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Trees

jeudi 16 décembre 2021 à 02:07

Cities need trees -- each tree does a lot more good than a lawn.

On the Pentagon's drone attack aginst friendly noncombattants

jeudi 16 décembre 2021 à 01:57

The Pentagon concluded that no one was individually negligent in ordering a drone attack against a vehicle that in fact contained friendly noncombattants -- rather, it was a system failure.

I do not see anything implausible about that. System failures are quite common.

As for whether it is true that no one individual was culpable, I don't know, but someone studying the report might be able to see if it appears to be covering up anything.

The Pentagon said that it has adopted recommendations to fix the system's flaws. The article doesn't give the details.

In order to determine, years from now, whether the recommendations have achieved their goal, we need the US military to be ready to admit deadly mistakes in the future. In the past it has had a pattern of denying them and covering them up.

Has the US paid reparations to the relatives of the deceased?

Vaccination requirements

jeudi 16 décembre 2021 à 01:47

Vaccination requirements for for group events, and restaurants, substantially increased vaccination in many countries.

Corporate crimes

jeudi 16 décembre 2021 à 01:47

The Department of Justice has promised not to be quite as lenient with crimes committed by corporations. This article reports and gives advice.

Most news publishers, universities, businesses, and government agencies avoid the term "corporate crime" -- it is impolite to suggest that laws be applied to corporations. They replace the term with euphemisms.

Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citibank

jeudi 16 décembre 2021 à 01:47

Customers of Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citibank: call on them to stop investing in climate destruction.

You could also move your money to a smaller bank that invests in local businesses and housing. Those banks do lots of bad things, including helping to provoke the economic crisis of 2008, and defrauding customers.