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Shots for shots: Los Angeles bars to require Covid vaccines

Shots for shots: Los Angeles bars to require Covid vaccines

Los Angeles (AFP) - Drinkers in Los Angeles will need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 starting next month, authorities said Wednesday, as mandates spread across the United States. Bars and nightclubs in Los Angeles county will be required to check that patrons have had the shot, the health department said, in the same way they demand proof of age. The county, home to around 10 million people, joins New York City in making jabs compulsory for swathes of the entertainment industry, in a country that has not yet fully embraced the life-saving vaccines. "This is a reasonable path forward that co......
Music Fridays: Scouting Edition

Music Fridays: Scouting Edition

[rebelmouse-image 24750250 original_size="250x306" expand=1]As all the hubub over the HPV vaccination has demonstrated, the Christian right has a big time Lolita obsession.  I wasn't thinking about that per se when I pitched this piece about the right wing shit storm over the Girl Scouts of the USA, but I'd say that the article has perfect timing in that regard.  After all, the Girl Scouts hysteria comes from the same place as the hysteria over the vaccination: lurid right wing imaginations applied to young girls and sex.  It's all very icky, but I think an important factor in understanding the Christian right worldview.  So check out my article "The Girl Scouts Allegedly Radical Feminist Lesbain Agenda". Spoiler alert: Girl Scouts do not  have a radical lesbian feminist agenda, but they are pretty pro-girl, so I can see why you'd make that mistake.