| Time |
Event |
| 2:38p |
Pushing to restrict lobbying in Australia
Pushing to restrict
lobbying in Australia.
I don't know the details, but in general that is a good goal.
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| 2:38p |
Day care costs in the US
Outside of a few states with progressive policies, day care for young
children in the US is so
expensive
that many parents cannot possibly afford it.
The US frenzy against allowing children time at home alone
multiplies the expense.
Other wealthy countries subsidize child care.
This leaves me with a question: how do poor American families, in which
both parents need to work, cope with this situation? Since they can't
afford to pay for day care, evidently they don't. What do they
actually do instead? And what are the consequences of doing that?
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| 2:38p |
Escalating executive power grab
*[Saboteur-in-chef]
Brazenly
Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power
Grab.*
</li> |
| 2:38p |
Exploitative privatized parking meters
Chicago's 75-year contract for privatization of its parking meters
is exploitative
in many ways.
It was rushed through without proper study of its terms, and part of
the argument for it was trickle-down, which is always suspect.
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| 2:38p |
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| 2:38p |
Britons who bought homes with dangerous cladding
Britons who bought homes constructed with dangerous, flammable cladding
have won
a court case against the builders.
This is just — the builders had the responsibility to do the job
safely, so they should shoulder the costs of fixing their wrong decision.
I hope they won't be able to avoid paying by legal stratagems.
</li> |
| 2:38p |
Mass firings on Department of Education
*Mass firings [on the Department of Education]
spark concern as
department employees say cuts set stage for widespread fraud and
abuse.*
I suspect that the saboteur-in-chief would be pleased with that
consequence. It would provide an excuse to attack the system of
loans, and thus to weaken higher education in the US.
</li> |
| 2:38p |
Deportation thugs threaten to deport witnesses
The deportation thugs
threaten
to deport witnesses who testify
in a lawsuit that aims to prevent deportation of academics
for their political views.
</li> |
| 2:38p |
Perspective on population growth not being a problem
*With humankind currently transgressing at least six of nine planetary
boundaries, the cornucopian perspective [that population growth is
not a problem] is a
dangerous
one and needs to be challenged
wherever encountered.*
</li> |
| 2:38p |
Secretary of Education on teaching about Tulsa race massacre
The racist-in-chief's Secretary of Education says it is permissible
for schools to teach
about the Tulsa race massacre as long as they
"give the facts on both sides".
Are we supposed to believe that there is a positive side to a
murderous riot by racists?
Are we supposed to believe that there is a positive side to a
riot that attacked the Capitol?
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
practice it. But I make exceptions for some articles because I
consider them important — and I present this comment about them.
</li> |
| 2:38p |
Fighting climate crisis vital for national security
*Fighting the climate crisis is
vital
for national security.*
That applies to every country. Massive disasters can destabilize any part
of the world.
</li> |
| 2:38p |
Nuclear power plants in places near sea level rise
The UK government is planning to build nuclear power plants in places
that will be inundated
by sea level rise.
Long before the sea rises enough to permanently inundates them, it will
create a Fukushima-like vulnerability to temporary rises.
Keep in mind that forecasts for
sea-level
rise are systematic underestimates.
In addition, as global heating
advances, new weather phenomena
appear which we had no basis to suspect at lower temperatures, and
often they cause positive feedback.
We ought to speed up our archaeological investigations of sites less
than 20 meters above sea level — and start demolishing the cities
which are doomed to be flooded, so we can discover the facts hidden
under those places while they are still dry land.
</li> |
| 2:38p |
University of Michigan spying on students involved in Gaza protests
The University of Michigan is paying private "investigators"
to follow
and snoop on students involved in Gaza protests.
In some cases, the students report, these "investigators" also harass
the students, both physically and with fabricated accusations, as well as
by listening to and recording their conversations.
It is clear that the university management has discarded all concept
of justice and human rights in its persecution of student protesters.
</li> |
| 2:38p |
Urgent: Block Charter-Cox megamerger
US citizens: call on the FCC to
block
the Charter-Cox megamerger.
All mergers that would result in company with more than 10% of any market
should be prohibited.
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| 2:38p |
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| 2:38p |
Urgent: Stop Thiel's dangerous surveillance scheme
US citizens: call on Congress to stop Thiel's
dangerous
surveillance scheme.
The article seems to think it makes a big difference that Thiel will make
money from running this system. I think that is a side issue and we should
not let that distract us from the harm that surveillance will do.
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