Voices, The Peoples News
December 8, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
These bumblebees like playing and it’s the sweetest thing: Bumblebees roll wooden balls just to have fun. A new study suggests bees may experience pleasure and joy when playing, which would indicate more complex cognitive behavior than previously thought. In mammals, play has also been documented as an important behavior, in insects, playing has been far less studied.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/these-bumblebees-like-playing-and-its-the-sweetest-thing/
Biden Administration Announces News Steps to Strengthen Tribal Co-Stewardship of Public Lands; Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland spoke recently at the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit: “As the United States works to honor our treaty and trust responsibilities to protect Tribal sovereignty and revitalize Tribal communities, we must also protect access to resources for subsistence, and cultural and spiritual practices.”
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-news-steps-strengthen-tribal-co-stewardship
# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Purina Pro Plan is recalling certain cans of Veterinary Diets EN Gastroenteric Low Fat (PPVD EN Low Fat) prescription wet dog food. Some of the cans were mislabeled.
https://www.petful.com/recalled/purina-pro-plan-veterinary-diets-en-gastroenteric-low-fat/
# Children / Youth
For Black Families in Phoenix, Child Welfare Investigations Are a Constant Threat: One in three Black children in Maricopa County, Arizona, faced a child welfare investigation over a five-year period, leaving many families in a state of dread. Some parents are pushing back.
https://www.propublica.org/article/for-black-families-in-phoenix-child-welfare-investigations-are-constant-threat
Child Welfare Experts Say New Mexico Can’t Put Kids in Homeless Shelters Just Because It Lacks Other Beds:
An experts’ report found that New Mexico’s child welfare system has housed foster kids in homeless shelters and other inappropriate settings, corroborating an investigation by ProPublica and Searchlight New Mexico.
https://www.propublica.org/article/report-confirms-new-mexico-fosters-teens-homeless-shelters
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Recent Studies Suggest COVID-19 Vaccinated People are Infecting Unvaccinated. French Study, McCullough Analysis & Pfizer Paper: Confidential Pfizer Documents & New Study confirm COVID ‘Vaccine Shedding’ has been occurring with shocking & dangerous consequences. Ever since the roll out of the experimental COVID-19 “vaccines” there has been abundant anecdotal evidence of “vaccine shedding,” where individuals who received one of the experimental mRNA injections were somehow also infecting those around them, even those who were unvaccinated.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/12/07/recent-studies-suggest-covid-19-vaccinated-people-are-infecting-unvaccinated-french-study-mccullough-analysis-pfizer-paper/?mc_cid=f0f85309c8&mc_eid=3f7488d454
Bill Gates Revealed, the Real COVID-19 Agenda: The true beneficiaries of Gates’ philanthropic endeavors tend to be those who are already rich beyond comprehension, including Gates’ own charitable foundation. Four health organizations, working closely together, spent almost $10 billion on responding to Covid across the world. But they lacked the scrutiny of governments, and fell short of their own goals, a POLITICO and WELT investigation found.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/14/global-covid-pandemic-response-bill-gates-partners-00053969
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Whistleblower: Enviva claim of ‘being good for the planet… all nonsense’: Statements by the whistleblower have been confirmed by Mongabay’s own observations at a November 2022 forest clear-cut in North Carolina, and by NGO photo documentation. These findings are especially important now, as the EU considers the future of forest biomass burning as a “sustainable” form of renewable energy.
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/envivas-biomass-lies-whistleblower-account/
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
The uncertain future of old-growth forests in North Carolina: The recent decision to harvest 26 acres that encompass an old-growth patch of forest on a 3,500-foot mountaintop – the Southside Project – underscores what some say is the widening incongruity between the U.S. Forest Service’s mission, climate change crisis and the public’s will.
https://carolinapublicpress.org/57909/the-uncertain-future-of-old-growth-forests-in-north-carolina-part-one/
Democrats ditch Manchin’s ‘dirty deal’ after opposition from climate activists: A last-ditch effort to force through legislation that would weaken environmental protections and fast-track energy projects has failed.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/07/joe-manchin-legislation-energy-fast-track-democrats-defense-act
# Environment / Climate / Global
Tiny Vanuatu uses its ‘unimportance’ to launch big climate ideas: “Through no fault of its own considering its negligible contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions (0.0016%), Vanuatu is already experiencing devastating effects of climate change,” the plan states. It wants a top international court to weigh in on whether nations are legally bound to protect against climate risks.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/tiny-island-nation-lays-out-big-plans-for-climate-change/
Melting ice created the perfect storm for a rapidly acidifying Arctic Ocean: The Arctic Ocean has grown more acidic at a surprising rate in recent years, three times faster than the rest of the global ocean.
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/melting-ice-created-the-perfect-storm-for-a-rapidly-acidifying-arctic-ocean/
# General Information / Other News
Trump Doesn’t Respect (or Even Understand) the Constitution: The ex-president has shown throughout his life that he’d happily toss constitutional rights aside if he could, while also claiming rights for himself that don’t exist.
https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-doesn-t-respect-094643248.html
Classified Docs Found at Trump Storage Unit With ‘Swords and Wrestling Belts’: Lawyers for the former president turned over more sensitive documents to the FBI after conducting an independent search of his properties
FBI searching Mar-a-Lago in August and finding more than 100 additional classified documents, the Department of Justice believed that the ex-president was still in possession of government records that were not his to keep. And, as it turns out, that hunch was right!
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/donald-trump-classified-documents-swords-wrestling-belts
# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Preparing to Flee When Russia Implodes, Ex-Aide Says: “The leader’s entourage has not ruled out that he will lose the war, be stripped of power, and have to urgently evacuate somewhere.”
https://news.yahoo.com/putin-preparing-flee-russia-implodes-162403585.html
# Gov / Politics / US
President Vladimir Putin warned the Russian public that the war in Ukraine “might be a long process.” Many are concerned that the Kremlin will announce another partial military mobilization in the coming months
https://nypost.com/2022/12/07/putin-warns-risk-of-nuclear-war-continues-to-grow/
Biden administration signs off on $425M in arms sales to Taiwan: The Biden administration has approved two separate arms sales to Taiwan worth more than $425 million as China has stepped up its threats and aggression toward the island.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3765425-biden-administration-signs-off-on-425m-in-arms-sales-to-taiwan/
Congress unveils defense budget: Today, after months of negotiations, Congress unveiled its compromised defense budget, which includes a repeal of the COVID vaccine mandate and a pay raise for troops.
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/budget/2022/12/07/congress-reveals-plan-to-increase-defense-budget-by-8/
Sanders eyeing Yemen war powers resolution vote ‘hopefully next week’: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he could introduce a war powers resolution soon that would block U.S. support for the war in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3765425-biden-administration-signs-off-on-425m-in-arms-sales-to-taiwan/
Republicans Who Want to Move On From Trump Look to Georgia: Herschel Walker’s defeat in the Georgia Senate runoff completes the state’s rejection of former President Donald Trump but not the Republican Party.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/trump-move-on-republicans-georgia
# Law Enforcement
The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended America’s Drug War: Two years ago, the DEA arrested a Mexican general, hoping to lay bare the high-level corruption at the heart of organized crime. Then the case fell apart, and took down U.S.-Mexican cooperation on drug policy with it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mexico-drug-cartels-cienfuegos-case-dea?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature
12-Year-Old Faces Murder Charge for Deadly Hit-and-Run Crash: Police arrested the boy Wednesday in connection with a hit-and-run that killed an 82-year-old woman.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2022/12/07/12-year-old-accused-of-murder-in-dallas-hit-and-run-that-killed-82-year-old/
# Legal / DOJ
Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Upend Federal Election Rules: Republican politicians advance theory that could shift power away from courts in determining election rules and maps. The United States Supreme Court engaged in tense arguments on Wednesday in a Republican appeal that could transform the country’s elections by giving politicians more power over voting rules and curbing the ability of state courts to scrutinise their actions.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/7/us-supreme-court-hears-case-to-determine-authority-over-elections
# LGBTQ
Shangela Is the Fearless Drag Queen America Needs Right Now: The “Drag Race” legend, who made history on “Dancing With the Stars,” on her fight to bring drag to the mainstream and promote joy—especially as the LGBT community is under attack. It’s sobering to think that the same jazz routine that landed her a perfect score of 40 on national television could land her in jail in the state of Tennessee, if pending legislation passes.
https://news.yahoo.com/shangela-fearless-drag-queen-america-093955117.html
Drag queens are fearing for their lives as right-wing extremist attacks intensify: Just weeks since five people were killed at a gay bar in Colorado Springs the night of a drag event, performers across the country are determined for the show to go on, but fear what could happen next. More than 124 drag events were threatened or protested in 2022, according to a report published by GLAAD last month; this past weekend alone, shows in Ohio, New York, Florida, and North Carolina were targeted.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/drag-queen-right-wing-attacks
Tennessee GOP files bill to ban drag performances in public spaces: Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, a Republican, has introduced legislation to prohibit drag entertainers from performing on public property or at private functions where their performance may be viewed by a minor.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3729828-tennessee-gop-files-bill-to-ban-drag-performances-in-public-spaces/
# Media / Global
“We’re Coming for You”: Italy’s Neofascists Target Journalists as They Assume Power: Italy’s new prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has inspired a surge of far-right threats and attacks against journalists and critics.
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/07/italy-giorgia-meloni-journalists/
# Medical / Health
How to Research Your Hospice (and Avoid Hospice Fraud): A guide for readers, patients and caregivers. When done right, hospice offers Medicare beneficiaries an intimate, holistic and vital service, one that allows them to experience as little pain as possible and to spend meaningful time with loved ones.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-research-your-hospice-and-avoid-hospice-fraud
They Trusted Their Prenatal Test. They Didn’t Know the Industry Is an Unregulated ‘Wild West.’: As regulators stay on the sideline, a growing industry expands its reach but leaves some pregnant patients feeling misled and heartbroken.
https://bioethics.com/archives/66996
New oral compound may help prevent and treat osteoporosis: Parathyroid hormone can stimulate bone formation, and analogs of the hormone are often prescribed to patients with osteoporosis; however, these medications are only effective when administered by daily injection.
https://www.massgeneral.org/news/press-release/new-oral-compound-may-help-prevent-and-treat-osteoporosis
7-Year-Old Texas Boy Dies of Bat Bite: In the months following the bite, the boy suffered a bevy of symptoms, including seizures and delusions, and was at one point misdiagnosed with shingles.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/7-year-old-texas-boy-dies-of-bat-bite-in-rare-rabies-case-cdc-says
See also: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7149a2.htm
# Medical Technology
This Bot Can Predict the Side Effects for Brand New Drugs: It could cut down on drug mortality rates from adverse reactions.
https://www.genengnews.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-model-accurately-predicts-patient-response-to-drug-compounds/
# Military / DOD
The War Caucus Always Wins: The new $857 billion defense bill lines the pockets of contractors and pushes the U.S. toward a new Cold War. The Dominant Political Story emanating from Washington, D.C., these days centers around the battles between the Trumpist movement and the bipartisan “adults in the room” caucus
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/07/ukraine-weapons-russia-china-ndaa/
# Technology
Apple will finally let you encrypt iCloud backups, increasing your security against hackers, law enforcement, and Apple itself. Encrypting data “end-to-end” means that the digital key required to unlock it is only stored on someone’s device. iPhones and iPads have been encrypted for years, but backups of these devices to iCloud have not.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/7/23498580/apple-end-to-end-encryption-icloud-backups-advanced-data-protection
FTC Sues to Block Microsoft’s Acquisition of Blizzard $69B merger: The lawsuit is a roadblock in Microsoft’s effort to acquire gaming industry titles like Call of Duty and Candy Crush. The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft’s planned $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard, saying it could suppress competitors to Microsoft’s Xbox game console and its growing games subscription business.
https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-microsoft-corp-activision-blizzard-inc-game-consoles-e4772c9594fc72fac6b511b393655e5b
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