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As Hurricane Ida Strands Thousands, the Police Would Rather Focus on “Anti-Looting” Patrols – Mother Jones
Just to emphasize the point: In the middle of a natural disaster, with elderly people stuck at home in dangerous heat, as boats and helicopters scour the state to find people who fled to their attics and rooftops, the cops seems less interested in helping residents access life-saving essentials than they do in criminalizing them. “[T]he city is powerless and underwater,” one lawyer with the Twitter handle Jane, Esq. tweeted, “& they’re using their resources for…anti looting. [T]his is a poster example for defund the police.” Source: As Hurricane Ida Strands Thousands, the Police Would Rather Focus on “Anti-Looting” Patrols – Mother Jones
Vaccination foes target homes of L.A. City Council members – Los Angeles Times
“Whoever votes yes, we’re coming to your door,” the man said, according to the video. “We’re coming to your home. You want to intimidate us? We’re coming to you now.” At another point, he said that if the vaccine mandates passes, “civil war is coming, get your guns.” (Me: He should be arrested for inciting violence!)
Source: Vaccination foes target homes of L.A. City Council members – Los Angeles Times
Houston-area school district closing for a week due to COVID-19 outbreak | TheHill
Covid in Scotland: Cases doubling weekly after restrictions eased – BBC News
Covid cases in Scotland have roughly doubled every week since restrictions eased, leading to an increase in hospital admissions. More than 500 people with Covid-19 are in hospital and case numbers hit a record high at the weekend. According to the latest WHO figures, Lanarkshire and Glasgow’s health board areas had Europe’s highest case rates. National clinical director Prof Jason Leitch said the NHS was stretched and elective surgeries could be delayed. Scotland wanted “to get on top” of the virus and may need a “reverse gear” on some restrictions, he told the BBC. On Sunday 7,113 positive tests were recorded compared with fewer than 1,500 on 9 August, when most of the Covid restrictions in Scotland were lifted. Physical distancing rules and the limits on gatherings were removed, and all venues were allowed to reopen.
Source: Covid in Scotland: Cases doubling weekly after restrictions eased – BBC News
Biden’s long road to resettling evacuated Afghan evacuees in the US – Vox
Afghan allies are being transferred to third countries or sent directly to the US
After announcing the withdrawal deadline in April, the Biden administration put its faith in the SIV program, which has existed since 2006, as its primary means of bringing Afghans to the US. But an intense, 14-step application process and a significant backlog that piled up during the final months of the Trump administration have made it an onerous immigration pathway for many who aided the US war effort, even before Kabul fell to Taliban control.
Applicants are required to submit significant documentation, including a recommendation letter from their senior US-citizen supervisor. But many Afghans who would otherwise be eligible for the program have difficulty obtaining that recommendation letter, especially in cases where they worked as contractors.
Even if an applicant can gather the required documents, they have faced lengthy wait times before they are ultimately approved for a visa. By law, SIVs are required to be processed within nine months, but in practice, the average processing time has always been longer than that.
The Trump administration actively stonewalled the program, meaning that not a single SIV was processed between March 2020 and January 2021. In response, a federal judge ordered the government to come up with a plan to process these applications in a timely manner after thousands of SIV applicants sued. Yet it’s still been taking about two years to process the applications.
Now, the Biden administration is surging resources to speed up processing of SIV applicants, who are being sent to third countries temporarily before being brought to the US. According to the State Department, the US government has been issuing SIVs at a rate of more than 800 per week — an eightfold increase over the course of a few months.
Source: Biden’s long road to resettling evacuated Afghan evacuees in the US – Vox
US tops 100,000 daily COVID-19 hospital cases | CIDRAP (Me: Unvaccinated and Southern states point US in wrong direction!)
For only the second time during the 18 months America has been battling COVID-19, the country reached 100,000 daily hospitalizations due to infection with the virus, matching the previous record seen last winter. In several states, the fourth wave, or summer surge caused by the Delta (B1617.2) variant, has led to hospital bed and healthcare worker shortages. Intensive care units (ICUs) have reached capacity in places such as Georgia, Mississippi and Florida. In those states, elective surgeries have been put on hold. Today during an Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting on COVID-19 vaccines, committee members heard that 23 states are reporting over 80% of ICU capacity is being used by COVID-19 patients. The ACIP advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Source: US tops 100,000 daily COVID-19 hospital cases | CIDRAP
Diligent Yet Free
“I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted.”–LGBT activist, Harvey Milk
Have you noticed certain people love their freedom so much that they actively try to suppress the liberty of others? On the other hand, have you also noticed people who love freedom so much that they do not give a care about personal responsibility? Isn’t there some sort of happy medium?
This is why I selected a quote by Harvey Milk. He devoted much of his life to the cause of freedom for the gay community and for human beings at large. He had a persistent character who inspired millions of people. Yet, in his heart, he was a free-spirit. He loved life and went for the gusto. Milk understood that he could not retain freedom if others could not exercise their freedom. He was not a pristine, pure soul, but then who…
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A little bit of Heaven (174) – In a Love World
Lepșa – Little Switzerland Lepșa is called Little Switzerland by many tourists, due to its beauty. It is situated in a valley of The Carpathian Mountains, in Vrancea County, at 75 km from town Focșani, at the entrance to the Tulnici Pass which connects Moldova and Transylvania. Lepșa is not officially included in the list … Continue reading A little bit of Heaven (174)
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¿Y si esta noche, cuando los susurros se arrullen y duerman en los sigilos, le confieso a usted que me encantan sus ocurrencias y locuras, que anhelo escuchar su voz al pronunciar mi nombre y que deseo pasear a su lado entre los sueños y la vida? ¿Y si a cierta hora del ocaso, al descansar la policromía del mundo y de la vida en algún remanso apacible, lejos de los faroles siderales, todo cuanto es, incluidos usted y yo, aparecemos como simples trazos y les agregamos colores, los matices de un amor que se vuelve encanto, locura y motivo? ¿Y si deslizamos los pinceles sobre las cosas y los detalles de la vida? ¿Y si al marcharse la tarde, como aconteció con la mañana y, posteriormente, con el mediodía, me anticipo a la noche y tomo las estrellas que…
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