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C_Rae

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Fleeing the bird app. Desperate for positive change, dismayed at the change we're witnessing. "I'm going to lean right up against you and you'll lean right up against me, that way we don't have to sleep with our heads in the mud." ~Benjamin Buford Blue

  1. Australia creates second, different, version of AC/DC

    theconversation.com/australia-wi...

    “Australia is a step closer to having its own national agency to inform and co-ordinate public health responses – a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC).

    The COVID-19 Response Inquiry found an Australian CDC could have helped.” #AusCDC

    Having this national agency will help protect us against bird flu, falling immunisation rates and health misinformation. It’s a landmark in public health.

    Australia will soon have its own ‘centre for disease control’. Let’s not repeat the chaos of the US

    Having this national agency will help protect us against bird flu, falling immunisation rates and health misinformation. It’s a landmark in public health.

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  2. Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.

    Jared Polis has failed Colorado.

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Governor Polis Orders Flags to Half-Staff to Honor the Anniversary of September 11th and the Passing of Charlie Kirk
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  3. The vague term "political violence" is used specifically bc of its elasticity. It can be contorted to include a murder (despite the motive and perpetrator being unknown), property damage (committed for life-preserving reasons), or protesters using signs as shields when they are attacked by police.

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  4. For those worried about Kirk's death increasing the right's call for violence, here's some other things that have caused them to call for violence:

    • cheese logo changing
    • male cheerleaders
    • M&M character giving them a boner
    • women

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  5. You guys put podcast hosts in charge of the FBI and fired all the competent agents because you thought they were woke.

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