nourishing obscurity: Wednesday [1 to 5]

Happy Hump Day.

5. No link, as it's Epoch

... and they put you through promo hoops before getting to anything worthwhile:

The Supreme Court’s decision in the Mississippi abortion case is likely to be one of the landmark cases of the 21st century. Many fascinating things came up during the arguments before the court, but here’s one thing that didn’t come up: the horror of abortion itself. The horror of abortion isn’t merely that a woman kills a child, but that a woman kills her own child.

4. DS summarises the sit as it sees it

The introduction of vaccine passports in Scotland, Wales and now Northern Ireland has been punitive to businesses as well as being illogical and discriminatory.

In the past few days, we have seen a predictable knee-jerk reaction to a ‘new variant’ with talk of introducing ‘Plan B’ restrictions in England and further restrictions. This is a complete overreaction given that experts in South Africa and the WHO have all said that the Omicron variant currently presents ‘mild symptoms’.

3. Haiku - SA situation

True, but ignores the fact that corruption in Africa - especially South Africa - is as well-known (internationally) as COVID

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-12-07-the-jokes-on-us-south-africa-the-cruel-logic-of-omicron-travel-bans-debunked/

I have been waiting for this

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-12-07-as-anc-decays-the-sacp-and-cosatu-might-soon-have-to-make-important-decisions-ab
out-their-future/

2. DAD

Reps. Greene, Gohmert, Gaetz, and Gosar tried, unsuccessfully, to visit the January 6 political prisoners twice earlier this year. They were turned back for no stated reasons. They sent a congressional letter and forced a confrontation with the D.C. mayor’s office and the Washington D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) staff just so they could inspect a jail that “they have the right, prerogative, and duty as of Members of Congress to inquire and inspect.”

Greene and Gohmert (and their respective staffs) finally got to tour the D.C. jail where the J6 inmates are held, though the jail staff DID try to end the tour of the jail before the reps got to meet the political prisoners.

What they saw was "not pretty".

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/12/07/reps-greene-and-gohmert-finally-met-the-j6-political-prisoners-what-they-saw-isnt-pretty-n1539714

Here is MTG,s long report.

https://greene.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/greene.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Unusually%20Cruel%20An%20Eyewitness%20Report%20From%20The%20DC%20Jail.pdf

1. Steve