Earth's orbit is starting to look like an LA freeway ... read more
Adm. Alvin Holsey, who oversees military operations in Latin America, retired Friday as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration's deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the region. read more
A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path.
Wisconsin politician is endorsing a book by a discredited doctor promoting an unproven and dangerous treatment for autism and a host of ailments: chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for disinfecting and bleaching. read more
The FCC chair is privately meeting with several Republicans ahead of next week's hearing. read more
There's also this ...
Rich Russians flock to Florida to deliver American babies (2019)
www.france24.com
... In southern Florida's Sunny Isles Beach, Russian tourists Anna and Helen sip coffee with their husbands and newborn babies: a common scene in what has become a prized destination for well-off foreigners looking to secure US citizenship for their children.
Under the shadow of luxury skyscrapers -- among them Trump Towers -- exists an army of well-dressed women, either pregnant or pushing top-of-the-line strollers. Most are Russian or from former Soviet Union countries.
The weather, white-sand beaches and dazzling turquoise waters are common reasons given for traveling to give birth in this city of 20,000 people, north of Miami.
But one 34-year-old, who gave her name only as Anna, was more direct.
"For the American passport!" she told AFP, smiling. She arrived in the US while expecting now two-month-old Melania.
Both she and compatriot Helen, mother to a three-month-old, said tens of thousands of dollars and months of planning went into their trips. ...
OK, that political blah, blah, blah aside...
Here's what I see (and, I admit, YMMV)...
For starters, let's go here ...
What you should know about Section 230, the rule that shaped today's internet (2023)
www.pbs.org
... wenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today.
A case coming before the U.S. Supreme Court this week, Gonzalez v. Google, challenges this law " namely whether tech companies are liable for the material posted on their platforms.
Justices will decide whether the family of an American college student killed in a terror attack in Paris can sue Google, which owns YouTube, over claims that the video platform's recommendation algorithm helped extremists spread their message. ...
That's a good background.
But more from the article ...
... WHAT IS SECTION 230?
If a news site falsely calls you a swindler, you can sue the publisher for libel. But if someone posts that on Facebook, you can't sue the company " just the person who posted it.
That's thanks to Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which states that "no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."
That legal phrase shields companies that can host trillions of messages from being sued into oblivion by anyone who feels wronged by something someone else has posted " whether their complaint is legitimate or not. ...
Rob Reiner
en.wikipedia.org
... Reiner was born into a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York, on March 6, 1947. His parents were Estelle and Carl Reiner. As a child, Reiner lived at 48 Bonnie Meadow Road in New Rochelle, New York. ...
Show business was in his blood.
I first learned of, and admired, his efforts back in the day when All in the Family shocked the airwaves.
He's one of the talented ones.
R.I.P. Robert Reiner.
Attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says
www.politico.com
... A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria's internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with the Islamic State group, a Syrian official told The Associated Press Sunday. ...
@#4 ... Yes! ...
First They Came
en.wikipedia.org
...
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
...
imo, this is significant, pay attention.