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#Health #Covid
DO THIS NOW: I left a Comment so should you.
LAST DAY— to tell the CDC how you really feel before their COVID booster advisory ACIP committee meeting…
leave them a public comment
https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/CDC-2023-0060-0001
3x HIGHER HOSPITAL RISK
I don’t know who needs to hear this… but UNVACCINATED folks are getting hospitalized w/ #COVID at ⬆️3x-4x higher rate than other folks who were vaccinated during the current wave in NYC. Just the facts folks.
#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver
https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page
@DrEricDing
Sources inside the CDC are saying that the CDC is starting a last minute new “COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS” on COVID vaccination. Because shots aren’t pre-paid free anymore, some are arguing it should be dolled out/recommended on “cost benefit” basis to hospital system. (Read: Long COVID supposedly not in the equation ). There is also internal debate trying to decide the cost benefit for kids too (but school attendance not in equation either). Moral ethics aside — CDC apparently started it late, just a week ago, and now rushing to finish it in the next week or so to present before ACIP meeting. Normally this should take months (way more than 2 weeks), but CDC didn’t get its act together to do this until last week.
You love chocolate. We love chocolate. Everybody loves chocolate! And unfortunately, that’s the problem.
https://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/2023/07/cost-of-chocolate
Sorry, Your Paper Coffee Cup Is a Toxic Nightmare
Supposedly eco-friendly cups are still coated with a thin layer of plastic, which scientists have discovered can leach chemicals that harm living creatures.
#Politics
Clarence Thomas Supreme Court financial disclosure shows flights paid for by GOP megadonor
Justice Clarence Thomas is a trickster – a cheat – and a liar!
US Supreme Court Justice – is too stupid to know – that personal bank accounts – are not exempt – when filing income tax?
Berke Farah – lawyer for Justice Clarence Thomas
“Personal bank accounts at Congressional Federal Credit Union were inadvertently omitted in prior years – due to a misinterpretation of the rules.
Filer believed that personal bank accounts were exempt from reporting disclosure.
It is painfully obvious that these attacks are motivated by hatred for his judicial philosophy – not by any real belief in any ethical lapses.”
“ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE”
WaPo’s “fact checker” describes a jaw-dropping GOP lie as an “alternative narrative”. That’s the opposite of “fact checking.”
THE PRESENTATION OF ‘BOTH SIDES’ IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR BEING OBJECTIVE IN JOURNALISM.
NEWSPAPER EDITORS AND JOURNALISTS CAN’T USE THAT “alternative narrative” TO EXCUSE TO LYING TO THE PUBLIC.
SAME GOES FOR FOX NEWS AND THE REST OF THE TALKING HEADS.
Here’s the thing about qualifications for office: They don’t need to be checked by a court case. They’re just based on facts.
If you run for President and you’re under 35, we don’t need a court to tell us you’re not qualified. That’s part of the text of the Constitution. All we need to do is check your birthdate.
If you’ve completed 2 terms and try to run again, we don’t need a court case to say you’re not qualified. It just follows from the fact.
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution bans Donald Trump from running for president given his role in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. Section 3 of the amendment specifically states that “No person shall . . . hold any office, civil or military, under the United States . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . as an officer of the United States . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof” (emphasis added). Anyone with a basic command of English can read this language and conclude that Trump’s deliberate, multi-tiered efforts to use the powers of the presidency to wrest the 2020 election from the lawful winner—a ruse that culminated in bloodshed, gallows erected to hang the vice president, multiple deaths, and prison sentences for participants—qualifies.
Shut Trump Down – Legal experts warn Trump’s threats could result in “mistrial”: Just one juror “can nullify the law”
Special counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing Tuesday that Donald Trump’s “daily extrajudicial statements” threaten to “prejudice” the jury pool in the criminal case, which charges the former president with attempting to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election.
Concern for U.S. democracy amid deep national polarization has prompted the entities supporting 13 presidential libraries dating back to Herbert Hoover to call for a recommitment to the country’s bedrock principles, including the rule of law and respecting a diversity of beliefs.
The statement released Thursday, the first time the libraries have joined to make such a public declaration, said Americans have a strong interest in supporting democratic movements and human rights around the world because ”free societies elsewhere contribute to our own security and prosperity here at home.”
@katieporteroc KATIE PORTER
Giant corporations are rigging our democracy, including in California. I was the first member of Congress to come out for #AB421 because we need to stop corporations from abusing the referendum process to reverse laws they don’t like.
Ryan Salame Ex-FTX executive to plead guilty to criminal charges, including donating $24 million of stolen customer funds to US politicians.
He allegedly handled FTX’s political donations. Who did FTX give to? Nearly every politician, many of whom have not given the money back.
Here is that list of people.
Billions wasted on a vanity project…..
Two-year federal audit finds Southwest border wall destroyed sacred Native American sites
The company that makes the chemical that exploded in East Palestine poured $2 million into GOP coffers & now the rail safety bill is stalled.
@LeverNews is the only outlet to report this. Corporate media refuses to even mention the money & corruption.
#EDUCATION
Florida colleges will now use the “Classic Learning Test,” which is the White Supremacist, Christian Nationalist version of the SAT, for admissions.
Oklahoma helps PragerU dig its claws deeper into Southern schools
The state is the second, after Florida, to partner with the right-wing platform to bring conservative propaganda into classrooms.
#PROUD BOYS
Before trial, USA offered Proud Boys plea deals, revealed yesterday. They passed.
Result:
Offer | Sentence after trial
Tarrio 9-11 yrs| 22 yrs
Nordean 6-8 yrs | 18 yrs
Biggs 6-8 yrs | 17 yrs
Rehl 6-7 yrs | 15 yrs
Pezzola 4-5 yrs | 10 yrs
“Biden Regime” lol?
The *judge* who sentenced Tarrio is Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee, former counsel to Chuck Grassley, and member of the Federalist Society.
And if you participated in an insurrection, there’s no room for debate over whether it was a little insurrection or a big one, whether you conspired to manage the whole thing or just had a little part in it. The Constitution says if you took part, you’re disqualified. Nobody needs to take you to court to prove that.
#TWITTER MUSK CORRUPTION
Why a Twitter whistleblower is joining the Biden administration
Peiter Zatko’s expertise in social media companies and national security could be a boon for the U.S. government.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/twitter-whistleblower-peiter-zatko-biden-rcna103712
thousands of Twitter employees had access to users’ private data; that Twitter may have been understating the number of bots on its platform; and That Twitter may have had foreign agents on its payroll, leaving users’ data susceptible to malicious use by foreign governments.
his experience at Twitter also gives him insight into the specific cybersecurity issues confronting large social media companies and the countries where they operate. And that expertise seems vital, given the unfortunate fact that these companies’ influence only seems to grow by the day.
FYI Saudi Arabia money partnered with Musk to buy Twitter.
#Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/04/twitter-saudi-arabia-human-rights-abuses
#PRIVACY
Car manufacturers do not respect your privacy. At all.
84% will sell or share the data they collect about you.
It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy
If you care about privacy, don’t pair your phone with your car. And definitely don’t buy a Tesla.
$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘Incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial
“What isn’t private: private browsing mode.”
$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘Incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers denied Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over the way it tracked internet activity even after users switched to ‘Incognito mode.’
Gmail Privacy
https://proton.me/blog/email-is-your-digital-id
The cornerstone of this is Gmail because Gmail keeps you logged into Google, allowing Google to connect all of your activity across all Google properties. From Gmail to Google Search, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Photos, Chrome, etc., Google collects masses of personal data(new window) as you use its services, tracking every move you make online. That includes the most sensitive, intimate secrets you may not tell your closest friend or family. Your email connects all this to your real-life identity.
Based on the data collected, Google builds character profiles(new window) of you to sell access to advertisers. The more they know about you, the better they can refine their secret profiles about you.
Microsoft figured out how their signing key was leaked
Fantastic coverage of the Microsoft Storm-0558 post mortem from @lilyhnewman
during a particular system crash in April 2021, the key in question was an incidental stowaway in a cache of data that crossed out of the protected zone.
Billionaire is the new millionaire.
There are approximately 22 million millionaires in the US and 724 billionaires. A net worth of $1M is nowhere near the financial security it used to be.
The only assets in 🇲🇽 Mexican billionaire Richard Salinas’
He is worth ~$13,800,000,000.
Liquid portfolio:
#Bitcoin, Microstrategy, 5 #Bitcoin miners, Oil companies, Gold miners