Jarrett Banwart (photo), 59, of Seattle, got Covid-19 in March 2020 before vaccines were available. He survived, but two years later, still suffers from fatigue and other “long Covid” symptoms that keep him from going for bicycle rides or working regularly. He wonders if his Covid-19 ord[...]
Archive for April, 2022
April 10th, 2022 - 3:15 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
The big squeeze
Mark Brnovich (photo, left) is Arizona’s ambitious GOP attorney general who badly wants to be a U.S. senator. To get there he has to suck up to Trump’s fans, which requires sucking up to Trump, who wants him to produce “evidence” that Trump won Arizona in 2020. The official v[...]
April 10th, 2022 - 2:52 am § in Politics
How GOP senators define “woman”
It varies, depending on which GOP senator you ask, but none of them actually know. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Ted Cruz (R-TX): “Someone with two X chromosones.” The problem is, some women don’t have two X chromosomes, and some men do. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): “My wife.[...]
Fox personality quietly sacked for “Dr. Mengele” remark
Rightwing firebrand Lara Logan (profile here, photo below) apparently has been pushed off Fox News after her infamous November 2021 remark comparing Dr. Fauci to Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele, who (among his other crimes) conducted cruel medical experiments on Jewish children (photo, right). This week,[...]
April 9th, 2022 - 9:14 pm § in Misc.
Can mass shootings be stopped?
A journalist (profile here) who studies mass shootings, created a mass shooting database, and wrote a book about preventing them thinks the science of behavioral threat assessment may offer a solution. Get the book here and watch video below. For an example of how it’s being used by public sch[...]
April 9th, 2022 - 8:48 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Trumper pleads guilty to skimming border wall donations
Two things prominent rightwing figures seem to share in common is they like the trappings of fancy lifestyles (e.g., yachts) and they pay for them by stealing from their supporters. And as Mother Jones puts it (here), “The right-wing grift, long a staple of the US political scene, reached a k[...]
A new Republican fad: Vandalizing gas pumps with anti-Biden stickers
They may think it’s a joke, but pasting these stickers on gas pumps is vandalism. It makes extra work for the gas station attendants who have to remove them (see story here). It’s not a laughing matter for the station owner when it chases away other customers who don’t agree with t[...]
April 8th, 2022 - 9:36 pm § in Law and Courts, Misc.
Air travel: Big fines for big mischief
The FAA wants to fine a passenger $81,950 for “repeatedly hitting a flight attendant on the head” and after being restrained in flex cuffs, spitting at, headbutting, biting, and trying to kick crew members and other passengers. It wants to fine another passenger $77,000 for trying to [...]
April 8th, 2022 - 8:42 pm § in Economics
Some Dallas airport workers made $2.13 an hour in 2019
Now they make $8 an hour. The pandemic nearly quadrupled their pay. Airlines, to cut costs, contracted out baggage handling, cabin cleaning, security and janitorial services, and wheelchair assistance. Third-party contractors performing these tasks typically pay their workers low wages with few or n[...]
April 8th, 2022 - 5:17 pm § in Misc.
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