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mclumber1

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  1. Our daughter started fifth grade today in Nevada. There is a mask mandate for everyone at school, plus she already had COVID earlier this summer, so I'm feeling pretty comfortable sending her to school.
  2. TIL. I guess I should have assumed that. One of my Navy buddy's parents evacuated Vietnam in the early 1970s. They were definitely not Catholic.
  3. Weren't a lot of the Vietnamese refugees America accepted Catholic? I'm not saying there is a direct religious component for our apparent willingness to take in Vietnamese allies and unwillingness to take in Afghani allies, but it is interesting to think about.
  4. With my wife getting the J&J and subsequently getting infected (probably with the delta variant) as well as my unvaccinated 10 year old daughter, I think our family is pretty safe at this point. And since I never was infected from either of them despite being in close contact the entire time, the Moderna vaccine was extremely effective for me. My wife is still very much concerned though. She has pre-existing conditions that could make a bad COVID infection even worse, so she still wants to be extremely careful. Our daughter who can't be vaccinated anyways, is beyond carefree at this point, considering she has the antibodies.
  5. I fucking love to sneeze. It's exhilarating. I'm also in the minority of the population who has a photic sneeze reflex (IE I sneeze when the sun hits my face just right).
  6. I read the title as if he was "hanging out" in a park, and I was really questioning why such a boring story would be posted here.
  7. Blue Origin and Dinetic's protest was shot down by the GAO today. If Bezos wants a moon contract, they are going to have to lobby Congress to add additional funds for NASA to pay them. Statement on Blue Origin-Dynetics Decision WWW.GAO.GOV The following is a statement from Kenneth E. Patton, Managing Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law at GAO, regarding today’s decision...
  8. I wonder how much maneuvering fuel was used up trying to compensate for this error? The maneuvering fuel is important, as it is used not only to correctly orient the ISS, but also to boost it to maintain its orbit. Without fuel, the station naturally falls back to earth due to drag from the atmosphere.
  9. Google will require employees to be vaccinated before returning to offices WWW.THEVERGE.COM Starting with US workers "in the coming weeks."
  10. My grandpa suffered for 20 years after doctors saved his life following a heart attack and stroke. His life was horrible between that time and when he died in 2013.
  11. I wish I could buy some ammo right now. it's harder to come by than graphics cards.
  12. Are they the types who still think the virus is a hoax? Or do they at least recognize that it's real, but they feel that getting sick is safer than the vaccine?
  13. Executive order vs. law passed by Congress, probably. I'm surprised it took this long. NGL, even if DACA has its merits, it's foundation was shaky at best.
  14. Wait, does Russian Cyrillic language use lower case letters? OR ARE PEOPLE ALWAYS YELLING WHILE THEY READ AND WRITE IN RUSSIAN?
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