Notices by Ned Hamson (nedhamson1@mastodon.social)

Medicare, Medicaid private health data to be used by HHS for autism research (Me: totally wrongful invasion of privacy!)- UPI.com

Source: Medicare, Medicaid private health data to be used by HHS for autism research - UPI.com

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/05/07/medicare-medicaid-private-health-data-to-be-used-by-hhs-for-autism-research-me-totally-wrongful-invasion-of-privacy-upi-com/

Column: The ‘USA’ brand was 250 years in the making. It took just 100 days to trash it – Los Angeles Times

President Trump claims 'everybody is saying' his second term had the best start in presidential history. No, they're not. — Read on www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-05-01/donald-trump-100-days-tariff-immigration-rule-of-law

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/05/01/column-the-usa-brand-was-250-years-in-the-making-it-took-just-100-days-to-trash-it-los-angeles-times/

Norman Rockwell & Willie Gillis | Pacific Paratrooper

Norman Rockwell has been a well-known artist since his first magazine cover.  His work helped the home front during the war in more ways than just a nice painting at the news stand.  He produced over 300 covers in his 50-year career.  His influence is still felt today. Willie Gillis, Jr. (more commonly simply Willie Gillis) is a fictional character created by Norman Rockwell for a series of  World War II paintings…

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/04/28/norman-rockwell-willie-gillis-pacific-paratrooper/

USDA withdraws proposal to reduce Salmonella in poultry | CIDRAP (Me: we are on out own again… cannot fully trust food in market is safe… everything very well done, I guess)

Source: USDA withdraws proposal to reduce Salmonella in poultry | CIDRAP

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/04/25/usda-withdraws-proposal-to-reduce-salmonella-in-poultry-cidrap-me-we-are-on-out-own-again-cannot-fully-trust-food-in-market-is-safe-everything-very-well-done-i-guess/

Breaking news: US walked out of this UN meeting, but the rest of the world passed binding climate requirements on global shipping – Darcy Hitchcock

On April 11, having the United States NOT at the table actually helped to move international climate policy forward. When the US walked out of the International Maritime Organization meeting, they threatened other countries to do so too or face consequences. But 63 countries stayed to set a net zero emissions goal by 2050.…

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/04/23/breaking-news-us-walked-out-of-this-un-meeting-but-the-rest-of-the-world-passed-binding-climate-requirements-on-global-shipping-darcy-hitchcock/

« No to GOLD! – No to Cartier ! » Yanomami and Trees versus Gold Mining, Mercury poisoning and Gold Luxury items / Exhibition 2025 | Barbara Crane Navarro

« The Forest Is Burning » Photo montage from Fire Sculpture Performances Barbara Crane Navarro « The Yanomami shamans who fight the xawara epidemic see the disease’s image appear in the form of strips of scarlet fabric. The xawara epidemic is approaching and its smoke is glowing red! It is making the sky become ghost…

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/04/18/no-to-gold-no-to-cartier-yanomami-and-trees-versus-gold-mining-mercury-poisoning-and-gold-luxury-items-exhibition-2025-barbara-crane-navarro-2/

More than 100 new measles cases reported in Ontario as total reaches 925 | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/11137419/ontario-measles-cases-april-17/

Ex-Costa Rica president says US visa revoked after criticism of Trump | US news | The Guardian

Óscar Arias, 84, who won Nobel peace prize in 1987, said US president was behaving like ‘a Roman emperor’ Former Costa Rican president and Nobel winner Óscar Arias said on Tuesday that the US had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like “a Roman emperor”. Arias, 84, was president between 1986 and…

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/04/01/ex-costa-rica-president-says-us-visa-revoked-after-criticism-of-trump-us-news-the-guardian/

DOGE Goons Tried to Fire Emergency ICU Doctors at NIH Hospital

National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists warn the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is playing “Russian roulette” with patients’ lives after the agency tried to fire ICU doctors at its hospital. The New York Times reported Monday that DOGE planned to fire medical personnel in the intensive care unit at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, which doubles as an active hospital and…

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/30/doge-goons-tried-to-fire-emergency-icu-doctors-at-nih-hospital/

No Warm Welcome For Ol’ J.D.!

Ol’ JD Vance and his wife Usha traveled to Greenland this week … and nobody wanted them. Gee, I wonder why? If you threaten your neighbor on a … No Warm Welcome For Ol’ J.D.!

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/30/no-warm-welcome-for-ol-j-d/

Kyoto Protocol: The Play

You wouldn’t think the United Nations climate negotiation would make great theater. But guess again. It’s a hot ticket in London right now. Produced … Kyoto Protocol: The Play

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/30/kyoto-protocol-the-play/

DOGE cuts reduce weather balloon launches, diminishing ability to forecast extreme conditions – UPI.com (Me: Idiots wants to run that down so SpaceX can run it for Musk profit, while we suffer from surprise extreme weather!)

Source: DOGE cuts reduce weather balloon launches, diminishing ability to forecast extreme conditions - UPI.com

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/27/doge-cuts-reduce-weather-balloon-launches-diminishing-ability-to-forecast-extreme-conditions-upi-com-me-idiots-wants-to-run-that-down-so-spacex-can-run-it-for-musk-profit-while-we-suffer-from-su/

Hiltzik: A Trump appointee's dangerous assault on Social Security - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-03-25/social-security-needs-protection-from-trump-as-disastrous-acting-commissioner-shows

Sharpshot Nature .Com 01389-tod-017611 Monarch

 353  0 2020-03-23 01389-tod-017611 Monarch NIKON D7100 – ƒ/3.3 1/500 105mm ISO100 – Mission, MN Source: Sharpshot Nature .Com 01389-tod-017611 Monarch

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/23/sharpshot-nature-com-01389-tod-017611-monarch-2/

Da Lunacy In ‘Toons! | Filosofa’s Word

Source: Da Lunacy In ‘Toons! | Filosofa's Word

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/21/da-lunacy-in-toons-filosofas-word/

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped | US immigration | The Guardian

I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky — Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/20/im-the-canadian-who-was-detained-by-ice-for-two-weeks-it-felt-like-i-had-been-kidnapped-us-immigration-the-guardian/

Joyce Vance: DOGE Is Gutting the National Weather Service, Which Serves All of Us

Joyce Vance is a former federal prosecutor in Alabama who writes a blog called “Civil Discourse.” In this post, she explains the damage that Elon … Joyce Vance: DOGE Is Gutting the National Weather Service, Which Serves All of Us

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/19/joyce-vance-doge-is-gutting-the-national-weather-service-which-serves-all-of-us/

Gallup poll: U.S. support for Ukraine climbs to 46% among public – UPI.com

Public support for American aid in Ukraine appears to be rising, according to new polling. — Read on www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/03/18/Ukraine-gallup-poll-public-support-Trump-Putin/8971742322049/

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/18/gallup-poll-u-s-support-for-ukraine-climbs-to-46-among-public-upi-com/

Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution – Los Angeles Times

U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland ordered the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID. — Read on www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-03-18/judge-rules-doges-usaid-dismantling-likely-violates-the-constitution

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/18/judge-rules-doges-usaid-dismantling-likely-violates-the-constitution-los-angeles-times/

There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane. | The New Republic

His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That’s a fool’s errand—but fools abound in this administration. — Read on newrepublic.com/article/192786/trump-tariffs-insane-method-madness

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/18/there-is-no-method-to-trumps-madness-hes-simply-insane-the-new-republic/