Deforestation: Another misleading Biden representation:
“Global deforestation dropped by just 6.3 percent in 2021, leaving the world off track from its goal of ending forest loss by 2030.
Deforestation last year unleashed 3.8 billion tons of emissions, roughly as much as the EU.”
“Deforestation Declining, but Too Slow to Meet Climate Goals”
American lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Wisconsin, USA
2019-09-12 _F2A5597aaa
Mary Ann High:
“Give peace a chance? Not a chance! $$$
How is it that the Biden administration and many other members of Congress are not interested in negotiating a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine? Even when all the polling says that is what the US citizens want. As always- follow the money$$$$
At least 20 federal lawmakers or their spouses (on both sides of the aisle) hold stock in Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin, which manufacture the weapons Western allies are sending Ukraine to fight Russian invaders, according to an Insider analysis of federal financial records. Some bought their stocks just as the war was beginning in late February 2022. See the complete list in the article.
The stock holdings by members of Congress came as Congress approved $40 billion in defense and other aid to Ukraine. Both companies' stock — especially that of Lockheed Martin — have risen since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
And of course these industries are big donors for both parties' campaigns. No law prohibits lawmakers from sitting on congressional committees, writing legislation, or voting on bills that might affect them financially. But recently momentum had grown for bill 'S.3494 - Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act', banning lawmakers from trading stocks altogether- until it was shelved. No surprise.”
“20 members of Congress personally invest in top weapons contractors that'll profit from the just-passed $40 billion Ukraine aid package”
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"Farmers will have to shift their priorities and what types of crops they'll plant, and that will all have a lot of long-term consequences."
“The U.S. could see a new 'extreme heat belt' by 2053
A new report uses hyperlocal data and climate projections to show that cities as far north as Chicago could have many more days of extreme heat each year.”
If you live on earth somewhere between the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn you need to move out toward the respective North or South Pole. People are already showing at emergency rooms with symptoms that are consistent with being cooked alive.
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Maureen Haley:
The wrong direction:
“As families across Europe struggle to pay their energy bills, the shipping industry is looking for new ways to burn gas...a quarter of Europe’s #shipping could be running on LNG at a time where we should be reducing our reliance on #fossil fuels” #energy”
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“Alliance against Democrat Establishment Hypocrisy” on Facebook:
“If Tom kills Jerry, the show is over
Same reason the “other” party never fixes anything when they’re in power”
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“10 million sharks are killed each year”
100 million sharks are killed in commercial fisheries each year
75% of the global fin market is completely unregulated
70% of shark species traded for their fins are threatened with extinction
Sign the global letter urging leaders to take action today!
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“Human Reform Politics” on Facebook:
“The goal of a good society is to structure social relations and institutions so that cooperative and generous impulses are rewarded, while antisocial ones are discouraged.
The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives giving little reward and often much punishment – or at least much handicap – to honesty, compassion, fair play, many forms of hard work, love of justice, and a concern for those in need.” Michael parenti
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“TRS: A State by State View of the Military Industrial Complex”
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“The 1% are the very best destroyers of #wealth the world has ever seen.”
“If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.” George Monbiot
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“Russian TV commentator suggests nuking Elon Musk's Starlink satellites: 'To space, and goodbye Elon Musk's group'”
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Florida and Arizona are both popular retirement areas for the elderly and the Christofascist know it and manipulate their feeble thinking mercilessly:
“Trevor Noah Exposes ‘MAGA Alien’ Kari Lake For 1 ‘Particularly S**tty’ Betrayal”
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“Bittersweet — but alas, likely #true.”
“Frozen Planet 2 viewers in tears as Sir David Attenborough makes urgent 'final' plea”
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[This content isn’t available right now] message from Zuckerberg
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“Class societies didn’t begin with capitalism: the ancient and medieval worlds had their own systems of exploitation. Marxist historians have set out to explain how those systems worked — and what their eventual demise tells us about what might lie ahead.”
“How Marxists View the Middle Ages”
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Just A. Thought:
“The people who think we can fundamentally change the system from within the system, don’t realize the system has owners and operators.
And they’re not going to let that happen.”
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