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by Cortopassi
Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:32 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Dueling town halls tomorrow evening
Replies: 36
Views: 6320

Re: Dueling town halls tomorrow evening

Watched Trump live, watching Biden recorded now.

Both are reasonably boring. No fireworks,
by Cortopassi
Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:44 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Gift from God keeps on giving. ----------- Freshman enrollment has dropped more than 16 percent from last year at American colleges and universities — and by nearly a quarter at community colleges — as the threat of the coronavirus has disrupted the nation’s higher education system, the National Stu...
by Cortopassi
Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:14 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: First room-temperature superconductor reported
Replies: 11
Views: 978

Re: First room-temperature superconductor reported

Xan wrote:
Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:19 am
Exchanging temperature for pressure doesn't change the fundamentals.
That's how I saw it.
by Cortopassi
Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:13 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: First room-temperature superconductor reported
Replies: 11
Views: 978

Re: First room-temperature superconductor reported

OMG this is feeling like a political fight. :o
by Cortopassi
Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:14 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: First room-temperature superconductor reported
Replies: 11
Views: 978

Re: First room-temperature superconductor reported

"There are just two catches: we're not entirely sure what the chemical is, and it only works at 2.5 million atmospheres of pressure." "At pressures of 175 GigaPascals, a transition to superconductivity took place once the sample was cooled to about 180 Kelvin, which corresponds to -93°C. But increas...
by Cortopassi
Wed Oct 14, 2020 11:20 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Ok, sure. I'm certainly not always logical, but I'm typically realistic. Just like the local parents who want 100% School open right now are twisting themselves into pretzels trying to find every little possible thing that the school board is doing wrong to bolster their case. All it does is create ...
by Cortopassi
Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:05 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Does this count as attacking her faith?
Replies: 1
Views: 356

Re: Does this count as attacking her faith?

Close...

I'll send you $10 if the dems ever mention "People of Praise" :D
by Cortopassi
Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:33 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Fox News has leftists? I don't watch, what do you consider leftist? Would that be like Chris Wallace? The definition of left vs right is probably also in question! IIRC, I saw several years ago that most Fox News employees were Democrats. Tried to confirm that but could not. However came across the...
by Cortopassi
Tue Oct 13, 2020 5:39 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Operationally, what you are proposing would be frowned upon by I think almost everyone. 1) You'd have to infect 200+million, and... 2) How do you do that? Seriously? Come to the infection site so someone can cough on you? Are you culturing it and giving people shots? So basically that is a Covid sh...
by Cortopassi
Tue Oct 13, 2020 3:10 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Operationally, what you are proposing would be frowned upon by I think almost everyone. 1) You'd have to infect 200+million, and... 2) How do you do that? Seriously? Come to the infection site so someone can cough on you? Are you culturing it and giving people shots? So basically that is a Covid sho...
by Cortopassi
Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:20 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Anecdotally, masks generally prompt a "fuck 'em they're bullshit and taking my freedoms" level response from many conservatives, while most liberals would go "I know they aren't 100% effective but if they help even a little I'll wear them" Maybe we need to clarify what we mean by "help". I happen t...
by Cortopassi
Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:17 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Thus, such a plan would never be promoted by the "mainstream media", who are in the tank for the Democrats. I can show you plenty of charts that the majority of people are watching and listening to conservative sources? That's without even delving into web stuff. Ok, let's analyze the media. Yes, t...
by Cortopassi
Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:05 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Stock scream room
Replies: 1438
Views: 646319

Re: Stock scream room

It's all about stimulus. If congress can pull their heads out of their collective arses and can actually get a stimulus deal through at some point, markets will continue to go up to dizzying heights. If they fail to do so, stocks will fall until they eventually force their hands similar to how they...
by Cortopassi
Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:24 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Thus, such a plan would never be promoted by the "mainstream media", who are in the tank for the Democrats. I can show you plenty of charts that the majority of people are watching and listening to conservative sources? That's without even delving into web stuff. I think there's a better chance of ...
by Cortopassi
Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:30 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

CDC study show 85% of Covid cases were people who Often or Always wear masks. Rewrite that. "CDC shows mask wearing prevents 15% of cases" Does that sound better? Currently there's about 7.83M cases, 215k deaths, .02746 CFR. If we prevented 15% of those cases with 100% mask usage (1.1745M), possibl...
by Cortopassi
Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:23 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

I'm addition, as long as taxpayers and society pay for roads and the issuance of licenses (driving is not a constitutional right) then they have the right to make the rules concerning it...and if seatbelts are a rule that society deems to be necessary so be it. So then if society suddenly decided t...
by Cortopassi
Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:53 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

I'm addition, as long as taxpayers and society pay for roads and the issuance of licenses (driving is not a constitutional right) then they have the right to make the rules concerning it...and if seatbelts are a rule that society deems to be necessary so be it. So then if society suddenly decided t...
by Cortopassi
Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:17 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

CDC study show 85% of Covid cases were people who Often or Always wear masks. Rewrite that. "CDC shows mask wearing prevents 15% of cases" Does that sound better? Currently there's about 7.83M cases, 215k deaths, .02746 CFR. If we prevented 15% of those cases with 100% mask usage (1.1745M), possibl...
by Cortopassi
Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:38 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783342

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

This just keeps getting better and better. Check out the new Cooties-19 dance ! I would like you, yes you, Tortoise, to research this and please tell me this was a one off "covid" joke dance that they decided to do, as a joke, among other normal dances. If you can find proof that the entire dance w...
by Cortopassi
Mon Oct 12, 2020 3:28 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Replies: 110
Views: 20307

Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

7 are 80 or older

29 are 70 or older.

Youngest is 40

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... s_senators
by Cortopassi
Mon Oct 12, 2020 2:43 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Replies: 110
Views: 20307

Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Corto, Thanks for providing one more reason to confirm 48 year old Judge Barrett. FYI, I am not against her being on the court. I am more upset about the hypocritical nature of the last year before an election BS, esp. as vocalized by Lindsey Graham, use my words against me. I hope an ad like that ...
by Cortopassi
Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:56 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Replies: 110
Views: 20307

Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Diane Feinstein, who is 87 years old and obviously suffering from hardening of the attitudes, accused ACB of letting the dogma live loudly within her. The senator never took back those words. Sounds like an unconstitutional religious test to me. Everybody is so goddamn old in congress. Succession: ...
by Cortopassi
Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:41 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Stock scream room
Replies: 1438
Views: 646319

Re: Stock scream room

I am seriously considering another strategic allocation change to lower exposure to stocks (currently 31% for me). On Aug 5th, I dropped from 35% to 31%. I still have no idea what's driving the S&P 10% up for the year when Covid just keeps on stretching out longer and longer. Sure, there are some s...
by Cortopassi
Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:34 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Replies: 110
Views: 20307

Re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Coming out as hardcore anti-Christian and attacking her family will raise quite a few eyebrows among normal people. I was wondering about this too. Especially because the Democrats have been trumpeting Biden's Catholicism in (I guess) an attempt to woo the religious right voters who are more than a...
by Cortopassi
Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:54 am
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Stock scream room
Replies: 1438
Views: 646319

Re: Stock scream room

I am seriously considering another strategic allocation change to lower exposure to stocks (currently 31% for me). On Aug 5th, I dropped from 35% to 31%. I still have no idea what's driving the S&P 10% up for the year when Covid just keeps on stretching out longer and longer. Sure, there are some sm...