Curious, what happen to these notables from PB?
Wonkology: Strike the Last Word
The offering of a pro forma amendment that literally "strikes the last word" from an amendment or piece of legislation in order to allow a representative to speak for up to five minutes.
http://www.tclobbying.com/news/strike-the-last-word.aspx
BART and The Salvation Army launch "Partners for Change" campaign to help homeless
BART is teaming up with The Salvation Army during its seasonal Red Kettle Campaign with a new “Partners for Change” initiative inside BART stations systemwide. The first of its kind partnership will provide donated funds and paper BART tickets from BART riders to help pay for supportive services for those who seek shelter inside BART stations and on-board trains. The partnership start date of December 3 coincides with the Army’s kettle campaign timeframe, which runs from November 22 through December 24.
“Our riders have expressed concerns and a willingness to help those experiencing homelessness in our stations and this partnership brings the community together to connect people to beds, supportive services and treatment centers. The Salvation Army is uniquely qualified to help the homeless in the Greater Bay Area and we are glad to be working with them together to continue to address this crisis,” said BART Board President Bevan Dufty. “Our various fare machines are also notorious for giving change in all coins. The Salvation Army’s iconic Red Kettle is a perfect place to off load a pocket full of change and unused paper tickets.” “Homelessness has become a humanitarian crisis, and nowhere else is the situation as poignant as it is in San Francisco, “said Major Darren Norton, Divisional Commander for The Salvation Army’s Golden State Division, based in San Francisco. “We offer a breadth of services to the homeless in our community, but we also know that working together is how we will really make a difference and change people’s lives. This partnership with BART will allow us to collaborate with our community and make a profound change.”
“The Salvation Army is thankful to have a partner in BART to help address this issue of homelessness,” said Major Ivan Wild, Divisional Commander for The Salvation Army's Del Oro Division, based in the East Bay.. “BART sees and supports our efforts to meet human needs without discrimination. We hope riders will do the same and dig deep into their hearts and their pockets to make a positive change across the bay area. Only together can we do the most good.”
https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2019/news20191202-0
https://sanfrancisco.salvationarmy.org/
https://deloro.salvationarmy.org/
They always seem to have one trick or another up their sleeve…"everything has meaning" kek
I seriously doubt POTUS will sign anything that limits free speech.. 1st and 2nd amendments will remain intact.
Indeed, they just never stop these games, and amazing how obvious they are all in plain sight.
New Zealand volcano: Police to attempt recovery of bodies Friday
New Zealand Police said they are finalizing a plan to recover the bodies of eight people on Friday morning from White Island despite worsening conditions on the volcanic island and an increasing probability of a second eruption. Deputy police commissioner John Tims said in a statement read by Civil Defence Emergency Management Director Sarah Stuart Black during a press conference that he was briefing families on the plan Thursday afternoon. GNS volcanologists Graham Leonard said the status of the island known locally as Whakaari was uncertain, volatile and worsening with the probability of a second eruption within the next 24 hours increasing from 40-60 percent for Wednesday to 50-60 percent on Thursday as there is an ongoing and increasing tremor. "Today is less safe than yesterday and the day before," he said, adding that GNS has declined to advise police on the mission. "The police make their own decisions."
Black said she stands by the police and it was their decision to carry out the mission despite the risks involved. "This is a police decision," she said. "They will take account of the risk assessment and taken all of those risk factors and informing their decision but at the end of the day it will be their decision and I will support them." There are more than 20 government and support agencies providing assistance to the response, Black said, and each is "100 percent committed to the recovery and return of the bodies of those still on the island."
The death toll has risen to eight after two U.S.-born brothers died from injuries sustained during the Monday eruption. Matthew, 13, and Ben, 16, Hollander died in hospital. Their parents, Martin and Barbara, are missing, according to the boys' Knox Grammar School in Australia where they moved to six years ago from Chicago. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen people remain in the hospital. Forty-seven tourists, including nine Americans, were on the island Monday when it erupted.
Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, New Zealand's director-general of health, said 21 patients remain in burn wards throughout the country. "They continue to require the highest level of care and a small number are very unwell," he said. Seven Australian patients have been repatriated to their home country where they continued to receive medical attention and another six will be returned by medically equipped aircraft within the next 24 hours, significantly reducing the pressure on New Zealand's taxed burn wards, he said.
Deputy police commissioner Mike Clement said earlier Thursday that a group of scientists and emergency personnel were hashing out a plan to recover the eight bodies still on the island. "We are all equally committed to finding a solution that safely gets us on to the island so we can recover the people we believed to be deceased on that island and return those people after the identification process to the families," he said. "That is the highest priority for us."
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/12/12/New-Zealand-volcano-Police-to-attempt-recovery-of-bodies-Friday/5801576131259/?lh=8