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NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.
#UK: Mandatory Covid-19 vaccines are to be introduced for frontline NHS and social care workers in England from 1 April next year, UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced.
#SINGAPORE: Singapore from next month stop paying coronavirus medical bills of those who are unvaccinated by choice, officials have said, as a fierce outbreak put the city-state’s healthcare system under strain.
#MIX-UP: Two California couples gave birth to each others’ babies after a mix-up at a fertility clinic and spent months raising children that were not theirs before swapping the infants, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles.
ok, I found most the reporting on the 'post a pet plant a tree' story incredibly shallow/lazy, so I went on a bit of a deep dive, and boy is the truth as dumb, wacky, a pathetic as you'd expect. Follow a long if you want!
— Patrick Marlborough (@Cormac_McCafe) November 9, 2021
If you’re on Instagram, you’ve probably seen countless pet photos in recent days thanks to a trend claiming that a tree would be planted for every pet photo shared on the platform.
Journalist Patrick Marlborough has investigated the origin of the viral craze and (surprise, surprise) all is not as it seems.
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Mr Biden clearly doesn’t understand Separation of Powers. Just because he disagrees with a ruling doesn’t mean the Court is out of control.
@Elrond Rivendell: separation of powers , what guff when you can stack it full of medivialests and a country house so you know what.
@Elrond Rivendell: he wasn’t shouting that when he agreed with other rulings
@Billybutcher: You can and may stack it as US Presidents from both sides of the aisle have done. One might argue that’s how Roe v Wade was passed in the first instance, when the US Supreme Court was stacked by Democrat nominees. You can’t have it both ways. By the by, separation of powers is not guff, it’s a fact.
@Billybutcher: blah blah screw the law no agree with me want leftist dictator asap.
@Elrond Rivendell: Oh clearly Joe Biden doesn’t understand separation of powers. Clearly. Such an imbecilic comment. Honestly; just stop.
@Elrond Rivendell: what Biden is doing is exactly the reason for the separation of powers lol. So one branch cannot rule like a dictator I.e SCOTUS
@Vonvonic: He does understand, it’s just theatre for his base. He knows he can do nothing unless Congress passes a law for him to sign.
@Billybutcher: ignorance is not a virtue key board warrior.
@Vonvonic: Sleepy Joe doesn’t understand much anymore, god love him.
@Vonvonic: Soooooooooooooo no substantive response only “just stop” and an imbecilic comment. Gotcha
Wowwww the US president is complaining that he can’t control the highest court in the country. That’s the idea of a democratic justice system. They must be free from political interference.
@Martin O Connell: I’m not going to go over how the Conservative majority of the SCOTUS came to be, because we all know how. As much due to cynical opportunism by the GOP as due to several consistent shortcomings by the Democrats. You see the problem is this: the SCOTUS membership and decisions are not reflective of American demographics and support for specific legal positions. It’s now out of step with American citizens as a whole, which clearly presents a problem. Now I don’t know about you, but any country in which a Supreme Court is making decisions (and actively proposing going after existing rulings) that aren’t reflective of the opinions of the majority of its citizens……and ignoring some deeply concerning statements and behavior by members and their close relations……….
@David A. Murray: wasn’t an issue when the shoe was on the other foot!!!! Trump came at a time where it gave the republicans the opportunity to stack the deck. Now don’t forget, Trump was a life long democrat supporter/funder before Hilary. They can’t change the rules just because they lost control. That’s not a democracy.
@David A. Murray: A court’s decisions are based on laws, not on demographic or political views. It’s easy to blame Trump for the decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, but when you look into the reasons for the decision, you see that it is right and based on existing laws. Roe vs. Wade itself was based on a flawed argumentation. Now it’s the lawmaker’s turn. And if there is a demographic majority, the voters can decide about this matter in the next elections.
They should have set it into law when they had a super majority.
@Mickgas: both sides have used it as a Boogeyman to get votes for decades. I think in the backrooms both parties are thinking “we’ve been running on that for decades!”
Passing new law is the role of Congress and is exactly how things should be done. Roe was junk law predicated on a ridiculous interpretation of the constitution. The courts have been standins for a functioning congress for decades
Maybe he just means it’s out of his control.
He needs to go too like bojo and trump. A list of very very ordinary leaders. The world needs better now
Supreme court is “out of control” means its too conservative for Joe. It was fine all along though.
The comments on the journal get more and more right wing all the time. Pro Putin, against abortion… and on it goes.
@Bríann O Connor: what wrong with being right wing?
@Bríann O Connor: nothing wrong with being against abortion tbf it’s a nasty unfortunate circumstance for any woman to face ending a heart beat
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