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Jeopardy

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Reprise

Shall I stay or shall I go?
Shall I hide or shall I show?
Shall I say or shall I silence?
Shall I listen or shall I ignore?
Shall I wait or shall I move on?
Shall I live in the past or shall I run into the future?
Shall I care or shall I dare?
Shall I be unique or shall I compare?
Shall I do or shall I don’t?
Shall I be the guide or shall I be guided?
Shall I love or shall I be loved?
Shall I fall or shall I fly?
Shall I laugh or shall I cry?
Shall I be strong or shall I break into pieces?
Shall I give up or shall I resist?
Shall I erase myself or shall I exist?
Life is not always a long, peaceful road
Not everything is either black or white
We should enjoy the present

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Open Thread | Still More COVID News | 3CHICSPOLITICO

ONE MILLION COVID DEATHS.

I will never get past my belief that..
90-95% of the last 500,000 COVID DEATHS

DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN.

90-95%

DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN.

46 and his Administration have put the COVID Vaccine on practically every other corner in America.

But, the same people who won’t mask up…
Are the same people who yelled OPEN THE ECONOMY…
Are the same people who won’t get vaccinated…

But, somehow, this is supposed to be President Biden’s fault?
No, I don’t think so.
Let’s get Moderna approved for children 6 – 5 years, so that vulnerable population can get vaccinated.
Get boosters and second boosters for all age groups, 5 and up.
Get more advertising of the success of new antiviral treatment for COVID
Keep on giving home tests.
Keep on wearing the KN-95s
We need more research into long-term COVID.
We need to discuss honestly, about the disabled from long-term COVID.

Source: Open Thread | Still More COVID News | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Palestinian Renowned Journalist, devoted mother, beloved wife, adored friend assassinated while on duty with a bullet shot directly in her head. If this is how journalists are targeted, what is really happening on the grounds of Jenin? We are all living aimlessly until We become Shireen. This is as sad , as horrible , as painful , as heartbreaking as the assassination of Nizar. No place for truth on this land. — نادية حرحش

Palestinian Renowned Journalist, devoted mother, beloved wife, adored friend assassinated while on duty with a bullet shot directly in her head. If this is how journalists are targeted, what is really happening on the grounds of Jenin? 31 more words

Palestinian Renowned Journalist, devoted mother, beloved wife, adored friend assassinated while on duty with a bullet shot directly in her head. If this is how journalists are targeted, what is really happening on the grounds of Jenin? We are all living aimlessly until We become Shireen. This is as sad , as horrible , as painful , as heartbreaking as the assassination of Nizar. No place for truth on this land. — نادية حرحش

Good People Doing Good Things — Mister Rogers

Filosofa's Word

I was scouring my usual sources for a few good people to write about today and I did find some, but they will have to wait until next week’s post, for during my search something popped up on my radar and by the time I finished reading it, I had tears and knew this would be my good people story this week.

We all knew that Fred Rogers, star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, was a good guy.  But this one story shows just how good, just how caring an individual he was.

It all started in early 1987 when …

A mother called into PBS, asking if Mr. Rogers could send an autograph to her daughter. She was suffering from seizures and set to have brain surgery. When Fred Rogers heard about it, he flew to see her in the hospital rather than merely sending an autograph.

When Beth Usher…

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Marii Freire Pereira

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

É preciso falar sobre violência contra a mulher. Apesar de muito avançarmos cultural e socialmente falando, o problema é uma realidade que não se pode jogar para “baixo do tapete ” e fingir que ele não existe. Não, ele existe e continua fazendo as suas vítimas. A violência não escolhe classe social ou cor.
A violência doméstica e familiar, ela faz parte de um processo histórico. É uma brutalidade cometida contra a mulher há séculos.
Quem conhece a história da Maria da Penha, sabe que o caso dela, foi uma verdadeira ” via-crúcis “. Só após diversas pressões internacionais e nacionais, foi que o Brasil passou a levar este problema a sério. A Lei Maria da Penha, é um norte na vida de toda mulher que vive em situação de violência. Então, é preciso falar, assim como é preciso “encorajar” toda vítima a denunciar o seu agressor.

Marii Freire Pereira

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Big meat is gobbling up fake meat companies | Environment | The Guardian

Cargill has been active in the sector, investing in lab-grown meat company Aleph Farms and creating its own plant proteins. Tyson Foods is selling plant-based meats under its Raised & Rooted brand and has invested in several plant-based and lab-grown meat companies.

JBS, the world’s biggest meat company, last year bought lab-grown meat firm BioTech Foods and also Dutch plant-based meat company Vivera, which has the corporate tagline: “Life is better when you eat less meat.”

“They’re covering their bases because this is an area that’s growing very quickly,” Howard said. “These companies have gotten big and powerful by using every strategy they can.”

Source: Big meat is gobbling up fake meat companies | Environment | The Guardian

The ‘jockstrap’ that revolutionised women’s sports – BBC News

It was the summer of 1977 and Lisa Lindahl, a University of Vermont graduate student, was swept up in the running boom, jogging 30 miles every week.

The running was straightforward. Her underwear was not.

“The only uncomfortable part was no adequate breast support,” she said.

Lindahl, then 28, tried binding herself with an elastic bandage, and going braless, before eventually settling on a regular bra, one size too small. The struggle for chest support fed a running joke with her sister: why isn’t there a jockstrap for women?

But, as the admission of Lindahl and her two co-inventors to the US National Inventors Hall of Fame proves, the sports bra was a serious innovation. And it came amid a revolution in women’s sport.

Source: The ‘jockstrap’ that revolutionised women’s sports – BBC News

El Salvador: woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for homicide after miscarriage | El Salvador | The Guardian

“We have seen repeatedly throughout Latin America that when abortion is criminalized, women are made to prove that any one of the wide range of obstetric emergencies they experience were in fact emergencies. When they can’t or don’t have the resources to do so or are simply not believed, they face imprisonment,” she said.

“Everyone in the US should have their eyes on El Salvador right now to understand exactly what a future without Roe entails.”

Morena Herrera, the president of The Citizens’ Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion described the sentence as “a heavy blow”, and called for miscarriages to be treated as a public health issue rather than a criminal one.

“We will continue to fight so that all women unjustly criminalized by these circumstances regain their freedom and have the opportunity to remake and rebuild their lives,” she said.

El Salvador has some of the world’s most draconian abortion laws, with a total ban on the procedure. Unlike in many other Latin American countries, El Salvador does not permit abortion in cases where the child is conceived by rape or incest, or where the health of the mother or child is at risk.

Over the past two decades, more than 180 women have been jailed for murder for having an abortion after suffering obstetric emergencies, according to rights groups.

Source: El Salvador: woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for homicide after miscarriage | El Salvador | The Guardian