Days to the November Election:https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/election?p0=263&iso=20201103T00&msg=2020%20US%20Presidential%20Election

102 Days, and counting.

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“…. Ardelean said, adding, “the panorama of human arrivals during the Last Glacial Maximum is much more complex than we thought.”
Lorena Becerra-Valdivia… told Business Insider that “the new findings suggest that humans likely took a coastal route.”
That means they were probably seafarers who arrived by boat, possibly from modern-day Russia…”
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Well, so Russians were interfering, again.

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“…The NFL previously had cut the preseason from four games per team to two games per team and was planning for testing every other day.
But the NFL Players Association had been adamant about daily testing for players and no preseason at all.

The NFL’s offer Monday of zero preseason games was accompanied by other player-friendly provisions. The acclimation period for veteran players arriving at training camps was increased from seven days to 18 days before they must start practicing, and any player is allowed to opt out of playing this season, according to a person familiar with the deliberations.

Under the testing agreement, players will be tested daily for the first two weeks of training camp. Daily testing will continue as long as the rate of positive tests of players, coaches and other team staffers is above 5%. If the rate falls below 5%, players will be tested every other day. The league expects to receive test results within 24 hours…”
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First off — what the hell is wrong with those NFLlowlife-corporate-Weasel-Owners, who wanted every other day testing. What kind of lowlife Billionaire argues against everyday testing for the players? What pieces of shit.

2nd — this ‘opting out’ thing is important and interesting i think. But what does it mean that a player can ‘opt out’ ? What does it do to their years accrued and all the details of their contracts? At any rate, I’m glad the Union got them an “opt out” rule. It will be interesting to see if any players opt out this year.

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I am here outside the Federal Courthouse in Downtown Portland, where a crowd of mothers have gathered again after being tear gassed last night by feds.

This is one of the largest Portland crowds we have seen this month. pic.twitter.com/QuAwj8xvD2

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) July 20, 2020

“There’s no question it’s a juggling act for the N.F.L.
to maintain their profits while trying to do the right thing,
and there is often a connection between those two things,” said Kim Gandy,
the former chief executive of the National Network to End Domestic Violence who advised the N.F.L. after Rice assaulted his then-fiancée.
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Yeah, thats a tough juggling act. Trying to maintain profits, while not abusing women. Yup. Thats a tough one.

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Jus somethin on portland:

Will White-Jesus statues be the next to fall?

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link:https://theconversation.com/the-long-history-of-how-jesus-came-to-resemble-a-white-european-142130?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2017%202020%20-%201680416205&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2017%202020%20-%201680416205+Version+A+CID_0d7f3e4ec385d8cf5621a3114a1b07a0&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=The%20long%20history%20of%20how%20Jesus%20came%20to%20resemble%20a%20white%20European

The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
July 17, 2020
The portrayal of Jesus as a white, European man has come under renewed scrutiny during this period of introspection over the legacy of racism in society.

As protesters called for the removal of Confederate statues in the U.S., activist Shaun King went further, suggesting that murals and artwork depicting “white Jesus” should “come down.”

His concerns about the depiction of Christ and how it is used to uphold notions of white supremacy are not isolated. Prominent scholars and the archbishop of Canterbury have called to reconsider Jesus’ portrayal as a white man.

As a European Renaissance art historian, I study the evolving image of Jesus Christ from A.D. 1350 to 1600. Some of the best-known depictions of Christ, from Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” to Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel, were produced during this period.

But the all-time most-reproduced image of Jesus comes from another period. It is Warner Sallman’s light-eyed, light-haired “Head of Christ” from 1940. Sallman, a former commercial artist who created art for advertising campaigns, successfully marketed this picture worldwide…..see link

Trump wants a “vast garden of american heroes”

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Trump:http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176728/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_donald_j._trump%2C_or_osama_bin_laden%27s_revenge/

“The Bleeding Wound”
Osama bin Laden Won (Twice)
By Tom Engelhardt

It’s July 2020 and I’m about to turn 76, which, as far as I’m concerned, officially makes me an old man. So put up with my aging, wandering brain here, since (I swear) I wasn’t going to start this piece with Donald J. Trump, no matter his latest wild claims or bizarre statements, increasingly white nationalist and pro-Confederate positions (right down to the saving of the rebel stars and bars), not to speak of the Covid-19 slaughter of Americans he’s helped facilitate. But then I read about his demand for a “National Garden of American Heroes,” described as “a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live” and, honestly, though this piece is officially about something else, I just can’t help myself. I had to start there.

Yes, everyone undoubtedly understands why General George Patton (a Trump obsession) is to be in that garden, not to speak — given the president’s reelection politics — of evangelist Billy Graham, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and former president Ronald Reagan. Still, my guess is that most of you won’t have the faintest idea why Davy Crockett is included. I’m talking about the frontiersman and Indian killer who died at the Alamo. Given my age, though, I get Donald Trump on this one and it gave me a rare laugh in a distinctly grim moment. That’s why I can’t resist explaining it, even though I guarantee you that the real subject of this piece is Osama bin Laden’s revenge…..see link

A michael bennet quote, fwiw:
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One of my heroes has always been Muhammad Ali. … Ali always stood strongly with the Palestinian people, visiting refugee camps, … and always willing to be a ‘voice for the voiceless.’ I want to be a ‘voice for the voiceless,’ and I cannot do that by going on this kind of trip to Israel.

–Michael Bennett, American Super Bowl Champion, activist
link:https://www.bdsmovement.net/news/15-quotes-mark-15-years-bds

I can see we are going to have quite a few new Name suggestions
once this breaks.

I’m counting on The Onion to give this proper attention.

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Well, I see all that as a subtopic.
The BigTopic would be: “Science-In-A-Corporotacracy- Is such a thing even Possible?”

“There’s a culture there that is conducive to being manipulated.” — And that preceding sentence would be the quote at the beginning of every chapter.

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