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Event |
| 4:17a |
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| 4:17a |
Tory leader declares war on climate
The Tory leader has declared all-out war on the climate.
This is his latest lunatic way of trying to avoid losing big in the election
that must be held next year. |
| 4:17a |
Australian businessman tried in China for spying
Australian businessman Alexander Csergo was trapped in China and
Chinese state agents demanded he give them information about
Australia. He says he gave them useless answers he found on the
internet. Now he is being tried for spying.
The US has also bullied innocent people to spy. |
| 4:17a |
No compensation for damage to your home by SWAT team
If a SWAT team destroys your house in the process of chasing
a criminal who has broken into it, you will probably get no
compensation and be homeless and ruined. |
| 4:17a |
Arguments for the OLIGARCH Act
Rep. Barbara Lee and Abigail Disney argue for the OLIGARCH Act,
a progressive tax on billionaires' wealth.
I like the words of Justice Brandeis: "We must make our choice. We may
have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a
few, but we cannot have both." |
| 4:17a |
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| 4:17a |
Professors fleeing Florida's public colleges
Professors are fleeing Florida's public colleges and they can't
hire new ones.
I don't think this will dissuade DeMentis from converting Florida's
public colleges into right-wing propaganda mills. They will hire
incompetent or unqualified replacements, because all they really need
to do is repeat the official line.
Those who will really suffer from this are the young people of Florida
who hoped to get a good education without paying the price of
attending a private university. |
| 4:17a |
Denying the true ills of slavery
* By denying the true ills of slavery, [DeMentis] is working to release the
government from the obligation of fixing inequality today.*
This is in addition to unleashing the right-wing lie machine to claim
from coast to coast to attack the movement to end racism at a fundamental
point that we thought no one would dare deny.
The article linked to above displays symbolic bigotry by capitalizing
"black" but not "white". (To avoid endorsing bigotry, capitalize both
words or neither one.) I denounce bigotry, and normally I will not
link to articles that promote it. But I make exceptions for some
articles that make important points, for instance about racism. That
article is one of the exceptions. |
| 4:17a |
Doctors being chased out of Idaho
A good fraction of the doctors in Idaho who treated complications of
pregnancy have ceased to practice there, chased out by threats of
fines or imprisonment.
I would suggest that all doctors who treat pregnant women in Idaho
urge them at the first visit to make arrangements immediately for
possible treatment later in a safer state, in case that comes to be
necessary. |
| 4:17a |
Urgent: Save California's bees
US citizens: call on Governor Newsom to save California's bees.
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response after signing. That does not mean anything is wrong; your
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the text appear. |
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| 9:17a |
Restrict SUVs
Governments should restrict sale and/or use of SUVs.
The article describes many problems they exacerbate, ranging from everyday inconveniences to climate disaster.
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| 9:17a |
Mining in sea unsafe
What should we make of James Cameron's claim that there are large areas
of the sea bottom that are safe to mine?
It might be possible to establish requirements for sea-bottom mining
to be safe for biodiversity. These requirements might include the
following
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The mining machines must be robots that quietly use arms to collect
metal-bearing rocks.
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The machines must never disturb the bottom, aside from picking up rocks.
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The machines must deposit a replacement rock that wildlife can use
in exchange for each metal-bearing rock that they take away.
This calls for prior scientific research to verify that certain replacement
rocks will enable the wildlife to survive.
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Mining can be authorized only in areas that have been surveyed to
prove that they have no special ecosystems.
These or any requirements will not do any good unless they are
carefully enforced.
If the mining companies object to these requirements, it will show
that they really plan to destroy ecosystems.
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| 9:17a |
Idaho doctors chased out
A good fraction of the doctors in Idaho who treated complications of
pregnancy have ceased to practice there, chased out by threats of
fines or imprisonment.
I would suggest that all doctors who treat pregnant women in Idaho
urge them at the first visit to make arrangements immediately for
possible treatment later in a safer state, in case that comes to be
necessary.
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| 9:17a |
DeMentis against inequality
*By denying the true ills of slavery, [DeMentis] is working to release the
government from the obligation of fixing inequality today.*
This is in addition to unleashing the right-wing lie machine to claim
from coast to coast to attack the movement to end racism at a fundamental
point that we thought no one would dare deny.
The article linked to above displays symbolic bigotry by capitalizing
"black" but not "white". (To avoid endorsing bigotry, capitalize both
words or neither one.) I denounce bigotry, and normally I will not
link to articles that promote it. But I make exceptions for some
articles that make important points, for instance about racism. That
article is one of the exceptions.
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| 9:17a |
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| 9:17a |
Urgent: Save Californian bees
US citizens: call on Governor Newsom to save California's bees.
If you have disabled the page's JavaScript, you may get a blank
response after signing. That does not mean anything is wrong; your
signature has probably been sent in properly. The blank screen has
text that is rendered invisible by CSS; if your browser gives you a
way to disable the CSS in the page (as Icecat does), that should make
the text appear.
|
| 9:17a |
Professors fleeing Florida
Professors are fleeing Florida's public colleges and they can't
hire new ones.
I don't think this will dissuade DeMentis from converting Florida's
public colleges into right-wing propaganda mills. They will hire
incompetent or unqualified replacements, because all they really need
to do is repeat the official line.
Those who will really suffer from this are the young people of Florida
who hoped to get a good education without paying the price of
attending a private university.
|
| 9:17a |
OLIGARCH Act
Rep. Barbara Lee and Abigail Disney argue for the OLIGARCH Act,
a progressive tax on billionaires' wealth.
I like the words of Justice Brandeis: "We must make our choice. We may
have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a
few, but we cannot have both."
|
| 9:17a |
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| 9:17a |
Australian businessman tried for "spying"
Australian businessman Alexander Csergo was trapped in China and
Chinese state agents demanded he give them information about
Australia. He says he gave them useless answers he found on the
internet. Now he is being tried for spying.
The US has also bullied innocent people to spy.
|
| 9:17a |
Tory war on the climate
The Tory leader has declared all-out war on the climate.
This is his latest lunatic way of trying to avoid losing big in the election
that must be held next year.
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