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Governments should be saving the planet
*Patagonia's radical business move is great -- but governments, not
billionaires, should be saving the planet.*
*We cannot simply stand back and hope that the elite will give away
their wealth to tackle the climate emergency.* Most of them won't
help voluntarily, so we need laws to compel them. |
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Cuba's referendum
Cuba has held a referendum on a proposed law -- to legalize same-sex
marriage.
The new law was approved, with 2/3 of the votes in favor and 1/3
against. It appears there was actual public disagreement about the
law. Allowing democracy in one policy area and tolerating public
disagreement is a step forward for Cuba.
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Inflation is an excuse to jack prices up
*CEO Says He's Been "Praying for Inflation" Because It's an Excuse to
Jack Up Prices.*
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Women traveling from EU countries to Netherlands for abortions
Due to patchy European restrictions on late-term abortions,
women need to travel from other EU countries to the Netherlands to get one. |
| 10:32a |
Labour Party MP punished for calling Tory "superficially black"
The Labour Party punished one of its MPs for calling Chancellor
Kwarteng, a Tory, "superficially black" — presuming that truly having
your skin of a certain color depends on something other than skin color.
Ms Huq's statement was both racist and a distraction from what
matters. The problem with Kwarteng is not his skin color. Whether he
is "superficially" black or really and truly black, whether he is
black at all, are hardly even politically significant.
What's wrong with Kwarteng is that he's really and truly Tory — a
plutocratist and a henchman of dooH niboR. He's lower than vermin.
He is trying to impoverish everyone in Britain who's not wealthy or
specially fortunate, whatever color per skin is. Why even try to look
for a worse thing to say about him than that? |
| 10:32a |
Zoom cancelled a round table discussion
Zoom cancelled by fiat a round table discussion that San Francisco
State University planned to hold, because it included an actual
terrorist who hijacked an airplane in the 1970s.
Zoom claimed that the discussion was illegal. The article explains
why that is not so; the protection of freedom of association and
freedom of speech under the US Constitution are so broad and firm that
"so and so is a terrorist," even if true, cannot justify
censoring the meeting.
However, Zoom went beyond citing a putative censorship interpretation
of those laws. It asserted that its "terms of service" gave it the
power to dictate what topics the university could discuss.
It is intolerable for a company to have veto power over what topics
universities can cover in remote discussions. The side issue of
how it would use that power, which topics the
company wishes to censor, must not distract us from the wrong of
putting the company in charge.
Universities should cancel their contracts with Zoom rather than
tolerate this censorship.
This is in addition to the injustices that Zoom does to each user:
for instance, the requirement to run nonfree software, the requirement
to identify oneself (by making an account), and the requirement to
agree to an unfair contract. |
| 10:32a |
Building 15,000 miles of oil pipelines
The world's fossil fools plan to build 15000 miles of new oil pipelines.
This at a time when reducing fossil fuel consumption is the only
way to reduce global disaster. |
| 10:32a |
Nord stream pipelines sabotaged
The two Nord Stream pipelines, which used to carry methane from Russia
to Germany, have been sabotaged — gas now leaks out and bubbles up to
the surface of the Baltic Sea.
Putin shut down the pipelines to put economic pressure on Europe.
Putin could have resumed the gas supply at any time. But no longer:
the sabotage has eliminated the option of resuming delivery. The
economic difficulties for Europe continue, but Putin no longer has the
power to switch them on and off. Thus, Europe no longer has the
option of ending the economic difficulties by caving to Putin.
Some are accusing Putin of causing the sabotage, but I don't see
how that would have given him any advantage. |
| 10:32a |
Thugs seizure of reporter Jeff German's phone and computers
After Las Vegas corruption reporter Jeff German was murdered, the thugs seized
his phone and computers. The Las Vegas Review Journal is suing because this
is likely to identify his confidential sources. |
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French consider extending UK nuclear plant use
The French government owns the UK's nuclear power plants, and is
considering extending their operation again.
This seems logical if you don't look at the numbers, but Amory Lovins has
shown that it is an inefficient, wasteful expense.
It would be cheaper to build
additional renewable generation to replace the nuclear plants than to
keep operating them for much additional time.
The idea that the UK is "behind" on building new nuclear power plants
flies in the face of all economics. It makes no sense to do that
since building renewable generating capacity is far cheaper, safer and
faster. |
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Rejection of petition to ban neonicotinoids on seeds
The EPA rejected a petition to ban using neonicotinoids to coat seeds.
The pesticide gets into the whole plant, and kills bees. |
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DeMentis elevates election deniers
*[DeMentis] privately elevates election deniers while publicly staying
mum on 2020.* |
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Our increase of CO2 in the air
We have increased the level of CO2 in the air to 421 parts per million.
In the past, when it was above 400 ppm, Antarctica's marine ice sheets melted;
this would have led to a lot of loss of ice from the ice cap, and sea level
rise of perhaps tens of meters. |
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