This crap. Can we please stop trying to legislate morality by attempting to control the poors using means testing?
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Dtknuckles
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I can’t get behind kill the rich, but maybe drug test them.
And then deny them basic services like utilities if they don't pass.
And while they are at it they should also increase the price of health insurance for other people in their neighborhood of a similar demographic.
For the past 30 years the battleground states of the rustbelt have decided our presidential elections. The latest data pulled together from the 2020 census shows us that that likely will no longer be the case heading into 2024. Demographic data shows that the sunbelt states will take that title away from the midwest. Instead of Ohio and Pennsylvania being the key states that have the biggest impact on the election results, North Carolina, Texas and Colorado will become the key states to watch for deciding the election results.
Charlotte Figi, girl with severe seizures that inspired CBD treatments, dies at 13
The Colorado teen's use of CBD oil to try and ease her rare form of epilepsy drove other families to try CBD and medical marijuana to treat seizures.
www.nbcnews.com
Sad news here and just read about this for the first time when I looked up Charlotte's Web to make sure I had the right name for what I was about to post.
I was about to ask @Twentytwo if Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee is one of those states that would have Child Protective Services take your kids away for giving them Class 1 Illicit drugs if you treated their epilepsy with Charlotte's Web. Which by the way, is a CBD based product and contains no THC.
Twentytwo
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Charlotte Figi, girl with severe seizures that inspired CBD treatments, dies at 13
The Colorado teen's use of CBD oil to try and ease her rare form of epilepsy drove other families to try CBD and medical marijuana to treat seizures.
Sad news here and just read about this for the first time when I looked up Charlotte's Web to make sure I had the right name for what I was about to post.
I was about to ask @Twentytwo if Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee is one of those states that would have Child Protective Services take your kids away for giving them Class 1 Illicit drugs if you treated their epilepsy with Charlotte's Web. Which by the way, is a CBD based product and contains no THC.
I wouldn't put anything past Bill Lee and the TN General Assembly. He is basically Donald Trump only Trump is more progressive. I would not be surprised if he runs for President someday.
"meaningful employment" = businesses really want to exploit workers by paying them inadequately with no benefits during a pandemic but can't if people stay on unemployment and refuse to work for them
Chucktshoes
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California relies on that labor so heavily, a certain past attorney general fought not to free folks who had completed their sentences or were eligible for time credits because the state needed the labor.How else are they going to have enough fire fighters?
While everyone knows California fought more than 600 fires this season, very few people are aware that each year, thousands of incarcerated men, women and teenagers join one of 192 inmate fire crews.
They earn as little as $2.90 a day, work in brutal 24-hour shifts, battle out-of-control blazes and risk their lives in unbelievably dangerous conditions, just to get a shot at having their criminal records erased.
And they do all of this after just two weeks of training.
The state's use of inmates to fight fires is a human rights violation that history will almost certainly deem cruel. But perhaps the greatest violation comes after these inmates are released. Until recently, they have been banned outright from working as civilian firefighters.
As California wildfires raged, incarcerated exploited for labor
Inmates get little training to become firefighters, are paid as little as $2.90 per day and, until now, were blocked from the profession upon release.www.usatoday.com
I read an article that about 40% of CA's fire fighting force are inmates and that if they die while fighting fires, their families get no survivors benefits.
Analysis: These 2 NYC mayoral candidates have no idea what a house costs in Brooklyn
The most serious sin you can commit in American politics is to look (or be) out of touch with the people you are running to represent.
Wow, I'm dumbfounded how people in politics continue to not understand how much things cost. Two candidates running for Mayor thought these houses were priced at $100,000 or less. In reality they are $900,0000 or more.
Is anyone following what's happening in Israel?
This is a pretty good timeline article:
Much of the attention turned to Gaza on Tuesday, with Hamas and Israel exchanging rocket fire amid warnings of a "full-scale war".
According to Gaza's health ministry, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes on the besieged enclave since Monday has increased to 36 civilians, including 12 children, while 220 people have been wounded.
In Israel, at least five civilians have been killed by missiles fired from Gaza in retaliation for the air strikes, according to Haaretz, including one teenager and her father.
On Tuesday evening, Israeli security forces again stormed al-Aqsa - the fourth time since Friday.
www.middleeasteye.net
This is a pretty good timeline article:
Much of the attention turned to Gaza on Tuesday, with Hamas and Israel exchanging rocket fire amid warnings of a "full-scale war".
According to Gaza's health ministry, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes on the besieged enclave since Monday has increased to 36 civilians, including 12 children, while 220 people have been wounded.
In Israel, at least five civilians have been killed by missiles fired from Gaza in retaliation for the air strikes, according to Haaretz, including one teenager and her father.
On Tuesday evening, Israeli security forces again stormed al-Aqsa - the fourth time since Friday.
Al-Aqsa under attack: How Israel turned holy site into a battleground
Targeted by Israeli security forces, the symbolic mosque was at the centre of much of Jerusalem's long weekend of violence
www.middleeasteye.net
Looking through Zillow listings, this house is the cheapest listing in Brooklyn is at $290,000
1389 E 94th St, Brooklyn, NY 11236 | Zillow
1389 E 94th St, Brooklyn NY, is a Single Family home that contains 768 sq ft and was built in 1920.This home last sold for $175,000 in October 2018. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $580,500, which has decreased by $14,820 in the last 30 days.The Rent Zestimate for this Single Family is...
www.zillow.com
For 290k you get a 768 square foot single family home that has 0 bedrooms and 0.0 bathrooms.
Dtknuckles
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My area is in a dangerous area for fires. I’m sure Chuck has drive to through on the 14 freeway. Every time there is a brush fire there are tons of posts on FB thanking the firefighters. Pictures are usually of LA county employed firefighters, not the prison labor ones. No one wants to praise them and the work they do to support our community. It’s horrible how stigmatizing committing a crime is.
Dtknuckles
Well-Known Member
Is anyone following what's happening in Israel?
This is a pretty good timeline article:
Much of the attention turned to Gaza on Tuesday, with Hamas and Israel exchanging rocket fire amid warnings of a "full-scale war".
According to Gaza's health ministry, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes on the besieged enclave since Monday has increased to 36 civilians, including 12 children, while 220 people have been wounded.
In Israel, at least five civilians have been killed by missiles fired from Gaza in retaliation for the air strikes, according to Haaretz, including one teenager and her father.
On Tuesday evening, Israeli security forces again stormed al-Aqsa - the fourth time since Friday.
Al-Aqsa under attack: How Israel turned holy site into a battleground
Targeted by Israeli security forces, the symbolic mosque was at the centre of much of Jerusalem's long weekend of violence
What were the Hamas strikes in response to? Settlers? Crack down on protests?
As expected the GOP ousted Liz Cheney from her position as GOP Conference Chair which is the #3 position the party has in the House of Representatives.
They have opted to punish her for her criticism of Donald Trump and her vote for impeachment after the Capital insurrection.
They are choosing to Unite behind Donald Trump over facts.
After the vote the house minority leader released this statement to put it behind them.
Like WTF. That statement is all kinds of what is wrong with our government and why our democrazy is failing.
They have opted to punish her for her criticism of Donald Trump and her vote for impeachment after the Capital insurrection.
They are choosing to Unite behind Donald Trump over facts.
After the vote the house minority leader released this statement to put it behind them.
Like WTF. That statement is all kinds of what is wrong with our government and why our democrazy is failing.
Dtknuckles
Well-Known Member
They didn’t like what she was saying so they canceled her. They think that low taxes are moot important than telling the truth about the last election. I wonder how long this play to the base strategy will work for Republicans?
I don't know, but their statements are starting to sound a lot like what my father says about democrats and their policies. It's like they have become their base.
Twentytwo
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Is anyone following what's happening in Israel?
This is a pretty good timeline article:
Much of the attention turned to Gaza on Tuesday, with Hamas and Israel exchanging rocket fire amid warnings of a "full-scale war".
According to Gaza's health ministry, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes on the besieged enclave since Monday has increased to 36 civilians, including 12 children, while 220 people have been wounded.
In Israel, at least five civilians have been killed by missiles fired from Gaza in retaliation for the air strikes, according to Haaretz, including one teenager and her father.
On Tuesday evening, Israeli security forces again stormed al-Aqsa - the fourth time since Friday.
Al-Aqsa under attack: How Israel turned holy site into a battleground
Targeted by Israeli security forces, the symbolic mosque was at the centre of much of Jerusalem's long weekend of violence
This will calm things down in Israel and Gaza.
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U.S. sends envoy as Israel-Gaza barrages spiral, Hamas commander killed
Israel killed a Hamas commander and vowed no let-up in its Gaza barrages on Wednesday as Palestinian militants rained rockets far across the border and Washington dispatched an envoy to try to calm their most intense hostilities in years.
www.reuters.com