https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/24/texas-execution-john-william-king-james-byrd
Personal note: 21 years is really too long for me to be saying to myself, “I should do something.”
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Um… THIS seems a little edgy. Babylon Bee showing its claws?
https://twitter.com/jdmaccoby/status/1121030069005234176?s=17
Bingo.
Jake Maccoby (@jdmaccoby) Tweeted:
MEDIA: đPaul Ryan is such a dreamy wonk machineđ
ALSO MEDIA: Liz Warren has ideas what a lame-o nerd
https://www.gq.com/story/ky-republicans-aoc-coal-miners
In my mind’s eye, I see her behind a bar, serving up beer and answering questions for thirsty coal miners. Could put a mic and a camera on her.
Ah, well, reality: I don’t know how many actual coal miners there’d be, and I don’t know what the security implications of a bunch of folks bellying up to the bar would be.
«Uninviting Ocasio-Cortez is probably a smart move on Barr’s part in the long run. For one thing, there aren’t any active coal mines in Barr’s district. And James Comer, another Republican representative from Kentucky, told local news that he didn’t “see any upside” to having her come to Kentucky. “I think a lot of Republicans are making a mistake picking on her. I think we need to be very prepared when we debate her on issues that we’re having a hard time with.”»
“gEtTiNg MeAsLeS mAkEs YoU sTrOnGeR tHo”
«Like many others of her generation around the world, the flight attendant, who has not been identified, received only one dose of the measles vaccine when she was a child.
It wasn’t discovered until later that one dose is only about 93% effective. More recently — in the United States, starting in 1989 — children have been given two doses, which is about 97% effective, according to the CDC.»
I can hear it now: “clearly, if she had gotten measles as a child, she’d be ok now.”
«Additionally, 1 or 2 out of 1,000 US children who get measles will die from it. Worldwide, the illness is fatal in 1 or 2 out of every 100 children.»
I guess… as long as it’s somebody else’s kid, especially a stranger’s, it’s ok?
(Yes, I did the Twitter scrambled-case thing. I’m sorry.)
https://component.kitchen/blog/posts/a-history-of-the-html-slot-element
I just kind of skimmed this, but it seems interesting and worthwhile.
China not playing around:
«A reporter visited the eastern region of Qumul in 2017 and learned from local officials that over 200 of the regionâs 800 mosques had already been destroyed, with over 500 scheduled for demolition in 2018. Residents said that their local mosques had disappeared overnight, levelled without warning.
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Everyday religious practice in Xinjiang has been effectively banned. People are plagued by tech surveillance technology â checkpoints, facial recognition software, mobile phone scanners â and intrusive visits to family homes identify individuals as âprone to extremismâ. An official list of signs of extremism includes things such as refusing cigarettes and alcohol, not watching television and contacting people abroad.
Individuals identified in this way are sent to one of the many mass detention camps that have been constructed across the region over the past few years. The camp system is veiled in secrecy, but researchers have amassed overwhelming evidence that over a million Uighur and Kazakh Muslims have been incarcerated in them. Inmates are subjected to a gruelling regime of study and self-criticism underpinned by systematic brutality and torture.»
Wow. Without a doubt, the best thing I’ll read today, and, very probably, this week.
(Why, yes, I DO have a shaker of commas. How did you know?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/us/politics/democrats-republicans-2020.html
Lesson 1: Tricky humor doesn’t work with large crowds.
«The misperception about cows and airplanes originated with a now-retracted fact sheet published by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezâs office that contained an ironic aside about getting rid of âfarting cows and airplanes.â»
Lesson 2: Ideas popular on Twitter and among readers of Jacobin are NOT gonna fly:
«Republicans said they also saw âMedicare for allâ-type proposals as a way to give their rallying cries on socialism more substance and potency. Some plans, like the one put forward by Mr. Sanders, would largely eliminate private insurance plans, which Republicans have found is overwhelmingly unpopular with the kinds of voters they need to win back.»
This is why my mom asked me what I think of AOC:
«Republicans go unanswered as they try to link the party to socialism â a term that Americans view negatively over all â and to extremism in a broader sense. That has been the motivation behind Republicansâ intense focus on two young, freshman members of Congress: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, the congresswoman from Queens who calls herself a democratic socialist; and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, whose criticism of Israel led the president and others to condemn her as an anti-Semite. Some of Ms. Omarâs most vocal defenders have been self-described democratic socialists.»
Speaking of M4A…
«âNone of these senators is giving up on single-payer as an aspiration,â Bernstein adds. âBut they apparently recognize that âMedicare for allâ is a long-run goal, and that they have a serious responsibility to also have a short-term, achievable and significant plan to improve on the post-Donald Trump, post-Paul Ryan status quo.â»
Here, Read This 