| Time |
Event |
| 5:03a |
Chinese dissident drama
A Chinese dissident
escaped to South Korea by jetski.
I am curious about the escaper's reported name, Kwon Pyong, since that
does not fit Chinese pinyin orthography. It would make sense as Korean.
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| 5:03a |
Covid social protocols effective
A
study of many scientific articles
found that combinations of
non-medical measures — typically mask requirements, distancing, and
limitations on gathering — were effective for slowing the spread of
Covid-19 and saving lives.
In the future we should make sure to be ready to call for use of
high-quality masks, such as N95, which protect uninfected wearers
as well as blocking the spread from coughs and sneezes.
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| 5:03a |
Epoxy glue warning
A court ordered the
EPA to finalize standards
to limit people's
exposure to the carcinogenic chemical, ethylene oxide.
This chemical is also known as epoxyethane, and is related to epoxy
resin glue. It is useful as well as interesting. Alas, it is
dangerous for humans to breathe, even in small quantities. Leaks from
chemical plants can harm the people living nearby.
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| 5:03a |
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| 5:03a |
Abortion pill sales denied, W.Va.
*West Virginia can restrict abortion pill sales,
federal judge rules.*
This decision is logically consistent, but banning abortion is an
injustice in any case, and the more methods it prohibits, the bigger the injustice.
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| 5:03a |
Urgent: Grassroots support for People's Response Act
US citizens:
support
the People's Response Act.
This plan, to send people with medically-oriented training rather than
training in arresting criminals to help people who are flipping out,
is — in substance — what was advocated under the misleading term
"defund the police".
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| 5:03a |
Mayor election denied, Ala.
Patrick Braxton, a black man, was elected mayor of a small town in
Alabama. The white men who used to be the town government used a
series of mockeries
of government procedure to deny that he had been
elected.
Biden should do what Lyndon Johnson did: send the national guard to
put a stop to this. Or perhaps federal marshalls would be sufficient.
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| 5:03a |
Copcam contradiction, Philly
Philadelphia thugs shot Eddie Irizarry inside his car, then
lied about
what they had done.
A body camera video proved they were lying.
One of them has been fired, but what's needed is a prosecution.
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| 5:03a |
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| 5:03a |
Casino capitalism at Fed symposium
Climate defenders call on the participants in the Federal Reserve's
policy symposium to
pay heed the need
to defend Earth's climate.
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| 5:03a |
Ecocide laws
Various countries
have passed or are considering passing laws against the crime of ecocide.
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| 5:33p |
Republicans want to replace DA Fani Willis
Georgia Republicans plan to
set aside District Attorney Willis,
who is prosecuting the insurrectionist, as a way to sabotage the case against him.
This uses a new law that Republicans adopted so as to protect racist killers from prosecution.
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