Texsox

San Antonio is using the Alamo Dome for vaccinations.

I believe the best course of action is regular evaluation and change. We're very strict with masks, cleaning, hand sanitizing

So far we have not seen a spread inside any of our schools. We did have a group of science teachers that went to lunch together on a staff development day and all eight tested positive a week later. We are a large district with over 100,000 students utilizing a hybrid schedule and most students have elected virtual learning.

I'm interested in what y'all think. Perhaps the premise is faulty, but assume we have the flexibility to make one or two more roster moves. Do you think making that move now with the perceived need or in season when the need is known is better? I'm not unhappy with going into the season with this lineup and some room to address a need. The downside is those in season trades from the haves to the have nots is costlier.

The superintendent for our school district just sent out an appeal for parents to keep their kids home for the next two weeks are we are experiencing another surge. He was really clear that we are open for students and if your child needs to be at school we're open and here, but if they can be successful at home, keep them home.

And anyone that is in a situation with multiple specialists may receive conflicting advice from their doctors. My cardiologist told me fight to be first. My oncologist was much more cautious.

Exactly. And to be fair, they are the general public and probably among the last to get it anyway. I'm in a situation with an underlying medical condition where they know the vaccine will not be as effective for me as others. Plus, there is also a slightly heightened risk of an adverse reaction. Do I elbow my way to the front as a teacher and in theory get the vaccine instead of someone who we know it was have greater efficiency.

I'm certain there is overlap but I understand people not buying a 2021 F150 because it's the first model year and I understand people being cautious about what they inject into their bodies. I'm not waiting but I know a couple people who are planning on waiting a couple months before getting the vaccine. Young, healthy, isolated work from home lifestyle living in a rural area and it doesn't seem totally crazy. It blows my mind that doctors and nurses are refusing. Which then circles back to my friends deciding to wait.

Let's hope he gets plenty of opportunities this year. I'm ok with starting the season with this roster, but it's going to be cheaper now to address the other needs now rather than at the deadline.

So basically you are a threat to America as it currently exists.

Should Twitter be allowed to facilitate these illegal acts?

I can't speak from personal experience with GOP candidates but I can from multiple democratic campaign dating back to 1977. If we are speaking about political campaigns to get elected, the nature of the industry takes hold and I don't believe either party has a moral high ground to stand on. I've been involved in exactly one candidate's campaign I believed was 100% honest and would rather lose than violate any ethics. The rest justify their actions by the other guy does it. It's a nasty, dirty, process to get elected and I don't envy anyone that enters the arena. And the more local the race, the more entrenched a party is, the uglier it gets. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. I never worked in Chicago but the Rio Grande Valley in Texas is 90% or more Democrat. Primaries involved some of the dirtiest, rule breaking, shit you would ever believe. I believe there are good, decent, humans with D and R next to their names. I think socialism is a bad path for America but I don't think you're a bad person or unethical for believing those principals. Likewise a prolific poster here identified as a Republican a few years back. If I lived in his town when he was running for school board I would have knocked on a lot of doors to see him elected. I would have donated to his campaign but he didn't accept outside money. We shared a vision of America, we just disagreed on the path to get there. Much like your vision of Socialism gets us to an America where I'm certain we both would be happy. I believe in freedom of some speech, but not actions. I believe in freedom of thought, but not actions.

And as always in America the rich will skate on by and the poor idiots on the floor of the capital will pay. It pisses me off.

Before this spins out of control, are you suggesting that democrats never break any rules? That for example the Chicago Political Machine is totally clean and by the rules?

70,000,000 Americans voted for the Republican candidate. I have three family members who voted for him. They are all good, decent Americans who support our government and love this country. They are horrified by the fringes of the party and those actions from last week. If those 70,000,000 were truly like the rioters, there would have been blood in the streets everywhere and on a scale unseen since the civil war. We would have had hundreds of thousands dead. We are better than that.

Which is why I focus on actions. Those actions are dangerous regardless of motive. If we can dream up scenarios where Biden has the election taken from him, I can't fault Trump supporters from thinking the same. I can fault them for taking matters to the point of treason. Personally I know how my elected officials voted and Cruz was the only one voting yes, but I was already planning on working for his opponent. My only decision is if I will work for a GOP challenger in the primary if there is one, and I hope there is. I have less enthusiasm for unseating John Cornyn. I can't sustain an effort against every statewide office holder in Texas. Cornyn gets a pass.

I haven't used it. People have misquoted me and taken statements out of context. I mention we have survived violent protests and civil wars as evidence that we will survive this. I mention I'm confident that Americans will rise above this and the next four years will be better, I'm accused of being sympathetic to fascists. I say that anyone who commits' acts of treason should receive the same sentence and I'm using whataboutism. When I say these rioters would not have stopped Biden from being president people rush out to create scenarios where they could. I know were better than that. Rioters punished. Trump impeached. Cruz and Hawley censored at the minimum and we will survive.

I'm hearing Lee Elia right now. The riot was midweek. Now I'm wondering if the DoJ shouldn't announce serious charges on some of the rioters. Perhaps facing a firing squad for treason will chill some of the people.

Agreed. So do you do that by offering lesser sentences to the non fascists so it looks like fascists received a harsher sentence? That's what sparked this. I don't care about ideology when it comes to punishing people for treason. You go with the harshest sentence available regardless of why they did it. I can't believe people disagree with this.

Agreed. And your second part is what I was trying to say. There might not be thousands of brilliant thinkers, but there are some. And I do not believe they were fully represented at the riot or before that at the rally. They will be harder to find.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I believe anyone looking to subvert the government could be at that rally. I believe Moscow aided the protestors and manipulated the participants. I believe any of our other enemies also would have been helpful. Do you think looters all identify with whatever riot is happening or do they see a chance to grab a nice TV? I also believe if the shoe was on the other revolution in a country we were enemies with the CIA would be funding their activities. Basically I see a lot more threats than you do and want all of them addressed not just fascists. So if someone was in the capital building and just non violently walking around taking pictures and we can't prove their ideology I believe they should get the harshest sentence available and be rotting in jail next to the most outspoken fascist at the rally. If that someone has you thinking I'm sympathetic to fascists I don't know what to tell you.

There is only one side. You committed an act of treason and you go to jail. I have no sympathies for anyone who commits an act of treason. I don't care if they do it because they are fascist or a vegan. It just doesn't matter. Their actions matter. I've been crystal clear I believe. When we start trying to sort these treasonous folks from those other ones we are on a dangerous path. We can't see ideology, I can see acts of treason. Fascists are a problem. Communists are a problem (they are hacking our systems daily and the president doesn't care) and you don't think Moscow saw a chance to feed anti American anger against the government? White supremist are a problem. Anti Government types of all stripes are a problem.

Looking at the photos, do you believe these idiots actually thought they were committing treason? I mean in the same way that Jefferson, Washington, and the rest knew their actions, if unsuccessful, would lead to their deaths. These guys (and I'm only seeing guys) all look like they are on some reality show. Waving to cameras, taking selfies, playing dress up. Could you imagine any of them drafting a constitution? Inventing a government from scratch? I don't believe most of the guys photographed have enough brains to understand. Which leads me to this. Besides Trump, we need to root out the rest of the organizations and their leadership. The guys that were smart enough not to get on camera. Not to participate in a riot like this. The people who are motiving this hate and treason. They also need to be in prison for the longest time possible.

I need to research why we give presidents that power. But on first glance, if Trump abuses his power in this way, there needs to be an amendment to the constitution preventing it from ever happening again. We can't give free reign to a president to mount a coup and then everyone goes home with stories.

While I would like to see it, I never believed that Trump would be charged and thus never serve time. But I have always believe there would be jail time for tactical vest and zip tie guy, horns and red/white/blue face paint guy, waving like a moron walking with the speaker's podium guy, etc etc