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only that it reduced deaths.  So to my mind, there remain three reasons to continue to take those precautions that cost and inconvenience us the least, i.e. masking and distancing:

(1) So long as the virus continues to be transmitted, it will continue to cause at least some deaths.

(2) So long as the virus continues to be transmitted, variants…[Read more]

think we should do more to enforce the less-drastic measures such as masking and distancing, including prohibiting bars and other venues from packing people in at full capacity.

Allowing variants to freely evolve, when we have no idea of the long-terms effects of the virus once contracted, seems to me to be extremely foolish.

is this original to @ScottCrowder?

Though from 2012, this talk seems more relevant than ever.  I need to see/read more from Berman.

the fewer people will die (part of that effect resulting from the reduction in the speed with which variants are allowed to evolve).

I too felt some hesitancy about being vaccinated, but based on what we know about the vaccines vs. the disease, it seems clear to that the risks of the disease are far worse, especially if we continue to allow it to…[Read more]

when they release the JFK assassination records.

Thanks for these!  I need to go back and look at all the posts I’ve missed!

thanks for the OP and the informative replies, @passionateprogressive and @mrdmk.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention; I’ve been watching just now and am nearing the end.

A must-see primer, now that the U.S. appears determined to ramp up conflict with Russia again.

I don’t see why it’s our business to interfere.

that as destructive as some of these freeway projects were, at this point in my own city, it always seems to be a developer pushing to tear down some major artery in order to replace it with the developer’s own, gentrifying project, and leave the displaced, already heavily congested traffic to find alternate routes many miles out of their way.

I’d call it catering to their owner, not their audience.

but not much of a news flash, given what’s being done to Assange.

I’m extremely concerned about all the plastic packaging we’re producing, “recyclable” or not, and would welcome laws encouraging greater use of biodegradable alternatives.

thanks.

unless foreseeably likely to incite imminent violence or serious crime.

“Do Not Build a Fire on Your Auto,” or “No Weird Hair-Do’s Allowed”?

thus Assange rots in jail.  These “journalists” probably all went along with smearing him; they sacrificed their integrity – for what?  If they’d stood up, they and we all might be better off now.

That we would come to this unless journalists did stand up to the 1% was obvious years ago, but those I knew personally refused to recognize what was…[Read more]

which I understand may be part of the ramping up of tensions over it between China and the US.