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Ten good things, 2022
Medea Benjamin describes 10 good developments during 2022.
I disagree with her about one of them. The use of dollars as the
standard international exchange currency gives the US a considerable
economic advantage. 15 years ago, with US power more or less
dominating the world and starting wars, I figured that ending that
advantage would be a change for the better.
Today, however, US power is reduced while China's economic and
military power is growing. China's government is repressive and
aggressive, and it denies facts like any fascist. The US is the
nucleus of resistance to China's aggression. If the US avoids falling
into fascism, we will appreciate US power to resist China's dominion. |
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Republicans starve the poor
Republicans in the Senate are fighting tooth and nail to keep poor
Americans in hunger.
At least this deal replaces a temporary aid program with a permanent
aid program. In the long term, that is a step forward. However, the
permanent aid program is limited to families with children. |
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Nuclear warring deal, Iran
*Positive signals from Iran over nuclear deal put west in a tricky position.*
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/20/positive-signals-from-iran-over-nuclear-deal-put-west-in-a-tricky-position
I suggest dropping sanctions against Iran, then inviting it to decide
whether to continue arming Russia (and face sanctions for that) or
stop arming Russia (and continue without sanctions). |
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End-stage Reaganism
*This Is the Dying Phase of Reaganism — and It's Hideous.*
*The question today is whether we as a nation and a people will recover
from it, or if it will, as Reagan promised, destroy the American
experiment of pluralistic liberal democracy.*
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Big oil, political pressure
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed documents from big oil
companies and studied the tactics they use for climate disinformation.
The committee was going to publish the documents, but seems to have
been pressured out of it.
Soon Republicans will take over that committee and kill the
investigation completely. |
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Big oil waxing political
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed documents from big oil
companies and studied the tactics they use for climate disinformation.
The committee was going to publish the documents, but seems to have
been pressured out of it.
Soon Republicans will take over that committee and kill the
investigation completely. |
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New pun: Sleeping-car doctors.
Sleeping-car doctors pun:
The doctors that worked on US sleeping car trains created a special
branch of medicine, known as Pullmanary medicine. |