Gotta love the stock market. Does well for weeks, then it suddenly shits its pants for no apparent reason.

Limiting immigration and bringing back manufacturing jobs would go a long way toward helping working class people to be able to be responsible family members. Two other huge contributors to the destruction of working-class families: The welfare state, which allows and encourages mothers to have kid...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:29 am - I did 7 reps of 225 pound bench press. Before lockdown I could do twice that number of reps.
[...]
- 3 chin ups and gave up. I could previously do 20 to 25.

Damn, bro. You got some strength. Have you ever measured your vertical jump or played competitive sports?

I would be quite interested to know whether most of the seven prior complaints of police brutality against Chauvin were made by black people or not:

http://complaints.cuapb.org/police_arch ... icer/2377/

Minority communities have had their own “private protection services” for decades already: They’re called gangs.

I guess the effectiveness of a private protection service depends heavily on how ethical or corrupt its members are.

It's ironic that our economic system compensates the most essential workers the worst. That’s because compensation, like most goods and services, is generally based on supply and demand, not the distinction of “essential” vs. “non-essential.” Many “essential” workers don’t make much money because t...

What leadership? You mean the whiny Trump tantrum shit show that has been going on for the last four years? Leaders accept responsibility, show empathy, compassion and understanding, attempt to unite people, show bravery and level headedness under fire. Trump posseses none of these attributes. That...

Note that I referred to outdoor gatherings. A good portion of social mixing during Mardi Gras in New Orleans took place indoors, such as in bars, restaurants, and people's apartments and houses. Yes, there were also crowds in the streets, but we can't ignore the jam-packed indoor spaces during the f...

We should be able to see the new outbreaks as a result of the flagrant Memorial Day weekend celebrating. Are they happening? Serious question. Possibly the only potential good that can come from the rioting is that if there are no new outbreaks in any of the cities where the rioting occurred, we ca...

...when the lockdowns first started and I saw millions of people being put out of work I remember saying that I believed we were going to eventually start seeing rioting in the streets. For once, I guess my crystal ball worked pretty well. Yeah, I thought the same thing when the lockdowns first sta...

O0 IMG_6258.JPG Is there some deeper meaning to this? I was also going to ask, but I didn't want to seem dense.... Ohhhhhhh. SOLVED https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusColorado/comments/gpq2ez/the_vibe_at_all_the_restaurants_reopening/ Now that I get it, it's good! What, you guys don't instantly re...

Remember the article I posted a while back about how the largest spikes in covid cases could be traced to "superspreader" events? Like Mardi Gras in New Orleans, or jam packed airports in NYC. In the images of both protests and riots, I see lots of people congregating in close quarters an...

Am I the only one here that thinks part of the reason the rioting has gotten so out of hand is bc of the Covid lockdown? I agree with Scott Adams that this has set the progress of Black back 10 years. But doesn't take much to make people snap under the conditions we've been under. I’m with you Pug....

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 7:42 am Intervention! Intervention!

I forgot about the wine-in-a-coke-can part

Love that show. Just finished watching Season 14 on Hulu.

I recently read that they plan to do a coronavirus episode in the new season. Because... why wouldn’t they?

You cannot justify one person's overall ineptitude by pointing at another persons shortcomings. Isn't that what literally every politician has done for all of recorded history? Are you a politician? Ah, I misread your statement. Sorry about that. I thought you were referring to Trump blaming other ...

You cannot justify one person's overall ineptitude by pointing at another persons shortcomings. Isn't that what literally every politician has done for all of recorded history? [Trump] should be called out daily for how crappy a leader he is. He may not be a great leader, but he's definitely succee...

doodle wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 3:16 pm You could write the greatest music in the world but if you can't play an instrument you shouldn't be on stage.

Trump does toot his own horn pretty well.

Don't see anything wrong with "when the looting starts, the shooting starts". Agreed. My first impression upon reading Trump's tweet in context was that it's a warning akin to "Settle down, everyone, or you're going to hurt yourselves" rather than an attempt to incite violence. ...

Another early theory I've seen almost no discussion about in recent weeks is the viral load thing. A while back, I recall reading that many doctors and nurses treating Covid-19 patients (at least in Italy, not sure about the U.S.) were getting very sick, and one theory was that it might be due to vi...

George Floyd.

... The thing is, although he's still one of my best friends and I love him, he's really not the same guy any more. No longer the hilarious life of the party. Much more serious and reserved. Our other friends have all noticed the same thing. ... Sounds like he needs an intervention. 😂 I’m kidding, ...

I was visiting my parents recently, and I forget exactly how it happened, but I was talking about how awesome alcohol was. My mom got a Serious Look (or, as close to it as she could. She'd had a few as well), and said I should be careful, a lot of our family are alcoholics. "LOL WHAT. No they ...

Remember when California's government filled the beach's skate parks with sand to prevent skaters from using them while the beaches were closed? Apparently they didn't bother to clear the sand back out when the beaches reopened (because why would they?), so some skaters joined together and did it th...

It sure sounds funny to listen to! But I have to admit that he's actually saying "BE Joe Biden", rather than "beat". Him saying "beat Joe Biden" would require multiple simultaneous mental misfires (which he's probably capable of) but I think the "BE" theory m...

Joe Biden is now also an expert on beating Joe Biden:

https://youtu.be/s9k-MibU8RI