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Climate emergency

lundi 2 décembre 2019 à 01:00

The EU Parliament has declared a climate emergency. Will it do anything to curb the problem?

Tipping points

lundi 2 décembre 2019 à 01:00

Scientists warn that several global heating tipping points may already be starting to tip.

We must err on the side of safety, not on the side of danger. Since we can't see the cliff edge, and we don't know how far away is, we had better brake pretty hard.

Thugs against journalism

lundi 2 décembre 2019 à 01:00

Australian thugs put arbitrary restrictions on French photojournalists to exclude them from public places where they could have photographed the coal terminal that endangers the Great Barrier Reef (as well as the whole ecosphere). This included surveilling them to discover and sabotage their plan to hire a boat to take pictures from the harbor side.

Risks in US

lundi 2 décembre 2019 à 01:00

If Medicare for All 'Too Risky,' How Would NYT Have Reported Push for Social Security, Abolition, or the Overthrow of King George III?

I think the word "overthrow" is incorrect as regards what happened to George III. He remained king, although his kingdom ceased to include the rebellious colonies.

Giuliani in Ukraine

lundi 2 décembre 2019 à 01:00

Giuliani pursued various personal business deals with Ukrainian government agencies and officials.

There is nothing inherently corrupt in offering Ukraine the service of finding money that has been siphoned away from the Ukraine by corrupt former officials. That service, done honestly, could be well worth the price Ukraine pays for it, if it leads to Ukraine's recovery of a substantial fraction of that money.

However, for Giuliani to offer that service to Ukraine while serving as the conman's lawyer while the conman shakes Ukraine down is a corrupt combination — in effect, a secondary shakedown.