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Maxine Waters cuts off Jim Jordan, Fauci sparring at hearing: ‘Shut your mouth’ | TheHill – (Me: She does her job well!)

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) told Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to “shut your mouth” during a congressional hearing on Thursday.

During a House Oversight coronavirus subcommittee hearing, Jordan and the country’s top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci clashed over public health precautions, with both men raising their voices.

When Jordan ran out of time for questions, subcommittee Chairman James Clyburn (D-S.C.) turned the questioning over to Waters, but Jordan continued his questioning.

“I’d like my question answered,” Jordan said.

Source: Maxine Waters cuts off Jim Jordan, Fauci sparring at hearing: ‘Shut your mouth’ | TheHill

India’s daily coronavirus cases top 200,000 for 1st time

“India’s daily new cases continue to rise. 200,739 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours,” the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement.

Vendors are seen with their masks moved down in a commercial district in New Delhi on Sept. 4, 2020. (Kyodo) 

It said India now counts a total of 14,074,564 confirmed cases, with 173,123 deaths.

The world’s second most populous country, which is now in the throes of a second virus surge, recorded over 100,000 cases on April 5 for the first time since the pandemic began last year, far surpassing the September peak in its first surge.

It surpassed Brazil earlier this week to once again become the world’s second most infected country after the United States.

Source: India’s daily coronavirus cases top 200,000 for 1st time

Understanding Affective Dependence – A DREAM JOURNEY

Emotional dependence is waiting for the feeling of being a good person to be transmitted to us by someone who holds the attachment figure in our mind. We feel ready, as J BREL says, to become the shadow of his shadow, the shadow of his dog so that he (she) does not leave us. It is a psychological disorder that can literally pollute existence. It is a survival strategy that aims to fill a LACK . Source: Understanding Affective Dependence – A DREAM JOURNEY

Eu passei boa parte da minha vida sem acreditar em mim.

I was tall in the middle of a bunch of “normal” young people, and I wanted to be normal. For this reason, I was bent over, hunchbacked, with my shoulders inward. My voice, which at eleven was already serious, had always been a laughing stock when I opened my mouth; and to make matters worse, I had crooked teeth. I avoided speaking, I spoke only what was necessary, and when I spoke, it was inside. Just like smiling. I suppressed laughter because of the shame I felt about my teeth.

Myanmar Regime Arrests About 36 Protest Leaders, Celebrities, and Activists in a Single Day

About three dozen people, including a prominent protest leader, protesters, celebrities, activists and ordinary citizens, were arrested by the military regime on Thursday in four states and regions.

Regime forces arrested six medics during a crackdown on a protest column led by members of the medical community in Mandalay about 10 a.m. Thursday.

Members of the medical community in Mandalay marched to protest against the military regime on Thursday.

A least 20 other people in the neighborhood were arrested during the crackdown. The junta’s forces opened fire and destroyed motorbikes and vehicles.

Source: Myanmar Regime Arrests About 36 Protest Leaders, Celebrities, and Activists in a Single Day

United States announces new sanctions against Russia — Meduza

  • Sanctions against six Russian technology companies that, according to the U.S. authorities, provide support to the Russian Intelligence Services’ in their cyber programs;
  • Sanctions against 16 individuals and 16 legal entities involved in “carrying out Russian government-directed attempts to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election”;
  • Sanctions against five individuals and three legal entities “associated with Russia’s ongoing occupation and repression in Crimea”;
  • The expulsion of ten personnel from the Russian diplomatic mission in Washington, DC (allegedly, some of them are Russian intelligence operatives);
  • The expansion of sanctions on Russia’s sovereign debt: as of June 14, U.S. investors will be banned from purchasing ruble or non-ruble denominated bonds issued by Russia’s Central Bank, National Wealth Fund, or Finance Ministry on the primary market.

Source: United States announces new sanctions against Russia — Meduza

‘The Last Time a Vaccine Saved America’ Polio

In 1955, epidemiologist Thomas Francis Jr. announced the results of a field trial of the polio vaccine that Jonas Salk had developed. America erupted in joy.

Now a phalanx of bulky television cameras focussed on Francis as he prepared to report on the efficacy of the vaccine. He had good news to share: to cheers from the audience, he explained that the Salk vaccine was sixty to seventy per cent effective against the most prevalent strain of poliovirus, and ninety per cent effective against the other, less common strains. All this had been shown through what was, at that time, the largest vaccine trial ever conducted.

All afternoon and evening, church bells rang out across America. People flooded into the streets, kissing and embracing; parents hugged their kids with joy and relief. Salk became an instant national hero, turning down the offer of a ticker-tape parade in New York City; President Dwight D. Eisenhower invited him to the White House and, later, asked Congress to award him a Congressional Gold Medal. That night, from the kitchen of a colleague’s house, Salk — whose name was being touted in newspapers, magazines, radio reports, and television news broadcasts around the world — gave his first network-TV interview to Edward R. Murrow, whose show “See It Now” had exposed the tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy a year earlier. Blushing in admiration, Murrow asked the doctor, “Who owns the patent on this vaccine?” “The people,” Salk said, nobly. “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”

Source: ‘The Last Time a Vaccine Saved America’