Hiltzik: Robert F. Kennedy and the lies of the anti-vaxxers – Los Angeles Times

The dangers from Kennedy’s campaign should be clear. One is that a Kennedy candidacy that gains any real traction alone will increase the political credibility of anti-vax claptrap, which already has more than enough.

Another is that it could cut into the vote in 2024 for a responsible Democrat, whether President Biden or anyone else, which could sweep Trump or a Trump clone into office, along with the thuggish attacks on diversity, inclusion and voting rights that have become the alpha and omega of GOP politics.

It’s proper, in other words, to take a close look at Kennedy’s record on health policy and the real consequences of his anti-vaccination crusade.

Source: Hiltzik: Robert F. Kennedy and the lies of the anti-vaxxers – Los Angeles Times

Self-ID: What the world has to learn from Argentina about trans rights | openDemocracy

Argentinian legislation has been granting trans people the right to self-determination for 11 years.

Its gender identity law, passed in 2012, was the first in the world to remove barriers to legal gender recognition such as the need for medical diagnosis, gender-affirming surgery, or the opinion of a judge.

As of April, 16,090 Argentinians – including 1,529 who were under 17 – had applied for and obtained new national identity cards (DNI) to change their legal gender, official figures show.

Source: Self-ID: What the world has to learn from Argentina about trans rights | openDemocracy

schöne orchideen

Senioren um die Welt

blumen jeder art und größe sind immer schön anzusehen und tun der seele gut. die orchidee ist mit ihren hübsch gezeichneten und ebenmäßigen blüten eine diva unter den blumen. sie blüht das ganze Jahr über in wunderschönen Farben und Formen und übertrumpft damit jede andere blume an schönheit. jede einzelne blüte ist ein echtes unikat.


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Mapa

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Sem um mapa à mão, a gente acerta também o caminho. É verdade que tudo se torna bem mais trabalhoso. Todavia, o senso de orientação que se tem, não nos faz ficar muito tempo presos à coordenadas que nos apontam o caminho a serem seguidos. Seguir o reto é o que deve ser feito. A teimosia de muitos é pegar caminhos secundários. O caminho mais curto, parece sempre mais vantajoso. Às vezes é, às vezes, não vale a pressa que se tem. O oposto ainda é preferível. Algumas horas cansativas, valem bem mais pelo resultado esperado do que, cultivar um tempo que nos é inútil. O trajeto é o mesmo para todos. O problema é que, a gente dobra em ” esquinas erradas”, e o relogio só corre a favor do tempo.

A viagem se torna cansativa, o espírito de aventura ja não é o mesmo. Há dias em que…

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Can Anything Unite Us?

Filosofa's Word

Earlier today, I told you a little bit about Opal Lee, the activist who is known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth.  As I told you this morning, Ms. Lee is now 96 years old and still going strong, as evidenced by this article she coauthored for The Washington Post last Friday.


Juneteenth is meant to unite us, just like the Fourth of July

By Opal Lee and DeForest “Buster” Soaries

16 June 2023

(Opal Lee, an educator and activist known as “the grandmother of Juneteenth,” is a board member of Unity Unlimited. DeForest “Buster” Soaries is pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, N.J., and a board member of the Stand Together Foundation. They are co-chairs of the Heal America movement, which is launching the “Summer of Healing” on June 19.)

Juneteenth is more than a holiday. It is not just a commemoration of the end of…

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