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#National

MARTIN STATE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, MD -- The Maryland Air National Guard conducted a sweeping operational readiness exercise involving the full ...

MARTIN STATE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, MD -- The Maryland Air National Guard conducted a sweeping operational readiness exercise involving the full spectrum of missions and personnel across Martin#ang #air #national #guard #force #military #DSG #stattour #drill
Maryland Air National Guard demonstrates readiness during Operation Frosty Strike

ashtime🍄
17 hours ago

@Powerfromspace1 @noelreports exactly #Putin and his #ethnofascist that are propping up everywhere were worth the oil&gas #mone. Did anyone notice how all these so-called 'defenders' of #national interests have the same agendas and talking points, no matter in which country they are-surely countries should have different 'national interests'. Coincidentally they all support #Russia :fellalist:

LOVE NBA
1 day ago

https://www.lovenba.com/1217002/ Olympiacos Piraeus-Real Madrid | Round 12 Highlights | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague #2023-2024Season #Basketball #BasketballVideos #highlights #National #OlympiacosPiraeus #OlympiacosPiraeusVs.RealMadrid #RealMadrid #Recap #RegularSeason #Round12 #TurkishAirlinesEuroleague

Implementing a #BasicIncomeProject means overcoming #myths about the ‘#undeserving #poor’.

On #PrinceEdwardIsland, a recent #report has outlined how the #province could reduce #poverty by adopting a #basicincome. Meanwhile in #Ottawa, the #Senate is considering developing a #framework for a #national #basicincome program. Momentum is clearly growing in #canada

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #IncomeInequality #UBI

https://theconversation.com/implementing-a-basic-income-means-overcoming-myths-about-the-undeserving-poor-218577

Quantum Observer
2 days ago

$18.5 Million Grant Opens For Australian Centre for Quantum Growth https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2359492 #National #Quantum_Computing_Business #Albanese_Government #Australia #Australian_Centre_for_Quantum_Growth #Australian_National_Quantum_Strategy #Critical_Technologies_Challenge_Program #Ed_Husic #quantumdaily Insider Brief The Australian federal government has unlocked $18.5 million in funding to establish the Australian Centre for Quantum Growth. The center is designed to build a quant

General Strike Now
3 days ago

California State University faculty are launching four days of strikes across campuses for better pay and benefits. The strike is being held by ...

California State University faculty are launching four days of strikes across campuses for better pay and benefits. The strike is being held by the California Faculty Association. The union represents#national #bay_area #state
California faculty at largest US university system launch strike for better pay

General Strike Now
4 days ago

MONTREAL - When her union began a general unlimited strike last month, Gatineau-based teacher Geneviève Savard braced for what she called a ...

MONTREAL - When her union began a general unlimited strike last month, Gatineau-based teacher Geneviève Savard braced for what she called a "crossing of the desert."#national #labour #education #politics #education-labour-national-politics #que #public #sector #strike #montreal #quebec #canada #libranet.de/search?tag=
Quebec teachers leaning on each other as negotiations to end strike grind on

Quantum Observer
5 days ago

US Releases National Quantum Initiative Budget Supplement, Committee Passes NQI Reauthorization Act https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2359449 #National #National_Quantum_Initiative #NQI #The_House_Committee_on_Science_Space_and_Technology #US #quantumdaily Insider Brief US releases National Quantum Initiative (NQI) Supplement to the President’s FY 2024 Budget. The report notes that 2024 as a “critical” year for the NQI program. Also this week: the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technolog

The Inaugural #LGBTQ+ #Business #Week Launches: 'There Is A Growing #Movement To #Bolster The #Queer #Economy'.

The #National #LGBT #ChamberofCommerce reports that the 1.4 million #LGBTQ+ #entrepreneurs in the #US. generate over $1.7 trillion annually for the #economy.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Business #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://blavity.com/lgbtq-business-week-launches

Quantum Observer
1 week ago

French National Quantum Update — November 2023 https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2359416 #National #Alice_&_Bob #CERN #CLUSSTER #French_National_Quantum_Update #French_National_Quantum_Update_November_2023 #Quandela #quantumdaily Executive Summary November was an extremely busy – and by most indications – an extremely productive month for France’s quantum startups, businesses and research institutions. In probably the biggest news Quandela secured over €50 million from investors, the French gove

Patrick O'Beirne
1 week ago

Awe-inspiring Vaughan Williams from Slatkin and the #NSO forces in Dublin
Andrew Larkin, 26 Nov
This concert marked the 175th anniversary of the #Royal #Irish #Academy of #Music. Students of #RIAM joined forces with the #National #Symphony #Orchestra and #Chorus #NSC and, under the baton of Leonard #Slatkin (here for a second week running), this was a concert to remember with its exhilarating singing and passionate music-making.
#NCH #RVW
https://bachtrack.com/review-slatkin-stone-watts-rias-national-symphony-dublin-november-2023

Quantum Observer
1 week ago

Republican Jay Obernolte Speaks about Advancing the Frontier of Quantum Computing https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2359355 #National #Quantum_Computing_Business #business #Jay_Obernolte #national #quantum_computing #US_government #quantumdaily In a recent speech, U.S. House Representative Jay Obernolte from California discussed the transformative potential of quantum computing (QC) in both the industrial and governmental sectors. He said that QC is not merely about faster processing but also ab

Peter M 🎯
1 week ago

(1) #nationalparks

Ik las iets #verschrikkelijks over #Yosemite #national #park in #california (#vs). #boswachters daar vragen zich af: 'welke #vuilnisbakken moeten wij hier nu neerzetten, zodat #beren NIET komen scharrelen in die #vuilnis'.
20 jaar geleden was ik daar 2 dagen op een #camping in het oosten van het park. De #instructies daar waren duidelijk: 'geef de beren geen kans en neem Uw #vuilnis mee' en iedereen daar deed dat op die #camping.
Toen al was ...(2)

https://www.nps.gov/yose/getinvolved/zlf.htm

SherBeareth⚜️
1 week ago

👀

A #suspect has been #arrested in the #shooting of 3 #Palestinian college #students in #Vermont🌲 in a case that has garnered #national attention amid concerns about rising levels of #hatecrimes since the #IsraelHamaswar erupted.

Jason J. #Eaton, 48, was arrested Sunday afternoon near the scene of the #attack, the #BurlingtonPoliceDepartment said in a news release.

https://wtop.com/national/2023/11/suspect-arrested-in-shooting-of-3-palestinian-college-students-in-vermont-police-say/

General Strike Now
1 week ago
Labor and Greens strike deal on Murray-Darling laws. By Paul Osborne. Updated ... * Tasking the Inspector-General of Water Compliance to undertake an ...#news #national #free #domestic
Labor and Greens strike deal on Murray-Darling laws

Well worth a read even if you’re not a kiwi. It costs under 2k$ to run a Facebook campaign to undercut decades of health and anti tobacco lobbying.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/495271/the-corner-dairy-campaign-quietly-backed-by-big-tobacco

A healthy & smoke free NZ is a real possibility. Just not apparently under a #National coalition.

MONTREAL - Non-binary Montrealer Alexe Frédéric Migneault entered day six of a hunger strike ... We're going to be in better health in general." Despite ...

MONTREAL - Non-binary Montrealer Alexe Frédéric Migneault entered day six of a hunger strike on Saturday as part of a bid to pressure Quebec's public health insurance board to add#national #politics #health #social #medicine #psychology #linguistics #theeconomy #institutions #physics #food
Montrealer vows to continue hunger strike for 'X' gender on Quebec health card

Hedgewizard
2 weeks ago

When I moved to #NZ and tried to get my head around their politics I listened for a while and then said "Oh so #National are like the UK Tories," and everyone* said no they're nothing like that.

It's become obvious to me now that National are *exactly* like the Tories, just back in time about 40 years. It's going to be a thin Christmas and a long slog to the next election

*In rural Canterbury

unrigged.ca
2 weeks ago

Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Radical Gender Ideology’ Rhetoric is Rooted in the Global Far-Right’s Attack on LGBTQ+ Rights

Pierre Poilievre keeps railing against ‘radical gender ideology’, a paranoid far-right fever dream with a hateful and harmful history
https://www.unrigged.ca/post/6819
#National #PressProgress

unrigged.ca
2 weeks ago

Elections Alberta is Looking Into Take Back Alberta’s Finances and Donations, TBA’s Former CFO Says

Take Back Alberta founder David Parker had his posting privileges revoked from the group’s Telegram following in-fighting between TBA leaders
https://www.unrigged.ca/post/6813
#National #PressProgress

unrigged.ca
2 weeks ago

Protesting against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians isn’t antisemitic

On the dangerous conflation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism
https://www.unrigged.ca/post/6797
#CanadianDimension #National

unrigged.ca
2 weeks ago

CTV forbids use of ‘Palestine,’ suppresses critical stories about Israel

The media conglomerate that runs CTV, CP24 and BNN Bloomberg is distorting the truth about Israel’s violence in Gaza, its own journalists say
https://www.unrigged.ca/post/6786
#National #TheBreach

Le 24 décembre prochain, les #Tunisiens sont appelés aux urnes pour élire leurs représentants dans les conseils locaux et régionaux, ces futurs élus étant appelés à constituer le #Conseil #national des #régions et des #districts
https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1504016/politique/elections-locales-en-tunisie-mode-demploi/
#Tunisie #tunesien #Tunisia #チュニジア #Tunus #Tunis #突尼斯 #Tunizia

Yannick Laignel
2 weeks ago

Une des redevabilités qui diffère au niveau #national quand on fait de la #politique est d'arriver à savoir s'il vaut mieux dire que c'est un fait divers ou un attentat #terroriste

Quantum Observer
2 weeks ago

Autumn Quantum: UK’s Autumn Statement Presses For QC Capable of 1 Trillion Operations by 2035 https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2359332 #National #autumn_statement #Chancellor_Jeremy_Hunt #pqc #trillion_operations #UK #quantumdaily Insider Brief The 2023 Autumn Statement unveiled a number of measures that will support the UK’s tech sector. The government is building on the £2.5 billion ten-year National Quantum Strategy. One of the key goals is to have UK-based quantum computers capable of runni

Quantum Observer
2 weeks ago

South Korea, Japan Leaders Call For Collaboration on Quantum, Other Deep Tech Initiatives https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2359326 #National #APEC #Asia #AsiaPacific_Economic_Cooperation #clean_energy #Japan #quantum #South_Korea #the_Freeman_Spogli_Institute_for_International_Studies #The_Walter_H_Shorenstein_AsiaPacific_Research_Center #quantumdaily Insider Brief Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol discussed cooperation on quantum tech, clean energy

Quantum Observer
2 weeks ago

UK’s Autumn Statement May Include a Quantum ‘Moonshot’ https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2359289 #National #Autumn_Address #Jeremy_Hunt #UK #quantumdaily Insider Brief Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may announce a strategic plan that will improve UK’s position in quantum computing. UK media sourced expect the initiative to fall under the government’s “moonshots” programs and see an allocation of £200 million to £300 million. The move may be a reaction to a recent slip in supercomputing for the […]

libramoon
3 weeks ago

..." Is a #national #abortion ban coming? The 19th century #Comstock Act — which outlaws sending birth control or abortion products through the mail, including shipping things to doctors offices, pharmacies, and hospitals — is still on the books,...
https://hartmannreport.com/p/saturday-report-111823-crazy-alert

Emmeline
3 weeks ago

#pink is a #national treasure

LilMikeSF
3 weeks ago

#BerkeleyLab #Scientists have elected to #Unionize under the #UAW joining thousands of post doctorate and grad students . This is the first known #national laboratory site, home to 16 previous #NobelPrizes , where top #researchers have entered a #union.

https://dailycal.org/2023/11/06/berkeley-lab-scientists-voted-unanimously-to-join-uaw-5810/ #HealthCareIsARight

getmisch
3 weeks ago

There wasn’t much to remember about Tim Scott’s sad, lackluster campaign that lit millions of dollars on fire to not even make it to Iowa. We know his constituents must be glad to know there’s one less excuse for the Senator to miss yet another vote.- DNC spokes.
#GQP #GOP #Republican #extremists #national #abortion #ban #gut #SocialSecurity #Medicare #TimScott2024 #LOL #lit #millions of #dollars on #fire #campaign #quit #presidential #election #Biden2024 or #fascist #rule #fascism #regime

The board approved the tentative agreement on a 86% to 14% vote, officially ending a 118-day strike that began July 14 — two days after the ...

A tentative three-year contract between SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s studios has been approved by the actors union’s national board of directors, who are encouraging their members to do the same when voting begins Tuesday.#approves #begin #contract #members #national #sag-aftra #tuesday #voting #life
SAG-AFTRA National Board Approves New Contract; Members Begin Voting Tuesday

Air Force Global Strike Command announced the winners of Global Strike Challenge 2023 at the multi-month competition's capstone event Nov. 8.

Air Force Global Strike Command announced the winners of Global Strike Challenge 2023 at the multi-month competition’s capstone event Nov. 8.Global Strike Challenge is the world's premier bomber and#ang #air #national #guard #force #military #DSG #stattour #drill
AFGSC names 2023 Global Strike Challenge winners

AI Automations Experimental
1 month ago

National Identity An Aging Portrait in a Field of Flowers

Transport yourself into the painting world of author David Giraud with an ode to the beauty and fragility of aging showcased amidst a vibrant field of flowers

See More Seeds: https://aidyslexic.raupulus.dev/collections/show/569

#StableDiffusion #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #David-Giraud #3D-modeling #realistic-characters #Field-of-flowers #National-Identity #Aging-Portrait #beauty #fragility

Digital Bud
1 month ago

Marking the way | Logo Rewamp | Digital Bud

Build Relationship - Build Growth Virtual Connect: Connect and follow us: Facebook: LinkedIn: Mastodon: Twitter/X: Instagram: #affiliate #digitalbud #logo #build #relationship #growth #india #national #digitalmarketing #success #marketing #consulting #strategy

https://digibud.wordpress.com/2023/11/08/marking-the-way-logo-rewamp-digital-bud/

Sozialwelten
1 month ago

Die #Beschreibung des #Konflikt​es zwischen #Israel und #Palästinenser​n als #kolonial gehe u.a. auf Edward #Said zurück; Die #Staatsgründung und der #Teilungsplan für die #Gebietsteil​e sei jedoch durch die #Vereint​en #Nation​en beschlossen worden.

#Frage nach #Bedingungen für #Zwang zur #Durchsetzungsfähigkeit #national​er #Verfasstheit

#Zeit, 2.11.2023, #Politik, S.5, Anna #Sauerbrey, Stimmt das eigentlich?

#Palästina #Kolonialmacht #Kolonialgeschichte #UN #Verfassung #Ideologieverdacht

"Decolonize Palestine - Dekolonisiert Palästina" - dieser Slogan ist seit dem Terroranschlag der Hamas auf Israel immer wieder zu hören. Dass Israel eine Kolonialmacht sei, die die Palästinenser unterdrücke, steht auf Demo-Plakaten ebenso wie in den Texten linker Intellektueller wie der Philosophin Judith Butler.
Den Konflikt zwischen Israel und den Palästinensern als "kolonial" zu beschreiben, geht unter anderem zurück auf den 2003 verstorbenen palästinensisch-amerikanischen Wissenschaftler Edward Said, dessen Texte zum Kanon der postcolonial studies gehören. In seinem 1979 erschienenen Essay The Question of Palestine beschreibt Said die Gründung des Staates Israel als koloniale Landnahme und den Zionismus als eine Ideologie, die in der Tradition des rassistischen europäischen Imperialismus stehe.
Heute bezieht sich die Kritik, Israel sei eine "Kolonialmacht", sowohl auf die Gründungsgeschichte des Staates als auch auf die aktuelle Siedlungspolitik. Aber wie groß sind die Ähnlichkeiten zur europäischen Kolonialgeschichte wirklich?
Was die Gründung des Staates Israel betrifft weckt der Begriff "Kolonisierung" mehr falsche als richtige Assoziationen. In mehreren Einwanderungswellen kamen seit dem späten 19. Jahrhundert bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg einige Hun-
derttausend jüdische Siedler nach Palästina. Während aber Kolonialmächte wie das deutsche Kaiserreich oder Großbritannien Besiedlung oft als Besatzung oder Vorstufe zur Besatzung zum Zweck der Ausbeutung von Land und Menschen betrieben, kamen diese zionistischen Siedler ohne mächtiges "Mutterland" im Rücken. Im Gegenteil. Sie waren zwar oft nationalistisch gesinnt, aber eben auch auf der Suche nach Sicherheit vor Antisemitismus und staatlicher Repression anderswo. Sie knüpfen an eine jahrtausendealte jüdische Geschichte in der Region an. Mit der zu dieser Zeit dort lebenden arabischen Bevölkerung und den britischen Verwaltungsbehörden kam es zwar auch vor 1947 schon zu gewaltsamen Konflikten. Die Beherrschung, Ausbeutung oder Unterdrückung der arabischen Bevölkerung war aber nicht das Ziel.
Für die Staatsgründung wiederum machte zwar eine Kolonialmacht - Großbritannien - nach heftigen Kämpfen den Weg frei. Beschlossen allerdings wurde sie von den Vereinten Nationen, die 1947 einen Teilungsplan beschlossen und die Gebietsteile sowohl einem möglichen israelischen als auch einem möglichen arabischen Staat zuwiesen.
Auch die Zuschreibung "postkolonialer" Theoretiker, die israelische Gesellschaft sei "weiß" oder "europäisch", während die Palästinenser People of Color seien, führt in die Irre. Etwa die Hälfte der Juden, die heute in Israel leben, stammt aus Familien, die aus arabischen Ländern zugewandert sind.
Die Siedlungspolitik des modernen Israel im Westjordanland wiederum sieht dem imperialen europäischen Kolonialismus schon ähnlicher. Das Westjordanland ist Teil jener Gebiete, die die UN 1947 für einen Palästinenserstaat vorsahen. Seit dem Sechstagekrieg 1967 steht es unter israelischer Militärverwaltung. Ähnlich ist die israelische Siedlungspolitik dort dem historischen Kolonialismus insofern, als die Ansiedlung von Personen unter anderem dem Zweck dient, das Land zu beherrschen.
Dennoch schafft es mehr Verwirrung als Klarheit, zwei so unterschiedliche Phänomene wie der Gründungsgeschichte Israels und der israelischen Besatzungspolitik im Westjordanland das Vokabular des Kolonialismus überzustülpen. Jene, die das tun, stehen deshalb selbst unter Ideologieverdacht, und oft zu Recht. Israel als Staat darzustellen, der aus kolonialem Unrecht entstanden sei und permanent koloniales Unrecht begehe, erlaubt es, Gewalt gegen Israel als "Freiheitskampf" zu rechtfertigen. Eine "Dekolonisierung" des gesamten Staatsgebiets Israels kann in letzter Konsequenz nur das Ende Israels und die Vertreibung seiner jüdischen Bevölkerung bedeuten.
Anna Sauerbrey
Heron&Fox Photo
1 month ago

A flock of American #White #Pelicans at the #Merritt Island #National #Wildlife #Refuge.
#White pelicans are far less common – and dramatic – compared to the Brown Pelican.

Get a print or other item with this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/small-group-of-white-pelicans-heron-and-fox.html

#AmericanWhitePelicans, #PelecanusErythrorhynchos, #BirdsOfMastodon, #Waterfowl, #MINWR, #Florida, #WildlifePhotography, #Photograph,

An outdoor, daylight photograph of a large flock of white pelicans with white feathers and long, yellow bills, swimming on the marsh of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
MONTREAL - A Quebec union representing 65000 elementary and high school teachers is launching an unlimited general strike as of Nov. 23.#national #education #labour #politics #jobmarket #unions #mathematics #schoolsystems
Some 65,000 Quebec teachers to begin unlimited general strike Nov. 23
Alaska Native News
1 month ago

StrongHearts Honors Native American Heritage Month
Honor Our Ancestors And Remember Their Teachings  

(EAGAN, Minn.) November is Native American Heritage Month when all Indigenous peoples are celebrated for their contributions to building the foundation of America. As the original people on this land, we call Turtle Island, we hold respect for all living...
https://alaska-native-news.com/stronghearts-honors-native-american-heritage-month/70637/
#national #america #heritage #month #stronghearts

C.
1 month ago

@RainCityBunnies @Satori

It's one of those "close enough for rock-n-roll" things. It's easier to say we have national healthcare when the truth is subtly different and (usually) not that relevant to the conversation.

One of the lovely things about a #federal (as opposed to #national) #government.

It's wildly inefficient, by the way. 13 bureaucracies all doing almost the same things in entirely different ways.

C.
1 month ago

@RainCityBunnies @Satori

I'll let you in on a little secret: #Canada doesn't have a #national #healthcare system.

What? you say.

Each #province and #territory has its own system. 13 systems, all different in nontrivial ways.

Each covers different things, and some to different amounts. There are also exception cases and other weird stuff galore.

And then add in employer-based group plans - supplemental health benefits - and it gets really squirrelly.

SK covers some vaccines, not others.

John Earle
1 month ago

Is your NHS information being set up for sale AGAIN? | Vox Political
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/10/29/is-your-nhs-information-being-set-up-for-sale-again/

Palantir’s co-founder, Peter Thiel, was a major donor to the campaign of President Donald Trump: during the 2016 campaign season he chose to consult with avowed White nationalists

#Palantir #NHS #National Health Service #data #information #patient #system #AI #artificial intelligence #sale #sell #Alex Karp #Michelle Donelan

J. Martin
1 month ago

is this some kind of word puzzle 🤔

#national #social #Germany

Nonilex
1 month ago

#HouseRepublicans pick #TomEmmer as 3rd #speaker nom

#Emmer (MN), the #House maj whip, was elected as the #GOP pick on a 5th ballot in an internal race that drew 9 #Republicans. It’s not clear, however, that he has enough support to be elected on the House floor. To prevail, Emmer would need a majority of the full chamber.

Emmer, who has been in #Congress since 2015, previously chaired the #National Republican Congressional Cmte — the House campaign arm — for 4 yrs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/24/house-speaker-vote/

— The #name is intended to cause confusion between this #hategroup, and the #preeminent #National #ProfessionalMedicalAssociation for #Pediatricians, the American Academy of Pediatrics (#AAP),

@TheOldCheese

Hey. I hear you and I am a tenant on #Country, so forgive me if I don't believe I need an #education on that bit of the program.

My question related directly to an #OAM being returned to the #crown by the recipient.

My sense of his point is and was then, that if OAMs represent the crown spilling #nuggets on the #floor around the table to keep the #Blackfellas quiet, then #returning it in recognition of the nuggets was the correct thing to do. I agree with him.

Did you know that fat #Clive was made a #national living #treasure? So was #Dr #Karl.

Were I Dr Karl, I would have asked to be removed from the list of people so honoured, since if Clive could get one, they were meaningless.

Are you with me so far?

Anyone given an honour by the crown, is meaningless unless the crown accepts the fact that the land was not #conquered nor ceded by the #people who were here, leaning on #spears, watching the #invasion and having no idea what it meant, until the #muskets and #canon and #ropes and #gibbets began to take their toll.

I don't disagree that many Blackfellas have had a good run and ended up with #doctorates and so on, but they are precious few and far between.

Prof #Langton for example could not be considered an #exemplar of our #First #Nations in general. Wonderful #representative, but not a great example of Blackfellas #reality.

For that you'd need to visit a #prison, find a 40 year old #Blackfella with 20 years jail behind him or her. That is your example of Blackfella reality.

So, I agree with you that we have lots of Blackfellas who have done well. The fact that they are so #celebrated should give you a clear idea of where I stand.

Address the issue of the #OAM mate. The rest is seriously #irrelevant in the moment.

Have a great day.

Phil Yastockings
2 months ago

Reminder; #National wanted our response to be like UK

"Rishi Sunak rejected medical advice to pay people forced to isolate"

"The Cabinet Office wanted to delay lockdown because they ‘don’t work on weekends’"

The govt '“cherry-picked” and even re-wrote scientific advice, only enacting the parts that best suited them.'

"repeatedly called ...for children to be exempted from strict rules on social distancing so they could play together."

#UKPolitics #CovidInquiry #NZPol

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/covid-inquiry-6-shocking-moments-you-may-have-missed_uk_6526b5c1e4b09f4b8d429a0a

Jeremy Jupiter Jones
2 months ago

So an elderly man, a well known National Party campaigner, entered the home of 20 year old wahine te Pāti Māori candidate Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke and has been trespassed by the police. What the hell happened to National’s getting tough on crime? Imagine if a Māori man was caught entering the home of a young National woman candidate’s home?
#National are disgusting racists. #NZPol

Ricardo Harvin
2 months ago

"The bulk of the problem is still long-haul #flights, but until we can #fly on cleaner #fuels, we can start cutting #emissions where we can."

#Goverment policies and inter-cooperation are key to enabling Everything, Everywhere, All at Once solutions to mitigate #ClimateChange at every level, from hyper-local, to #national, to #international and, ultimately, #global.

https://youtu.be/NDs5baOoxao?si=ZHw4uWnp-epFXhns

Bosque Bill
2 months ago

Taos Mountains of the Sangre de Christo Range as seen from:
Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, NM

A spectacular vista looking east from Cerro Montosa Road last Monday. Quintessential Northern New Mexico. The Rio Grande Gorge lies between the foreground and the mountains.

[BTW, since the update to Mastodon v 4.2.0 I no longer automatically receive Notifications. If you comment, please, be patient until I can manually retrieve your comment. TIA]

cc: @ackeaa

#SilentSunday #landscape #photo #NewMexico #National Monument.

A mountain range can be seen in the distance stretched across the horizon with a few white clouds hovering above; clear blue sky; in the foreground a plain of sagebrush with a few junipers.
©BosqueBill.com
Bob LeFridge
3 months ago

"What grates me is that [National’s] housing policy is just so shallow and made up of sound bites that don’t actually address this very serious issue."

~ Queenstown Mayor Glyn Lewers

https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/queenstown-mayor-slams-nats-shallow-housing-policy

#NZPol #National #Queenstown #Housing

Bob LeFridge
3 months ago

The National Party are running a cooker in Hamilton East. He's called Ryan Hamilton, he's a long-term flouride opponent and anti-masker. And he doesn't have time for the poors.

"In social media posts, Hamilton claimed Covid deaths data had been inflated and once said poverty was not a reason to fluoridate water because "most lower socio economics filled their tap water with raro"."

Reflecting National values?

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/nationals-anti-fluoride-anti-mandate-mp-waiting

#NZPol #National #AntiVax

ELON MUSK... 👎

AND ANYONE STILL ON TWITTER X... 👎

AFTER KNOWING THAT ELON MUSK IS AIDING AND ABETTING THE ENEMY VLADIMIR PUTIN AND THE RUSSIAN ARMY AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATO, AND OUR ALLY UKRAINE?!?!

YOU ARE NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING A BAD PERSON AND COMPLICITE IN THE BAD DEEDS OF A BAD PERSON...

📌 YOU ARE A BAD PERSON!!!! 👎

BOYCOTT TWITTER X!!!! 👍
https://www.thedailybeast.com/musk-secretly-used-starlink-to-foil-ukrainian-drone-attack-on-russian-ships-report

#ElonMusk #Musk #ElonSkum #Skum
#Republican #Republicans
#WhiteNationalist #WhiteNationalists
#Nazi #Nazis
#NeoNaziNationalist #NeoNaziNationalists
#PseudoChristianNationalist #PseudoChristianNationalists
#MAGA #MAGATS

#VladimirPutin #Putin
#Russia #Russian #Russians
#Communist #Communists

#National Security #NATO #Europe #US #USA #Scandinavia #Ukraine

#Boycott #Twitter #X
#BoycottX #BoycottTwitter

ELON MUSK... 👎

AND ANYONE STILL ON TWITTER X... 👎

AFTER KNOWING THAT ELON MUSK IS AIDING AND ABETTING THE ENEMY VLADIMIR PUTIN AND THE RUSSIAN ARMY AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATO, AND OUR ALLY UKRAINE?!?!

YOU ARE NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING A BAD PERSON AND COMPLICITE IN THE BAD DEEDS OF A BAD PERSON...

📌 YOU ARE A BAD PERSON!!!! 👎

BOYCOTT TWITTER X!!!! 👍
https://www.thedailybeast.com/musk-secretly-used-starlink-to-foil-ukrainian-drone-attack-on-russian-ships-report

#ElonMusk #Musk #ElonSkum #Skum
#Republican #Republicans
#WhiteNationalist #WhiteNationalists
#Nazi #Nazis
#NeoNaziNationalist #NeoNaziNationalists
#PseudoChristianNationalist #PseudoChristianNationalists
#MAGA #MAGATS

#VladimirPutin #Putin
#Russia #Russian #Russians
#Communist #Communists

#National Security #NATO #Europe #US #USA #Scandinavia #Ukraine

#Boycott #Twitter #X
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@briannawu

ELON MUSK... 👎

AND ANYONE STILL ON TWITTER X... 👎

AFTER KNOWING THAT ELON MUSK IS AIDING AND ABETTING THE ENEMY VLADIMIR PUTIN AND THE RUSSIAN ARMY AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATO, AND OUR ALLY UKRAINE?!?!

YOU ARE NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING A BAD PERSON AND COMPLICITE IN THE BAD DEEDS OF A BAD PERSON...

📌 YOU ARE A BAD PERSON!!!! 👎

BOYCOTT TWITTER X!!!! 👍

https://www.thedailybeast.com/musk-secretly-used-starlink-to-foil-ukrainian-drone-attack-on-russian-ships-report

#ElonMusk #Musk #ElonSkum #Skum
#Republican #Republicans
#WhiteNationalist #WhiteNationalists
#Nazi #Nazis
#NeoNaziNationalist #NeoNaziNationalists
#PseudoChristianNationalist #PseudoChristianNationalists
#MAGA #MAGATS

#VladimirPutin #Putin
#Russia #Russian #Russians
#Communist #Communists

#National Security #NATO #Europe #US #USA #Scandinavia #Ukraine

#Boycott #Twitter #X
#BoycottX #BoycottTwitter

🇺🇸 JewWhoHasItAll
3 months ago

Teiglach are a #classic new year’s cookie, so even if you don’t celebrate this #secular new year due to your #religious #beliefs, baking teiglach is still a great way to help Benedict learn about the important foods of our #national #culture.

2/3

C.
3 months ago

So, to start looping back to #Canadian #politics - it's a bit of a journey...

All of the semi-serious or serious #national #federal #political parties - #Conservative, #Green, #Liberal, New Democrat in alphabetical order - fall in the upper-right quadrant of the chart. They're not even particularly close to the center; the closest to the center would be the Conservatives, but they're only a tiny bit closer than the Liberals, a bit more than the others.

8/x

#Canada #NewDemocrats #NDP #party

International firms hire US and NATO ex-military to teach advanced #skills and #tactics to the Chinese military.

Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., who heads the Air Force and is President Biden’s nominee to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that foreign companies doing business with the #Chinese #government are “targeting and recruiting U.S. and NATO-trained military talent across specialties and career fields.”

“By essentially training the trainer, many of those who accept contracts with these foreign companies are eroding our #national #security, putting the very safety of their fellow servicemembers and the country at risk,” Brown wrote, appealing to the recipients’ sense of responsibility, even after leaving the armed forces, to protect “our national defense information.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/08/china-military-exploit-us-troops-veterans/

Jeremy Jupiter Jones
3 months ago

I see Luxon & #National have denied supporting any #ACT policies... #CoalitionOfChaos aka #KaosKoalition anyone? #NZPol
#TrustMeBro #NZVotes23 #NationalNotFitToGovern

peteo
3 months ago

#National Party's Leader Chris #Luxon has "promised that petrol won't go up under his government "

Unclear how that will work when Brent crude prices rise on the international market, or if the subsidy scheme will take the excess if prices drop. I can't think of this level of market stabilisation for decades, and surprising to see a party that still supports trickle down intervening in the free market

(unclear if this subsidy will also apply to diesel)

John Earle
3 months ago
Rupert Brackenbury
3 months ago

I'm gonna be so much better off under #National! I'll be paying so much less #tax!

Of course, I'll pay for it in otherways like being surrounded by #poverty which will lead to more #crime & more strain on the #Healthcare system. Of course #PublicTransport won't be as convenient & I'll need to spend more on #petrol & the #environment will suffer which will probably affect #tourism & possibly our #primaryindustries &...
#nzpol

Jeremy Jupiter Jones
3 months ago

@kaffiene @ArrestJK @markmetz Yeah, trouble with tracking the origin or sources of dark money funders is the money, for obvious reasons, is filtered through a network of ticket clippers. You only have to look at the record party #NZVotes2023 #NZPol *donations for #National and #ACT.
*Investments

3. Yuscil Taveras, employee 4, the director of IT at Mar-a-Lago, changed his testimony about deleting security footage at Trump's golf club after changing from a lawyer paid for by Trump's Save America PAC to a public defender.

Yuscil Taveras, Employee 4, was the Director of Information Technology at Mar-a-Lago and told the grand jury that Carlos De Oliveira called him for help in deleting the servers.

#stolen and #concealed #National #Defense #documents #crimes

https://t.co/12eZUuNXe7

2. BREAKING: A key witness named in the MaL docs indictment (employee #4) has retracted their false testimony after changing their lawyer (Woodward).

They are now implicating the 3 defendants (Trump, Nauta, De Oliveira)

Stanley Woodward was Yuscil Taveras’ (“trump Employee 4”) original lawyer.

#stolen and #concealed #National #Defense #documents #crimes

This also raises an obvious question: are Trump attorneys instructing witnesses to lie?

The conflict of interest with Woodward was apparent when he took on multiple parties involved in the case…and who was paying him.

Once that conflict was appealed, it set the wheels in motion.

Slowly but surely, they are starting to crack. #obstruction of #justice

"What was defense counsel Woodward telling Individual #4 that led them to commit perjury, and why?"

The next question is, "How does this new information affect the testimony of the others, and their culpability for it?"

#law #fedilaw #lawfedi

An abandoned boat wreck on the shore of Tomales Bay at #sunset in Inverness near Point Reyes #national sea shore, #california. #silentsunday #sfbayarea #Bayarea #photography #landscape

An old abandoned boat wreck sits on the shore of Tomales Bay reflecting sunset colors
Rupert Brackenbury
4 months ago

Everytime I hear #National talk about roading I think of this meme #nz #nzpol

A meme: 8 lanes of bumper to bumper traffic.
"BRO WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR WAY OF LIFE BRO.

THOSE CLIMATE WACKOS WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY BRO"

2/ Seven Mountains' Dominionists believe that they are on a mission to create a Christian society until Jesus returns, by controlling the "Seven Mountains:" Family, Religion, Education, Media, Entertainment, Business, and Government.

#ChristoFascist are in the millions and completely brainwashed. They do not believe in the Constitution and will do large scale harm to American citizens.

This is a grave under reported threat.

This is not a joke. Please be aware of the dangers.

#dojnatsec #National #Security #Threat #law #fedilaw #lawfedi

Watch their insane ranting. Millions of Americans are in danger.

https://twitter.com/NickKnudsenUS/status/1547259907275075584?s=20

Dear Americans you should know their names because they want to rule over us as kings. They are Dutch Sheets, Lance Wallnau, Mario Murillo, & Hank Kunneman. The host is Gene Bailey of Flashpoint on the Victory Channel, which often hosts Mike Flynn & Lauren Boebert. #NAR #ChristoFascist

We are witnessing millions becoming radicalized in real time.

This is not a joke. Please be aware of the dangers.

#dojnatsec #National #Security #Threat #law #fedilaw #lawfedi
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2022/08/underreported-and-massive-theocratic-movement-joins-forces-with-michael-flynn-and-roger-stone/

5/
The 38 count criminal indictment charging the criminal defendant donald includes 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information and single counts of false statements and representations, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document, concealing a document in a federal investigation and a scheme to conceal.

Some of the charges, including the #conspiracy and #concealment counts, carry a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. Criminal suspect donald violated seven different laws, including 31 counts of willful retention of #national #defense information and single counts of #false statements and representations, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document, concealing a document in a federal investigation and a scheme to #conceal.

#crimes #treason #Espionage #Stolen #National #Defense #Documents #DoJ #DoJCrimDiv

2/ Trump and a “Trump family member” directing Nauta which boxes of documents they wanted to bring to Bedminster to conceal from govt investigators seeking them at MAL.

#crimes #treason #Espionage #Stolen #National #Defense #Documents #DoJ #DoJCrimDiv

Criminal suspect Donald John Trump is facing up to 100 years in prison

38 Count Indictment
Massive crime spree!

To be 100% clear the 1512(c) charge under 1512(i) set DC as a place with proper venue. So why file in Florida? Could it be that the DC indictment is coming and it is way worse and could charge conspiracy to murder the VP, levying war treason, sedition and insurrection

#crimes #treason #Espionage #Stolen #National #Defense #Documents

NPR
7 months ago

Authorities are offering $80K for information about the suspected Texas shooter

Police say 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa shot five people to death in a home in Cleveland, Texas, early Saturday and then fled the area. Investigators are still searching for the suspect.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/30/1172975259/texas-fbi-shooter-reward

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

The U.S. evacuates some 300 Americans from Sudan's capital

A convoy of private U.S. citizens followed by drones arrived in Port Sudan on Saturday after departing the capital of Khartoum, where deadly fighting between rival militaries has killed hundreds.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/29/1172916366/sudan-us-evacuation

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

The weight bias against women in the workforce is real — and it's only getting worse

Study after study shows women seen as overweight or obese often earn less at the workplace, an unfair bias that's been hard to reverse. However, men don't seem to face that penalty.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/29/1171593736/women-weight-bias-wages-workplace-wage-gap

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills after massacre

The new laws are aimed at quelling rising suicides and youth violence, preventing mass shootings and opening avenues for gun violence victims to sue the long-protected firearm industry.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/29/1172890034/colorado-governor-signs-gun-control-bills

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

A bus driver in Michigan fainted at the wheel. Then a 7th-grader took control

The driver called the transportation base to tell them she was feeling dizzy and lost consciousness seconds later. Dillon Reeves immediately sprung into action and safely stopped the bus.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/28/1172685391/michigan-school-bus-kid-driver

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

Photographer's decade-long, 600,000-mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book

Matika Wilbur was tired of seeing one-dimensional, insipid, degrading depictions of Native Americans in mainstream media and popular culture. So she did something about it.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/04/28/1172138168/native-american-tribes-photographs-matika-wilbur

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

Kids under 13 would be barred from social media under bipartisan Senate bill

Studies link social media to aspects of America's mental health crisis in adolescents. A handful of bipartisan members of the Senate hope to change that.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/28/1172098173/social-media-kids-senate-bill

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

California becomes the first state to adopt emission rules for trains

California approved a rule limiting rail pollution to aggressively cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state's latest move to establish itself as a global leader in the fight against climate change.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/27/1172639598/california-emission-rules-trains-pollution

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

When a prison sentence becomes a death sentence

As U.S. life expectancy falls, experts say incarceration has serious health impacts. The U.S. has one of the highest rates of people in prison or jail in the developed world.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/27/1172320844/when-a-prison-sentence-becomes-a-death-sentence

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

Supreme Court seems to tilt strongly toward grandmother in property rights case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard its last scheduled argument of the term — a case brought by a 94-year-old grandmother in Minneapolis whose condo was seized for failure to pay property taxes.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1172253300/supreme-court-condo-taxes

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

Founder of the We Build The Wall group linked to Steve Bannon is sentenced to 4 years

Brian Kolfage previously pleaded guilty for his role in siphoning donations a campaign that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1172343738/we-build-the-wall-founder-sentenced-prison

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

Chief Justice Roberts declines to testify before Senate panel

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to examine proposals to hold Supreme Court justices to the same ethical standards as the rest of the federal judiciary.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/25/1172083875/chief-justice-roberts-declines-to-testify-before-senate-panel

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa

NPR
7 months ago

How Tucker Carlson took fringe conspiracy theories to a mass audience

Many of the false narratives Carlson promoted were part of the "great replacement" conspiracy theory, the racist fiction that non-white people are being brought into the U.S. to replace white voters.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/25/1171800317/how-tucker-carlsons-extremist-narratives-shaped-fox-news-and-conservative-politi

#national #world #npr #press #media #independent #news #usa
#free #freedom #freedomOfSpeech

NPR
7 months ago

CNN announces it's parted ways with news anchor Don Lemon

Lemon, a 17-year veteran of the cable network, said he was "stunned" when his agent told him Monday morning that he had been terminated.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/24/1171662180/don-lemon-cnn-terminated

#national #world #npr #press #media #independent #news #usa
#free #freedom #freedomOfSpeech

NPR
7 months ago

Justice Thomas gifts scandal highlights 'double standard' for ethics in government

Ethics watchdogs are raising alarms after a report showed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted lavish gifts without disclosing them as required.

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/24/1171343472/justice-thomas-gifts-scandal-highlights-double-standard-for-ethics-in-government

#national #world #npr #press #media #independent #news #usa
#free #freedom #freedomOfSpeech