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  1. For sure, that can't be under-played. I dunno, he was OK in the regular season and then poor in the playoffs. I think that they've got a potentially big hole in net now. Not that it upsets me.
  2. So this means that the Blues are doubling down on Binnington? Yikes, after that playoff performance where he got outplayed by Allen?
  3. Man, that's what you call a signature game. I think when Pettersson's legacy is more established 10 years from now, this game is going to figure prominently.
  4. I think we can sometimes over look the Sedin's legacy as almost too attached to Petey. Markstrom played with the Twins for 2-3 seasons and saw how they carried themselves on and off the ice. They were role models and achieved excellence in the league. Marky seems to have a keen eye to seeing himself as part of the proud Swedish tradition this club has with that country and putting his name next to the likes of Gradin, Naslund, Ohlund, and the Twins.
  5. Nevermind you have an American President who has no qualms about pushing an unsafe vaccine on a population that is already skeptical of science, to boost his own election chances. Oh vey, what a disaster!
  6. They are new cases and it isn't being reported by the league, it's been leaked to Basu.
  7. Say what you want about the performance, but it IS a catchy tune: America is the best, we don't need no covid tests We don't care about your race, just take that mask off your commie face Scientists lie to you, they don't love the red white and blue Scientists, what we gonna do? Let's feed 'em to the bears like the chechens do
  8. Thud: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/07/hydroxychloroquine-fails-to-help-hospitalized-coronavirus-patients-in-us-government-funded-study.html
  9. I suppose this thread is indicative, sadly, of how politicized the outbreak has become.
  10. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/30/protesters-gathering-outside-capitol-amid-covid-19-restrictions/3054911001/ Stable geniuses.
  11. I've long made a point of trying to understand how Trump won the 2016 election, a person who was so manifestly unfit, and in over his head for the office of president. His crass narcissism, inability to admit any mistake or misstep, penchant for gross hyperbole, lack of any sort of understanding and even basic preparedness in dealing with most aspects of public policy should have made him a non-viable candidate. Yet he won. So here's what I learned: politics trumps personality. Despite his severe limitations, he also did things which no other politician on the right had been able to do. He won over important sections of the working class AND renounced US foreign interventionism. Trump defends and is the standard bearer of a unique brand of conservatism in the US, a kind of right-wing populism seen in Europe. His supporters are willing to look past his shameful and embarrassing behaviour because of the policies that he champions. But here's the rub: in the world of Covid-19 politicians are being judged by their ability to defend public, regardless of politics. It's why Trudeau, Legault, Ford, Horgan, etc. all have sky high approval ratings, despite their vast idealogical differences. They're seen as looking out for their citizens best interest. On the other hand, politicians who haven't been viewed as responsive are not doing as well in polling, such as Boris Johnson or Shinzo Abe. Trump has been presented a chance to lead, as all leaders have. Yet he continues his shameful behaviour. And it is shameful. Why on Earth do his supporters think it is a good idea to regularly publicly over-ride and contradict the country's top health experts? Is there a single, other country in the world where this is happening? Why on Earth would it be a good idea to hold daily two hour press conferences where he boasts about how wonderful and super and fantastic everything he does is, and run campaign advertisements? Why on Earth is he encouraging people congregating in large public gatherings, deliberately not social distancing or wearing masks. IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. So yes, the United States is proving its exceptionalism after all in this crisis. It is proving that politics trumps personality.
  12. I'm guessing you've heard the word on the street is May 15th. I'm not sure about older students, but for the younger grades, classes will be split in two and students will attend on alternate days.
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