| Time |
Event |
| 12:26a |
Dangerous Donald shifting sanctions
The persecutor wrecker lifted the US sanctions on violent Israeli extremists
who carry out pogroms against Palestinians, and revived sanctions
against the International
Criminal Court.
When he said that he wanted to be a "peacemaker", maybe it means
that he wants to make deserts and call them "peace".
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| 4:50p |
How climate activism has been criminalized
*From the US to Uganda, how
climate
activism has been criminalized in 2024.*
After the Democrats have joined up for repression of climate defense
while somewhat in power, we can't expect them to do much to defend against
what the billionaires' vassals will try to do.
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| 4:50p |
Fluff on high prices, tariffs
The
bullshitter claims to have signed executive orders to reduce
inflation and reduce energy costs, but did not say
just
what they do.
I have a hunch that they consist of encouraging more fossil fuel
extraction, and more pipelines to transport them, and
ceasing
to require more electric cars. That could reduce the price of
those fuels, for some years, while making
global
heating worse in the medium term. In a decade or two, staying
alive would become more expensive, and also less likely.
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| 4:50p |
RMS Talk in Kochi, India
Richard Stallman will give a talk
in Kochi, India, Jan 27 at 11:30,
at Jain University,
as
part of the Technology Future Summit.
(See link for address information.)
|
| 8:50p |
Managing natural disasters, US
The wrecker wants to
abolish FEMA.
FEMA
has a mixed record. Often it has been quite helpful. Sometimes,
as when New Orleans was hit by
Hurricane
Katrina, it was scandalously incompetent.
The US president then was a Republican, and seems not to have cared
about people who weren't rich enough to do without FEMA's help.
|
| 8:50p |
Earth's billionaires' Dangerous Donald
Billionaires even in Australia (and I presume everywhere else)
are
sucking up to him, asking for what will make the US a better
"investment opportunity."
I urge Australians to elect politicians who will thwart those
billionaires' desires, and make Australia a good place for all
Australians to live in.
A billionaire whose loyalty the corrupter has bought is disloyal
to per country.
Meanwhile, *toadying Brits finally come to realize
[the
corrupter] has no need of them.*
|
| 8:50p |
Corporate religion VS Democratic party
About a book
on the "reactionary nihilism" of the right-wing extremists
that have seized control of the USA.
|
| 10:37p |
Fast food minimum wage
California required large "fast food" chains to pay a $20 minimum
wage, disregarding executives who predicted that would cause job
losses. Indeed, no
such result occurred.
It is indeed possible for raising the minimum wage to reduce employment.
But executives have an interest in stretching the truth about this,
so politicians should get their advice from someone who isn't biased
against workers.
|
| 10:37p |
Economic growth
It appears that Labour in the UK has chosen short-termism
(prioritizing economic growth) over long tern survival
(reducing
greenhouse gas emissions).
The basic decision to reject taxing the rich tends to lead to a
bouquet of short-term optimizations that dump the costs on climate
disaster over the next few decades.
|
| 10:37p |
Trump order abortion
The wrecker banned US support to foreign
medical organizations
that do abortions.
This rule goes far beyond removing US support from abortions in other
countries. It also refuses support to organizations that perform a
broad range of medical treatment unless they agree to stop doing
abortions. Most of them refuses to be bullied, but the reduce is that
the US boycotts their other medical activities.
|
| 10:37p |
Safety net programs
*New Report Shows That Work Requirements for
Safety Net Programs Fail to.*
To simplify the matter few people make a choice to forego working if
they are poor enough to be eligible for these aid programs.
|
| 10:37p |
Justice Department
The persecutor has ordered the Justice Department to investigate "weaponization of the federal government", which is ironic because that's exactly
what this investigation is meant to do.
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