It provides for 20 years of incarceration for people that make abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy, a situation mainly seen among girls who were sexually abused.

If we could pull back the curtain to see what entities are responsible for such vile bills of law, we might not be surprised. But developments like this remain shocking nonetheless.

I applaud the protesters for standing up for women’s rights. And I support the continued dismantling of the patriarchy. We need to keep at it.

Noteworthy:

12-year-old Finnish victim with a foreign background sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries

and:

stabbed the 12-year-old victim from behind several times. After that he tried to go after a minor who was in the company of the other victim of stabbing

Far-right ties, violence, cowardice and racism go together really well.

I’m truly sorry for the child and their friend - and their respective families. I hope they recover from this - and that the fascist terrorist gets what he deserves.

Not quite the same, but why am I reminded of QAnon, MAGA people trying to destroy public utilities - however feebly?

From the same country that gave us Linux, inspired Middle Earth’s Quenya (noble Elvish) language, and showed us how to properly manage prison reform.

My question: why are the Finnish always so awesome?

P.S. Contrary to what one failed former conspiracy-addled political “leader” suggested, the Finnish do not rake their forests.

Thank you for sharing this personal account, Flying Squid. I hear you and this gives me a lot of food for thought.

The part about his mother deleting the incriminating evidence was nice too.

This is the way. Bleed him dry.

This is great news! Now let’s act to stop genocide. I’m hoping…

#BDS

Someone please tell me it wasn’t that Republican lady in that red state again. Please…

I beg to differ.

I came here to pose the same question but:

• You beat me to it.
• You did so better than I could.

The depressing alliteration of the day: generous genocide

The cancellations came even after the SNCTA, the biggest of France’s air traffic controllers union, said it was calling off the April 25 strike after reaching a deal with management over working conditions.

The deal came too late to avoid traffic disruptions and discussions had still not been finalised with other unions, DGAC said.

Two statements if I may:

1. I hope management learned something from this. Good on the SNCTA.

2. Seemingly unrelated (though I’d beg to differ), Reagan would have had his sorry and failed actor ass kicked if he were dealing with the SNCTA.

Disturbing and inexcusable. But I suppose this is expected from the side enabling genocide.

We might be able to guess why.

The incidents under review mostly took place in the West Bank and occurred before Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. They include reports of extrajudicial killings by the Israeli Border Police; an incident in which a battalion gagged, handcuffed and left an elderly Palestinian American man for dead; and an allegation that interrogators tortured and raped a teenager who had been accused of throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails.

Recommendations for action against Israeli units were sent to Blinken in December, according to one person familiar with the memo. “They’ve been sitting in his briefcase since then,” another official said.

This is incredible - I was not aware of that. Very disappointing.

Van Herk said he was initially optimistic due to the short time the jury deliberated.

Which demonstrates how out of touch with reality and humanity this individual - and his other accomplices - are.

But it’s no surprise since these clowns are anti-science.

I wonder if this is used to serve as a distraction from the on-going genocide that has killed 33k Palestinians so far.

This is wholesome news indeed! It’ll be especially nice if other criminals get arrested as well.

More, please!

There are countless good reasons for a ceasefire in Gaza. None for otherwise.