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A lot more things are ewaste than you think

And in half the states, it’s illegal to throw them out. Here’s what to do instead. A lot more things are ewaste than you think

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2023/07/25/a-lot-more-things-are-ewaste-than-you-think/

WTAF?!?!?! Politicians want to give themselves an $8000 dollar raise, but are standing in the way of raising the minimum and student debt?! FUCK THAT SHIT! WHEN WE GONNA STRIKE? #WhenAreWeGonnaStrike #Strike #RaiseTheWage

OPINION
This Is the End of the U.S.-Israel ‘Special Relationship’

UNSHARED VALUES
The ultra-rightwing Netanyahu government can no longer claim special status as the Mideast’s only democracy–and Americans share the blame.

David Rothkopf
Updated Jul. 24, 2023 9:40PM EDT / Published Jul. 24, 2023 1:01PM EDT

America’s special relationship with Israel has, for the foreseeable future, come to an end.

Many will deny this. Many will hope it is not so. But the damage that has been done cannot be easily undone. A relationship built on shared values cannot be easily restored once it is clear those values are no longer shared.

For years, Israel made the case that it was America’s essential ally in the Middle East because it was the only state in the region that was a democracy—not a theocracy or an autocracy like all its neighbors.

That is no longer the case.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-is-the-end-of-the-us-israel-special-relationship

Read PDf version here:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:757c20dd-1988-312f-9f9e-5582a2f4b3ed

What #climate scientists say about the current #ExtremeWeather events they have predicted

"Now all the projected changes are happening, so I reflect on how much needless environmental damage and human suffering will result from the work of those politicians, business leaders and public figures who have prevented concerted action. History will judge them very harshly."

Prof Ian Lowe, emeritus professor, Griffith University

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/25/northern-hemisphere-heatwaves-europe-greece-italy-wildfires-extreme-weather-climate-experts

In case you didn't already know, Net Zero is a scam promoted by the fossil fuel industry and their financiers to perpetuate Business As Usual for as long as possible...
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"Why Net Zero is not enough"

More than 4,000 governments and companies around the world have pledged to go Net Zero. This includes more than one-third of the world’s largest publicly traded companies.

That sounds like a step in the right direction, right? If every organisation “stops emitting”, our world will be great again.

Well, not exactly…

If we continue to be in a collective delusion that Net Zero is the solution, we will be proved terribly wrong.

In "Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough", Holly Jean Buck discusses the implications of chasing Net Zero from various frames — looking at it not only through an environmental lens but a social justice perspective as well.

Instead of telling us to do better, this book provides different stakeholders concrete steps for planned phase-out on top of sound arguments and justification for it.

Simply put, the framework of Net Zero and its concentration on emissions diverts public and policy attention away from the fundamental task of ensuring effective and lasting climate change mitigation, which requires an unwavering end to the fossil fuel sector.
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Always remember, Net Zero is NOT zero.

FULL ARTICLE -- https://archive.li/VQBar

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

"Abbott’s willingness to pursue such a militant enforcement campaign, and the decision by so many Republican governors to assist him, provides another measure of the same impulse evident in the proliferating red-state laws restricting or banning abortion, rolling back voting rights, and prohibiting gender-affirming care for transgender minors."

#Texas #GregAbbott #constitution #Confederacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
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~ Ron Brownstein

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/texass-immigration-policy-biden/674784/

"All capture a determination to slip the bonds of national authority and impose a set of rules and policies that reflect the priorities and grievances of the primarily older, white, nonurban and Christian coalition that has placed these states’ leaders in power."

#Texas #GregAbbott #constitution #Confederacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
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A Racist Who Fatally Stabbed Black Man Gets Misdemeanor Charge https://www.theroot.com/white-racist-gets-a-slap-on-the-wrist-in-fatal-stabbing-1850670494

"He doesn't "say" he was elected. He was elected. Prior to his election the mayors just appointed their successors and never ran elections. He found this out, got an election ran, won, and now the city council refuses to swear him in."

A newsletter from the office of Rep. Paul Gosar featured a link to an antisemitic website known for promoting conspiracies ranging from QAnon to Holocaust denial. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/paul-gosar-newsletter-antisemtic-racist-pro-hitler-website-links-1234794315/

Hiltzik: Liberalizing child labor laws will kill children – Los Angeles Times

...What may be most horrifying about these accidents is that the work the children were doing is illegal under the laws of both states. But they happened amid a nationwide push by manufacturer and restaurant lobbies to liberalize child labor laws in those states and elsewhere. Source: Hiltzik: Liberalizing child labor laws will kill children - Los Angeles Times

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2023/07/24/hiltzik-liberalizing-child-labor-laws-will-kill-children-los-angeles-times/

Canada is still on fire, along with Greece, Spain, the Swiss Alps, and many other places. 🔥🔥🔥

In Canada, the total is now over a thousand active fires, with 680 burning out of control. More than 11 million hectares of Canadian forests and grasslands have been consumed by flames, WAY above all previous records.

SOURCE — https://ciffc.ca/

Our world is burning. But that will never stop us, of course, from carrying on with Business As Usual. That is, it won’t stop the oil industry from drilling and fracking and from mining tar sands. Why? Because capitalism!!💰💰💰

#Canada #Greece #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

Cole Wagner helped muscle into the Alabama Constitution an amendment declaring the state recognized “the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children.”

Now Wagner has been arrested for the sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/anti-abortion-leader-child-sex-abuse-1234794177/

The Pentagon doesn’t need $886bn. I oppose this bloated defense budget | Bernie Sanders

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/24/the-pentagon-doesnt-need-886bn-i-oppose-this-bloated-defense-budget

#PentagonBudget #DefenseSpending #BloatedBudget #BernieSanders #MilitaryFunding #GovernmentWaste #Politics #News

There’s something in the air today. Could it be…yes, I recognize that. It’s the sweet smell of a pending indictment. Federal flavored, I believe. Can’t come soon enough.

No, #Abbott. You don't get to just make up whatever laws suit your agenda. And you don't get to pretend that inconvenient laws don't apply to you.

#GOPfascists #TexasFascism #lawsuit

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-justice-department-lawsuit-border-barriers-rio-grande/

Both Landsat 8 and 9 have optical sensors that collect beautiful images of Earth. 😍 🌏

Called the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and OLI-2, these sensors take measurements in the visible, near infrared, and shortwave infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
#NASAEarth

@GatekeepKen

I love that he’ll sell Rudy out.

Why is it that when progressive policies that help the bottom 90 percent are proposed, the question always seems to be, "How will you pay for it?"

But when the top 1 percent ask for bailouts, tax cuts, and subsidies, the question always seems to be, "How much do you need?"