He lived well.

Can we clone this man?

Women can be prosecuted for taking abortion pills, says Alabama attorney general

Source: Al dot Com

One week after the federal government made it easier to get abortion pills, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Tuesday that women in Alabama who use those pills to end pregnancies could be prosecuted.

That’s despite wording in Alabama’s new Human Life Protection Act that criminalizes abortion providers and prevents its use against the people receiving abortions. Instead, the attorney general’s office said Alabama could rely on an older law, one initially designed to protect children from meth lab fumes.

“The Human Life Protection Act targets abortion providers, exempting women ‘upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed’ from liability under the law,” Marshall said in an emailed statement. “It does not provide an across-the-board exemption from all criminal laws, including the chemical-endangerment law—which the Alabama Supreme Court has affirmed and reaffirmed protects unborn children.”

The announcement followed changes last week to regulations of two medications commonly prescribed for abortion. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a change that will allow brick-and-mortar and mail-order pharmacies to dispense mifepristone and misoprostol, two drugs used in more than half of abortions in the United States. /SNIP

Read more: https://www.al.com/news/2023/01/women-can-be-prosecuted-for-taking-abortion-pills-says-alabama-attorney-general.html

Wounded Virginia teacher walked her students to safety after she was shot by 6-year-old

The Virginia elementary teacher who police say was intentionally shot by a 6-year-old student is being hailed as a hero who saved lives by escorting her students out of the classroom while wounded.

Abigail Zwerner was struck Friday while teaching her class, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said Monday at a news conference. "The 6-year-old child displayed a firearm, pointed it at her and fired one round," Drew said. "There was no physical struggle or fight. She was providing instruction to her class."

The bullet went through the teacher's hand and into her upper chest, "but she was still able to get all of her students out of that classroom," he said.

"She made ... sure that every one of those students was safe."

More at https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wounded-virginia-teacher-walked-students-safety-was-shot-6-year-old-of-rcna64938

This should not be allowed to sink in media coverage.

Anyone else watching The Rig on Prime?

I'm through 4 of 6 episodes and enjoying it okay. It's another ecological parable but with a good cast.

Tense moments for those that have worked in the petroleum industry.

George Santos' Sister Facing Eviction For Unpaid Rent Of $40,000

Source: Crooks & Liars

According to a court filing, Tiffany Santos has not paid rent in years and owes nearly $40k in back rent. However, she found time to contribute $5000 to her brother's campaign. And she received more than $30,000 in federal emergency rental assistance during COVID. Oh, and George Santos has consistently listed as his address on federal campaign finance loans her address in Queens, despite being registered to vote at another address. Confused yet? You're not the only one.

Scamming, grifting, etc seems to be in the family DNA.

Source: New York Post

Rep.-elect George Santos’ sister reportedly skipped years of rent on the Queens apartment the siblings once shared — but still managed in that time to dish out tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions, including $5,000 to her lying brother’s campaign.

Court records show that Tiffany Santos is facing eviction from the Elmhurst apartment for failing to pay nearly $40,000 in rent since August 2020, the Daily Beastt first reported on Thursday.

/Snip

Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2023/01/george-santos-sister-facing-eviction

Guilty admission: I enjoyed the crap out of M3gan!

Laughed my ass off here and there as well.

The buzz is deserved.

Rep. Tim Burchett said colleague Rep. Mike Rogers is a 'redneck' who 'shouldn't be drinking' followi

Source: Insider

Rep. Tim Burchett said colleague Rep. Mike Rogers is a 'redneck' who 'shouldn't be drinking' following House floor brawl

Republican Rep. Tim Burchett called his colleague Rep. Mike Rogers a "redneck" and suggested that he had been drinking before he got into a brawl on the House floor late on Friday.

C-SPAN cameras captured Rep. Rogers of Alabama lunging at Rep. Matt Gaetz and being restrained by Rep. Richard Hudson, after Gaetz had what appeared to be a tense exchange with Kevin McCarthy.

"People shouldn't be drinking, especially when you're a redneck, on the House floor," Rep. Burchett told CNN's Kate Sullivan about the incident.

He did not provide evidence or elaborate on why he believed Rogers had been drinking prior to the incident.

/SNIP

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/rep-burchett-redneck-rep-rogers-drinking-house-brawl-2023-1

Ohio man, jailed for fake Facebook page, asks SCOTUS to let him sue police

PARMA, Ohio -- The parking lot arrest in 2016 stunned Anthony Novak as much as the charge: alleged disruption of law enforcement operations for making a parody of his local police department's page on Facebook.

"They said, 'put your hands behind your back.' They said, 'fake Parma Facebook page,'" Novak recounted to ABC News of the moment Parma police officers took him into custody outside a neighborhood convenience store in 2016.

Novak, 33, went on to spend four days in jail. A local jury later acquitted him of any wrongdoing. Now, he's trying to sue the police for alleged violation of his civil rights. A federal appeals court earlier this year acknowledged "difficult questions" in the case, but said the officers were protected by qualified immunity and dismissed Novak's claims.

Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide whether to take up his appeal.

/SNIP

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ohio-man-jailed-fake-facebook-page-asks-scotus/story?id=95421536

2 years after Jan. 6, speaker scrap freezes Congress again

Source: AP

Such are the fractures in the country, between the political parties and inside the Republican Party itself, that one time-honored specialty of Washington — memorializing and coming together over national trauma — isn’t what it used to be.

Friday morning’s moment of silence at the Capitol to contemplate the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on it drew mostly Democrats, with brief remarks from Democratic leaders new and incoming — Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Hakeem Jeffries — and none from the GOP.

The event was focused on the Capitol Police officers who protected the building that day, and families of law enforcement officers who died after the riot. Jeffries said 140 officers were seriously injured that day and “many more will forever be scarred by the bloodthirsty violence of the insurrectionist mob. We stand here today with our democracy intact because of those officers.”

At the White House, few Republicans were expected for a ceremony at which President Joe Biden will award Presidential Citizens Medals to a dozen state and local officials, election workers and police officers for their “exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens” in upholding the results of the 2020 election and fighting back the Capitol mob. /Snip

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/jan6-capitol-riots-second-anniversary-8014969520b61bf7f4d86689fc16e7f7