unclevlad

Inauguration Day is 6 weeks or so. The death rate would have to about quadruple. I believe the data generally shows about a 3 week lag between new case rates and new death rates; that means our death rates are roughly correlative to case rates from late November. Case rates are higher today, but only by about 25%. The HHS data shows the broader concern. The *national* assessment is about 75% of all hospital beds are occupied...and of that, almost 20% is due to nothing but Covid-19. ICU utilization is estimated at 63%. This is across the entire health care system. Inevitably, the distribution of cases will have peaks and valleys...so 75% across the board suggests an *alarming* number of areas that are near, at, or OVER capacity and making do with temporary measures. So by whatever measure you want to read...yes, still thinking it's overblown or a hoax is simply a disconnection from reality. The fact that it's as widespread as it is...or seems to be, as I think there's also a large subset of the protesters that don't care about the severity. Their motive could be political (I'll oppose ANYTHING the wrong people say) or even anarchic (I'll oppose any directive from the government, PERIOD).

That might make sense for flight, but in many cases, flight should be considered a high-drain power. LS and senses are 0 END...and Costs END will end up costing you a LOT more than it saves, I suspect. The concept you're bringing up is fine in reality; it's just the translation to game terms that might break down. I think Hey I Can Chan hit the nail on the head: it feels very tough to assert a limited-power limitation for a single END reserve; it's plausible in a variety of constructions where multiple END Reserves are in play. And some things can be done for no points, or VERY few. The LS and sensors might take a -1/4 limitation for "primary or secondary END Reserve capacity must be > 0" where the secondary END reserve also has "can only be applied to flight"...where the END reserve *isn't* big enough to run the flight for very long, or at anything close to full power/speed. To go back to OP's point, there are core cases where certain limitations simply don't apply to certain powers. The rules *allow* it; that doesn't mean it makes sense...gestures? Incantations? Lockout? Requires a PER roll? It's not worth trying to identify when it makes no sense...because in some genres perhaps it might. And I'll always support the core point that limitations need to be sensible and meaningful; they need to be truly limiting *in some way* or forget it. What "limiting" means can be debated; we've had that discussion with, say, Perceivable.

If you ask me, domestic terrorists. And my gosh, what does it take to get through to these idiots? By WorldOMeters, today's the first day we'll top 200K new cases and 3000 deaths. We already have, with over an hour left in their statistical day. I'm venting. I know they don't listen. But it is so insanely stupid, and so insanely costly. And targeting families is moving into jackboot territory.

It bothers me, tho, because it IS changing the rules midstream. Anyone who treated the science at all seriously would have recognized this state of affairs was likely, but the rule was in place. If they were gonna do that, then why did they not let Nebraska create a matchup? If I'm Indiana, I'm also RIGHTEOUSLY POd by this power play; my team's ONE SUPERB YEAR in *how* long? Hint: they tied for 2nd in 1987. They had a winning season last year at 8-5; 7-6 in 2007. You have to go back to 1993 to find another winning season. And it's pure money. OSU has by far the best chance to crash the CFP, and thus rake in 7, 8 mill or so; more if they win, MUCH more if they win the championship. It completely fits with the narrative that the big schools will do anything to accommodate the big-money sports...well, except acknowledge that they have real, even *essential* workers by and large, but they refuse to pay them appropriately. Yeah, college football is in many ways more fun to watch, but don't peel back the covers on it. It's a cesspool back there.

Well, we all knew it was nothing but an attempt to salvage as much money as possible this year, and that integrity has no place in running major college football.

I never did Traveller.... But yeah, reading the reviews on DTRPG, it does sound like a right mess..... I'll pass.

Siccing Lolth on us really won’t help ya much there, DT...

Could be worse. The Norseman: "When I said I wanted to go out in style, I really didn't mean atop a burning pyre on my longboat." But I don't believe DT is Norse.

Cowboys' rush defense gave up the 2nd most yards in football. BEFORE the game tonight. They become the first team this season to give up over 2000 yards on the ground. The Texans are next at 1811. Even more obscene? After that it's the 1-11 Jags at 1643. So the gap between Dallas and the 3rd worst team is 30 yards a game. EDIT: for comparison, the gap between Dallas and JAX (32 and 30) is basically the same as the gap between JAX and SF (30 and 9)

Field of Dreams

<whispers> I hear she styles his fur......but it was the Star, so it might not be reliable....

I still don't expect there will be large-scale violence, and as time moves forward, I think the chance of a serious (if local) outbreak declines. Mind, I said "expect" and "declines." And all 50 states have certified results now. The Supreme Court already dismissed one appeal today without comment, so at this point I think the legal effort is dead. That, of course, will not slow down the ranting.

Or GURPS. My gosh, GURPS is ridiculous.......

Among countries with at least 1 million people, the US has the 5th highest per capita case rate. Among countries with at least 3 million, it's 3rd highest.

My chiropractor pointed out this morning something about the Steeler game. Steelers played Ravens last Wednesday. Washington abused Dallas on Thanksgiving. So Washington had time to rest AND to prep without undue disruption.

And now, of course, the OSU coach wants the rules changed so they can play in the title game. Hope not, but the money grab is real...so it's possible. The way things are now...Alabama/Florida winner is in, Clemson/ND winner is in. Those are *locks*. I'm less confident they'll put the Clemson/ND loser in because I think they'll want to avoid a third time round scenario. If they eliminate OSU due to too small a body of work, there's still 2 slots to fill. If Bama beats Florida, I think A&M might slide in. I'm also leaning to Cincinnati perhaps. But some of this is gonna be how they decide to pick the playoff teams this year. And, yes, no matter what, this will color the title this year. Despite Dabo's feeling, this one's very much tainted, IMO.

Can someone help me reattach my jaw? It just fell off.......

It means it was aligned as a regional broadcast, not a national broadcast. Fox had the right to package it in that manner. Rights to areas outside the designated regional areas were not Fox's; for example, DAZN has them for Canada. DirecTV has Season Ticket and Total Package rights that would be infringed by making the game more broadly available, because the value of their subscription would be (slightly) reduced by that. Contrast that with tomorrow: Ravens-Cowboys was a TNF game. That means it's national OTA on Fox, cable/satellite on NFL Network, and streamed on Prime Video (among others). Those are all still in place. The media rights deals are a VERY complex mess with a lot of different stakeholders. The contractual obligations are still going to hold even when the game's moved to a different day.

GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.......... Steelers game was positioned as strictly a regional game. Just because it's moved to today? That didn't change. UGH. More than likely it's DirecTV that's blocking it; it's available to their subscribers. But that probably means they have the national rights, and would have to agree to any waiver to allow Fox to broadcast it nationally. The fans, as always, are shafted.

Damn, you had to remind him...you're no fun at all, I swear.....

Give some credit to the Jets; Gregg Williams has been fired. Apparently also give credit to Derek Carr. He read the blitz and audibled to a 7 man protection. https://www.nfl.com/news/jets-fire-dc-gregg-williams-in-aftermath-of-last-second-loss-to-raiders

*I* find it painful to agree with me sometimes. Because it can be very depressing. Trump fatigue is the best way to encapsulate it, IMO, too.

It could've been missed, I suppose. Nothing in it appears overly problematic, other than perhaps the Use Questionite Shield skill foo...and if it's in HS EG, it likely will be in the character pack, unless there's errata for it. So you could build it yourself and save it as a template.

His pardons were already showing this beforehand. And his corruption has been heavily suggested by the misuse of his properties to conduct official business. So we'll have to agree to disagree on the potential shift this might have created; I don't think it'd be that significant. It was never an equal choice between 2 candidates, either. As per the tail end of the article you linked...the issue wasn't Trump or Biden on policy, the issue was "Trump on policy all the way but can I live with how he operates?" And that he's monetized the office should not be a revelation.

Honestly, why? His supporters would just call it another smear, or another example of the Deep State at work, or congratulate him for protecting people from the Evil Machinations Of The Socialists. This is just a variation on a theme we've heard for 4 years, if it's true.