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Putin’s alleged war crimes: who are the Ukrainian children being taken by Russia?
The International Criminal Court has indicted Putin and some other
Russians for forcibly taking hundreds, probably thousands, of
Ukrainian children to Russia and concealing who they are from
their
Ukrainian relatives.
The article describes what he has done.
I have no doubt that Putin merits punishment for this. However,
putting him on trial for it risks prolonging the war. If Ukraine is
militarily successful, Putin might be willing to retreat from Ukraine
in exchange for being allowed to continue in power in Russia. Insisting
on trying him might convince him to continue holding parts of
Ukraine
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Report Calls for Water to Be Treated as 'Global Common Good' as Supply Crisis Looms
* Global Commission on the Economics of Water released a landmark
report Friday to warn the international community that the world is
"heading for massive collective failure" in the management of the
planet's water supply and demand that
governments treat water as a
"global common good."*
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This Is Not a Repeat of the 2008 Financial Crisis, But It Is the Same Capitalist Rot
Yanis Varoufakis: today's banking crisis is the latest repercussion
the
2008 financial crisis.
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East Palestine Soil Contains Dioxin Levels Hundreds of Times Over Cancer Risk Threshold
Soil near the Ohio train wreck contains extremely
high levels of
dioxin.
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Silicon Valley Bank said it was too small to need regulation. Now it’s ‘too big to fail’
*Silicon Valley Bank said it was too small to need regulation.
Now it's "too
big to fail."*
Surely every bankster wants per bank to be both at once.
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Loophole undermined fishing quotas
A loophole in log requirements has undermined European fishing quotas.
Governments corrupted by fishing interests are now pushing to make
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Lies that misled America into Iraq
The campaign of repeated lies by which Dubya won support for attacking
Iraq misled Americans about fundamental background facts, such as the
fact that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with the September 2001
terrorist attacks and treated al Qa'ida as an enemy.
A similar preparatory campaign against Iran seems to have been running
for years. |
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Information about death of Manuel Paez Terán
Many city, county and state agencies have refused to give Manuel Paez
Terán's family answers or evidence about how thugs killed him.
There is no reason to doubt that this is what it looks like: a murder
followed by playing dumb. The thugs' denials count for nothing since
they are biased and untrustworthy witnesses. |
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Biden budget worth celebrating
*Aside From the Military Bloat, Biden Budget Is Worth Celebrating.*
I am less enthusiastic because I am sure FDR would have done a lot
more. |
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Demand on global fresh water supply
*Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, say experts.*
The increase will not be due to the need for humans' domestic use. |
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Thugs charged for smothering prisoner to death
Virginia thugs have been charged with second-degree murder for
smothering a prisoner to death.
The prisoner's hands and feet were chained, so he was no threat to
them at the time. |
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Sunak to focus on carbon capture and mini-nuclear reactors in energy policy
Sunak proposes a planet-roasting distraction policy to
prolong fossil
fuel use.
It promotes carbon capture
and mini-nuclear reactors,
neither of which even exists as a
working solution now.
For planet roasters, delaying renewable energy is as good as rejecting
it entirely. |
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(satire) Locksmith Called After Man Loses Incantation Used To Open Ancient Stone Chamber
(satire) *Locksmith Called After Man Loses Incantation
Used To Open
Ancient Stone Chamber.*
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One year on, has P&O Ferries got away with illegally sacking all its crew?
P&O Ferries aroused condemnation by firing its well-paid workers
and
hiring low-paid foreigners.
But nothing has been done to reverse that or punish the company or prevent
repetition.
This does not surprise me. Tories would consider this desirable
as it enriches the wealthy.
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US to pay $6.5 million in lost wages owed to Mexican migrant workers
The US and Mexico are cooperating to send Mexicans who worked legally
in the US the wages that
employers stole from them.
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Scientists parse another clue to possible origins of Covid-19 as WHO says all possibilities ‘remain on the table’
Newly studied evidence suggests that raccoon dogs (a species related
to foxes) in Wuhan's live animal market were
infected by SARS-CoV-2.
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English professor in Florida says university is reviewing his employment following complaint over racial justice unit
A Christian university in Florida fired a professor because a student
denounced what he
taught about racial justice.
The student called it "indoctrination", but other students said it wasn't.
For right-wingers, exaggeration even to the point of dishonesty is
normal and legitimate.
That article was written before the actual firing. I chose to link to it
because it explains more of the situation.
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'Beautiful': Minnesota Becomes 4th State to Provide Free School Meals to All Kids
*Minnesota Becomes 4th State to Provide [gratis]
School Meals to All
Kids.*
To reduce the confusion of the two meanings of "free", I carefully
avoid using it to mean "gratis".
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‘A wake-up call’: total weight of wild mammals less than 10% of humanity’s
* The total weight of Earth’s wild land mammals — from elephants to
bisons and from deer to tigers — is now less than 10% of the
combined tonnage of men, women and
children living on the planet.*
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The SVB debacle has exposed the hypocrisy of Silicon Valley
* US tech innovators have a culture of regarding government as an
innovation-blocking nuisance. But when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed,
investors
screamed for state protection.*
Socialism for the rich, laissez faire/laissez mourir for the rest.
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