William Goldman, and so it goes.
"Small models of dogs are one of many types of protective figurines TT found at Nimrud, which were used in Assyria to prevent evil and sickness from entering a building and plaguing its occupants." Passive and sympathetic magic. (Grokked from Matt Staggs)
"A team of scientists claims to have unraveled one of the animal kingdom's more peculiar mysteries: why wombat poop is cube-shaped." The world can rest easy now.
"Texas cases of infant botulism linked to honey pacifiers dream Mexico." Don't feed honey to infants, peoples.
"For instance, he says, if Congress ever repeals the Affordable Care Act, insurers could use the fitness data they're collecting today to deny you coverage based on a medical condition that your tracker picks up." In case you didn't know, many corporations use Wellness Programs and Health Fairs as a way to circumvent HIPAA and get your health data. Full disclosure, yes I wear a fitbit which is tied to my employment at the hospital. I don't have my insurance through there (as I'm PRN, and they have horrible insurance), but I do get some benefits (gift cards). Plus I also like to have the data. You can really tell the difference from the times I'm just at the day thing and when I'm working at the hospital.
"Chickenpox has taken hold of a school in North Carolina where many families claim religious exemption from vaccines… 'What's the big deal with chickenpox?' one city resident, Amy Gordon, told the Citizen-Times." Ask someone who has had shingles, because it's the same damn virus. And although you can catch shingles (for which there are also vaccinations), it is usually an outbreak of Varicella-Zoster virus that has been hiding in your nerves since you had chicken-pox. This is why the infection usually follows dermatome regions (parts of your body innervated by single sensory nerves). Chicken-pox attacks the nervous system and destroys your nerves.
"Thirty-four percent of US parents said their child was unlikely to get the flu vaccine this year, according to a report published Monday by C.S. Mott Children's Hospital." I understand there are extenuating circumstances that can lead to not getting a flu shot (allergies, cost, availability, etc), but if you can get a flu shot, get the gorram flu shot.
"After more than a month on the move, a caravan of migrants from Central America has come to a halt just a few yards from the border wall that divides Mexico and the United States." The invasion is here. But they may have a 2 month wait because there are already long line for asylum seekers. Just imaging how long D-Day would have taken if that invasion had to go through passport control.
"President Trump's effort to limit the number of people seeking asylum in the United States will face legal challenges in two different federal courts on Monday."
"Oklahoma Republican state Sen. Ralph Shortey has resigned after pleading guilty to trafficking a teenaged boy for sex; when Shortey was serving as Trump's Oklahoma campaign manager, he introduced an anti-sanctuary cities bill, claiming that immigrants trafficked their children for sex." I just can't. (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)
"A former Ohio judge and state lawmaker who went to prison for brutally assaulting his wife in 2014 was taken into custody after she was found dead, authorities said."
"The governor of Kansas is demanding the resignation of a white county commissioner who claimed he was 'part of the master race' when talking to an African-American consultant during a public meeting last week." Louis Klemp, chairman of the Leavenworth County Board of Commissioners, was not elected, but appointed by the Republican Party to serve out the term of the elected chairman who is ill. Which, frankly, is a stupid way of filling the vacancy.
"Election after election, pundits predict that Latinos will be a powerful voting bloc. And Latino voters consistently underperform those expectations by failing to turn out at the polls in big numbers… But this year's midterm results in Nevada, Arizona and other states suggest that Latino turnout is up dramatically — a development that could reshape the electoral landscape for 2020 and beyond."
"CBS News White House correspondent Major Garrett on Friday said that it 'should be noted' that the Obama administration attempted to 'demonize' Fox News regularly." Oh look, it's a "both side-ism". Well howdy, little fella. Was wondering when you'd show up. Let me see, (checks notes), I don't seem to remember President Obama declaring that Fox was an "enemy of the people." I don't seem to see anywhere where he denigrated reporters who worked there (although I believe he did say something about Bill O'Reilly, but by Bill's own words, he wasn't a reporter and about whosehisface who started up the Blaze but even he was so over the top Fox cut him). I don't seem to remember Obama degrading reporters at the briefings saying they were horrible people. I don't remember him telling his supporters they should be angry with Fox, and I don't remember people yelling and spitting at Fox News reporters during his campaign stops. I also don't seem to remember pipe bombs and daily death threats from Obama supporters. So, yeah, it's exactly the same thing. "'Now, they never tried to pull my pass, but they had this sort of arms-length relationship to Fox and tried to demonize it on a daily basis. So that's another part of American history and journalism in the White House press corps I think at least should be noted at this moment,' he said." Lighten up, Francis.
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