In the Age of Megadrought, Farmers in the West See Promise in Agave | Civil Eats

Raul Source: In the Age of Megadrought, Farmers in the West See Promise in Agave | Civil Eats

Senate Candidate’s Chicken Firm Tied to Benefits from Unpaid Labor | Food Manufacturing (Me: Another Walker story has huge holes in it…)

A federal lawsuit, still pending against CAAIR and Simmons, has detailed how some participants were allegedly pressured to work when injured, compelled to attend religious services, and threatened with imprisonment if their work was unsatisfactory.

CAAIR, participants alleged in court, did not always provide necessary rehabilitative or psychiatric treatment, the kind that Walker has emphasized when he shares his personal story and advocates for people suffering from mental illness. CAAIR described its services in court filings as “a combination of work therapy and spiritual and religious counseling.”

“If you’re working full-time in a chicken facility, you don’t have enough hours in the day to complete a full program,” said Snider, explaining that “talking to professional counselors” and “being set up with real educational advancement opportunities and skills training” must be included. “There’s a lot more components than working 12 hours a day cleaning chickens,” she said.

Nonetheless, a trial court judge in 2020 rejected participants’ assertions that the program violated federal labor law. CAAIR, the court ruled, remains a permissible component of the state criminal justice system. Participants’ appeal is pending.

Source: Senate Candidate’s Chicken Firm Tied to Benefits from Unpaid Labor | Food Manufacturing

Two Right-Wing Operatives Plead Guilty in 2020 Robocall Scheme – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/us/politics/ohio-robocalls-wohl-burkman-guilty.html

Two right-wing political operatives have pleaded guilty in Ohio to a telecommunications fraud charge for arranging thousands of robocalls that falsely claimed that the information voters included with mail ballots could be used by law enforcement and debt collectors, prosecutors said.

The operatives, Jacob Wohl, 24, of Los Angeles, and Jack Burkman, 56, of Arlington, Va., entered their pleas on Monday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in Cleveland, prosecutors said.

The men were indicted in 2020 after they were accused of using the robocalls to intimidate residents in minority neighborhoods to refrain from voting by mail at a time when many voters were reluctant to cast ballots in person because of the coronavirus pandemic. The calls also claimed that the government could use mail-in voting information to track people for mandatory vaccination programs, prosecutors said.

“These individuals infringed upon the right to vote, which is one of the most fundamental components of our democracy,” the Cuyahoga County prosecutor, Michael C. O’Malley, said in a statement announcing the guilty pleas on Monday.

Over 29,000 migrants died on route to Europe since 2014 – UN agency | Euronews

More than 29,000 people have died on migration routes to Europe since 2014, according to a new report.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said at least 5,684 migrants had died trying to reach Europe since the start of last year alone.

According to its report, the deadliest migration route remains the Central Mediterranean from Libya and Tunisia towards Malta or Italy, with migrants crossing the seas in dangerous, rickety rafts.

The IOM said on Tuesday that 2,836 migrants and refugees have died along this route since January 2021 — an increase on the previous period.

Meanwhile, more than 1,500 deaths have been recorded on the Atlantic Ocean route from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands since 2021.

Source: Over 29,000 migrants died on route to Europe since 2014 – UN agency | Euronews

Airborne Threats: Masking Isn’t Just about Covid – CRAIN’S COMMENTS

  • The new crop of Covid-19 mutations — BQ1, BQ1.1, and BF7.
  • The annual flu virus. Currently there are three vaccines recommended for persons age 65 and older: Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent vaccine, Flublok Quadrivalent recombinant flu vaccine and Fluad Quadrivalent adjuvanted flu vaccine.(5)
  • Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a single strand RNA virus that can cause lung issues. It’s usually mild and lasts up to a couple of weeks, but is more of a threat for infants and the elderly.(1)
  • Airborne fungal spores, including CladosporiumPenicilliumAspergillus, various basidiomycetes, and Alternaria. Among these, Aspergillus is known to colonize in the lungs and can put patient into intensive care. These spores are thought to peak in the summer but with warmer temperatures, can with being brought indoors though ventilation systems, can last well into the traditional flu season.(2,3,4)

Source: Airborne Threats: Masking Isn’t Just about Covid – CRAIN’S COMMENTS

Justice Alito Assured Senator Ted Kennedy That He Would Not Overturn Roe v. Wade | Diane Ravitch’s blog

The New York Times reported that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito assured Senator Ted Kennedy that he would not overturn Roe v. Wade. He said repeatedly that he respects precedent and considered Roe to be settled law. Seventeen years later, Justice Alito wrote the scathing opinion overturning Roe v. Wade and asserting that it was wrong from the start.

How should Americans react when they learn that at least three of the 6 justices who voted to overturn Roe are liars?

Source: Justice Alito Assured Senator Ted Kennedy That He Would Not Overturn Roe v. Wade | Diane Ravitch’s blog

अपनी नज़र में / In Own Eyes

Kaushal Kishore

खूबियां और खामियां
दोनों होती हैं हर आदमी में
पर जो तलाशते हैं हम दूसरों में,
वही होती है दरअसल हमारे अंदर…

🪞🪞🪞🪞🪞🪞

Every person has
both good and evil
but what we look for
in others is actually in us…

–Kaushal Kishore

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Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

O menino ambicioso

não de poder ou glória

mas de soltar a coisa

ocultar no seu peito

escrever no caderno

e vagamente conta

à maneira de sonho

sem sentido nem forma

aquilo que não sabe.

Ficou na folha a mancha

do tinteiro entornado,

mas tão esmaecida

que nem mancha o papel.

Quem decifra por baixo

a letra do menino,

agora que o homem sabe

dizer o que não mais

se oculta no seu peito?

Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Primeiro Conto.

Carlos Drummond de Andrade/ seleção de textos, notas, estudos biográfico, histórico e crítico por Rita de Cássia Barbosa. 3 Ed. São Paulo: Nova Cultural,1990 ( Literatura Comentada)

Marii Freire

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Imagem ( arquivo pessoal)

Santarém, Pá 25 dr outubro de 2022

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♫ End Of The Line ♫ — Filosofa’s Word

I had only ever briefly heard of the group Traveling Wilburys, but a few nights ago Clive suggested a song by them so I thought I’d look into them a bit more, and I’m glad I did!  A bit about the group first … Based on the accomplishments of its members/founders, the group is indeed […]

♫ End Of The Line ♫ — Filosofa’s Word

Turkish Tuesday: Sihirli Annem (s1e3) & Unfairness Hurts Us ALL, but Magic is Not the Solution, Logic Is… — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

… and that is how we could build a fairer world, if we all would just work together to make it happen.   This week we see bölüm/episode 3.  The episode revolves around whether being able to do magic really solves problems, or just pushes off or masks the real problem for later. […]

Turkish Tuesday: Sihirli Annem (s1e3) & Unfairness Hurts Us ALL, but Magic is Not the Solution, Logic Is… — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story