Opening up, how about some local observations?

[Hovannes]

[durangopipe]

A new and easy test for the horror of Covid 19 is doing the rounds and it's simple, quick and positive (or negative if you see what I mean).


Take a glass and pour a decent dram of your favourite whisky into it; then see if you can smell it. If you can, then you are halfway there.


Then drink it. If you can taste it then it is reasonable to assume you are currently free of the virus because the loss of the sense of smell and taste is a common symptom.


I tested myself 7 times last night and was virus free every time thank goodness.


I will have to test myself again today because I have developed a throbbing headache which can also be one of the symptoms.


I'll report my results later.

College students are back in town.
County test positives are starting to climb, but still not too bad.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

[FredS]

The new normal for grandkids 1-3. Dining room cum classroom. They'll reevaluate in-person learning for the second semester.

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[Del]

This isn't local for me, but newsworthy....

‘Screw COVID’: 250,000 Bikers to Defy Common Sense for Nine Days at Sturgis Rally"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/screw-covid- ... 23022.html

There won't be an outbreak among healthy bikers who travel to Sturgis.

We hope.

250,000 bikers head en masse to Sturgis Rally

I know one.

If you believe the media hype, the bigger risk is to the antifa folks planning to protest there.

Antifa would be fools to ... never mind.

I have my doubts that Antifa has any real interest in showing up in Sturgis. I do think a lot of bikers like to talk s*** about them seriously showing up though. But if they do go to Sturgis, it will just show how both groups are two peas in the same pod as far as I’m concerned.

It was fun watching videos of the antifa protests at Sturgis.

Just a few dozen loonies, with police standing around to protect them. Couldn't hear a anything but motorcycles revving. There were some bikers having a lot of fun trolling and taunting them.

The Sturgis gathering is a highly patriotic bunch.

Just a few dozens of bikers in the vicinity interacted with antifa, waving US flags and TRUMP 2020 flags. Some of the Trump banners were hilarious -- portraying Trump in biker gear, etc.

Considering that Sturgis is a gathering of 250,000 bikers, we can say that the antifa stunt was pretty much ignored.

[durangopipe]

Here’s some good news (for a change) from our college website:

COVID Testing Data

As faculty, staff, and students learn and work in-person on campus, we have hired a third party vendor to conduct COVID-19 tests for our community. Here is the most recent data:

2,144 tests administered
2,135 tests processed
0 active positives
17 total positives (These were returning students who were tested, quarantined, then retested and released from quarantine.)
Up-to-date as of: Sept. 7, 2020

I was tested last week (took 5 minutes), got the results the next day - negative.

[Thunktank]

This isn't local for me, but newsworthy....

‘Screw COVID’: 250,000 Bikers to Defy Common Sense for Nine Days at Sturgis Rally"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/screw-covid- ... 23022.html

There won't be an outbreak among healthy bikers who travel to Sturgis.

We hope.

250,000 bikers head en masse to Sturgis Rally

I know one.

If you believe the media hype, the bigger risk is to the antifa folks planning to protest there.

Antifa would be fools to ... never mind.

I have my doubts that Antifa has any real interest in showing up in Sturgis. I do think a lot of bikers like to talk s*** about them seriously showing up though. But if they do go to Sturgis, it will just show how both groups are two peas in the same pod as far as I’m concerned.

It was fun watching videos of the antifa protests at Sturgis.

Just a few dozen loonies, with police standing around to protect them. Couldn't hear a anything but motorcycles revving. There were some bikers having a lot of fun trolling and taunting them.

The Sturgis gathering is a highly patriotic bunch.

Just a few dozens of bikers in the vicinity interacted with antifa, waving US flags and TRUMP 2020 flags. Some of the Trump banners were hilarious -- portraying Trump in biker gear, etc.

Considering that Sturgis is a gathering of 250,000 bikers, we can say that the antifa stunt was pretty much ignored.

Bikers love Putin too!

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I didn’t think Antifa would be very serious about it. I much prefer bikers. They hold tight to loyalty and I can appreciate that if based in the truth. Though sometimes they have trouble with that part.

For a little pagan fun, to dispel the drudgery of alt-right Christianity, bikers are of the cult of Loki. A little Loki is good for us.

[durangopipe]

Local observations:

The college, which has had an ongoing testing program, is seeing a dramatic rise in test positives. All classes have been moved online and will remain so for the rest of the term.

For the record - I hate online teaching.


As far as the community goes ...

We've entered the "exponential rise" phase in test positives for the first time since all this started. Positive test results are doubling every few days, but I have seen no data on serious illness, hospitalizations, or ICU beds occupied and there have not yet been any additional reported deaths beyond the 2 that occurred earlier in the year.

It's still hard to know exactly how serious this is (as far as actual illness and death) locally.

I'm getting tested at the college again tomorrow - my third test.

[Hovannes]

Local observations:

The college, which has had an ongoing testing program, is seeing a dramatic rise in test positives. All classes have been moved online and will remain so for the rest of the term.

For the record - I hate online teaching.


As far as the community goes ...

We've entered the "exponential rise" phase in test positives for the first time since all this started. Positive test results are doubling every few days, but I have seen no data on serious illness, hospitalizations, or ICU beds occupied and there have not yet been any additional reported deaths beyond the 2 that occurred earlier in the year.

It's still hard to know exactly how serious this is (as far as actual illness and death) locally.

I'm getting tested at the college again tomorrow - my third test.

The whisky test, I hope?

[Cleon]

Local observations:

The college, which has had an ongoing testing program, is seeing a dramatic rise in test positives. All classes have been moved online and will remain so for the rest of the term.

For the record - I hate online teaching.


As far as the community goes ...

We've entered the "exponential rise" phase in test positives for the first time since all this started. Positive test results are doubling every few days, but I have seen no data on serious illness, hospitalizations, or ICU beds occupied and there have not yet been any additional reported deaths beyond the 2 that occurred earlier in the year.

It's still hard to know exactly how serious this is (as far as actual illness and death) locally.

I'm getting tested at the college again tomorrow - my third test.

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[FredS]

Local observations:

The college, which has had an ongoing testing program, is seeing a dramatic rise in test positives. All classes have been moved online and will remain so for the rest of the term.

For the record - I hate online teaching.


As far as the community goes ...

We've entered the "exponential rise" phase in test positives for the first time since all this started. Positive test results are doubling every few days, but I have seen no data on serious illness, hospitalizations, or ICU beds occupied and there have not yet been any additional reported deaths beyond the 2 that occurred earlier in the year.

It's still hard to know exactly how serious this is (as far as actual illness and death) locally.

I'm getting tested at the college again tomorrow - my third test.

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[gaining_age]

Local observations:

The college, which has had an ongoing testing program, is seeing a dramatic rise in test positives. All classes have been moved online and will remain so for the rest of the term.

For the record - I hate online teaching.


As far as the community goes ...

We've entered the "exponential rise" phase in test positives for the first time since all this started. Positive test results are doubling every few days, but I have seen no data on serious illness, hospitalizations, or ICU beds occupied and there have not yet been any additional reported deaths beyond the 2 that occurred earlier in the year.

It's still hard to know exactly how serious this is (as far as actual illness and death) locally.

I'm getting tested at the college again tomorrow - my third test.

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I've gotten plenty round from the current batch of covid restrictions/societal behaviors....

[FredS]

I've gotten plenty round from the current batch of covid restrictions/societal behaviors....

Ahhh, the covid 19.

[durangopipe]

We may need to open a new thread - "Closing Down, Again."
My wife is in her office all day today, contact tracing.

We have more students in isolation now than we have enough volunteers to bring them meals.

One more week to break when everyone goes home.
Hopefully, students will be responsible and get tested before they leave.

[DepartedLight]

NC is tightening up on the open up, just as the recently re-elected local representatives said they would do.

[Del]

This isn't local for me, but newsworthy....

‘Screw COVID’: 250,000 Bikers to Defy Common Sense for Nine Days at Sturgis Rally"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/screw-covid- ... 23022.html

There won't be an outbreak among healthy bikers who travel to Sturgis.

We hope.

250,000 bikers head en masse to Sturgis Rally

I know one.

If you believe the media hype, the bigger risk is to the antifa folks planning to protest there.

Antifa would be fools to ... never mind.

I have my doubts that Antifa has any real interest in showing up in Sturgis. I do think a lot of bikers like to talk s*** about them seriously showing up though. But if they do go to Sturgis, it will just show how both groups are two peas in the same pod as far as I’m concerned.

It was fun watching videos of the antifa protests at Sturgis.

Just a few dozen loonies, with police standing around to protect them. Couldn't hear a anything but motorcycles revving. There were some bikers having a lot of fun trolling and taunting them.

The Sturgis gathering is a highly patriotic bunch.

Just a few dozens of bikers in the vicinity interacted with antifa, waving US flags and TRUMP 2020 flags. Some of the Trump banners were hilarious -- portraying Trump in biker gear, etc.

Considering that Sturgis is a gathering of 250,000 bikers, we can say that the antifa stunt was pretty much ignored.

Bikers love Putin too!

[bbvideo] [/bbvideo]

I didn’t think Antifa would be very serious about it. I much prefer bikers. They hold tight to loyalty and I can appreciate that if based in the truth. Though sometimes they have trouble with that part.

For a little pagan fun, to dispel the drudgery of alt-right Christianity, bikers are of the cult of Loki. A little Loki is good for us.

I appreciate the funny troll-move, but there is no such thing as "alt-right Christianity."

The alt-right are like the Left -- they have no respect for religion.

The alt-right also celebrate identity politics and favor socialist state control. They do not like the current mood of conservatives, celebrating populism over politics.

That's why it surprised no one when Richard Spencer endorsed Joe Biden over Donald Trump.

[Thunktank]

There won't be an outbreak among healthy bikers who travel to Sturgis.

We hope.

250,000 bikers head en masse to Sturgis Rally

I know one.

If you believe the media hype, the bigger risk is to the antifa folks planning to protest there.

Antifa would be fools to ... never mind.

I have my doubts that Antifa has any real interest in showing up in Sturgis. I do think a lot of bikers like to talk s*** about them seriously showing up though. But if they do go to Sturgis, it will just show how both groups are two peas in the same pod as far as I’m concerned.

It was fun watching videos of the antifa protests at Sturgis.

Just a few dozen loonies, with police standing around to protect them. Couldn't hear a anything but motorcycles revving. There were some bikers having a lot of fun trolling and taunting them.

The Sturgis gathering is a highly patriotic bunch.

Just a few dozens of bikers in the vicinity interacted with antifa, waving US flags and TRUMP 2020 flags. Some of the Trump banners were hilarious -- portraying Trump in biker gear, etc.

Considering that Sturgis is a gathering of 250,000 bikers, we can say that the antifa stunt was pretty much ignored.

Bikers love Putin too!

[bbvideo] [/bbvideo]

I didn’t think Antifa would be very serious about it. I much prefer bikers. They hold tight to loyalty and I can appreciate that if based in the truth. Though sometimes they have trouble with that part.

For a little pagan fun, to dispel the drudgery of alt-right Christianity, bikers are of the cult of Loki. A little Loki is good for us.

I appreciate the funny troll-move, but there is no such thing as "alt-right Christianity."

The alt-right are like the Left -- they have no respect for religion.

The alt-right also celebrate identity politics and favor socialist state control. They do not like the current mood of conservatives, celebrating populism over politics.

That's why it surprised no one when Richard Spencer endorsed Joe Biden over Donald Trump.

What “no one” did was take Richard Spencer’s endorsement seriously. He wanted attention. He got it for a few minutes when Biden refused it.

There is nothing you can tell me that will change my mind that American Evangelicals and a few Trad Catholics are hedging upon the Alt-right. That much of the Alt-right is baptized too.

I would agree that the Alt-right doesn’t stand for what Christianity should be, but that doesn’t change the fact that much of what Christianity has become. The left is rightfully critical of Christianity and religion. If being “persecuted” is code for being criticized, then so be it. Just keep in mind, that a whole lot of baptized are also on the American left.

Anyway, bikers in Russia like Putin, Putin hasn’t recognized Biden’s win yet because he prefers Trump. Surprise, surprise and to think that after the last four years I’m not the least bit shocked by any of this!

[Hovannes]

We might go back to Newsom purple this week. Fearless leader keeps everyone in suspense

[Thunktank]

We might go back to Newsom purple this week. Fearless leader keeps everyone in suspense

Newsom has been doing a pretty good job for us. Not perfect, but good. He’s made some tough calls and making some people very angry, but he’s doing for the right reasons.

[FredS]

Newsom has been doing a pretty good job for us. Not perfect, but good. He’s made some tough calls and making some people very angry, but he’s doing for the right reasons.

Well Uncle Joe will put a stop to any good (or bad) decisions being made by governors, mayors, school superintendents, and private employers when gets his national covid team set up. Trump has made a few a lot of mistakes, but leaving local authorities in charge of protecting their people is not one of them. Since the feds approve new drugs and medical procedures, they're rightly in charge of funding and fast tracking medical trials, but pretty much everything else should be driven down as local as possible.

We're tightening up here in CO because it's getting bad, but rural areas in KS don't need or deserve the same sort of restrictions we do. The devil's in the details and the details shouldn't be implemented from Washington, but I expect Jo will presume the people have given him a mandate to "fix this deal that Trump messed up".

[Hovannes]

We might go back to Newsom purple this week. Fearless leader keeps everyone in suspense

Newsom has been doing a pretty good job for us. Not perfect, but good. He’s made some tough calls and making some people very angry, but he’s doing for the right reasons.

French Laundry?