Occupy Banksters & Crony Capitalism & GREED

Stuck in the Smoke as Billionaires Blast Off
TheIntercept | Naomi Klein | 07/23/21

Many people here think they are safe from climate change, the journalist from a German newspaper explained to me. They don’t see it as an immediate threat, like Covid-19. They see the Greens as scolds who want to take away their cheap holidays. “What do you have to say to them?”

The question came via video call in late June, and I was, at that very moment, pickled in my non-air-conditioned home, gripped by a heatwave that would, before the week was done, kill about 500 people in British Columbia, Canada, and cook perhaps a billion marine creatures on scorching shorelines. Over the years, I have faced many such “why should I care” questions, and I usually try to reach for some kind of moral argument about our responsibility to fellow humans even when we aren’t immediately impacted. But because I was far too hot and angry for high-mindedness, what I had to say instead was “Give it a minute.” ... Read more

How many years until we must act on climate? Zero, say these climate thinkers
The Guardian | Jennifer Francis ... | 07/30/21

Peter Kalmus: ‘Zero years’
We have zero years before climate and ecological breakdown, because it’s already here. We have zero years left to procrastinate. The longer we wait to act, the worse the floods, fires, droughts, famines and heatwaves will get.

The primary cause of these catastrophes is burning fossil fuel. Therefore, we must shut down the fossil fuel industry as quickly as we can. Fossil fuel subsidies must end today. New fracking wells, pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure can no longer be built; that we continue on this path is collective insanity. Fossil fuel must be capped and rationed, and diverted to necessities as we transition to a zero-carbon civilization. If we fail, the planet will continue to heat up, creeping past 1.5C, then 2C, then 3C of global heating as we keep squandering precious time. ... ... Read more

Internal CDC presentation warns: "The war has changed"
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Axios | staff | 07/30/21

Unpublished research indicates that the Delta variant causes more severe illness and spreads as easily as chickenpox, and that vaccinated people may transmit the strain as easily as those who are unvaccinated, according to an internal CDC presentation obtained by WashPost.

Why it matters: The data played a key role in the CDC's decision to tell vaccinated people to resume masking indoors, with the presentation calling on health officials to "acknowledge the war has changed," The Post reports. ... Read more

If The Jan. 6 Rioters Were Just Tourists, Why Was Mo Brooks Wearing Body Armor?
HP | Ryan Grenoble | 07/30/21

When Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) took the stage on Jan. 6 to rile up a crowd of Donald Trump supporters ahead of their violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, he was concealing a telling wardrobe choice. Underneath his canary-yellow windbreaker, he was wearing body armor, the Republican told Slate on Wednesday.

... In a follow-up statement Thursday, the congressman told CNN that he “had no information of any threats, by anybody, but from socialists, generally, Antifa and [Black Lives Matter] in particular” that day. He also compared it to bringing an umbrella in case it rains. ... Read more