Aren't the PGA and LIV owned by the same entity now?

As a heavily tattooed person my reaction to this is, she should have thought about that before the face and neck tattoos - things we used to call 'job stoppers' - and putting 3 pounds of metal in her face.

More: GRM is a Christian ministry that requires all residents to work for them without pay for "six hours a day, six days a week in exchange for a bunk for 30 days." They also cannot look for outside work during that month. That's not all though. They must also attend church every Sunday (from a pre-approved list); Unitarian services are not acceptable. And they have to attend a chapel service twice a day. And they can't smoke or drink. And they can't have sex during their stay.

What if you're disabled or have medical or mental health problems that prevent you from attending church? What if you aren't Christian? What if you just don't want to participate in the religious activities? Too bad. You can't stay at their shelter.

That's why the plaintiffs argued they had no realistic options in the city.

In their brief supporting the city, they argued that the city's inability to punish the homeless (because of earlier court decisions) "has significantly decreased the number of people who access the Mission's services," as if that's a bad thing.

Municipal public safety laws are a crucial tool in helping the homeless take advantage of available safe shelter resources. Taking away cities' power to enforce those laws, as the Ninth Circuit has done here, does not benefit the homeless as that court evidently hoped. Instead, it has only hindered the efforts of those in Grants Pass who devote each day to bettering the lives of those facing homelessness.

They're calling for the city to fine and jail the homeless in the hopes that they become the only alternative for anyone seeking to avoid punishment. When you see yourself as the antidote, you start to root for poison.

It's telling that there's literally zero mention of "God" anywhere in the brief"which is rather unusual for a Christian group making an argument to the Supreme Court. Especially this Supreme Court. The argument isn't a religious one because how could it be? The ministry says they have beds available, but for various reasons, many of them are going unused. They must know how bad it would look to justify the cruelty against the homeless using the language of faith. Yet they seem blissfully unaware of how their own religious restrictions may play a significant role in why people with no other options still don't want to ask them for help.

It also raises additional questions, as Nye writes:

It may be well-intentioned, but GRM's plea raises serious legal and theological questions. If the Rescue Mission"the only option in town"can shelter just 138 people, how can the government criminalize all 1,200 people experiencing homelessness in the city? Do Christian organizations have a theological mandate, or even a justification, for forcing religious programming in exchange for shelter and care? Can the government compel homeless people to stay at a shelter that has strict religious requirements without infringing further on their constitutional rights?

The Christian shelter isn't, and cannot be, the city's only viable option here. The long-term solutions have to involve mental health care, addiction specialists, affordable housing, and secular shelters, not just banishing people from the city. But right now, the city isn't giving homeless people secular, safe places to stay. Instead, Grants Pass is arguing that the options provided are more than enough and the only alternative is to further punish people who are already struggling to survive, making it that much harder for them to get back up on their feet.

It's completely insane logic. And the one Christian ministry directly involved in the case is going all in on the side of More Cruelty.

More: "Passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them " without headaches or haggling," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement.

Under the new rule, passengers will be entitled to refunds if there is a "significant change" to their flights. These include:

Departure or arrival time that moves by more than three hours domestically or six hours for international flights
Being downgraded to a lower class than originally purchased, as from first class to economy
Change of departure or arrival airport
Increase in number of connections
Changes to connecting airports or planes flown if they are less accommodating for people with disabilities

Travelers will also get refunds for checked bag fees if the bag is lost and not delivered within 12 hours of a domestic flight's gate arrival. International flights will have from 15 to 30 hours to return a lost bag, depending on their length.

Anyone who pays for a service, such as in-flight Wi-Fi or entertainment, and doesn't receive it will also get their money back.

In addition, DOT made changes to make it easier for the passengers to receive the money they're owed by requiring prompt automatic refunds in cash or through the original form of payment. Buttigieg said during a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Wednesday that the bulk of the new requirements will go into effect in about six months.

Is there an echo in here?

"She is dragging our brand down."

BS. She is their brand.

TSA has always been more security theater than actual security.

Mr Watson has f'ed around and found out.

Look you can't expect him to actually read what he posts. That would be hard, the NYT uses some big words.

What would you prefer Snoofy? Everyone should be constantly in a hyper-partisan frenzy and never admit when someone they don't agree with most of the time does something right for once?

Sounds like a terrible way to live. Also sounds like a recipe for making sure "the other side" never does a single thing you might agree with.

The guy did the right thing and that should be acknowledged.

Credit where credit is due, I didn't expect a move like this from Johnson. At least in this one case he did the right thing even though it wasn't the easy thing.

"There's never been any evidence -- not a shred -- that Donald Trump believes in God, believes in the sanctity of the Old or New Testaments, is a churchgoer, follows the Ten Commandments, or has anything but contempt for religious people."

Since when do the religious require evidence?

Guess the tor account is back. It was a nice few months while it was gone.

Great read, Gal, thanks for posting it.

From the article: If an all-out war breaks out with Iran and its proxies, to what extent can Israel count on the United States, the Western democracies and moderate Arab states to risk themselves for us, and provide us with vital military and diplomatic assistance? Even if such war is averted, how long can Israel survive as a pariah state? We don't have Russia's ample resources. Without commercial, scientific and cultural ties with the rest of the world, and without American arms and money, the most optimistic scenario for Israel is to become the North Korea of the Middle East.

Why?

Because Mississippi has accomplished absolutely nothing worth celebrating in the 159 years since the end of the civil war.

Yeah I'd wager it was probably someone who took advantage of the many cameras around but it's all speculation, no one knows anything yet.

From the article: "We have a man who has set himself on fire, a man has been emblazoned himself outside of the courthouse just now," she shouted during a live report. "Our cameras are turning right now. A man has now lit himself on fire outside of the courthouse in Manhattan.

"We are watching a man who is fully emblazoned in the front of the courthouse today. We are watching multiple fires breaking out around his body and person. We have seen an arm that has been visible that has been engulfed in total flames. There is chaos that is happening. ... I'm looking across the corner, across the courtyard. There is a man racing towards him, a there's coats coming off to try to put out the fire.

They aren't wrong...

When are you going to head south boaz? We certainly don't want you here in NC.

More: "As stewards of America's public lands, the Interior Department takes seriously our role in helping bolster landscape resilience in the face of worsening climate impacts," Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a statement. "Today's final rule helps restore balance to our public lands as we continue using the best-available science to restore habitats, guide strategic and responsible development, and sustain our public lands for generations to come."

The rule directs BLM - the nation's largest land manager - to "protect intact landscapes, restore degraded habitat, and make wise management decisions based on science and data." The agency will also be tasked with incorporating land health assessments into its decisions about how lands are used.

More: But the part I want to focus on is whether they get this information from Meta. Meta has been promoting WhatsApp as a "private" social network, including "end-to-end" encryption of messages.

Providing this data as input for Lavender undermines their claim that WhatsApp is a private messaging app. It is beyond obscene and makes Meta complicit in Israel's killings of "pre-crime" targets and their families, in violation of International Humanitarian Law and Meta's publicly stated commitment to human rights. No social network should be providing this sort of information about its users to countries engaging in "pre-crime".

It's important to note that already Meta is taking extensive part in the Israeli-led and US-backed genocide, including significant and well-reported suppression of content supporting Palestinian freedom, as well a new anti-"anti-zionist" policy that is used to shut down dissent of Israel's crimes [4].

Why is Meta doing this? Why is Meta so happy to share metadata about group membership with Israel " a run-around the idea of a "private" social network " and to be complicit in the genocide?

Yeah, needlessly commuting every day is always the wrong policy.

I hope those poor kids are placed somewhere safe and not with their father or his family.