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Religion, eh? I always wondered when the religious alliance of Evangelicals and Catholics would split in MAGA.
In the private Christian academies in Saskatchewan โ which are well subsidized from the public trough โ They teach a secondary school curriculum from Bob Jones University. I've read parts of it which openly accuse Catholics of being heretics.
There's a lot on the line for Israel and the channel of money they have been pouring into Washington is probably incalculable, but there are a lot people who otherwise don't have the means, getting rich.
Overview of the ACIP Meeting on September 18-19, 2025
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventionโs (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) held its virtual meeting on September 18-19, 2025, focusing on updates to vaccine recommendations, particularly those affecting pediatric and adult immunization schedules. The committee, recently reconstituted under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., reviewed evidence on measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccines, hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccines, and 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine implementation. Votes occurred primarily on Day 1 (September 18), with some deferred to Day 2. Discussions highlighted tensions between evidence-based safety data from CDC experts and skepticism from some ACIP members, leading to notable disarray, including confusion over vote wording and rationales.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventionโs (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) held its virtual meeting on September 18-19, 2025, focusing on updates to vaccine recommendations, particularly those affecting pediatric and adult immunization schedules. The committee, recently reconstituted under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., reviewed evidence on measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccines, hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccines, and 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine implementation. Votes occurred primarily on Day 1 (September 18), with some deferred to Day 2. Discussions highlighted tensions between evidence-based safety data from CDC experts and skepticism from some ACIP members, leading to notable disarray, including confusion over vote wording and rationales.
The outcomes primarily impact pediatric vaccine schedules, emphasizing shared clinical decision-making (individualized risk-benefit discussions) over universal recommendations. No major changes were finalized for adult schedules on Day 1, though COVID-19 discussions continued. These recommendations, if adopted by the CDC Director, influence insurance coverage (e.g., no-cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act), Vaccines for Children (VFC) program eligibility, and pharmacy administration authority. However, Americaโs Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) stated that all ACIP-recommended immunizations as of September 1, 2025, will remain covered without changes, potentially buffering immediate access disruptions. Some states have also signaled they may not follow revised ACIP guidance.
Key Outcomes on Vaccine Schedules
1. MMRV Vaccine (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella)
โข Background: The combined MMRV vaccine (e.g., ProQuad) is currently recommended as an option for the first dose at 12-47 months to reduce injections, but ACIP has long advised separate MMR and varicella vaccines for the first dose due to a slightly elevated risk of febrile seizures (temporary, non-life-threatening events peaking at 14-18 months). Evidence presented showed the risk is about 1 extra seizure per 2,300-3,000 doses, with no long-term harm.
โข Vote Outcome (September 18): ACIP voted to withdraw the recommendation for MMRV as the first dose in children under 2 years, mandating separate MMR and varicella vaccines instead. This passed by majority vote (exact tally not specified in real-time reports, but described as clear).
1. MMRV Vaccine (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella)
โข Background: The combined MMRV vaccine (e.g., ProQuad) is currently recommended as an option for the first dose at 12-47 months to reduce injections, but ACIP has long advised separate MMR and varicella vaccines for the first dose due to a slightly elevated risk of febrile seizures (temporary, non-life-threatening events peaking at 14-18 months). Evidence presented showed the risk is about 1 extra seizure per 2,300-3,000 doses, with no long-term harm.
โข Vote Outcome (September 18): ACIP voted to withdraw the recommendation for MMRV as the first dose in children under 2 years, mandating separate MMR and varicella vaccines instead. This passed by majority vote (exact tally not specified in real-time reports, but described as clear).
@annbauerwriter I believe that.
@annbauerwriter startribune.com/roper-nicolletโฆ
@annbauerwriter Some Feeding Our Future sites claimed to be serving 2,500 meals a day, attracting zero media coverage, or even informal photos and videos.
Popularity alone is not a political strategy.
Movements often confuse the ability to mobilize with the ability to rule. A state that governs by moods rules only until the next one arrives or crushes it.
But how did the French Revolution make this mistake? ๐งต
Movements often confuse the ability to mobilize with the ability to rule. A state that governs by moods rules only until the next one arrives or crushes it.
But how did the French Revolution make this mistake? ๐งต
To understand why, you have to look at what political order is. Its enduring legitimacy.
Revolutionaries often assume passion and popularity of ideals naturally equal political order.
Revolutionaries often assume passion and popularity of ideals naturally equal political order.
This creates an unrealistic expectation. And ends up with them driven by shifting popular ideas.
What follows is maximalism. Where each faction pushes its principles to the edge to prove its legitimacy. Policy and the nation cease to be a matter of national interest.
What follows is maximalism. Where each faction pushes its principles to the edge to prove its legitimacy. Policy and the nation cease to be a matter of national interest.
This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.
First thereโs this piece by David French, who devoted much of his legal career to defending the First Amendment rights of conservative writers and scholars
nytimes.com/2025/09/18/opiโฆ
nytimes.com/2025/09/18/opiโฆ
Second, itโs worth reading this excerpt from Frederick Douglass
constitutioncenter.org/the-constitutiโฆ
constitutioncenter.org/the-constitutiโฆ
Ethereum Daily ~ September 18, 2025
๐ต Morpho Lending on Coinbase
โ SEC Approves Crypto ETF Listing Standards
๐ฃ SYND Community Launch Goes Live
+ Much more below! ๐งตโฌ๏ธ
๐ต Morpho Lending on Coinbase
โ SEC Approves Crypto ETF Listing Standards
๐ฃ SYND Community Launch Goes Live
+ Much more below! ๐งตโฌ๏ธ
2/ ๐ฃ๏ธ Today's "Take of the Day" goes to @ryanberckmans
3/ ๐ Mainnet News
@cu_eth_research announces 'Columbia-Ethereum Research Center on Blockchain Protocol Design' in partnership with the @ethereumfndn + @CUSEAS + @Tim_Roughgarden.
@cu_eth_research announces 'Columbia-Ethereum Research Center on Blockchain Protocol Design' in partnership with the @ethereumfndn + @CUSEAS + @Tim_Roughgarden.
@rothschildmd 1).
โResearchers at the @UofCalifornia, L.A. examined data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to find that the rate of alcohol-related death increased between 1999 and 2024, with an especially sharp uptick during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
โResearchers at the @UofCalifornia, L.A. examined data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to find that the rate of alcohol-related death increased between 1999 and 2024, with an especially sharp uptick during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
@rothschildmd @UofCalifornia 2).
And while such deaths have declined since that peak, they remain markedly high.
And while such deaths have declined since that peak, they remain markedly high.
@rothschildmd @UofCalifornia 3).
ยปThese findings emphasize the urgent need for targeted policies to reduce excessive alcohol consumption and improve access to treatmentยซ โ the authors write in a paper published [1] Tues. in PLOS Global Health [2].โ
Sept. 18, 2025
ยปThese findings emphasize the urgent need for targeted policies to reduce excessive alcohol consumption and improve access to treatmentยซ โ the authors write in a paper published [1] Tues. in PLOS Global Health [2].โ
Sept. 18, 2025
Sexuality and the Metaphysical
1. I considered writing this post for a few reasons.
Over the years myself, I had to think about this matter a lot and went into more than one conclusions; In the end what I clearly understood is what I will relate to this post.
Which I found to
1. I considered writing this post for a few reasons.
Over the years myself, I had to think about this matter a lot and went into more than one conclusions; In the end what I clearly understood is what I will relate to this post.
Which I found to
2. be the only fundamental fact when it comes to such things.
As it has been mentioned before, and as it's known, all people have the Ida and the Pigala- polarities.
Any gender and any person can have more of either polarity in their soul.
The main issue people do not get, is
As it has been mentioned before, and as it's known, all people have the Ida and the Pigala- polarities.
Any gender and any person can have more of either polarity in their soul.
The main issue people do not get, is
3. that if this will manifest sexually or not, is a whole different aspect in itself.
Every person spiritually is both male and female.
The soul has both aspects.
Now there is a serious misconception here, that ties sexual choices with spiritual advancement.
From this came
Every person spiritually is both male and female.
The soul has both aspects.
Now there is a serious misconception here, that ties sexual choices with spiritual advancement.
From this came
1).
โDavid Hogg [1], a Parkland shooting [2] survivor and gun-control activist, has been the subject of conspiracies for nearly a decade and has seen an uptick in threatening messages over the past week.
โDavid Hogg [1], a Parkland shooting [2] survivor and gun-control activist, has been the subject of conspiracies for nearly a decade and has seen an uptick in threatening messages over the past week.
2).
Soon after law enforcement officials released a CCTV image of the suspected shooter last week, @elonmusk's chatbot, Grok, responded to several posts falsely suggesting that the shooter resembled Hogg.
Soon after law enforcement officials released a CCTV image of the suspected shooter last week, @elonmusk's chatbot, Grok, responded to several posts falsely suggesting that the shooter resembled Hogg.
3).
โ ยปThere will always be, whether itโs real people or bots or anonymous accounts or whatever, who are going to make these threats.
โ ยปThere will always be, whether itโs real people or bots or anonymous accounts or whatever, who are going to make these threats.
๐ฅ๐ข๏ธ Russia's oil empire is crumbling under sanctions & unprecedented drone attacks.
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๐ฅUkraineโs drone campaign has hit Moscow where it hurts most: the economy.
Fuel shortages are spiralling, prices are soaring, and ordinary Russians are paying the price.
2/25
Fuel shortages are spiralling, prices are soaring, and ordinary Russians are paying the price.
2/25
๐ฅOil shipments suspended: SBU drones hit a key Russian export hub โ the port of Primorsk
On September 12, Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's northwestern port of Primorsk has for the first time forced the suspension of loadings at its key western oil terminal.
3/25
On September 12, Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's northwestern port of Primorsk has for the first time forced the suspension of loadings at its key western oil terminal.
3/25
Part III
Where are we headed? We have a media environment where critical voices are being stifled. ICE is set to massively expand, creating a partisan paramilitary force of masked agents who have already shown a propensity to arbitrarily arrest U.S. citizens and legal residents.
Where are we headed? We have a media environment where critical voices are being stifled. ICE is set to massively expand, creating a partisan paramilitary force of masked agents who have already shown a propensity to arbitrarily arrest U.S. citizens and legal residents.
Politicized law enforcement and regulatory agencies will pressure and threaten Democratic donors, making it harder for the opposition to raise funds. And my bet is that if Trump is still alive in 2028, he will try to run again.
The good news is that Trump *IS NOT POPULAR.* Most autocratizing leaders have been successful in strangling democracy only when theyโre popular.
"Ever since we left Afghanistan, the opium harvest isn't what it used to be. Or - somebody's taking a cut. And that's a mafia no-no."
"So we're going to take that airbase back. It's a lot easier to traffic heroin if you have your own airbase."
"So we're going to take that airbase back. It's a lot easier to traffic heroin if you have your own airbase."
"The CIA needs that cash flow. Remember in 2000 when the Taliban destroyed the entire opium crop? That wasn't nice. And it certainly hurt the CIA's secret budget. That's why we had to do 9/11."
"I'm not supposed to talk about that but I'm feeling kind of omnipotent now."
"I'm not supposed to talk about that but I'm feeling kind of omnipotent now."
"Do you know how lucrative the heroin trade is? Big bucks."
"And it's so easy when you can traffic the shit straight from Bagram in a US military aircraft and take it to Germany or France or America."
"To another US airbase! It's foolproof. That Allen Dulles, he was a smart
"And it's so easy when you can traffic the shit straight from Bagram in a US military aircraft and take it to Germany or France or America."
"To another US airbase! It's foolproof. That Allen Dulles, he was a smart
