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Rebuking Palestinian leaders
Rebuking Palestinian leaders for focusing on armed war against Israel, and
using their arms to just so they can say they are fighting.
Palestinians in the West Bank have made considerable use of nonviolent
resistance, but they don't have nonviolence discipline. There tends to be a
crowd of stone-throwing youths alongside protests; Israel cites them
as an excuse for its repressive treatment of protesters.
That excuse is not truly valid, but Israel makes it seem valid. |
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Australia weakened influence of planet roasters
Australia has weakened the influence of planet roasters in its Climate
Change Authority.
Next it should change the name to Climate Defense Authority.
Defending the Earth's climate from human attack is its mission. |
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Green party supports striking workers
*The two main parties may not support striking workers, but the [UK]
Green party does.* |
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Battle between humans and sulphur-crested cockatoos
Australia sees a battle of wits between humans and sulphur-crested cockatoos.
Humans currently seem to be winning.
Must the two species be adversaries? Why not cooperate?
What people dislike about the cockatoos seems to be that they screech.
Could some hacker design a device that offers a button for cockatoos
to open the bin door so they can eat, but closes the door slowly if it
hears a nearby screech? After closing, it could keep the door closed
for 30 seconds, responding to the button during that time with "No,
no, no." They might learn to stop screeching in order to get at the
food.
When the 30-second closure period ends, the device could speak,
"Hello, Cockie!"
Another question is, what is a good way to minimize the scattering of
waste outside the bin while they pick through the bins? Perhaps just
leaving a foot of empty space at the top of the bin would do the job. |
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Military-industrial complex captured US Congress
The military-industrial complex has captured the US Congress, which
hardly even tries to resist funding waste and fraud by weapons
companies.
I am all in favor of spending government funds to make jobs in the US,
but which jobs should they be? Any job will support a worker, if its
wages are decent. So let's choose the jobs that also produce
things that the US needs or that Americans can use.
Congress resists spending money on cancel all student debts,
but it has poured the same amount of money into the failing F-35
without hesitating.
Why the difference? One can guess that Congress values the
military-industrial complex more than mere people. |
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Putin forces accused of war crimes
People in Balakliia said that the Putin forces committed some war crimes,
but not massively as in places near Kyiv.
They also say that a fair number in Balakliia collaborated with the
occupation, and most of those have gone to Russia. The supporters of
Putin, all across Ukraine, have been fleeing to Russia, shaken by the
Putin forces' sudden collapse.
I am sure many collaborated with the occupation to a limited extent
because they were terrified of refusing, and expected the occupation
to be permanent. Except for those who informed on others or did
considerably more than the minimum, it would be wrong to punish them. |
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Legal harassment against climate-defense activists
Planet roasters in the US have launched 150 campaigns of legal
harassment against climate-defense activists.
The biggest culprits were Chevron and Exxon. |
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Benefits for workers who don't join union
Starbucks is offering some new benefits to workers who don't join the
union.
They can't be very large benefits, because the company expects to increase
profits by fighting unionization. |
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Interview with Symon Hill
An interview with Symon Hill, who was arrested for briefly heckling at
a kingship ceremony in England. |
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Bullshitter's claims of "executive privilege"
The bullshitter's claims of "executive privilege" over government
documents that he wrongfully took home start from something that the
Supreme Court said in a case against Nixon's claims, but distort and
exaggerate it.
The court only avoided insisting that a former president could not
possibly have executive privilege in some situation regarding some
documents.
The bullshitter has exaggerated this vague hypothetical possibility in
several dimensions at once. |
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Sanders rebuked the medical industry
Sanders rebuked the medical industry for spending billions to prevent
the US from moving to universal medical care. |
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Urgent: Funding for Covid-19 treatment and vaccination
US citizens: phone your congresscritter and ask for funding for
Covid-19 treatment and vaccination, and likewise for Monkeypox, in the
annual spending authorization.
Also insist on keeping Manchin's sabotage of environmental impact
regulations for oil pipelines out of this bill.
The Capitol Switchboard number is +1-202-224-3121.
If you call, please spread the word! |