain't gonna do diddly-squat for me.

Saw a report that Erie County is suspending all elective surgeries effective end of this week.

Same here and it's ridiculously stupid. I can see someone thinking of that idea last March, and it being reasonable. We know much more now. You aren't getting Covid from the grocery conveyer belt. What we need is for people to wear masks. It makes a big difference. And every time you hit people with stupid mindless rules like cleansing the grocery conveyer, they get more fed up and feel more harassed and get less likely to do the things that actually matter.

Better hope the virus fumbles like Cam Newton fumbled before it beats Buffalo......

I'd hold back the optimism about this one. There's no data, just a press release. The response to half doses doesn't make much sense. This one needs to be fully presented for publication before any analysis can be done. I'm not sure why they felt the need for a press release with so many unanswered questions.

Thoughts and prayers.

Exactly.....if you look at how much would have to be saved in a 401K to provide the rich retirement benefits state employees enjoy, you're looking at 7 figure amounts. That's coming from the taxpayers pocket.

Yes as Luke said the states have borrowing ability and many creative schemes with revenues and expenses, but they can't run a deficit like the federal government can.

How else would you allocate a desired resource, like nice apartments, if not by price? Serious question.

NY never has a deficit, because states can't run budget deficits.

I'm impressed, I wish we lived in your district. Here we had a delayed opening, now 2 day a week in person instruction and the district cancels classes at the drop of a hat. It seems like they take every possible opportunity to NOT have school here. I want my kids in school 5 days a week and the data on low case rates and transmission in school age children supports doing that.

Petty, nasty, selfish....yes. Fit to lead a democracy? Absolutely not. This is a disgrace: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-18/trump-fires-head-of-cybersecurity-agency-after-election-finding?srnd=premium&sref=C7Tki5MO

Posting lists of things Trump did does not answer the leadership question. He has failed miserably as a leader and continues to today.

This is a straw man argument. What you are ignoring while quibbling about statistics is leadership. FDR was a leader. He got Americans to do things that were unpleasant but necessary to win the war. Trump is not a leader. He is divisive and spiteful, not capable of leading in a crisis. If everyone was wearing masks during public interactions the last 6 months countless lives would have been saved, along with small businesses and jobs. Is that too much to ask of the American people?

About 2400 Americans died at Pearl Harbor. We have seen similar numbers of deaths on bad days during Covid. About 290,000 Americans died in WW II. We are rapidly closing in on that many Covid deaths in this country. We are watching the destruction of small business and economic loss on an unprecedented scale So compare FDR's response, and the unity of American spirit and resolve that won that war, with Trump's ignorant, spiteful, divisive Covid response that helped get us where we are now.

What if FDR had come out and ripped the governor of Hawaii for doing such a poor job defending the island, and told the American people the war would be over in no time with no sacrifice needed? What if he told people that the rationing was imposing on their freedom and they should just go out and eat whatever they wanted? Would things have been different?

I bet he would appreciate this one even more. The Trump anthem!