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Never has campus PC been more out of control

Oh, and DeSantis’s proposed legislation would a permanently deny state employment to people who are convicted of “participating in” a “violent or disorderly assembly,” and denies bail for people arrested for participating in one before their first court appearance. Deep down in hell Joe McCarthy is smiling.

Remember when crackpot authoritarian blogger and law professor Glenn Reynolds urged his followers to run over protestors? Well, the governor of the nation’s third largest state would like to make this nice and legal:

Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed legislation that he described as “bold” on Monday. Judging by the plain text of the proposal and the responses to it, bold is an understatement.

Under the “new criminal offenses” section established by the would-be Combatting Violence, Disorder and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act, DeSantis declared it a third-degree felony to obstruct traffic during an “unpermitted protest, demonstration or violent or disorderly assembly.” Notably, the next clause purports to remove liability for injury or death a driver causes if that driver is “fleeing for safety from a mob.

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DeSantis’s legislation would also criminalize the destruction of monuments and purports to to attach racketeering liability to “anyone who organizes or funds a violent or disorderly assembly.” DeSantis also seeks mandatory minimum sentences for striking law enforcement officers.

The nuttiest ideas of the dimmest trolls on the intarwebs can become legislative proposals by governors in less than five years. What a country!

Oh, and DeSantis’s proposed legislation would a permanently deny state employment to people who are convicted of “participating in” a “violent or disorderly assembly,” and denies bail for people arrested for participating in one before their first court appearance. Deep down in hell Joe McCarthy is smiling.

Battle Rages Inside Hospitals Over How COVID Strikes and Kills | Kaiser Health News

Source: Battle Rages Inside Hospitals Over How COVID Strikes and Kills | Kaiser Health News

Surveys across the country show there’s still a shortage of personal protective equipment at many health care facilities.

The CDC guidance posted Friday would have put pressure on some hospitals to bolster their protective measures, something they have reportedly resisted. It said the virus can spread when a person sings, talks or breathes.

“These particles can be inhaled into the nose, mouth, airways, and lungs and cause infection,” the site said. “This is thought to be the main way the virus spreads.”

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has been taking so-called airborne precautions from the start. There, Dr. James Lawler, a physician and director of the Global Center for Health Security at the university, said his colleagues documented that the virus can drift in the air and live on surfaces at an extensive distance from patients.

He said the hospital tests all admitted patients for the virus and keeps COVID-19 patients apart from the general population. He said they pay close attention to cleaning shared spaces and monitoring airflow within the restricted-access unit. Workers also had N95 respirators or PAPRS, which are fitted hoods with filtered air pumped in.

All of it has added up to a “very low” rate of health care worker infections.

President Trump Continues to Be a Racist, Upholds Ban on Race Discrimination Training

On Tuesday, President Trump extended his ban on race sensitivity and sex-based discrimination training because the president is a serial sexual assaulter who is also a raging racist. q9e8c4z9r4mml646rmgq.jpg

On Tuesday, President Trump extended his ban on race sensitivity and sex-based discrimination training because the president is a serial sexual assaulter who is also a raging racist.

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NYC Scrambles To Contain “Ocean Parkway Cluster” Of COVID-19 In South Brooklyn

Pedestrian watches as Eli Brach, right, owner of Brachsoni, which specializes in the sale of men's white shirts, raises the protective shutter on his store, in Borough Park.

Pedestrian watches as Eli Brach, right, owner of Brachsoni, which specializes in the sale of men’s white shirts, raises the protective shutter on his store, in Borough Park.

In one of the highest positivity rates seen in months, 4.71% of tests performed in the neighborhoods of Midwood, Borough Park and Bensonhurst have come back positive in recent weeks. [ more › ]

The QAnon orphans: people who have lost loved ones to conspiracy theories | US news | The Guardian

Source: The QAnon orphans: people who have lost loved ones to conspiracy theories | US news | The Guardian

From the outside, QAnon is a deranged spectacle. For some Republican leaders who stand to benefit from its influence, QAnon functions as an opportunity to garner political support. To the FBI, QAnon is a domestic terror threat. But for those who have lost loved ones to it, QAnon is a destroyer of families and relationships, a multi-faceted virulent idea that is often impossible to combat.

Sophia Loren returns to movies aged 86

In the film, Loren plays Madame Rosa, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who helps raise the children of deceased sex workers with whom she once walked the streets. She then strikes up an enduring friendship with Momo, a 12-year-old Senegalese orphan who tries to steal her candlesticks.

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Italian superstar plays a Holocaust survivor who befriends an orphan in Netflix film The Life Ahead, directed by her son Edoardo Ponti

Sophia Loren is returning to cinema after an 11-year absence. Loren, 86, stars in upcoming Netflix drama The Life Ahead, which is directed by her son, Edoardo Ponti.

In the film, Loren plays Madame Rosa, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who helps raise the children of deceased sex workers with whom she once walked the streets. She then strikes up an enduring friendship with Momo, a 12-year-old Senegalese orphan who tries to steal her candlesticks.

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People didn’t follow the Covid rules out of fear. They did it for the common good | Nicky Hawkins

As new UK restrictions come into force, research suggests that people are socially responsible when given clear leadership

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As new UK restrictions come into force, research suggests that people are socially responsible when given clear leadership

As the government lurches from U-turns to full-on pile-ups, and a second wave of Covid-19 looms large, it’s worth remembering something. For three months back in the spring, we – UK citizens – did what we needed to do. The government may have dozed at the wheel, but when it finally woke up, we acted collectively by staying at home to save lives. And with some notable exceptions, we stayed the course by locking down for longer and more willingly than some predicted.

It’s heartening that we have it in us to act together, especially when it’s not easy for us. But what made us do it? What compelled us to stay in our homes and keep away from our loved ones and, often, our livelihoods? It may sound like a pointless question with an obvious answer: we were scared of catching the virus – or of being caught breaking the rules.

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