Twenty-nine deaths out of 49 cases is a case fatality rate of 59%. Evidently the minister does not yet have laboratory reports that would tell him what he’s fighting. And the disease is now in Conakry, the capital on the coast, as well as in the southeastern towns of Guéckédou, Macenta, and Kissidougou. It sounds as if people have been moving out of Guéckédou and Macenta while carrying the diseases.
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Candidate Who Blamed Gays for Disasters Wins Ill. Congressional Primary | Advocate.com
Political newcomer Atanus made news in January during an interview with the editorial board of the Daily Herald, another suburban paper, in which she said gay activism and legalized abortion are responsible for phenomena including tornadoes, dementia, and autism because they have aroused God’s wrath.
“God is angry,” she said. “We are provoking him with abortions and same-sex marriage and civil unions.” Party leaders quickly called on her to quit the race, but she refused.
via Candidate Who Blamed Gays for Disasters Wins Ill. Congressional Primary | Advocate.com.
Continued Intimidation of Sri Lankan Civil Society
Continued Intimidation of Sri Lankan Civil Society.
The United States is concerned by intensifying pressure on Sri Lankan civil society and human rights activists. We are especially concerned by the detention of well-known human rights defenders Ruki Fernando and Father Praveen Mahesan after they made inquiries regarding the arrest of another activist. While it is encouraging that Mr. Fernando and Father Mahesan have since been released, they continue to face harassment by security forces. We are also aware of reports that additional human rights groups are being targeted for investigation by security forces.
Caribbean States Want Reparations for Western Europe Slave Trade – SPIEGEL ONLINE
Can countries be held responsible for crimes they committed hundreds of years ago? That’s a question on the minds of some legal experts following an agreement last week between the heads of 15 Caribbean nations to hold former colonial powers, including the United Kingdom and France, accountable for the “lasting damage of slavery.”
via Caribbean States Want Reparations for Western Europe Slave Trade – SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Erdogan’s great patriotic war – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
Erdogan’s great patriotic war – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East.
Dead give away that someone has not more ideas to make government work for people – become super patriotic: The film begins dramatically: A Turkish flag flies beautifully, high above Istanbul from atop a colossal pole. A scary-looking man in a black suit and black gloves walks menacingly toward the pole, takes out a metal bar and breaks the mechanism for raising and lowering the flag. The flag begins to fall in slow motion as citizens watch in shock and horror. At that moment, Erdogan’s voice is heard reciting a passage from the Turkish national anthem:
Breaking: Army General accused of sexual assault gets reprimanded
Frankly, I can’t believe Sinclair got off so easy — I mean, the judge even ruled he could remain in the military if he wanted to! – based solely on what he copped to. He admitted to harming his mistress, saying, “I failed her as a leader and as a mentor and caused harm to her emotional state.” He admitted to having improper relationships with multiple other female officers. Again, in his own words: “It was my responsibility to ensure that these officers were protected and promoted and I failed them as a leader.”
And he clearly created a hostile environment. During testimony, a lieutenant recounted a party where soldiers in Sinclair’s unit mocked the affair in a raunchy skit where a character who was clearly supposed to be his mistress offered Sinclair’s character oral sex. There’s a reason that having a relationship with a subordinate is considered to be a grave abuse of power in the military — though you wouldn’t really know it from this outcome. As the captain’s lawyer said, Sinclair not only hurt her and her career but “did great harm to his unit’s good order and discipline, morale, and cohesion.”
You’ll recall that a couple weeks ago, Senator Gillibrand’s legislation that would have moved the decision to prosecute cases of sexual assault from the chain of command to an independent prosecutor was fillibustered. Senators claimed that they’d done enough on this whole military rape epidemic and the Pentagon could handle it. This case was seen as a litmus test for that — and frankly I’m unconvinced.
via Breaking: Army General accused of sexual assault gets reprimanded.
Corrupt officials allow untested poultry to be sold in Vietnam | Society | Thanh Nien Daily
The lethal threat of bird flu is apparently not serious enough for some corrupt officials who help slaughterhouses evade checks in Ho Chi Minh City and allow a market to openly sell untested chicken in Hanoi.
Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported about two animal-health officials in District 12, HCMC, offering protection to a proposed slaughterhouse in exchange for VND4 million (US$190) a month for them and VND1 million a month to some ward officials also on the take.
via Corrupt officials allow untested poultry to be sold in Vietnam | Society | Thanh Nien Daily.
New Pew study reveals shocking truth about “immigrant criminals” & why deportations are so high | Latina Lista
These individuals guilty of unlawful reentry were fathers, mothers, sons and daughters trying to get back to their families. Or they were trying to get to those pockets of the country where hard labor is the only passport needed to earn enough money to have a basic quality of life back in their home countries.
There’s no way to legally justify entering the country without the proper paperwork and going through the legal channels but there’s also no way to morally justify labeling masses of people as criminals when their only crime is to reunite with loved ones or earn a living that enables their families back home to have a basic quality of life.
Beef Jerky Recalled for Safety Concerns
Judge overturns Arkansas’s obviously unconstitutional 12-week abortion ban
However, this wasn’t a total win: The judge upheld the law’s requirement that the patient receive an ultrasound and be told if a heartbeat is detected–for no medically necessary reason whatsoever.
via Judge overturns Arkansas’s obviously unconstitutional 12-week abortion ban.




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