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Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023

    Time Event
    6:32a
    Peace towards Iran

    Salafi Arabia and Iran are really moving towards peace.

    It is a shame that the United States did not help achieve this, and that it instead boosts China's influence. China will surely use that influence to maintain hell on Earth. But we can't blame China for boosting its influence by doing something good for once.

    If Salafi Arabia can reconcile with Iran, is there a chance that the US can do so?

    Iran's government is repressive, generally in the name of its repressive version of Islam. The repression targets women in particular, but also targets everyone's religious freedom, including non-Muslims and any Muslims that want to convert to some other religious camp. But the US has no influence to change this. General nastiness towards Iran will not help.

    The main real complication is about renewing the non-nuclear deal that the saboteur in chief canceled. If there is any chance to do this, the US must try its best. However, it must emphasize the positive side more than the negative side.

    My approval of reconciliation between Salafi Arabia and Iran does not mean I condemn those governments any less than before. They are despicable and I wish they were both overthrown (though the US should not try to overthrow them). But that doesn't alter the fact that the world is better off if they are not fighting each other.

    6:32a
    Homeless crackdown, San Diego

    San Diego has escalated the war on homeless people by arresting people caught sleeping outside. However, the city offers them no alternative. Evidently this is an excuse for harshness against a scapegoat.

    6:32a
    Urgent: Save Medicare

    US citizens: call on Congress to reject the Republican plan to destroy Medicare.

    The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

    If you phone, please spread the word!

    6:32a
    Moves to privatize NHS, UK

    *Private equity has its sights on [Britain's] NHS.*

    It can't be coincidence that the Tories are holding the doors open.

    6:32a
    Microplastics in the Great Lakes

    *90% of Great Lakes water samples have unsafe microplastic levels. But experts say damage can be reversed if US and Canada act quickly to stop new plastics from entering lake system.*

    6:33a
    Religious warpath, PAK

    Muslim fanatics in Pakistan accused some Christians of blasphemy, so other Muslim fanatics attacked Christian churches.

    In the US and Europe, we see Christian fanatics attacking mosques. Humanity would be better off if we could put an end to fervent belief in any religion.

    6:33a
    Urgent: Ban assault weapons

    US citizens: call on Congress to ban assault weapons.

    The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

    If you phone, please spread the word!

    6:33a
    Prominent Israelis urge protest of "apartheid state"

    *US Jews urged [by Israeli academics] to condemn Israeli occupation amid Netanyahu censure.*

    Here is the Israeli academics' petition.

    AIPAC, which claims to campaign in the US for support for Israel, has shifted completely to campaigning in the US for support for Israel's nondemocratic right-wing.

    For years it has campaigned in the US for support for the US antidemocratic right-wing.

    But that was not hostile enough.

    6:33a
    Afghan scholars in UK squeezed

    Afghans studying in UK universities face the threat of being deported to Afghanistan, where the Taliban will surely find reasons to consider them enemies.

    6:33a
    Full text of the indictment

    The full text of the Georgia indictment against the corrupter and his henchmen.

    Alas, this website blocks the Tor network.

    6:33a
    The wrecker targets US judiciary

    Robert Reich: *Trump is undermining the entire US judicial system with another big lie.*

    6:33a
    Sarasota, FL college seized, restructured

    Governor Dismantle put people in charge of Florida's New College to chop down all its principles and rules to bury them in an anti-woke box.

    Many of the faculty have already left.

    I would guess that most of the faculty, and most of the students, will not return next year, and the college may be unable to continue operating at all except as an empty shell. But I think DeMentis will call that success.

    6:33a
    Satire: Updated code for US flag

    (satire) *Updated U.S. Flag Code States That American Flag Has Power To Grant Wishes.*

    6:33a
    Urgent: Stop Citi executives destroying Amazonia

    US citizens: call on Citi executives to stop destroying Amazonia and warming our planet.

    6:33a
    Manchin traitorous

    Senator Manchin has announced an "unrelenting fight" against the survival of world civilization and non-rich Americans. He has already announced that he may leave the Democratic Party. This did not surprise me, since his views are in the range of the Republican Party.

    In November 2022, we rejoiced that the Democrats had picked up a seat in the Senate and had clear control of it. But that was a mirage. The other fake Democrat, Sinema, has already left the Democratic Party. We have succeeded in exposing Republican sleeper agents, but with their exposure, the Republicans will effectively control the Senate through 2024.

    6:33a
    Abortion pill: new restrictions

    The 5th circuit court of appeals ruled to put an end to easy access to mifepristone and thus the means to have a medicated abortion.

    The 5 circuit includes Louisiana, Mississippi and part of Texas. The senators from those states are Republican, and due to the Senate's rule that judges appointed to that court must have the approval of at least one senator from those states, the judges on that court are right-wing extremists.

    Therefore, right-wing extremists generally use those states to file their cases.

    I hope that abortion rights activists continue to be able to obtain mifepristone pills and mail them to women who need them. But it may now be more difficult to do this.

    6:33a
    Urgent: Protect medication abortion

    US citizens: call on US Courts to protect medication abortion.

    6:33a
    War as deliberate ecocide, Ukraine

    Accusing the Putin forces of committing ecocide by causing toxic industrial chemicals, and toxins from weapons, to leak into Ukraine's ecosystems and more or less poison them for a long time.

    6:33a
    Musk throttling networks

    *Twitter appears to delay links by five seconds to sites Elon Musk dislikes.*

    6:33a
    Russian journalist poisoned

    Exiled Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko was warned Putin would try to have her assassinated. Recently she became strangely ill. German prosecutors are investigating this as a possible murder attempt.

    6:33a
    Entrenched, militarized, civil repression, Egypt

    *Ten years on from the slaughter of protesters in Cairo, [General al-]Sisi's record is even grimmer.*

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