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Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.
An 86 year old friend of mine was turned away wrongly. The system hadn't linked her properly. She's got to go back another day.
The Supreme Court yesterday allowed President Trump to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission and will decide whether to overturn a 90-year-old precedent that says the president cannot fire an FTC commissioner without cause.
Trump fired Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in March with a notice that said her "continued service on the FTC is inconsistent with my administration's priorities." Trump did so despite the 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor v. United States, in which the Supreme Court unanimously held that the president can only remove FTC commissioners for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
An appeals court reinstated Slaughter three weeks ago, with judges finding that "the government has no likelihood of success on appeal given controlling and directly on point Supreme Court precedent." But on September 8, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts granted a stay that temporarily blocked the lower-court ruling against Trump.
After Trump administration cuts forced the closure of the popular climate.gov website, experts have launched an independent successor. Revived climate literacy aims to combat a war against science.
In no particular order:
- Wilmington, NC (Aug. 25): A man fleeing from police stopped his car on a bridge over the Cape Fear River, got out, and jumped in. How much time did this buy him? Well, the chase started at 2 a.m., and the article reporting his arrest was posted at 3:53 a.m., so you be the judge. Pro: Gave a bored reporter on the night shift something to do. Con: The chase started on a different bridge over the same river, so he could have just jumped in there and saved everybody the hassle. In fact, the bridge he jumped from is less than a mile upriver, so it’s possible he was arrested after floating back to where the chase started in the first place.
- San Rafael, CA (Aug. 6): A suspected burglar seen on a homeowner’s security camera was located in a nearby creek by a sheriff’s drone team, according to the report. Pro: Creeks aren’t deep, no gators in Marin County. Con: The guys in lockup might find out you surrendered to a drone.
- Madison, WI (July 12): A man “made a splash” (get it?) after stealing a bike but then jumping into a nearby lake when officers tried to speak to him. Pro: Chose July to jump into a lake in Wisconsin. Con: Locale posed some risk of being attacked by a northern pike (the fish, not a member of the Canadian band). Bonus points: mugshot comparison suggests he has gotten no smarter since this 2016 arrest.
- Prince Edward Island, Canada (July 23): Police arrested a man after citizens reported someone matching his description had stolen a kayak and paddled out into the bay. Pro: None. Con: Locale posed some risk of being attacked by a Northern Pike. Special Judge’s Prize: was apprehended by two officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who “borrowed two other kayaks” (emphasis added). Of course I excitedly looked for evidence that a dramatic kayak chase ensued, but was again disappointed. See also “Sadly, I Must Report That There Was in Fact No ‘Canoe Chase’” (Feb. 4, 2019) (also involving Mounties).
- Pierce County, WA (June 14): A 32-year-old man jumped into a pond after police responded to reports that he was chasing his parents around the yard with a chainsaw. Negotiations failed to convince him to come out, but deputies had more luck with a beanbag shotgun and a lasso. Pro: Ponds aren’t deep, no travel required if it’s your own pond. Con: Chainsaw could get ruined if it gets wet, cop who successfully lassoed you will brag about it on social media.
More than 85 climate scientists declared the Department of Energy’s new climate report unfit for policymaking in a comprehensive review released Tuesday. The DOE’s report cherry-picked evidence, lacked peer-reviewed studies to support its questioning of the detrimental effects of climate change in the US and is “fundamentally incorrect,” the authors concluded.
Scientists have accurately modeled and predicted the volume and impact of excess CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere since the 1970s, when Exxon workers first began measuring the impacts of their product on the planet’s atmosphere. Since then, climate science has matured into a crucial tool to help humans gauge how a warming planet may affect everything from weather and crops to the economy and mental health.
“This report makes a mockery of science. It relies on ideas that were rejected long ago, supported by misrepresentations of the body of scientific knowledge, omissions of important facts, arm waving, anecdotes, and confirmation bias,” said Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University, in a statement accompanying the review.
"Flagger" Billy Cooper says he is part of a group which has been attaching Union flags to lampposts.
Flags made in China?
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