BarretWallace

It is a whole new generation to not have learned from the past, and plenty of time for the previous generation to have forgotten it...
 
 
Arizona voting bill fails in the House, with 2 Republicans crossing party lines
 
By no means indicative of a trend, but suggestive that Republican-dominated state legislatures may not give those efforts a smooth ride.

Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.

Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.
 
The Road goes ever on and on,
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
 
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
 
The Road goes ever on and on
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
Let others follow it who can!
Let them a journey new begin,
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet.

As a career IT architect and current cybersecurity analyst, that is definitely a pretty bad take.  It's hard to know where to begin, but suffice to say that cybersecurity "best practices" 1. rarely go far enough and 2. are usually sabotaged by senior bureaucrats through underfunding and lack of support.
 
As an example of 2., consider that my last supervisor directly asked that I falsely attest to our organization's PCI compliance status.  Hence, the new job.
 
 

See Financial Barrier

Arnold has many flaws, but when he believes in something he acts.

I freely admit that I am struggling big time with Covid restrictions by now.  Remember back when it was "14 days to flatten the curve?"  I sure don't.  I want to go back to my dojo so badly it hurts, once I am fully vaccinated (April 29!).  It's the only place where I have consistently seen real fitness results, as it's never the same workout twice and never easy.  They've been operating according to Minnesota guidelines on gyms, with masks required, and a moratorium on certain drills (grappling, open hand, and some weapon drills) that require close contact with another person.  The owners have always been meticulous about cleaning the place, and have upped their game in the last year in that regard.  To date there is no known case of Covid that can be traced to the dojo.
 
Yet...is returning to the dojo wise for me to do?  My better half and I have kept extremely tight bubbles, and we are still healthy.  When I achieve full vaccination, is the dojo a reasonable risk, or am I being reckless?  I don't necessarily expect an "answer" here, as I'm not sure there is a good one.  I'm mostly looking to get this off my chest.  I also know that I'm far from the only person who wants some semblance of "normal" back, but is hesitant to take that next step.

Just took the wife for her first vaccination! She's halfway there.

Just make sure the cricket bat is long enough that you can maintain social distancing.

Okay, now I want to go out and start smacking people with a cricket bat. Someone restrain me before I have to have Lady P bail me out.

As I prepare for my colonoscopy tomorrow, I have become convinced that Tucker Carlson should get one too.
 
That way, maybe they could find his head.

I'm boggled that "If you get it, you won't die horribly in an ICU with your only company the ventilator inflating and deflating your comatose body like a set of bagpipes!" isn't enough of an incentive.

I would guess that Carlson is trying to be "clever" by reversing the script used against people who refused to wear masks.
 
The obvious rejoinder would seem to be to reverse the script right back: "I will wear a mask if I want. It's my RIGHT. You are infringing on my FREEDOM. And if FREEDOM makes you uncomfortable, that's your problem, snowflake."
 
Okay, that's probably escalatory and unhelpful. But I do find it tempting.
 
Dean Shomshak

"Can you please stop being a tremendously dangerous douchebag, Tucker?", Starlord asked politely, but firmly.

It might just be the venue. I mean, Paul Brown Stadium isn't exactly known as the home of champions....
 
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I have no idea about the publicity effort, so that can't be ignored, but...probably the anti-vax.
https://www.limaohio.com/news/456937/ohio-coronavirus-vaccine-demand-has-slumped
 
EDIT:   and
https://flaglerlive.com/162742/trump-republicans-vaccine/
 
 
 
 

Yes

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/every-second-person-getting-tested-in-kolkata-is-positive/articleshow/82236519.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOIKolkata
Every second person getting tested in Kolkata is positive