#NobelPrize foundation scraps plan to invite #Russia, #Belarus after criticism
The #NobelFoundation reversed course on Saturday & said it would not invite the ambassadors of Russia & Belarus to this year’s award ceremony in Stockholm, after a decision to invite them back to the annual event drew objections in #Sweden & #Ukraine.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/02/nobel-ceremony-russia-belarus-invite-criticism/
"Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen."
~ Ed Pilkington
Just imagine how horrific things might be in Alabama if it were not a resolutely pro-life state dominated by resolutely pro-life Christians!
(NB: extreme sarcasm here)
#Alabama #CapitalPunishment #DeathSentence #execution #ProLife
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/02/alabama-execution-nitrogen-kenneth-smith
On Sep 02, 1885: White Miners in Wyoming Wage Violent Attacks Against Chinese Laborers http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/sep/02
Woman shoots 4-year-old point-blank in the chest -- claims she was teaching the child 'firearm safety'
DeSantis presidential campaign team has gone to unusual lengths to prevent a #NewHampshire teenager from having a chance to follow up with the candidate on his question about Trump. https://www.thedailybeast.com/republican-president-candidate-ron-desantis-is-afraid-of-questions-from-15-year-old-quinn-mitchell #Election2024
Goodness, what could be making these very fit tennis players sick, maybe…
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It’s not just players. The ESPN commentator John McEnroe said on Tuesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus after feeling unwell.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/sports/tennis/us-open-players-sick.html
The Omicron wave of the pandemic was the deadliest for cancer patients, reinforcing how much high-risk individuals can succumb to COVID strains that pose less severe threats to the rest of the population. https://t.co/g1Zx4tJkAB
Why is Trailer-Trash Greene trying to blackmail our government? https://apple.news/AUGIwGDJKQZuH0_ym7p0VQg
One of Louisiana's only pediatric cardiologists has left the state the state over anti-LGBTQ legislation - CNN https://apple.news/AFnLnkU8BQvqSlj8h5lK7Eg
On Sep 01, 1884: San Francisco Public Schools Deny Admission to Chinese American Children http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/sep/01
#DeSantis voted against Sandy aid a decade ago. Now his state needs the help.
Ron DeSantis had just been sworn in as a member of the House in 2013 when he voted against sending $9.7 billion in disaster relief to New York and New Jersey
“I sympathize with the victims,” the Florida Republican said at the time, but objected to what he called Congress’ “put it on the credit card mentality” when it came to government
spending.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/31/desantis-florida-gop-sandy-disaster-aid-00113627
More hospitals reinstating masking policies this week: United Health Services (4 hospitals under them) , Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa, Medical Center, Auburn Community, Upstate University in Syracuse, along with UMass Memorial in Mass.
Here's our original investigation into Thomas' 2014 sale of property -- including his mother's house -- to Crow:
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate-scotus
@AlliFlowers @realTuckFrumper I know!!! It’s sad that child will have to grow up in that environment knowing his mom hated him enough to do that. When you force babies to have babies, though, it’s just going to get worse. Teen girls often think having a baby is so fun and easy, you get free stuff from people, lots of attention, and they act like the baby is an ornament on their arm, but they.have.no.idea.what.they.are.in.for.
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
Clarence Thomas admits to three more trips funded by billionaire Harlan Crow https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/31/2190756/-Clarence-Thomas-admits-to-three-more-trips-funded-by-billionaire-Harlan-Crow?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=main
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