Voices, The Peoples News
February 15, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Education / Schools
The Sooner We Start Thinking of the College Board as a Business, the Better; the Florida controversy is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s an ingenious business model. And in America, businesses have the right to operate, as long as they don’t run afoul of the law. But like any business, the College Board should be held accountable for faults in its products and especially for public activities that contradict its mission.
https://www.reddit.com/r/atlanticdiscussions/comments/1129v0x/the_sooner_we_start_thinking_of_the_college_board/
In the 67th mass shooting in the US this year, a man opened fire on the Michigan State University campus Monday evening, killing three people and critically injuring five more. All eight were students at the university.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/michigan-state-university-campus-shooting-1234679271/
Legal expert: Despite previous crime, campus shooter could possess a gun: Amid calls from the teachers’ unions to enact tougher gun laws, what remains unclear about a Michigan State University gunman was whether he was legally in possession
https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/legal-expert-despite-previous-crime-campus-shooter-could-possess-a-gun/article_e4e28d93-154c-534f-acfd-51bcbe0b6ff0.html
# Education / Schools / Global
A GOP lawmaker wrote a one-sentence bill to abolish the Department of Education. His reasoning doesn’t address student loans, grants, or any of the major things the department does. “The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2022.” When Insider asked Massie how abolishing the department would impact programs and laws that specifically rely on the department, he said that “unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. should not be in charge of our children’s intellectual and moral development.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-gop-lawmaker-wrote-a-one-sentence-bill-to-abolish-the-department-of-education-his-reasoning-doesn-t-address-student-loans-grants-or-any-of-the-major-things-the-department-does/ar-AA17wgKZ?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=4cc27fd1bff2468fadbad1f042d7f454
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Why a pipeline project in Houston is raising concerns over environmental racism: The smell was a reminder of how close she lives to a storage facility bearing 300,000 gallons of liquid propane. And now, CenterPoint Energy plans to install natural gas pipeline transmission lines 4 feet underground. Initial construction will be just 50 feet from her home, King said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/14/houston-pipeline-project-environmental-justice-concerns/10995837002/
Firearm, fossil fuel boycotts prohibited under Iowa investment strategy bill: The bill says state funds couldn’t be used in contracts with investment firms using “ESG” investment strategies.
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/02/14/firearm-fossil-fuel-boycotts-prohibited-under-iowa-investment-strategy-bill/
Rubio: Stop federal funds to Ford EV battery plant with Chinese ties: After leaders pledged $1 billion in taxpayer subsidies to Ford’s new electric vehicle plant in Florida, Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is calling for an investigation into the agreement between the automaker and its contract with Chinese service provider and technology licensor CATL. Rubio asked the Biden administration not to support Chinese Communist Party efforts by providing tax credits or other funding for the deal.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/rubio-stop-federal-funds-to-michigans-ford-ev-battery-plant-with-chinese-ties/article_eb296f70-ac8d-11ed-9b0c-6f2dc9982a58.html
Biden Admin Hands $750,000 To China-Linked Group Behind Push To Ban Gas Stoves
https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/15/biden-admin-hands-750000-to-china-linked-group-behind-push-to-ban-gas-stoves/
# Environment / Climate / Interior
The Colorado River’s Urgent Lesson for Energy Policy: The river’s megadrought shows just how risky it is to bet on hydropower: As the river’s biggest reservoirs, Lakes Powell and Mead, fall to one-third of their capacity, the dwindling flow threatens everything from crops to electricity generation.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08082021/colorado-river-water-power/
EPA’s Regan wants stronger water pollution rules: The nation’s top environmental regulator called for stricter laws to prevent companies from contaminating drinking water with chemicals that haven’t yet been regulated
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-proposes-designating-certain-pfas-chemicals-hazardous-substances-under-superfund
EPA issues clean water rule that repeals Trump administration changes: The Biden administration on Friday issued a rule that defines which types of waterways in the U.S. will receive federal water quality protections under the 1972 Clean Water Act, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts rejected and that environmental groups argued left waterways open to pollution.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/30/epa-issues-clean-water-rule-that-repeals-trump-administration-changes.html
# Law Enforcement
The body of a missing 16-year-old girl was found in the woods, and a police officer has been accused of concealing her death. Miles Bryant, 22, was fired from the Doraville Police Department and arrested on suspicion of concealing the death of Susana Morales as well as falsely reporting a crime.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pocharaponneammanee/susana-morales-16-year-old-police-officer-arrested
Prisoners donating organs to get time off raises thorny ethical questions: A scholar who has studied imprisonment explains why the promise of sentence reductions in return for organ donation raises ethical issues about whether inmates can ever consent freely. The bill stated that the commissioner of the Department of Corrections should establish both a bone marrow and organ donation program within the department and a committee focused on bone marrow and organ donation that would set eligibility standards for inmates interested in the program.
https://theconversation.com/prisoners-donating-organs-to-get-time-off-raises-thorny-ethical-questions-199721
# Legal / DOJ
Mike Pence’s Real Reason for Challenging His Trump Special Counsel Subpoena: The legal claim Pence reportedly intends to make should go nowhere. Even his own written statements fatally undermine it. That suggests another motive. It’s no mystery that as a potential presidential candidate, he doesn’t want to offend Trump’s ponderous Republican base.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/14/politics/mike-pence-subpoena-special-counsel/index.html
# Military / DOD
Air Force jets intercept Russian aircraft near Alaska: Four Russian aircraft, including a fighter jet and bomber, flew into a buffer zone of international airspace near Alaska Monday, according to a release from the North American Aerospace Defense Command on Tuesday, prompting a handful of U.S. Air Force jets to scramble and intercept them. The activity was “routine,” according to NORAD, one of half-a-dozen yearly interactions between Russian and NORAD aircraft in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2023/02/14/air-force-jets-intercept-russian-aircraft-near-alaska/#:~:text=Four%20Russian%20aircraft%2C%20including%20a,to%20scramble%20and%20intercept%20them.
# Nuclear
Military Warheads as a Source of Nuclear Fuel: How we turned 20,000 Soviet nukes into zero-carbon energy, and how we can do the same with some of our own.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/turning-nuclear-warheads-into-nuclear-fuel
# Science
Slime Moulds (Myxomycetes): Slime moulds (myxomycetes) are surprisingly intelligent and a fundamental, yet mysterious, part of the web of life. They are also shockingly beautiful
https://www.barrywebbimages.co.uk/Images/Macro/Slime-Moulds-Myxomycetes/?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=04ec464bcb-briefing-dy-20230215&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-04ec464bcb-43812897
# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
Why There Are Suddenly So Many UFOs: The reason U.S. radars and sensors weren’t picking up balloons or similar objects is simple; they weren’t looking for them: In today’s newsletter: The use of surveillance balloons has gone largely under the radar until several floating orbs were shot down in North America. But China’s not the only country full of hot air, a look at this mysterious twist in international espionage
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/14/tuesday-briefing-morning-edition-us-ufos-surveillance-balloons
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