Addendae 11 cont'd

White Nationalist Nick Fuentes Fumes ‘King of America’ Trump Disrespected by ‘Black Immigrant’ Judge

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-fumes-that-king-of-america-trump-is-being-disrespected-by-a-black-immigrant-judge

* U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan warned Trump about making inflammatory remarks regarding his efforts to overturn 2020 election

* white nationalist Nick Fuentes attacked Chutkan as a “Black immigrant”

* declared she has no authority over Trump, “the king of America” 🤨

https://persagen.com>> search: "Nick Fuentes"

#Trump #NickFuentes #racism

Addendae 17

DeSantis says he sold all stocks; House disclosures show otherwise

GOP presidential candidate calls for banning trades by members of Congress

https://rollcall.com/2023/08/14/desantis-says-he-sold-all-stocks-house-disclosures-show-otherwise

* Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he supports a ban on congressional stock trading; cites his experience as a House member

* appears DeSantis sold most of his stocks before taking office, but he held onto U.S. Steel & Sirius XM

* transcript: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/14/cnbc-exclusive-cnbc-excerpts-florida-governor-ron-desantis-speaks-with-cnbcs-brian-sullivan-on-last-call-today-.html

#DeSantis #GOP #neofascism #CultureWars

Addendae 4 cont'd 2/2

Argentina’s Presidential Primary Winner Has Vowed to “Chainsaw” Public Spending

Javier Milei, an admirer of Donald Trump, wants to abolish the central bank and calls climate change a “socialist lie”

https://truthout.org/articles/argentinas-presidential-primary-winner-has-vowed-to-chainsaw-public-spending

#Argentina #JavierMilei #libertarianism #neofascism #ConspiracyTheorists #capitalism #Trumpism

Source of hidden consciousness in 'comatose' brain injury patients found

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230814122410.htm

* patients w. hidden consciousness hear/comprehend verbal commands, but cannot carry out those commands because of injuries in brain circuits that relay instructions f. brain to muscles

Injury patterns associated with cognitive motor dissociation Get access Arrow

https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/brain/awad197/7236061

#consciousness #HiddenConsciousness #BrainInjury #neuroscience

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DoE announces $1.2 Billion to Advance Controversial Climate Technology

‘Direct air capture’ of carbon pollution experimental; fossil fuel company embracing it to keep drilling

https://www.desmog.com/2023/08/11/energy-dept-announces-1-2-billion-to-advance-controversial-climate-technology/

* subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum to dev. commercial-scale direct air capture facility in Texas

Direct air capture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_air_capture

* use of chemical/physical processes to extract CO2 f. air

* sequestered in long-term storage

#DACCS #CO2emissions #DirectAirCapture #FossilFuels #DAC

Addendae 1

The Biden-Trump Rematch That Nobody Wants

Voters say they are wary of a replay of 2020 in 2024

* while they largely will fall in line at the end, they would prefer other options

* 2020 revisited [0:30 mark]: "I CAN'T believe our choices are Biden & Trump! Seriously. It's disgusting."

https://files.persagen.com/01/Vice_News_Tonight-2020-04-15-us_2020_election-disbelief_only_choices_biden_trump.mp4

#2024USelections #2024PresidentialCandidates #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden

Addendae 2 cont'd 2/2

Indigenous Roots of Robbie Robertson’s Rock & Roll Revolution

Music called Americana was created by a Jewish-Canadian-Cayuga-Mohawk

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/americana-indigenous-roots-robbie-robertson

#RobbieRoberson #SixNations #ResidentialSchools #MohawkInstitute #WoodlandCulturalCentre #IndigenousPeoples

Addendae 11

Trump Spent Weekend Publicly Attacking His Judge

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-spent-the-weekend-publicly-attacking-his-judge

After U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan made explicit Friday that she will do whatever is necessary to protect the integrity of the proceedings in the Jan. 6 case of U.S. v. Trump, the former president resumed his public attacks on her and her proceedings.

In posts and reposts on his Truth Social platform, Trump impugned Chutkan, her motives, and the proceedings against him.

##Trump #TrumpIndictment3 #GOP

Addendae 5

Ron DeSantis Proposes Unprovoked War on Mexico

He’s the latest of many Republican imperialists to endorse another war of aggression

* Ron DeSantis open to ordering drone strikes on Mexican drug cartels, migrants

* Trump, Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mike Walsh (R-FL), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Trump former deputy secretary of homeland security Ken Cuccinelli all proposed various military actions in Mexico, up to/including sending in ground troops

#DeSantis #EndlessWar #populism #Mexico

Addendae 2

Who picks school curriculum? Idaho law hands more power to parents

New law expanding input from non-educators

https://hechingerreport.org/who-picks-school-curriculum-idaho-law-hands-more-power-to-parents

* dept. chair at Twin Falls High School told 2022 that half of committee he was leading to pick new texts & materials for the district’s English Language Arts classrooms would be parents & community members

* new Idaho law gave him no choice

* includes how subjects like climate change, social movements discussed in some courses

#Idaho #education

Addendae 1

Greatest Act of Greenwashing in American History

Chronicle of redwood logging exposes how wealthy industrialists reaped fortune in name of environmentalism

Greenwashing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwashing\

* advertising or marketing where green PR/marketing deceptively used to persuade public an organization's products, aims,, policies are environmentally friendly

Pacific Lumber Company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Lumber_Company

#capitalism #DefundBillionaires #EcologicalDestruction #greenwashing #propaganda

Addendae 10

2 Months in Georgia: How Trump Tried to Overturn Vote

Georgia case offers vivid reminder of extraordinary lengths Trump, allies went to reverse 2020 U.S. election

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/us/trump-georgia-election-results.html

https://persagen.com >> search: "Brad Raffensperger"

"Brad Raffensperger" AND (ginni OR cleta)

"cleta mitchell" AND "leonard leo"

#Trump #TrumpIndictment3 #GOP #neofascism #insurrection #Georgia # BradRaffensperger #2020USelection #GinniThomas #CletaMitchell #LeonardLeo

Deluge Facing Africa’s Leaders Going to Get Worse

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/opinion/niger-sahel-military-rule.html

* swath of African countries under military rule: Mali, Guinea, Chad, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Niger

* How can poor and insecure countries forge political order and give their citizens the confidence that democratic government can deliver what they need?

* Democracy can’t survive if it can’t deliver results

Military dictatorship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_dictatorship

#Africa #democracy #juntas #MilitaryDictatorship #dictatorship

Addendae 4

U.S. Military Is Mind-Bogglingly Expensive Purveyor of Global Death & Destruction

Pro-war hawks love to claim that the U.S. military is “the greatest fighting force” in human history

* exceptional in 2 ways: obscene budget; ability to keep its record of death & destruction nearly invisible to the U.S. public

Addendae 4 cont'd

Javier Milei: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Milei

* proponent, Austrian School of economic thought

* controversial political positions:

opposition to abortion, even in cases of rape

rejection of sexual education in schools

support for possession of firearms by civilian population

promotion of cultural Marxism far-right conspiracy theory

denial of global warming

#Argentina #JavierMilei #libertarianism #neofascism #ConspiracyTheorists #capitalism #Trumpism

Addendae 1 cont'd 1/2

Nearly 500 ALEC Lawmakers Voted to Ban Abortion

https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/08/14/nearly-500-alec-lawmakers-have-voted-to-ban-abortion

* 1/3 state lawmakers working to restrict abortion rights since SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade (2022-06) affiliated w. American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)

* ALEC: right-wing bill mill; works behind closed doors to support corporate interests

* anti-abortion activists have taken on new leadership roles at ALEC

#ALEC #ModelBills #ModelActs #ModelLegislation #abortion #ChristianRight #neofascism

🎵 Morning ☮-in

The Fall ~ Two Librans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuBUeaTDeyU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUkfIdJVf2Y

Lyrics: https://genius.com/The-fall-two-librans-lyrics

The Fall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_(band)

* English post-punk group, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester

* underwent many line-up changes; vocalist/founder Mark E. Smith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_E._Smith) the only constant member

The Unutterable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unutterable

* 21st album by English rock band the Fall, released in 2000

Namaste 🙏 🕊

#MorningPeaceIn #TheFall #Two Librans

Addendae 2

Microplastics stick around in human airways

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110540006345161244

How microplastics make their way into farmland

https://theconversation.com/how-microplastics-are-making-their-way-into-our-farmland-208346

* ubiquitous: air, water, soils

* found in wastewater sludge/municipal biosolids that make way to agricultural soils

Microplastic pollution is a global environmental problem that is ubiquitous in all environments, incl. air, water & soils

https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jeq2.20497

#pollution #microplastics #toxicology #environment #bioaccululation #agriculture

Addendae 1

Texas Revamps Houston Schools, Closing Libraries, Angering Parents

Part of state takeover plan, libraries in underperforming schools becoming spaces for disruptive students to watch lessons on computers

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/us/texas-houston-schools-libraries-takeover.html

* decision to fire librarians & effectively close libraries in city’s poorest schools

* imposed on 187,000 mostly Black & Hispanic students by administration of Gov. Greg Abbott

#Texas #TexasEducation #PublicEducation #GregAbbott #GOP #Houston #SystemicRacism