UNCONSCIONABLE!!!
The Republicans have crossed that line in the sand, they have gone too far, and it’s high time to stop them, even if it requires emergency procedures that defy their “constitutional rights”. They are costing us our lives and I for one am sick and damn tired of it! Jamelle Bouie writing for the New York Times sums it up in his most recent column … guaranteed to make you growl and stomp your feet.
Do Republicans Actually Want the Pandemic to End?
Aug. 31, 2021
Opinion Columnist
President Barack Obama promised unity. In his 2008 campaign, he said he would heal the nation’s political divides and end more than a decade of partisan rancor.
To keep this promise, Obama needed allies, or at least partners, in the Republican Party. But they said no. If they could block Obama — if they could withhold support on anything…
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Stocks Shake Off Bad News to Rally for Seventh Straight Month – The New York Times
Ohio reports new 21-day high with 5,914 COVID-19 cases – (Me: Wrong direction – mandate masks for everyone, vaccinations for state employees!)
Biden Defends His Decision in Afghanistan – The New York Times
President Biden on Tuesday hailed what he called the “extraordinary success” of the evacuation of Kabul as he vehemently defended his decision to end America’s war in Afghanistan, just one day after the end of a two-week rescue of 125,000 people from Kabul that saw the deaths of 13 service members.
Africa’s rainforests are different. Why it matters that they’re protected
The forests will not be protected well unless local governments and the world figures out how to create new opportunities for people to make a good living without denuding the forests – and controlling greedy investors who want relatively quick profit from plantations.
Martin Sullivan, University of Leeds; Oliver Phillips, University of Leeds, and Simon Lewis, UCL
Around 2 million km² of Africa is covered by tropical rainforests. They are second only in extent to those in Amazonia, which cover around 6 million km². Rainforests are home to vast numbers of species. For example, the world’s tropical rainforests are estimated to be home to at least 40,000 tree species, with up to 6,000 in African forests.
Yet African rainforests are poorly studied compared to those in Amazonia and South East Asia. And the continent’s rainforests are being lost to deforestation at a rate of 0.3% every year. This is slower than in Amazonia (estimated to be 0.5% per year in Brazil) and South East Asia (1% in Indonesia).
But greater losses are likely in the future if palm oil production, driven by
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Miami U. to require vaccination for students, staff – Ohio
Miami University announced Tuesday it will require the COVID-19 vaccination for all students, faculty and staff by Nov. 22.
Lebanon schools closing three days due to increased student absences due to COVID-19 Ohio
Lebanon schools closing three days due to increased student absences due to COVID-19
Source: Lebanon schools closing three days due to increased student absences due to COVID-19
Native American tribes enforce mask mandates regardless of state bans | Native Americans | The Guardian
Under the US constitution, federally recognized tribes, such as the Navajo Nation and the Cherokee Nation, have self-governing authority, and so have been able to implement mask mandates despite the statewide bans.
Jason Dropik, board president of the National Indian Education Association and the head of the Indian community school in Wisconsin, said the majority of Native communities he had heard from in states with these bans have implemented mask mandates.
The reasoning, he explained, often had to do with the fact that Indigenous Americans have had to deal with a disproportionately high death toll from Covid. According to an analysis released in February, one in every 475 Native Americans has died since the pandemic started – a greater proportion of any other demographic in the country.
Source: Native American tribes enforce mask mandates regardless of state bans | Native Americans | The Guardian
Smart clothing monitors the wearer’s heart – Futurity
Researchers sewed the fibers into athletic wear to monitor the heart rate and take a continual electrocardiogram (EKG) of the wearer. The fibers are just as conductive as metal wires, but washable, comfortable, and far less likely to break when a body is in motion. On the whole, the enhanced shirt was better at gathering data than a standard chest-strap monitor taking live measurements during experiments. When matched with commercial medical electrode monitors, the carbon nanotube shirt gave slightly better EKGs.
Source: Smart clothing monitors the wearer’s heart – Futurity

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