Texas Senate opens redistricting debate with proposed map one senator labels “intentional discrimination”

The first draft of the Senate map was authored by a Republican who chairs the Senate redistricting committee. It immediately drew fire from a Democratic member who said her district was being redrawn to dilute voting power of people of color.

The Texas Senate kicked off the decennial redistricting process on Saturday, releasing the first draft of its own members’ district maps which shore up the strength of the Republican majority.

On Monday, the Texas Legislature meets for a 30-day special session dedicated to redrawing political maps based on the latest census data, which showed people of color fueled 95% of Texas’ population growth over the past decade.

The Legislature is tasked with setting new boundaries for House and Senate districts in addition to redrawing new district maps for the state’s congressional seats and for the State Board of Education. Republicans hold majorities in both chambers and will have every advantage as they use the process to position their party for the next decade as the state population becomes younger and more diverse.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/18/texas-senate-redistricting-map/

Texas started their snitch thing in a tiny town in called Waskom in 2019. The town was so small and had no abortion facilities. It was mostly symbolic. In 2020 Lubbock caught on and created a snitch ordinance for Planned Parenthood over there. Planned Parenthood in Lubbock closed shop.



Blue states can get a municipality to do a mask snitch ordinance.
Governors can write an executive order to create snitch law

The beauty about mask ordinances is that they are temporary (Once Covid is over, the experiment is over)...Lots of people violate mask ordinances, so there will be lots of lawsuits...

Seattle? Portland? San Francisco? NYC? Anywhere?? Please!!!



https://apnews.com/article/texas-us-supreme-court-laws-185e383ba4aa6cfc558231dcabd4104a

can we sue Ivermectin? can we sue the feed store?

Asking for an anti-vaxer.

Here are a few facts:

Generalizations..(We have our progressives, but I'm describing the majority of Democrats)

Democrats here tend to be somewhat socially conservative
They are even more conservative in the Rio Grande Valley..(Henry Cuellar)
Democrats are overwhelmingly Latino or African American.
Most of my friends go to church every week...I'm the lazy hold out
We don't discuss reproductive rights because other issues are more important
Latinos are majority Catholic and even among Democrats abortion or abortion rights is not something they feel comfortable discussing.

Of course they are upset about SB 8, because it is so horrendous...But the majority of reproductive limitations in the past do not appear to have angered them to the point that it flips elections.

Sen Eddio Lucio Jr (D- Brownsville) voted for the anti-abortion bill.


Then we have our Progressive voters

They tend to be white...
Democrats who are involved with Planned Parenthood tend to be white and tend to have more money.
However, white Democrats are the minority here...

Based on this, the Republicans feel that there will not be a huge rebellion in Texas....

Ahh the Times of India..even has an infographic...

Gujarat Man Dies After Using Adhesive Instead of Condom



It wasn't Florida man after all...It happened in Ahmedabad, India....


https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-using-adhesive-instead-of-condom-killed-youth/articleshow/85581295.cms

News 18 puts a picture of a condom, juxtaposed with a photo of epoxy to illustrate the point..



https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/gujarat-man-dies-after-using-adhesive-instead-of-condom-4121828.html

Found on a General Discussion thread which was locked. Everyone thought it was Florida man because the article came from a Florida TV station......
Darwin Award...

Some of this info is a few weeks old, but it might explain why Israel's breakthrough rate is so high. The actual number of Covid cases in Israel is still low and apparently, their vaccination rate is like 85%...So, when you have a high vaccination rate, it's gonna make it look like the vaccine is less effective than it actually is. Of course, we need to be concerned, but it isn't as bad as I thought it was..Heck, I was thinking we were almost back to 2020.

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Paywall article from WaPo:
Vaccine doubters’ strange fixation with Israel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/19/vaccine-skeptics-zero-israel-again-some-reason/





Epidemiologist gives an explanation. From June 27th, but it explains the stats...I know we've got the UK with 88% effectiveness and Israel with 39% effectiveness and the whole thing has got my head spinning
Israel, 50% of infected are vaccinated, and base rate bias

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/israel-50-of-infected-are-vaccinated





Original article that freaked me out:

Israel says Pfizer Covid vaccine is just 39% effective

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/23/delta-variant-pfizer-covid-vaccine-39percent-effective-in-israel-prevents-severe-illness.html

Source: East Idaho News

ST. ANTHONY — Chad and Lori Vallow Daybell have been indicted on first-degree murder charges for the deaths of Tammy Daybell, Tylee Ryan and Joshua “JJ” Vallow.

Madison County Prosecuting Attorney Rob Wood made the announcement during a news conference Tuesday, which happened to be the day JJ would have turned 9 years old. Wood, a special prosecutor in the case, was joined by local, state, federal law enforcement and other officials.

The news comes after a grand jury convened over the past week in Fremont County.

The following are charges Chad and Lori are facing, according to a news release sent after Wood and Fremont County Prosecutor Lindsey Blake met with the media Tuesday afternoon:

Lori and Chad Daybell were indicted on the charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and grand theft by deception for the death of Tylee Ryan.
Lori and Chad Daybell were indicted on the charge of first-degree murder for the death of Tylee Ryan.
Lori and Chad Daybell were indicted on the charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and grand theft by deception for the death of JJ Vallow.
Lori and Chad Daybell were indicted on the charge of first-degree murder for the death of JJ Vallow.
Lori and Chad Daybell were indicted on the charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the death of Tammy Daybell.
Chad Daybell was indicted on the charge of first-degree murder in the death of his wife Tammy Daybell.
Lori Daybell was indicted on the charge of grand theft related to Social Security Survivor benefits over $1,000 allocated for the care of minors Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow that were appropriated after the children were missing and ultimately found deceased.
Chad Daybell was indicted on the charge of insurance fraud related to a life insurance policy he had on Tammy Daybell for which he was the beneficiary and received funds after her death.
Chad Daybell was indicted on the charge of insurance fraud related to another life insurance policy he had on Tammy Daybell for which he was the beneficiary and received funds after her death.


Read more: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2021/05/chad-and-lori-daybell-indicted-for-murders-of-jj-vallow-tylee-ryan-and-tammy-daybell/

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Finally! Doomsday religious whackos!!
Killing her kids, his wife and who knows how many other people!!

Since it is a Senate Bill, it was already passed over there. Although it seems stupid and lame, this bill is dangerous. These funds should not be at the will of any political statement, but be passed on market performance. It really sucks that public bonds and investments could go under because of these gun slinging yahoos! And they complain about "cancel culture".

However, Proposition B, which would have removed collective bargaining for SAPD did not pass. After heavy presence of SAPOA and pushing against the Proposition by AFL-CIO and other unions, the measure was defeated 51-49%. (Man those Vote No people at the polls were just crazy and were total bullies) Heck, I think those bullies at the polls may have scared off a few voters, but they were extremely, extremely loud.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ballot-measure-puts-police-reform-racial-injustice-san-antonio-voters-rcna792