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Everything I hear from talking with doctor friends is that those who get vaccinated are in a far better position vis a vis the Delta variant. Patriotism would suggest everyone has a responsibility to co-citizens to be vaccinated and should do so without being forced or mandated. Yes, we should be free to choose but the choice should be an easy one for those who feel they have a responsibility to their fellow person.
Also, AOCS told me there are plenty of other airlines than Delta.
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I understand the emotional appeal of extending the no pay rent opportunity but it is a one sided approach for two reasons. There are jobs available so people can work and meet their legal obligations to pay rent and second, those who are landlords are being cheated and placed in a desperate position of meeting their own obligations.
I assume the same who are seeking to expand rent deferral legislation, which has been ruled unconstitutional by SCOIUS, are the same idiots who believe in free lunches.
And:
Delta Variant of COVID-19 Soon Will Be Gone, Former FDA Chief Predicts
By Andrew Trunsky
“I don’t think we’re going to get enough bang for our buck by telling vaccinated people they have to wear masks at all times to make it worth our while,” former Food and Drug Administration head Scott Gottlieb says. Pictured: Many visitors wear masks Tuesday at Los Angeles' Grand Central Market. (Photo: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, predicts that the surge of the Delta variant of COVID-19 across the U.S. will last just a few more weeks.
Speaking on CNBC, Gottlieb questioned whether new masking guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was the right call, and reminded viewers that although the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, they are not an impenetrable shield.
“The bottom line is, the vaccine does not make you impervious to infection,” Gottlieb, a physician, said. “There are some people who are developing mild and asymptomatic infections even after vaccination.”
Gottlieb also acknowledged that the Delta variant is “much more transmissible” than the original strain of the coronavirus, but questioned whether the spike in cases should necessarily lead to enforcing masks or vaccine requirements.
“I don’t think we’re going to get enough bang for our buck by telling vaccinated people they have to wear masks at all times to make it worth our while,” Gottlieb said. “I think we’re further into this Delta wave than we’re picking up. I think in another two or three weeks we’ll be through this.”
The former FDA commissioner added that the new guidance could have a “negligible impact” on reducing the virus’ spread. Multiple polls have shown that unvaccinated Americans—who make up the overwhelming majority of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths—are far less likely to adhere to the new guidelines than their vaccinated counterparts.
The CDC announced its new guidance Tuesday, urging Americans to wear masks indoors where the Delta variant is most prevalent regardless of vaccination status. The variant is responsible for over 80% of the country’s new cases, and has surged in areas where vaccination rates are low.
“If you are vaccinated in a high prevalence area, in contact with virus, [and] you think you might have the virus because you have mild symptoms of it, be prudent, get tested, maybe wear a mask especially if you are around a vulnerable person,” Gottlieb said on CNBC. “That should be bottom line guidance we give.”
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FINALLY SOMEONE POSTED Biden's 47 years of accomplishments.
It's a good - quick read.
Joe Biden's Political Career. year by year:
1973 Biden enters politics..
1974
1975
1976
1977 *Biden fights to keep schools segregated because in his own words, "allowing blacks to integrate would create a racial jungle" Fact check me.
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983 *BIDEN Taxes Social Security*
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988 *Ran for president but had to end his campaign after getting busted for plagiarism.
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993 *BIDEN Taxes Social Security, AGAIN*
1994 ***Biden writes the "Stop and Frisk" law which is what blacks blame for "systemic racism" today. This law took millions of black men from their homes and transplanted them into prison. Way to go Joe. This was Biden's biggest accomplishment in 47 years of elected office. Factcheck me, it's true.
1995
1996
1997 Hang on, not yet.
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003 Still nothing...
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 Calls Obama the first "articulate" and "clean" mainstream African-American.
2009
2010
2011
2012 Nope, nothing yet.
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020: NOW HE'S READY TO FIX THE COUNTRY.
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All it takes is a little compassion and an understanding wife.
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Accept the act that politicians, particularly Democrat ones, often change their minds so cut them some slack.
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Has this Saudi ruler come to his senses?
Saudi Crown Prince's Decision May End his Country's Support for Wahhabism
by Hany Ghoraba
IPT News
Saudi Arabia has been a main proponent and Islamism and Wahabbism for decades.
But in an April interview broadcast on Saudi-owned Al Arabiya News, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman indicated that support may be about to end. Saudi Arabia intends to disregard many of the unverified sayings attributed to Islam's prophet Muhammad that were passed from generation to generation without any verifiable source.
"We should engage in continuous interpretation of Quranic texts," bin Salman said, "and the same goes for the Sunnah of the Prophet PBUH, and all fatwas should be based on the time, place, and mindset in which they are issued."
Saudis should not idolize any scholar, even Mohamed Abdel Wahab, the Muslim theologian and founder of Wahhabism, bin Salman said.
The changes are vital if Saudi Arabia is to remain economically vibrant, he said.
"Now, we cannot grow, we cannot attract capital, we cannot have tourism, we cannot progress with such extremist thinking in Saudi Arabia. If you want millions of jobs, if you want unemployment to decline, if you want the economy to grow, if you want your income to improve, you must eradicate these projects for the other interest."
In Islam, the Prophet Muhammad's sayings, known as the hadith, are second in influence only to the Quran. Some hadith are verified and unchallenged. Scholars debate the validity of others. Bin Salman in this interview became the first Saudi official to acknowledge that.
This change could open the door to Saudi Arabia nullifying a majority of the hadiths on which many Islamists base their doctrine.
"When we commit ourselves to following a certain school or scholar, this means we are deifying human beings," bin Salman said.
The comments mark a stunning shift for Saudi Arabia, since Wahhabism has been a main component of its constitution and politics since its 1932 founding. Wahhabis remain a main challenge to the ruling House of al-Saud and have organized attempts to overthrow it, including the 1979 seizure of the grand mosque of Mecca.
Bin Salman's interview has had ripple effects. In Egypt, the grand imam of Al Azhar, the most prominent Sunni institution in the world, said that the hadith enjoyed too much emphasis.
"Calling to sanctify the jurisprudential heritage, and equating it with the Sharia leads to the rigidity of contemporary Islamic jurisprudence," said Ahmed al-Tayyib. For example, fatwas prohibiting interest on loans remain popular among Islamists based on old interpretations. But an Al Azhar fatwa stipulated that regular banking is permissible.
Other modern day-to-day activities fatwas are issued because of the confusion caused by adhering literally to old texts. Fatwas causing misogyny in Islamic societies based on unverified and weak hadiths, such as the false hadith, "A people who make a woman their ruler will never be successful," are being debunked with historical examples.
The Prophet's wife, Aisha, led the Muslim armies in the battle of Al-Gamal, wrote Syrian Islamic thinker Ahmed Al-Romh. Also, Egypt was briefly ruled in 1259 by Sultana Shajra al -Durr following the death of her husband, the last Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt.
Moreover, terrorist groups have used a statement attributed to Muhammad as inspiration. It says Muhammad was "ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's apostle."
But scholars have determined that that hadith isn't valid, wrote Moroccan Islamic thinker Mohamed ibn Al-Azrak. It "contradicts reason and sound logic ... if they call us to fight the world and sever ties with the peoples of the world."
Decades of Saudi-financed Wahhabist proselytizing are felt throughout the world. King Fahd Al Saud, bin Salman's uncle, spent more than $75 billion in efforts to spread Wahhabi Islam during his 1982-2005 reign. That money helped establish 200 Islamic colleges, 210 Islamic centers, 1,500 mosques, and 2,000 schools for Muslim children.
But now some of those investments are seen as liabilities. The kingdom started reversing that policy and gave up control of some mosque and Islamic centers in the West, such as a Brussels mosque in 2018, which it had leased since 1969. The kingdom's aim was to change its reputation as main supporter of ultra-conservative Islam.
Muslim majority countries which had more tolerant and secular traditions, such as Indonesia, witnessed increasing levels of radicalism with the spread of Wahhabism.
Indonesia, with 270 million people, has the largest Muslim population in the world. More women there are wearing the niqab, thanks to Wahhabi interpretations of unverified hadiths, and not a direct instruction in the Quran. "The women who wear a niqab must never say she is wearing it because it is required by (Islamic) Sharia," Al Azhar's al-Tayyib said in 2017. "It is like wearing or taking off a ring."
In 2016, 500,000 Islamist protestors, organized by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in Jakarta, accused the Christian governor of Indonesia's capital of blasphemy against Islam.
"The accusation came after Basuki Tjahaja Purnama referred to a Quranic verse while campaigning. He argued that some Islamists were using the verse to discourage Muslims from voting for a non-Muslim. But he was accused of insulting the Quran and Muslims. Purnama was sentenced to two years in prison sentence in April 2020.
In 2016, bin Salman announced Vision 2030, a blueprint for transforming Saudi Arabia into an industrial powerhouse. He wants expanded investment in tourism to be a key part of that vision. Tourism, mostly to religious sites, contributes $26.8 billion annually to the national GDP.
Meanwhile, the country is loosening its cultural grip. Movie theaters reopened after a 35-year ban imposed by King Fahd. Moreover, bin Salman told CBS in 2018 that women would no longer compelled by law to wear the hijab or niqab. "The decision is entirely left for women to decide what type of decent and respectful attire she chooses to wear," said bin Salman.
The Riyadh High Court in 2018 waived the requirement for women to wear full veil and restricted it to wearing a hijab. Following Salman's decision, women were seen in public walking around without any headwear.
Moreover, ancient archaeological sites, such as the Nabatean city ruins of Hegra, which were neglected for decades, were reopened for the public. Driving for women was permitted in 2017 by a royal decree.
That said, Saudi Arabia's human rights record is still criticized by a number of NGOs, such as Human Rights Watch. The country still represses dissidents, human rights activists, and independent clerics. These issues tarnish any reforms that the crown prince is undertaking.
It could be years before these religious and social reforms take root in full Saudi society. But if bin Salman's pledge to back away from Wahhabism takes root, radical Islamists have lost a key component used to spread their ideology.
IPT Senior Fellow Hany Ghoraba is an Egyptian writer, political and counter-terrorism analyst at Al Ahram Weekly, author of Egypt's Arab Spring: The Long and Winding Road to Democracy and a regular contributor to the BBC.
Copyright © 2021. Investigative Project on Terrorism. All rights reserved.
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You keep thinking it can't get worse and then it does. Feckless Republicans and, in Biden land, color trumps competence and there you have it.The Senate’s Infrastructure Rush Job
The press and public will have little time to inspect the details.
By The Editorial Board
Senators have negotiated behind closed doors for weeks over the details of their bipartisan infrastructure bill, and the legislative language was finally expected to be finished late Sunday. Yet Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to jam the $1 trillion legislation through this week before most Americans will even know what’s in it.
“Given the thoroughly bipartisan nature of the bill, I expect we will be able to consider all the relevant amendments and finish the bill in a matter of days,” Mr. Schumer said. But being “bipartisan” is hardly reassuring. The infrastructure bill is being written by a handful of Senators, though you can be sure lobbyists are all over the details if not in the room.
On the outside are Americans who want to see for themselves the fine print on permitting reform, union-wage rules, how the bill is paid for, or language that favors political constituencies. Bipartisan bills often contain some of the worst special-interest excesses.
Mr. Schumer wants to rush the bill through so he can move on to Bernie Sanders’s $3.5 trillion budget resolution that he will then sprint through on a party-line vote. He wants to pass both before the Senate’s August recess.
Amendments will often be offered and voted on while the nation sleeps to meet this artificial deadline that is convenient for the political class but not for informing the public. Both parties operate this way now. But it isn’t the right way to run a democracy, and no wonder Americans hold Congress in such low regard.
Biden Picks Soros Racist DA Who Called Police "Murderers" as U.S. Attorney
As the public became concerned about crime, Democrats not only ran away from their own police defunding rhetoric, but began claiming that Republicans were really the ones defunding the police. This bizarre outburst of chutzpah changed nothing about the bottom line.
Soros DA's in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philly, which now nailed down a new record crime wave, have turned cities into violent hellholes.
And Biden is nominating a racist Soros DA as U.S. Attorney who had called police officers "murderers".
Here's the AP's bland take on it.
Rachael Rollins, the district attorney in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, would be the first Black woman to serve as U.S. attorney in that state.
Nah. That's not what Rachael is famous for.
Rachael Rollins tweeted, "We are being murdered at will by the police" and "No more words, demand action. Radical change now."
When Boston cops objected to her "reckless statements labeling all police officers ' murderers", Rollins responded with a racist taunt, tweeting, "White fragility is real people".
As BLM riots devastated cities, the DA sneered, " It is completely ironic to have to say to you, ‘Please don’t be violent. Please keep your voice down. Please be silent and comply with all of the police’s requirements,’ when in fact it’s those very people that murder us with impunity.”
Rachael Rollins is an extremist DA backed by pro-crime extremist George Soros.
Biden's choice of Rollins sends a clear message that he supports the pro-crime agenda and opposes police officers.
Maybe someone in the media ought to ask Biden if he agrees with his nominee's claim that police officers are murderers?
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