Vancouver mayor takes aim at Ted Cruz over pro-convoy tweets | Vancouver Sun

US senator lashed out at Stewart for saying “‘Vancouver doesn’t want’ truck drivers there. Folks might feel differently with empty shelves”
— Read on vancouversun.com/news/politics/vancouver-mayor-kennedy-stewart-takes-aim-at-ted-cruz-over-pro-convoy-tweets

Risk of infection, hospitalisation, and death up to 9 months after a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine: a retrospective, total population cohort study in Sweden – The Lancet

Risk of infection, hospitalisation, and death up to 9 months after a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine: a retrospective, total population cohort study in Sweden – The Lancet
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00089-7/fulltext

(Me: Makes case for additional booster shot!!!)

Supreme Court, in 5-4 Vote, Restores Alabama’s Congressional Voting Map – The New York Times

A special three-judge court had ordered lawmakers to redraw the lines, saying Black voters “have less opportunity” than other Alabamians to elect their favored candidates.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/us/politics/supreme-court-alabama-congressional-map.html

Only thing missing – 5 judges were not wearing hoods while voting to ok blocks to Black-American votes…

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought overwhelming grief to many. At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters. We are dedicated to helping ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the virus.

Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, FEMA is providing financial assistance for COVID-19 related funeral expenses incurred on or after January 20, 2020

Source: COVID-19 Funeral Assistance | FEMA.gov

COVID deaths surpass 900K: How to apply for FEMA funeral assistance

FEMA is paying a maximum of $9,000 per funeral and a maximum of $35,500 per application…

…Who is eligible for funeral assistance?

To be eligible for funeral assistance, you must meet these conditions, according to FEMA:

  • The death must have occurred in the United States, including the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia.
  • The death certificate must indicate the death was attributed to COVID-19.
  • The applicant must be a U.S. citizen, noncitizen national, or qualified alien who incurred funeral expenses after Jan. 20, 2020.
  • There is no requirement for the deceased person to have been a U.S. citizen, noncitizen national or qualified alien.

FEMA encourages people who have had COVID-19 funeral expenses to keep and gather funeral documentation. According to FEMA, the following types of information should include:

  • An official death certificate that attributes the death directly or indirectly to COVID-19 and shows that the death occurred in the United States, including the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia.
  • Funeral expenses documents that include the applicant’s name, the deceased person’s name, the amount of funeral expenses, and the dates the funeral expenses happened.
  • Proof of funds received from other sources specifically for use toward funeral costs. FEMA is not able to duplicate benefits received from burial or funeral insurance, financial assistance received from voluntary agencies, government agencies, or other sources…

Source: COVID deaths surpass 900K: How to apply for FEMA funeral assistance

Joe Rogan and the Media Algorithm – NeuroLogica Blog

…So in effect, when the media follows the “interesting” algorithm they are choosing opinions and experts who are most likely to be wrong. If you combine this with a very low journalistic filter, then we have a problem. These two factors, which Rogan made explicit (remember, he’s just a regular guy and this is just entertainment), essentially have made him into a firehose of misinformation. Even still, it took a pandemic and Rogan spreading dangerous health misinformation to get any significant reaction.

Rogan is also a good representation of how social media has exacerbated (but again, did not cause) this problem. On social media, anyone can get into the game, and anyone can theoretically rise to the top, without ever having to earn their journalistic bones or work with an editor, simply by being entertaining. This is the world we made and are living in right now. How are you liking it?…

Source: Joe Rogan and the Media Algorithm – NeuroLogica Blog

Sundown Towns Rant: Job Preserves for The Quality?

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

       This just hit me: call me an idiot, but trying to explain to someone who grew up in a Sundown Town that this still affects us today was frustrating, partly because he refused to ack the fact that this not only deprived folks like me of another place to stay, but also, more pertinently to his ability to get a bank teller job while in high school, his ability to stay overnight in that town meant that he alone, and other white people alone, could work that evening shift in the bank to finish high school.  Forget the other factors involved, and there are many, the mere fact of living there and shutting out an entire and larger class of people from being there after dark meant that only whites would have those jobs.  Makes it a lot easier when you have so much less competition, huh?

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