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Rural Arizona midterms
*Rural Arizona county certifies midterm results after judge orders vote.*
The county supervisors voted to certify the results they had because
refusing was illegal.
They presented no grounds to refuse to certify the results, but we can
determine what their motives were:
The country's vote had voted majority Democratic, and the Republican
election officials figured that they could steal some statewide
elections by (in effect) discarding all the votes from their own
county.
A large fraction of Republicans are traitors at heart, and seek
opportunities to steal any election that they lose. If imprisonment
is required to thwart their treachery, prison it should be. |
| 9:47a |
The wrecker shares Roosevelt's bad aspects
The wrecker shares all the bad aspects of Teddy Roosevelt, minus
all that was good and all that was great about the latter. |
| 9:47a |
War on America
More on the wrecker's declaration of war on America and everything
that is good about it.
Nothing is perfect. There are a number of things in the US
Constitution that ought to be changed, Republicans have highlighted
some of them in recent decades by stretching them for abuse. The
Constitution must protect the environment much more, and the rights
and well-being of the disprivileged and disadvantaged. Fairly taxing
the rich and curbing the power of business would make that possible.
Eliminating the electoral college could make elections more
democratic.
The wrecker would not do any of that. He would make himself dictator. |
| 9:47a |
Public phones
Volunteers are installing public phones in Philadelphia. They are like payphones except gratis.
Every city and town ought to provide these,
and you should never have to walk half an hour to reach one. |
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Adding a media player forbids tinkering
Cory Doctorow: in many kinds of products, adding a media-player and
its DRM creates an excuse to use the DMCA to forbid users to tinker
with any aspect.
Nowadays, any product with DRM is no longer merely defective by design.
It is oppressive by design also. |
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Ukraine attacks distant airfields
Ukraine has reportedly attacked distant Russian airfields used as
bases for heavy bombers that bomb Ukraine, and for cruise missiles.
Some bombers were damaged.
To attack Russian aircraft and missiles on the ground is a legitimate
and natural tactic, but challenging to carry out. Bravo, Ukraine!
The Ukrainian Army seems to have a genius for figuring out clever ways
to win the war. Meanwhile, the Putin forces have only a plodding
hunger for bigger war crimes. |
| 9:47a |
International banksters control the UK
Leaving the EU was supposed to let the UK "take back control" over
its laws and policies, but instead the international banksters have
control.
Tories fundamentally believe in letting the rich have power, even if
they dislike some of the consequences. Naturally they were never
going to fight hard against it. Corbyn would have. |
| 9:47a |
Academic workers on strike
The University of California academic workers are on strike. The management
is trying to break their solidarity by offering raises to everyone but the
graduate student employees. |
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Burning trees to make energy
Stop burning trees to make energy, say 650 scientists before Cop15
biodiversity summit.* |
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Chinhook salmon
The chinook salmon are heading rapidly towards extinction, though no one
is sure why.
A strange aspect of this article is that it assumes that only by
identifying with the sadness of a local indigenous group can we
appreciate that the loss of these salmon is a great loss. In effect,
it treats their feelings about the possible extinction of chinook
salmon as the primary issue.
I can empathize with their sense of loss. I recognize the
loss too. But I insist that the objective loss is more important than
how people feel about it.
Peoples adapt their cultures to their environments. The ancestors of
that group, long enough ago, lived elsewhere and perhaps did not
encounter salmon. If the group survives through the coming global
disaster, in time it will get used to the absence of chinook salmon.
But the damage done by their extinction and the loss of ecosystem they
was part of will never go away.
If a species goes extinct and there is no indigenous group to notice,
did the extinction really happen? |
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Republicans supporting Putin
Republican extremists are supporting Putin's lies about Ukraine.
That includes a Faux News announcer. Does an airport near you show
Faux News most of the time? You could complain to the airport and say
to show something else instead. |