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Prohibiting Religious Services Makes the First Amendment a Coronavirus Victim https://reason.com/2020/05/06/prohibiting-religious-services-makes-the-first-amendment-a-coronavirus-victim/

I have to admit, this doesn't make sense to me. Kids can pay and go to a gym on 5/24 and that is OK, but cannot step foot in the free weight room at their high school for another five weeks after that. If you have a little league field at your school kids can't step foot on the field until 7/1, but if the field is located in a city park it should be safe by 6/14. It seems like the complete lockdown of school campuses isn't consistent with other parts of the reopening plan.

Except mathematical laws.

Huge props to former head coach and AD, John Hutton. He had a huge part in the design of the field.

Certainly not a typo. Committing a grammatical error while explaining the superiority of your education over someone else's. Definitely a foot in the mouth on your part. Then try to cover it up by name-calling. Laughable.

You've heard the saying "When pigs fly"? The original was "Michigan will be able to play football when wolverines fly".

Not a member of any posse, gonzo. Just an online acquaintance that I have known for many years. And disagreements can be healthy. Except in your case, where if you would ever disagree with BarryO you would be disagreeing with yourself...........

Anthony Spencer played nine years for the Cowboys ending in 2015. Jaylon Smith is currently playing for the Cowboys. Austin Mack recently signed with the Giants. Kevin Kiermaier who played football at Luers is one of the best defensive players in baseball plays for Tampa Bay Rays.

He's probably too lazy to go back and look for it.

Duverger’s Law is a thing, Muda.

That would raise more questions than it answers and would pose a potentially scarier scenario than we are in right now. Let's assume that it's been in the US since December and that the first two deaths didn't show up until March. That would suggest outside of it actually arriving in any real force in the US until later on 1) either an extremely long incubation period or 2) quick mutation. In the first case, that seems unlikely given what we know now. That potentially leaves the second scenario, which fits in with your position that this is actually a second wave that we are seeing. That would be extremely scary depending on how you look at it. If it's been here since December and we are just seeing the numbers now that we're seeing, then for all of our science, etc. we did a p*ss poor job seeing something like this coming and blunting it. And frankly, it doesn't matter whether the Chinese gave advanced notice or not ... no one gives advanced notice in a championship game that they are going to run a trick play ... if you are good, then you are ready for it. On the other hand, let's assume that it was here in December and this, 70,000+ in two months over two months after its appearance, is a "second wave." Why didn't produce similar numbers in January/February that it did in late-March/April ... especially in a city like New York City? The argument could likely be, it was here, but in a different form ... and that would be the scary part ... that something like this mutated in just 2-3 months. If this thing mutated that quickly and dangerously, which I don't believe is the case although the fact that it will mutate is likely, then this thing will have more than just two waves and the next one could possibly morph toward attacking a more resistant group to its original form ... and that would also explain where this "phenomena" has been for the last 5 months. Like you said, no one knows. And, until we start getting better at knowing, I think dismissing or perhaps downplaying things that are showing up in a time of not knowing is riskier than being prepared to deal with it in case it isn't able to be dismissed. At this point, not dismissing it and looking at it provides less risk than dismissing it. The impact on kids may be nothing and, like I said in my previous post, I honestly hope that you are correct. If those kids in the UK and NY are the canary in the coalmine, just like those two folks in late-February/early-March were, it provides for a much scarier scenario.

I've always been impressed with the Stars--a smaller school in a rural area who gets it done--keep it up, guys!!!

Do you get whiplash from spinning that hard? lol......You KNOW full well this is NOT about any order Pence gave or did not give. The policy at the hospital was for anyone entering to wear a mask. Every person that was part of that group received the exact same advance notice for the trip. Pence even said later, after his wife lied for him, that he should have worn a mask. and you blame other people for being sheep........lol What is also funny is that the king of this forum regarding the theme of fake news seems to be doing the exact same thing lately. Not just the spin you put on Bob’s comment, but the fake news regarding the statistical improbability of your comment that no one in your family or no one that works at the plant you do knows a single person who has the virus. Then there is the notion you put forth just prior to that one that apparently only democrats know people with the virus.

See, it’s stuff like this that reduces your credibility on issues. It’s clear that there are irresponsible jerks on both sides of the aisle. But you make no attempt at balance at all. mask

I'm not downplaying covid. In fact, I had Covid19. What we do know is that this was circling the earth even before the Chinese told anyone. France came out and said they had found covid in victims in early December. That was before Wuhan said anything. So as contagious as this appears to be there is no way that it wasn't here in the US then as well. We could be going through a second wave right now.. NO ONE KNOWS. That is the key thing here. UK reported like 30 kids.. now NY is saying they have 15...sooo the question is.. where has this "phenomena" been the last 5 months?

Winamac borders a county that has an infection rate 5 times that of Marion Co. Not that data matters to a loon.

Why do you hate the fine arts?

Don't be surprised if there are NO spring breaks inserted into the academic year.

We see this in the college ranks all the time. Students start taking off for Spring Break usually the Wednesday/Thursday/Friday before Spring Break and often extend Spring Break into the Monday/Tuesday after Spring Break. Instead of a week, it is easily a week and a half to two weeks. It wouldn't be so bad except students are downright indignant if you happen to have anything due in the days before or after the break. That has not really expanded to the fall with the Fall Break as it's only two days, but Thanksgiving Break has started to become the new "Fall Spring Break." Students start leaving in sizeable/noticeable numbers that Monday of Thanksgiving even though the university's break doesn't start until Wednesday. I had a student complaining that I gave a make-up exam for a missed mid-term on that Monday. A few semester's ago, I had a student complain that there was an exam on the Friday before Thanksgiving ... the week before ... because it interfered with their airline tickets that had been booked for the Thursday before Thanksgiving. We are starting to see sizeable amounts of students just basically assuming that Thanksgiving Break is a whole week, even though it's just the Wednesday/Thursday/Friday and, recently, we've been seeing the creeping of students starting Thanksgiving Break into that week before Thanksgiving. Oddly enough, we've not yet seen the creeping to students extending Thanksgiving Break on the back end, like they do with Spring Break.

There is way more family traveling in the fall than you know. I've heard from MIC schools who have said some big games were poorly attended because of fall break.

Because it's football season

The best stadium I've been to is Ben Davis. I really wanna see a game at that Whiting stadium. That view is gorgeous. Not sure I could pay attention to the game lol.

This goes back to about 1974 but a couple of buddies of mine went over winter break to visit a college friend who lived just off Indianapolis Blvd in Hammond. On New Years day we went and had a pick-up game with some of the locals on Whiting's field. It was like playing on concrete. Great time but about the coldest I have ever been.

Most politicians and public officials believe themselves to be above the rules, all along the political spectrum. What else is new? Boy, you really are bent out of shape concerning Howe's assertion aren't you? Let's do an informal poll of the GID populace. Who here personally knows an individual (family, friend, co-worker, acquaintance) that currently has or have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus? I'll go first. The number is zero. The closest so far is my son (who works on site at an essential industry) had a co-worker in the same office who became ill with covid-19 like symptoms. However the subsequent test came back negative.

Covid19 and Democrats are now considered a “race”? Clinton County must be becoming a beacon

Yes, let's balance:

You clearly are attempting to detract from the seriousness of the virus by attempting to ignore a big percentage of US victims. Not a problem for me, I expect such drivel from you. When someone says "Not downplaying the risks of COVID 19, but ......" it's akin to saying "I'm not racist, but.....", it means we already know the answer.

That's a nice picture of you.

The money to be made during this pandemic is with vaccines, and Mr. Fauci is at the center of it. Here is a long interview with RFK Jr. on the issue. Worth the listen:

It doesn't matter. A presidential election is not a horse race. https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/news-media/horse-race-reporting-election/

Coronavirus - It's all because Donald Trump and Fox News exists.......

If "every person that was part of that group received the exact same advance notice for the trip" then that was poor judgement on the part of Pence. I would be interested to discover your source of this information. None of my family members or anyone at my employer has stated they know some one who tested positive for the coronavirus.

The number is zero for me. I am from a huge family and no family members know of anyone who tested positive for the coronavirus either.

Laws can be changed. Or broken.

Perhaps you should address Muda. I never asked a question. Apparently Mike Pence is similar to the Democrats and liberals featured in the Tucker Carlson video. Their behavoir is a considerable example that they view the coronavirus mitigation rules as irrelevant and a hoax.

Chicago mayor threatens citizens with arrest for violating illegal, unconstitutional orders.

Still doesn't change the fact that I haven't voted for a uni-party candidate in 20+ years, and most likely never will again. Guess I live outside of your mathematical law.

I did not see a reference to a contaminant that was introduced in the manufacturing process in the link. The pharmacy who tested ranitidine and discovered excessive levels of NDMA at 3,000 times higher than the FDA's limit. "Our finding is this is an inherent instability of the ranitidine molecule. It just falls apart into NDMA" says David Light, CEO of Valisure. "And this isn't just something Valisure is yelling about and just happen to find. The foundation of this concern has been around for decades. We are just connecting the dots". Light pointed to research going back to the 1980's, and as recent as 2016. The pharmacy's petition asks the FDA to recall all ranitidine products, including the brand-name Zantac. https://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/news/20190926/heartburn-drugs-and-cancer-what-are-the-risks