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Laura PourMeADrink
Laura PourMeADrink's Journal
Laura PourMeADrink's Journal
July 30, 2021
Sneaky Pete - outrageously phenomenal
On edit: NOT Netflix - Amazon Prime Video
Brian Cranston minor character.
Drama, intrigue, constant action, family life, quirkiness, twists and turns, con man schemes.
Grandmas and Grandpas and cousins and lovers and ex-girlfriends.
July 27, 2021
Higher COVID Rate Found In Some Counties With Higher Vaccination Rate
Wow this is fascinating to me. In California, infection rates are higher where vaccination rates are higher. They are thinking now that people who are vaccinated may be infected and not know it and are infecting more people. Plus the more populous you are the more danger you have, duh
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/07/26/covid-vaccination-californi
a-counties/
July 24, 2021
Pfizer only 39% effective against Delta, per Israeli study
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/23/delta-variant-pfizer-covid-vaccine-39percent-effective-in-israel-prevents-severe-illness.htmlIsrael says Pfizer Covid vaccine is just 39% effective as delta spreads, but still prevents severe illness
The two-dose vaccine still works very well in preventing people from getting seriously sick, demonstrating 88% effectiveness against hospitalization and 91% effectiveness against severe illness, according to the Israeli data
July 23, 2021
Luckovich nailed it, sadly
https://twitter.com/mluckovichajc/status/1418321307339481089?s=19
July 15, 2021
Pastor Bruce Wesley of Clear Creek Community Church prays for God to stop the coronavirus pandemic after more than 125 people contract the virus following his church’s mask-optional student summer camp
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Pastor pleas for 'mercy' after 125 in his 'masks optional' summer camp get Covid
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pastor-pleas-covid-summer-camp-b1884232.htmlPastor Bruce Wesley of Clear Creek Community Church prays for God to stop the coronavirus pandemic after more than 125 people contract the virus following his church’s mask-optional student summer camp
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Lord, we didn't want to be in the news, at least not for this, maybe for serving or some extreme generosity, but not this," he said. "So we ask for your mercy. We ask for your healing for all of those who became sick with this virus and for their families who've have been caring for them as well. We pray for complete recovery so that people don't have any lingering effects, and we pray that you would put a stop to the spread of this virus."
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The church issued a statement last week saying that a second wave of infections was afflicting its congregation following the camp, which ended on 27 June.
July 13, 2021
Texas governor Greg Abbott said that Democratic lawmakers who have left the state can and "will be arrested" upon their return as he pushes ahead with changes in voting laws.
Abbott, a Republican, gave an interview to KVUE on Monday about the Democrats' decision to leave the state and whether the special session of the Texas legislature the governor called can go ahead.
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KVUE asked Abbott if the Democratic walkout meant the voting bills - Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 3 - could not be passed and if he could do anything as governor to compel the lawmakers to return to the state.
Abbott said there "still remains plenty of time to pass not just the bills you mentioned but there's a lot of other bills on there."
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Update
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/13/texas-democrats-walkout-voting-bill-arrest/
A showdown in the Texas House was locked into place Tuesday after the chamber voted overwhelmingly to send law enforcement after Democrats who left the state a day earlier in protest of a GOP priority elections legislation.
More than 50 House Democrats left Monday for Washington, D.C., to deny the chamber a quorum — the minimum number of lawmakers needed to conduct business — as it takes up voting restrictions and other Republican priorities in a special session.
That agenda, set by Gov. Greg Abbott, includes House Bill 3 and Senate Bill 1, the election legislation at hand that would make a number of changes to Texas' voting system, such as banning drive-thru and 24 hour voting options and further restricting the state's voting-by-mail rules. Over the weekend, both House and Senate committees advanced the election bills.
Update!! Greg Abbott Says Fleeing Texas Democrats 'Will Be Arrested' When They Return to State
https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-fleeing-texas-democrats-will-arrested-return-state-1609070Texas governor Greg Abbott said that Democratic lawmakers who have left the state can and "will be arrested" upon their return as he pushes ahead with changes in voting laws.
Abbott, a Republican, gave an interview to KVUE on Monday about the Democrats' decision to leave the state and whether the special session of the Texas legislature the governor called can go ahead.
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KVUE asked Abbott if the Democratic walkout meant the voting bills - Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 3 - could not be passed and if he could do anything as governor to compel the lawmakers to return to the state.
Abbott said there "still remains plenty of time to pass not just the bills you mentioned but there's a lot of other bills on there."
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Update
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/13/texas-democrats-walkout-voting-bill-arrest/
A showdown in the Texas House was locked into place Tuesday after the chamber voted overwhelmingly to send law enforcement after Democrats who left the state a day earlier in protest of a GOP priority elections legislation.
More than 50 House Democrats left Monday for Washington, D.C., to deny the chamber a quorum — the minimum number of lawmakers needed to conduct business — as it takes up voting restrictions and other Republican priorities in a special session.
That agenda, set by Gov. Greg Abbott, includes House Bill 3 and Senate Bill 1, the election legislation at hand that would make a number of changes to Texas' voting system, such as banning drive-thru and 24 hour voting options and further restricting the state's voting-by-mail rules. Over the weekend, both House and Senate committees advanced the election bills.
July 10, 2021
Michael Cohen on Jimmy Kimmel
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