Friday, April 15, 2022

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NYT > U.S. > Politics56 minutes ago
British Militant Convicted for Role in Deaths of Americans
The verdict capped a two-week trial that featured the testimony of former captives who detailed relentless beatings, waterboarding and murder by an Islamic State cell known as the Beatles. read more
 
Syria is a sovereign state.
This trial is another war crime
 
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Supply Chain Hurdles Will Outlast Covid Pandemic, White House Says
The administration’s economic advisers see climate change and other factors complicating global trade patterns for years to come. read more
 
The supply chain system is breaking.
Initial damage was done by unregulated capitalism.
The mercantilism of Trump and his Republicans has continued the growing damage.
 Covid-19 and the response has accelerated that growth.
 The response to war in Ukraine may get the U.N. charter amended.
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Ian Welsh5 hours ago
A Brief Summary Of The Effects Of Russia Sanctions
[image: A Brief Summary Of The Effects Of Russia Sanctions] Let’s put it all together, sanctions will: 1) Make Europeans worse off; 2) Not overthrow Putin; 3) End the dollar as universal reserve currency; 4) Not save Ukraine; 5) Kill millions in the global south; 6) Not appreciably affect the Ukraine War; 7) also increase political instability in dozens of countries, including in Europe. 8) Badly damage European manufacturing, making Europe weaker. 9) Lock Russia into alliance with China, solving most of China’s major resource problems and securing its western flank. As... read more
 
It would do these things if currency had intrinsic value.
If global warming were not real
If intellectual property did not vanish.
 
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U.S. Tries New Tactic to Protect Workers’ Pay: Antitrust Law
The Justice Department is using antitrust law to charge employers with colluding to hold down wages. The move adds to a barrage of civil challenges. read more
 
A good idea if it can get done.
 
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U.S. Tries New Tactic to Protect Workers’ Pay: Antitrust Law
The Justice Department is using antitrust law to charge employers with colluding to hold down wages. The move adds to a barrage of civil challenges. read more
 
A good idea if it can get done.
 

North Carolina Drops Mark Meadows From Voter Roll Amid Fraud Inquiry
The state is investigating whether Mr. Meadows cast a legal vote in 2020, after reports questioned if he lived at the address listed on his voter registration. read more
 
The Republican party has found a case of voter fraud.
It is Mark Meadows, a Republican power.
 
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Justice Dept. Moves to Curb Police Abuses in Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts
The changes come as the Biden administration has struggled to make meaningful progress on a vow to crack down on police abuses. read more
 
Police abuses are easier to correct among Democrats.
 
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Democrats Weigh Shake-Up to Presidential Primary Calendar
The party is accepting applications from states to hold the early nominating contests, potentially shifting away from Iowa. read more
 
It is worth considering.
 
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Georgia’s 2018 Rematch, in a Courtroom
A trial is underway to determine whether Georgia’s handling of the 2018 election for governor was discriminatory, in a case brought by Stacey Abrams’s voting rights group. read more
 
The voting rights group should win their consent order and damages and costs.
 
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Two Trump White House Lawyers Meet With Jan. 6 Investigators
Pat A. Cipollone, the former White House counsel, and Patrick F. Philbin, who was his deputy, met separately with the panel after the former president authorized them to do so. read more
 
Donald Trump must think he is not guilty of treason.
 
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Jan. 6 Suspect Blames Trump for Spurring Him to Capitol Riot
Dustin Thompson, an unemployed exterminator from Ohio, was the first defendant tried in the Capitol attack to offer a Trump-made-me-do-it defense before a jury. read more
 
No citizen or other person is relieved of responsibility for actions taken on territory controlled by
The U.S.
 
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Terrorism Trial Ends With Account of Aid Worker’s Enslavement
El Shafee Elsheikh was accused of being one of four British members of the Islamic State responsible for the torture and killing of Kayla Mueller and three others. read more
 
The trial in a U.S. court is probably a war-crime.
 
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Biden Administration Extends National Covid Public Health Emergency for Another 90 Days
The emergency declaration, which enables free testing and eases Medicaid eligibility, among other provisions, will now extend at least until mid-July. read more
 
I will continue to mask up.
I will get a second booster.
 
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Biden Announces $800 Million in Military Assistance for Ukraine
The United States will also step up intelligence sharing as Russia appears to be preparing an offensive in eastern Ukraine. read more
 
Keynesianism by armaments.
 
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McKinsey Opened a Door in Its Firewall Between Pharma Clients and Regulators
The firm let consultants advise both drugmakers and their government overseers, internal records show. “Who we know and what we know” was part of their pitch. read more
 
McKinsey is loyal only to its bottom line.
 
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How US and Ukrainian Groups Pierce Putin’s Propaganda Bubble
U.S.-backed news outlets and Ukrainian activists use Cold War techniques and high-tech tactics to get news about the war to Russians. read moreor can
 
The tools exist or can be bought.
 
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Accountability #2: Sweden’s Decision To Let Old People Die Who Could be Saved
[image: Accountability #2: Sweden’s Decision To Let Old People Die Who Could be Saved] So, Nature has put out a report on how Sweden’s herd immunity policy worked. It didn’t. Herd immunity isn’t possible with Covid, more people died in Sweden per capita than almost any other country, I suggest reading the summary, but I want to pick out one part: Thousands died in Sweden because the state chose not to provide adequate care. Infected elders were given morphine instead of oxygen, even though the system had plenty of oxygen. The *Nature* report adds that “very few elderly have been h... read more
 
If I am to believe this is from the British scientific journal there should be a footnote or other cite.
No such reference is found.
File as fiction,

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Gas Prices Force Biden Into an Unlikely Embrace of Fossil Fuels
President Biden has had to walk a careful tightrope on energy and climate change in the weeks since U.S. sanctions on Russian oil and gas sent energy prices soaring. read more
 
The retail price of gasoline is low.
It threatens the immediate comfort of Americans.
Tesla sells all the cars it can complete
Toyota Prius is a real hybrid.
 
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How Young Latinos’ Online and TV Habits Offer Political Clues for 2022
A new report exploring young Latinos’ views on immigration sheds light on one of the most important voter groups in the midterm elections, and found a noteworthy gender divide. read more
 
The language of instruction is english.
Stop threatening deportation at every turn.
They are here because they want to be here.
 
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Ian Welsh2 days ago
Is Putin Conducting A "Stalinist” Purge of Russia’s Intelligence Service
[image: Is Putin Conducting A] I find this story says more about the West than about Russia: A “Stalinist” mass purge of Russian secret intelligence is under way after more than 100 agents were removed from their jobs and the head of the department responsible for Ukraine was sent to prison. n a sign of President Putin’s fury over the failures of the invasion, about 150 Federal Security Bureau (FSB) officers have been dismissed, including some who have been arrested. All of those ousted were employees of the Fifth Service, a division set up in 1998, when Putin was director of the ... read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlTisI_HSgw

However the war in Ukraine ends it will be nasty.
The use of fossil carbon must end.

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