Shocker:
A conservative today (Rep Gaetz Fl) is getting credit for something I agree with. For all I know , he has been a closet user. It happens to coincide with a drop in #military enlistment rates. In general the USA’s #WarOnDrugs has been a forked up affair when it comes to handing out prison sentences to users, especially when they are minorities. 😑
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/08/marijuana-military-cannabis-testing-recruitment/70391486007/
All the people still pushing for time and resources be put towards nuclear are not serious about addressing the #GlobalWarming that we are now suffering from example #41,893:
A new 1.2 GW solar facility is now providing clean energy to Brazilians. Construction only started in 2021!
We need to stop burning fossil fuels just as fast as we possibly can and #Wind #Solar and #Batteries can get it done the quickest for the lowest cost. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/07/06/largest-pv-plant-in-americas-goes-online-in-brazil/
Did you think it's kind of crazy for a judge to uphold free speech by imposing a gag order on a non-trivial number of Americans? If so, you have company among the First Amendment experts I spoke to for this breakdown of the incoherent, right-wing-grievance-fueled July 4th ruling ordering much of the Executive Branch to shut up about social-media content moderation. https://newrepublic.com/article/174098/louisiana-judges-anti-biden-social-media-order-makes-zero-sense
Open Thread | No Labels is Nothing But a Right- Wing Front Whose Goal Is to Throw the 2024 Election to the GOP
Period. Rubin has this absolutely correct. Opinion Follow the money: No Labels can’t hide its right-wing ties Just as it applies to investigating … Open Thread | No Labels is Nothing But a Right- Wing Front Whose Goal Is to Throw the 2024 Election to the GOP
@Huntn00 yes. It's part of the preparation to collect a $1500/ton excise tax on industrial methane release
@Huntn00 it's about reporting the release of methane into the atmosphere during extraction of oil and gas. It's not a restriction on extraction.
The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 5 – « The Forest is Burning – …
Yanomami shaman communicating with the spirits of the forest, Amazonas, Brazil – photo and photo montage: Barbara Crane Navarro « The Forest is … The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 5 – « The Forest is Burning – …
The Biogeography of the Oceans — msamba
So far in my studies of biogeography, we’ve mainly looked at how life distributes and structures itself on land. Today we’re changing that by taking … The Biogeography of the Oceans — msamba
http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2023/07/07/the-biogeography-of-the-oceans-msamba/
If the US wants Mexico to do more to halt the flow of opioids going northward, the US could start by doing *anything* (it currently does nothing) to halt the flow of guns going southward.
Read David Frum's article for the Atlantic for more.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/mexico-republican-bill-2024-election/674553/
@TXsharon The US EPA came out with new methane rules today.
The detailed rules are here:
https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-07/SAN%2010246%20Subpart%20W%20NPRM%20Premable%20and%20Rule_Admin.pdf
Notable it appears to allow super-emitter notifications from sources other than satellites:
"The method used during by the notifier to quantify the emissions (satellite detection;
remote-sensing equipment on aircraft; mobile monitoring platform; other, specify; or unknown)."
Viral Leftist Twitter account, Erica Marsh, who made liberals look like idiots, has been suspended and is believed not to be a real person.
She claimed to be a Biden campaign field organizer and had worked at the Obama Foundation. Both Biden and Obama teams deny knowledge of her.
The account often posted bizarre rage-baiting 'progressive' tweets that led to counter tweets from the far right and used against progressives.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/viral-leftist-twitter-user-erica-marsh-likely-doesnt-exist-expert
Reality Winner had 1 classified document: no bail
Trump had
27 documents in his office
Of those
6 Top Secret
18 Secret
3 Confidential
75 documents in a storage room
Of those
11 Top Secret
36 Secret
28 Confidential
Yet Trump is free to roam.
This stochastic terrorist posted Obama’s address and directed his minions against his enemies
Two justice systems.
On Dec 20, 1777, the Kingdom of Morocco became the world's first country to recognize U.S. independence. Sultan Mohammed III ordered Moroccan ports to open to American ships & an alliance was built.
Some ignorantly claim that Islam & Muslims are incompatible with America. In truth, America's longest global alliance is with Muslim majority Morocco.
So this July 4th—recognize that America’s greatness is as a secular nation that celebrates people of all faiths & no faith on the tenets of justice.
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.