Category Archives: International
Governments subsidize more harm than good for the environment
A new report estimates how much governments spend on environmentally harmful industries.
— Read on qz.com/2129539/governments-subsidize-more-harm-than-good-for-the-environment/
“It was Trump who withheld congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine not Joe Biden. Trump didn’t even know Ukraine had oil, until I told him.”
Amnesty says Israel is an apartheid state. Many Israeli politicians agree
While some in Washington DC and US media decry Amnesty’s conclusions, it’s a different story among some Israeli leaders
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/05/amnesty-israel-apartheid-israeli-politicians-agree
“Lethal aid”, a euphemism for U.S. arms shipments, slowly loses its quotes
First, you start calling food, medicine, armor and such “non-lethal aid”. Then you start calling guns and other weapons “lethal aid”. The phrase grows slowly in news coverage, normalizing itself as jargon among military-watchers and foreign policy geeks. Then it suddenly bursts into widespread use because of intensive use in military and government press releases…
— Read on boingboing.net/2022/01/24/lethal-aid-a-euphemism-for-u-s-arms-shipments-slowly-loses-its-quotes.html
Conservative Ethics 🤷🏻♂️ — Justice Thomas ignores basic ethics where wife’s activism, lobbying conflict with cases
Jane Mayer, chief Washington correspondent for the New Yorker, talks about her new reporting on the activism and paid affiliations and lobbying of Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, that Justice Thomas does not acknowledge conflict with cases before the Supreme Court from which he should recuse himself.
— Read on www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/justice-thomas-ignores-basic-ethics-where-wife-s-activism-lobbying-conflict-with-cases-131445829777
‘Anti-woke’ crusade has come to Europe. Its effects could be chilling
If 2020 renewed calls for racial equality as Black Lives Matter protests exploded throughout Europe, 2021 brought in the backlash as parts of the political establishment waged a so-called “war against woke.”
— Read on edition.cnn.com/2022/01/07/europe/war-on-woke-europe-cmd-intl/
Declassified FBI records connect dots about Saudi government ties to 9/11
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org – Recently declassified FBI records connect the dots about Saudi government involvement in 9/11 plot.
— Read on www.floridabulldog.org/2021/12/declassified-fbi-records-connect-dots-about-saudi-government-ties-9-11/
Freedom To Bend Over — ‘I thought I was a free man’: the engineer fighting Texas’s ban on boycotting Israel
Rasmy Hassouna, a Palestinian American, is suing the state over a provision that bans him or his company from protesting Israel or its products
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/07/texas-ban-boycotting-israel
Settlers attack Palestinians. The Israeli army punishes the Palestinians. Repeat
The silence of the night in a Hebron neighborhood was broken by a dozen young Jews running down the street bashing cars in front of the soldiers protecting them. It’s not a rare event
— Read on www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-settlers-attack-palestinians-the-israeli-army-punishes-the-palestinians-repeat-1.10439219
The China Initiative, US crackdown on Chinese economic espionage, is a mess. We have the data to show it.
The US government’s China Initiative sought to protect national security. In the most comprehensive analysis of cases to date, MIT Technology Review reveals how far it has strayed from its goals.
— Read on www.technologyreview.com/2021/12/02/1040656/china-initative-us-justice-department/
The Lies And The People Who Believe Them — The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing
Since the 1980s, fossil fuel firms have run ads touting climate denial messages – many of which they’d now like us to forget. Here’s our visual guide
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/the-forgotten-oil-ads-that-told-us-climate-change-was-nothing
Big Oil to Testify on Climate Change Disinformation—What This Could Mean for Green Economy
The world’s largest oil companies will answer questions before Congress on their alleged efforts to obscure the role of fossil fuels in global warming.
— Read on www.newsweek.com/big-oil-testify-climate-change-disinformationwhat-this-could-mean-green-economy-1642807
News Corp’s turnaround on climate crisis is a greenwash
The company won’t change until it understands the grave damage it has done with its ugly legacy of denialist reporting
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/12/news-corps-turnaround-on-climate-is-a-greenwash
The Part, Out Loud — Boris Johnson rules out making misogyny a hate crime because it would overload the police
‘Rather than introducing new laws, what you need to do is enforce the existing laws’
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-women-violence-police-crime-b1932431.html
Freedom For Palestine — Rand Paul blocks quick vote on House-passed $1B Iron Dome funding
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday blocked a quick vote of a House-passed bill to provide $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system.
— Read on thehill.com/homenews/senate/575281-rand-paul-blocks-quick-vote-on-house-passed-1b-iron-dome-funding
Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful
Millions of documents reveal offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, 30 world leaders and 300 public officials
— Read on www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/03/pandora-papers-biggest-ever-leak-of-offshore-data-exposes-financial-secrets-of-rich-and-powerful
YouTube shuts German channels of Russian broadcaster RT
Moscow promises retaliatory measures after video-sharing platform takes action over alleged COVID-19 misinformation.
— Read on www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/9/29/youtube-shuts-german-channels-of-russian-broadcaster-rt
Greta Thunberg: ‘I really see the value of friendship. Apart from the climate, almost nothing else matters’ | Greta Thunberg
The world’s most famous teen activist opens up about how she’s been transformed since she started her school climate strike in 2018
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/sep/25/greta-thunberg-i-really-see-the-value-of-friendship-apart-from-the-climate-almost-nothing-else-matters
Polish region revokes anti-LGBT declaration over loss of EU funding
The Polish region of Swietokrzyskie abandoned the idea of declaring itself an “LGBT-free zone” under pressure from Brussels.
— Read on www.euronews.com/2021/09/23/polish-region-revokes-anti-lgbt-declaration-over-loss-of-eu-funding
The Political Rave and Drool 