Since most anti-maskers are typically worried about government control, worried about the nanny and surveillance state, I thought of a good reason to wear a mask. ---I assume there's no current facial recognition system that can deal with mask wearing. Wear a mask and at least you can't be tracked b...

Agreed. We are not far off from each other.

Corto, Following up on the "Kung Flu" debate, I'm wondering (sincerely) about the position of you and your family on the Trader Joe's ethnic branding. For example, a frozen lasagna comes under the name "Trader Giotto's", and some Chinese stir fry is sold under the name "Tra...

jalanlong wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:54 am
No definitely not. Both sides are perfectly willing to take away freedoms they don't agree with.

Nailed it.

Maddy, I don't disagree with any of that. My only response is what could we have done differently? If there's one president who could have had the balls to do something like Sweden, it would have been Trump, right? And he didn't. Any democrat would have rolled over to the "science." So we ...

Is it really that far gone, people? Don't you think in the next 6-12 months a vaccine and theraputics will improve/be available and things will get reasonably back to normal? How do people out of work not producing and not buying things help the "elites?" depressing the economy to win an ...

Corto, Following up on the "Kung Flu" debate, I'm wondering (sincerely) about the position of you and your family on the Trader Joe's ethnic branding. For example, a frozen lasagna comes under the name "Trader Giotto's", and some Chinese stir fry is sold under the name "Tra...

Am I being spied on while I surf the internet and walk around? Sure. And tell me how that affects my freedoms. I can always pull the plug. And my life is pretty boring. I think for me the difference is that I do not trust the government to stop where you apparently think they will. Right now perhap...

I cannot imagine the uproar that would happen if seatbelt laws were being put in place now , vs. 30 years ago, with the internet and social media and so much conspiracy hyped on everything. It would be the goddamned end of the world, taking away my freedoms and all. Those elites ain't gonna tell me ...

This forum has been overrun by right wing group think. 8-10 years ago this was an incredible forum with an amazing diversity of outlooks, opinions, and intelligent discussion. I learned a lot from participating in discussions here over the years and had my mind changed and perspectives broadened on...

What Trump supporters are missing, maybe, is there is an increase in people like me (moderate/left leaning) that supported Trump because we didn't want Hilary, but are much more ok with Biden this time around. A good portion of this is not logical. I am smart enough to realize that about myself. You...

WiseOne, I'll take that. maddy, that's your right as well. I guess you won't be doing much shopping at all the big box stores that now require masks? I'm exempt, and not afraid to press the issue. Mark, good hypothesis about Trump using reverse psychology. Up to now, his turnabout on masks had me r...

And $21??!!



I am positive on my physical silver cost for the first time in I think 9 years.

This continues to be surreal. Covid out there, but the PP and markets just seem to make daily highs. My pp is up 12.2% for the year (was -10.75% on March 19)

Can anyone explain what's caused Trump to change his tune on masks? I think Trump knows that if he starts supporting masks, the news will reflexively say that they are useless and dangerous. They won't be able to stop themselves. I'll take bets on that. It'll never happen. All that will be said is ...

WiseOne, I'll take that. maddy, that's your right as well. I guess you won't be doing much shopping at all the big box stores that now require masks? I certainly see these points -- for example I am staunchly opposed to the standard American diet and think it is killing us, yet it is supposedly base...

Corto, it’s been well established that Trump falls far short of your expectations. There is no defense or support of Trump that will change that. Who or what are you proposing as an alternative? If it’s Joe Biden and the Democrats, what can you say to defend or support their behavior and the direct...

Re, the topic name: if the left is eating itself, Trump has swallowed the republican party whole. I enjoyed the interview. Pretty sure Biden now has enough material to make any number of campaign commercials with it. There are just too many golden nuggets to count. But, yep, CNN, Cillizza, another ...

Thanks! The gauze mask is the equivalent of the knit scarves that all of us were wearing (per CDC instructions) back in March. And I bet a lot better than the masks I see located under noses and chins. Great tip, WiseOne. I just added this to my Amazon cart. meshmask.png Ha! Doesn't look too comfor...

Re, the topic name: if the left is eating itself, Trump has swallowed the republican party whole. I enjoyed the interview. Pretty sure Biden now has enough material to make any number of campaign commercials with it. There are just too many golden nuggets to count. But, yep, CNN, Cillizza, another c...

Petition asks Trader Joe's to change its 'racist' food packaging @Cortopassi: You are Italian, your wife is Chinese. Were you guys ever offended by the logo Trader Giotto or Trader Ming? I know that my Chinese daughter in law is not. We are not, but I see where you are going. If you guys aren’t or ...

But I have noticed that more moderate users tend not to post at all or have dismissed Facebook entirely, which makes it a big echo chamber most of the time. Yeah. Exactly. I just perused the high school parents page. Just people on both sides jabbing at each other. It is terrible. I wanted to post ...

Also what is also interesting to me is that the 75% choosing to go back goes against earlier questionnaires (and local news polls) where only 50% of parents were planning on sending their kids back. So either the polls were wrong, or parents opinions changed in the last month (with a surge in cases...

Pretty sure the mother posted that after her son was arrested... am I missing something?

We don’t have to elect anything as far as I know. If you see in the upper right, you have a daily choice to go in or from home, which is quite (crazy?) flexible. I did just see on the news that the Chicago Teacher’s Union is saying teachers should not go back in the classroom until there is a vaccin...

Here's our HS district plan. At least they are giving it a shot. There is an option for being at home as well.