David Kaufman

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If one person punches another person in the face and says it's OK because punching is their shared culture, ask the person who's been punched if they agree.

The Taliban thugocracy has responded to the Afghanistan chapter of our new World Report by saying universal human rights are not wanted in Afghanistan.

I’d be willing to bet at least half the population thinks otherwise – the half called women and girls, whom the Taliban treat as sub-human animals.

https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/01/13?story=paragraph-4886

Thugocracy vs Humanity: Daily Brief

The Taliban thugocracy has responded to Human Rights Watch’s new World Report by saying universal human rights are not wanted in Afghanistan. @astroehlein bets at least half the country disagrees…

Human Rights Watch
Watch out, a car's going to hit you!
“I don't believe it.”
Look, it's right there.
“You're exaggerating.”
No, you should move.
“I am free to stand where I want!”
But you'll be hit.
“I've been hit by cars before.”
Please move!
“Stop living in fear.”
I am afraid--that you'll be killed.
“We can't eliminate car crashes. We must learn to live with them.”
I beg... oops, too late.
“Please get me to a hospital.”
I can't--they're overcrowded with others who wouldn't step out of the way of cars.
#COVID19

It's always Republicans.

Repeat after me: Everything out of GOP mouths is a lie and/or projection/confession.

“Republican candidate’s wife arrested, charged with casting 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election” #VoterFraud #GOP #news #Iowa

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=134305

"Republican candidate's wife arrested, charged with casting 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election" #ELB

Insider: The wife of an Iowa Republican who ran for Congress in 2020 was arrested Thursday and accused of casting 23 fraudulent votes on behalf of her husband. In an 11-page indictment, prosecutors allege that Kim Phuong Taylor “visited numerous … Continue reading “Republican candidate’s wife arrested, charged with casting 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election” →

Election Law Blog
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You know who's already indexing Mastodon posts?

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You know who I wouldn't like to see gain a foothold into the Fediverse?

Google.

I don't ever hold grudges. I set them down and come back to them later.
Kind of cool having a shit memory because everything is new all the time.

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If you are the kind who says, “You know, I'd mask on flights if WHO or the CDC said I should,” I guess you can now start masking on flights.

WHO urges travellers to wear masks as new #COVID19 variant spreads. #wearamask

https://www.reuters.com/world/whoeurope-backs-travel-checks-us-given-spread-latest-omicron-variant-2023-01-10/

WHO urges travellers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads

Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 in the United States, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters
Andrew Bridgen suspended as Tory MP over Covid vaccine comments
-- Andrew Bridgen suspended as Conservative MP for spreading misinformation, the chief whip says.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64236687?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 11, 2023 at 01:37PM
#BBC #News #politics
Andrew Bridgen suspended as Tory MP over Covid vaccine comments

Andrew Bridgen suspended as Conservative MP for spreading misinformation, the chief whip says.

BBC News