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mclumber1

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  1. While J&J may be the Dollar Store version of the vaccine, does that make Sputnik the penny candy version of the vaccine?
  2. The winner is decided by fighting a black widow (GOP) versus a praying mantis (Democratic) live on CSPAN.
  3. I got ratio'd on twitter by a bunch of Chuds arguing about vaccines and antibody treatments:
  4. 426,000 cases in America so far today, once again setting a record - this is without the probably additional spike from Christmas and New Years Eve gatherings that we will begin to see in the coming days.
  5. As contagious as Omicron is, controlling spread would be difficult, even if we had a totalitarian government.
  6. Hopefully Omicron is the final fever dream of this pandemic, and we can wake up tomorrow (figuratively) and return to normal life.
  7. Gym has been asked to provide details on his involvement in the January 6th insurrection:
  8. Earlier this morning, SpaceX launched an uncrewed resupply mission to the Space Station. This was 31st launch of the year for the company, the 5th launch to the ISS, and the last launch of 2021. As mentioned in the headline, it is also the 100th time the company has successfully landed a booster, which will mean the they will be able to use it again on another flight. There are several companies who are also attempting reuse of rockets, including Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, and many other small launch companies based out of the US, Europe, and China. 31 launches is a record for SpaceX (or any private launch company), however that number pales in comparison to what the Soviet Union was launching in the late 1970s/80s - in 1980 the Soviet Union launched well over 60 Soyuz rockets. SpaceX hopes to increase their flight rate even more next year, as well as get their much larger rocket, Starship, into orbit to begin testing of that fully reusable system.
  9. The UK's infection numbers are pretty mind boggling. I have no doubt that America will soon break the previous daily infection numbers. Give it a week or two...And combine it with everyone getting together for Christmas and NYE, it's going to be brutal.
  10. It affects the budget, so it could be passed under reconciliation rules with a simple majority. Like I said the other day, if the child tax credit is important enough, then the Senate should absolutely use its remaining reconciliation vote to pass it. You all are trying to reach for the stars with BBB when you could have just been reaching for the cabinet where you keep your cereal.
  11. The Senate gets something like 3 reconciliation bills per year. If BBB is dead, maybe the Democrats should refocus on singular topics (or at least paired down omnibus type bills) that could pas with the 50 vote threshold. As long as they are budget related, they can technically be passed via reconciliation.
  12. Voting rights should have been the priority this entire time!
  13. Being super strict about lockdowns and masks is not a winning strategy anymore. I'm sure people like Polis understand this.
  14. I had to pay $43 for the Bob's Burgers Monopoly set. Expensive! But worth it!
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