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Suspicions about Netanyahu's war aims
*Increasingly violent siege of north raises suspicions about Netanyahu’s war aims .* The concern is that he may aim to annex part or all of Gaza, and expel any living Palestinians. Before ...
Tory Party snoopphone app
The Tory Party released a snoopphone app (nonfree, like nearly all of them) which sends back data about its users. I wonder what Tory supporters think about these nasty business practices wh...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#6_November_2024_(Tory_Party_snoopphone_app)
Democracy's survival with the world's richest man
*Can democracy survive now the world’s richest man has it in his sights ?* It is clear that some of the dirty things the muskrat is doing ought to be crimes punished by imprisonment.
EU's Common Agricultural Policy
The EU's Common Agricultural Policy was supposed to protect biodiversity and the environment, but has failed to achieve that goal . Things are getting rapidly worse.
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#6_November_2024_(EU's_Common_Agricultural_Policy)
Columbia pays $395,000 to student
*Columbia pays $395,000 to student suspended over protest "fart spray".* I think Columbia went too far in punishing the student for expressing perself in a way that was annoying but not actu...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#6_November_2024_(Columbia_pays_$395,000_to_student)
Toxicity of PFAS mixtures
*PFAS mixtures more toxic than single compounds , * Republicans challenging voters
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#6_November_2024_(Toxicity_of_PFAS_mixtures)
If Trump loses
*Republicans preparing to reject US election result if Trump loses, warn strategists.*
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#6_November_2024_(If_Trump_loses)
Republicans with no particular authority or evidence are now empowered
to challenge large numbers of voters, forcing each one to prove per eligibility to vote. They cite various stretched reasons, but the real reason is often the person's ethnic background. One ...
UK deported man on administrative technicalities
The UK deported a man based on administrative technicalities caused by delays due to the pandemic, without the hearing he was entitled to, and then gave him just three days to leave. This de...
Robert F Kennedy promised everything related to public health
Robert F Kennedy Jr. says that the wrecker would put him in charge of everything related to public health . Even worse, the wrecker is hinting at banning vaccines .
Survey on making Big Oil pay for climate damage
A survey of people in eight countries found that most want to make Big Oil pay for the damage done by climate disaster . That would be fair, but will it be possible? That depends how much the...
Israel to sever ties with Unrwa
*Israel formally tells UN of intent to sever all ties with Unrwa relief agency .* I don't know whether this will make a difference to Palestinians in Gaza, since Israel is already choking off...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#6_November_2024_(Israel_to_sever_ties_with_Unrwa)
Swing-state voters swapping with non-swing-state votes
*Swing-State Voters Disillusioned With Kamala Harris Can Swap for Two Non-Swing-State Votes. * A similar idea was used by supporters of Ralph Nader's presidential campaign on at least one occ...
Urgent: Private equity in child care business
US citizens: call on Congress to keep private equity out of the child care business .
Urgent: Stop amplifying election lies
US citizens: call on Big Tech to stop amplifying election lies .
Urgent: Ban surveillance pricing
US citizens: call on lawmakers to ban surveillance pricing . They should go further than that and ban collecting personal data about the purchaser.
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#5_November_2024_(Urgent:_Ban_surveillance_pricing)
Putin forces drones dropping grenades
The Putin forces are using specialized drones that drop grenades on civilians . The drone controllers do not target a specific person; rather, they generally attack anyone they come across.
Risk of Kessler Syndrome
As we increase the number of artificial satellites in Earth orbit, the danger of the Kessler Syndrome (a chain reaction of collisions) increases too . Humanity could bar itself from space entire...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#5_November_2024_(Risk_of_Kessler_Syndrome)
Mozambique opposition figures killed
*Mozambique opposition figures killed as protest grows over election results. *
Time for climate delays has run out
*"Crunch time for real": UN says time for climate delays has run out. * *Time to act: UNEP paints bleak climate picture without rapid emissions cut .*
No memory of non-extremist Republican party
Today's US college students have no memory of a Republican Party that wasn't extremist . To those whose families were Republicans, the way they find it now is normal.
"Ineffectual" carbon offsets slowing path to "real zero"
*Corporations using "ineffectual" carbon offsets are slowing path to "real zero" , more than 60 climate scientists say.* It is obvious that use of bogus "offsets" as an excuse not to do real ...
Wrecker's campaign ties to Russia
* Campaign's Ties to Russia Were No Hoax. *
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#5_November_2024_(Wrecker's_campaign_ties_to_Russia)
Putin supports US neo-Nazi group
Putin is supporting the propaganda of a US neo-Nazi group . Putin and the corrupter support each other , too.
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#5_November_2024_(Putin_supports_US_neo-Nazi_group)
Spain's apocalyptic floods
*Spain's apocalyptic floods show two undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us .* The annual COP conferences that was created to get the world o the ro...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#5_November_2024_(Spain's_apocalyptic_floods)
California high school to invest in clean energy
* A high school in California has decided not to invest in coal , oil or gas, instead pledging to put money into clean energy..* This was a demand made my the students. Bravo! But what we re...
Working-class Britons
*…Working-class white people were actually the dispensable pawns of white supremacy. Or as Lyndon B Johnson put it: "If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colour...
Harris endorsement
The billionaire owner of the LA Times blocked it at the last minute from publishing an already-written endorsement of Harris for president. Some editors resigned in protest, and many subscribers...
Climate denialism
*Five ways as president] would be disastrous for the climate.*
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#5_November_2024_(donald_trump_climate_change)
Marwan Barghouti
*Israeli prison staff accused of assaulting Marwan Barghouti ,* causing several wounds. He is kept in solitary confinement, which is effective a form of torture, and rarely allowed vi...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#5_November_2024_(marwan_barghouti)
Israeli publishers
Some famous writers have supported a campaign to boycott Israeli cultural institutions, except those that have taken a stand against the occupation or atrocities. The reason I call Isreal's ...
Georgian Dream party
Russia has more or less taken unofficial control of Georgia, through the opposition is still fighting and claim that the election was rigged.
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#5_November_2024_(georgia_russia_democracy_kremlin)
Trump VA warning
The wrecker is threatening to upend the Veterans Administration, which is likely to kill many US veterans. It appears that he despises living veterans as much as he despises veterans who ar...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#5_November_2024_(trump_veterans_va)
NAFTA jobs
* The working class saw Clinton’s support of Nafta, which cut most tariffs between US, Mexico and Canada, as "a betrayal".* They continue to blame Democrats for it. It was a betrayal and it w...
Musk giveaway lawsuit
*Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk and America Pac over $1m voter giveaway,* calling it *running an illegal lottery.* I am surprised that it is not a crime that can be prosecuted. Prosecution m...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#5_November_2024_(musk_petition_giveaway_lawsuit)
(satire) School Shooters’ Parents
(satire) *Pros And Cons Of Prosecuting School Shooters' Parents.*
Presidential candidates on housing, taxes and other policies
*Where do and Harris stand on housing, taxes and other policies? *
Accusations of "campaign of hate"
* accuses Harris of "campaign of hate" one day after his racism-filled rally. * It is a standard right-wing disinformation tactic to accuse opponents of doing the bad things that the right-wi...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#4_November_2024_(Accusations_of_campaign_of_hate)
Money spent convincing fossil gas is "clean"
Companies in the fossil fuel business are spending millions per year to convince Democrats that fossil gas is a "clean" energy source .
Corrupter vs 20th century fascists
There are subtle points in which the corrupter differs from what 20th century fascist leaders did to take power. I'll take the author's word for this, but does it mean the corrupter is not ...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#4_November_2024_(Corrupter_vs_20th_century_fascists)
Margaret Reid on joining climate protest
Margaret Reid explains how she felt it was her duty to join in a climate protest , because preserving art is futile when we don't preserve civilization.
Democrats complicit in genocide
Wajahat Ali: *Yes, I think Democrats are complicit in genocide. But Trump would be far worse. * He directly tackles the view, held by many, that "both sides are the same evil." To give the...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#4_November_2024_(Democrats_complicit_in_genocide)
Deaths from heat waves
Climate disaster killed around 40,000 people in Europe in 2022 through heat waves.
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#4_November_2024_(Deaths_from_heat_waves)
Corrupter hinting at "little secret"
The corrupter hinted tantalizingly that Mike Johnson, the by-hook-or-by-crook Speaker of the House, is somehow going to steal the election . He could do this by arbitrarily rejecting the ele...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#4_November_2024_(Corrupter_hinting_at_little_secret)
Chemicals in mud after Hurricane Helene
*The Saturday following Hurricane Helene, soldiers warned Whitney Anderson about the .
Attackers burn some early ballots
Attackers set fires that burned some early voting ballots . I have to suspect that this is part of the violence that Team Tr…ance stirs up. The wrecker has repeatedly suggested that mail-i...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#4_November_2024_(Attackers_burn_some_early_ballots)
Urgent: Elon Musk's illegal campaign events
US citizens: call on The FEC to investigate and prosecute Elon Musk's illegal campaign events now.
PAC pitting Arab and Jewish voters against Harris
*Mitch McConnell Funneled Cash to a PAC Pitting Arab and Jewish Voters Against Harris. * Another article said that the stir up hostility between those Arab and Jewish voters while using them ...
Battery backup for power grid
The US is building battery backup for the power grid so fast that it makes all talk of needing nuclear power for that purpose absurd. Nuclear power is simply inferior to these batteries, in cos...
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#3_November_2024_(Battery_backup_for_power_grid)
US professors fired over activism over atrocities against Palestinians
US professors at various universities have been fired, or are being "investigated" , based on activism against Israel's atrocities against Palestinians. Columbia university Katherine Franke c...