If the US and China go to the brink, can they figure out how to de-escalate? https://www.vox.com/2023/2/9/23591561/china-us-philippines-bases-japan-australia?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Led by "pro-life" Republican governor Bill Lee, Tennessee is refusing a multi-million dollar grant from the CDC to test and treat those with HIV. As Kristen Thomason says, in Tennessee, the populations most at risk of HIV infection are young Black men.
This move is parallel to the move of other "pro-life" states to refuse federal money to expand Medicaid, leaving economically deprived people without medical care.
The rate of sea-level rise is speeding up: the warmer it gets, the faster the continental ice melts. Basic physics. There is enough ice on Greenland and Antarctica for 65 meters of rise. We can only afford to lose a tiny fraction of that!
Ukraine will get the help it needs to regain it's territory, all of it, including Crimea and Donbas.
The lease for the Sevastopol naval base will be over.
Putin's regime will stand trial for war crimes.
Russian oligarchs assets will be sold to rebuild Ukraine.
Putin's enablers in the West will be investigated for sanctions-busting.
Ukraine needs to win or no democracy is safe from the moneyed interests funding an international fascist movement.
Father of fentanyl victim slams Marjorie Taylor Greene for heckling daughter’s story at State of the Union | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-fentanyl-state-union-b2278417.html
A new Iowa bill would allow 14 to 17-year-olds to work in mining, meatpacking, demolition, operating guillotine shears, and other dangerous jobs.
Under the business-backed bill, employers wouldn't be civilly liable if kids are injured or killed. The new Iowa bill would also completely lift a ban on 14 and 15-year-olds working in freezers and meat coolers, and allow kids as young as 14 1/2 to drive themselves to work.
#CapitalismIsKillingYOU #StrikeReady2024
https://desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2023/02/06/key-points-of-bill-to-change-iowa-child-labor-law/69870761007/
Bill also would shield businesses from liability
The bill exempts businesses from civil liability if a student is sickened, injured or killed due to the company's negligence. A business also would be free of civil liability if a student is hurt because of the teen's negligence on the job — or is injured traveling to or from work. https://newsie.social/@toussaint/109825732126590543
White Neighbors Try to Drive Out Black Ranchers by Slaying Their Livestock https://www.theroot.com/white-neighbors-try-to-drive-out-black-ranchers-by-slay-1850082223
Have never tasted a Chick-fil-A. They can't be that good. Never have I seen a Harry Potter movie. But then I am not a kid. And Kanye is not my thing. But I can't do without WalMart. That's where I get my $25 bottles of insulin.
Twitter daily-limit error prevents users from posting
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/08/twitter-daily-limit-error-prevents-users-from-posting.html
26/ One Wagner recruiter told convicts: "If anyone surrenders, he will be traded for 15 people [from among the captured Ukrainians], for 20, as many as necessary, and in front of the formation he will be shot as an example."
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1623320863675228164 https://fed.celp.de/@uanews/109831611211883010
President Biden has right wingers on the run - Palmer Report
Republicans are hemorrhaging on all fronts.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/president-biden-has-right-wingers-on-the-run/48855/
How President Biden beat House Republicans at their own game - Palmer Report https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/how-president-biden-beat-house-republicans-at-their-own-game/48864/
Mitch McConnell and Rick Scott are now trying to destroy each other - Palmer Report
Rick Scott made his fortune by defrauding Medicare. I am not rooting for him.
Donald Trump accuses Ron DeSantis of heinous crimes as he attempts to take DeSantis down with him - Palmer Report
Little Donnie accused others of that which he is guilty of. Remember him talking about walking into the dressing room of Miss Teen something Pageant?
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.