Voices, The Peoples News
March 3, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power there will be peace.” Sri Chinmoy
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# Bundy Rides Again
Biden blocks grazing permit for Arsonist Cult pardoned by Trump: Dwight and Steven Hammond’s conviction for torching federal lands sparked the takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge led by ranchers Ryan and Ammon Bundy https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/02/biden-blocks-grazing-permit-for-arsonist-cult-pardoned-by-trump/
# CoronaVirus
Texas and other states ease COVID-19 rules despite warnings.
https://apnews.com/article/texas-other-states-ease-covid-19-restrictions-af9fc214690270fe617864abc772ecce
Mississippi today will lift its mask requirement and its business capacity limits.
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972952844/texas-and-mississippi-to-lift-covid-19-mask-mandates-and-business-capacity-limit
Philadelphia health officials announced the city is easing restrictions https://6abc.com/philly-covid-restrictions-philadelphia-coronavirus-sports-covid19/10378264/
Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns.
https://apnews.com/article/china-vaccines-worldwide-0382aefa52c75b834fbaf6d869808f51
12 Residents Die After First COVID Vaccine in Wales Nursing and Dementia Care Centre https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/12-residents-die-after-first-covid-vaccine-in-wales-nursing-and-dementia-care-centre/
Texas Sends out National Guard to Inject Home-bound Seniors with Experimental COVID Vaccines. Some 40% of people in the state who are 65 and older have received one dose of the vaccine, Abbott said, but officials aim to get shots to at least 50% of them by the end of next week and vaccinations to all older people who want them by the end of March.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/25/texas-national-guard-coronavirus-vaccine/#:~:text=Some%201%2C100%20members%20of%20the,Gov.%20Greg%20Abbott%20said%20Thursday
Why Are AstraZeneca and Pfizer Immune From Liability for Vaccine Damage?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-astrazeneca-results-vaccine-liability/astrazeneca-to-be-exempt-from-coronavirus-vaccine-liability-claims-in-most-countries-idUSKCN24V2EN
Michael Moore, Olbermann Call for Texas to Go Un-Vaccinated. The pair of liberal commentators took to Twitter to suggest Texans are undeserving of vaccines because of their Republican governor.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-calls-decision-by-gop-governors-to-reopen-texas-mississippi-neanderthal-thinking
# Economy / Trade
Senators refine Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief bill, pushing pet projects.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senators-refine-bidens-1-9-trillion-covid-19-bill-push-pet-projects-idUSKCN2AU2CJ
Biden, Senate Democrats agree to limit eligibility for $1,400 checks
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-democrats-agree-stricter-income-limits-1400-stimulus-checks-1573504
Biden and Senate Dems dial back eligibility for stimulus checks https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/03/biden-and-senate-dems-dial-back-eligibility-for-stimulus-checks/
# Education / Schools
Idaho GOPer Complains Education Makes Life Easier for Moms. Rep. Charlie Shephard said he couldn’t possibly vote for any bill that “makes it easier or more convenient for mothers to come out of the home.” Rep.
Shepherd thinks this chance to help kids get ready for kindergarten would do damage to the family unit.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/idaho-rep-charlie-shepherd-complains-early-education-would-make-it-easier-for-moms-to-come-out-of-the-home
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Fractured: Distrustful of frackers, abandoned by regulators: Part 3 of 4-part series, “Fractured,” an investigation of fracking chemicals in the air, water, and people of western Pennsylvania.
https://www.ehn.org/fractured-fracking-regulation-neglect-2650594611.html
Biggest coal power plant in the West closed. What happens to the River water it used?
https://www.circleofblue.org/2021/world/the-biggest-coal-power-plant-in-the-american-west-closed-what-happens-with-the-colorado-river-water-it-used/
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Biden May Approve Logging an Old-Growth Forest, Heightening Climate Risks. If approved, the Trump-era project would be a reversal of Biden’s stated commitment to preserve federal land and waters.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-may-approve-logging-an-old-growth-forest-heightening-climate-risks/
In the Atlantic Ocean, subtle shifts hints at dramatic dangers. A warming atmosphere is causing a branch of the ocean’s powerful Gulf Stream to weaken, some scientists fear.
https://theguardianexpress.blogspot.com/2021/03/in-atlantic-ocean-subtle-shifts-hint-at.html
Researchers at the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Graduate School of Oceanography report that a whole ecosystem of microbes below the sea dines not on sunlight, but on chemicals produced by the natural irradiation of water molecules.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/bacteria-seafloor-radiation-feeding-024632/
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global ‘Existential threat to our survival’: See the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing. major and iconic ecosystems are collapsing across the continent and into Antarctica. These systems sustain life, and evidence of their demise shows we’re exceeding planetary boundaries.
https://theconversation.com/existential-threat-to-our-survival-see-the-19-australian-ecosystems-already-collapsing-154077
Radar images capture new Antarctic mega-iceberg
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56241503
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Popeyes announces plans to remove artificial ingredients, antibiotics.
Popeyes® Strives for Industry-Leading Commitments to Real Ingredients, Use of Cage-Free Eggs, and also shares its commitment to remove Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210302005395/en/4930415/%C2%A0Popeyes%C2%AE-Announces-New-Quality-Sustainability-Commitments
# Global Politics and other news
IAEA cuts deal with Iran while Israel refuses any nuclear oversight.
“Our nuclear program will continue to be under legitimate international supervision and on a peaceful path.” – Ali Rabiei https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/03/iaea-cuts-deal-with-iran-while-israel-refuses-any-nuclear-oversight/
# Gov / Political
Capitol Police Brace for QAnoners on ‘True Inauguration Day.’ After Trump failed to stop Joe Biden from becoming president in January, conspiracy theorists placed their hopes on March 4 instead.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/capitol-police-brace-for-qanoners-who-think-trumps-true-inauguration-day-is-march-4?source=cheats&via=rss
Live Pipe Bomb Discovered Outside Iowa Polling Center: Responders in bomb suits reportedly approached the device and yelled “Fire in the hole!” three times before a small explosion was heard.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2021/03/02/ankeny-police-fire-investigating-suspicious-device-lakeside-center-hawkeye-park/6886461002/
Despite vows of unity and boasts of resolve, Democrats are sniping with one another about policy while Republican lawmakers brawl over Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/541326-democrats-snipe-on-policy-gop-brawls-over-trump
House Democrats’ ambitious agenda set to run into Senate blockade.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/541320-house-democrats-ambitious-agenda-set-to-run-into-senate-blockade
New York lawmakers agree to strip the governor of pandemic-related emergency powers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/541295-ny-lawmakers-agree-to-deal-to-strip-cuomo-of-pandemic-related-emergency
Arizona defends election integrity laws before U.S. Supreme Court https://www.thecentersquare.com/arizona/arizona-defends-election-integrity-laws-before-u-s-supreme-court/article_62b1b3b4-7b93-11eb-a299-17d7165c1ebd.html
House Is Poised to Pass a Major Voting Rights Bill and Create a Helluva Battle in the Senate. A key front in this political war: the filibuster.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/the-house-is-poised-to-pass-a-major-voting-rights-bill-and-create-a-helluva-battle-in-the-senate/
Trump Builds New Fundraising Death Star Aimed at GOP Foes. Sources say Trump plans to continue fundraising partnership with the Republican National Committee, but knows he will clash with other GOP leaders over candidates in the future.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-builds-new-fundraising-death-star-aimed-at-disloyal-republicans
Alarming revelations of threats to the Capitol and members of Congress prompted House Democratic leaders to wrap up their legislative work for the week on Wednesday night, underscoring the security concerns that remain nearly two months after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/541520-alarming-threat-prompts-early-exit-underscoring-security-fears
# Law Enforcement
Capitol Police chief says threats to members of Congress have nearly doubled since last year https://thehill.com/homenews/house/541382-capitol-police-chief-says-threats-to-members-of-congress-have-nearly-doubled
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Wray clarified FBI has no evidence of antifa or left-wing, anti-fascist involvement in the siege https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/541190-wray-says-no-evidence-of-antifa-involvement-on-jan-6-attack
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wrote a fundraising email to supporters that federal marijuana legalization is a priority part of “Democrats’ agenda for change this year.”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/chuck-schumer-says-federal-marijuana-legalization-is-a-priority-in-democrats-big-bold-agenda/
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to survey 20,000 farmers about hemp acreage and production.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/usda-seeks-information-from-20000-hemp-farmers-on-production-practices/
# Medical / Health
Obamacare would get a big (and quiet) overhaul in the COVID-19 relief bill.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/obamacare-would-get-big-quiet-overhaul-covid-relief-bill-n1259343
# Science
Scientists create a sonic black hole in the lab, confirm Stephen Hawking’s theory: What is Stephen Hawking’s black hole theory? According to Hawking when a star dies, all of its mass collapses into a single point of infinite density (singularity) which leads to the formation of a black hole. A star contains information in itself, such as the speed at which it spins, its density and size.
https://swordstoday.ie/scientists-create-a-sonic-black-hole-in-the-lab-confirming-stephen-hawkings-theory/
# Security
Chinese Hackers Used Microsoft Email App to Breach Computers.
Researchers say the hackers have previously targeted American “infectious disease researchers” as well defense contractors and policy think tanks.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-chinese-hackers-are-exploiting-exchange-server-flaws-to-steal
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