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steve2470
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October 19, 2021
https://twitter.com/mbaram/status/1450434970644848642
This guy seemed legit, but I have asked him for the original source (CDC or FDA, etc.)
eta: Original source is CDC
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-status
Average weekly COVID-19 deaths per 100K people, by age group, July 11th to September 4, 2021
Such an important chart to share.
Basically, if you’re under 65 and are vaccinated, the chances of dying from COVID are so so minuscule (almost one in a million)
And if you’re 65 + over, getting vaccinated cuts the risk by at least 80%
Basically, if you’re under 65 and are vaccinated, the chances of dying from COVID are so so minuscule (almost one in a million)
And if you’re 65 + over, getting vaccinated cuts the risk by at least 80%
https://twitter.com/mbaram/status/1450434970644848642
This guy seemed legit, but I have asked him for the original source (CDC or FDA, etc.)
eta: Original source is CDC
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-status
October 19, 2021
I asked a White House official about those who are frustrated with inaction on voting rights protections. “Every constituency has their issue," the official said. "If you ask immigration folks, they’ll tell you their issue is a life-or-death issue too.”
https://twitter.com/PeterAtlantic/status/1449714166441381889
I understand WHY this official said this. It's easy to be blase' and cynical in Washington. However... this is VOTING RIGHTS legislation, designed to help us maintain our democracy. Help me good DU'ers. I am...confused, to put it politely. I love President Biden and think he has a great team around him. However, I am...confused about this.
Thanks in advance,
Steve
White House official on voting rights legislation: "Every constituency has their issue"....
I asked a White House official about those who are frustrated with inaction on voting rights protections. “Every constituency has their issue," the official said. "If you ask immigration folks, they’ll tell you their issue is a life-or-death issue too.”
https://twitter.com/PeterAtlantic/status/1449714166441381889
I understand WHY this official said this. It's easy to be blase' and cynical in Washington. However... this is VOTING RIGHTS legislation, designed to help us maintain our democracy. Help me good DU'ers. I am...confused, to put it politely. I love President Biden and think he has a great team around him. However, I am...confused about this.
Thanks in advance,
Steve
October 17, 2021
Ok, Mr. "Trump Insurrectionist Mob Defender" York, since I am no expert on gallows, you might be correct.
Who gives a big ugly s***t ? It was the SYMBOLISM that really mattered more. And, by the way, there was a noose in that photo. If they had stuck Pence's head in that noose and kicked his feet out from under him... well...my elementary knowledge of human physiology tells me that, within X seconds, Pence would have died from either strangulation, a broken neck, or both.
Washington Examiner writer: "(I)t wasn't a real gallows", in reference to the 1/06 insurrection
https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1449466599329652739Ok, Mr. "Trump Insurrectionist Mob Defender" York, since I am no expert on gallows, you might be correct.
Who gives a big ugly s***t ? It was the SYMBOLISM that really mattered more. And, by the way, there was a noose in that photo. If they had stuck Pence's head in that noose and kicked his feet out from under him... well...my elementary knowledge of human physiology tells me that, within X seconds, Pence would have died from either strangulation, a broken neck, or both.
October 17, 2021
"Restoral" : an old word I only learned from my ISP during an outage...
According to http://www.kirkmahoney.com/blog/2008/06/restoral-vs-restoration/ the word restoral has been around since the early 1600's. In contrast, the much more familiar word restoration has been around since 1350.
When my ISP used it to indicate that my service was out and that it would be restored ("Restoral estimated by 0200" ), I thought surely, someone latched onto a fake word and used it. No, it is a real word.
Who knew my greedy, monopoly-aspiring ISP would teach me a new word.
October 15, 2021
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/arizona-ag-posts-vid-of-himself-twirling-nunchakus-for-some-reason
https://twitter.com/GeneralBrnovich/status/1449001368258179090
Is this supposed to show he is a law-and-order badass ? Just crazy. Gosh, what a surprise he is REPUBLICAN.
Crazy in AZ: Arizona AG Posts Vid Of Himself Twirling Nunchakus For Some Reason
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1449101876528623618https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/arizona-ag-posts-vid-of-himself-twirling-nunchakus-for-some-reason
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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R) on Friday tweeted a context-free video of him whirling nunchakus on a rooftop somewhere.
“We’ve gotten a lot of calls, a lot of emails,” Brnovich says at the beginning of the 20-second video without elaborating. “But there’s one thing people definitely want to see: They want to see more ‘chuks.”
The Arizona official proceeds to whip out the nunchakus tucked behind him and swing them around.
“People, you want more ‘chuks?” he asks with his nunchakus flying about. “I’ll bring ‘chuks.”
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R) on Friday tweeted a context-free video of him whirling nunchakus on a rooftop somewhere.
“We’ve gotten a lot of calls, a lot of emails,” Brnovich says at the beginning of the 20-second video without elaborating. “But there’s one thing people definitely want to see: They want to see more ‘chuks.”
The Arizona official proceeds to whip out the nunchakus tucked behind him and swing them around.
“People, you want more ‘chuks?” he asks with his nunchakus flying about. “I’ll bring ‘chuks.”
https://twitter.com/GeneralBrnovich/status/1449001368258179090
Is this supposed to show he is a law-and-order badass ? Just crazy. Gosh, what a surprise he is REPUBLICAN.
October 15, 2021
My sincere sympathies for the British people, about the murder of Sir David Amess
I may be American, but I can empathize with the shock of the British people at the murder of yet another MP. Sir David Amess may have been an ardent pro-Brexiteer, but I know no one on the anti-Brexit side wanted him murdered in cold blood. Political violence is wrong, if that was the motive. I was sad about Labor MP Jo Cox's murder in 2016 also.
My condolences to his family, and my sympathies to the British people and to the British DU'ers.
Steve
October 15, 2021
The Huffines tweet here:
https://twitter.com/DonHuffines/status/1432789978090807296
Texas just quietly launched a campaign to delete the existence of LGBTQ people
https://www.queerty.com/texas-just-quietly-launched-campaign-delete-existence-lgbtq-people-20211015The State of Texas has just been busted for deleting the existence of LGBTQ people from its official website.
The New York Times reports that the state scrubbed a resources page for LGBTQ youth from its site after one of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Republican primary challengers called it “offensive” and not in line with good ol’ fashioned “Texas values.”
Candidate Don Huffines voiced his outrage over the page in a homophobic video posted to Twitter on August 31.
“They are promoting transgender sexual policies to Texas youth!” he raged. “I mean, really?! This is Texas! These are not Texas values. These are not Republican Party values. But these are obviously Greg Abbott’s values.”
Hours after Huffines posted the video, the page vanished.
The New York Times reports that the state scrubbed a resources page for LGBTQ youth from its site after one of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Republican primary challengers called it “offensive” and not in line with good ol’ fashioned “Texas values.”
Candidate Don Huffines voiced his outrage over the page in a homophobic video posted to Twitter on August 31.
“They are promoting transgender sexual policies to Texas youth!” he raged. “I mean, really?! This is Texas! These are not Texas values. These are not Republican Party values. But these are obviously Greg Abbott’s values.”
Hours after Huffines posted the video, the page vanished.
The Huffines tweet here:
https://twitter.com/DonHuffines/status/1432789978090807296
October 15, 2021
also here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
President Biden speaking now
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1449067629004656642also here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
October 15, 2021
in reference to this: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142813132
Books on Holocaust should be balanced with 'opposing' views, school leader tells teachers
Superintendent for Carroll ISD in Southlake, Tex. apologizes for Holocaust debacle
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/10/15/holocaust-texas-school-books-opposing/Lane Ledbetter, superintendent for Carroll ISD in Southlake, Tex., apologized late Thursday and acknowledged the authenticity of the recording.
“During the conversations with teachers, comments made were in no way to convey the Holocaust was anything less than a terrible event in history,” Ledbetter said in a statement posted to Facebook. “Additionally, we recognize there are not two sides of the Holocaust.”
Peddy did not immediately respond to requests for comment early Friday. A spokesperson with the school district shared the statement posted on social media when reached by The Washington Post.
“During the conversations with teachers, comments made were in no way to convey the Holocaust was anything less than a terrible event in history,” Ledbetter said in a statement posted to Facebook. “Additionally, we recognize there are not two sides of the Holocaust.”
Peddy did not immediately respond to requests for comment early Friday. A spokesperson with the school district shared the statement posted on social media when reached by The Washington Post.
in reference to this: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142813132
Books on Holocaust should be balanced with 'opposing' views, school leader tells teachers
October 14, 2021
FULL COVID vaccination rates: Florida up to 58.5%; Vermont at 70.3% and WV at 40.7%
Be sure to click the table at the very top of the columns to order by full vaccination.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine-tracker/
At least FL is increasing the full vaccination rate very slowly.
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