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wolfie yesterday:

And just like that Big Pharma announces a vaccine that has a 90% chance of working effectively...

Covid was always gonna be bad. But it did not have to be THIS bad. (apologies in advance to JLaw because my “wall of text” is not worthy…) Testing – instead of a cohesive national plan of the federal government coordinating the distribution of test kits to be available for heavily hit areas and oversee a national testing infrastructure and develop a national surveillance system, trump basically refused to implement because he understood that more testing would lead to more confirmed cases. While we have come around on testing the most useful metric is tests available per infected person where we suck. We trail such enlightened countries such as Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan!!!!) and Ethiopia. PPE – right from the beginning the feds were slow to focus on accumulating PPE. Despite multiple administration officials calling for a massive investment in protective equipment in February and despite the federal government having the legal power to spur manufacturers to crank out masks, gowns and face shields, it didn’t happen. But hey – we got garbage bags, right? Remember when the white house implemented policies where the states were bidding against each other to obtain PPE? Brilliant!!! Free-market forces will cure all (see above gripe about coherent national policy). Leadership – This is the big Kahuna right here. What could have been a central message to establish a “we are all in this together” mentality, trump decided to turn into a Seussian star-bellied vs plain-bellied sneetch thing to play to his base. Yeah, maybe masks work (but they might get you sick, ami right?) Republican states know what they are doing – don’t listen to democratic states…Science if it makes the numbers look bad or tries to warn folks is ignored or worse – the proponents are fired from the fed (google what happened to Messonnier or Bright if you need examples). So basically the messaging is more important than science. Cross trump and you go. Trump knew this was gonna be REAL BAD back in februaru but refused to warn the nation how dire things will become (It will all go away by easter) because he knew it would blow his election chances up. So lets play a game where we adjust the death rate from covid to be proportional to the population. Europe is bad now as are other areas around the globe, but it should not be this bad. If adjusted to Europe US death toll is 84k in excess. If adjusted to Canada it is >100k in excess. If adjusted to Germany it is >150k in excess. And so on. I’ll let that sink in. Ok, to paraphrase the NEJM, trump has taken a crisis and turned it into a tragedy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I voted by mail because I wanted to. I absolutely was not afraid. All my closest friends who voted by mail also were not afraid. It was an OPTION that was provided. If the only option was voting in person...well that's what I would have done. But when you give options, people are allowed to decide what works best for them.

Voting in person sucks! I hate going into some gross room in the church that smells like stale coffee where they have AA meetings and seeing all kinds of annoying parents of my kids' schoolmates that I have to make meaningless chit chat with. I dropped my shit in a box at the library this year and was so happy I did.

Elk changed their hours... Now open 7 days a week.. Sunday thru Thursday 8:30-4:30 Friday and Saturday 8:30 - 9:00 also extended SP and B&F early prices until November 25th....

Just got an email Abasin opening tomorrow

Working now. Be happy to address later Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There are so many people saying this and I honestly don't understand it other than the fact it seems to be the fashionable thing to say. What did they do wrong? What could they have done differently? As far as I know in the enumerated powers of the Constitution there is nothing that says that if there is a worldwide pandemic the president is the one with the legal power to do something about it. The CDC makes recommendations (not binding rules or laws) and the individual States are the ones who need to do something about it. I mean you can blame the Constitution or the fact that we occupy the majority of an entire continent under one flag for a disjointed approach but without an amendment to the Constitution it falls on the States and they all did things differently based on their individual needs or tolerance to risk.

Sleigh riding area funnels into an "expert" trail. for the extreme sleigh riders only.

Well, thats a legit concern, but they do actually have a Covid refund policy. https://www.skibluemt.com/winter-sports/skiing-snowboarding/tickets-season-pass/season-pass/ $429 is such a good deal. Even if they dont have night skiing.

The drive sucks but it's worth the $429...the lot scene is priceless though...

25% off Darn Tough socks at gobros.com until the 16th...

In terms of terrain...Crested Butte makes Steamboat feel like Love Park.

Pops and I briefly discussed it for the tickets I snagged for the first week in Feb. The DEN - HDN hop was selling for like $30 each way. But I couldn’t justify to myself visiting the Boat a third time without checking out anywhere else out west.

I wish I was there. Largest single-day protest in American history. Would have been cool to see.

Russian interference was a conspiracy theory even though the White House detailed how they did it? https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Report_Volume1.pdf

At this point if Trump gets the 2028-2032 term, we'd better pickle him like Richard Nixon's head from futurama. Sent from my XP8800 using Tapatalk

Ignorance might have impacted some down ballot races cannot imagine anyone voted without having a strong pro or con position on our asshat in chief.

@Robert2 #6 looks a little like Floyd’s but on the wrong side of the mountain.

I'm glad Steamboat is using common sense and allowing multiple unrelated people to share a lift as long as there's sufficient space between them.

Sort of my point. It allowed people to vote when they might not have otherwise because they feel intimidated by going to a poll being surrounded by supporters on each side and they’re not quite sure which side they belong on

Even though someone may be a dipshit they still should have the right to vote and do so easily. At least in my opinion.

It was coined by David Brooks who used to work for Newsweek over 20 years ago.

There is no debate at all. Who are you to say who should and who should not vote?

I wasn’t waiting in line for the 8 am reservations going live time. I guess since Keystone is the only game in town close to the front range (wolf creek is a drive) people want to get out and ski. I am hopeful once other places start to open things will die down a bit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was in New Hope and Lambertville and their outdoor mask usage is way more than in Allentown. Probably a more similar demographic than Boulder..lots of democrats and BoBos..Bourjois Bohemians...Rich artsy fartsys.

@saltyant wolfie is Wolf Creek.

How long after the reservations went online did you check? Looks like more place should open out there in the next week or so and things spread out more. It’s gotta be especially rough for the people who are used to skiing almost everyday.

It is good that we can have a mature debate despite a difference of opinion. There a couple posters whose reactions to my post I’m excitedly awaiting

I couldn't disagree more with most of your opinions on the election and I'm happy as shit that Biden won, but these 2 points you make are exactly what I'm thinking today!

Lol at the same people who screamed Covid partying in the streets. It’s a shame we are gonna have a resurgence this winter cause of selfish people lol at Pfizer sitting on a vaccine til the election is over

I’m more concerned that it gets cold. Blue will be fine, just like the golf courses. I am waiting till closer to last minute to book travel for this skison.

For outdoor dog walks and hikes I wear a buff and pull it up if needed. I got the OR mask for yoga classes and the gym. And also for ski season, wanted a real mask to wear on the lift other then just a buff

This was a perfect weekend weather wise. Literally perfect. Twas grate.

Just got my hands on one.

Tried to make a reservation for Keystone just to get some time on the snow. Dates until then13th are full, dates after 13th are unavailable yet. Oh it’s gonna be fun this season with all the extra steps,

Yeah this season will be what it is. I'll be happy to get a few good days around here and hopefully out west for some. Can't say I'm too excited about skiing right now, but maybe thats because it was 75 and sunny all weekend.