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Russians almost theatrical
Prigozhin agreed to go to exile in Belarus, and Putin
agreed to drop
charges against him. Ostensibly, everyone is friends again. Despite
the brief incidents of real combat, I can't feel convinced it wasn't
just theater.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/25/prigozhins-march-on-moscow-chronology-of-an-attempted-coup
The exile ageement is no guarantee of Prigozhin's safety. If the coup
was real, Putin might have him killed in Belarus. Even if it was
theater, Putin might have him killed, in reaction to the enthusiastic
reception Prigozhin received from the public — apparently because
people hate Putin. I don't think Putin can forgive showing that on TV.
More speculation about the reasons
for the events we have seen. |
| 8:18a |
Urgent: Stop Selling Roundup
Everyone:
call on Home Depot to stop selling Roundup.
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Urgent: Call on state pension funds to vote their shares
US citizens: call on state pension funds to
vote their shares
for
certain shareholder resolutions.
The petition text emphasizes indigenous people's rights to the extent
that you might get the idea we non-indigenous hardly matter. But these
shareholder resolutions would protect everyone, as they should.
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Urgent: Confront India's Human Rights Abuses
US citizens:
call on Biden and Blinken
to confront India's human rights abuses.
The White House comments lines are
+1-202-456-1111
and (TTY/TDD) +1-202-456-6213.
If you phone, please spread the word!
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| 8:48p |
Racket in Seward County, Nebraska
Seward County, Nebraska, makes a racket of accusing drivers based on
no evidence of being drug traffickers, then threatening to put them in jail,
unless they sign away all their cash.
"Drug-sniffing" dogs are often trained to follow the human handler's
subtle commands. When the drug is told "find drugs here", it does.
When victims try to contest the seizure, courts are biased heavily
against them.
To prevent this, we should make sure that it is (1) impossible to
seize money from people for an alleged crime without first convicting
them of it, and (2) when money is seized, absolutely none of it
is available for the use of thug departments or the entities they
are associated with.
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Root cause of homelessness in California
A survey shows conclusively that the root cause of homelessness in
California is simple: homes are too expensive.
The same study established that 90% of California's homeless people
were living in California when they became homeless. |
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High interest rates in the UK
High interest rates in the UK have translated into high mortgage interest,
which is translating into higher rents, which is likely to make hundreds
of thousands of people homeless.
I have a hunch that the Tories' voter-ID cards will stop many of them
from voting. My hunch says that those cards have the voter's address,
and that those who were forced out of their homes will need to get new
cards. If they don't have a stable address, does that mean they can't
vote? |
| 8:48p |
Vampire capitalists squeezing poor countries
How vampire capitalists use debt forgiveness to a poor country as an
excuse to squeeze it to death. (From 2012.)
Palast uses the term "vulture", but I think that is misleading.
Vultures eat dead animals; as long as animals die, vultures (or
something comparable) are necessary. These capitalists, by contrast,
drain live countries and their live inhabitants.
I would like to see more recent news about this. |
| 8:48p |
Myth that people are paid what they're worth
Robert Reich busts the myth that "people are paid what they're worth."
He presents this with illustrations in a short video, which (while the
invidious proxies continue to function) can be seen here.
(It starts with an annoying use of singular "they",
but I recommend it despite that.)
For me, the statement he criticizes shows an even deeper problem: it
presumes a narrow, purely economic idea of what a person's value
consists of. I've decided not to use locutions that presume a
person's "worth" is measured by the economic value of per assets. |