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No one knows how long to wait. I posted before about this after trying to find a bunch of resources and found anywhere from 9 days to 90 days being recommended. Apparently any research into this question could lead unvaccinated people into deciding not to get vaccinated as well. So obviously it's not worth investigating. Meanwhile i'm on week 5 of my fully vaccinated wife being on 'sedation' levels of hydroxyzine, along with other medication because of her reaction to the covid booster and flu shot at the same time. The doctors specifically stated that she may have had Covid just prior to the vaccinations which may have played a part into putting her immune system into overdrive.

We weren't close to a coup, but it was definitely a coup attempt.

On the Spotify/Neil Young thing, I don't want to get political, so i'll keep it quick. I'm glad he's directing people away from long form interviews like Joe Rogan and over to Amazon for his music. Amazon is the epitome of American greatness and everything I think of when I listen to Neil Young lyrics. There is a part of me that is a little upset that he's fine with having his music on a platform that is cool with Chris Brown and R. Kelly, but then I think about it, and what old school rocker hasn't nailed an underage girl or beat the crap out of a girlfriend. Need to take into account his age and give him a pass.

My kids would play Post Malone and he was one of the best of what they listen to. That's not high praise. As he's done some covers, I'm not sure if he just loves experimenting or if this is a targeted marketing ploy to open me up to him more, but I will say this, I will pay attention to his next album.

I can understand the unhappiness towards the right in regards to the vaccination and Covid as a whole. I've been vocal on this site about how much that sucks, but why are you worried about being around unvaccinated people? You are vaccinated, right? At this point, a person that is unvaccinated it mostly just a risk to themselves and almost a null risk against vaccinated people.

This is the type of nitpicking that I believe doesn't score points for the left like many of you think it does. Those opposed to Lockdowns complained that the effects would last for years. They were not wrong. (Note - I'm not personally arguing that the Lockdowns were wrong, simply that there were costs from it that continue to last) I'm in northern Macomb county, Trump country if you will. Both my kids have assigned seats at lunch and aren't allowed to intermingle. Will they manage to survive, pretty sure they will, but at this point, there is no reason for it. Luckily my kids are in school, Detroit just went back to school after another month of virtual schooling. I saw that they were getting under 60% attendance. Flint schools are still virtual, despite the evidence how detrimental that has been for kids. Is Biden or Whitmer forcing schools to be virtual, no, but it's been the left's overcautious viewpoint and refusal of reviewing new data that certainly isn't doing anything helpful in regards to the situation. Studies are coming out showing kids are facing some of the largest depression numbers ever. Kids aren't handling this well and don't care if about an argument if the GOP should be saying 'restrictions' and 'long term affects from lockdowns' instead of just lockdowns. The fact that the GOP is the one pointing out is odd to me, but it's a weird political world.

Are we sure it's not just a guy in a similar looking Toyota Camry coming home to his family from a long day at work? Seriously though, sounds like we got a bad guy. Sucks he put women and children around him regardless if it was his own doing or something we did to get him.

I was having fun and going way to far, much further than you proposed, but did so based on how you worded it. Obviously you were talking about EC, but you worded it in a way that I could see people arguing against voting for a rep or senator from a district/state which always votes one way.

With this logic, we shouldn't stop at EC. All votes for all State and Federal elections are cast out and only one person is sent to represent everyone. We have the technology, popular vote for everything. Maybe we elect an Ombudsman that determines the next issue we vote on. Than there is a 24 hour period when you log into an app and vote. Even that still doesn't seem to work, let'sdig into that. Should abortion be legal within the United States? Let's say we get 190,000,000 votes (better voter turnout due to ease of voting) 112,100,000 - yes 77,900,000 no The ~78 million that voted no, those votes are just wasted. Let's look at the yes votes, only the first 95,000,001 votes mattered, so another 17,099,999 for a total of 94,999,999 wasted votes. 49.9% of the population would have a wasted vote in every vote. Ok, so this, everyone has to vote. In the above example, if you voted yes, you can have an abortion, if no, you're not allowed to. That way everyone is equally represented.

Solid points. You very well may be correct, at best I think we can all agree on that the EC has issues. If determined that the EC as we know it has to go, I guess I would like to see other solutions offered up rather than just a popular vote election to try and correct some of that misrepresentation without negating some of the virtues of it.

I'd be fine with a change in the EC rules that says instead of just over 270 to win, if you get 51 EC's or more (the total for all those states) and managed to win each of those mentioned, you win automatically.

Yeah, I meant they would focus on the coasts (populated portions), not that they would never visit elsewhere. There would be stops in Texas as they go back and forth. Iowa, New Hamshire, Vermont, Wyoming, both Dakota's, Rhode Island, Delware, Kansas, Montana, Idaho, Maine, West Virginia, those guys can stfu and just accept the president California, Texas, Florida, and New York elect for them.

Absolutely he would. Both parties would campaign on the coasts and just say enough to try and grab votes for those states in between creating a different problem. I'm not saying the EC is perfect, I'm just saying I don't think it's as clear cut as most of you seem to think it is in terms of just getting rid of it.

After the fact, that's absolutely true. But going into it, you never know (to a point). There are absolutely states that aren't changing who they pick anytime soon. Georgia and Arizona went Dem this year which isn't what I would have expected. Many feel Texas may change some time in the near future as well. Not being able to win an EC vote would eventually lead to a change in a losing party as well, meaning a changing party would look at aspect that a majority of people agree with.

Instead of only have a choice between Russia and China, what about a system that helps ensure different parts of a country have a role in determining who is president and helps ensure that the minority isn't overrun by the majority (USA).

Best thing that could happen to help ensure Trump doesn't win in 2024.

...and move us closer to class warfare.

Absolutely, definitely the greatest threat, I mean, after: Trump The backboneless GOP Political instability due to class structures Political instability due to racial division Facebook / Social Media Monopolies Terrorism China / Foreign countries Drug Cartels Weather People that choose cats over dogs ....

Most of the folks in the center don't actually pay that much to politics. They don't like Trump, but they don't really trust dems a whole lot either. They care about what is effecting them right now. So if inflation is still an issue, or they are getting tired of getting out of work late and not being able to find a fast food restaurant that is still open like they used to be to grab some food because they just want to get home and eat, they may not care that all the intellectuals say a vote for Trump say it would lead to the end of the US as they know it. Because to them, those are the same intellectuals telling them there is no inflation, the jobs market is the best ever, and the world is sunshine and roses if they just keep on voting in those dems.

Exactly! Now if only the dems (aka, our only hope) can take a look at history and realize whoever wins the center, wins the election.

Manchin made it clear what he'd do, it's not like he keeps moving the stick. So yes, they lost on BBB b/c they kept pushing for more and now the story is that Biden/dems have failed, where they could be touting a huge victory in infrastructure and saved face and had a minor victory in a smaller BBB.

Build Back Better is beyond a failure, it's been disastrous to this point. It could change though, so that's about the only defense there is. If you told me that 1 year into Biden's presidency we'd: 1) Be out of Afghanistan 2) Have 5 years old and up eligible for the Covid vaccine and easy access to it, along with a current strain that is already showing what history shows in similar events (but sometimes many more years in developing), a form that isn't as severe. 3) An infrastructure bill. Yes, infrastructure and no, this isn't fantasyland. Instead of being able to celebrate and tout this incredible achievement, the dems decided to move to fantasyland and instead of pushing through a BBB package that Manchin would sign, they have turned on him (and Sinema), and are trying any means necessary (voting rights now) to beat those two up, not get anything further accomplished, and put dark clouds over the actual achievements that have been already done.

Yup, he doesn't get nominated without Clyburn. I have some issues with publicly stating what might have been a promise made behind the scenes, but maybe that was a requirement as well. I do think this is different from Reagan who simply said it's time for women to be on the highest court and more balance needs to be seen in the federal courts. O'Connor then looks like Reagan's best pick that happens to be a women which he stated he was open too. Whoever Biden nominates, to a good portion of the population, is not going to look like the best candidate, but the best black female candidate. In the end, her vote will count the same, and because of politics, most of that same crowd isn't going to like her anyway. So it probably doesn't matter anyway.

I heard a report that China has asked Russia to not overshadow the Olympics, which means if it is going to happen, it's going to happen any second now with the idea that Russia thinks they roll in without any/much fighting and we don't respond and the Olympics take away any international coverage or it happens on 2/21.

I'm not making a claim who is or isn't right in regards to Ukraine, but it is odd that the traditional war hawks and dems seem to be aligned right now.