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Texas greenwashing
*Carbon capture project [in Texas] is ‘Band-Aid’ to greenwash $10bn
LNG plant, locals say.*
Many climate defenders and scientists say that too; I am glad the word
is spreading.
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Palestinian interviews
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(to Israel, and to Palestine on the side).
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| 1:17a |
Germant's genocide
Early in the 20th century, Germant colonized Namibia and carried out genocide
against two tribes that resisted. Now they demand reparations,
not to the Namibian government but to the people of those two tribes.
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| 1:17a |
Global heating
It is probably technically possible to avoid global heating over
1.5°C, but society seems incapable of mobilizing to overcome the
obstruction.
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| 1:17a |
Biden asked to negotiate with terrorists
Biden has asked to negotiate with the Republican
terrorists that use the debt ceiling as a hostage.
Negotiating with hostage takers plays into their hands
and leads to ignominious surrender.
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| 1:17a |
Crisis pregnancy centers
Some "crisis pregnancy centers" go beyond misleading pregnant women so
they won't get abortions -- they also disregard proper medical
procedures to avoid spreading diseases from one client to the next.
This was reported by a licensed nurse who volunteered to help in one.
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| 1:17a |
Tories face a choice
*The Tories now face a choice: lose office with honour or burn
everything in sight.*
I partly disagree with that statement. After 13 years of lies,
bullshit, broken promises and voter suppression, all designed to help
the rich and drive the poor into hunger, cold and sickness, we must
not recognize the Tories as possessing any sort of honor merely for
putting a limit on their mayhem at a point before the bitter end.
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| 1:17a |
Children still not reunited with parents
Five years ago, the wrecker's officials separated thousands of migrant
children from their parents. Despite persistent efforts, 1000 of them
still not been reunited with those parents, because the wrecker's
officials preserved no usable information about who those parents were
and how to find them.
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| 1:17a |
Iraqi dishonors himself by murdering daughter
An Iraqi father dishonored himself by murdering his daughter for
acting as if she had rights of her own.
His country dishonored itself by not taking this murder as seriously
as other murders.
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| 1:17a |
US kangaroo courts were a "terrible mistake"
Dubya's solicitor-general, who argued in the Supreme Court in favor of
trying the prisoners in Guantánamo in "military commissions" (kangaroo
courts), now says that that was a terrible mistake. The US should
have brought them to a real US court for trial.
He also says it was
self-defeating to ask for the death penalty for any of them, and that
the US should offer them plea deals now.
I think that after the many years in prison and torture they have
suffered, the US should offer them a plea deal for time already
served, and let them go.
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Misuse of water
*Tackle "Abuse of Water" by Big Ag and Big Oil,
Advocates Say Amid Colorado River Fight*
I think that "abuse" is the wrong word for this.
It should be "misuse". But it is a very big misuse.
Fracking misuses enormous amounts of water.
So does growing feed for cattle.
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Bogus Johnson's promised hospitals
Bogus Johnson promised to build 40 new hospitals, to win the 2019 election.
Now it's almost time for another election, and only 10 of them have approved
construction plans.
Promise them anything, but give them tax cuts for the rich.
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Public protester killed, US
The shooting of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán was part of an
US crackdown
on environmental defenders,
which includes charging them with
"terrorism" for nonviolent protest.
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| 4:17a |
Germany's genocide
Early in the 20th century, Germany colonized Namibia and carried out genocide
against two tribes that resisted. Now they demand reparations,
not to the Namibian government but to the people of those two tribes.
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Unionization
In the UK, a whole generation is learning the value of unionization.
Strikes are spreading, and so are victories.
The main resistance is from the Tories, who have aimed for centuries
to keep wages down and workers poor.
The US is seeing something similar, but not so many victories, as a big
company can stall concessions for years.
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Urgent: ban assault weapons
US citizens: call on Congress to ban assault weapons.
That criterion for what to prohibit may not be exactly ideal, but
that's a side issue -- it would be a step in the right direction.
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