“But instead of court losses dissuading Trump from his aggression, it’s only dared him to grow bolder. He’s coming after organizations over which he has no control and buildings which the federal government does not own.”
Great reporting by @marisakabas.bsky.socialhttps://www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-institute-of-peace-break-in
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Isn’t that the Mar-a-Lago makeup routine, extremely beige with enough eyeliner to make the eyes as small as possible?
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One of my partners has a long distance relationship with a man in Denmark. He’s been to visit them a few times over the past two years and was considering moving here even before the two of them started a relationship. At this point, I’m encouraging my partner to consider going to Denmark and marry him, although I don’t think they’re going to go.
That and the effect this will have on places that depend on foreign tourists. No one wants to to visit a tourist attraction that’s on fire.
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Replace Eastasia with Canada.
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OK, I feel like I need to double check myself to give accurate information. According to Harvard,
Total number of virions produced per cell (bu - Influenza - BNID 101605
| Range | 1000-10,000 virions/cell |
|---|---|
| Organism | Influenza |
| Reference | Stray SJ, Air GM. Apoptosis by influenza viruses correlates with efficiency of viral mRNA synthesis. Virus Res. 2001 Sep77(1):3-17. p.8 top of left columnPubMed ID11451482 |
| Method | p.7 right column:“Virus growth was assessed in MDCK cells with or without sialidase treatment (Table 1). For each strain, titerable and viable virus was produced even with complete desialylation of monolayers prior to and during virus infection.” |
| Comments | “Burst size (progeny virus per infected cell) was calculated for each virus infecting untreated MDCK cells and found to be 1,000–10,000 particles per cell for each, similar to the previously reported yield from chicken allantois (Cairns 1952 PMID 14946411).” For value of 100 virions/cell see BNID 104852 |
| Entered by | Andreas Handel |
Note that this is per infected cell. The numbers get astronomical really fast. So, yeah, stupid plan.
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I think it’s supposed to mean that they are so clever that they have never before been arrested, or that they’ve effectively covered their tracks.
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That’s clearly the implication, but the effect is that they don’t have to prove anything, they just know.
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From The Intellectualist – Black Saturday: The Day the United States Ceased to Be a Constitutional Democracy. I don’t think this will surprise anyone here, but it’s a good summary of the weekend’s events.
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March 15
“Then fall, Caesar”
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So how big is your house? 
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Fuck off punks.
–DJ Tramp
Having already been on a plane for 11 hours, upon my partner Roz and I arriving at the immigration booth we were beckoned to, we were told that Roz could go through, but something had flagged up which required my being taken away for questioning. There were two issues: 1) they said I didn’t have the right visa for entry and 2) there was another issue, which they wouldn’t disclose, both of which prevented me from being allowed into America – I’m now wondering if my regular and less than flattering public pronouncements regarding their president and his administration were a factor; or maybe that’s just me succumbing to paranoia. I was then taken by two police officers to another part of LAX and escorted to a very cold holding pen where I discovered Stefan and Marc in situ along with some Columbian, Chinese and Mexican detainees. My luggage, phone and passport were all taken from me, and at 4am (I’d arrived in LA at 7pm) I took part in a second interview conducted by a very sympathetic female immigration officer, who even kindly went out into the airport to see if she could find Roz to update her on my situation and pass on information regarding the enforced flight I was to take back from whence I came. She did both, and I’m most indebted to Officer Jones for her assistance and decency. Luckily, Roz was able to change her flight to the same one that I was escorted onto by two police officers at 8pm the next day – at that point I’d been in the holding room for 25 hours without sleep and with only a pot noodle and a couple of cups of tea to sustain me. Roz had been obliged to spend 25 hours in the airport waiting for me to emerge. Another eleven hour flight was then endured, the worst bit being I was denied any alcohol because its United Airlines’ policy that any passenger being escorted onto a flight in that manner cannot be served as much as a single glass of wine: Stefan and Marc, on the other hand, who travelled back via British Airways, were allowed to make the most of the free booze on their flight to help offset the stress of our shared experience. I’m really sad that the true UK Subs were unable to provide the performance and the diverse set we’d prepared, all of which the audience deserved; although kudos and congrats are in order for the three musicians who stepped in last minute to play with Charlie. The photo I’ve provided is of Roz and me sitting outside a bar, sharing a few wines together, after finally getting back to our homestead in SW France – despite being happy to be home, my scowling face reflect the after effects of 2 days without sleep. So, in conclusion, although not being something I’d want to replicate, it was actually an educational experience and, honestly, I’m kind of proud of myself for being thrown out of America at the age of 67, now knowing that my relationships with that country is over for the foreseeable future. And maybe, just maybe, that’s why the chorus of track 3, side 1, of the first Clash album keeps running around my head.
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Bird Flu makes for the tenderest McNuggets.
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The same logic leads to considering Kristi Noem guilty of shooting babies in the gravel pit of her family farm.
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I’m old enough to remember when it was patriotic to champion Freedom of Speech as being a defining pillar of our country.
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LOL, Harvard. What do they know? Just ask RFK jr what he thinks. /s
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Yes; and no, he’s shouldn’t be paranoid.
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^^THIS^^
With all the anti-DEI news, I’m trying to figure out who’s on the committee that decided on “Black Saturday.”
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So, to summarize, “If we can’t deport your wife, we can certainly detain and torture you” and “I don’t know what that tattoo is, so it must be a gang symbol.” This would be a joke if it weren’t so damned tragic. For anyone who thought “The cruelty and suffering is the point” was a meaningless slogan, here you go.
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