SecondJon @SecondJon@social.cleverlibre.org

Teen brains are more vulnerable to the effects of marijuana than alcohol, a new study finds....Even after students reported stopping marijuana, their cognition did not improve.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/marijuana-may-be-worse-teen-brains-alcohol-study-finds-n916296

Believe all women (when it's to the left's political advantage).

"Clinton accuser Juanita Broaddrick demands FBI probe on Clinton rape claim, amid Kavanaugh furor"

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/clinton-accuser-juanita-broaddrick-demands-fbi-probe-on-clinton-rape-claim-amid-kavanaugh-furor
#uspol, #metoo, #clinton, #kavanaugh

Amazon raised wages to $15/hour, canceled stock sharing, bonuses.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/03/amazon-hourly-workers-lose-monthly-bonuses-stock-awards.html

@schlink Missing from the CNN article is whether this is how FBI investigations of justice nominees are typically released to the media circus/public. I get that it's a hit piece, but some basic background information would be helpful. I don't feel any more informed after reading that.

Background : My concern is that in outrage over images from how the Obama and Trump admins have temporarily separated people at the southern border, which sounds legitimately traumatic, we may be advocating for policies that turn a blind eye to child trafficking....or even formally protect it under law.

Real question, hoping for real conversation : Does the government of a country have responsibility to stop kidnapping and child trafficking/ child slavery at its borders? If so, how should they go about it?

#qoto #reachacross

@stsmith Agreed. Believe all women. That's what Atticus Finch would do.

@hashtaggrammar yes, I remember when I read it as a kid I was really into the story of the kids adventures, and the trial seemed to sneak up on me and all of a sudden it got very serious.

Today, though, the police would get called and child protective services would be brought in if scout was allowed to go around being a kid. :(

Watching To Kill a Mockingbird with my oldest son. Seems potentially relevant to current #uspol

Presidential alerts to be sent every hour until Kavanaugh confirmed.

I was on the fence about Kavanaugh, but the New York Times ran an article about an accusation that he threw ice at someone decades ago during his college years.

#enoughisenough #seriousjournaliam

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/us/politics/kavanaugh-bar-fight.html

If you're not overjoyed at a lynch mob coming after you, then you're disqualified for being a judge.

Only those who love lynch mobs could be good justices. A judge angry at mobs operating totally outside of the rule of law for political gain? Nutso. Get him out. Anger at lynch mobs is disqualifying.

A real judge who would be really good does not object to this lawlessness.

I think this is a very real and regular problem with spending taxpayer money on this and many other issues. It seems a smaller government with less spending would have less effective corruption.