moytoy12
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RIP Thicks. Miss our conversations and your ability to keep me grounded. You were one of the good ones.
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7 minutes ago, thetorch said:
Yikes
America isn't perfect. Rooting for our country to fail is ignorant and something that I will never understand. People who root for America's demise have never seen real hardship.
When China is the sole world power you'll be wishing for America in 2020 covid and all.
Yep, I’m rooting for an end to everything i posted in that message. If you can’t call it out and/or recognize it, then that’s on you.
I’m not asking for perfection, I’m demanding that we attack inequity as ferociously as we can.laurk likes this -
27 minutes ago, SLU_Nick said:
Remaining angry over everything that you see/read on the internet is no way to spend your life.
Nick, I’ve met you and think you’re an awesome dude. I will say the quoted portion above is the epitome of white privilege. Go to the black and brown neighborhoods, go to Navajo Nation, go to the Zia Pueblo...these are places that America has forgotten. Many of these locations don’t event have running water. I’m pissed. I’m pissed for these humans that have been fuoked. I’m pissed that our country is more concerned about corporations than they are about humans. There are people in our country that can’t get running water, electricity, and/or internet. And then these ppl get the plague and no assistance. You know what...it pisses me the F off.
You’re a solid dude; I have nothing against you. I’m exhausted by a majority that has zero understanding how people have been fuoked by this country for a long time.
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@SluSignGuyif you won't ban @Old guy, then delete my account. I appreciate the forum you've provided. You are a great moderator and the Billikens community is lucky to have you (and Nark and @Quality Is Job 1). But if we're cool with the antics of Old Guy on this thread, then I don't want to be a part of this board.
I've made a lot of friends through this forum and the Billiken community. I hope to cross paths with each of you in the future. I'll continue to cheer on the Billikens.
ball game.
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57 minutes ago, Old guy said:
Seriously moytoy, I never realized how mentally limited you are until this thread got going.
Old guy, you need serious help. You hope a member of the Billikens community will die from COVID19 (you still haven't apologized to @courtside for that outrageous post). Also, you've been consistently wrong in this thread. So maybe...just do some self reflection.
p.s. @SluSignGuy, why is Old Guy still allowed to post?
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28 minutes ago, kshoe said:
I found this interview with the Northwestern president to be interesting. At the 3:50 or so mark he talks about the endowment.
Thanks for this. As it relates to the endowment, he mentioned that portions of the endowment are restricted and can only be spent for specific reasons (e.g. cancer research). It'd be interesting to see what portion of an endowment is restricted, what portion goes to need based financial aid, what portion goes to op-ex, etc.
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3 minutes ago, AnkielBreakers said:
Remember how annoying Roy billiken and old guy were earlier in this thread? That is you, right now, maybe worse, just the other side of the coin.
Cool. But I won't hope for someone to die, so I have that going for me.
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1 hour ago, SLU_Nick said:
The entire structure of America may be in jeopardy here...
Here is the structure of America and just a few reasons why i'm ok with it being obliterated:
White Americans with military style weapons can verbally attack police officers and face no repercussions while black Americans who kneel during the national anthem lose their job...
Corporations bailed out 10-12 years ago get another bailout because they spent their tax break on stock buybacks...
America is responding to a pandemic like a third world country...
Large areas of the US don't have running water, but have to face a pandemic without federal assistance...
Public cash flush firms get PPP dollars...
Jared Kushner's companies refuse to grant relief to tenants during a pandemic...
People of color, thanks to decades/centuries of oppression, are dying disproportionately...
Our president thinks we should inject disinfectant...
Tens of millions unemployed but only a fraction receiving assistance...
Tons of food being destroyed while millions starve...
Thanks to the federal government seizing supplies, states secretly negotiating with foreign countries government to get essential medical supplies to its citizens...
70,000 dead is considered success...
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1 minute ago, kshoe said:
I'm not forcing anyone to do something they aren't comfortable with. But I am allowing those people that live in relative bubbles of young people to get back to their work since those bubbles aren't at material risk.
Given the breakdown of occupations amongst the "young people", I would say that an overwhelming majority of them are already working (or back to work): https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat18b.htm.
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2 minutes ago, ARon said:
Given the market lately it may very well not be that anymore. And while they may very well draw it down, I doubt very much that is only way SLU makes up the difference.
I'm admittedly ignorant when it comes to university operations and the endowment, but why does a university with a $500mm-$1b endowment have to cut anything? I understand the endowment is not a savings account, but why does a university (any university) continually build up a financial nest egg for the future, but refuse to deploy those resources in the present troubled times? Honestly asking.
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Iona should have known what they were getting into...
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5 minutes ago, ARon said:
I imagine the same story will be playing out at other D1 schools.Don’t expect the long promised increase in commitment to athletics at our A10 brethren like Fordham, LaSalle, GW etc. to happen anytime soon.
Look, I don't have 100% understanding of endowments, but as of 2018 SLU had a ~$1billion endowment. There seems to be something incongruent here.
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33 minutes ago, SLU_Nick said:
The entire structure of America may be in jeopardy here...
Maybe this isn't a bad thing.
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Really disappointed to see that Old Guy isn't banned or at least given the Metz treatment. He wished death on a fellow board member and we're cool with that?
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2 hours ago, kshoe said:
I simply don't agree with the concept that somehow SLU and Mizzou can outspend Duke when it comes to recruiting players, which is what he's suggesting here.
How often are we actually competing with Duke for recruits? Tatum and who else? Point is, the blue bloods will continue to get the cream of the crop regardless of this rule change. Does this rule change in any way benefit us against the schools we usually compete with for recruits (mid-tier P5 schools, and upper tier mid-majors)?
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13 minutes ago, NH said:
Lorentsson is one of those guys who will be fine offensively from day one. His playing time will be wholly dependent on how quickly he can improve defensively. It's clear from those clips that he will have a steep learning curve on defense, as most freshman do. I'm sure coach Ford is happy to gamble that an elite shooter will be able to improve enough defensively to be a useful asset.
This. He needs a ton of work defensively. Based on this limited video, I wouldn't be shocked if he redshirted.
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13 hours ago, bauman said:
Let's see. Isn't this supposed to be a Welcome Francis Okoro thread. It would be pretty hard to tell it for the past few pages!
Getting back to our new Billiken, after watching the Just Lobs tweet and the video on that, this guy looks like the most athletic 6'9" + big I have ever seen in a SLU uniform. (He reminds me of Anthony Bonner) How great would it be for French and Bell to get to practice against Okoro next year. The only concern I have with his transfer is, will we get 2 years of actual court time from him or will he depart after one year of play? That's obviously a long term issue and doesn't stand in the way of how great this transfer is. How nice will it be 2 years from now (21-22 season) having the following 4, 6'8" , players (JB Jr; FO; ML; and AL) on the team to go along with all the skilled players who will be on that team! ---Thatch, Jimerson, Strickland, Collins, Hargrove, Jacobs and any new recruits
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10 minutes ago, glazedandconfused said:
Finally, old guy says something repulsive enough that there is no other option but
He's on ignore so I had to click on it. Wow. Wishing death on a fellow board member...unconscionable. He's got to go.
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2 minutes ago, brianstl said:
Not when you add in the 3,700 that were added into to the count on April 14. Those deaths occurred during that time period and are included in the total death count now but aren't included in the death totals that are being used for that time period in those two articles. The NYC death count for those articles being used is 2,543 instead of the 6,000 plus number they should be using because NYC updated their numbers on April 14. All of death total since have included deaths that meet the criteria that was excluded before. A real study of on if the death count is significantly lower than it should be should only use on totals post April 14. Before then it was under reported and since then it has been corrected.
Is there a chance that the counts since April 14 have been under reported? Sure, but no evidence at this time has been produced to suggest that is the case. The studies that have shown a possible undercount were using old data that has since been corrected in the counts.
That's why I pointed out the ~10k figure which appears to be close to the current official number as of April 4 as reported in multiple outlets.
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6 minutes ago, brianstl said:
The total both those reports are using for their COVID death total during that time period are well below the official death count now for that time period because they do not include the more than 3,700 deaths that were added to the count on April 14. When those are added to the total and you adjust for additional non-COVID deaths due to avoiding medical care because of fear of COVID, the current reported deaths from COVID are in line with the increase in the total number of deaths for that time period.
Per https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ and the National Center for Health Statistics, the death total as of April 4 was approximately 10k. If excess deaths for the relevant time period is ~ 15k, then it's conceivable that there was up to a 50% undercount for that time period.
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2 hours ago, kshoe said:
This is pretty much where I'm at. Young people need to get back to work. Old people need to stay home.
2 of the studies (the west coast studies) have been criticized for faulty assumptions and basic mathematical errors.
However, I think the overarching problem with his suggestion is segregating the young (<45) from the old (>45) and the very old (>65). In theory it seems possible, but in reality, I don't see it playing out that way.
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Apparently, the threat of the coronavirus was repeatedly relayed to the President in January and February through the President's Daily Brief. Unfortunately, it appears the threat was ignored by Trump.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/President-s-intelligence-briefing-book-repeatedly-15229783.php
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54 minutes ago, courtside said:
It isn't an either or. Many people have died at home due to COVID-19 without tests or care. Some say the total deaths due to COVID-19 are 50% underreported.
A couple of recent stories supported by research suggest that the number of excess deaths (deaths above normal mortality for a given period) from March-early April was approximately 15,000 or twice the number of COVID19 deaths during that same period.
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1 minute ago, Billiken4life5 said:
If I was rating the top 3 post prospects to come out of STL in the last 5 years Reed would be right there with Gordon and Tyler Cook. He's not quite as explosive as the other two but his skillset is super refined and may turn out to be bigger. And he's not just bullying small high schoolers, steps out and hits 3's too.
I love that Reed seems to really like SLU.
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