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Hawaii Wildfires - Maui
If you want to help out, in addition to Pearl Jam raffling off a signed 1998 Hawaii poster re-issue and the usual disaster relief agencies like the American Red Cross, the WaPo listed the following organizations that seem more local and specific. Give if you can, its devastating. 67 confirmed fatalities. From the WaPo: The…
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Ahhh Captalism
you will notice - influential businessmen one by one will start to give a bad outlook on the future of the market. to be sure, before they do, they will sell a good portion of their stocks and advise theirs to do the same.. they make the public negative outlook. This in hopes to scare other investors out - lowering prices.…
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BRICS
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/24/business/saudi-arabia-brics-invitation-intl/index.html Haven't seen anyone talking about this but it could turn into something. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa formed a group whom are some of the fastest growing economic economies today and will most likely be in charge of…
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Just Admit It
The fact that voting at this point matters,is laughable. Sit back and let them vote themselves in,just like they've always done. Just admit it,that if you have no power or money,what you think or want is irrelevant.
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OPEC
Hear on the news this morning that Qatar is leaving OPEC to focus on Natural Gas production. https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/03/business/qatar-opec-withdrawal/index.html Not sure what this means for the future and oil prices. I'm surprised there isn't an OPEC thread so, now there is.
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How Democracies Die - Book/Article Discussion
I'm reading a book called How Democracies Die that I figured many on here would be interested in. If you want to read a few excerpts from it, there was a Vox article recently published about it. Would love to discuss the content with anyone on here.…
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Amazon union vote dirty tricks
·MARCH 24, 2021, 6:04 AM In Amazon union election, votes cast by some ineligible ex-employees could swing outcome Jeffrey Dastin, Mike Spector (Reuters) - Although Emily Stone’s employment at an Amazon.com Inc warehouse ended on Feb. 1, she still received a ballot for her former company’s union election in the weeks…
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America's Gun Violence #2
https://abcnews.go.com/US/active-shooter-situation-reported-texas-high-school/story?id=80434656&fbclid=IwAR31zY1QNCDZZ64iJm_opPyOlq7HdFkL2hsvCDrVmpUjcEPiTaME5y4J0tM Here we go again.... If this can be combined with the other thread if/when it is unlocked that would be great
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Obama admin takes aim at China’s renewable-energy subsidies
This article makes the U.S. look like a rather insecure country, doesn't it? Or perhaps we just refuse to take our heads out of the sand... http://www.grist.org/article/2010-12-28 ... qus_thread Last week, in a move that pits American labor against China's green-technology industry, the Obama administration filed a…
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“Seattle is Dying” KOMO Doc.
I went to Seattle for one of the home shows last summer. I have been to Seattle four times in the past 15 years but the first time since 2013. I noticed the homeless problem was (much) worse and applaud the boys in PJ for what they did. I stumbled across a recent documentary on KOMO. This is a real eye-opener. I suggest…
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Judicial conduct
Wasnt sure where to put this, so with several trials related to one defendant in particular in several jurisdictions, I thought why not compare how the judges conduct themselves... starting with this one.... https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1687433890154106881?t=jo8HQ5VyhRQ439H8N-kd0w&s=19
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ALICE COOPER FOR PRESIDENT
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Where In The World Is Jared Kushner?
Post your sightings here. Special Advisor to the President, Envoy to create peace in the Middle East and tasked with making government more efficient. Where the hell is he? Here’s one answer: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-repelled-by-washington-elite Does he not look like Damian? 666…
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Bundys of Oregon were acquitted.
cnn.com/2016/10/27/us/oregon-standoff-ammon-bundy-acquittal/ Now imagine if they were black or Native American. Would be a different outcome.
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The down side of solar farms
I have argued here against the assumed merits of solar farms in deserts. My reasons is well supported in this article. Deserts are not dead lands. I fully believe we are losing more than we are gaining with these solar farms. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/21/solar-farms-energy-power-california-mojave-desert
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obama and PJ
do they like him????? do they care????? is Obama the answer.....or.....what do u think?????
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Supply chains and Work shortages
All I hear in the news is a lagging workforce and supply chains being broke down from this. Restaurants and retail not having enough workers to accommodate the customers. Increased pricing do to a backlog of materials not readily available. Factories not having these materials nor a workforce to make these items. Car and…
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Reservists called to active duty.
Not much I can say here but to just heave a heavy sigh. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/07/13/ordering-the-selected-reserve-and-certain-members-of-the-individual-ready-reserve-of-the-armed-forces-to-active-duty/
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Mike Pence
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/11/14/whats-mike-pence-hiding-his-emails/92839560/ Well this is interesting. Pence is trying to get the courts to keep his emails secret.
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News Media outlets are shutting down or pulling back.
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-05-15/vice-media-files-bankruptcy-digital-media-setback Vice files for bankruptcy. MTV News is pulling the plug. More and more news outlets are trimming down on investigative reporting. People would rather get their news from twitter than a trusted source. Soon it will…
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If approved for Aug. 2024, CA cite will represent the start of the Anthropocene epoch on Earth
In 2010, activist/author Bill McKibben had a book published called Eaarth: Making a Life on a tough New Planet. In his book, McKibben described in detail how humankind has drastically altered plant Earth, which he renamed, "Eaarth". We are now on the cusp of that notion becoming an historical reality. If approved, a cite…
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OTW Missing Women
was touched on in the Gabby thread and I didnt feel quite right posting this there , so here we are.... https://apnews.com/article/health-california-san-francisco-native-americans-mental-health-01ba9914f9147156ee777e4a9a5b59bc By GILLIAN FLACCUS 52 mins ago YUROK RESERVATION, Calif. (AP) — The young mother had behaved…
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Turkey finally ratifies Sweden's NATO application
https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg/status/1678484703060324359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1678484703060324359%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=
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Titanic Sub
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/missing-titanic-submersible-live-updates-rcna90538#rcrd14460 Debris field found. Does anyone know why this thing didn't have a tracking device? Is it simply because they don't work at those depths?
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Groomers aka sexual predators
urban dictionary definition..... a groomer is someone who builds a relationship, trust and emotional connection with a child or young person so they can manipulate, exploit and abuse them.
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I Was Nearly Carjacked Last Night
a friend was driving me home last night after a night out for a few drinks. As we sat in front of my house, chatting for a few minutes, out of nowhere a masked man ran up to her car on my side, and tried to open the door. She saw him coming and thankfully locked the doors a split second before he tried the handle. He ran…
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Vote early, Vote often
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Smartmatic Lawsuits
https://twitter.com/CoffeyTimeNews/status/1672965863555624960?t=u4xqlAbhRx3GSCs7xIzQUg&s=19
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Roe v Wade
Gone.... https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/roe-wade-abortion-supreme-court-ruling/index.html
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Jordan Neely
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/06/us/jordan-neely-subway-death-saturday/index.html Odd situation. Witnesses say Neely was not threatening anyone but was being loud and aggressive. Unknown to the marine that strangled him at the time, he had a lot of legal problems and had punched a 67 year old woman in the face a few months…