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sulphurdunn's JournalIndonesia's Joko Widodo seeks forest fire help
Source: BBC News
"The forest fires are the result of annual slash-and-burn practices by companies clearing land for palm oil and pulp wood plantations."
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34472085
I wonder what the chances are the Indonesians will cease this practice?
Follow the Money
With the exception of chattel slavery and the wars of genocide waged against the indigenous population, the creation of a billionaire class may well be the singularly most destructive act American civilization has ever committed against itself. We have spawned a class of de facto bourgeois aristocrats who throw money at our government with the same abandon other people toss bread crumbs at pigeons from park benches. The difference is the billionaire crumb tossers want something in return from the pigeons, and they too often get it.
It probably isn't fair to compare our monied aristocracy with a traditional landed one. For all its faults, traditional aristocracy is at least tied into a system of mutual obligation with the lower orders. Ours is not obliged by history or tradition to recognize any such reciprocal arrangements. Its members are more likely to be simple predators or social engineers who consider the country as their private sandbox with rights to determine what's best for those compelled to dig in it.
Such meddling by unaccountable wealth is bad enough in politics and economics, but when a stunningly arrogant billionaire with no more credentials than a high school diploma sticks his nose into a university research department with the intent of suppressing scientific research and punishing those who create it, things have gone way to far.
http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/05/18/oil-billionaire-attempts-to-silence-university-scientists/
41 injured in Ethiopian Israeli protest against police brutality in Tel Aviv
Source: Haaretz
Clashes erupted in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on Sunday as thousands of people gathered to protest police brutality toward Israeli Jews of Ethiopian descent.
At least 41 people were injured - at least 23 of them police officers. Police made 15 arrests.
Police fired stun grenades and tear gas while some protesters tried to break into the Tel Aviv City Hall, located at the square. Other protesters hurled rocks, planks and plastic and glass bottles at police.
Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel/.premium-1.654728
This powder keg was apparently ignited when a couple of Israeli cops assaulted an Ethiopian IDF soldier who was in uniform. From what I can gather, the soldier took exception to being treated like a common thief. Apparently, Ethiopian Jews have many grievances with the way they are treated in Israel.
Dock Workers Settlement
For those who have been following the latest ILWU/PMA fight for control of West Coast ports, this article is actually informative. It gives the union side in detail and explains the main reason for the fight, which is something you will simply never hear from MSM propaganda. Without information that accurately presents the labor point of view, it is impossible to even begin to understand what is actually going on. Which, I suppose, is the idea.
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/17661/ilwu_ports
Cop pepper sprays teacher for walking by.
A Seattle teacher is suing the city after a police officer allegedly pepper-sprayed him while he was walking by and talking to his mother on the phone, KOMO reported on Thursday.
Teacher and activist Jesse Hagopian said he was leaving a peaceful Martin Luther King Jr. Day protest on Jan. 19 when he was pepper-sprayed by a police officer who screamed for passersby to "get back."
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jesse-hagopian-seattle-police-pepper-spray
Wow! Somebody needs to be in restraints. But wait! I forgot! The officer obviously felt threatened and reacted in self-defense. OK, now I feel better. Don't you?
WATCH: Cop Pepper-Sprays Teacher Who Was Talking On A Cell Phone
Source: TPM Livewire
A Seattle teacher is suing the city after a police officer allegedly pepper-sprayed him while he was walking by and talking to his mother on the phone, KOMO reported on Thursday.
Teacher and activist Jesse Hagopian said he was leaving a peaceful Martin Luther King Jr. Day protest on Jan. 19 when he was pepper-sprayed by a police officer who screamed for passersby to "get back."
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jesse-hagopian-seattle-police-pepper-spray
Wow! Somebody needs to be in restraints. But wait! I forgot! The officer obviously felt threatened and reacted in self-defense. OK, now I feel better. Don't you?
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