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Defense budget
*Washington is shrieking at the
prospect of a defense budget cut.
But
would it really be so bad?*
A clock that runs backwards is right four times a day. Maybe Republicans
are right a few times a year, and this could be one of them.
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Adjustment disorder
A fair fraction of people
respond to being in jail
by feeling that
life has become unbearable. Is this a psychological disorder, or is
it a kind of normal?
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Striking nurses, NY success
*Nurses claim victory after three-day strike
at two New York City hospitals.*
A crucial demand in this strike was that the hospitals hire more nurses
so that the nurses will not be overloaded.
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Climate Summit, Oil influencer
*"You Couldn't Make It Up":
Head of UAE Oil Company Appointed Chair of UN
Climate Summit.*
Climate defenders already concluded that these conferences had been
captured by planet roasters who had rendered them useless for their
purpose. With this final step, they have advanced from undermining
the conferences to mocking them with unveiled derision.
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Environmentalists jailed, El Salvador
El Salvador's right-wing government doesn't prosecute the many murders
committed by the army during the civil war, decades ago, but it has
jailed environmentalist leaders accused of killing an army informant
during that war.
People fear this represents the government's intention to repeal
the ban on toxic mining that those leaders brought about.
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Rewards of criminal risk
The
US political system rewards brash liars,
such as Santos — and the
corrupter.
I disagree with the claim that that is what "Americans" deserve.
People tend to get the politicians their _behavior_ deserves, but no
people deserve to be ruled by corruption and lies.
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Legislature dress code, Missouri
Missouri's state legislature has imposed a dress code on all members.
Bare shoulders and arms are forbidden: everyone must wear a coat or a
jacket.
However, some details are different for men and women legislators.
Men are required to wear a tie, and are forbidden to wear a dress or
skirt. I would resign from the house rather than wear a tie! Women,
more fortunate, are not required to wear one.
Any dress code treats people badly. They should get rid of it. But
it is amusing to imagine what they might do if a trans person or
nonbinary is elected to the legislature. What to wear???
Maybe the motive for the code is to exclude working-class people from
the legislature.
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