soupslam1 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 The classic bell curve is still forming. How long before it peaks and how high will the peak be before it tapers off? https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornontheblue Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 5 hours ago, NVGiant said: Petition? Sure thing. If by petition you mean go to a bloody war, then yeah, they’ll petition. You willing to go to a bloody war over rural Oregon, and Washington. This is all hypothetical of course but , but we are nearing that point where a divorce may be what we need. Let em go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Coast Aztec Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, bornontheblue said: You willing to go to a bloody war over rural Oregon, and Washington. This is all hypothetical of course but , but we are nearing that point where a divorce may be what we need. Let em go Just stop it. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSUTOP25 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 21 minutes ago, East Coast Aztec said: Just stop it. @SleepingGiantFan, @Billings, and @renoskier (NV-D) brought the subject up. Looks like they’re itching to leave. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 It's obviously Meghan Markle's fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Well, it's official, we're all going to die. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 This is really interesting. Quote BioMedomics, Inc., a small research and development firm in Research Triangle Park, created one of the world's first rapid tests to detect COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The test only requires a small blood sample and can deliver results within 15 minutes. "I think this type of test certainly is a game changer," Kent Lupino, Director of Marketing & Product Management, tells ABC11. "Antibody-based rapid tests like ours are well-suited for initially screening patients at the point-of-care, because they are fast and don't require any laboratory equipment to conduct the test." How it works is a big part of why it's fast: instead of trying to detect the virus' genetic signature, or RNA, the BioMedomics test measures how the patient's body is reacting to the virus. In other words, it checks whether the body's immune system is reacting to the virus - or something else. However, this part is absurdly ridiculous. Quote The rapid test has already proven valuable overseas, as sales to China's CDC has topped 500,000 units since January; the company is also shipping tests to South Korea, Thailand, India, Latin America, Europe and Africa. In the United States, only this month have federal regulators amended guidelines to allow BioMedomics to market the rapid test nationwide. https://abc11.com/health/nc-startup-creates-test-that-diagnoses-covid-19-in-15-minutes/6046726/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSUTOP25 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 minute ago, retrofade said: This is really interesting. However, this part is absurdly ridiculous. https://abc11.com/health/nc-startup-creates-test-that-diagnoses-covid-19-in-15-minutes/6046726/ The FDA red tape surrounding emergency response is ridiculous. If there is a positive in this whole disaster it’s that medical innovation and emergency mobilization should significantly improve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVGiant Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, bornontheblue said: You willing to go to a bloody war over rural Oregon, and Washington. This is all hypothetical of course but , but we are nearing that point where a divorce may be what we need. Let em go I am surrounded by rural Oregon and I know nobody here wants to join Idaho. one of my closest friends in the world is a wheat farmer in rural oregon. He’s a sixth generation Oregonian and he wants nothing to do with Idaho. There is no consensus. It’s a pipe dream for knuckleheads on the far left and right to lather themselves up about. But if it became real, it would be bloody. though you guys can have Ontario and Klamath falls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSUTOP25 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, NVGiant said: I am surrounded by rural Oregon and I know nobody here wants to join Idaho. one of my closest friends in the world is a wheat farmer in rural oregon. He’s a sixth generation Oregonian and he wants nothing to do with Idaho. There is no consensus. It’s a pipe dream for knuckleheads on the far left and right to lather themselves up about. But if it became real, it would be bloody. though you guys can have Ontario and Klamath falls. Might want to bring this up to @SleepingGiantFan, @Billings, and @renoskier (NV-D) too. I mean, they pretty much opened the door to this discussion. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVGiant Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 minute ago, BSUTOP25 said: Might want to bring this up to @SleepingGiantFan, @Billings, and @renoskier (NV-D) too. I mean, they pretty much opened the door to this discussion. Lol I’ve made the joke in the past, too, But We’re not seceding. and if we tried it would be anything but easy. it would spark a civil war. We kind of have a historical playbook to go on here. And the idea that it’s just a matter of a few votes is nonsense. Oregon isn’t splitting either. Rural Oregonians want better for their families than to join a state where the pinnacle of its culinary artistry is ketchup-flavored mayonnaise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSUTOP25 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, NVGiant said: I’ve made the joke in the past, too, But We’re not seceding. and if we tried it would be anything but easy. it would spark a civil war. We kind of have a historical playbook to go on here. And the idea that it’s just a matter of a few votes is nonsense. Oregon isn’t splitting either. Rural Oregonians want better for their families than to join a state where the pinnacle of its culinary artistry is ketchup-flavored mayonnaise. You bastard. WAR!!!!!!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfmanhalfbronco Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, NVGiant said: I’ve made the joke in the past, too, But We’re not seceding. and if we tried it would be anything but easy. it would spark a civil war. We kind of have a historical playbook to go on here. And the idea that it’s just a matter of a few votes is nonsense. Oregon isn’t splitting either. Rural Oregonians want better for their families than to join a state where the pinnacle of its culinary artistry is ketchup-flavored mayonnaise. I will cut you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVGiant Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Just now, BSUTOP25 said: You bastard. WAR!!!!!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueStout Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 7 hours ago, mugtang said: 75k for single with no kids. 150k for married individuals and it’s 112k for head of household. I'll be curious how this plays out for blended families. Only the person who gets to claim the child on their income tax form gets the $500? I know lots of people who share custody 50/50, but for whatever reason one claims them and the other can't. Some people alternate years on claiming. That could be messy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalCoug Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, BSUTOP25 said: You bastard. WAR!!!!!!!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSUTOP25 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Wow. Just wow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BYUcougfan Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, NVGiant said: I am surrounded by rural Oregon and I know nobody here wants to join Idaho. one of my closest friends in the world is a wheat farmer in rural oregon. He’s a sixth generation Oregonian and he wants nothing to do with Idaho. There is no consensus. It’s a pipe dream for knuckleheads on the far left and right to lather themselves up about. But if it became real, it would be bloody. though you guys can have Ontario and Klamath falls. The lefties that are actually serious should probably take a look at the last 40 years for Quebec. It is a really, really bad assumption to think all of your best companies are going to leave with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugtang Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, RogueStout said: I'll be curious how this plays out for blended families. Only the person who gets to claim the child on their income tax form gets the $500? I know lots of people who share custody 50/50, but for whatever reason one claims them and the other can't. Some people alternate years on claiming. That could be messy. It’ll probably be whoever claimed the kid in 2018. Quote thelawlorfaithful, on 31 Dec 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:One of the rules I live by: never underestimate a man in a dandy looking sweater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrofade Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Quote One provision, according to a Schumer aide, would bar businesses controlled by real estate mogul Trump and his family, Vice President Mike Pence, members of Congress and heads of executive branch departments from receiving loans or investments from Treasury Department programs. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-negotiators-reach-deal-on-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package-idUSKBN21B18D Good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...