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[casimir]

4 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Someone noted no-one has started a game thread for M for this season. When you follow winning big with a season with a dim outlook, I guess interest falls fast.

Maybe folks just want summer to continue and aren't ready for September?

[romad1]

16 minutes ago, casimir said:

Maybe folks just want summer to continue and aren't ready for September?

Fixed that for him in any case. 

[casimir]

1 hour ago, romad1 said:

Fixed that for him in any case. 

Right over my head.

[romad1]

3 minutes ago, casimir said:

Right over my head.

Nah, he was saying nobody had a season thread started.  I started one. 

[pfife]

11 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Someone noted no-one has started a game thread for M for this season. When you follow winning big with a season with a dim outlook, I guess interest falls fast.

I never post about M here but I'm stoked and going to 6 games this year.   Great schedule.   I think 9 maybe 10 Ws if they steal one.   Oregon will be tough and Ohio will be pissed and it's in the horse **** so that'll be tough.   Texas is the other one that could be an L

Go blue!!

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, pfife said:

I never post about M here but I'm stoked and going to 6 games this year.   Great schedule.   I think 9 maybe 10 Ws if they steal one.   Oregon will be tough and Ohio will be pissed and it's in the horse **** so that'll be tough.   Texas is the other one that could be an L

Go blue!!

College football being in a state of total chaos, anything is possible. It's usually foolish to count on anything with a team with an untested QB, but it's possible a not very effective M offense will be enough against a bunch of other teams whose chaos has been even greater than M's

[casimir]

8 hours ago, romad1 said:

Nah, he was saying nobody had a season thread started.  I started one. 

Phew!  Thank heavens.

The high school season starts tonight.  Or, as I like to refer to them for the clarinet player in the house, Marching Band Fridays.

[casimir]

In a tangenty audible  back to the topic, one of the teachers on my wife’s team has a son that plays for his high school (different district than ours).  That mother/teacher volunteered for this game to cook the Thursday post practice meal.  And the son/player just came down with COVID.

[smr-nj]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

In a tangenty audible  back to the topic, one of the teachers on my wife’s team has a son that plays for his high school (different district than ours).  That mother/teacher volunteered for this game to cook the Thursday post practice meal.  And the son/player just came down with COVID.

 

[Hongbit]

9 hours ago, romad1 said:

Nah, he was saying nobody had a season thread started.  I started one. 

Makes sense to have a UM football discussion in a political thread.  

The biggest booster of the UM program is Stephen Ross.  He’s also one of Trump’s very good friends and largest contributors.

In a sense,  Trump and Michigan football are joined at the hip. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him at a few games this year wearing maize and blue and singing Mr.Brightside with the students.  

Maybe he’ll show up at @pfifetailgate and eat all the food and leave without tipping.  

Edited August 23, 2024 by Hongbit

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Hongbit said:

Makes sense to have a UM football discussion in a political thread.  

The biggest booster of the UM program is Stephen Ross.  He’s also one of Trump’s very good friends and largest contributors.

In a sense,  Trump and Michigan football are joined at the hip. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him at a few games this year wearing maize and blue and singing Mr.Brightside with the students.  

Maybe he’ll show up at @pfifetailgate and eat all the food and leave without tipping.  

If Trump showed up at a Michigan game they'd have to embargo letting any students in or there'd be a riot. At the very least they would have to turn off all the field mics and do a sterile audio to keep the non-stop "F*** TRUMP!" chant from going national.

Edited August 24, 2024 by gehringer_2

[Hongbit]

15 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

If Trump showed up at a Michigan game they'd have to embargo letting any students in or there'd be a riot. At the very least they would have to turn off all the field mics and do a sterile audio to keep the non-stop "F*** TRUMP!" chant from going national.

He wouldn’t make it past Pfife’s tailgate. 

[romad1]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

If Trump showed up at a Michigan game they'd have to embargo letting any students in or there'd be a riot. At the very least they would have to turn off all the field mics and do a sterile audio to keep the non-stop "F*** TRUMP!" chant from going national.

Sherrone Moore and Warde Manual and Santa Ono are going to host Trump?  That will not be happening.

 

[gehringer_2]

9 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Sherrone Moore and Warde Manual and Santa Ono are going to host Trump?  That will not be happening.

 

I also sort of doubt Sherrone Moore is going to be a source for the occasional conservative culture warrior statements Harbaugh was good for that must have endeared him to some donors. but who knows?

Edited August 24, 2024 by gehringer_2

[Hongbit]

 

23 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Sherrone Moore and Warde Manual and Santa Ono are going to host Trump?  That will not be happening.

 

I was joking. Agree, it’s not happening.

But if Stephen Ross ever would want to bring Trump to a game, nobody is saying no. 

Edited August 24, 2024 by Hongbit

[pfife]

11 hours ago, Hongbit said:

Makes sense to have a UM football discussion in a political thread.  

The biggest booster of the UM program is Stephen Ross.  He’s also one of Trump’s very good friends and largest contributors.

In a sense,  Trump and Michigan football are joined at the hip. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him at a few games this year wearing maize and blue and singing Mr.Brightside with the students.  

Maybe he’ll show up at @pfifetailgate and eat all the food and leave without tipping.  

As long as he doesn't drink the beer.

[pfife]

9 hours ago, Hongbit said:

He wouldn’t make it past Pfife’s tailgate. 

I haven't made it to the game after the tailgate on multiple occasions. 

[pfife]

You should float thru the tailgate for USC @Hongbit we will have ham sammiches

[1776]

DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.

Much of the award — $10 million — is for punitive damages against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, according to the verdict form.

 

Lisa Domski, who worked at Blue Cross for more than 30 years, said she was a victim of religious discrimination. The company in 2021 did not grant an exemption from its vaccine policy, despite her insistence that it clashed with her Catholic beliefs.

Domski's attorney, Jon Marko, said she worked 100% remotely as an IT specialist during the pandemic; 75% before COVID-19 hit in 2020.

Even without the vaccine, "she wasn't a danger to anybody,” Marko said in an interview after the trial.

Besides punitive damages, the jury in Detroit federal court awarded Domski about $1.7 million in lost pay and $1 million in noneconomic damages.

Blue Cross denied any discrimination. In a court filing earlier in the case, the insurer said Domski lacked a sincerely held religious belief.

An appeal is possible. Blue Cross released a statement but didn't make anyone available for comment.

“While Blue Cross respects the jury process and thanks the individual jurors for their service, we are disappointed in the verdict,” the health insurer said. “Blue Cross is reviewing its legal options and will determine its path forward in the coming days.”

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[chasfh]

1 hour ago, 1776 said:

 

DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.

Much of the award — $10 million — is for punitive damages against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, according to the verdict form.

 

Lisa Domski, who worked at Blue Cross for more than 30 years, said she was a victim of religious discrimination. The company in 2021 did not grant an exemption from its vaccine policy, despite her insistence that it clashed with her Catholic beliefs.

Domski's attorney, Jon Marko, said she worked 100% remotely as an IT specialist during the pandemic; 75% before COVID-19 hit in 2020.

Even without the vaccine, "she wasn't a danger to anybody,” Marko said in an interview after the trial.

Besides punitive damages, the jury in Detroit federal court awarded Domski about $1.7 million in lost pay and $1 million in noneconomic damages.

Blue Cross denied any discrimination. In a court filing earlier in the case, the insurer said Domski lacked a sincerely held religious belief.

An appeal is possible. Blue Cross released a statement but didn't make anyone available for comment.

“While Blue Cross respects the jury process and thanks the individual jurors for their service, we are disappointed in the verdict,” the health insurer said. “Blue Cross is reviewing its legal options and will determine its path forward in the coming days.”

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Whoa whoa whoa, wait a minute: $1.7 million in lost pay over just the past three years? Was she a senior vice president at the company?

Edited November 11, 2024 by chasfh

[Edman85]

1 minute ago, chasfh said:

Whoa whoa whoa, wait a minute: $1.7 million in lost pay over just the past three years? Was she a senior vice president at the company?

Good precedent for federal civilian employees left in the dust from whatever the **** is coming the next couple years.

[romad1]

3 hours ago, Edman85 said:

Good precedent for federal civilian employees left in the dust from whatever the **** is coming the next couple years.

Yeah, good point.  Bookmark, highlight or flag this as precedent.  Get some good attorneys and have them pulverize the administration over unlawful firings. 

[Tigeraholic1]

The same people who wanted people fired who did not get the jab now want to sue using the same premise. Lots of trash to take out.......

[Tiger337]

1 minute ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

The same people who wanted people fired who did not get the jab now want to sue using the same premise. Lots of trash to take out.......

I never wanted to see people fired for refusing to get vaccinated and I certainty don't want to see long-term employees fired because they don't bow down to King Donald.  

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Our new anti-vax Healthcare Czar Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. wants to get children off the childhood vaccination schedule. He has been a significant critic of the MMR vaccine, which protects kids against measles. Our new anti-vax Healthcare Czar RFK jr. was directly responsible for a measles outbreak in the American Samoa that killed over 82 children who were unvaccinated. The graph above shows the rates of measles before the MMR vaccine and after it. We are going to create generations of anti-vaxxers and thus generations of preventable deaths because of people like our anti-vax new Healthcare Czar RFK Jr. at the helm.

Edited November 11, 2024 by Mr.TaterSalad