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| 12:17a |
EPA's new renewable fuel standard
The EPA needs to take care so that its new renewable fuel standard
does not backfire and encourage use of certain fossil fuels.
The planet roasters are once again trying to encourage investment in
more use of certain fuels which are only partly renewable, and doing
so by exaggeration.
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| 5:32a |
Claims of an Immunity Debt in Children Owe Us Evidence
There is no such thing as "immunity debt" for an individual. The immune system
does not
require "exercise" to keep functioning.
For society, there is a kind of infection backlog. Normally every
baby gets infected by RSV before age two. So there is a normal rate
of first infections of RSV, some fraction of which require treatment.
When babies are kept more isolated, many of them don't catch RSV at
the usual age. That creates a backlog of babies who are yet to
experience that infection.
When the isolation ends, basically all those babies catch it in a
short time. The infection causes the same results as usual, but the
number who get infected per month is higher than usual.
After a while, all those babies have had RSV and the temporary
isolation has no lasting effects. At least, not due to RSV.
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| 5:32a |
Shreveport, Louisiana, police officer arrested in fatal shooting of Alonzo Bagley, police say
Alonzo Bagley was maimed by Louisiana thugs who arrested in 2018, and
sued them. This year a thug shot him and killed him,
gratuitously.
The thug is being prosecuted. I wonder why he is accused of
"negligent" homicide — can firing a gun at a person be mere
"negligence"?
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| 5:32a |
Biden DOJ Supporting Rail Giant Norfolk Southern's Effort to Block Future Lawsuits
The Department of Justice is arguing in the Supreme Court to
invalidate old state laws that allow a corporation to be sued in
Pennsylvania (for example) if it
does business in Pennsylvania.
A few weeks ago, Biden protected the railroads from giving workers
sick leave. He seems too close to railroads.
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| 5:32a |
Amid Ohio Nightmare, Rail Worker Alliance Urges All of Labor to Back Railroad Nationalization
US railroad workers call for nationalization of
the US railroads,
to end the mismanagement of the few major railroad corporations.
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| 5:32a |
India accuses BBC of tax evasion amid Modi documentary row
*India accuses BBC of tax evasion amid
Modi documentary row.*
I won't argue that a large corporation such as the BBC is beyond suspicion,
but the fact that the accusation is being made now leads me to suspect
that Modi is using this to repress criticism of his regime.
Even if the accusation is true, Modi is probably using it for
political motives rather than for legitimate motives.
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| 5:47a |
Journalist who exposed plot to kill Alexei Navalny claims family banned from Baftas
Journalist Christo Grozev wrote about Putin's plot to poison Alexei Navalny.
A documentary about this is up for an award in London, but he cannot attend:
he and his
family have been banned from attending.
In effect, they are being treated as terrorists.
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| 5:47a |
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| 5:47a |
So-called Doomsday Glacier is ‘in trouble,’ scientists say after finding surprising formations under ice shelf
The Thwaites glacier is melting from below — the water under it is
hotter than freezing.
If it melts, that will raise sea level by two feet.
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| 5:47a |
Oregon, a hotbed of extremism, seeks to curb paramilitaries
Oregon is considering a bill to allow victims of organized
intimidation to
sue the intimidators.
The idea is to discourage right-wing bullying.
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| 5:47a |
Millions of children are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage starting in April
*Millions of [US] children are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage
starting in April.*
And millions of US adults as well.
Extension of Medicaid was started in 2020 with bipartisan support
because Covid-19 alarmed the Republicans into feeling they had to help
people. Now they want to undo that as part of their War on [people
in] Poverty.
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| 2:33p |
High tax millionaires
In California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New York,
Maryland, and Washington,
state legislators are pushing to tax
millionaires more.
The campaign is looking for legislators who want
to do this in other states.
I am curious about their target for the highest tax bracket,
which is not stated in the article.
Massachusetts voters (including me) voted for a higher tax on high
incomes in the November 2022 election.
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| 4:03p |
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| 4:33p |
High tax millionaires, states
In California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New York,
Maryland, and Washington,
state legislators are pushing to tax
millionaires more.
The campaign is looking for legislators who want
to do this in other states.
I am curious about their target for the highest tax bracket,
which is not stated in the article.
Massachusetts voters (including me) voted for a higher tax on high
incomes in the November 2022 election.
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| 4:33p |
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| 6:18p |
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