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| 2:38a |
Climate spending in defense budgets
*Countries must
bolster
climate [defense] efforts or risk war, Cop30 chief executive
warns.*
To start a war today over future scarcities and dangers would be
unlikely, but once those scarcities and dangers start to kill lots of
people, that will occur to some politicians.
If our governments has real courage, they would defeat the real
enemies — the planet roasters — now, and
implement the
better
solutions to avoid the suffering that is likely to cause wars.
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| 2:38a |
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| 2:38p |
Another Palestinian village depopulated
Chased, beaten and robbed: [Palestinian] survivors [forced to flee their
village, Mughayyir,] describe
Israeli settler violence in West Bank.
It is happening all the time now, in one village after another.
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| 2:38p |
Embassy directive on foreign students
The saboteur-in-chief has ordered US
embassies to
stop
processing applications for student visas.
If this continues, the US universities might admit new foreign students
but it would be futile since they could not attend the school.
But maybe it is meant to be temporary, since there seems to be a plan
to issue student visas again — but only after looking at each
student's political views as seen on antisocial media.
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| 2:38p |
Ehud Olmert decries war crimes, ISR
A former Israeli prime minister said that Israel is committing war crimes
in a private war with
no
(legitimate) purpose.
This is not news to us, but its being said by important politicians
may lead to a way to stop it.
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| 11:07p |
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| 11:07p |
Rightwing marching in Jerusalem, ISR
*Thousands of Israelis have joined a state-funded march through the
Muslim
quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem, where large groups chanted
racist slogans including "Gaza is ours," "death to the Arabs", and
"may their villages burn."*
In Israel as in the US, right-wing marches meant to display power and threat,
and to recruit people who want to attach themselves to those things.
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| 11:07p |
Fast-tracking a mining spree, NZL
New Zealand's right-wing government has hurriedly passed a
law
to encourage new mines, which evidently works by allowing mines to
damage the environment.
Every mine will eventually run out. Mining operations will cease, but
leaking of toxic chemicals will nit. The mean will require expensive
cleanup, and the company that extracted lots of money from running the
mine will try to dump the cost on the public. That follows the usual
"capitalism for our profits, socialism for the problems we cause"
spirit of business.
To allow mines to operate without eventually harming the public
requires carefully designed laws. When governments are eager to please
business, as the current New Zealand government is, one can expect
them to neglect this part. New Zealand's law to promote mining
was hurried, so I'd guess they didn't try very hard to protect
their local environment.
Allowing new coal mines is declaring war on civilization.
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| 11:07p |
Switching to debt-reaper mode, CHI
China joins the US and some European countries as big creditors that
will
squeeze
poor countries dry.
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| 11:07p |
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| 11:07p |
UKR-RUS war analysis
Putin is not interested in negotiating peace with Ukraine. He thinks
he can win more by
continuing
to attack.
The only way to stop this war of conquest is by supporting Ukraine in
fighting it.
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| 11:07p |
Pentagon infighting: wiretaps, leaks
The wrecker and
Pentagon officials are in a dispute in which various
officials accuse other officials
of lying.
They must all expect the others to lie, but they surely don't like
wondering, "Which ones are lying to me?"
Maybe none of them can trust each other any more.
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| 11:07p |
Urgent: Big Bad Bill in Senate
US citizens: phone your senators and urge them to reject injustices
in the Republicans' Big Bad Bill
One injustice is
making court orders unenforceable
— so the bully
could brush aside those impediments to absolute power.
Another injustice is the cuts in medicine and food aid for
Americans who can't afford it.
And then there are the tax cuts for the rich. (The rest of this email
I have copied from a message which suggested running nonfree software.
I can't refer the public to that!)
Republicans know these tax cuts are wildly unpopular, so they’re
scrambling to rebrand. Speaker Mike Johnson trimmed the plan
slightly and Trump floated a tiny rate increase for ultra-high
earners both designed to generate positive press.
But don’t be fooled, this is still a massive giveaway to the
billionaire class:
- Trump’s revised plan still delivers hundreds of billions to
billionaires
- Just 800 billionaires (out of 130 million households, that’s the
top 0.000006%) control more wealth than the bottom 50% of
American households combined.
- Investment income — the main source of wealth for the richest
— is still shielded from fair taxation
- There's still no tax on wealth — despite its increasingly
extreme concentration
We need a tax system that serves all of us, not just the
wealthiest few. That means closing loopholes, taxing wealth, and
investing in the public good: affordable healthcare, strong
schools, safe communities, and a government that reflects the will
of the people.
If you phone, please spread the word!
Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
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