maeve harris @maeve@girlcock.club

#UK PM Johnson says new #Covid19 restrictions will last 6 months. How closing down pubs at 10 pm, rather than shutting them down altogether seems likely to be be significantly effective https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/sep/22/uk-coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates-politics?page=with:block-5f69ea468f08ad1d0ce372aa

Likely #SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett is a member of 'People of Praise', a self described 'charismatic Christian Community', to the totalitarian, male-dominated society of Margaret Atwood’s novel “The Handmaid’s Tale.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett-religion-idUSKCN26D2RR

#UK Gender Recognition Act, which would have allowed #transgender persons to self-identify without administrative burdens, has after 3 years ground to a halt

Mike Bloomberg gives 20 million to pay off the fines of #Florida felons who have served their sentences but owe fines, so that they will be eligible to vote https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8760919/Bloomberg-pays-20m-debt-31-000-felons-Florida-vote.html

#Trump is pissed off at #Republicans for their failure (or refusal) to take up his unfounded accusations of #Obama and Hunter Biden. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/21/trump-angry-republicans-419790

US House of Representatives push for a 2nd round of $1200 Covid stimulus checks. They must know chances are between slim and none, so this may be electoral theatre https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/22/house-democrats-push-to-renew-second-1200-stimulus-check-effort.html

My prediction for post election period, regardless of who is elected president: blood on the streets

#Utah Sen #Romney commits to voting for confirmation of #Trump's #SCOTUS nominee before the election (or in lame duck), without yet knowing who that nominee is. #Biden had been considering appointing Romney Secretary of State, for those not understanding how far right Biden is. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/22/romney-supports-holding-a-vote-on-next-supreme-court-nominee-419898

A state of emergency has been declared in #Louisville, KY (where I once lived, and where my mother was born), in anticipation of the decision of the Grand Jury in the killing of Breonna Taylor. Perhaps the city fears becoming another 'anarchist jurisdiction'. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/22/breonna-taylor-louisville-state-of-emergency-grand-jury-decision

More (200000) have died from #Covid19 in the US than died on the battlefield in 5 US wars (the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf War). I accuse the US republican party of criminal neglect https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/22/health/us-coronavirus-deaths-200k/index.html

I miss living in Portland, OR, but even after Covid is under control, I doubt I could afford to live there on my fixed retirement income of $3000.

The appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the #SCOTUS fills me with dread. The hope that some republicans would refuse to vote for confirmation is now dead. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-amy-coney-barrett-trump-ginsburg-supreme-court-20200922-yve6gkjdafgblnsoocy27ym3xu-story.html

My lover, who is critical to my life here in Thailand (as I can't speak or understand Thai) is to have a coronary bypass operation in late October or Early November. The cost is 420000 THB. A peculiarity of health insurance here is that you must pay cash (I have no credit card) and wait for the insurance to reimburse. I am currently 120000 THB ($3800) short, but hope to find a loan somewhere until the insurance pays off

US Department of #Justice declares #NYC, #Portland (#pdx) and Seattle '#anarchist jurisdictions'. Those who have bothered to study #anarchism will recognize the absurdity of the phrase 'anarchist jurisdiction' https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/21/doj-new-york-portland-seattle-trump-bill-barr

The central importance of women in enacting, implementing and defending the ACA (popularly cahttps://www.brookings.edu/essay/womens-importance-in-enacting-implementing-and-defending-the-affordable-care-act/lled #Obamacare)

US #Medicare (the health #insurance system for persons over 64) will not presently cover the costs of #Covid19 vaccines approved under emergency use authorization https://www.wsj.com/articles/medicare-wouldnt-cover-costs-of-administering-coronavirus-vaccine-approved-under-emergency-use-authorization-11600704447

A report in the Journal Nature Immunology reveals a clear link between #anxiety and the immune system, further exposing persons to risk of #Covid19 infection https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/immune-system-anxiety-study

To recap: The #IRS sent me a letter saying that my #Covid19 stimulus check was sent 8 May. I sent the required IRS form 3911 to report it lost (along with a letter restating my Direct Deposit account) 6 weeks ago. Nothing. I further require a statement of Social Security payments for my Thai retirement visa renewal due 2 December, but I'm required to send inquiries to the the SSA section of the US Embassy in Manila, where no one is apparently working. I am annoyed is an understatement

The Guardian's editorial board says that #Covid19 crisis in the #UK, where Covid deaths are approaching 200 per day, is PM Johnson's fault https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/21/the-guardian-view-on-the-covid-crisis-boris-johnson-let-it-happen