Friday, December 10, 2021

Coffee and Provocation


Non-Native Substitute Fish
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council says that non-native shad are now the predominant ocean-migrating fish of the Columbia River Basin, with their numbers dwarfing those of native steelhead and salmon.

Union Strong Coffee
Starbucks workers form their 1st union in the U.S. in a big win for labor.

The Continuing Crisis.

Teach Your Children Well
New Zealand is banning tobacco sales to young people for their entire lifetime in order to create the first-ever 'smokefree generation'. People who are age 14 when the law comes into effect will never be able to legally purchase tobacco.

Earth's Death Selfie
Earth is getting a ‘black box’ to tell future civilizations how humanity ended.

They Buried the Lede
From The Chicago Tribune: “City data … shows ride-share drivers made more than 47,000 pickups in the low-income, majority African-American neighborhood of Englewood, compared with 85 cab pickups in March 2017….”

Politics and Pedophilia I
French president Emmanuel Macron was 15 years old when he met a 40-year old teacher who later became his wife.

Politics and Pedophilia II
Grover Cleveland was 27 when he met his future bride shortly after her birth. He bought her her first pram, used to babysit her, and eventually groomed her for marriage.

When the Police Steal It's Called "Asset Forfeiture"
Law enforcement now seizes more property from citizens than burglars. In a related story, the U.S. seized a record $1 billion of bitcoin a year ago. Its value has tripled.

Hal Told Us Not to Turn Off the Computer

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