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Reports of assault, verbal abuse as thousands protest vaccine passports outside hospitals across B.C. | CBC News (Me: Do not give air to those who would condemn society to die in a vaccine-less society!!!)

Crowds of people opposed to COVID-19 vaccinations clogged the streets of Vancouver and demonstrated outside hospitals across B.C. on Wednesday afternoon, earning the indignation of some political leaders.

Source: Reports of assault, verbal abuse as thousands protest vaccine passports outside hospitals across B.C. | CBC News

Afghans Who Worked for The New York Times Arrive in Houston – The New York Times

The Afghans were evacuated from Kabul on Aug. 19, aided by the government of Qatar, which arranged passage to Doha. From there, Mexican officials helped ease the journey to Mexico City, where the group had stayed since last Wednesday while waiting for The Times to get resettlement services lined up in Houston.

Attacks on Texas health workers surge during latest COVID-19 wave | The Texas Tribune (Me: Things falling apart… is real)

“Our staff have been cursed at, screamed at, threatened with bodily harm and even had knives pulled on them,” said Jane McCurley, chief nursing executive for Methodist Healthcare System, speaking at a press conference five days after the incident in the children’s ER. “It is escalating. … It’s just a handful at each facility who have been extremely abusive. But there is definitely an increasing number of occurrences every day.” Nurses and hospital staffers are historically vulnerable to workplace violence due to the nature of their jobs, where they deal with people who are having bad reactions to street drugs or mental breaks and often have to give bad news to patients or family already in extreme pain or emotional distress. Half of all Texas nurses reported verbal and physical abuse at work in 2016 – the last year Texas health officials surveyed them about it.

Source: Attacks on Texas health workers surge during latest COVID-19 wave | The Texas Tribune

Y sigue con la historia de tu vida

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

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Mírate al espejo y define tu perfil, tus rasgos, tu semblante. Descubre la belleza y el encanto que hay en ti y que es, por añadidura, reflejo del prodigio de tu interior y de la vida que palpita en tu ser y en todo cuanto existe en la creación. Sonríe. Acéptate, con lo bueno y lo malo, e inclínate por lo positivo y sublime. Perdona tus errores del pasado y renuévate. Nunca es tarde mientras haya un instante o el resto de una vida para comenzar de nuevo. Ve por lo mejor de la vida, acaso con la fortuna de que descubrirás la fórmula de la dicha o al menos sonrisas benevolentes, quizá con el privilegio de que tu existencia será una historia maravillosa e irrepetible, tal vez con la bendición de que encontrarás la ruta a planos superiores…

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Political Essay Says Revolution in China to End ‘Sissy’ Celebrity Billionaire Culture — Radio Free Asia (Me: Deja vu-Maoism could cause Chinese market to crash and burn…?)

State-run media under the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) reprint the essay in full, which signals a ‘profound’ political shift under leader Xi Jinping.

The essay, titled “Everyone can tell that profound social change is under way” and printed in CCP mouthpiece the People’s Daily, uses the recent crackdown on China’s scandal-hit entertainment industry to argue that profound political change is afoot that will focus on easing inequality.

The essay argues that the CCP has launched a “profound revolution” with its crackdown on celebrity culture, billionaires, and the private sector generally, citing Beijing’s blocking of Ant Financial’s initial public offering (IPO) in New York in late 2020, as well as an ongoing probe into the business operations of ride-sharing app Didi Chuxing.

“China is undergoing a profound revolution … turning away from a capital-centered approach to a people-centered one,” the essay said. “It represents a return to the original aims of the CCP … and to the essence of socialism.”

“This revolution will wash all of the dirt away,” said the essay, signed by Li Guangman, columnist and former editor of the trade publication Central China Electric Power.

“Our capital markets will no longer be a paradise for capitalists to get rich overnight; our cultural sphere no longer a paradise for sex-crazed celebrities, and the worship of Western culture will no longer be a feature of our news coverage or public opinion,” Li wrote.

Source: Political Essay Says Revolution in China to End ‘Sissy’ Celebrity Billionaire Culture — Radio Free Asia

Outraged!!!

One of the saddest days in America for democracy and freedom.

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There are so many competitors for my anger these days that I am often simply overwhelmed and don’t know where to begin.  This one, however, robbed me of a night’s sleep and nearly wrote itself in my head last night as I tried counting sheep, counting backward by 2s from 200, and played countless games of Sudoku on my phone.

The target of my acerbic tongue today?  Women’s rights … women’s rights that in the last two days have been set back by 100 years or more in the not-so-great state of Texas.  No, folks, this isn’t just about abortion as many would have you believe … this is about women’s rights.  Now that we are told we cannot decide for ourselves whether we are financially and emotionally ready to have a child, the rest of our rights will be as a house of cards.

The Texas legislature passed a…

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Grad Vatikan i San Paolo fuori le mura – Vatican City and San Paolo fuori le mura

Saw the Pope at Vatican in 1966 but missed this part of Vatican. Thanks for posting

Myrela

Lateranski ugovor koji su 11. februara 1929. godine potpisali papa Pije XI i Benito Musolini potvrdio je postojanje suverene države Grada Vatikana (Città del Vaticano), pod upravom pape i potpuno nezavisne od Kraljevine Italije. Time je konačno razriješena kontroverza koja je nastala 20. septembra 1870. godine kada je kralj Vitorio Emanuele II ušao s trupama u Rim i ukinuo papsku državu. U prvim vijekovima postojanja Rima, Ager vaticanus bio je periferija na prostoru između desne obale Tibra i vatikanskih brda, sve do mosta Milvio na sjeveru i brda Đanikolo na jugu. Oko prvog vijeka stare ere, to močvarno područje počelo je postepeno da se pretvara u stambeni dio grada, gdje su ugledne rimske porodice podizale luksuzne palate (horti). U Avgustovo vrijeme u tom kraju cvjetali su Agripinini vrtovi, a kad je Kaligula postao car, tu se nalazio cirkus – Gajanum – čiji su pojedini ostaci uklopljeni u…

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Good People Doing Good Things — In The Wake Of A Storm

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On Sunday, exactly sixteen years after the infamous Hurricane Katrina swept up through the Gulf of Mexico along almost the same path, Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana.  At least seven are dead and more than one million without electricity.  Sounds like a perfect place for a few good people to step in, doesn’t it?


Back in February when an unexpected snowstorm hit Texas I wrote about Jim McIngvale, owner of Gallery Furniture in Houston, Texas, who opened the doors of his showroom to anyone in need of warmth and shelter.  McIngvale’s generosity and kindness dates back 16 years to the time of Hurricane Katrina when he opened his doors to those in need of shelter.  And today, in the wake of Hurricane Ida, McIngvale, age 70, is once again heeding the call of those in need.

But this time, McIngvale is sending dozens of trucks loaded to the brim…

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