“I cannot emphasize enough what an emergency this is. Public servants, health care workers, ordinary citizens–the very fabric of our society and our democracy–are under attack by crazed conspiracy theorists and bad actors looking to make a buck on division and hate.”
“A few things still need to happen before [COVID] shots can be authorized for Americans younger than 12.”
“The former president only received about 19 percent of his 74 million votes from counties with shrinking populations, according to Muro and his team’s analysis. Overall, the counties where he won added 7.8 million people during the previous decade. But Biden counties nearly doubled that total, expanding by 14.9 million individuals. Blue America is driving America’s population growth.”
“[T]he Democrats are trying to accomplish something nobody has ever accomplished, let alone attempted, on the House and Senate floors: a single piece of legislation designed to overhaul the social contract on a disparate array of fronts.”
The NFL is a good example of how and why vaccine mandates work.
“We need to talk about the pediatric bed situation in the USA. Because things are going to get really bad, real fast, unless people doing things to stop it.”
“There’s a growing consensus among health experts: Covid-19 may never go away. We’ll likely always have some coronavirus out there, infecting people and, hopefully only in rare cases, getting them seriously ill. The realistic goal is to defang the virus — make it less deadly — not eliminate it entirely.”
“Modernizing the Electoral Count Act (“ECA”) is the fix most likely to stop an effort to overturn the results of a future election that can receive bipartisan support.”
“The Republican-led Maricopa County Board of Supervisors filed a financial claim Wednesday seeking $2.8 million from the GOP-led Arizona State Senate for the cost of replacing elections equipment compromised during the Republicans’ sham audit.”
“The National Association of Secretaries of State approved a series of recommendations for audits aimed at combating Arizona-style, slapdash reviews of the 2020 election and future races.”
Some SFF/F book recommendations, if you need some new reading.
“If you believe the pandemic is almost over and you can ride it out, without getting vaccinated, you could not be more wrong. This virus will find you.”
“The sentencing for one of the January 6 US Capitol rioters was abruptly postponed Wednesday after new videos emerged of the man allegedly fighting with police, an unexpected twist in the case because prosecutors hadn’t previously accused him of committing violence that day.”
“Instead, on the eve of a once-in-a-generation federal investment in infrastructure, the environmental review process for big projects is totally unfit for the task at hand. Transportation is the country’s largest source of carbon emissions, but ideas that aim to reduce dependence on planes, cars, and trucks have even more trouble gaining environmental approval than highways. The result: delays and high costs that perpetuate the dominance of ice cap–melting SUVs in American transportation policy.”
“Where are the anti-war voices?”
Mike Richards is officially out as the new Jeopardy! host, and not a minute too soon.
RIP, Bill Freehan, 11-time All Star catcher for the Detroit Tigers.
RIP, Tom T. Hall, country singer/songwriter who wrote “Harper Valley PTA”.
Where are the anti-war voices?
“Is it really about execution?
Much of the criticism of Biden’s decision to withdraw has focused on the administration’s “execution.” The critics claim the withdrawal was poorly planned, chaotic, and unnecessarily put Americans — and their Afghan allies — in danger.
Some of these claims may be true. It’s hard to know, for example, how many people have been left behind since evacuations are ongoing. But, with a few exceptions, the criticisms of Biden’s execution are being made by people who opposed withdrawal altogether.”
Well first, to answer the question, where are the anti-war voices? Here I am, right here. I’m not complaining about Biden withdrawing, I supported that. All my racist, redneck buddies support pulling out, too. I don’t think I know anyone that supports wasting more money or lives there.
The problem is, this article is gaslighting so hard, I think it’s going to blow a valve or two.
Some of these claims MAY be true? Shit, even the leftist controlled media is admitting that these claims ARE true. Video from Saigon, er, sorry, a Kabul airport shows us what’s happening. Biden should have forced a media blackout on the whole mess, to pretend all is well, but those in charge don’t really care about hiding anything now.
But this isn’t a blunder, it’s part of a coordinated strategy, to import yet another mass group of unvetted people into America, to Balkanize and destabilize us. Gee, all these poor Muslim Afghans have no where else to go, so we’ll bring ’em here, where they will be yet another insular subgroup in the US that has no connection to our history, values, or way of life. They’ll probably get their own congressional district out of the deal. If we had done this correctly, we would have gotten our Americans out, and our carefully vetted Afghans not only out, but found placement for them in a friendly Muslim country…..anywhere but here.
I can only hope that, in the irony of ironies, a mass of them get sent to the Paris, TX school district, so that they can mandate hijab or burqa for their female students. I mean, Texas schools have had dress codes forever, right? This is, of course, for student safety, since we all know about Muslims and their “sexual emergencies.” Cover up, ladies! Maybe have some new laws in place concerning young boys there, too, since now we’ll have bacha bazi in America.
Tom T. Hall was a great writer, his songs are entertaining, and not in the typical country style, but not “outlaw” country, either. A few years back, I bought an old copy of his book on songwriting from an online book seller. I think that it was sold through Goodwill books. When the book arrived, it was stamped as discarded from the Nashville public library, and was signed by the author. I bought a bottle of watermelon wine over the weekend to have a drink in honor of Tom T. Hall.
I complained to the California board of medical practices about the doctor who is the author of the linked essay at the “you could not be more wrong link.” If the story is true, it is evidence of a doctor who needs some time off, or a new profession. The doctor is not supposed to judge and lecture patients for not getting vaccinated. There are myriad reasons why someone is not vaccinated yet, that is why only 50% are vaccinated so far. A doctor’s job is to assess and treat patients. Of course making the patient in the story feel guilty and stressed may have contributed to his eventual death from Covid. It is well known that stress hinders immune response. Just imagine if the ER doctors started asking everyone who came in, “so you thought it was a good idea to rob a bank and run from the cops?” “what was the posted speed limit where this happened?” “why did you drink 8 beers at the bar and start a fight?” “do you always stand on a chair instead of a step ladder?”
You would have made one helluva Ellis Island (circa 1892-1924) or Galveston (circa 1906-14) US Immigration Agent.