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'My jaw dropped': Lawyer who investigated Trump University stunned by this detail in Weisselberg indictment The New Yorker this week highlighted a little-noticed detail in the indictment of longtime Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg that some legal experts say is a sign of potential trouble for former President Donald Trump. According to prosecutors, Weisselberg is being accused of making changes to a document that's described as "Donald J. Trump's Detail General Ledger" to cover up details of how much compensation he was awarded as Trump Organization CFO that were not properly reported to the IRS. The fact that Weisselberg seemingly kept a separate ledger that was for Trump's eyes only, writes the New Yorker, might make it much harder for him to deny that he was aware of Weisselberg's allegedly fraudulent activities. "My jaw literally dropped when I saw that," Tristan Snell, a former New York assistant attorney general who investigated fraud committed by Trump University, tells the New Yorker. "If there was a ledger for him, it blows up the notion that Trump didn't know about it -- it means there was a set of numbers prepared for Donald Trump." Snell also says that prosecutors are trying to send Trump a message by including that detail in the indictment that "we have your ledger." 'My jaw dropped': Lawyer who investigated Trump University stunned by this detail in Weisselberg indictment - Alternet.org

But poop still happens. The best laid plans etc.

Its not just his arm. On the CFL show where players are mic'd up, they featured Reilly, including a couple of runs and he looked like he would have had trouble outracing a glacier.

Not weird at all. Living biomes (like hooman beings) are essentially living Petrie dishes, and the more that are infected, the higher the chances that a mutation will occur. The corollary to this is that if there are pockets of high infections anywhere in the world and not just in the Manitoba Bible Belt, the chances of a new mutation are both higher as well as the likelihood of it spreading elsewhere. Aaand this will make zero difference to the fanutics.

For those who do not already know, Adolph Hitler commissioned a new "Bible", which removed Jesus as the central figure and instead was to portray a master race- Aryans as a secret society who eventually chose to emerge as the true saviours of humanity and rulers by divine right. This book would justify genocide of inferior races and individuals who were subhuman and therefore inferior with no pretense of democracy. The theme was that power had to be exercised for the good of the ruled. This sure sounds like the mindset of the right-wing adherents everywhere. Some evangelists have even said publicly that democracy is incompatible with a "Christian" state. I have little confidence that America as we have come to know it, can survive.

A few games ago, I would have been pleading for him to come to the Bombers, but the current group has picked up their play.

'Clear and present danger': Majority of Trump voters believe it’s 'time to split the country' in two The highly-respected University of Virginia's nonpartisan Center for Politics has released a new study that finds a majority of Trump voters believe it's time to split the country into two, with "red states" and "blue states" seceding from the Union. The organization, headed by Larry Sabato of "Sabato's Crystal Ball," reports that four in ten Biden voters agree. "The divide between Trump and Biden voters is deep, wide, and dangerous. The scope is unprecedented, and it will not be easily fixed," said UVA Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato. "In order to figure out ways to bridge these divides, we need to understand not just the divides themselves, but also understand the ways in which we can, together, move forward to reach common ground. This project helps us do both," said Larry Schack of Project Home Fire, a new initiative partnering with the UVA Center for Politics. The report top-line revelations include: "Trump and Biden voters are at crisis stage"; there is tremendous "fear and distrust among Biden and Trump voters"; and "Many Trump and Biden voters believe the deck is stacked against them, and their commitment to democracy is wavering." Crystal Ball's managing editor, Kyle Kondik, tweeted out some charts (below) from the project. Among the disturbing but unsurprising revelations: Eight in 10 Biden and Trump voters say elected officials from the opposition party present a "clear and present danger" to democracy. Almost eight in 10 Biden and Trump voters say Americans who support the opposite party have also become a "clear and present danger" to the American way of life. 'Clear and present danger': Majority of Trump voters believe it’s 'time to split the country' in two - Alternet.org

That's why pressure on Reilly is critical. He may not be the Reilly of old, but given time, he will pick our secondary apart.

It is a core feature of right-wingers that other people are expendable if that means convenience is increased.

The Lions' O-line is barely average at best, and Reilly is older and slower than he used to be, so if the Bomber front seven can get a decent push, we ought to be OK. Reilly is living on borrowed time, and one good hit and he's sidelined. Can't let him get outside, though.

Doctors have a right to refuse to see patients who are infectious or have a probability of being infectious and thus may make the doctor or staff ill. This is already happening in the US and Britain. And on another note: Hacker reveals right-wing health care network made millions off ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine Instead of getting vaccinated and following the very simple social distancing and mask requirements public health officials at every level are suggesting, millions of (mostly) conservative Americans continue to put their faith in unproven drugs to free them from the anxieties produced by our global coronavirus pandemic. The tortured lengths to which some people will go to get access to ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug most frequently used as a horse dewormer, would be laughable if the results weren't so tragic. But ivermectin—and its predecessor in this area, hydroxychloroquine—have both been proven to not do much of anything for people suffering from COVID-19. The United States spent a boatload during the Trump administration to collect millions of doses of hydroxychloroquine. Florida's anti-science nightmare of a governor, Ron DeSantis, used taxpayer money to end up sitting on a pile of around 980,000 doses of the anti-malaria drug that can treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, but not COVID-19. Florida continues to see rising deaths and hospitalizations even though vaccinations and public distancing have been proven, in other states of the union, to prevent these terrible outcomes. But don't you worry: According to a new report, the people making money are on the exact same team as the people pushing the wrong medicine. According to The Intercept, there's a nice "network" of health care providers who have made millions on ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine during the pandemic. Do you remember the right-wing conspiracy theory-laden group of white medical uniform-wearing folks who called themselves America's Frontline Doctors (AFLDS)? They promoted hydroxychloroquine as a miracle answer to COVID-19, and were able to get Republicans like Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to reverse course on hydroxychloroquine bans. Guess what The Intercept found? America's Frontline Doctors, a right-wing group founded last year to promote pro-Trump doctors during the coronavirus pandemic, is working in tandem with a small network of health care companies to sow distrust in the Covid-19 vaccine, dupe tens of thousands of people into seeking ineffective treatments for the disease, and then sell consultations and millions of dollars' worth of those medications. The data indicate patients spent at least $15 million — and potentially much more — on consultations and medications combined. Hacker reveals right-wing health care network made millions off ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine - Alternet.org

Instead of just getting vaccinated, anti-vaxxers are drinking iodine antiseptic Another ineffective treatment for COVID-19 is being promoted in anti-vaccine and science-skeptical circles. First there was hydroxychloroquine, then ivermectin; now, according to multiple reports, some Americans are gargling and/or ingesting the iodine-based liquid Betadine to prevent COVID-19 — instead of getting vaccinated. Betadine is the brand name for povidone-iodine, an amber-colored liquid typically sold as a 10% solution as an antiseptic for cleaning wounds and skin. A 0.5% solution is sold as a gargle for sore throats, but the manufacturer cautions people not to swallow it. Recently, the manufacturer warned consumers not to consume Betadine to treat COVID-19, or rely on it as a form of treatment. "Betadine Antiseptic First Aid products have not been approved to treat coronavirus," reads a statement on the manufacturer's website. "Products should only be used to help prevent infection in minor cuts, scrapes and burns. Betadine Antiseptic products have not been demonstrated to be effective for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19 or any other viruses." Depending on which type of Betadine one ingests, side effects can range from stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, extreme thirst, being unable to urinate to diarrhea, vomiting, and burning a person's gastrointestinal tract. As mentioned, there isn't sound scientific evidence that Betadine would treat or prevent COVID-19. So how did this trend start? While a precise timeline is hard to reconstruct, several sources on social media promoted the use of Betadine to treat COVID-19 starting at the end of last year. Specifically, one video of a purported doctor went viral in April 2021; in it, the doctor states that Betadine helps treat and prevent COVID-19. Instead of just getting vaccinated, anti-vaxxers are drinking iodine antiseptic | Salon.com

Money outweighs "Christian" ethics quite often.

Like that will ever happen. Ever.

Confirmed by all Rider fans,

Cornelius will get better and get in sync with his receivers, but it will be a while yet. I am happy for LaPolice. He is a good guy who has more than paid his dues and I hope that all of his experience will help him to expand his nickel-and-dime offence. Ottawa has a few good pieces but Desjardins had better get on his horse and find or trade for some legit talent.

Amazing what a QB who isn't crippled or incompetent will do for an offence.

Downright scary that he's the best the scouts could find.

i LOVE bacon and am trying to find a way to reconcile that with eating a dead pig.

A daily pill to treat COVID could be just months away, scientists say daily antiviral pills for treating COVID-19 might be available by late fall or winter Within a day of testing positive for COVID-19 in June, Miranda Kelly was sick enough to be scared. At 44, with diabetes and high blood pressure, Kelly, a certified nursing assistant, was having trouble breathing, symptoms serious enough to send her to the emergency room. When her husband, Joe, 46, fell ill with the virus, too, she really got worried, especially about their five teenagers at home: "I thought, 'I hope to God we don't wind up on ventilators. We have children. Who's going to raise these kids?" But the Kellys, who live in Seattle, had agreed just after their diagnoses to join a clinical trial at the nearby Fred Hutch cancer research center that's part of an international effort to test an antiviral treatment that could halt COVID early in its course. By the next day, the couple were taking four pills, twice a day. Though they weren't told whether they had received an active medication or placebo, within a week, they said, their symptoms were better. Within two weeks, they had recovered. "I don't know if we got the treatment, but I kind of feel like we did," Miranda Kelly said. "To have all these underlying conditions, I felt like the recovery was very quick." The Kellys have a role in developing what could be the world's next chance to thwart COVID: a short-term regimen of daily pills that can fight the virus early after diagnosis and conceivably prevent symptoms from developing after exposure. "Oral antivirals have the potential to not only curtail the duration of one's COVID-19 syndrome, but also have the potential to limit transmission to people in your household if you are sick," said Timothy Sheahan, a virologist at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill who has helped pioneer these therapies. Antivirals are already essential treatments for other viral infections, including hepatitis C and HIV. One of the best known is Tamiflu, the widely prescribed pill that can shorten the duration of influenza and reduce the risk of hospitalization if given quickly. The medications, developed to treat and prevent viral infections in people and animals, work differently depending on the type. But they can be engineered to boost the immune system to fight infection, block receptors so viruses can't enter healthy cells, or lower the amount of active virus in the body. At least three promising antivirals for COVID are being tested in clinical trials, with results expected as soon as late fall or winter, said Carl Dieffenbach, director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who is overseeing antiviral development. "I think that we will have answers as to what these pills are capable of within the next several months," Dieffenbach said. The top contender is a medication from Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics called molnupiravir, Dieffenbach said. This is the product being tested in the Kellys' Seattle trial. Two others include a candidate from Pfizer, known as PF-07321332, and AT-527, an antiviral produced by Roche and Atea Pharmaceuticals. They work by interfering with the virus's ability to replicate in human cells. In the case of molnupiravir, the enzyme that copies the viral genetic material is forced to make so many mistakes that the virus can't reproduce. That, in turn, reduces the patient's viral load, shortening infection time and preventing the kind of dangerous immune response that can cause serious illness or death. So far, only one antiviral drug, remdesivir, has been approved to treat COVID. But it is given intravenously to patients ill enough to be hospitalized, and is not intended for early, widespread use. By contrast, the top contenders under study can be packaged as pills. Sheahan, who also performed preclinical work on remdesivir, led an early study in mice that showed that molnupiravir could prevent early disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. The formula was discovered at Emory University and later acquired by Ridgeback and Merck. Clinical trials have followed, including an early trial of 202 participants last spring that showed that molnupiravir rapidly reduced the levels of infectious virus. Merck chief executive Robert Davis said this month that the company expects data from its larger phase 3 trials in the coming weeks, with the potential to seek emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration "before year-end." Pfizer launched a combined phase 2 and 3 trial of its product Sept. 1, and Atea officials said they expect results from phase 2 and phase 3 trials later this year. If the results are positive and emergency use is granted for any product, Dieffenbach said, "distribution could begin quickly. A daily pill to treat COVID could be just months away, scientists say | Salon.com

In order for Reilly to be MOP, he has to survive behind that O-line and I am not sure he will last the season. For my money, when healthy, he was the best QB in the league, but now.........

Irrelevant to places where there are no longer any Arby's- like Winnipeg. Besides, who really wants to eat dead pig anyways.

One of the interesting proposals that I heard of a few years ago was a "wealth transfer tax of 2% or so. If it was instituted by all the democracies, it would prevent the threat of the mega-rich packing up and moving to wherever they could get the best deal for themselves.

Well, that, along with lutefisk-eating is a national sport there.