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¡Un libro maravilloso, un tesoro verdaderamente imperdible! – « La Magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Namowë, un niño Yanomami » – ¡Para edades de…

ilustración de « La Magia de la Amazonia- Las aventuras de Namowë, un niño Yanomami » « ¡Un libro maravilloso (y con un volumen compañero)!Los libros…

¡Un libro maravilloso, un tesoro verdaderamente imperdible! – « La Magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Namowë, un niño Yanomami » – ¡Para edades de…

Idaho Republican found guilty of raping teenage legislative intern: report – Raw Story – Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

Former Idaho state Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger (R) was found guilty of raping a legislative intern, the Idaho Statesman reports.”The jurors’ decision followed an emotional three-day trial in which key testimony from the woman, now 20, was cut short and stricken from deliberations. Von Ehlinger was accus…
— Read on www.rawstory.com/aaron-von-ehlinger-2657241033/

Walden Writers Soul Journey #4 | Words from Walden

This Writing journey is for anyone who wants to explore themselves and produce an intimate artistic expression from their soul. It is a no-cost journey and it is my gift to you! The editable google doc; https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EPo7o3CbfDTzBvvD3RljZhUDdH5Y1WJar3OW980994E/edit?usp=sharing
— Read on wordsfromwalden.com/2022/04/30/walden-writers-soul-journey-4/

Saturday Surprise — Critters, Critters, Critters! | Filosofa’s Word

Whew!  We made it to the weekend, my friends!  There for a time, I thought it might be questionable.  After the week we’ve had, I think the only way to start the weekend is with some … whaddya think … guess again … CRITTERS!!!  Oh … the title gave it away, huh? First critter is…
— Read on jilldennison.com/2022/04/30/saturday-surprise-critters-critters-critters/

SPOILER: Too Grumpy to Read

NANMYKEL.COM

Why do I post it, then?  Just to get it off my chest. 

If you skip reading this you won’t get it all over

your chest, either.

The little feller above is trying to hide from reality,

just like us.  

I wonder how many folks in the United States still believe something was fishy about 911?

I just learned the editor of our town’s externally owned local weekly  newspaper has been fired for not wanting to carry a huge, misleading advertisement for an outfit known by others to be a scam.

I just saw a video of an Ohio legislator urging that raped children in no way should be allowed to abort but to give the foetus a chance to live and maybe cure cancer. … It’s so easy to find these sources on Google and I’m discouraged and you’re not reading this anyway so I’m not going to credit…

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Donald Trump’s COVID Pandemic Response Was Somehow Worse Than We Thought

In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, as cases spread rapidly and deaths mounted, then-President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw help for governors who didn’t treat him “nicely,” and his aides barred the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from giving briefings for a staggering six months, according to a trove of new information released this week.

Emails between top officials from the CDC and Trump administration, released by a House panel on Friday, also revealed that Trump aides strong-armed the CDC into watering down its public-health guidance for churches in May 2020, just as houses of worship were emerging as particularly risky settings.

In early May, the CDC released two reports, one of which detailed how a pastor at an Arkansas church and his wife unwittingly spread the virus to 26 others, which came to balloon into a cluster of 61 people, of whom four died. The second report found that 87 percent of attendees at a choir practice in Washington had caught the virus.

The message, and accompanying recommendations that churches hold virtual or drive-in services only, was a stark contrast to Trump’s ridiculously rosy suggestion in April that the country should reopen entirely and be “raring to go by Easter.”

Perhaps not surprisingly, when the CDC sent its draft guidance for religious communities to the White House on May 21, 2020, Trump aides immediately pushed back, the emails show.

Aides expressed concern that the guidance “seems to raise religious liberty concerns” and suggested the CDC be allowed to publish guidance “contingent on striking the offensive passages.”

Source: Donald Trump’s COVID Pandemic Response Was Somehow Worse Than We Thought

How Americans’ love of beef is helping destroy the Amazon rainforest – Washington Post

the ongoing failure to protect the world’s largest rainforest from rapacious cattle ranching is no longer Brazil’s alone, a Washington Post investigation shows. It is now shared by the United States — and the American consumer. Source: How Americans’ love of beef is helping destroy the Amazon rainforest – Washington Post

The Labor Market Impacts of Universal and Permanent Cash Transfers: Evidence from the Alaska Permanent Fund – American Economic Association

Since 1982, all Alaskan residents have received a yearly cash dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund. Using the Current Population Survey and a synthetic control method, this paper shows that the dividend had no effect on employment and increased part-time work by 1.8 percentage points (17 percent). A calibration of microeconomic and macroeconomic effects suggests that the empirical results are consistent with cash stimulating the local economy—a general equilibrium effect. Nontradable sectors have a more positive employment response than tradable sectors. Overall, the results suggest that a universal and permanent cash transfer does not significantly decrease aggregate employment.

Source: The Labor Market Impacts of Universal and Permanent Cash Transfers: Evidence from the Alaska Permanent Fund – American Economic Association