alanjjohnstone
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The proponents of vote for the lesser evil state their case
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/09/23/open-letter-dump-trump-then-battle-biden
“…Not voting for Biden in swing states won’t bring on a revolution. Not voting for Biden in swing states will not make anyone the slightest bit more progressive, radical, or revolutionary. Not voting for Biden in swing states will not grow or solidify the ranks of opposition. But not voting for Biden in swing states risks immeasurably enlarging the obstacles that opposition will thereafter face.
So, it comes down to this. Dump Trump, Then Battle Biden. Vote for Biden at least in swing states—and urge others to do so as well. And then get on with building grassroots movements for ongoing fundamental change…”
And from the environmentalists
“…Joe Biden and Kamala Harris haven’t pledged to move that quickly, but their climate plan is the farthest-reaching of any presidential ticket in history. More to the point, we can pressure them to go farther and faster…”
I am reminded of how Mark Thatcher made his money from the Arab nations by tagging along with his mum’s trade and diplomatic delegations.
The same nepotism demonstrated by Hunter Biden business activities
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/23/hunter-biden-ukraine-problematic-republican-report
And my original point, no matter how badly expressed, is that a very significant section of the American population hold ideas that are not scientifically based and are intellectually backward compared with the progress shown in all other industrial developed countries, not just in religion but in politics and culture too. They are not in the majority but they are substantial and hold disproportionate political power.
For the evangelical Republicans they are denialism in a great number of positions. from rejection of systemic racism to climate change etc. etc.
Shall i repeat myself
“…we can over-generalise a bit too much when there are many aspects of history that is nuanced…”
Am i saying we dismiss Marxism because Engels fell for phrenology?
Hmmm…so burning witches was part of the enlightenment…
But i was wrong …Dark Ages refers to several centuries pre 10th C…Middle Ages up to the 15th C …
As Renaissance occultism gained traction among the educated classes, the belief in witchcraft, which in the medieval period had been part of the folk religion of the uneducated rural population at best, was incorporated into an increasingly comprehensive theology of Satan as the ultimate source of all maleficium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt
Newton may well have been the proponent of science but he was also the believer in alchemy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton%27s_occult_studies
But i take your point that we can over-generalise a bit too much when there are many aspects of history that is nuanced.
American exceptionalism appears to be a widespread idea held by our fellow-workers in the USA.
They seem to believe they are exempt from science. They can land people on the moon but their religious beliefs still remain in the Dark Ages.
Now also on the Indian-based Countercurrent site
https://countercurrents.org/2020/09/manifest-destiny-and-the-mexican-american-war/
Although no direct links, it gives ourselves and our blogs a mention for any who wish to follow up on the biographies
Beyond KFC
KFC has announced plans to launch plant-based fried chicken (which is made of legumes) in southern California and real chicken grown directly from cells in Russia.
KFC’s chief marketing officer effused: “Despite many imitations, the flavor of Kentucky Fried Chicken is one that has never been replicated – until Beyond Fried Chicken.”
Of course KFC is expanding its menu for profit. The company knows that consumers want more options, and they have seen the resounding success of the Impossible Whopper at Burger King, Impossible Sliders at White Castle, Beyond Meat products at Carl’s Jr and Dunkin’ Donuts, and more. Plant-based and cultivated meat will not reach their full potential until the food industry recognizes the massive revenues that will come with this transition. Profitability is a feature, not a bug. And really, it’s the most important feature.
Mountain Equipment Co-op, Canada’s largest retail cooperative, announced it would be acquired by the Los Angeles-based private investment firm Kingswood Capital Management – a move that blindsided many of the co-op’s five million members.
Executives “had a stark choice: preserve the MEC brand and business under new ownership or enter liquidation ending the MEC legacy.”
The company has said that by entering creditor protection, it does not require approval from its members, since companies can sell assets with court approval.
Cows, pigs and other farm livestock in Europe are producing more greenhouse gases every year than all of the bloc’s cars and vans put together, when the impact of their feed is taken into account, according to a new analysis by Greenpeace.
The increase in meat and dairy production in Europe over the past decade has made farming a much greater source of emissions, but while governments have targeted renewable energy and transport in their climate policies, initiatives to reduce the impact of food and farming on the climate have lagged behind.
Marco Contiero, agriculture policy director for Greenpeace, said policymakers must get a grip on livestock emissions, or face missing carbon reduction targets. “European leaders have danced around the climate impact of animal farming for too long,” he said. “Science is clear, the numbers as well: we can’t avoid the worst of climate breakdown if politicians keep defending the industrial production of meat and dairy. Farm animals won’t stop farting and burping – the only way to cut emissions at the levels needed is to cut their numbers.”
Big Pharma immunity
Sue Middleton, President of the Executive Board of Vaccines Europe which represents top vaccine makers, told a European Parliament hearing that in case of unexpected adverse events, which could include unpredicted side-effects, she understood that there was indemnification.
“The Commission or the member states would essentially indemnify the companies against the cost of legal action that followed those claims,” she said
Zionist organisations have recently begun pressuring Facebook to include criticism of Israel as part of its own definition of hate speech. Their objective, in other words, is to force Facebook to alter the algorithms it uses to detect hate speech so the company’s own algorithms will automatically remove any criticism of Israel from the platform
On August 7, 120 organisations representing Zionist right-wing groups sent a letter to Facebook’s Board of Directors, calling upon them to fully adopt the IHRA definition as the “cornerstone of Facebook’s hate speech policy regarding antisemitism”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/redefining-anti-semitism-facebook-200920120123654.html
Environmentalists say vote for Biden (despite the Democratic Party’s failure to support the Green New Deal).
They blame the Green Party dividing the vote for Republican victories
It’s not UBI
It’s GNP-shared income (GNP-SI)
https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/09/are-you-ready-for-a-guaranteed-income-for-all/
A Democratic President, a Democratic Senate, a Democratic House of Representatives – no reversal of the Trump tax cuts to the wealthy. In fact, proposals for even more tax cut incentives.
