A child under five years old has died of measles in Ontario, according to the provincial public health agency — the first such death in the province since 1989, when tracking began.
#Trump Says Little on #Gaza, & Nothing About What He’d Do Differently
In the ~5 months since #Hamas invaded #Israel on #Oct7, igniting the most divisive #ForeignPolicy crisis of #Biden’s presidency, Trump has said noticeably little about the subj.
#Trump has offered no substantive criticisms of Biden’s response to the #Hamas invasion & #Israel’s retaliation in #Gaza. Instead, he has pinned the blame for the entire crisis on #Biden’s “weakness,” in the same way he often does when #violence or #tragedy occurs.
It is unimaginable that in a pre-Trump #Republican Party, the standard-bearer would have had so little to say about a major #terrorist attack against Israel & a broadening regional #conflict in the middle of a presidential campaign.
To audiophiles, it was a sonic masterpiece. To his family, it was a monument to neglect. Ken Fritz's million-dollar stereo reigned supreme in the world of hi-fi, but its shadow cast a chilling darkness on his North Chesterfield home.
What happened to Brittany Watts never should have happened in the first place. Now we need to make sure it never happens again -- nobody should be criminalized for how their pregnancy ends. We have multiple ways for you to take action right now. https://indivisible.org/resource/demand-justice-brittany-watts
Too sedated from neuro illness to read much at the mo. But started The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien. Though skipped opening context/intro. I'm taking it as a story on its own terms, without overbearing Silmarillion-esque trappinggs that I find off-putting. Liking the epic/myth/tragedy combo. #Books#Reading#Bookstodon#Tolkien#MiddleEarth#Silmarillion#Fantasy#Mythology#Tragedy#neuro#Fiction
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33 Years Ago: Def Leppard Guitarist Steve Clark Dies
On Jan. 8, 1991, Def Leppard's Steve Clark died from an overdose.
“When the Supreme Court overturned Roe…, it claimed to be removing the judiciary from the abortion debate. In reality, it simply gave the courts a macabre new task: deciding how far states can push a patient toward death before allowing her to undergo an emergency abortion.” From a good column on the law at issue in a case the Supreme Court today decided to hear, to decide whether state total abortion bans conflict with federal law requiring emergency care. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/01/supreme-court-abortion-case-texas-dobbs.html#LawFedi
Just weeks after Kate Cox was denied abortion care in Texas, the 5th Circuit Court ruling now allows emergency rooms to deny women abortion care, even when their lives are at stake.
My Democratic Women's Caucus colleagues and I are fighting back against this cruelty.
Former IDF Maj.-Gen. Yaakov Amidror discussed the need to regulate the IDF's open-fire policy, but stressed the difficulties in urban combat in Gaza, where visibility is poor.
#Texas Supreme Court has put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an #abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a #fatal#diagnosis.
Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge's ruling that approved an abortion for a #pregnant#woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the #U.S.
"Another Old White Man deciding what a Woman Can and Can't do with her own body"
It does not accurately describe either the foundation of #Israel or the tragedy of the #Palestinians.
By Simon Sebag Montefiore
“…Whatever the enormous complexities…, one truth should be obvious among decent people: killing 1,400 people & kidnapping >200, including scores of #civilians, was deeply wrong.
“>7k #Palestinians, including many #children, have died so far in this war…. This is (absolutely) a #TRAGEDY —but this is not a genocide….
“…Israeli rule of the #Occupied Territories of the #WestBank is different &, to my mind, unacceptable, unsustainable, & #unjust. The Palestinians in the West Bank have endured a harsh, unjust, & oppressive #occupation since 1967. Settlers under the disgraceful #Netanyahu govt have harassed & persecuted Palestinians in the West Bank:
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37 Years Ago: Metallica's Cliff Burton Dies in Bus Crash
On Sept. 27, 1986, Metallica's Cliff Burton was killed in a bus crash.
Edward Lerat, a vice-chief of the Federation of #Saskatchewan#IndianNations , said in March that #FirstNation leaders had been galvanized to improve on-reserve security after a September 2022 mass stabbing on the territory of the James Smith #Cree Nation. Not only had perpetrator #MylesSanderson been #paroled despite a #HighRisk to #reoffend against the community, but #RCMP were chronically delayed in responding to the #tragedy
IDF soldiers who killed hostages disobeyed orders to hold fire (m.jpost.com)
Former IDF Maj.-Gen. Yaakov Amidror discussed the need to regulate the IDF's open-fire policy, but stressed the difficulties in urban combat in Gaza, where visibility is poor.