Good copy, anon. Name may have changed in the interim.
Significance: Blossom to Star
Excellent. I'm working on a list of questions for the Senate to ask Fauci during testimony. Or maybe the Dems are going to have to do it?!
Yep. Was blossoming in the early stages, and once ready and revealed to the public, it became a star.
Now you're catching on!
ICYMI from yesterday: Who are these people!!
Facebook Names 20 ‘Supreme Court’ Members With Power to Overrule Mark Zuckerberg
“We expect them to make some decisions that we, at Facebook, will not always agree with – but that’s the point: they are truly autonomous in their exercise of independent judgment,” Facebook VP Nick Clegg said on Wednesday. “We also expect that the board’s membership itself will face criticism. But its long-term success depends on it having members who bring different perspectives and expertise to bear.”
Eventually, the oversight board is expected to hit 40 members. Here’s a quick look at the first 20 people to join:
Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei (Senegal): program manager of the Open Society Intiative for West Africa
Evelyn Aswad (U.S.): University of Oklahoma law professor, specializing in “the application of international human rights standards,” per Facebook
Endy Bayuni (Indonesia): Senior editor at Jakarta Post and the executive director of the International Association of Religion Journalists
Catalina Botero-Marino (Columbia): Dean of the Universidad de Los Andes law school, and has also served as an alternate judge of the Colombian Constitutional Court; she’ll serve as co-chair of the board
Katherine Chen (Taiwan): Communications professor at the National Chengchi University
Nighat Dad (Pakistan): Director of the Digital Rights Foundation, a non-profit focused on free speech online and cyber harassment
Jamal Greene, (U.S.): Columbia Law School professor, focused on constitutional rights. He recently served as Senior Visiting Scholar at the Knight First Amendment Institute; board co-chair
Pamela Karlan (U.S.): Stanford law professor and co-director of the university’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
Tawakkol Karman (Yemen): Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for “promoting non-violent change in Yemen during the Arab Spring,” per Facebook
Maina Kiai (Kenya): Director of HumanRights Watch’s global alliances and partnerships program and former head of Kenya’s National Commission on Human Rights
Sudhir Krishnaswamy (India): Vice Chancellor of the National Law School of India University
Ronaldo Lemos (Brazil): Co-founder of the non-profit Institute for Technology and Society and professor at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janiero
Michael McConnell (U.S.): A former U.S. Court of Appeals judge and current director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford; he’ll co-chair lonside Greene and Botero-Marino
Julie Owono (France): Executive Director of Internet Sans Frontieres, and a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Emi Palmor (Israel): Former Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Justice
Alan Rusbridger (U.K.): Former editor-in-chief of The Guardian, where he published Snowden’s leaked national security documents
Andras Sajo (Hungary): Founding Dean of Legal Studies at Central European University and a former VP of the European Court of Human Rights
John Samples (U.S.): Founder of The Cato Institute’s Center for Representative Government and advocate for free speech online
Nicolas Suzor (Australia): Queensland University law professor
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Denmark): The former prime minister of Denmark who currently serves on a number of corporate boards and is a member of the U.S. council on Foreign Relations
https://www.thewrap.com/facebook-names-supreme-court-members/
Coronavirus Morning Briefing: Jobless Claims Are Slowing, Suggesting Layoffs Have Peaked
Good morning. The wave of coronavirus-related layoffs across the U.S. appears to be slowing, as economists project jobless claims this week dropped to about half the peak of 6.9 million touched in late March. Meanwhile, restaurants and retailers begin to welcome back customers. The question is, will they come? Take care of yourselves, and thanks for reading.
The Latest Numbers
3,768,535 confirmed cases world-wide, and 264,109 deaths
24,134 new U.S. cases since yesterday
1,228,609 total confirmed cases in the U.S. so far
2,353 new deaths in the U.S. since yesterday
73,431 total U.S. deaths so far
7,759,771 tests conducted in the U.S.
Texas Supreme Court orders release of Dallas salon owner who was jailed for ignoring shutdown order
The court order came soon after Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was modifying his recent executive orders related to the coronavirus pandemic to eliminate jail time for Texans who violate them.
by Cassandra Pollock May 7, 2020 1 hour ago
The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday granted a motion to release Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther, who was sentenced to seven days in jail for defying orders to keep her business closed during the pandemic.
The order came soon after Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was modifying his recent executive orders related to the coronavirus pandemic to eliminate jail time for Texans who violate them. The move by Abbott was an attempt to release Luther, and prevent the jailing of others who have violated similar orders in recent weeks.
Luther, who state district Judge Eric Moyé found in contempt of court earlier this week, kept her Salon a la Mode running while violating local stay-at-home orders and despite receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, as well as a temporary restraining order Moyé signed that told Luther her business must remain closed.
“Throwing Texans in jail who have had their businesses shut down through no fault of their own is nonsensical, and I will not allow it to happen,” Abbott said in a statement, adding that his order is retroactive to April 2 and supersedes local directives. "As some county judges advocate for releasing hardened criminals from jail to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it is absurd to have these business owners take their place.”
Abbott in his statement also mentioned that his modifications “may also ensure” that others in similar cases “should not be subject to confinement.” Abbott referenced Ana Isabel Castro-Garcia and Brenda Stephanie Mata, who last month were arrested and charged with violating the community’s emergency management plan, according to the Laredo Morning Times.
The Laredo Police Department said it would respond to Abbott's announcement soon, while a spokesperson for Dallas County was not immediately available for comment.
Abbott's order Thursday comes a day after he and other top Texas Republicans weighed in on the controversy surrounding Luther, with the governor saying that Moyé had taken "excessive action" and suggesting that "there are less restrictive means" than jailing Luther. At the time though, Abbott did not indicate whether he planned to wade in further — which disgruntled some hardline Republicans who had been calling on the governor to commute Luther's sentence.
Attorney General Ken Paxton, meanwhile, called for Luther's immediate release in a statement and in a letter to Moyé on Wednesday.
“I find it outrageous and out of touch that during this national pandemic, a judge … would jail a mother for operating her hair salon in an attempt to put food on her family’s table,” Paxton said, calling Moyé’s order to jail and fine Luther thousands of dollars “a shameful abuse of judicial discretion.”
Later Wednesday, Moyé, along with the 11 other state civil district judges in Dallas County, signed onto a letter to Paxton calling his correspondence "an ex parte communication about a pending case."
"In this context, for you to 'Urge' a Judge towards a particular substantive outcome in this matter is most inappropriate and equally unwelcome," read the letter, which was reported by WFAA. "Please do not communicate with the Court in this manner further."
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/07/texas-dallas-salon-owner-coronavirus/
A sign that states may be opening too soon
Most states that plan to begin reopening their economies fail to meet at least one of the basic criteria set by the Trump administration last month, according to a Times analysis. That’s another reason to be worried that the coronavirus may begin spreading more rapidly in the coming weeks.
Of the 30 states that have moved toward a lifting of their lockdown, nearly a third do not have a declining percentage of virus tests that come back positive, which is one of the criteria:
IT'S LIKE 9 STATES AND NOT BY THAT MUCH
MUH NARRATIVE EDITION
So ridiculous. These tests have been BOGUS from the beginning!!
Flip this state blue over my dead body!!
Yep. It happened in Italy first. Infurating. And the tests were not testing for this specific coronavirus. Not to mention the flu shot for this season HAD the damn crap in it.
So: Where is the statistic about:
How many people who have tested positive for COVID-19 had the flu shot this year?
(all I can find so far)
One of our viewers asked, "Did the patients that are testing positive for coronavirus have a flu shot this year?"
While that information has not been widely reported, we do know the flu vaccine has not been proven to prevent coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, while the influenza vaccine is not effective against COVID-19, it is highly recommended people get vaccinated each year. Health officials said it will help with the flu, keeping at-risk populations healthier.
You can submit your questions to Iteam@wlos.com. News 13's Jennifer Emert, Lauren Brigman and Karen Zatkulak will work to get an answer for you.
https://wlos.com/news/local/did-patients-who-are-testing-positive-for-coronavirus-get-a-flu-shot-this-year
This guy spoke out and they silenced him!!
A March 23 post by user Ash Arditi, which has more than 1,100 shares, also connected the vaccine to the virus.
"Remember … they doubled the flu shot dose this year and even pushed it at the Golden Globes," the post said. "… The quadrivalent FLU SHOT for the 2019-2020 season has a 'trivalent' strain of CORONAVIRUS IN IT."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/01/fact-check-flu-shot-coronavirus-not-connected-medical-experts-say/2933900001/>>9064940