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That's where you are wrong. Me, Skidooski and Zam are winning. You have been a forum loser for the last 14 years. SBYL.

I always like to cap off threads like this with the facts, not Mainecat's reality... Joe Biden is immensely popular and Democrats are ascendant. That’s the narrative the polling industry would like you to believe. Yet, in an environment where pollsters have routinely published polls with recalled samples of Biden voters +14 or more (i.e. nowhere near reality) to fluff the new administration, this latest effort from the Associated Press really stands out… There are outliers, and then there’s claiming that Joe Biden has a 63% approval rating. How they got there becomes clear once you dive into the methodology. For example, their sample came out to 46% Democrat and only 17% Independent. That comes nowhere close to any current tracking of political affiliation. The poll also admits to purposely oversampling blacks and Asians for the reason of “analysis.” What that actually means is not elaborated on. In the end, they sampled blacks at 25% of the population when they only actually represent around 12%. Asians were sampled at nearly 20% of the population while only truly representing around 6%. Even just comparing the AP-ORC poll to other recent polls shows how unreliable it is. Looking at the major other polls in May, these are the other results: 50%, 55%, 49% via Rasmussen, Reuters, and YouGov, respectively. The poll is also not of registered or likely voters, making it non-predictive in regards to the political environment. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/another-garbage-poll-showing-massive-approval-numbers-joe-biden/

Made some garlic pizzas with leftover chix, broccoli, and sausage from Sunday

someone who dosnt know trucks

Can't believe you said that, had to quote before you edit.

Candace is right. Again...:)

Pappa Murphy bacon 🥓 chicken 🐔 artichoke delight

Found on another forum..... I am generally pro-vaccine (they have done many great things and greatly extended human life) and make risk averse choices in life. I do not think Bill Gates is trying to implant me with a microchip. Upon reflection, I have decided not to get this one. I was concerned at first, especially after seeing the videos form Wuhan on the other side of the internet, with people appearing to be dropping like flies in the street. I have completely ignored Covid since August. First, it is not thoroughly tested. Complete blanket immunity was given to the drug companies, each of which has a spotty record when it comes to ethics and honesty. it is not FDA approved for anything but "emergency use" (Yes, I work in an FDA regulated industry, I know what this means), it is rushed. I do not greatly doubt its efficacy, but there is no reasonable argument that this was not rushed out the door and there may be much unknown. I am careful about what I put in my body (learned that lesson the hard way), I do not drink sugary drinks, I do not eat junk food, I do not take medications unless I have no other choice and modify behavior first if that might work instead. I am not perfect, but I don't take something because someone in authority told me too. Second, the reason to get a vaccine is to avoid the risk of the affects of the disease, which is a very minor risk to me now that we have much more data. In many countries the average age of death is lower than the average age of death of people who die from Covid. The CDC, which is supportive of the narrative, projects a death rate for those in my age group that might as well not exist. And this is all done after counting in a way that maximizes Covid deaths, by tabulating people who die within 14 days of a diagnosis (or even reporting a symptom that could be 100 other things) as if they died from Covid. One need not be an expert in statistics to see the absurdity of this. Imagine if we counted "vaccine deaths" the same way? You would see large numbers of 'vaccinated dead', even though because X happened and Y happened, it does not mean that X caused Y. I don't get flu shots, I see little practical reason to get this either. Third, the appeals to authority do not stand to reason to me. "trust the science" is not a good argument, especially when much science is ignored if it does not suit the narrative of the people saying this. Surgical masks were not found to be effective against airborne viruses in studies before 2020. Put on a surgical mask, step outside on a cold morning, and breathe. See your breath in the air? States with high mask usage are not doing better than states without. Masks are separate and distinct form the vaccine, but based on the previous absurdities being pushed by "science" about Covid, 'trusting the science' makes no sense beyond the fact that appeals to authority are always a fallacy. It is also fundamentally not how science works, question everything is how actual science works. I trust clean statistical data, not appeals to authority, not papers with massive control problems bankrolled by companies and groups with a vested interest in that specific outcome. Foruth, on the personal side, the public hysteria that is completely out of line with the measurable risk, makes me just not want to participate in show this at all. I live in a state that uses this as a reason to restrict core constitutional freedoms, like assembly (unless it is a riot supported by the media, those weren't mass-spread events and were okay, but me and my extended family having Thanksgiving dinner sure was considered such, as were political events the media did not approve of). Any questioning of the narrative is met with derision, the social witch-hunt at schools, companies, and in communities here to virtue signal their heroism for locking themselves inside for over a year and castigate anyone who simply does not participate in the show pushes me deeper into the no-vaccine camp by emotional instinct. If I spent my life afraid of things I have a roughly 99.8% chance of surviving, I would fear almost everything in the world. This strikes me as a stupid way to live, whether or not the fear being discussed is the current flavor of the month and socially popular. Even if this vaccine is somehow the most safe thing ever devised in the history of the world, the difference between it and getting Covid at 30 with a healthy weight and no vitamin D deficiency is negligible. I think people should decide for themselves, based on any standard they choose, rational, emotional, or absurd. 'My body, my choice', right?

insurance paid when my boat separated from my truck and hit a house, which has been referred to as the "house boat" affair among friends

Beef florentine and a salad.

Biden threw you and the rest of the American people under the buss his second day in office, but yeah ok send him some more praise.

Is that where you keep your dentures, in a bag?

It is funny when old fucks still think they have it 🤣

Constant bombardment of articles like this is why we have the shit policies we currently do. MC and others like him fail to understand why these articles are sent to people like him.

So do you.

Winning!

All middle class people that own those businesses and the same middle class that will spend the money. The middle class will be effected the most.

With high cycle PCR tests of course people are still going to test positive. A vaccine isn’t a magic shield that makes a virus bounce off you just like the vast majority of positive tests even without the vaccine. Doesn’t mean it’s a case of covid. Unless that sample can grow a lab culture a positive PCR test is meaningless they’re going to phase out mass testing with these methods then goobers are going to attribute the dramatic drop in cases to the vaccine

Burn through 3-4 tanks in a good day. Miles of smiles and worth whatever it costs!! One winter few years back we were paying around $4. that was a tough winter!!

So the reason the Whuhan lab had to enhance the Covid-19 virus just to be able to study it was the fact that UV light destroyed the protein that covered it making airborne transmission nearly impossible. Then I see Biden sitting there with his little black mask and wonder if he is trying to keep the Covid-19 virus as a pet.

swing and a miss swing and a miss #2

Did Polaris550 finally buy a boat, or is that Bennys new one being towed home ?

The testing has been shit from the start. If you don't have symptoms then you aren't sick.

The sound emitted from their faces.

No! we are bombing other countries for other people trying to take their country by force, while we let others stroll on in here and pay for it.

Funny as mine was written up for trying to get her "team" to step it up. She's 58 and the team is 30ish. She's too demanding and they just don't have her work ethic or drive is what she was told. Striving for success and earning it is passe. Mind you these are sales people. Pitiful really and indefensible as well.

What a fucked up world we live in now SMH Rewarding the lazy, incompetent or whatever then penalizing the productive good hard working people, especially in a hospital, is absolutely mind numbing for me to think about. A good friend of mine tells me similar stories about the hospital she works at about the lazy ones who call in sick repeatedly. "He listen, you're doing too good of a job, working too hard and making the others look bad so we'll need you to throttle back"

So that's what Rachel Maddow looks like when he doesn't shave

Wear the mask if you want to....don't if you don't. Simple as that.

How much 2nd hand smoke have you subjected others to when smoking your cigars? Dude if you've been vaccinated and you completely trust the vaccine why the fuck do you care about masks or other people getting vaccinated other than the politics of it?

C'mon man. I don't agree with much of what he says, but do we really need to target members here?