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Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: June 13, 2022, 11:38:11 PM

[kidcarter8]

Robinson will certainly add to his shooting range, though he doesn't need to to impact a game

[FWK00]

If trump were half as competent or organized or took his job half as seriously as Adam Silver, at least 150,000 of those who died from Covid-19 would still be alive.

-snip-

A dubious assertion.  Its easy to point fingers but there was so much that went wrong simultaneously that anyone in charge would have had a similar result.  Capitalism drives many things that are out of political control.

Yes, I get it - blame the weather on Trump but it gets us nowhere in terms of personal responsibility.  The country still resists masks, distancing, and more.  Sure, Trump is an A-hole but as John Lennon so splendidly informed us - he's not the only one.

I don’t think you are giving donald enough credit for how thoroughly he has rendered the republican party supine, submissive, and subordinate to his will. His design to let the disease run rampant and infect his foes was universally picked up by trump adherents, making beating Covid in this country a 60-40 issue where otherwise it would have been 90-10.

Studies show an 8-10 day earlier start to the national response would have led to a drastically better curve. He knew for more than a month before Tom Hanks and the NBA took his option to do nothing away from him.

There still is the most cockeyed and negligible national response possible due to the fundamental uselessness of this administration. Almost a thousand more people are dying every day as tens of thousands more each day are found to be infected.

Without diminishing anyone else’s culpability (there is plenty of culpability to go around), I can easily see that trump has hung at least one hundred and fifty thousand homicides around his own neck.

I disagree.  The brittle nature of our PSP supply chains, the radical disruption of medical expectations about a pandemic, and the ever evolving confusion about what to do can't be underestimated.  The Democrats, too, had their heads up their asses.

There are lots of alternative reality spins that we can imagine today but the unexpected consequences of everything we do play out whether we like it or not.

Biden is awful - worse than Trump and he will be elected.  Harris - worse than Biden.  We are politically circling the toilet.

All we have are the basketball gods to save us.

[FWK00]

We have to pray that nobody gets to Vassell before we do.

Perfect fit.

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BTW: The "testing" then and now is both producing inconsistent results and is temporal (e.g. requiring isolation or drastically reduced social contact).  And, in the US, testing is a special interest group as well - its a cash cow that keeps marijuana illegal (employers MUST test!, cha-ching).  Free and low-cost 24/7 testing just clogs up profits.  Lots of blame to go around.

Even the effectiveness of masks has legitimate critics.  IMO, they offer marginal protection - feel good vibes in uncertain times. 

Bottom line, you were born with a brain - use it or lose it.

 

[bodiddley]

I'm pretty sold on Vassal.

Otherwise I don't think you have a clue what you are talking about.
It's like you went out and bought a box of wrong opinions.
Willing to discuss in the Politics thread, but not here...

[kiidcarter8]

3 & D defensive specialist, strictly a scrubinie coming off the bench, who is fucking 30 years old and cannot shoot worth a damn.


Bo's assessment of Aminu

Bo seems to always need to disagree with me.  It's cute.

It was stated ad nauseum by analysts how much Orlando missed Aminu, along with Isaac.

30?

Heh - again - too fucking funny.  Thibs doesnt want a 25 and under team.  I think he would side easily with Al Farouq over Knox.

[kiidcarter8]

Even the effectiveness of masks has legitimate critics.  IMO, they offer marginal protection - feel good vibes in uncertain times.



yes

[FWK00]

I'm pretty sold on Vassal.

Otherwise I don't think you have a clue what you are talking about.
It's like you went out and bought a box of wrong opinions.
Willing to discuss in the Politics thread, but not here...

Yes, my opinions are "wrong".  Liberal fascism is in vogue  I'm not.

I disagree on a lot of things about Trump but I am sure of the origin of most of our most pressing problems and they originate with Biden's administrations (Clinton and Obama).  Expecting the doctor who botched your operation to fix it the next time is a bad decision.

[Yankguy1]

"Liberal fascism".   Is Jonah Goldberg still alive? Another example of the correctness of Warhol's adage...

[bodiddley]

3 & D defensive specialist, strictly a scrubinie coming off the bench, who is fucking 30 years old and cannot shoot worth a damn.


Bo's assessment of Aminu
Bo seems to always need to disagree with me.  It's cute.

Maybe you're getting paranoid. 
Maybe you should be.
But that was Chip's assessment, not mine.

It was stated ad nauseum by analysts how much Orlando missed Aminu, along with Isaac.
30?
Heh - again - too fucking funny.  Thibs doesnt want a 25 and under team.  I think he would side easily with Al Farouq over Knox.

I thought POR made a mistake by letting both Aminu & MoHark leave.  They were glue guys who put out effort.  Aminu was a good fit there.  Those two were eventually replaced by ex-Knix Melo & Ariza (a combined 69 years old).

Aminu's knee surgery was for a meniscus, so not so serious.
I'd be okay adding Aminu a proven 3&D guy.  Though I don't think he'll age well, he should have 2 or 3 more solid years.  Depends who we draft.  Draft one of Vassal/Okongwu and pick up Aminu and looks like Knox gets squeezed out.

[lesterluv]

Even the effectiveness of masks has legitimate critics.  IMO, they offer marginal protection - feel good vibes in uncertain times.



yes

lol 10,000x. IMO. In your opinion. And the opinion of a guy who has shown himself to be forum ass-clown idiot of the milllenium. And a guy who takes his advice from doctors who worry about alien sperm. Those opinions ain't worth shit.

In the opinion of those who actually know things, masks offer tremendous protection in preventing the spread of the virus to others, hence, diminishing the severity of the outbreak in places where significant chunks of the population use them.  Even MAGA neck gaiters have some value, if covering the pig nostrils.


Herman shares your opinion, tho!

[lesterluv]

..... there was so much that went wrong simultaneously that anyone in charge would have had a similar result. 
.....
the radical disruption of medical expectations about a pandemic, and the ever evolving confusion about what to do can't be underestimated.  The Democrats, too, had their heads up their asses.

That is so laughable. A pandemic was fully expected. There were dry runs, an infrastructure and complete playbooks put in place by Democrats.

Somebody decided not to use them.

[bodiddley]

Over 100 years ago for the Spanish Flu people knew enough to wear face masks.
It's a respiratory virus, with transmission predominantly airborne via breathing.
Covering your important breather holes makes a huge difference.
Especially when everyone does so.
This is as much in dispute as smoking causing cancer or climate change.

[FWK00]

Nobody is telling you not to wear a mask.

There are individuals who honestly don't think they are sufficient. I'm not one of them.  Just saying that I have read credible arguments both ways.

The quality of the mask is a factor as well.

And if your eyes are exposed, you are that much more susceptible.

Indoors, crowded spaces are particularly troublesome.  Outdoors, not so much.

Sorry to disagree with our panel of medical experts. 

[kiidcarter8]

LES thinks Cain would be alive if he wore a mask.

OK - noted, pal.

Bo - that was CHIP on Aminu?  Didnt sound like him.  Thanks for the correction.  You are still overly disagreeable - but happy to see we agree on one player.

[lesterluv]

Sorry to disagree with our panel of medical experts.

As well you should be!