Questions 38

 

Questions 38

The 'Voting Rights' debate may come to an end soon. There is a big difference between 'voting rights' and 'voting rules.' Confusing them purposely could be seen as dishonest.

'Who, or what, is served by contending that it is impossible to know the true motive of a gunman who attacks a synagogue and takes hostages and demands the release of a convicted al-Qaeda operative? Why is it so vertoben to say “jihadism” or “support for al-Qaeda and Islamist terror groups”? Why were authorities so reluctant to say antisemitism was a motive, as if the gunman had chosen to target a synagogue at random?'--National Review on the Dallas hostage event

Chris Evert has an early-stage ovarian cancer, with chemo a 10% relapse rate. Her sister, Jeanne Evert Dubin, also a professional tennis player, died of ovarian cancer in February 2020 at age 62.

The U.S. Embassy was attacked with drones and mortars 3 days ago. Did you see that reported?

Pregnant People Are Still Not Getting Vaccinated Against Covid--wired headline

Pregnant People

Djokovic has had Covid. That is the best immunization you can get. So...is the state objection to him that he raises a health threat or is he a threat to committed, erroneous messaging by the state? Those are two quite divergent motives.

 

One of the elements in the effort to nationalize state and local elections is the subsidy of candidates with tax dollars. Think about that. The system would pay for these...people...to participate.

'Sex Reassignment Surgery' is officially offensive and not used by any medical center. The approved term is 'gender-affirming.'
Of the 1700 patients in the NYU transgender program, 1/3 have had surgery.

Harris was picked specifically for her appeal to a segment of voters. So was Palin.

If your throat has viral colonization, is a mask a 'rebreather?'

Criminals have stolen close to $100 billion in pandemic relief funds, the U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday.
The stolen funds were diverted by fraudsters from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, and another program.

If your cause is true, then is anything that advances your cause true? If so, what is the antonym of 'true?' (see 1619)

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that people should avoid cruise travel regardless of their vaccination status after an increase in COVID-19 cases on cruise lines in recent days.
When did the CDC grow an executive arm?

Germany is turning off their nuclear power plants in the middle of a power shortage. Think about that.

Are the people who scorn Melania for her nude shots the same people who champion 'sex workers?'

An international team of scientists, led by the University of Cambridge, has reassessed the age of the Omo I remains found in Ethiopia in the late 1960s. Earlier attempts to date the homo sapien fossils suggested they were less than 200,000 years old, but the new research shows they must be older than a colossal volcanic eruption that took place 230,000 years ago. The results are reported in the journal Nature.  

Pittsburgh police will no longer be able to conduct traffic stops for minor, secondary violations.
City Council on Tuesday approved legislation banning such traffic stops, despite calls from residents and one councilman for a public hearing ahead of a vote on the measure.
The legislation, introduced by Councilman Ricky Burgess in early November, will stop police from pulling over drivers for having a burned-out brake light or headlight or having an improperly placed license plate or temporary tag, as long as it is visible. Officers would not be allowed to initiate a traffic stop because of a registration, inspection sticker, or emissions sticker that is expired by less than two months.
Council members supporting the legislation have said it will address a disproportionate number of traffic stops involving people of color.

China owns 55% of the rare earth minerals and controls 85% of refining. Rare earth minerals are essential to EVs.

Now what kind of American/free world leader would allow that to happen?

In seeking to appease Moscow, what about Washington's commitment to the 1994 Budapest Memorandum? That commits the US, as well as other allies such as the UK and France, to safeguard Ukraine's territorial integrity in return for dismantling its Soviet-era nuclear weapons arsenal.