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Urgent: Study ecological consequences

lundi 9 février 2015 à 13:00

US citizens: call on the FDA to study the possible ecological consequences before using a new method to try to eradicate Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

Perhaps it would be wiser to develop the same method for Aedes albopictus, then apply it to both species at once.

Prisoners burned alive

lundi 9 février 2015 à 13:00

PISSI burned one prisoner alive, but the Bush forces burned thousands of Iraqi civilians alive.

I disagree on one point. The death of tank soldiers in battle, because their tanks are attacked by planes, is not a war crime. It's merely war. War is hell, but it is not morally equivalent to burning a captive.

The Bush forces tried to keep these burnings quiet, but PISSI publicizes its killings as part of an explicit ideology.

US refinery workers on strike

lundi 9 février 2015 à 13:00

Workers at some US refinery workers are on strike against forced overtime; fatigue causes mistakes that can be fatal, for them and for others.

Outsourcing maintenance to low-paid temp workers is dangerous too. They won't have the same experience with the facility that long-term workers have. Chemical facilities should not be allowed to hire temp workers that would come in contact with the processing machinery.

Urgent: Political spending disclosure

lundi 9 février 2015 à 13:00

US citizens: call on Obama to require government contractors to disclose their political spending.

Obama's medical care insurance system

lundi 9 février 2015 à 13:00

The House of Representatives voted (uselessly) to repeal Obama's medical care insurance system, while most Americans want to move in the other direction to a single-payer system.