All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[achilles]

I thought about posting this in the controversial thread, but then I realized the my only partially joking suggestion that we nuke Boston University now, while we still can, just to make sure. Before they kill us all.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...kill-rate.html

Yeah, this sort of research does need to be banned. Given that this sort of thing escapes into the wild all the time. And why build a deliberately very, very deadly version of COVID? And one that's more infectious than Omicron?

[Gray Lensman]

Having some chicken in your diet basically leaves the same carbon footprint as being vegan. If everybody just avoided beef and lamb, we'd be a lot closer to meeting our climate goals.

Even beef can be made much more eco friendly by subbing out between a half to one percent of the fees for seaweed. For some reason that stuff causes them to create far less methane in the digestive process.

It isn't cow farts, it's cow burps (as silly as that sounds). Turning nearly indigestible starches into energy has a lot of byproducts.

[Mister Mets]

My preferences this time...

Presidential election= Joe Biden (D)

Alabama Senate election= Doug Jones (D)
Alaska Senate election= Dan Sullivan (R)
Arizona Senate (special) election= Mark Kelly (D)
Colorado Senate election= Cory Gardner (R)
Georgia regular Senate election= Jon Ossoff (D)
Georgia special Senate election= Rafael Warnock (D)
Iowa Senate election= Joni Ernst (R)
Kansas Senate election= Roger Marshall (R)
Kentucky Senate election= Mitch McConnell (R)
Maine Senate election= Susan Collins (R)
Michigan Senate election= John James (R)
Montana Senate election= Steve Daines (R)
North Carolina Senate election= Thom Tillis (R)
South Carolina Senate election= Lindsey Graham (R)

Montana gubernatorial election (as far as I can tell, this is the only competitive gubernatorial election in this cycle)= Mike Cooney (D)

Alaska's At-Large Congressional District= Alyse Galvin (incumbent Republican Don Young did not seem well two years ago) (D)
New York's 27th Congressional District= Chris Jacobs (R)
Utah's 4th Congressional District= Burgess Owen (R)

My preferences for the 2022 midterms.
House control= Republicans
Senate control= Republicans

Alaska Senate election= Lisa Murkowski (R)
Arizona Senate election= Blake Masters (R)
Colorado Senate election= Jon O'Dea (R)
Florida Senate election= Marco Rubio (R)
Georgia Senate election= Chase Oliver (L) (In the likely runoff, I would likely back Warnock over Walker)
Iowa Senate election= Chuck Grassley (R)
Nevada Senate election= Adam Laxalt (R)
New Hampshire Senate election= Maggie Hassan (D)
North Carolina Senate election= Richard Burr (R)
Ohio Senate election= JD Vance (R)
Pennsylvania Senate election= Mehmet Oz (R)
Utah Senate election= Evan McMullin (I- although obviously the preferred choice of Democrats)
Wisconsin Senate election= Ron Johnson (R)

Arizona Gubernatorial election= Katie Hobbs (D- I did think Democrats considered it beyond the pale for a Secretary of State to run for other office)
Florida Gubernatorial election= Ron DeSantis (R)
Georgia Gubernatorial Election= Brian Kemp (R)
Kansas Gubernatorial Election= Laura Kelly (D)
Maine Gubernatorial Election= Janet Mills (D)
Nevada Gubernatorial Election= Joe Lombardo (R)
New Mexico Gubernatorial Election= Mark Ronchetti (R)
New York Gubernatorial Election= Lee Zeldin (R)
Oregon Gubernatorial Election= Christine Drazan (R)
Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election= Josh Shapiro (D)
Texas Gubernatorial Election= Greg Abbott (R)
Vermont Gubernatorial Election= Phil Scott (R)
Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election= Tim Michels (R)

Adding a few key congressional races...
Arizona At-large district: Mark Begich (In ranked choice voting, I back incumbent Mary Peltola over former Governor Sarah Palin)
California 27th District- Mike Garcia (R)
Colorado's 3rd district- Adam Frisch (D)
Georgia's 14th district- Marcus Flowers (D)
Maine 2nd District- Chellie Pingree (R)
Nebraska's 2nd District- John Bacon (R)
Texas' 38th District- Wesley Hunt (R)

[Tami]

Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school

[AnakinFlair]

Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school

Meanwhile, I walked past Ross Elementary School in St. Louis yesterday, and they had a board out front advertising to vote yes on a Proposition. One of the things said Proposition would do would be the removal of ASBESTOS from the building.

I'm sorry, I thought they removed Asbestos from public buildings like schools by the 80s.

[Tami]

Meanwhile, I walked past Ross Elementary School in St. Louis yesterday, and they had a board out front advertising to vote yes on a Proposition. One of the things said Proposition would do would be the removal of ASBESTOS from the building.

I'm sorry, I thought they removed Asbestos from public buildings like schools by the 80s.

Asbestos sounds tame in compassion to Radioactive Nuclear Materials that most people who work with it wear Hazmat suits.

[Gray Lensman]

My preferences for the 2022 midterms.
House control= Republicans
Senate control= Republicans

Alaska Senate election= Lisa Murkowski (R)
Arizona Senate election= Blake Masters (R)
Colorado Senate election= Jon O'Dea (R)
Florida Senate election= Marco Rubio (R)
Georgia Senate election= Chase Oliver (L) (In the likely runoff, I would likely back Warnock over Walker)
Iowa Senate election= Chuck Grassley (R)
Nevada Senate election= Adam Laxalt (R)
New Hampshire Senate election= Maggie Hassan (D)
North Carolina Senate election= Richard Burr (R)
Ohio Senate election= JD Vance (R)
Pennsylvania Senate election= Mehmet Oz (R)
Utah Senate election= Evan McMullin (I- although obviously the preferred choice of Democrats)
Wisconsin Senate election= Ron Johnson (R)

Arizona Gubernatorial election= Katie Hobbs (D- I did think Democrats considered it beyond the pale for a Secretary of State to run for other office)
Florida Gubernatorial election= Ron DeSantis (R)
Georgia Gubernatorial Election= Brian Kemp (R)
Kansas Gubernatorial Election= Laura Kelly (D)
Maine Gubernatorial Election= Janet Mills (D)
Nevada Gubernatorial Election= Joe Lombardo (R)
New Mexico Gubernatorial Election= Mark Ronchetti (R)
New York Gubernatorial Election= Lee Zeldin (R)
Oregon Gubernatorial Election= Christine Drazan (R)
Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election= Josh Shapiro (D)
Texas Gubernatorial Election= Greg Abbott (R)
Vermont Gubernatorial Election= Phil Scott (R)
Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election= Tim Michels (R)

Adding a few key congressional races...
Arizona At-large district: Mark Begich (In ranked choice voting, I back incumbent Mary Peltola over former Governor Sarah Palin)
California 27th District- Mike Garcia (R)
Maine 2nd District- Chellie Pingree (R)
Nebraska's 2nd District- John Bacon (R)
Texas' 38th District- Wesley Hunt (R)

Horrible, horrible choice Mets. Practically Laxalt's entire family comes out to endorse his opponent in every race, and I can't imagine it's for no reason. But more seriously, Laxalt was the big guy in Nevada trying to overturn the election with fake cries of voter fraud. A vote for Laxalt is a vote against the Republic.

[Jimbi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE2R...ighlightHeaven

If only there was a government building in the middle of this sucker! It would be like Jan 6th X 1000!!!!!!

[CaptainEurope]

I thought about posting this in the controversial thread, but then I realized the my only partially joking suggestion that we nuke Boston University now, while we still can, just to make sure. Before they kill us all.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...kill-rate.html

Ye0000ah, this sort of research does need to be banned. Given that this sort of thing escapes into the wild all the time. And why build a deliberately very, very deadly version of COVID? And one that's more infectious than Omicron?

What needs to be banned is the Daily Mail tabloid.

“First, this research is not gain-of-function research, meaning it did not amplify the Washington state SARS-COV-2 virus strain (original virus from 2020) or make it more dangerous,” BU said in a statement following online reports that the university called “false and inaccurate.”

“In fact, this research made the virus replicate less dangerous,” the university added.

This study provides important insights into omicron’s ability to cause disease, according to the researchers.

“Consistent with studies published by others, this work shows that it is not the spike protein that drives Omicron pathogenicity, but instead other viral proteins,” said lead study author Mohsan Saeed.

“Determination of those proteins will lead to better diagnostics and disease management strategies,” Saeed said.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/10...n-on-mice/amp/

[achilles]

What needs to be banned is the Daily Mail tabloid.


https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/10...n-on-mice/amp/

It was in multiple news outlets, I just happened to choose that one. And previous gain of function researchers have denied that too, before being found out. And either that was a misquote, or it was suspiciously ungrammatical for the press release of a university. Nor is it unusual. There are quite few gain of function enthusiasts among that crowd, along with many more sensible sorts who condemn it, so this is just par for the course.

[hyped78]

Found it. It was in Brittain. They were cutting tires of trucks making dairy deliveries. Well, drilling into the sidewalls of the tires. Where the hell was security?

Oh wow, I hadn't seen that one. Those fools are giving climate change activism a bad rep.

I thought about posting this in the controversial thread, but then I realized the my only partially joking suggestion that we nuke Boston University now, while we still can, just to make sure. Before they kill us all.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...kill-rate.html

Yeah, this sort of research does need to be banned. Given that this sort of thing escapes into the wild all the time. And why build a deliberately very, very deadly version of COVID? And one that's more infectious than Omicron?

Daily Mail isn't necessarily a trustworthy source of info, it's a sensationalist tabloid

[JackDaw]

Oh wow, I hadn't seen that one. Those fools are giving climate change activism a bad rep.



Daily Mail isn't necessarily a trustworthy source of info, it's a sensationalist tabloid

I tend to read it once a week (one of my sisters takes it, so often read it when I visit)...I think there’s a big difference between the paper version of the Daily Mail and its electronic version.

I actually wouldn’t (by standards of tabloids!) typify the paper version as sensationalist, certainly less so than website. (Of course, there’s an evident right wing bias.)

[worstblogever]

Horrible, horrible choice Mets. Practically Laxalt's entire family comes out to endorse his opponent in every race, and I can't imagine it's for no reason. But more seriously, Laxalt was the big guy in Nevada trying to overturn the election with fake cries of voter fraud. A vote for Laxalt is a vote against the Republic.

That list has enough white nationalists on it that if you're counting you need to move to a second hand. More than zero is too many for anyone to just proudly list them off like that.

[Gray Lensman]

That list has enough white nationalists on it that if you're counting you need to move to a second hand. More than zero is too many for anyone to just proudly list them off like that.

Living in Nevada I'm more familiar with who Laxalt is. He stood out big time.

[hyped78]

I tend to read it once a week (one of my sisters takes it, so often read it when I visit)...I think there’s a big difference between the paper version of the Daily Mail and its electronic version.

I actually wouldn’t (by standards of tabloids!) typify the paper version as sensationalist, certainly less so than website. (Of course, there’s an evident right wing bias.)

I've actually never read the paper version! Interesting to know that there's a difference paper vs. website. And, I mean, it's not like the website is fake news... but you know what I mean