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Wednesday, July 26th, 2023

    Time Event
    2:17a
    MTGreene airs porn

    To what extent does Hunter Biden merit political attention? A little, for specific reasons, but not more.

    2:17a
    Ultra-Low Emissions Zones, London

    The mayor of London, who represents the Labour Party, rebuffed Starmer's call to cancel an important anti-pollution measure to avoid disappointing some Tories. Bravo, Sadiq Khan, for standing up to Starmer.

    I think that requiring low-pollution cars in cities, where that will help keep people healthy, is a good idea. The only thing I disapprove of about London's ULEZ is that it identifies and tracks each car. That is massive surveillance, and a threat to human rights. These policies must be implemented in ways that don't track individuals who obey the rules.

    2:17a
    Pro-abortion clinicians v. anti-abortion states

    Activist pharmacists provide abortion drugs to all over the US, protected by the "shield laws" of certain pro-abortion states.

    11:02a
    Morality police reemerge, Iran

    Iran considers the protests crushed enough to send the clothing enforcement thugs out into the streets again.

    11:02a
    UPS contract negotiations

    *Extreme heat (and its danger to workers' lives) is key issue in UPS contract talks.*

    11:02a
    Israel high court lowered

    Israel's right-wing government has taken away the supreme court's power to overrule laws it finds to be "unreasonable". This means there is no longer any check on the government's power to oppress anyone. Not Palestinians, not even secular Jews.

    In ten years I expect to see a Jewish version of Iran.

    5:32p
    Louisianans' property insurance disappears

    *Property insurance disappears for Louisianans -- but not for gas facilities.*

    I think I know the reason for this. Fossil fuel extraction is so profitable that the planet roasters can afford to pay very high insurance rates. And they do so.

    Meanwhile, most homeowners can't afford that much so they have to go without insurance instead.

    Helping people cope with disasters is part of the government's mission. The government has the responsibility to provide insurance to cover people's losses, and at the same time move their rebuilding to safer building methods and safer locations.

    Moreover, when something humanly controllable is making disasters systematically worse, government has the responsibility to counteract that change.

    In the past, making disasters less likely was done with drainage and seawalls. Nowadays the job must include curbing global heating.

    5:32p
    2024 election

    Robert Reich: the 2024 election must be a referendum on the corrupter's fascism, rather than on Biden. The expected indictment for his coup attempt can bring this about.

    5:32p
    Lifestyle changes give longer lives

    A set of basic lifestyle changes give humans a much longer life.

    Recently I recalculated my body-mass index and discovered I was overweight. Hooray, I shouted, because I was no longer obese! I have lost 40 lbs in the past 2.5 years. Part of the way I did this is by walking half an hour on most days,

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