Putin critic Navalny ‘threatened with being force fed’ during prison hunger strike | Euronews

Navalny ‘threatened with being force fed’ during prison hunger strike

Source: Putin critic Navalny ‘threatened with being force fed’ during prison hunger strike | Euronews

Will Smith, Antoine Fuqua will no longer film ‘Emancipation’ in Georgia

  • “Emancipation,” a slave drama directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Will Smith, will no longer be filmed in the state of Georgia due to the passage of a restrictive voting law there.
  • This is the first film to pull its production out of the state because of the legislation.
  • “Emancipation” centers around Whipped Peter, an enslaved person who emancipated himself during the Civil War from a Southern plantation and joined the Union Army.

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Actors Will Smith (L) and Antoine Fuqua.
Actors Will Smith (L) and Antoine Fuqua.
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“Emancipation,” a slave drama directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Will Smith, will no longer be filmed in the state of Georgia due to a new voting law that was signed there by Gov. Brian Kemp in late March.

Source: Will Smith, Antoine Fuqua will no longer film ‘Emancipation’ in Georgia

WHO says Covid pandemic is growing ‘exponentially’ at more than 4.4 million new cases a week

The WHO said the trajectory of the pandemic is now “growing exponentially” at more than 4.4 million new Covid-19 cases. Maria Van Kerkhove, the agency’s technical lead for Covid-19, said “we’re in a critical point of the pandemic.” “This is not the situation we want to be in 16 months into a pandemic where we have proven control measures,” she said.

Source: WHO says Covid pandemic is growing ‘exponentially’ at more than 4.4 million new cases a week

A Contest That Inspires Community Cleaning in Langley City — The BC Area

Imagine getting paid to pick up garbage and help your community at the same time, well that is what one cleaning contest is looking to do. It inspires people to get out and pick up garbage in their community for a chance to win a $50 reward. In Langley, the Pitch-In Langley City contest is […]

A Contest That Inspires Community Cleaning in Langley City — The BC Area

Jim Crow 2.0?

In Saner Thought

These days a common theme in most political talks shows is the use of the term “Jim Crow”.

Personally I do not like the term “Jim Crow 2.0” for I do not think that it tells the whole story.

Too many have NO idea what is meant about Jim Crow laws….call it what it is…..

Many of our states are in the process of suppressing voters rights…..and the debate centers around an old law from days past…..the Jim Crow laws….

But what the Hell are these laws?

About time for some clarity.

“Jim Crow” has long been a derogatory slang term for a black man, making it a fitting name for the laws that were in force in the South and some border states from 1877 through the mid-1960s. These laws were in place to maintain racial segregation after the Civil War ended. Initially, Jim Crow laws required the separation…

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Do you see the need and how misinformed the right wing media wants to keep people? Look to the facts, to reality, and to what they want to keep you from seeing. — Scotties Toy Box

Medicare For All: pay taxes and get healthcare. Never get a bill. For profit health care: pay taxes and then pay EXTRA for healthcare that has co-pays and deductibles when you use it. Get bills that make you declare bankruptcy after you lose all your savings. #MedicareForAll would revolutionize America. We should celebrate these progressive […]

Do you see the need and how misinformed the right wing media wants to keep people? Look to the facts, to reality, and to what they want to keep you from seeing. — Scotties Toy Box

Health expert pushes back on Texas governor’s herd immunity claim | TheHill

“We absolutely are not declaring victory at this time. We remain very vigilant and guarded and proactive in our response, but there is simple math behind the reason why still we continue to have success,” Abbott said on “Fox News Sunday,” adding later that “very simply, it’s a whole lot more difficult for COVID-19 to be spreading to other people in the state of Texas.” “I don’t know what herd immunity is, but when you add that to the people who have immunity, it looks like it could be very close to herd immunity,” Abbott added. But Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy who advised President Biden’s coronavirus team, cast doubt on Abbott’s estimation.  “There is no way on God’s green earth that Texas is anywhere even close to herd immunity,” Osterholm told The New York Times. “Look no further than Michigan and Minnesota, which have much higher rates of vaccination than Texas. And we’re already seeing widespread transmission.”

Source: Health expert pushes back on Texas governor’s herd immunity claim | TheHill

Danes vaccinate 100,000 people in a day to test system – The Washington Post

Denmark’s Health Minister declared Monday “the big vaccine day,” with 100,000 people to be vaccinated in one day as officials test the system ahead of a June rollout where four times as many people as that will be vaccinated each day.

The shots will be given in 68 inoculation centers across the country of nearly 6 million. The number will be lower Tuesday.

Minister Magnus Heunicke said Danes will “set a new record,” and urged people to arrive on time and have high spirits.

Source: Danes vaccinate 100,000 people in a day to test system – The Washington Post

England pubs reopen as lockdown eases but what about the snow – The Washington Post (Me: Look for new spike in Covid-19 cases by end of April… sorry… pessimistic)

With excitement in the air that life may finally be returning to some sense of normalcy after three national lockdowns and more than 127,000 lives lost to the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Brits to “behave responsibly” as restrictions lift across the four nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). According to Britain’s Beer and Pub Association, an estimated 15 million pints will be consumed in England this week — despite the low temperatures.

Source: England pubs reopen as lockdown eases but what about the snow – The Washington Post