2022/11/21

Monday, November 21, 2022 (#325)

Sunday Monday Tuesday 2022-11-21 Count every penny before you go to the airport (via): guy slightly underdeclared how much cash he was carrying, US/gov/CBP took it all -- but didn't charge him with anything. So... what's the justification for taking it? 2022-11-21 European team captains at the World Cup won't wear armbands promoting diversity (h/t) «Seven European national soccer teams - including England, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Wales - announced their team captains would not wear armbands promoting diversity because they feared on-field punishments by tournament organizers during the 2022 World Cup.» Why was Qatar awarded the event, if they were going to pull a stunt like that? Shouldn't there be rules prohibiting a country from imposing bigoted rules? nytimes.com/2022/11/14/health/puberty-blockers-transgender: ugh 2022-11-21 Twitter France Head Quits in Exodus, Says ‘It’s Over’ (h/t) 2022-11-18 Big Ag Delegates More Than Double at COP27 (h/t) «DeSmog counted the number of registered COP27 delegates who were either directly linked to the world’s largest agribusiness firms – such as meatpackers JBS, food corporation Cargill, or biotech leaders Bayer – or participating in the UN talks as part of delegations that represent industry interests.» 2022-11-21 An Army Veteran Says He Went Into ‘Combat Mode’ to Disarm the Gunman: It seems completely on-brand that the police held the hero for an hour without charges. It also seems rather glorious that the gunman was subdued by being beaten on the head with his own (2nd) gun, and stomped on by a drag dancer's high-heels. 2022-11-20 Senior Democratic lawmakers demand answers on alleged Supreme Court leak «Whitehouse and Johnson warn chief justice that if he won’t investigate, Congress will.» 2022-11-21 Hospitals Are Full of Kids Sick With RSV—And Anti-Vaxxers Think It’s a Hoax 2022-11-21 Hidden audits reveal millions in overcharges by Medicare Advantage plans 2022-11-20 Voters 'Will Walk Barefoot Over Broken Glass' For Me, Boasts Ron DeSantis: he's describing the policies he plans to implement 2022-11-20 Maricopa County Chairman Transferred to Undisclosed Location After Death Threats «Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates confirmed on Sunday that he was transferred and provided a security detail after workers at the Arizona county elections office faced months of escalating death threats that made it increasingly difficult to do their job. Gates, a Republican, has faced particular backlash as a vocal critic of false election claims spurred by Trump’s election denialism in 2020.» They eventually eat their own. 2022-11-21 Ohio GOP moves forward bill to strip powers from Board of Ed. after losing control to Democrats (h/t)