*Alabama Miners Are Still on Strike After 8 Months.*

Exploiting workers is always bad, but if a coal mine treats its workers well, it is nonetheless a danger to the ecosphere. What we need is not the establishment of good working conditions in that coal mine, it is to shut the mine and replace it with other employment with good conditions.

(satire) *Amazon To Let Warehouse Employees' Families Work Thanksgiving Shifts Too.*

The UK has required masks in stores and public transport, as a precaution against the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, which has already been found in the UK.

This will slow the spread of Omicron, but since people are still allowed to eat together inside restaurants, the variant will surely anyway. Basically, this is not enough.

Omicron has also been found in other European countries.

(satire) *Al Roker Reminds Macy's Parade Viewers All The Balloons They See Today Are Up For Adoption.*

* [Indian] farmers will continue protesting until the government meets several other demands, including raising the minimum price of their produce, withdrawing legal action against some farmers, and paying compensation to the families of hundreds of farmers who have died as a result of the civil action.*

Bravo! People who are not rich can't trust Modi to keep a promise.

What Modi tried to do is Modi make individuals negotiate deals with giant companies that face only small amounts of competition. That puts the companies at a big advantage and leads the individuals to ruin.