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Still bigotry and intolerance- just a different discrimination targets.

Don't know if this has been posted elsewhere here, but Bombers have re-signed Chris Kolankowski.

(Has the tide finally turned?) DOJ unveils explosive sedition charges against the Oath Keepers for the Jan. 6 attack The U.S. Dept. of Justice raised the stakes one year and one week after the violent and deadly January 6 insurrection, filing charges of seditious conspiracy against eleven people including the leader of the far right anti-government vigilante group Oath Keepers and ten others, CNN reports. A D.C. grand jury “returned an indictment yesterday, which was unsealed today, charging 11 defendants with seditious conspiracy and other charges for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election,” the Dept. of Justice said in a statement Thursday afternoon.

George Carlin, the American comedian/observer of his country said of them, " Think of how stupid the average American is. Then, remember that half of them are stupider than that."

Because he has a superhero alias name?

Exactly. In Behavioural Modification therapy, the best way to ensure that bad behaviour continues is to reward it immediately. I want the ticket concession.

Apparently the GOP in general and the Trumpists in particular no longer see a need to appear sane to boost their popularity. They feel that between their rabid zealot supporters, gerrymandering and voter suppression along with appointing election officials who will follow orders to disqualify unfriendly ballots, they have the the next Congressional and Senate majorities locked up. Their supporters have repeatedly demonstrated that they are willfully blind to any and all developments that reveal the GOP to be fascist, corrupt, pedophilic and arrogant. The Trumpists have no reason to change as the most vociferous anti-vaxxer, pro-conspiratorial GOP candidates are raking in the most donations.

Could cannabis prevent COVID? To the authors of a new study, it sure looks like it. But put away the pipe — it appears the compounds that may be most helpful in preventing COVID degrade at high temps A groundbreaking new study published this week identified what could be an unexpected tool in the world's fight against COVID-19: cannabis. Yes, you read that right. According to a peer-reviewed paper published this week in the Journal of Natural Products, titled "Cannabinoids Block Cellular Entry of SARS-CoV-2 and the Emerging Variants," at least three compounds naturally occurring in the cannabis plant were shown in lab tests to be effective at stopping coronavirus molecules from entering human cells. The mechanism effectively mimics the activity of antibodies, with the cannabis compounds attaching themselves to the virus' spike protein, one of the authors told Salon. The study concludes: With widespread use of cannabinoids, resistant variants could still arise, but the combination of vaccination and CBDA/CBGA treatment should create a more challenging environment with which SARS-CoV-2 must contend, reducing the likelihood of escape. In case any of that is confusing, the authors also included in the paper a handy illustration of the phenomenon: The findings have gone viral, so to speak, trending on Twitter and inspiring much speculation online under the hashtag "#WeedPreventsCOVID." But don't reach for that joint just yet — the compounds, CBD-A, CBG-A, and THC-A, are non-psychoactive and degrade at high temperatures, which makes smoking or baking less-than-ideal ways to consume them. Pills or gummies are better, not to mention concentrates that have been designed to maximize the content of these specific substances. Beyond that, the entire premise must undergo a series of clinical trials before researchers will say for sure whether it works in real life the way it does in the controlled conditions of a lab. Still, Dr. Richard van Breemen, one of the study's authors and a professor of medicinal chemistry at Oregon State University, says the results are "incredibly promising." "This is by far the biggest response to a study that I've encountered in my career," Dr. Van Breemen told Salon. "A number of hemp dietary supplements containing these compounds are available over-the-counter all over the country," he added, meaning if the findings were carried over into successful clinical trials, the preventative treatment would immediately be accessible by millions of Americans. Could cannabis prevent COVID? To the authors of a new study, it sure looks like it | Salon.com

Unhinged Candace Owens Pushes Vaccine Conspiracy About Bob Saget’s Death Far-right troll Candace Owens baselessly suggested on Tuesday that beloved comedian Bob Saget may have suddenly died last week because he was vaccinated against COVID-19, adding that she has “a right to ask the question.” Saget, best known for his lead role on Full House, was found dead last week in an Orlando hotel room. Local authorities have said they “found no signs of foul play or drug use in this case,” and that the 65-year-old actor appeared to have died in his sleep. As of now, the cause of death is still unknown, and results from a final autopsy could take three months. Nevertheless, as one of conservative media’s loudest anti-vaxxers, Owens decided to use Saget’s tragic death to yet again peddle conspiracy theories about the coronavirus vaccines, which have been proven to be overwhelmingly safe and effective. During the Tuesday night broadcast of her self-titled online talk show, in a segment first flagged by Media Matters, Owens rhetorically asked whether she was a “conspiracy theorist” or “Nostradamus” when it came to denouncing vaccines as dangerous and ineffective. (Candace is produced and published by The Daily Wire, the Ben Shapiro-centric outlet founded by Ben Shapiro.) “The answer is neither,” she exclaimed. “I’m just not on Big Pharma’s payroll and I refuse to peddle in their lies. And so to that end, today, I’m going to point out another truth and it will likely be deemed a conspiracy theory until it’s not.” From there she immediately tied Saget’s death to the fact that he was vaccinated and had received his booster shot. “There are too many healthy individuals, like Bob Saget, who we know have received their vaccinations, who are dropping dead, suddenly and unexpectedly with no further explanation,” Owens proclaimed. “Healthy athletes, young students in their physical prime—the majority of them males—dropping dead suddenly and unexpectedly in the middle of games from heart issues. What we know for a fact is that these people are being mandated to take the vaccine.” Candace Owens Pushes Unhinged Vax Conspiracy About Bob Saget’s Death (thedailybeast.com)

When Collaros was with other teams, he took an ungodly pounding which nearly ended his career. With the Bombers, he rarely got his jersey soiled. He and his wife have to consider whether he wants to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair or being unable to life his head without hurting. He ought to talk to Matty Dunigan about that.

It is far easier to destroy than build.

FIFY

Kongbo wasn't wowing anyone in the CFL, so, Denver's fix for their pass rush may have to wait.

Santa Lucia or nothing.

What we are seeing in the appointment of the current Minister of Health is an analogous to what the federal PCs following the debacles of the Mulroney era when they saw themselves losing in a landslide. They appointed a female PM hoping that anyone who dared criticize the party and her, by extension could be labeled as anti-feminist. Ms. Gordon is taking bullets for the team but also seems very ill-fitted for her post, so the provincial PCs can intimate that anyone criticizing the Department of Health's fatalistic and ineffective responses is anti-feminist and perhaps even racist.

I may be wrong, but I think the federal government can ask for an expedited hearing by the SCOTUS under some conditions.

She would not appreciate you pointing that out to her. She is preaching to the choir. And such a virulent critic of organized religion that his family suppressed much of his writings until well after he died, fearing that he would be attacked and possibly killed. Sound familiar?

I have also been privileged to be part of seeing people pulling themselves up out of addiction, poverty and despair. That far outweighed seeing some fail and even die.

Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests using 'Second Amendment rights' against Democrats Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Tuesday suggested using "Second Amendment rights" to fight Democrats while defending her proposal for a "national divorce" akin to the Southern states' secession of the 1860s. "Ultimately the truth is it's our Second Amendment rights, our right to bear arms, that protects Americans and give us the ability to defend ourselves from a tyrannical government," Greene said in a podcast interview with former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka, while discussing Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams' calls for stricter gun regulations. "And I hate to use this language but Democrats, they're exactly — they're doing exactly what our founders talked about when they gave us the precious rights that we have." Greene, who has repeatedly proposed a "national divorce" between red and blue states, quickly defended her comment. "No one wants violence and I say all the time I am not a violent person," she told Gorka. "I hope to never see a civil war in this country and that's why you hear me toss around 'national divorce.' The federal government has grown so big and the Democrats are willing to use the power of the federal government, that it really violates people's rights." Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests using 'Second Amendment rights' against Democrats - Alternet.org

A mandatory part of being accredited was an extensive pharmacology course with a pass mark of 90%, so what you cite and more was a part of it. THC/CBD do have their places but are not without a degree of risk. When my late wife was in her last days suffering from intractable pain from the cancer, I advocated for her to be paced on Cesamet and it worked better than the Opiods.

I believe it was Sam Clemens who said that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of Americans.