disasterism
it's a wrap
i still like harris and klobuchar
they're good to their constituency and both just want to be governor of their states, hence the POTUS run
psittacine |ˈsidəˌsīn|
adjectiveOrnithology
of, relating to, or denoting birds of the parrot family: psittacine beak and feather disease.
nounOrnithology
a bird of the parrot family.
ORIGIN
late 19th cent.: from Latin psittacinus ‘of a parrot,’ from psittacus, from Greek psittakos ‘parrot.’
Michigan Down
What's all this about Critical Mass:
Ricardo Rosselló’s governorship of Puerto Rico was doomed as soon as a critical mass of citizens took to the streets of San Juan, expressing their indignation at him for disrespecting them and their loved ones. Protests in recent days are widely believed to be the largest in the island’s history. At midday Monday, the crowd filled the eight-lane main artery into the capital city, and in so doing, protesters showed something rarely seen on the island: a conviction that events were in average Puerto Ricans’ hands. Years of grudging loyalty to the two main political parties, along with a relative tolerance for corruption (“They all steal”) in exchange for jobs, promotions, or housing, were suddenly erased by an urge to condemn Rosselló and his inner circle, who had mocked them in private.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/ricardo-rossello-confirmed-puerto-ricans-suspicions/594616/
Splash Down: They Fucking Killed Neil Armstrong??!?
Ohio hospital paid $6 million to Neil Armstrong's family after his death, court documents show
An Ohio hospital paid the estate of astronaut Neil Armstrong $6 million in a confidential agreement to settle allegations that post-surgical complications led to Armstrong's 2012 death, according to court documents and a report in The New York Times. The hospital told CBS News in a statement that they are "unable to discuss any individual or his or her care."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neil-armstrong-death-post-surgical-complications-ohio-hospital-paid-6-million-to-family-court-documents/
Also On The Radar: Veterans hospital whistleblower dies following car crash
HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — A doctor who filed a whistleblower complaint alleging substandard care at New Hampshire’s medical center for veterans has died following a car crash on Interstate 95.
State police say Dr. William Kois, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, was driving south in Hampton just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday when he left the road and drove his car into a grassy area in the center median before striking a guardrail. Troopers said they believe a medical event led to the crash.
Kois was later pronounced dead. He was director of the spinal cord clinic at the Manchester VA Medical Center.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/07/24/veterans-hospital-whistleblower-dies-following-car-crash
Sometimes You Make Me Laugh Internet:
Saying Without Saying: Must A Been SOME Rock
'Member The Spate Of Trainwrecks?
Second Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges in Philadelphia Train Wreck That Killed 8
A Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge dismissed criminal charges against a former Amtrak engineer. The state attorney general vowed Tuesday to appeal the decision.
Just before the derailment, Mr. Bostian had accelerated the train to 106 miles per hour as it entered a curved section of track with a 50 m.p.h. speed limit. The train then careened off the track and into Philadelphia’s Port Richmond neighborhood.
In dismissing the charges on Tuesday, Judge Barbara McDermott of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas sided with Mr. Bostian’s lawyer in ruling that the mistakes he made did not constitute a crime. “The law recognizes we’re all human,” the judge said, according to The Associated Press.
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Mr. Bostian erred after a local passenger train going the other direction was struck by a rock that broke that train’s windshield and made an emergency stop, said Mr. Bostian’s lawyer, Brian McMonagle.
“A mistake is never the basis for charging someone with a crime,” he said. “Otherwise, every doctor who commits malpractice would be charged with a crime.”
Judge McDermott became the second judge to reject criminal culpability for Mr. Bostian in a case that has taken an unusually twisted path through Pennsylvania’s legal system.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/brandon-bostian-amtrak.html