Voices, The Peoples News
October 10, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Vessel Strikes on Whales Are Increasing With Warming. Can the Shipping Industry Slow Down to Spare Them? Rising ocean temperatures and marine heat waves are pushing whales closer to busy shipping lanes. Flexible speed reduction areas could help prevent ship collisions, scientists say.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10102023/vessel-strikes-on-whales-are-worsening-with-warming/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE_CIOuV0$
# Children / Youth
‘IDK what to do’: Thousands of teen boys are being extorted in sexting scams: The repercussions of the abuse are devastating: At least a dozen boys died by suicide in 2022, after they were blackmailed, according to the FBI. Meanwhile, social media companies are playing catch up to stem the tidal wave of sextortion scams targeting children.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/10/02/teen-boys-sextortion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE9tZrySu$
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The rubbish you’re hearing about long-term interest rates. They aren’t being driven by budget deficits
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.econlib.org/the-relationship-between-budget-deficits-and-interest-rates-and-a-fun-story/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE7MQiZcr$
Amazon’s Antitrust Lawsuit is a Win for Consumers, Small Businesses and Society: The government’s case to break up Amazon, explained. The Federal Trade Commission, led by longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan, finally makes its move. The complaint includes 20 charges, including monopoly maintenance of the online superstore market and the online marketplace services market, unfair methods of competition, and violations of various state antitrust laws.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/9/26/23835959/ftc-amazon-antitrust-lawsuit-prime-lina-khan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE1R8Iuup$
New Middle East war delivers a new threat to world economy: The violence could bring tightened U.S. sanctions against Iran, derail a possible Israeli-Saudi thaw and expand conflict across the Middle East — any of which could threaten to send fuel prices soaring.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/09/israel-war-oil-market-turmoil-00120563__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE47ntgnU$
# Education / Schools
Texas Took Over Its Largest School District, but Has Let Underperforming Charter Networks Expand The state took over Houston ISD after one of its schools continuously failed to meet academic standards. But an analysis of records shows it’s been more generous with underperforming charter schools, waiving expansion requirements at least 17 times.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/houston-independent-school-district-state-takeover-mike-miles/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZEzufIVBW$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Residents of Puerto Rico feel impatient for meaningful action to clean up toxic and radioactive coal ash spread across the island after a Virginia-based power company sold it as a cheap material for road construction.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://energynews.us/2023/10/10/in-puerto-rico-residents-wait-for-accountability-cleanup-of-toxic-coal-ash-caminos-blancos/?utm_medium=email__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE783-ZkM$
# Gov / Politics / Global
‘We are fighting human animals’, Israeli defence minister says: “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed.” While it appears that Gallant was specifically referring to Hamas fighters in that comment, the rest of the minister’s remarks called for further oppression of all people in Gaza by denying them basic human needs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-defense-minister-human-animals-gaza-palestine_n_6524220ae4b09f4b8d412e0a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZExS9n_sb$
Israel pounded downtown Gaza City with relentless bombardments Tuesday and further expanded a massive mobilization of reservists as its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a retaliation that would “reverberate … for generations” against the Hamas militant group.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-strikes-seals-off-gaza-hamas_n_65244788e4b0102e6962ff4d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZEyL00v8d$
Israel and Palestine; No Exit: Hamas’s murder rampage is one more death blow to Palestinian nationalism, strengthening Israeli hawks. Outside powers (mainly the U.S.) should impose a two-state solution. Here’s one thing that Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas have in common: None of them let Palestinians vote.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-10-10-israel-palestine-no-exit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZEzaqIYXb$
“Israel’s 9/11” Is a Slogan to Rationalize Open-Ended Massacre of Palestinian Civilians: As in the aftermath of 9/11, official claims to be only fighting terrorism will continue to serve as PR smokescreens for a government terrorizing and inflicting mass carnage on Palestinians.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/israel-s-9-11__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE-yT6LYS$
# Gov / Politics
Crazy talks on Israeli-Palestinian conflict prove US is enemy of world peace: Since the latest bloody conflict broke out between Israel and Palestine, voices calling for restraint or a cease-fire are hard to find in Washington. On the contrary, The US is filled with inflammatory, reckless and crazy talks. The US is sending an aircraft carrier strike group to the Mediterranean to be Israel’s cheer leader and is exploiting the conflict. It is disheartening to witness such politicians and political advisors prevailing in Washington. They are advancing their own careers at the expense of others and turning the US into an enemy of world peace.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202310/1299516.shtml__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE2YwS3LL$
Turns Out RFK Jr.’s Independent Bid Could Do Trump More Damage Than Biden: The third-party candidate is more likely to move the needle in the president’s favor, according to the Trump campaign, which is reportedly now prepping a messaging blitz to take Kennedy down.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/09/rfk-jr-independent-campaign-00120607__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE1z2eo0I$
John Oliver Exposes a “Hard-Core MAGA Candidate” Running in Tennessee: “In a world that made sense, this woman would obviously have withdrawn from this mayoral race in shame, but she still has supporters.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/10/john-oliver-and-bill-maher-return-to-late-night-tv-after-writers-strike-deal__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE_Ie5cbH$
Democratic Rep. Clyburn’s Role in Redrawn Congressional Maps Becomes Key in Supreme Court Redistricting Case: The court will hear a case about whether South Carolina Republicans illegally took race into account when they created the current voting districts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/james-clyburn-south-carolina-gerrymander-redistricting-scotus__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE3j9Am0s$
The New Push for Censorship Under the Guise of Combating Hate: “This is not the first rodeo of British and U.S. intelligence services creating a cutout for the purpose of influencing the online news economy, to rig public debate in favor of political speech that supports agency agendas.” In March of 2021 a nonprofit group called the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) released a report about online misinformation. Founded [by] Imran Ahmed, the CCDH provides the White House with a powerful weapon to use against critics including RFK Jr. and [Elon] Musk, while also pressuring platforms like Facebook and Twitter to enforce the administration’s policies
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/censorship-center-guise-combating-hate-covid-elon-musk__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE5H3jm7L$
See also: Protecting Americans From Internet Censorship Foundation For Freedom Online (FFO) is a free speech watchdog dedicated to restoring the promise of a free and open Internet.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://foundationforfreedomonline.com/about/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE41X3cym$
North Carolina GOP Is Creating a ‘Secret Police Force’: “This consolidation of force and coercion is very worrying,” one critic of the provision said. Aprovision of North Carolina’s newly-passed state budget would create a “secret police” force, critics say, which would be run by a state legislative committee that is currently managed by Republicans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/north-carolina-gop-passed-budget-creates-secret-police-critics-warn/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE9DmOye3$
# Law Enforcment
A Detective Sabotaged His Own Cases Because He Didn’t Like the Prosecutor. The Police Department Did Nothing to Stop Him: Across the country, police have undermined and resisted reform. To protest a prosecutor, one detective was willing to let murder suspects walk free, even if he’d arrested them and believed that they should be behind bars.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/homicide-detective-st-louis-refused-testify-roger-murphey-kim-gardner__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE5-hyrxa$
FBI Hoovering Up DNA At A Pace That Rivals China, Holds 21 Million Samples And Counting: The FBI has amassed 21.7 million DNA profiles, equivalent to about 7 percent of the U.S. population, according to Bureau data reviewed by The Intercept. By comparison, fingerprints collected by the FBI from current and former federal employees linked them to crimes at a rate of 12 percent each year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/08/29/fbi-dna-collection-surveillance/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE8XSX1Nn$
Google User Data Has Become a Favorite Police Shortcut: Google maintains one of the world’s most comprehensive repositories of location information. Drawing from phones’ GPS coordinates, plus connections to Wi-Fi networks and cellular towers, it can often estimate a person’s whereabouts to within several feet. It gathers this information in part to sell advertising, but police routinely dip into the data to further their investigations. Rather than naming a suspect, law enforcement identifies basic parameters, a set of geographic coordinates or search terms, and asks Google to provide hits, essentially generating a list of leads. By their very nature, these Google warrants often return information on people who haven’t been suspected of a crime.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-09-28/google-user-data-is-police-s-top-shortcut-for-solving-crimes__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE6imvrEy$
Atlanta Cop Fired After Tasing Church Deacon Who Later Died: Kiran Kimbrough did not wait for a supervisor to arrive on the scene prior to arresting Hollman for refusing to sign an accident citation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-us-custody-death-officer-fired_n_65258fa2e4b09f4b8d421366__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZEwxSJ3gZ$
# Legal / DOJ
It’s Not Personal: Why Clarence Thomas’ Trip to the Koch Summit Undermines His Ethics Defense: Even by Thomas’ own permissive interpretation, the justice’s recently revealed travel to Palm Springs and the Bohemian Grove appear to violate the disclosure law, experts explained
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-koch-network-trips-disclosure-law-scotus__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE2CJW0su$
Ruling Confirms Trump Used Fraud to Hype Property Values: In 2019, ProPublica revealed stark inconsistencies between what the Trump Organization had reported to tax authorities and what it told lenders about the finances of one of its towers. A judge this week ruled the company had committed fraud.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/26/trump-liable-fraud-new-york__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE_8RvIJ8$
Joe Biden Questioned by Special Counsel Over Classified Docs: Special counsel Robert Hur is examining the improper retention of classified documents by Biden from his time as a U.S. senator and as vice president that were found at his Delaware home, as well as at a private office he used after his service in the Obama administration.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/biden-special-counsel-classified-documents-025f25d04a5c0e45d758fbaaa2f231b8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE0pZEM5x$
# Military / DOD
Decades Later, Closed Military Bases Remain a Toxic Menace: At more than 1,000 sites within the closed bases, the land is so badly contaminated that no one will ever be allowed to live on it. Sites that were supposed to be clean were later found full of asbestos, radioactivity and other health threats. Military base cleanups are often full of surprises, but Hunters Point is in a league of its own.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/us/military-base-closure-cleanup.html*:*:text=Cities*20hoped*20for*20new*20businesses,for*20some*20may*20never*20come.&text=Reporting*20from*20Monterey*2C*20Calif__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE2gVDsC5$
# Nuclear
800,000 tons of radioactive waste from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry has gone “missing”: Poor recordkeeping on hazardous waste disposal points to potential for bigger problems, according to a new study.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/amp/fracking-radioactive-waste-2665813762__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE8Y3SAHW$
# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
The Fall of the House of Usher makes gothic horror of the Sackler Family: ‘The Fall Of The House Of Usher’ review: Mike Flanagan’s gothic ‘Succession’ is a horror tale of pharma greed & Sackler family retribution. ‘House Of Usher’ is a grand, operatic, and intriguing tale of horror, greed, family, tragedy, guilt, and karmic reckoning that’s largely wicked and compelling (well, mostly, until it goes on for too long, that is)
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theplaylist.net/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-review-mike-flanagans-gothic-succession-is-a-horror-tale-of-pharma-greed-sackler-family-retribution-20230923/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE2AvX16n$
# Social
Uninvited and Unaccountable: How CBP Policed George Floyd Protests: New documents, obtained by legal advocates through Freedom of Information Act litigation, reveal the extent of CBP’s involvement, conducting arrests and barraging protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets, sometimes without the knowledge of other agencies, city or state leaders, or even CBP officials themselves.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/09/21/cbp-george-floyd-protests/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZEwVdZ0kc$
See also: Beyond the Border: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Presence at Racial Justice Protests in Summer of 2020 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/FOIA/cbp-presence-racial-justice-protests-summer-2020__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE7vYBohS$
# Space
A mysterious source has been sending radio signals to Earth from space for decades: An unknown source has been sending radio blasts towards Earth since at least 1988, scientists say. For 35 years, the source has been sending out regular 20-minute blasts of energy that vary considerably in their brightness, researchers say. The emissions appear something like the blasts that come out of pulsars or fast radio bursts, which last for milliseconds to several seconds. But the newly discovered source sends radio signals that pulsate on a period of 21 minutes, something previously thought impossible
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/space/mystery-radio-signals-earth-space-b2380634.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE3kcFCTJ$
# Technology
TikTok removes some videos, accounts that aid in cheating after inquiry: Cheating is nothing new. But the methods of how it’s done are constantly changing. There is currently a market hidden in plain sight for the subset of students looking to graduate high school without completing their online coursework
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/democrats-flag-dozens-vacant-national-security-posts__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE3541rBK$
They Promised “Advanced Recycling” for Plastics and Delivered Toxic Waste: Plastic giants have gone so far as to dub the process “advanced recycling,” but environmentalists say this is a misnomer because the majority of the plastic processed at such facilities is not recycled at all. In fact, researchers have found that the process uses more energy and has a worse overall environmental impact than virgin plastic production. Despite these challenges, lawmakers nationwide are now embracing the technology, thanks to a massive lobbying push from petrochemical groups
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/09/28/braven-plastic-recycling-toxic-waste/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-PLsr61wtsBuXiJE3734ofyQCha-TI9unVxaUtEI3l4mnY9rtyMSeX-pKOp-p8duIvU4xKlidETBflAFwiVJKGZE0IScqVD$
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