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So it was all a fear-and-loathing tempest in a teapot? This tends to support the "the Pegulas are decent people but holy mackerel they have bad PR instincts and execution" theory. @PASabreFan -- any thoughts?

Howie and Schony. Flash and fire.

Well, saffron would've been nice, but we are quarantined in upstate NY, pretty far from the closest saffron stash. I seasoned with salt, pepper, paprika, parsley, rosemary and a little garlic. The inferior substitute was splenda instead of sweet'n'low (not paella related).

I made paella tonight and it came out pretty good. Chicken, sausage, scallops, onions, peppers and peas.

Is there a name for...you run out of a household staple, go to the closest convenience store, they don’t have it but they have an inferior substitute, you unhappily buy it because it’s better than nothing...and then you get home and find another package of the staple you thought you were out of? That happened to me today.

I don’t think anyone doubts it.

Just rewatched most of “Goodfellas.” I still think what I thought before: it’s kinda overrated but with some great scenes and great performances, especially by Joe Pesci.

This was my thought as well. Ideally he'll be someone who will progress through his career alongside Josh Allen and who can be both a friend and a competitor to Allen, and who can step in capably from time to time when Allen inevitably misses time due to taking too many big hits.

Beware all -- when @Eleven is out here looking to rumble, it's best to keep your head down.

Wow. Not sure I've ever met a passionate Whalers fan before. Fight the good fight, @sabremike! Every minute, every day!

@Eleven -- since this is a full-service message board, here is @Taro T's post in normal coloring, brought to you via the magic of copy-and-paste:

I just have no faith that JB will get the right return for a fairly precious asset.

Excellent writeup on Zack Moss: https://www.cover1.net/2020-nfl-draft-utah-rb-zack-moss-elusive-and-nasty/ He was the Pac-10 offensive player of the year! He and Singletary are going to be a strong RB combo.

I like the pick too but evidently athleticism is not his strong suit. Good call!

I'll predict the Bills take either a pass rusher or an O-lineman in the 2nd round.

"Analytical conclusions" are not the same as "opinions." If Sam Reinhart is a slower skater than my mother is, and my mother is a slower skater than Jack Eichel, then Sam Reinhart is slower than Jack Eichel. That's an analytical conclusion, not an opinion (assuming the slowness is based on empirical data, not on me arguing with Liger). And a column being an opinion column does not preclude it from including analytical conclusions. As for your parents -- I have the same concerns about mine, and my mother-in-law (although she's entirely constructed of whisky and leather at this point, so I'm pretty sure she's virus-proof). I think the column was advocating that policies be designed and implemented specifically for their protection -- e.g. before anyone is allowed to visit his/her parents in a nursing home, he/she needs to be tested -- and that those policies could be more targeted and less broad, so that they didn't require the shutdown of the economy (which itself carries numerous deleterious effects).

That's quite fair. I was thinking of a scenario in which the organization hired a Pegula's friend's cousin's crappy PR firm, and the engagement included "viral marketing," and the PR firm assigned its 23-year-old entry level associate to peruse message boards, twitter etc and promote canned talking points, and there was little to no oversight, and the next thing you know there is someone posting here and sounding like he/she is from outer space.

You're right that the police/military aren't generally roaming the streets and forcing people to stay inside. I'm referring to the mandatory closure of workplaces and schools, which has put the bulk of the economy in lockdown. I suppose "shutdown" might be a better word but it might be a distinction without a difference. I think the main reason is concern about the destructive effects of job and income losses. The author also mentions something that hasn't been discussed much, which is the health risk created by the suspension of all "elective" medical procedures, especially for the elderly -- evidently the "elective" category is pretty broad. It's not just PA's butt implants that have been affected.

I agree with you on 2 and 4, and partially on 3, but I don't see why you think point 1 or point 3 is an opinion -- he cites plenty of data that support his analytical conclusions. As for point 5 -- I don't understand your reaction. The whole country and most of the world is on lockdown. Is that better than having only the vulnerable slice of the population on lockdown? For that matter, he doesn't say they need to be on lockdown -- just that they are the most vulnerable and that the protections should be geared towards them.

Well, you are right that the article doesn't delve into stress on the HC system, but it's become pretty clear that the HC system is nowhere near as stressed as was anticipated -- so I think the author assumes that the HC system can handle the extra load that would result from reopening. It's reasonable to want some analysis of that assumption, but that's a different article.

Here’s a well-written article by a doctor from Stanford advocating an end to the lockdown: https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/494034-the-data-are-in-stop-the-panic-and-end-the-total-isolation

This is why, if I had to bet, I would bet that this poster was a paid "viral PR" person. It was all too canned.

Now that is thinking outside the box (heh).

This season was the best yet IMHO. The finale was great.

I hate to say it, but it would be of a piece for the Pegulas to have hired some crappy PR firm whose methods include Manchurian posters like this guy might be.