Probably a prudent political move under the present circumstances. Definitely a move that will garner broad public support, although I am certain very few even knew - or for that matter, gave any thought to the existence- of such partnerships until the story broke. The irony of it is that the provincial government invested a lot of time and resources in facilitating and promoting these post secondary partnerships with China over the last thirty or so years.

That’s helpful to know. I was looking at one the other day and was saying my god which Beltway bandit took the post office for a ride on that POS. If I could only have appreciated how durable they sound.

Russel Moore was going to hit the bricks by 6/30/21, jobless. The SBC is conservative. Moore, increasingly, was not. The Trump stuff is just fluff for folks like you. There currently is a small war being waged within the denomination over people pushing many Leftist ideas. The promotion of homosexuality as no longer a sin, with gay marriage tolerated by the church. The adoption of CRT, in some form or another. Ain't gonna happen. The Conference would literally tear itself asunder over such non-Biblical balderdash and the associations (and the money) ain't going with the Moore's of the SBC.

@jolly said in Trump Does Bush: Trump Does Bush And I thought this was going to be a Stormy Daniels thread.

That, Horace, was what I took from the story as well. Especially since it is difficult to live in this country if one cannot fucking read.

@mark thanks for linking that! What fun, and what a career! Her demeanor, watching these videos, is so "workmanlike" - that's not to say that her playing is, it's that she is obviously comfortable with what she's doing.

@klaus said in Puzzle time - the ant lottery: Nice idea! Thanks Klaus. Another problem with not being able to record the ID of every ant is that the solution assumes a non zero chance of having to record every ant, as the interim lottery winner.

@89th said in Football Fans: Watch #89.: Always watch number 89... Indeed! Not quite an A, but, you know, pretty good!

The first rule of development club is, never build on floodplains. The second rule of development club is, NEVER BUILD ON FLOODPLAINS. Not at all a new problem.

The golf course here has hosted 3 proms in recent weeks. I don't know what rules they had about masks. If I had to guess I'd guess masks were optional.

@jolly said in I thought surely this was the Onion or the Bee...: Nasty? A chicken ain't nothing but a hog with feathers. Only an idiot would be kissing up on chickens. Certainly, if there's a hog available, it wouldn't make any sense at all.

Just as good a place as any to post this: [image: 1621855892119-img_7824.jpg]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/23/exclusive-photo-gretchen-whitmer-violates-own-coronavirus-orders-at-dive-bar/ Whitmer and a large group of friends, including her appointed chief operations officer, Tricia Foster, visited the Landshark in East Lansing, violating her restaurant orders in the process, according to a photo one of the attendees posted on Facebook. [image: full-photo-2.jpg] The group shot of 13 individuals appeared to violate the governor’s restaurant capacity order issued May 15 on “gathering limitations for entertainment establishments, recreational establishments, and food service establishments”: b. Gatherings are prohibited at food service establishments, whether indoor or outdoor, unless: Consumption of food or beverages is permitted only in a designated dining area where patrons are seated, groups of patrons are separated by at least 6 feet, no more than 6 patrons are seated together (at a table, booth, or group of fixed seats), and groups of patrons do not intermingle The governor responded. [image: E2GSRXjXEAgJf7_?format=jpg&name=900x900] I count 13 people at the two tables. "Pushed together," my ass.

@lufins-dad said in Lab Leak?: @mik said in Lab Leak?: I’m not sure why I clicked this. I knew what I’d be getting. Yeah, but it’s been sitting there for a week... Wow that’s an obedient thread.