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(DIR) Post #AUJxm794BDwsLrFiAi by breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social
2023-03-30T12:25:29Z
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Why did Joe Biden — who wants to be known as "The Climate President" — seemingly abandon his principles, go back on campaign pledges, and disappoint his (perhaps naive) supporters by approving a massive new project of drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic?Geoffrey Deihl, known here on Mastodon as Sane Thinker (@gdeihl) has some provocative thoughts for us about that question.Here are two key paragraphs from his thoroughly researched and impeccably reasoned article. I hope you'll read the whole thing!__________________________Biden’s words, “No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period,” delivered to voters in New Hampshire, in February 2020 have proven false. The seriously compromised Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) made enormous concessions to the fossil fuel industry by making renewable energy projects on federal lands and waters contingent on selling new drilling leases, and gaining environmental approvals for ten years. Willow is the most egregious development to date. Why is Biden doing this? I strongly suspect it’s about far more than Senator Murkowski bringing jobs to Alaska.Not spoken of, but likely in the thinking of this project, is competition with Russia and China. As the Arctic melts, brand new trade routes will emerge, and competition for trillions of dollars of previously unavailable natural resources (planet warming fossil fuels among them) will be tense. Willow makes no sense until you consider it militarily. With the possibility of world supply chains breaking down from climate change, having an oil supply in the region becomes part of national security strategy. __________________________FULL ARTICLE -- https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/massive-alaska-willow-drilling-project#Politics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #CO2 #KeepItInTheGround #Willow
(DIR) Post #AUJxm8Em7U6pjqvmi0 by lednabm@c.im
2023-03-30T12:54:30Z
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@breadandcircuses @gdeihl Because Joe thinks he can take his voters for granted.... This is another reason why I would prefer he not run again. We need someone younger and with swager. Someone who can get into the mud with the reTHUGliCON bullies and grifters, like trumpty dumpty or Desatan and slug it out.
(DIR) Post #AUJxm8kgCrd7KnrGRE by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-04-02T04:31:13Z
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@lednabm @breadandcircuses @gdeihl Democrats are a coalition. So far, Joe Biden is the only one who's been able to keep that coalition together.
(DIR) Post #AUJxm9K853zD6kRZh2 by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-02T21:38:51Z
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@Npars01 @lednabm @breadandcircuses That is the one really good thing about Biden being elected.
(DIR) Post #AUJxm9srztm8qUhJqK by stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2023-04-04T20:35:35Z
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@gdeihl @Npars01 @lednabm @breadandcircuses It's HUGE!
(DIR) Post #AUJxmAWDdbFcoX6kAy by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-04T20:40:56Z
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@stargazersmith @Npars01 @lednabm @breadandcircuses What? Just because fascism parades openly on the side of the aisle?
(DIR) Post #AUJxmB9DIcRWlTLsxM by lednabm@c.im
2023-04-04T20:48:31Z
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@gdeihl @stargazersmith @Npars01 @breadandcircuses All I was saying is that democrats take their voters for granted the same ss republicans.... And, yes, the democratic party is more of a coalition. My beef, and again, why we need a new younger guy is that we need to throw shit at the wall to see what sticks, same as the Republicans. The whole republican strategy is to take any and every issue and throw it at the wall. Democrats will never get anywhere unless they do the same. Democrats don't, though, because they're afraid they might lose votes they've already lost.
(DIR) Post #AUJxmBczVuGKFpHfN2 by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-04T20:59:28Z
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@lednabm @stargazersmith @Npars01 @breadandcircuses Democrats have neglected the working class base. The liberal faction of the party has focused on LGBQT, rights, as they should, it's important, but they have alienated their traditional base in the process. Huge problem. We could unite over #ClimateCrisis, 70% of Democrats recognize it, opposed to 51% of Republicans. Yes, Joe is too old, and he keeps selling out to FFs. Who knows, WTF is going on with money corrupting the entire process.
(DIR) Post #AUJxmCBjQk3FzZXPWK by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-04-04T21:07:59Z
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@gdeihl @lednabm @stargazersmith @breadandcircuses Republicans look for chances to hive off support for Democrats using implicit bigotry.Republican strategists use labels like "Communism" or "Socialist" to erode support. They like to paint Democrats as flakes or weirdos.In the past, the GOP used gay marriage to split support from traditional Democrat support.Going even further back, support for PoC was used against Democrats.Women's rights was weaponized against Democrats in the 1970's
(DIR) Post #AUJxmD6S1rQCpU4hvc by stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2023-04-04T21:12:45Z
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@Npars01 @gdeihl @lednabm @breadandcircuses You are on mark, and I've lived long enough to see each of your examples. The GOP worked hard at one point at saying the word "liberal" with a sneer, just to invoke a negative connotation with the word.
(DIR) Post #AUJxmDci5vE4RXATD6 by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-04T21:15:58Z
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@stargazersmith @Npars01 @lednabm @breadandcircuses The word "socialist," too, as we practice corporate socialism. The disconnect from reality of their base is surreal.
(DIR) Post #AUJxmE4MR7LNpI6YJE by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-04-04T21:15:55Z
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@gdeihl @lednabm @stargazersmith @breadandcircuses Using various types of prejudice against democracy is an old, old political strategy.Contempt for Irish & Italian immigrants was used by Republicans to attack Kennedy in the 1960'sLyndon's support for Voting Rights bought the Nixon Southern gambitRacism was used to undermine the Obama presidency & used the women's rights movement against CarterNo one ever questions the GOP on why equal representation under the law is weaponizable
(DIR) Post #AUJxmEIXaOgcXGjsPY by brooklynmarie@mastodon.social
2023-04-04T21:19:08Z
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@gdeihl @stargazersmith @Npars01 @lednabm @breadandcircuses The word "socialist" (like "antifa") is far-right code for "Jews"
(DIR) Post #AUJz5vgmaEc0ZC2FtY by RiaResists@mastodon.social
2023-04-04T21:22:03Z
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@lednabm @gdeihl @stargazersmith @Npars01 @breadandcircuses I would be inclined to agree except one thing- trump broke America. To ensure progress now we have to proceed w caution. We HAVE to keep Dems on top if we want progress in any area of governance. Otherwise we’d have a Bernie it AOC at the helm. That’s just where we are.
(DIR) Post #AUJz5wKUCcN4YKbxmS by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-04-04T21:36:40Z
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@RiaResists @lednabm @gdeihl @stargazersmith @breadandcircuses Disagree. Democracy in the modern era requires a diversity of views. Bernie and AOC are necessary voices for a "We can do better" democracy. Elizabeth Warren too.If America is to survive as a pluralistic democratic nation, we need their leavening for our bread. Otherwise, it's a future with the flatness of fascism.
(DIR) Post #AUKRSiUOciKp0NtbKS by Alienated53@mastodon.online
2023-04-04T21:51:52Z
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@Npars01 @RiaResists @lednabm @gdeihl @stargazersmith @breadandcircuses I would ask whether the neoliberal capitalist philosophy still overwhelmingly supported by Democratic party and which in turn moved the country from nominal democracy to full blown Corporate Oligarchy (Inverted Totalitarianism) is part of the legitimate leavening needed by democracy. Or, is it really a form of fascism from which we already suffer. Is it compassionate fascism?
(DIR) Post #AUKRSj4YSHG4oWoTgm by mikebaarda@disabled.social
2023-04-04T21:58:08Z
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@Alienated53 @Npars01 @RiaResists @lednabm @gdeihl @breadandcircuses seeing as nobody but the ancient athenians ever had a real democracy...https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28418982-beasts-and-gods
(DIR) Post #AUKRSk6ibiaE1WpihU by lednabm@c.im
2023-04-04T22:00:42Z
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@mikebaarda @Alienated53 @Npars01 @RiaResists @gdeihl @breadandcircuses A democratically representative constitutional republic is fine with me as long as white privilege doesn't rule
(DIR) Post #AUKRSkk4FQ3hzZF928 by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-04T22:04:02Z
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@lednabm @mikebaarda @Alienated53 @Npars01 @RiaResists @breadandcircuses Whatever the system, it always gets destroyed by base human behavior.
(DIR) Post #AUKRSlPtjtWG5IoYEa by breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social
2023-04-04T22:06:22Z
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@gdeihl @lednabm@c.im @mikebaarda @Alienated53 @Npars01 @RiaResists That's the fear: "Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss."
(DIR) Post #AUKRSltfxBL3ZekKeG by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-04-04T22:09:37Z
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@breadandcircuses @gdeihl @mikebaarda @Alienated53 @RiaResists That's why the guardrails in a democracy are worth preserving, preventing a system that makes a choice in voting irrelevantThwarting the baser human instincts of a few from wrecking everything for everyone else.
(DIR) Post #AUKRSmNo99RR56qOcC by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-04T22:19:54Z
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@Npars01 @breadandcircuses @mikebaarda @Alienated53 @RiaResists It's relevant in theory, yet the common person struggles ever more as a handful rake in the wealth. Voting is not creating the world we want. It never has. This country was built on slavery, genocide and the BS of manifest destiny.
(DIR) Post #AUKRSmqWQOPUWAHKN6 by mikebaarda@disabled.social
2023-04-04T22:23:20Z
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@gdeihl @Npars01 @breadandcircuses @Alienated53 @RiaResists i used to work for the 5th largest food and beverage corporation in the world and i watched it gobble up the competition as much as it could while it continously broke laws and got away with it (even with a union present), and i learned young that 'campaign donations' are the most powerful thing in the world...it is scary stuff
(DIR) Post #AUKRSnPyIalaI6rdcu by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-04T22:34:53Z
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@mikebaarda @Npars01 @breadandcircuses @Alienated53 @RiaResists Your fifth-biggest beverage corporation is just a tool for a handful.
(DIR) Post #AUKRSo1C4CXa9YHMe0 by mikebaarda@disabled.social
2023-04-04T22:39:35Z
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@gdeihl @Npars01 @breadandcircuses @Alienated53 @RiaResists awe they didnt make it, stupid banks being more evil haha
(DIR) Post #AUKRSoazv5BFwb1xS4 by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-04T22:45:22Z
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@mikebaarda @Npars01 @breadandcircuses @Alienated53 @RiaResists Obama should have nationalized the banks. Goldman Sachs was in his cabinet. Just sayin'
(DIR) Post #AUKRSp5q4PqnUFSaWW by mikebaarda@disabled.social
2023-04-04T22:48:11Z
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@gdeihl @Npars01 @breadandcircuses @Alienated53 @RiaResists obama shouldve been like iceland
(DIR) Post #AUKRSpc68Tef6IYLo0 by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-04T22:58:27Z
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@mikebaarda @Npars01 @breadandcircuses @Alienated53 @RiaResists Those bankers were thieves and deserved jail time. Instead, we backed the taxpayer truck up and bailed them out. Conspiracy under our noses. If every taxpayer had received that money, instant economic stimulus, near depression over, crooks in jail.
(DIR) Post #AUKRSq9Q8aJGle8xkG by mikebaarda@disabled.social
2023-04-04T23:01:35Z
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@gdeihl @Npars01 @breadandcircuses @Alienated53 @RiaResists Naomi Klein once said 'george w bush's biggest move was spending 7 and a half years giving public money to private hands, and half a year giving private debt to public hands' or something like that...
(DIR) Post #AUKRSqhS63X2TC48n2 by Alienated53@mastodon.online
2023-04-04T23:09:22Z
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@mikebaarda @gdeihl @Npars01 @breadandcircuses @RiaResists That is very apt description, IMO. However, it did not begin with Bush, but Reagan and was followed by Clinton and the DEMs from his election forward. Obama Care and MediCare Advantage are examples.
(DIR) Post #AUKRSrNHaWzaYvdXzU by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-04-04T23:14:05Z
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@Alienated53 @mikebaarda @gdeihl @breadandcircuses @RiaResists The ACA was a step forward towards a real national health system in the USA. American corporations are losing out to nations that have a public health system, health insurance is a millstone around the necks of every US business. US corporations offshore jobs to Ireland, Canada, and the UK for a reason. High standard of education and a publicly funded health system. It's a competitive advantage.
(DIR) Post #AUKRSry9NSU0PGszSK by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-04T23:27:48Z
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@Npars01 @Alienated53 @mikebaarda @breadandcircuses @RiaResists Yes, Obama deserves credit for that. Amazing, it hasn't been dismantled.
(DIR) Post #AUKRSsZ1ANyQFc8QvA by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-04-04T23:30:26Z
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@gdeihl @Alienated53 @mikebaarda @breadandcircuses @RiaResists Republicans intend to destroy the ACA if ever reelected. Like Medicare and Social security, it's a popular program that Republicans would need a mandate to overcome. Let's make sure that never happens. Fight for every purple state.
(DIR) Post #AUKRSt7P6XTlyGDtWC by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-04T23:38:28Z
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@Npars01 @Alienated53 @mikebaarda @breadandcircuses @RiaResists I agree. Have to fight, but voting alone isn't getting it done. We need to be in the streets and put some skin in the game. Every decision has to come from the perspective of saving ourselves from climate change. We are out of time for anything less.
(DIR) Post #AUKRStl6ivEpxOnbP6 by stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2023-04-05T01:00:29Z
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@gdeihl @Npars01 @Alienated53 @mikebaarda @breadandcircuses @RiaResists My skin in the game is a battery of solar cells that produce some 90% of our electricity.
(DIR) Post #AUKRSuOoLIztwXNJI0 by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-05T02:02:39Z
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@stargazersmith @Npars01 @Alienated53 @mikebaarda @breadandcircuses @RiaResists I'm all for that, good for you. How do we make this an achievable norm?
(DIR) Post #AUKRSuzK9YCjlmSTCa by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-04-05T02:13:37Z
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@gdeihl @stargazersmith @Alienated53 @mikebaarda @breadandcircuses @RiaResists 1. Restore subsidies for domestic production of solar panels2. Support research for alternatives to lithium batteries 3. Support fusion research and do not sell it to the Saudis no matter how much they beg4. Refute the malign influence campaigns being funded on Facebook & Twitter about solar energy & other renewable energy sources 5. Develop winter tolerant battery storage
(DIR) Post #AUKRSvenfLNhqPraqm by gdeihl@spore.social
2023-04-05T02:28:16Z
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@Npars01 @stargazersmith @Alienated53 @mikebaarda @breadandcircuses @RiaResists All good, also better city planning, sprawl must go, mass transit, and friendly bike infrastructure. Fusion is still decades away, and won't help with the immediate crisis, tipping points. Whatever happened to the word conservation as well? Why do we still have 5000 pound vehicles with one occupant?
(DIR) Post #AUKRSwDBbUt3Z3x3Ro by RiaResists@mastodon.social
2023-04-05T02:59:35Z
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@gdeihl @Npars01 @stargazersmith @Alienated53 @mikebaarda @breadandcircuses Did you happen to see that article on how much Paris France has changed since their EBike incentives? So many people riding their bikes everywhere that emissions is way down, roads changed to cater to e-bikes. Lots of positive results. If I locate the article I’ll share 🙂
(DIR) Post #AUKRSwxynWJjuBqQNs by stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2023-04-05T03:01:28Z
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@RiaResists @gdeihl @Npars01 @Alienated53 @mikebaarda @breadandcircuses I did. I also read where Detroit is becoming the electric bike capital of the U. S. It's becoming a big industry there, so there is hope.
(DIR) Post #AUKSrSfKgyb37gNH1s by chris@abraham.su
2023-04-05T03:23:24Z
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@breadandcircusesBiden has principles?@gdeihl @the_Effekt
(DIR) Post #AUKTA263hOsYDsjMzA by the_Effekt@universeodon.com
2023-04-05T03:26:45Z
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@chris @breadandcircuses @gdeihl He does, but they're skewed.Biden works to provide resources for the country, without considering the actual state of its citizens, and whether they can afford those resources.
(DIR) Post #AUKUr5bocHBxWQgCDQ by chris@abraham.su
2023-04-05T03:45:45Z
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@the_EffektSo for immortality and to virtue signal then?@breadandcircuses @gdeihl
(DIR) Post #AUKVBXaaIRdA5nr7L6 by the_Effekt@universeodon.com
2023-04-05T03:49:25Z
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@chris @breadandcircuses @gdeihl I'm not sure where immortality comes in, I don't always catch your meanings. But I would say there is a decent amount of virtue signaling going on.
(DIR) Post #AUKWZOtQNcXC1gbpDs by chris@abraham.su
2023-04-05T04:04:58Z
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@the_EffektBeing in the history books. Being remembered. @breadandcircuses @gdeihl
(DIR) Post #AUKXQXk8Cpvqp2bQhM by the_Effekt@universeodon.com
2023-04-05T04:14:33Z
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@chris @breadandcircuses @gdeihl Ok thanks. I understand now.