Tuesday, May 07, 2019

"A hand out to oil company CEOs at the cost of endangering the lives of their workers and heightening the risk for another environmental catastrophe."
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"Gutting the few offshore drilling safeguards established in wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster is reckless and wrong."

Many cheers for these young people who are hitting the streets to save the planet for all of us.
SELF REGULATION HOW THAT WORKING OUT

A new statement from Boeing suggests it knew about a problem with the 737 Max the year before the deadly October 2018 Lion Air crash, but decided not to do anything about it.

ROFLMAO GIG ECONOMY EASY COME EASY GO

Yusaku Maezawa, CEO of struggling online retailer Zozo, paid an undisclosed sum to travel as a private passenger aboard SpaceX's first flight around the moon.

IMPERIALISM THE HIGHEST STAGE OF CAPITALISM
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION BETWEEN TWO POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
WHILE THE POLITICAL ECONOMICS ARE COMPETITION WITH TWO
FORMS OF STATE CAPITALISM AMERICAN VS CHINESE

Panama's president-elect, Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo, said the United States should pay more attention to Central America or risk losing ground to China, which has won diplomatic support and increased its investment in the region in recent years.




The dispute between Trump and Democrats over Puerto Rico has held up a disaster aid bill but pressure is building on the president to strike a deal.

"Puerto Rico needs every tool possible to recover economically and physically from Hurricane Maria."

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"Over the past several years, Puerto Rico has been living with an economic noose around its neck due to its crippling debt crisis and the devastation created by Hurricane Maria."





Rep. Ilhan Omar appeared to take the side of Hamas and Islamic Jihad last night after terrorists fired hundreds of rockets at civilian targets in Israel by Hamas backed his weekend.

THE MEDIA MAKETH THE MAN
"You aren't imagining it. Major news outlets amplify false or misleading Trump claims without debunking them an average of 19 times per day."
"The fate of a Bedouin village spotlights the cruelty of the Israeli occupation."
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The fate of a Bedouin village spotlights the cruelty of the Israeli occupation.. Here at the grassroots, where real life is lived, things look very different. The Bedouin of the village of Khan al Ahmar are anxiously awaiting Israeli military bulldozers, not olive branches of peace. Named “gatekee...

Here's the thing, we've never seen anything like this. Never.
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The sitting president vs. Congress and the U.S. Constitution.. Donald Trump is the most impeachable president in American history. Many Democrats, however, are running away from the word “impeachment” for tactical political reasons. Some Democrats say they have a sworn duty under the Constitutio...

CRIMINAL CAPITALISM



Just hours before a pedestrian bridge collapsed and killed six people at a Miami university, engineers confirmed that cracks in the concrete structure "increased in length daily." The Florida Department of Transportation released documents Monday related to the collapse of bridge at Florida Internat...



Carolyn Meadows, the newly elected NRA president, has apologized to Rep. Lucy McBath for her “insensitive” comments.