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Greg Abbott Is Full of Sh!t
The Uvalde shooter did not kill those children with his purported mental health struggles. He did not shoot them with estrangement; he did not murder them with malaise; he did not ravage their little bodies with the inchoate rage of his misguided youth. He killed them with a goddamn assault rifle, and high-capacity magazines, designed for the precise purpose of human annihilation.
Source: Greg Abbott Is Full of Shit
COVID pushes Orange, Ventura, San Diego counties to worse tier – Los Angeles Times
Bizarre bill proposed to prevent Chinese currency ‘spying’ on US | AppleInsider
This could be another example of how so many in the US government are considering and passing laws that drastically affect technology firms, while exhibiting extraordinary ignorance of the issues.
However, it’s more likely that the bill is just grandstanding, showing an electorate that politicians are doing something. Expect more of this on the road to the November midterms.
Source: Bizarre bill proposed to prevent Chinese currency ‘spying’ on US | AppleInsider
Finally a Yankees Fan
I never could stand the New York Yankees baseball team.
Especially during the tenure of owner George Steinbrenner. I thought he was an arrogant, rich jerk who fielded a whole team of arrogant, rich jerks. I thought they felt entitled to a World Series Championship every season, like all the other teams shouldn’t even bother playing.
And the really annoying part was, they won a lot.
As a long-suffering Texas Rangers fan, this was the most annoying in the late 1990’s, when we would regularly lose to the Yanks in the playoffs.
But, that’s all history. Today, I come, not to bury the Yankees, but to praise them. (Thanks, Bill.)
And the Tampa Bay Rays, as well.
From Associated Press, May 27:
The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays used their social media accounts during Thursday night’s game between the teams to spread information about how gun violence…
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Freebies and Medicines – Kaushal Kishore
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court for making pharmaceutical companies criminally liable for giving freebies to doctors. It has been alleged that these companies shower freebies on doctors to influence them to prescribe their overpriced drugs and medicines.
Under the garb of sales promotion, freebies or indirect advantages are offered to doctors as gifts, entertainment, hospitality, sponsored foreign trips etc in exchange for an increase in sales of medicines. A proper record is maintained by companies area wise.
It has been alleged that mindless prescription of costly medicines leads to lowering of inherent immunity and future complications. A prime example of this was seen when Remdesivir injections were prescribed for Covid patients during the pandemic even when its efficacy against coronavirus was not scientifically proved. The excessive use of steroids led to a surge in cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in Covid patients. Such practices violate the general public’s right to health and life.
Three Kentucky Correctional Officers Indicted for Assaulting Inmates and Attempting to Cover it Up | OPA | Department of Justice
Officers Samuel Patrick, 41, and Clinton Pauley, 40, were indicted for assaulting one inmate and attempting to cover it up, and Lieutenant Kevin Pearce, 37, was also indicted for helping cover up that assault. Officer Pauley was also charged with assaulting a second inmate and attempting to cover up that assault.
The indictment alleges that, on April 29, 2021, defendants Patrick and Pauley, who were officers at the U.S. Penitentiary-Big Sandy, physically assaulted an inmate, identified in the indictment as C.T., violating that inmate’s constitutional rights. The indictment also alleges that the assault resulted in bodily injury, and that defendants Patrick and Pauley, as well as a supervisory officer, Lieutenant Pearce, attempted to cover up the assault by writing false reports. The indictment also charges defendants Patrick and Pearce with witness tampering based on their efforts to pressure a fellow correctional officer to write an untruthful report that omitted the assault.
The indictment further alleges that, on March 26, 2021, defendant Pauley physically assaulted a different inmate, identified in the indictment as N.D., who was being escorted away from the prison’s lieutenants’ office at Big Sandy, and that the assault resulted in bodily injury. The indictment also charges that defendant Pauley attempted to cover up the assault of N.D. by writing a false report.
Texas school shooting: Biden to console grieving families | News | DW | 27.05.2022
US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are set to travel to Uvalde, Texas, the site of a mass school shooting, which left 19 children and two teachers dead, the White House announced on Thursday.
The White House said the visit was to “grieve with the community that lost 21 lives in the horrific” shooting at Robb Elementary School. The first family will travel to Texas on Sunday to honor the victims and meet with the families who lost their loved ones to the violence.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who is also the parent of an elementary school student, made an impassioned plea at the White House to urge lawmakers to address gun violence.
“These were elementary school kids, they should be losing their first teeth not losing their lives,” she said on Thursday.
Source: Texas school shooting: Biden to console grieving families | News | DW | 27.05.2022
Illinois Democrats Tell Gov. Greg Abbott to Keep Chicago’s Name Out His Mouth
In the wake of a deadly school shooting in his state, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is pointing his finger at Chicago to argue the case for why he opposes stricter gun laws. At a May 25 press conference, the governor said, “I hate to say this, there are more people that are shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas,” Abbott said. “So, if you’re looking for a real solution, Chicago teaches that what you’re talking about is not a real solution.”
But Illinois Democrats, including the state’s governor and Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, are clapping back and telling Abbott to stay in his lane. In a tweet, IL Governor J.B. Pritzker wrote, “You are lying about Chicago and what actually perpetuates gun violence. The majority of guns used in Chicago shootings come from states with lax gun laws. Do better. You have 19 kids and two teachers who deserve our best.”
Source: Illinois Democrats Tell Gov. Greg Abbott to Keep Chicago’s Name Out His Mouth
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