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Obama administration used tear gas at border once a month

The same tear gas agent that the Trump administration is taking heat for deploying against a border mob this weekend is actually used fairly frequently — including more than once a month during some years under President Obama, according to Homeland Security data.

“The facts are, the policy written under President Obama allows us to use tear gas to disperse a crowd that was very dangerous,” he told the network.

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/26/obama-administration-used-tear-gas-border-once-mon/

So yet again we have outrage at Trump for doing what Obama did. I don't know that you're seeing things clearly if things are always okay for "us" to do but bad for "them" to do.

Enough is Enough: **Anti-fascism in the 1930s: from minority to majority**

"In the collective memory of the 1930s, we think of the decade as one in which the left was always destined to out-number the right (at least in Britain, France…). So that big set-piece occasions, such as the Battle of Cable Street, saw huge left-wing crowds o…"

https://enoughisenough14.org/2018/11/26/anti-fascism-in-the-1930s-from-minority-to-majority/

#anarchism #bot

International Operation Reveals 500 Marine Pollution Crimes - https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/8912-international-operation-reveals-500-marine-pollution-crimes

Dr. Johannes B. Koeppl: The interests behind the Bush Administration, such as the CFR, The Trilateral Commission - founded by Brzezinski for David Rockefeller - and the Bilderberger Group, have prepared for and are now moving to implement open world dictatorship within the next five years. They are not fighting against terrorists. They are fighting against citizens.

#politics #brexit #eu #uk #democracy

Hillary Clinton - Profoundly wrong!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/23/hillary-clinton-populism-europe-immigration

River Plate vs Boca Jrs in 3 hours and 45 minutes.

"Huawei is the world's No. 2 smartphone manufacturer after South Korea's Samsung."
#us acting like world's boss again, wants #fiveeyes back doors imposed universally. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/418000-us-urging-allies-to-drop-chinas-huawei-report

One of the main reasons I hate living in the city is the sense that outside planned gatherings of friends, we're all atomised individuals doing individual things with no hope of commonality or solidarity. Bumping into people with random but real connections is a small but nice counterpoint to that

INSTEAD OF TELEVISION GET A BOOK

Climate change 'creeping up' on winemakers and putting pressure on grapes, says scientist - https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-22/climate-change-creeping-up-on-winemakers/10519206?pfmredir=sm

Pollution, prejudice and profiteering politicians in Birmingham, Alabama - https://www.ehn.org/birmingham-alabama-environmental-justice-2620697262.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

Este banco ha acabado con los jefes y los departamentos, y asegura que es el futuro http://www.meneame.net/story/este-banco-ha-acabado-jefes-departamentos-asegura-futuro https://quitter.im/attachment/1563354

Bill Nye: We are not going to live on Mars, let alone turn it into Earth - https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/11/19/bill-nye-mars-were-not-going-live-there-make-like-earth/1905447002/

How Technological Progress Is Making It Likelier Than Ever That Humans Will Destroy Ourselves - https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/11/19/18097663/nick-bostrom-vulnerable-world-global-catastrophic-risks

Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by nearly two years - https://m.phys.org/news/2018-11-air-pollution-global-life-years.html

Big plans afoot for training more young people in renewable energy - http://m.engineeringnews.co.za/article/big-plans-afoot-for-training-more-young-people-in-renewable-energy-2018-11-20/rep_id:4433

Why extreme rains are gaining strength as the climate warms - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07447-1?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews&sf202703441=1

Climate Science Denial Is Killing Us : Ryan Zinke blames "radical environmentalists." Donald Trump blames a shortage of rakes. Neither one of them will acknowledge the truth. - https://www.gq.com/story/climate-science-denial-is-killing-us/amp