we could actually get our hands around this thing. we got tantalizingly close to that. didn t quite get it. it s gone up several fold since then. i think that s prompted these discussions, and i think there s strong feelings about this on both sides. the cdc has been pretty steadfast in saying we re not going to change the guidance but obviously we know the delta variant is far more transmissible, and also that when you do develop an infection with the delta variant, the amount of virus you re carrying in your system is up to a thousand fold higher than with the original strain, so even if people aren t getting as sick from it and the vaccines still remain very protective, they are carrying a lot more virus that could potentially make them more transmissible. i think that s fueling these discussions, and we ll see. over the next day or so, we may hear new guidance about indoors masking, even for the vaccinated. there were valid questions, maybe still are, about that decision on maski
county, and think about black voters who delivered michigan for joe biden, it has rained three times historical levels of rain for july, and every single time it has flooded, and what they re saying is don t just fix infrastructure, do something about the fact that we are barrelling toward indelible climate change right now, and we ve got to fix these problems, and so, you know, joel didn t really mention what is too much but what i think he s talking about is the idea that we also have to take on climate change, and this $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill actually does what it takes not just to fix the infrastructure but also to do what we need to do, to be thinking about our role on climate change and so many other issues, and i think we ve got to really go to the folks that we re talking about here, people who live in communities like detroit and ask what do you need. and they have been waiting for a long time, and i think they deserve this administration to deliver for them.
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to go out and strike out on your own to go see a prostitute when you re 17, 18 years old rather than having had a sexual encounter with a girl that you know, but joel didn t see it that way. do you remember your first woman you were ever with? yeah. you do. what do you remember about that? they re not shy about their occupation in the city. right. it s right up front. she approached me. are you looking for a date? yeah, kind of. what s the deal? she said, she named the prices and that was it. rifkin visits more prostitutes to fill the emptiness of his life. he quickly becomes addicted to the experience. even after he had sex with somebody, he would still troll around the five boroughs. he liked looking at them. he didn t just like looking at
rather than having had a sexual encounter with a girl that you know, but joel didn t see it that way. do you remember your first woman you were ever with? yeah. you do? what do you remember about that? they re not shy about their occupation in the city, right? it s right up front. she approached me. you looking for a date? yeah, kind of. what s the deal? she named the prices. that was it. rifkin visits more prostitutes to fill the emptiness of his life. he quickly becomes addicted to the experience. even after he had sex with somebody, he would still troll around the five boroughs. he liked looking at them. you know, he didn t just like being with them. he liked looking at them. it was an all-consuming addiction for him. rifkin drops out of college. he moves back in with his parents, barely supporting