‘Tranq’ Crisis Shows How Harm-Reduction Drug Policies Eat Americans Alive
The cultural pull not to stigmatize anything or anyone is misplaced, purchasing a momentary façade of autonomy at the cost of untold harm and suffering.
How far would you go to make a few bucks? After being caught bizarrely testing his limits, one German man is currently under investigation.
A 60-year-old man from the eastern German city of Magdeburg, whose name was not released, is under investigation for receiving up to 90 COVID-19 shots from vaccination centers. According to reports, the suspect was caught, but not detained, and is currently under investigation for unauthorized issuance of vaccination cards and document forgery.
The criminal police suspect the man intended to illegally sell unauthorized but legitimate vaccine cards. "You have to appreciate his commitment," quipped Steven Crowder.
On Thursday's episode of "Louder with Crowder," Crowder and the crew couldn't help but laugh at the outrageousness of the story, which left them wondering if the 60-year-old had punch cards? "Yeah," Crowder joked, "it's called his triceps."
According to the Associated Press, it's not immediately clear what impact the shots from several different manufacturers had on this man's health.
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A new Israeli startup, Tamar Robotics, is developing innovative remote control technology that will revolutionize brain surgery.
"Imagine having to decide between removing someone's tumor to give them more time to live, but in the process of that they lose their ability to speak," says Moshe Shoham, a professor at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and a serial entrepreneur. "Which is really the better choice?"
The technology uses a small needle inserted through a minor incision and remotely move the needle through the patient's brain to break up tumors and blood clots using a stream of water instead of removing the tumor or blood clot.
"So, the surgeon can perform this surgery remotely with a stream of water," Pat asked rhetorically. "So does that mean the doctor can be watching Netflix and perform the surgery? ... That's weird."
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Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd on Monday refused the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee's request that Department of Justice officials testify in two upcoming hearings, saying he fears the question-and-answer sessions would deteriorate into "public spectacles" considering how Attorney General William Barr was treated by Democrats during a hearing in July.
In a letter to Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) obtained by BuzzFeed, Boyd responded to the committee's request that his fellow Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband appear before a Judiciary subcommittee later this week, and that Bureau of Prison Director Michael Carvajal and U.S. Marshals Service Director Donald Washington testify before another Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Oct. 1.
Boyd told Nadler that while the DOJ "recognizes that the Committee has a legitimate interest in oversight of the Department," the agency would not send the officials to testify because of the way Democrats treated Barr when he appeared before the full committee on July 28.
The assistant attorney general cited a New York Times story that reported, "Democrat after Democrat posed questions to Mr. Barr only to cut him off when he tried to reply, substituting their own replies for his."
"All told, when the Attorney General tried to address the Committee's questions, he was interrupted and silenced in excess of 70 times," Boyd wrote, explaining:
"We very much regret that the Committee did not elect to engage in a meaningful, good-faith effort to obtain information and views from the Attorney General while he was present and prepared to testify. Having squandered its opportunity to conduct a meaningful oversight hearing with the Attorney General, it remains unclear how further public spectacles with other Department officials would now—a mere 14 legislative days since the Attorney General's hearing—advance the Committee's legitimate oversight efforts."
Boyd also pointed out that Barr was made available to address the topics the committee wants to inquire about from other DOJ officials in the coming weeks, but that the Department "would be happy to work with [the committee] regarding the scheduling of additional oversight hearings in the future."
New: DOJ is refusing to send Eric Dreiband, the head of the Civil Rights Division, and the heads of BOP and the US… https://t.co/1mkwRN7deh— Zoe Tillman (@Zoe Tillman)1600740258.0
During Barr's July 28 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, there were a number of tense exchanges that commonly occur during hearings that are televised for the public.
In one particular moment that was blasted by some for its perceived pettiness, Chairman Nadler denied the attorney general's request for a five-minute break to have lunch.
Nadler eventually gave in and allowed the recess following protest from other members and Barr himself who shook his head and laughed when he told Nadler, "You're a real class act, Mr. Chairman. A real class act."
AG Barr to Rep. Nadler: "You're a real class act." https://t.co/HMY7TSF0EY— The Hill (@The Hill)1595968380.0