If Biden and the American people are ready the virus can be defeated Nationwide in 2 weeks.

#30 | POSTED BY TOR

More like a month, but it doesn't matter the time frame, there is no way Americans are ready for the measures that would achieve that.

#5

It's not just getting the vaccine to people it's the people refusing to take it. I knew there was some but when I was working on a fireplace for a lady on the pandemic response team for my state we were chatting and she said that is a major issue.

People who should be getting the vaccine and won't, especially when they take a load out of the freezer so they HAVE to be used then, and a bunch of the people who were supposed to get it won't. She said it's bad enough that if you have some free time go to a vaccine center and hang out. There is a decent chance you can get one because they are now operating on the instructions to just get shots in arms.

She was very frustrated but I did make her happier both by getting her a working fireplace and by responding when she said I don't know how we can handle all the people who won't get a vaccine "won't Darwin handle them?" She is not as brutal as me so she disagreed but did admit the sentiment is tempting to those trying to get this under control.

Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight D Eisenhower

Really I'm supposed to buy that Trump can even be considered in their ranks?

#17

When I was there in July there were signs everywhere telling you to wear a mask security guards were dealing with anyone not wearing a mask. They weren't messing around either we were in the grand bazaar in front of Bally's out side I pulled down my mask to take a drink and my wife wanted a picture so I went to take the picture and a security guy came up to tell me to put my mask back on. It was literally 2 minutes outside. I of course apologized pulled my mask back up took the picture I hadn't meant to be that guy.

As far as crowds though, I swear it felt like I was playing fallout Vegas. If the workers felt like they were not be looked out for you couldn't tell by their attitudes I probably got the most courteous fast and friendly service of my life. Maybe it was boredom and happy to have any customers maybe it is usual for Vegas, it was our first time, but none of the bad attitudes I was getting back home which pretty much telegraphed that they didn't want to be there and were pissed that a) I was there and b) the boss made them risk their life in a pandemic.

Also I felt safer in Vegas than back home and after adjusting to the precautions there was almost freaked out by the lack of concern at home (after only a week)

#11

He has now also added strip out all the "pork" so even if a 2k bill reaches his desk (doubtful) he can still veto it because of "pork" he doesn't even have to define what pork is objectionable just use the excuse and phester will be on here saying that he's looking out for American's deficit.

#2

Truth. Another factor I didn't see mentioned in the article is that because of banking laws it's a very cash heavy business making bribing even easier. I mean hundreds of thousands in a brown paper bags would be tough for most business owners to come up with, but for a pot shop that's just called Tuesday.

If you blocked my driveway Tor I would have told you that you had 30 min to move it before the tow truck got there.

j/k of course

Cool story and glad it worked out for you.

Oh it was the AT&T building? Probably a billing issue.

Hope AU wasn't downtown this morning.

650 bonus from GoDaddy with a 14B market cap? My company manage 3x that with 1/100th of their market cap.

I would have been pissed about the measly bonus long before I was pissed about the "joke"

"Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that something so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God. The argument goes something like this: 'I refuse to prove that I exist,' says God, 'for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing.' 'But, says Man, the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.' 'Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and vanishes in a puff of logic. 'Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing."
"Most leading theologians claim that this argument is a load of dingo's kidneys, but that didn't stop Oolon Colluphid from making a small fortune when he used it as the theme of his best-selling book, Well That About Wraps It Up For God."
"Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."

#24 wow even more apologies to Matt Fuller

Champagne, cocaine, gasoline
And most things in between
I roam the city in a shopping cart
A pack of camels and a smoke alarm
This night is heating up
Raise hell and turn it up
Saying "If you go on, you might pass a big check"
Oh, yeah
Don't threaten me with a good bill

Apologies to "Panic at the Disco" and Mark Fuller

Sorry to hear that AU we had a scare with my FIL and thought we wouldn't be able to see him but he pulled through hopefully we can all vaccinate and see him in 2021.

Gracie my wife manages a toy store. Not only does the store donate directly but on several occasions for people who were strugling this Christmas I told them to go ask for my wife and tell her I said Christmas for 2 (oddly this year it's all been two's no 1's or 3's like last year) she picks out a bunch of presents and pays for them on our card. She knows what is hot and popular and she knows how to budget so the kids do pretty well even on my budget.

Not saying that to brag but I know what it is to struggle first hand and now that I don't have to I want to help folks who are where I was several years ago. Providing presents takes a worry off parents and allows them to shift budget items to things like heat and rent. I am glad you volunteer that is needed as well, however to be in a place that I can donate and not need donations means my wife and I both work 70 hours a week this time of year. So time is not something we can donate.

As for Santa not visiting despite what Fauci said, that does suck but, you would be surprised at what broke parents can pull off. There were years where we only spent a few bucks per kid, and even that hurt, but we still managed to have Santa visit.

Apparently there is a shortage of elf on the shelf so my wife told a kid who was sad about it (that kid needs mental help but that's a different issue) that all the elves have to stay in quarantine in the north pole to help Santa get ready for Christmas. If they left to watch the kids they couldn't come back for 14 days and that would mess up Santa's tight schedule.

This seems on par with that.

Kids have had a rough year Gracie, let them have Santa.

I work as hard as I can to be a valued asset to my employer - why would they ---- can me for no reason?

Maybe because after 3 months of work you sign a 3 year contract that makes the company 800k a year and earns you 40k but the owner realizes that it's a contract and he can fire you and make 800k a year not 760k? Or the company you work for shuts down your entire department with no warning? No well lucky you. Oh I know what about when you have a long term disease and the small company you work for has to let you go because you are driving their insurance costs up? Nope not that either? ---- outa here with your ----.

I grew up working, mowing lawns, odd jobs etc since I was around 9 years old.

So not inner-city huh? Must have been hard growing up in an area where your neighbors had disposable income to pay the kids to do chores. ---- out here with that.

If someone whos been in the workforce for 5 years hasn't saved a years salary for hard times, I have no sympathy for them.

Ahh I get it you are old.

#21

"Whenever ... Congress"

#20

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. So given the republican control of the senate I'm not sure what would happen because I doubt they would approve of anyone that Harris would nominate.

I expect Harris will play a larger role in the leadership of the country that is usual for a VP but I don't see any active movement to have her replace Biden baring a tragedy.

Interesting to me since I use robinhood. I have noticed that on occasion I'll make a trade and it takes a few minutes to execute and if the stock drops in the meantime it still trades at the higher price.

However robinhood has no obvious fees, no account minimum, allows you to trade funds as soon as you deposit even though it takes a couple days for the funds to transfer. Basically it's a great platform for a small trader and I can't help but wonder if the scrutiny they are facing is because they are allowing investors in the game that have traditionally been excluded.

I know I've made 36% this year using it and if I had it in the bank I would have made .01%.

Bocaink

We are planning a repeat trip in 2022. We had a lot of fun but there just wasn't much to do so we decided while we were still there that we wanted to go back when things would be open. I pretty much knew even in July that 2021 would be a wash so we are aiming for Late April early May 2022. Partly because it was freaking 117 when we were there this year so we don't want to do that again, and October-March is when I make my money so we can't go in that time frame. April and May seem like decent times for temperature and are slow enough for both my wife and I to easily take a week or maybe more this time off.

BTW to the subject of the thread If you want some investing advice from a fireplace repair guy on the internet (maybe not the best source but I am up 36% this year) I would buy Tilray. I own Aphria and I'm up 103% on it but with the currently announced exchange Tilray is a bit cheaper. This merger is a match made in heaven and I expect them to do very well with lots of growth as the market grows an new markets open up.

#14

With it illegal here I don't see myself moving on from flower anytime soon. Dabs scare me a bit since I don't smoke much maybe a gram a week so I imagine a dab would melt my brain for a day or two. Heck at one point in Vegas my wife got pissed cause I was so stoned I didn't want to leave the room. Only thing that saved me was corona meant there wasn't much to do anyway.

Most nights I get home take 3-5 hits watch TV for 30 then go to bed so I'm a featherweight. It does keep my pot budget low 60-70 bucks every two months. Back when I was younger it was more like 60-100 a week, course back then I was paying 10 a gram for nastiest dirt schwag you can imagine. Now I'm paying 10 a gram for stuff on par with what I got in Vegas.

#12

Don't know what I like yet. Spent 6 days in Vegas in July and had snickerdoodle, gummies, a vape cartridge and a 1g pre-roll. It's not legal here so pretty much you get whatever flower your guy has. That makes playing around pretty tough. Frankly I'm happy with flower prefer that to vape but haven't tried dabs. The cookies were good but spendy the gummies were underwhelming the pre-roll was awesome but I'm lazy.

#10

That's part of what makes this merger so huge. Tilray has a good line of edible and extracts but no reliable supply of flower. Aphria has supply of flower but little in the way of extracts. BTW where is a good place for weed in Vegas? We went to Reef seemed alright for price but selection seemed pretty limited.

#5

No thanks I'll buy from professional growers rather than screw around trying to grow my own and end up with dirt weed for hours of effort. If I want a pair of jeans I'm not going to grow cotton harvest and process it weave it then sew it I'm going to go buy a pair of Levi's. If I want a weed snickerdoodle same deal.