Voices, The Peoples News
April 1, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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You work 8 hours to live 4.
You work 6 days to enjoy 1.
You work 8 hours to eat in 15 minutes.
You work 8 hours to sleep 5.
You work all year just to take a week or two vacation.
You work all your life to retire in old age, and contemplate only your last breaths.
Eventually you realize that life is nothing but a parody of yourself practicing for your own oblivion.
We have become so accustomed to material and social slavery that we no longer see the chains.
Life is a short journey, live it! Collect memories, not material things!
– Author Unknown
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# Education / Schools
Texas lawmakers’ attempts to ban school library books deemed inappropriate for kids spur confusion — and concerns: Patterson told members of the House Public Education Committee that the aim of his bill is simple: If a book has sexually explicit content, it has no home on any bookshelf in any of Texas’ nearly 9,000 K-12 campuses.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/texas-lawmakers-attempts-to-ban-school-library-books-deemed-inappropriate-for-kids-spur-confusion-and-concerns/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihueePIv1$
Six year old Black girl begs for help as she gets arrested at school
[VIDEO]: When the video begins, the little girl is sitting in the office. At this time, the girl is calm, and the officer walks in to take her. Once she realizes what’s going on, the girl begins to cry. She begins apologizing and promising she won’t do it again. According to reports, the girl had some kind of outburst, and wound up putting her hands on some teachers. As a result, the girl was escorted to the cop car. The girl was handcuffed and put in the car.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-ne-orlando-police-body-camera-6-year-old-arrest-20200224-rlg2ukttdvhehpoj2ki7irqe74-story.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihjIV1BmG$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Why did Biden auction off the Gulf of Mexico for oil drilling? Why Biden says his hands were tied in allowing the project to move forward. The auction fulfills a provision in President Joe Biden’s 2022 climate change law, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), that protects federal oil and gas leasing and requires that a Gulf sale be held by March 31.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theweek.com/energy/1022256/why-did-biden-auction-off-the-gulf-of-mexico-for-oil-drilling__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihsMzJZ6K$
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Why sea creatures are washing up dead around the world: From Florida to New Zealand, algal blooms, warming seas and human activities are threatening aquatic species. Scientists say climate change may be leading to more algal blooms and other events that starve fish of oxygen. Warming oceans and marine heat waves are driving sea creatures from their normal habitats. Human activities including coastal shipping are suspected in a spate of recent marine mammal deaths in the United States. Here’s a look at some of the events that led to the deaths of swaths of aquatic creatures around the globe in the past year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thefishingwire.com/why-sea-creatures-are-washing-up-dead-around-the-world/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihv2vQdbs$
‘Rewilding’ Parts of the Planet Could Have Big Climate Benefits: Restoring fish, bison, gray wolves and other animals in key regions is possible without risking food supplies, and could remove nearly 500 gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere by 2100.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27032023/rewilding-animals-carbon-storage/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKziht5hBKLy$
Study reveals frightening cause behind mass deaths among crabs and sea creatures: ‘A 34% rise in mortality’: “A rise of 4 degrees Celcius led to a 34% rise in mortality.” A decrease in the survival rate of the Atlantic mangrove fiddler crab would pose an obvious threat to the species, but it would also have a massive impact on multiple surrounding ecosystems. The crabs lay their eggs in mangrove forests.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/marine-heatwaves-sao-paulo-brazil-blue-tech/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihnsy4o_Z$
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global The U.N. General Assembly passed a historic resolution this week that asks the “World Court” to weigh in on what governments’ obligations are surrounding climate change. The rulings, while legally non-binding, could still carry significant moral and legal weight. A group of 18 climate-vulnerable nations are seeking an opinion from the “World Court,” with support from 117 other countries.
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# Gov / Politics / Global
Amid Fears Over Russia-Belarus Nuke Deal, UN Official Calls for Talks to Ease Tensions: “The absence of dialogue and the erosion of the disarmament and arms control architecture, combined with dangerous rhetoric and veiled threats, are key drivers of this potentially existential risk.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/nakamitsu-united-nations-nuclear-russia__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihjBk9_nx$
WAR MONEY: IMF extends $15.6 Billion Loan to Ukraine to Counter Russia: The IMF’s new loan to Ukraine will be its first to a country at war. NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Scheherazade Rehman, professor at George Washington University, about the agreement’s significance. Ukraine will immediately receive $2.7 billion as part of the program, the IMF said, requiring it to focus on financial stability and undertake ambitious structural reforms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/03/25/1166059867/the-imfs-15-6-billion-loan-to-ukraine-will-be-its-first-to-a-country-at-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihhRYvGBr$
Russia and China have agreed to Military-Technical Cooperation against NATO: Russia and China Unveil a Pact Against America and the West. In a sweeping long-term agreement, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the two most powerful autocrats, challenge the current political and military order.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/russia-and-china-unveil-a-pact-against-america-and-the-west__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihh8nLGR-$
Russia says US, NATO undermining security in Asia-Pacific: Russian ambassador to China says new military blocs will deliberately create problems
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# Gov / Politics
Republicans Rush to Trump’s Side After Indictment, Pledge to Make Alvin Bragg’s Life Hell: If there was any question whether the GOP remained obsequiously loyal to Donald Trump, such doubts were dispelled following reports about the former president’s indictment in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. Republicans are now “threatening to use their power to shield the former president from any accountability,” writes Eric Lutz, and make Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s “life hell.” Meanwhile, Caleb Ecarma finds Fox News rushing to Trump’s defense.
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Spare the AR-15, Spoil the Child: The US is not going to solve its gun violence epidemic until it addresses its war violence epidemic. For three decades, we have saturated our society with government-sponsored violence, where every type of killing is officially sanctioned, including that of children. We’ve committed infanticide with impunity from Kandahar to Belgrade. The sniper and the drone have become cultural icons, grotesque symbols of the American imperium.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/31/roaming-charges-86/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihu-uiSn1$
Democracy Under the Oaks: “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
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# Law Enforcment
States Try to Hide Their Execution Methods as Drugmakers Hinder Lethal Injection: States are getting around suppliers’ refusal to provide execution drugs by using secretive and inhumane alternatives. Pharmaceutical companies have put the brakes on many states’ ability to execute prisoners using lethal injections. Lacking alternatives, states are trying to keep the public from learning details about how they carry out executions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/03/29/states-obscure-execution-details-drugmakers-hinder-lethal-injection/11550570002/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihvsUn9o-$
# Legal / DOJ
Trump’s indictment stretches US legal system in new ways, a former prosecutor explains 4 key points to understand: The Manhattan District Attorney will need to prove several different points in its prosecution of Trump. But securing an unbiased jury will also challenge the execution of this unprecedented case. When former President Donald Trump turns himself over to authorities in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, and is arraigned, the charges on which a Manhattan grand jury indicted him will likely be made public.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/trumps-indictment-stretches-us-legal-system-in-new-ways-a-former-prosecutor-explains-4-key-points-to-understand-198970__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKziho1vKIQb$
Biden DOJ Sues Norfolk Southern for ‘Unlawfully Polluting the Nation’s Waterways’: “We will tirelessly pursue justice for the people living in and near East Palestine, who like all Americans deserve clean air, clean water, and a safe community for their children,” said one Justice Department official.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/doj-sues-norfolk-southern__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihphivOiU$
Trump’s Rough History With the Judge Determining His Fate: Trump is already lashing out at the judge overseeing his case. They have a history, but Justice Juan Merchan is actually known as a “chill” and fair judge.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-rough-history-with-judge-juan-merchan-determining-his-indictment-fate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihsnRQCr3$
This is the first-ever felony indictment of a former United States President. The public interest requires complete transparency from beginning to end.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-new-york-hush-money-election-488c76cf92269e2c258d5203a6e981a1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihiuKViEh$
# Medical / Health
This new fungus is a problem and climate change is the reason why: What Experts Say About Candida Auris. Candida auris is a type of yeast that can spread from person to person and is resistant to antifungal treatments. The CDC calls it an ‘urgent threat.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amandagardner/new-fungus-candida-auris-climate-change__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihnb1-YzF$
# Sports
CRISPR gene doping: The next ‘big issue’ in world athletics: In 2020, the Polish developer CD Projekt Red launched Cyberpunk 2077, a video game that pulled players in to a post-human world where the body is little more than a meat sack for housing an array of enhancement technologies. Among the many ways of ‘improving’ your character, the game gives you the ability to manipulate your genetic makeup as you attempt to “re-evolve” the human form.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/03/31/crispr-gene-doping-the-next-big-issue-in-world-athletics/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihv7fB5gI$
# Water
This community is losing 5 million gallons of clean, drinkable water a day, all because of an abandoned golf course: Jackson, Mississippi, has been experiencing frequent water shortages and contamination for years, all while a leaking water main pours five million gallons per day into a nearby stream.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/this-community-is-losing-5-million-gallons-of-clean-drinkable-water-a-day-all-because-of-an-abandoned-golf-course/ar-AA19o4n8?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=31dc13d2925442e780742545bd49d4e0&ei=10__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjZ94PyJxbES73Qp3VEV9Vwb-NEcB9j0tNkA17yAihpNkjf8-ASS18yPMGZSabZgmaZiDCO7lab9dlS07KptRKzihgkihX_o$
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