Weekend update
Jun 25, 2022 5:50 pm
Hi there,
Here's my weekly update for June 25th, 2022...
🗒️ Live updates: How states are responding to Roe v. Wade being overturned
The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion.
Here's a look at what the decision meant across the US Saturday.
🗒️ Mathews: Homelessness is California’s most durable hobby horse
In California, homelessness is a long-running crisis.
Homelessness is a human tragedy for an estimated 160,000 unhoused people.
But homelessness is also incredibly useful for anyone who wants to complain about California....
🗒️ Opinion: Jan. 6 hearings have been so much better than expected
I felt a nauseating dread as the Jan. 6 hearings approached, fearing that all they would do is demonstrate Donald Trump’s impunity.
That the former president attempted a coup has been obvious since his mob descended on the Capitol, if not before....
🗒️ U.S. tech industry frets about handing data to states prosecuting abortion – Reuters
The technology industry is bracing for the uncomfortable possibility of having to hand over pregnancy-related data to law enforcement, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Friday to overturn the Roe v. Wade precedent that for decades guaranteed a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.
As state laws limiting abortion kick in after the ruling, technology trade representatives told Reuters they fear police will obtain warrants for customers' search history, geolocation, and other information indicating plans to terminate a pregnancy.
Prosecutors could access the same via a subpoena, too....
A sea of protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court on Friday, one of many rallies across the country following the end of Roe.
Bill and Dean Keyes and Chase and Saralee Squires separately say they have found the same retirement spot with perfect weather — temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s year-round during the day and in the upper 40s at night during the winter (in this case, August and September).
Their dream spot is Cuenca, Ecuador, a Unesco World Heritage site.
Although its elevation is around 8,500 feet above sea level, you’ll find palm trees and parrots in the country’s third largest city because it’s only about 200 miles south of the equator.
“If the place you live in doesn’t delight and amaze you every day, you’re doing it wrong.
And that’s how I feel about Cuenca,” says Saralee Squires, 61, who retired after working in advertising and later in benefits management.
The Squireses were still in their 50s when they left downtown Denver after a search for their international retirement spot that included Costa Rica, Spain, Panama, Belize, and Colombia as well as Ecuador.
They settled on Cuenca, where they say they spend about $3,000 a month but add that it’s possible to live there on about half that — a figure the Keyeses agree with.
“We don’t spare ourselves anything, and we pay for convenience,” said Chase Squires, 56, who had a career in reporting and, later, marketing....
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Make it a great day!
Bill
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