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Archive for September 21st, 2021

September 21st, 2021 - 11:52 pm § in America, Donald Trump, Law and Courts, News Media, Politics

The great peril of Trumpism, and what we must do

The Constitution defines our system of government and protects our freedom only while we agree to abide by it. If we don’t, it’s a useless scrap of paper, and right now 4 in 10 Americans don’t consider themselves bound by it. We are in great peril of this thing called America falli[...]

September 21st, 2021 - 12:41 pm § in Health, Politics

Kicked out for wearing masks

The owner of Hang Time Sports Grill & Bar in Dallas, who only wants to be known as “Tom,” doesn’t like masks. To him it’s political; he thinks masks are “ridiculous.” So part of his restaurant’s dress code is that no masks are allowed, and he says itR[...]

September 21st, 2021 - 2:45 am § in Misc.

Where we stand with Covid-19 now

Condensed and paraphrased from The Atlantic (published Sept. 20, 2021; read article here): What we know about the virus We know it better than we once did. We know that it can set off both acute and chronic illness, that it spreads best indoors, that masks help block it, that our vaccines work. We k[...]