The Briefing Room
General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mrclose on August 08, 2020, 04:26:07 pm
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This year’s rally will be from Friday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 16.
Antifa and BLM will be running a little late! :beer:
“Screw COVID,†read the design on one T-shirt being hawked. “I went to Sturgis.â€
The bike rally could become one of the largest public gatherings since the pandemic began with 250,000 people expected.
Thousands of bikers poured into the small South Dakota city of Sturgis on Friday as the 80th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally rumbled to life despite fears it could lead to a massive coronavirus outbreak.
The rally could become one of the largest public gatherings since the pandemic began, with organizers expecting 250,000 people from all over the country to make their way through Sturgis during the 10-day event. That would be roughly half the number of previous years, but local residents — and a few bikers — worry that the crowds could create a “super-spreader†event.
Many who rode their bikes into Sturgis on Friday expressed defiance at the rules and restrictions that have marked life in many locales during the pandemic. People rode from across the country to a state that offered a reprieve from coronavirus restrictions, as South Dakota has no special limits on indoor crowds, no mask mandates and a governor who is eager to welcome visitors and the money they bring.
https://www.fox61.com/article/news/nation-world/harleys-everywhere-masks-nowhere-sturgis-draws-thousands/507-2372c962-0ac5-43e9-bbcb-98fcb8a31b9f?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot (https://www.fox61.com/article/news/nation-world/harleys-everywhere-masks-nowhere-sturgis-draws-thousands/507-2372c962-0ac5-43e9-bbcb-98fcb8a31b9f?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot)
(https://i.postimg.cc/zG164sY8/268f9651-9c24-406a-b324-e0c1b524c15a-1920x1080.jpg)
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I really really love this!
Thanks @mrclose
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I really really love this!
Thanks @mrclose
That looks like a great time in Sturgis. Small town that draws a big crowd. Love to move to SD.
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Would love to be the alcohol supplier....
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I really really love this!
Thanks @mrclose
You are quite welcome @Bigun!
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Great example of American Independence.
Roll on brothers and sisters and wishing you all a fanfukingtastic time! :yowsa: :yowsa:
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Not surprising. They don't wear brain-buckets either.
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They are all going to die!
Someday.
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They are all going to die!
Someday.
I almost didn't scroll down far enough and was going to add that last word for you.
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Glad to see this actually. Our local bike night which takes place the 2nd Sat of every month (Oct - Apr) and usually draws around 12,000 people has been cancelled until further notice.
:beer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-2GPJeRoD4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-2GPJeRoD4#)
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This year’s rally will be from Friday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 16.
Antifa and BLM will be running a little late! :beer:
“Screw COVID,†read the design on one T-shirt being hawked. “I went to Sturgis.â€
The bike rally could become one of the largest public gatherings since the pandemic began with 250,000 people expected.
https://www.fox61.com/article/news/nation-world/harleys-everywhere-masks-nowhere-sturgis-draws-thousands/507-2372c962-0ac5-43e9-bbcb-98fcb8a31b9f?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot (https://www.fox61.com/article/news/nation-world/harleys-everywhere-masks-nowhere-sturgis-draws-thousands/507-2372c962-0ac5-43e9-bbcb-98fcb8a31b9f?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot)
(https://i.postimg.cc/zG164sY8/268f9651-9c24-406a-b324-e0c1b524c15a-1920x1080.jpg)
Excellent. Herd immunity. I already have it. Can't hide forever from a virus. Keep your immune system strong. Take anti-viral foods. 13 listed by Dr. Eric Berg.
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Great example of American Independence.
Roll on brothers and sisters and wishing you all a fanfukingtastic time! :yowsa: :yowsa:
Agree. :thumbsup:
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My SIL went once, on a bike with engine mounted rigidly to frame.
She said the vibration beat her up-feet, legs, etc.. Asked would she do it again?
She said :Phuque yeah!
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMWlD3fLJ8#)
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I debated about where to put this and this thread seemed most appropriate.
The following is a report from a friend on FB. I copied and pasted it here because I find it to be very encouraging and thought you might enjoy reading it as well. The emphasis is mine.
We just finished an extended trip to Phoenix and back with a number of stops in West Texas.
Thought I would share what we saw.
First, the most interesting observation was that we saw LOTS of vehicles heading east toward Texas towing U-Haul trailers and a few U-Haul trucks, as well. We did not see them heading away from Texas.
Second, there is lots more traffic on the road than there has been. People everywhere are obviously not sheltering in place. At least across Texas and in Arizona. The truck traffic on the Interstates (10 and 20) were heavy.
Because we had heard that New Mexico is still quarantining people coming into the state to stay, we drove non-stop across the state both ways.
Coming through Austin this afternoon, we sat in a traffic jam. The shops and restaurants in Fredericksburg this afternoon were swarming with people.
We stopped to shop in multiple places including Big Spring, Pecos, Fort Stockton, Sonora, Fredricksburg, and Giddings. In every place we shopped, when there were masks-required signs up, the workers did not say a word about people not being masked, and were cheerfully helpful when asked for help.
Arizona does not have a statewide mask mandate, but the metropolitan counties have put them in place. We had the same experience in Phoenix and other Arizona locations. Signs up, but no peep from owners or other customers when maskless people entered.
Finally, we drove through the Delaware Basin portion of the larger Permian Basin in Reeves, Loving, and Culberson County the way we did this time two years ago. There was still oilfield activity, but nothing compared to the hour long waits at intersections in sparsely populated desert the way we did during boom time two years ago.
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I debated about where to put this and this thread seemed most appropriate.
The following is a report from a friend on FB. I copied and pasted it here because I find it to be very encouraging and thought you might enjoy reading it as well. The emphasis is mine.
Really good to hear. Thanks for sharing!
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Really good to hear. Thanks for sharing!
You are more than welcome @libertybele I'm more than familiar with the route he took as we have made the same trip numerous times to visit relatives in New Mexico and Arizona.
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Jealous! I have to ride to Sturgis just once before i hang it up.
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You are more than welcome @libertybele I'm more than familiar with the route he took as we have made the same trip numerous times to visit relatives in New Mexico and Arizona.
Yeah, the I-10 is the way to go from your neck of the woods. Plus the I-20 for the DFW folks.
This time of year the I-40 is usually popular because it's not as hot, but who knows about this year?
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Yeah, the I-10 is the way to go from your neck of the woods. Plus the I-20 for the DFW folks.
This time of year the I-40 is usually popular because it's not as hot, but who knows about this year?
I've found the traffic on I-40 to be unbearable this time of year. Particularly so the further East you go.
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I've found the traffic on I-40 to be unbearable this time of year. Particularly so the further East you go.
OKC traffic sucks year 'round.
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OKC traffic sucks year 'round.
If you come at OKC for either North or South these days it hard to tell when you hit it or are out of it.
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If this turns out to be a superspreader event, we'll likely know before it's over—the average incubation is only about 6 days.
If not, a LOT of people are going to have to answer some questions.
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My SIL went once, on a bike with engine mounted rigidly to frame.
She said the vibration beat her up-feet, legs, etc.. Asked would she do it again?
She said :Phuque yeah!
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMWlD3fLJ8#)
@truth_seeker
Ask her again about the vibrations.
As one woman once told me,"I love Harley's because they vibrate the best!"
Of course,I have no idea what that means.
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Sturgis is a "Peaceful Protest" Everyone knows the rona will not infect Peaceful Protesters.
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If this turns out to be a superspreader event, we'll likely know before it's over—the average incubation is only about 6 days.
If not, a LOT of people are going to have to answer some questions.
Assuming the questions get asked in the first place.
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Assuming the questions get asked in the first place.
They have and are being asked all over this land just not by anyone who controls ink or air time.
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Sturgis is a "Peaceful Protest" Everyone knows the rona will not infect Peaceful Protesters.
Only the kind of Peaceful Protestors® who carry lasers and roman candles.
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The have and are being asked all over this land just not by anyone who controls ink or air time.
"If a tree falls in the forest...."
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"If a tree falls in the forest...."
I think jungle drums still work although they take a bit longer to get the message through.
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I think jungle drums still work although they take a bit longer to get the message through.
Fauxcahontis tried smoke signals, and they failed, heap big.
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If this turns out to be a superspreader event, we'll likely know before it's over—the average incubation is only about 6 days.
If not, a LOT of people are going to have to answer some questions.
All those people are basically like the general public…they had it, got it, or gonna get it.
Feel like shit for a week or so, then go on about their lives.
Of course out of 250 thousand, there are bound to be a dozen or so that are sick and gonna kick the bucket anyhow.
I had it back in January.
Family and I are doing just fine.
But then again, I haven’t been involved in a motor cycle accident.
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Nice photos.... I am having trouble spotting any BLM or Antifa protestors though. I guess there isn't much demand for tricycle parking.
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The BLM/Antifa fascists thugs wouldn't dare come within a mile of that place.
That is why the new Democrat Brownshirts have only attacked Liberals so far.
Normal people fight back. Just like the predators they are, the Brownshirts only attack the weak.
They do not want any kind of 'fair fight'. That is why they attack Liberals and Liberal cities.
They don't fight back. In fact, they give in, surrender, and grovel, to the thugs immediately, without even the thought of fighting back.
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Sturgis is a "Peaceful Protest" Everyone knows the rona will not infect Peaceful Protesters.
@Wingnut
True,although the contrary part of me would LOVE to see a bunch of ANTIFA geeks show up and start attacking people,kicking Harley's over and setting them on fire,etc,etc,etc.
Wish there had been a ANTIFA toll-free number for me to call to suggest they do it.