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Hmmm. What other healthcare-related items aren't "deeply-rooted" in American history? Birth control, for one. In vitro fertilization, for another. Radiation oncology? Liver transplants? It's quite a long list of medical procedures to be disallowed, one after another.
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Quick recap: Twitter has been used to fan right-wing lunacy and violence, in Brazil and elsewhere, but in Brazil they're pissed off about it and demanding something be done.
Big-mouth Twitter owner Elon Musk plays the victim and ignores court orders, but a Brazilian judge says Musk and Twitter are not above the law — what a concept!
There's money involved and money almost always wins, but for today, Twitter is off the air in the internet's fifth-largest market, and it's beautiful.
The COVID vaccine just got a lot more expensive, if you're uninsured
A booster costs $200, eh? I'll probably take my chances and skip any more shots.
Excerpt: Sarah Phelps, a Sonoma County Regional Parks marketing specialist, said, "We're a little disappointed that we weren't contacted before this project started." The department has reached out to Butterfly — through advocates for homeless people — to ask that work on the project be suspended while officials decide what to do, Phelps said. "I don't think we have a clear solution at this point," Phelps said. "We know this is an important issue, but it was not approved by us before it started."
I'll wager the cost of a COVID booster that the bureaucrats will decide the rocks must be 'cleaned', the memorials disallowed, to preserve the scenic view of the rocks.
Democrats sue over Georgia rules intended to block election certifications
Republicans plot lawsuits to overturn a Trump loss; Harris plans to fight back
Republicans doing whatever dirty dealing the worst of them suggests? No surprise in that. But Democrats willing to fight back? That would be a beautiful change of pace.
The Haditha Massacre photos that the American military didn't want the world to see
City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack
DARPA-funded research aims to place humans in "suspended animation"
IGNORING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY:
• How climate change spread this deadly mosquito-borne illness to the US Northeast
• Siberia's "Gateway to Hell" is growing rapidly, and visible from space
• 'Way of life at risk': Under threat from climate change, Batam's sea people face an uncertain future
• Brazil wildfires worsened by 'mega drought,' extreme heat
... but there's money to be made, so la di da, la di da.
THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS:
• Catholic Church settles lawsuit with B.C. man raped by priest when he was 6
• Court hearing begins for one of five Michigan priests accused of sex crimes
• New Jersey pastor is accused of sexually assaulting child
• Former Vatican media personality Basilian Father Thomas Rosica accused of sexually assaulting a priest in Canada
and Bishop unwilling to hear about it
• Jury trial set for Mobile-area pastor charged with rape, sodomy and sexual abuse
• Ex-priest sentenced to 7½ years in prison for child sex abuse
• Retired priest charged with sexually assaulting preteen parishioner in early 1970s
• North Carolina church 'devastated' after investigation charges youth pastor with sexual battery
BAD GUYS WEAR BADGES:
• Un-named cop is secretly suspended for "improper relationship" with a suspect
• Should police be able to interrogate kids alone? Sweet Jesus, no.
• Police recruit who lost both legs in 'barbaric hazing ritual' sues Denver, paramedics and officers
• Chicago police commander gets 36 months for cocaine distribution
VEDDY INTERESTINK:
• Why AI isn't going to make art
by Ted Chiang
• On Amtrak's Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle, stepping off in six tiny towns along the way
I've only ridden the Empire Builder twice (one round trip), and I had to hurry back to work so there wasn't time enough for leisure like this. Now that I'm retired, maybe there's time...
I've said this before and better, but I plopped it somewhere else on the internet a few days ago, so I might as well share it here at home:
It depresses the hell out of me that 43% of America thinks Donald Trump is the best choice. Says a lot about education and mental illness in the USA.
It's also depressing that 46% of America thinks Kamala Harris is the best choice. She is, but she's the status quo, offers no solutions to any of the real problems, and doesn't even acknowledge the real problems. She'll keep us sailing steady toward the icebergs.
Trump is iceberg-bound as well, but he'd drill holes in the hull on the way. That's the difference between them, and the reason I'm hoping for Harris.
So by golly, vote for Harris and steady sailing toward the iceberg, not Trump and the scuttling of the ship. It's important!
⚰️ DEAD PEOPLE ⚰️
Ofra Bikel
documentarian, Frontline
Amber Lynae Bills
in county jai
Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau
hockey player and brother
Joe Henry
forgotten person
Carlos Lagunes-Fraceschy
in county jail
Henri Leclerc
good guy lawyer
Michael Lerner
activist, founder of Tikkun
Nicole Deann McComb
in county jail
Troy Moore
football player
Michael Oliver
in county jail
Joan Pickett
asshole
Fatman Scoop
rapper
Steve Silberman
author, NeuroTribes
Eric Van Wieren
in county jail
Donald Williams
forgotten person
Jessica Witzel
forgotten person
9/2/2024
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"It's also depressing that 46% of America thinks Kamala Harris is the best choice."
ReplyDeleteThe people telling us that Kamala Harris is the best choice are the same people who, six weeks ago, were telling us that Joe Biden was perfectly fit to lead. And they're the same people who were wetting their pants with delight about Hillary Clinton's imminent coronation on the eve of the last election. In other words, people who are corrupt, clueless, and self-serving.
And yet I get pushback when I suggest that the media - left/right/center - has done more damage to this nation than any other institution.
No pushback from me. Eight years later, the press is still treating Trump as if he's an ordinary candidate, never mentioning that his speeches are 88% nonsense and 12% bullshit. And 99% of the news that matters never makes the news.
DeleteBrazilian here! Brazil didn’t Ban twitter. Here’s what happened:
ReplyDeleteBrazilian justice subpoena’d Twitter as a company for the information of 7 accounts of people who are under investigation for being involved with the unconstitutional riot of January 7, 2022, led by far right figures who refused to accept the election results after known military criminal Jair Bolsonaro was not reelected. Rather than comply, Elon decided to close Twitter offices in Brazil, as he believes the due process is an infrigement on freedom of speech, for some reason. Because it is illegal under Brazilian law for any business to operate in Brazil without a local legal representative, the Supreme Court demanded the company appoint one in order to continue operating in Brazilian territory. Elon refused. Therefore, as per Brazilian Law, Twitter is no longer permitted to operate in national territory. This can be reversed once Twitter appoints a legal representative of Twitter in Brazil.
This is not a political act of censorship onto Brazilian people. It is a consequence of Elon Musk’s failure to comply with Brazilian Law. In short: Brazil didn’t ban Twitter, Twitter left Brazil.
The rules are never for wealthy people. Even now, with the fine paid by seizing the funds from other Musky businesses, it's still nothing. If an ordinary human without billions of dollars did a small-scale version of the same thing, they'd be in jail.
DeleteAlso, unrelated but I have to ask: Are you or Brazilians in general offended when Americans use the term 'Brazilian' to refer to a pubic haircut?