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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 87
Local update: @UCSFHospitals, remains up @ 17 (double last wk), 3 vented (Fig). I still can’t explain it – no bump in posive test % (1.7%) & no new deaths (total=6). SF General's hospitalizations, higher than @UCSF’s last month, down to 8.
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No disobedience is too small in a dictatorship. People often ask why Putin bothers harassing activist groups or jailing protesters & bloggers. Dictatorships are brittle and cracks lead to fractures. They don't want people to gain the slightest amount of courage.
Police have raided the office of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation in Moscow, a step he claims is an attempt to disrupt the publication of a damning investigation against the head of Russia's second-largest bank. ow.ly/WZ8t50xIej6
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From @markgalli:
To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record. Remember who you are and whom you serve.
Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior christianitytoday.com/ct/201…
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Fox News’s Chris Wallace: "Let’s start with a basic fact. President Trump is engaged in the most direct, sustained assault on a free press in our history." washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Between #SmallBusinessSaturday and #CyberMonday is something new: #SubscribeSunday. Time to subscribe to your local newspaper or digital equivalent; they're the chief fact-finders and independent watchdogs who make democracy work, and need your support. irjci.blogspot.com/2019/11/s…
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"Can someone tell me what this story says? I've used up all my free clicks for the month and I don't want to pay for it." ^JC
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Gospel: Today Jesus warns against any kind of pride, spiritual or otherwise, that would lead you to believe that you're better or holier than anyone else (Lk 18: 9-14). Rather than looking to someone else's faults, look to your own. We all have enough work to do in that arena.
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sir your wagon needs more hay
ALT A tractor pulling a wagon which is full with an ENORMOUS amount of hay!
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For the umpteenth time, an urban commentator has suggested that small-town residents would be better off if they moved to a big city. But Athens, TN, a town of about 13,000 located between Chattanooga and Knoxville, has other ideas. And they live by them. bit.ly/2UYQtLu
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An urban “glut” of new lawyers hides fact that many rural communities lack legal expertise that could help them address personal and societal issues. One lawyer who returned to her rural roots from the big city is part of an effort to change that.bit.ly/2DcTUtc #rural
Opening session of Appalachian Regional Commission Summit — Kentuckian and ARC Federal CoChair Tim Thomas, #ARC2018
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Surely this should not be happening. teapaw.org/nwarikoo/status/952878…
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Respect for the God-given dignity of every human being, no matter their race, ethnicity or other circumstances of their birth, is the essence of American patriotism. To believe otherwise is to oppose the very idea of America.
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"Why are we having all these people from sh#*hole countries come here?"
1) They are our brothers and sisters in need.
2) They are often fleeing war, violence or famine.
3) There are children among them.
4) It's the right thing to do.
5) That's who we are.
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