Saturday, June 26, 2021

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U.S. to Move Afghans Who Aided Troops Outside the Country
The relocations are meant to place interpreters and others who worked with departing American forces somewhere safe until visas for them to enter the United States are processed. read more
 
Do it.
The Taliban do not forgive.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours agoAs the Pace of Vaccinations Slows, Biden Makes a Personal Appeal
The Biden administration is shifting its strategy from mass vaccination sites to a more localized effort, deploying top officials to canvass and knock on doors. read more
 
Vaccination works.
 
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Biden Officials Consider Phasing Out Rule That Blocked Migrants During Pandemic
Among the plans under consideration is whether to give migrant families a chance to apply for protections, and to possibly lifting the public health rule for single adults this summer. read more
 
Asylum seekers and migrant workers should be welcome.
 
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Biden Agrees to Bipartisan Group's Infrastructure Plan
The deal is only a piece of his sprawling economic agenda, and Democrats have indicated it can only move in tandem with a much larger package of spending and tax increases. read more
 
Biden has called their bluff
 
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Biden and Senators Reach Broad Infrastructure Deal
The bipartisan agreement is a significant victory, but Democratic leaders say it can pass only once a far larger social policy bill is complete. read more
 
It looks broad to Republicans.
It satisfies the demand for bipartisanship.
The filibuster is threatened.
I admire Biden's strategy.

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On Infrastructure, Bipartisanship Is Alive. On Jan. 6? Not a Chance.
On certain rare matters, Democrats are finding buy-in with Republicans. On many others, the battle lines are firmly drawn. read more
 
The attempted coup will cost the Republican party.
How much is to be discovered.
 
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U.S. Bans Chinese Imports of Solar Panel Materials Tied to Forced Labor
Much of the world’s polysilicon, used to make solar panels, comes from Xinjiang, where the United States has accused China of committing genocide through its repression of Uyghurs. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycrystalline_silicon
 
The stream of polycrystaline silicon from Xinjiang does not appear significant.
The Republicans are reporting disinformation.

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Two Travel Officials to Depart Kamala Harris's Office
Ms. Harris entered the administration with many new employees. Many of those officials came in with an understanding that they would stay only on a short-term basis. read more
 
" A spokeswoman for Ms. Harris said the departures were long planned and that both women are currently engaged with finding their replacements."
 
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‘It’s More Fun’: Germany Offers Blinken a Gushing Welcome
A visit by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spotlighted the relief of Germans who endured the Trump administration’s hostility. read more
 
It is much better to converse.
 
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What is in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan?
And some key elements that didn’t make the cut. read more
 
"Bricks and morter"
The built enviroment got the bulk of investment.
 
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U.F.O.s: Why the Truth Has Not Always Been Out There
Rather than explaining when U.F.O. sightings were really just top-secret planes, the government has sometimes allowed public eagerness about the possibility of aliens to take hold. read more
 
People want to believe.
Do the research.
 
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U.F.O.s: The Truth Has Not Always Been Out There
Rather than explaining when U.F.O. sightings were really just top-secret planes, the government has sometimes allowed public eagerness about the possibility of aliens to take hold. read more
 
Stage magicians know that people see things that just aint so.
 
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Antitrust Overhaul Passes Its First Tests. Now, the Hard Parts.
When the Judiciary Committee began approving a suite of bills on Wednesday, fault lines were exposed that could make final passage difficult. read more
 
Antitrust does not fit the Heritage Foundation model of American government.
McConnell will not allow effective antitrust.
 
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C.D.C. Extends National Eviction Moratorium Through July 31
Administration officials said this will be the final time they push back the deadline. read more
 
A one month extention on the eviction moratorium will make no difference.
 
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Climate watchdog says Britain lacks a strategy to meet its goals.
The British government is failing to take necessary steps to meet “historic” climate promises, an advisory panel said. read more
 
The Tory government depends on the fantasies of Labor.
It is profondly feudal.
 
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Pelosi to Create Select Committee to Investigate Jan. 6 Assault on Capitol
“It is imperative that we seek the truth,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Select_or_special_committee_(United_States_Congress)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_the_whole
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law#Related_efficiency
 
Seeking is not finding.
 
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What Did New York’s Primaries Mean for Progressives? It’s Complicated.
Progressives cheered the results in down-ballot races and in Buffalo, even as the outcome of the mayoral primary appeared less rosy. read more
 
Reporters are guessing.
Waite for the numbers.
 
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U.S. Bans Chinese Imports of Solar Panel Materials Tied to Forced Labor
Much of the world’s polysilicon, used to make solar panels, comes from Xinjiang, where the United States has accused China of committing genocide through its repression of Uyghurs. read more
 
Poly crystaline silicon is fungible.   The label is the best source of information.

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What Did New York’s Primaries Mean for Progressives? It’s Complicated.
Progressives cheered the results in down-ballot races and in Buffalo, even as the outcome of the mayoral primary appeared less rosy. read more
 
The reporters are guessing.
 
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Why Non Surveillance States Will Out Compete Surveillance States
[image: Story 445730898] So, we have this proposal for cameras and mics in classrooms: Johnson’s not a particularly important person and one can pick apart his logic (teachers don’t have guns), but the logic of unchecked surveillance; cameras and microphones everywhere leads to this place and far worse. Right now governments and corporations track your every move thru your phone. They can force your microphone on and listen to you, and we know that they have. Infrared, gait recognition and facial recognition, combined with drones, satellites and ubiquitous cameras mean that it will... read more
 
Evolving facts will out compete revealed truth.
The surveilance state enforces revealed Truth.
The appearance of chaos frightens government planners. 
All facts must be known.


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