Bad News Thread

Hüsker Dü said:
LA has always been a pit.

Have you ever been to the South? Maybe Florida? Yeah the gentrified spots can ok, but don’t take a wrong turn. This isn’t a partisan problem it’s a multi-dimensional problem. I realize simplicity is easier, but doesn’t tell the real story.
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Yes, LA has always had its bad areas. However, LA east of downtown had been revitalized to a large extent and now its a pit again.

I also agree that its a multi-dimensional problem, but some once proud cities are being destroyed by certain PC and identity based policies. These policies are accelerating and spreading the decline. San Francisco is a prime example. Look at NY pre Giuliani and now under DeBlasio, disgraceful compared to when it was being governed by Giuliani (who unfortunately has completely lost his marbles).
 
Grace T. said:
This isn't entirely true. The Hollywood area used to be very nice in the 60s. Then, in the 70s it started to go down hill and got really ugly. In the 90s though it started to reverse itself. Then Hollywood and Highland opened up, as did the new theatre complex, a few revitalized hotels and the Kimmel theatre and it actually became a very nice area to visit....still a city environment and you still got accosted by all those character performers operating without a license, but still it was some place you could go with your family. Now it's just gross again.
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TJ has had periods of being tolerable as well.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
LA has always been a pit.

Have you ever been to the South? Maybe Florida? Yeah the gentrified spots can ok, but don’t take a wrong turn. This isn’t a partisan problem it’s a multi-dimensional problem. I realize simplicity is easier, but doesn’t tell the real story.
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Yah...grew up there. Lived in Jackson, Mississippi for a while. Some real sweet spots all up and down the southern states.

Still nothing like what I see downtown everyday.

Some under reported news is the skyrocketing violent crime rate.
 
Kicker4Life said:
Yah...grew up there. Lived in Jackson, Mississippi for a while. Some real sweet spots all up and down the southern states.

Still nothing like what I see downtown everyday.

Some under reported news is the skyrocketing violent crime rate.
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Wait, what! Jackson? Mississippi?
 
Read on the Twitter that 1/3 of the military and 40% of California health care workers have refused the vaccine. Anyone have verification? If true that just goes to the boneheadedness of the cdc policy: get your vaccine and continue to lockdown (I think Biden said for a year in the cnn townhall). Given the experimental nature of the vaccine (and inability therefore to mandate), the unpleasant side effects in younger people, and the relative lack of risk in young people, the best way to sell this would be the quickest return to normal possible. Instead we get the new cdc tiers that say no return to normal in schools even after teachers vaccinated.
 
Grace T. said:
Read on the Twitter that 1/3 of the military and 40% of California health care workers have refused the vaccine. Anyone have verification? If true that just goes to the boneheadedness of the cdc policy: get your vaccine and continue to lockdown (I think Biden said for a year in the cnn townhall). Given the experimental nature of the vaccine (and inability therefore to mandate), the unpleasant side effects in younger people, and the relative lack of risk in young people, the best way to sell this would be the quickest return to normal possible. Instead we get the new cdc tiers that say no return to normal in schools even after teachers vaccinated.
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Fact
 
"Amid the dire Covid warnings, one crucial fact has been largely ignored: Cases are down 77% over the past six weeks. If a medication slashed cases by 77%, we’d call it a miracle pill. Why is the number of cases plummeting much faster than experts predicted?

In large part because natural immunity from prior infection is far more common than can be measured by testing. Testing has been capturing only from 10% to 25% of infections, depending on when during the pandemic someone got the virus. Applying a time-weighted case capture average of 1 in 6.5 to the cumulative 28 million confirmed cases would mean about 55% of Americans have natural immunity."

www.wsj.com

Opinion | We’ll Have Herd Immunity by April

Covid cases have dropped 77% in six weeks. Experts should level with the public about the good news.
www.wsj.com www.wsj.com
 
happy9 said:
Fact
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When I was in the military, we didn't have an option, although some people were excused for certain allergies. The worst day in boot camp was one in each cheek and one in each arm.

On second thought, that wasn't the worst day. The next day was.
 
espola said:
When I was in the military, we didn't have an option, although some people were excused for certain allergies. The worst day in boot camp was one in each cheek and one in each arm.

On second thought, that wasn't the worst day. The next day was.
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you are right, and it's curious that this is being allowed. Certain vaccines are considered a requirement in order to be deployable. Not being deployable eventually leads down the chapter road. Wonder if this vaccine is not being considered a deployment requirement. I will ask some people.
 
happy9 said:
you are right, and it's curious that this is being allowed. Certain vaccines are considered a requirement in order to be deployable. Not being deployable eventually leads down the chapter road. Wonder if this vaccine is not being considered a deployment requirement. I will ask some people.
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It maybe because it's only Emergency Use authorized. It's the reason hospitals haven't been able to mandate their workers to get it. It's still considered "experimental" so the employer is liable if they force it on someone and they have a side effect.
 
Grace T. said:
It maybe because it's only Emergency Use authorized. It's the reason hospitals haven't been able to mandate their workers to get it. It's still considered "experimental" so the employer is liable if they force it on someone and they have a side effect.
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"Listen up, grunts. We are all going to get in this helicopter headed for a landing zone within range of an enemy position. If any of you don't want to go, just step off to the side there."
 
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