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  Real Kansans
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  @Crimsonorblue22 said in Real Kansans: @approxinfinity guess nobody gets your question. It looks like it’s cold, so not lately. as far as counties, which wasn’t your question, we have 2, Wallace and Rawlins without any cases. Jewell co has 13 cases. Right…@FarmerJayhawk said he didn’t know. My response wasn’t to @approxinfinity it was to him mentioning Jewell Co not being hit by hard by the Covid. Don’t see any complications.
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  Juneteenth
  • Texas Hawk 10  

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  Lol I gotta pause here guys @mayjay @benshawks08 (I like where we ended up on your last post) . A good stopping point for tonight for me. I really appreciate the thoughtful conversation. Needed it. I’ve been deep in a shell for like a month and this is the first I’ve really felt like talking. Thank you.
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  Let's Cancel Cancel "Cancel Culture"!
  • approxinfinity  

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  This is both kind of funny and kind of horrifying. https://reason.com/2020/08/06/tulane-cancels-life-of-a-klansman-edward-ball-students-racist/?amp
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  Kansas Senate Race
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  Just swinging by to say WE REKT KOBACH
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  Mizzou and pence
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  Lincoln Project Ad
  • approxinfinity  

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  https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/theyre-wrapped-up-in-corruption-and-buried-in-the-swamp-professor-bashes-gop-ethics-problems/
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  CDC Director Robert Redford, Trump appointee and negligent buffoon
  • approxinfinity  

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  And our AG says the governor can’t mandate masks in school, back to the counties again. At first I thought he said it went back to May when our KS lg took her rights to Issue EO’s away, but then AG said it’s in the KS constitution. Not an expert in that field. But, I think the school or school boards can mandate them, and I feel confident they would. I wouldn’t trust the counties at all! If the no mask parents had a choice though‍️ we’d be doomed. Trumps kid won’t be in the classroom. Just today, since wed, 1005 new cases and 18 deaths.
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  John Lewis
  • benshawks08  

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  @benshawks08 that was powerful! I love the pics of him w/Obama.
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  How white Democrats poll on "Big Ideas" to fix racial divide
  • approxinfinity  

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  @kjayhawks Interesting last line. You should review the lyrics of “Revolution” by The Beatles!
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  What a vaccine has to look like
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  KSU Student is Racist
  • FarmerJayhawk  

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  KSU’s president has announced that KSU cannot legally expell the student for his George Floyd comments which I think most here knew that was the case. They are creating some new diversity programs to appease the student athletes since expulsion would be illegal in this case.
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  Racial Truths and Untruths and the Search for Justice while Doing Justice (previously titled To Infinity and Beyond)
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  I’m going to lock this thread; I think it’s time for a fresh start on this topic.
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  Ivanka not welcome in wichita
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  @justanotherfan said in Ivanka not welcome in wichita: @FarmerJayhawk said in Ivanka not welcome in wichita: So after an almost 4 hour KBOR meeting, they put out a meaningless statement and Pres. Golden stays. Nobody ends up looking good. Well done everyone! It was for show. They couldn’t fire him without destroying any chance of getting a decent replacement. They also risked losing students over it. They might have gained some conservative students, but given the school’s location, that’s unlikely. They had to appear to appease the political actors, but their hands were tied. Who would have wanted that job after seeing the previous holder get canned only a few months in? And for losing 8 figures in donations and pledges to the school for how he handled it.
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  BLM? Read this opinion piece from 2015
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  @HighEliteMajor said: We should invite dissenting opinions, uncomfortable symbols, and all that is freedom. Absolutely. The problem I’m having with free speech these days is the amplifying and bias that comes from social media consciously and unconsciously via machine learning algorithms. For example, Facebook changing their platform to foster a sense of community inadvertently leading toward the large scale growth of Q Anon supporters. Throwing in big media and a president promoting conspiracy theories and it’s a mess. There’s nothing wrong with freedom of speech (and a lot right!), but public figures and corporations fostering disinformation for personal benefit, society be damned, is a problem. It’s not so different than your concerns about thug culture being glorified. Freedom of speech needs to be protected. But it also can be a threat to itself.
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  How do you justify voting for this guy?
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  @FarmerJayhawk they are just as far off as ever towards that goal here Kansas.
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  Coronavirus Thread: Boy, guys. I really just don't know. Best to keep tabs.
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  Anybody watch Dr Bright, our very own, Hutchinson Kansas product?
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  Strong Third Party 2020
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  The tax cut from the TCJA pays a month of rent for me each year. Frankly Amash and I agree on almost every issue. But I still have no idea if I’m going to vote for him.
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  Life after flattening?
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  @FarmerJayhawk Yeah, the results of a study are only as good as the method my memory of instrumental variable approach is fuzzy, so please share thoughts if you see something questionable… I’m assuming they implemented it properly… but not sure if there are concerns with the employment of that method (and if there was a better alternative.)
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  The democratic nominee
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  @DoubleDD said in The democratic nominee: I’m a huge Crenshaw fan. He’s done a couple pods with Joe Rogan I highly recommend.
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  2020: HOLD MAH BEER
  • FarmerJayhawk  

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  Bad news all around!