The Costs of War Project sur X :
▻https://x.com/CostsOfWar/status/1843273413156282614
One year after Oct. 7, our new analysis reveals that the cost of war in Gaza and beyond to U.S. taxpayers is conservatively estimated to be $22.76 billion… and counting. [THREAD} ▻https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2024/USspendingIsrael
Dr. Jill Stein🌻 sur X :
▻https://x.com/DrJillStein/status/1839787559494500530
Yesterday the US sent another $8.7B to Israel. Today Netanyahu said there’s a “missile in every kitchen” in Lebanon and bombed a whole housing block in Beirut.
Biden and Harris aren’t “working tirelessly for a ceasefire” - they’re aiding and abetting mass murder and genocide.
BULLSHIT au pays des managers [Interview C Genoud] - YouTube (https...
▻https://diasp.eu/p/17132365
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URL Invidious FDN ⬅️ URL théoriquement plus propre : moins de pistage mais moins de garantie de disponibilité dans le temps.
#entreprise #management #christophegenoud #bullshit #résilience #agilité #leadership #consulting #coaching #bonheurautravail #développementpersonnel #entrepriselibérée
‼️ Clause de non-responsabilité v1.0
Robert Reich sur X :
▻https://x.com/RBReich/status/1835778199000654173
Forced birth in a country with:
—No universal healthcare
—No universal childcare
—No paid family & medical leave
—One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations
Again, the right’s agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.
#PFAS in #Pesticides Could Pose a Greater Multigenerational Threat Than #DDT | Scientific American
▻https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pfas-in-pesticides-could-pose-a-greater-multigenerational-threat
Although PFAS are known to leach from plastic storage containers into pesticides, contamination is more often the result of pesticide ingredients that are forever chemicals in their own right . PFAS pesticide ingredients and their “degradates”—what they turn into after partially breaking down—can stick around for decades or centuries and are incredibly potent. But the more potent and persistent the poison, the more likely it is to cause collateral damage.
The trend is clear: pesticide manufacturers are increasingly in the #business of making “forever pesticides.” According to estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey, the nation annually uses 23 million to 35 million pounds of pesticide ingredients that are PFAS.
Source:
Forever Pesticides: A Growing Source of PFAS Contamination in the Environment | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 132, No. 7
▻https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP13954
Jon Bramnick wants to ban wearing masks in public in NJ
▻https://eu.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2024/09/12/wearing-masks-public-ban-nj-law-governor-jon-bramnick/75195421007
A Republican candidate for New Jersey governor introduced new legislation Thursday that would prohibit people from wearing masks in public, just weeks after a similar bill was passed in Nassau County on Long Island.
A ton avis, est-ce que ça va améliorer la vie des gens ?
États-Unis – Gaza. Avec Kamala Harris, un changement de façade
Orient XXI > Sylvain Cypel > 12 septembre 2024
▻https://orientxxi.info/magazine/etats-unis-gaza-avec-kamala-harris-un-changement-de-facade,7599
Le soutien de l’administration de Joe Biden à Israël a été tel depuis le début de la guerre génocidaire à Gaza, que le changement de casting côté démocrate a suscité chez une partie des électeurs l’espoir d’une inflexion dans la politique étrangère américaine. Une attente rapidement balayée lors de la convention du parti puis lors du débat Kamala Harris-Donald Trump. (...)
Certains évoquent une alliance naturelle des messianismes juif et évangélique. D’autres le poids du lobby pro-israélien. On se contentera, ici, de constater que plus les États-Unis fournissent gratuitement des armes aux Israéliens qui en font de plus en plus usage, et plus le contribuable et le trésor favorisent l’enrichissement du complexe militaro-industriel des États-Unis. Cet argument pèse lourd dans les décisions des dirigeants américains.
Mais le seul motif du soutien indéfectible de Washington n’est pas uniquement dû aux intérêts des sociétés d’armement. Les craintes de l’impact qu’un affaiblissement de la place politique et sécuritaire d’Israël au Proche-Orient ferait peser sur le poids des États-Unis dans la région est, sans doute, un frein plus important encore à l’abandon de cette « relation spéciale ». Une relation dont les Palestiniens sont la victime récurrente. Il n’est pas un président américain qui ne l’ait pas compris.
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens - The Onion
▻https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens
In the hours following a violent rampage in Georgia in which a lone attacker killed at least four individuals and injured nine others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Wednesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place.
US declares controversial Israeli battalion eligible for assistance | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
▻https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/9/us-declares-controversial-israeli-battalion-eligible-for-assistance
The United States has announced that Netzah Yehuda, a controversial Israeli battalion notorious among Palestinians for repressive activities in the occupied West Bank, is eligible for US military assistance.
The administration of President Joe Biden had considered blocking the battalion from receiving US assistance amid reports of involvement in human rights violations, but Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Friday that such abuses had been “effectively remediated”.
The Reuters news agency reported that Miller said in an email that the decision to confirm the battalion’s eligibility comes amid new information from Israel.
In 2022, soldiers from the unit handcuffed, blindfolded and gagged elderly US citizen Omar Assad and left him to die in a cold car park.
Under federal regulations known as the Leahy Law, the US is required to cut off assistance to military units involved in gross violations of human rights, but critics say that the US has long failed to apply the rule to Israel.
The law focuses on four categories of abuses in its definition of gross violations of human rights: extrajudicial killings, torture, rape as a weapon of war and enforced disappearances.
In a column for the legal forum Just Security, Charles Blaha, who directed the office of the State Department tasked with enforcing the Leahy Law from 2016 to 2023, said that today’s decision “appears directly contrary to the Leahy Law”. (...)
Noura Erakat sur X : “Release of video showing gang rape of a Palestinian detainee in Sde Teiman torture camp & news of Cori Bush’s defeat bc of AIPAC funding in one day should help explain how the US remains an enabler of colonial genocide. #Gaza #Torture #SexualAssault #Palestine” / X
▻https://x.com/4noura/status/1821211609324245457
Release of video showing gang rape of a Palestinian detainee in Sde Teiman torture camp & news of Cori Bush’s defeat bc of AIPAC funding in one day should help explain how the US remains an enabler of colonial genocide.
Israel’s escalating use of torture against Palestinians in custody a preventable crime against humanity: UN experts | OHCHR
▻https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/08/israels-escalating-use-torture-against-palestinians-custody-preventable
GENEVA – Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison are grossly illegal and revolting, but they only represent the tip of the iceberg , independent human rights experts* warned today.
“Israel’s widespread and systemic abuse of Palestinians in detention and arbitrary arrest practices over decades , coupled with the absence of any restraints by the Israeli State since 7 October 2023, paint a shocking picture enabled by absolute impunity ,” the experts said.
Arnaud Bertrand sur X :
▻https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1818770384470024384
This is imperialist totalitarianism: introducing a new law to ensure that “China, Russia, and Iran are held accountable as they attempt to bypass our laws”.
When did the world agree that everyone everywhere had to abide by US law?
This is the US unilaterally extending its legal and regulatory power to the entire world, without the consent of other nations and their citizens, for the purpose of shutting down “alternate financial systems” that operate outside of US control or oversight and ultimately for impoverishing the population of countries who don’t agree to vassalize themselves.
In one word, totalitarianism:
– suppress alternatives to their rule
– make decisions without regard for consent
– seek to punish dissenters
– trying to exert total control over the lives of entire peoples (specifically making them miserable if they live in a dissenting country)
– global enforcement of a unique ideology, that of “America first”...
Lowkey sur X :
So is the plan for the world to just get used to daily images of slaughtered babies?
Joe Biden’s Gaza Problem: It’s Not Just the Pundit Class That Wants Him Gone ‹ Literary Hub
▻https://lithub.com/joe-bidens-gaza-problem-its-not-just-the-pundit-class-that-wants-him-gone
If you were to open the opinion section of a major American newspaper this past week, you could be forgiven for thinking that age, and some understandable-but-lamentable stubbornness, are the sole reasons for Biden’s historic unpopularity among his base. You certainly would not know that Joe has spent the bulk of the last year sponsoring a genocide, nor that his decision to do so has made the prospect of voting for him, let alone actively campaigning for his reelection, a nauseating prospect for many Democratic voters.
#genocide_joe (bientôt remplacé par genocice Dumb Trump)
Voici un bel exemple pour la #liberté_de_la_presse aux #USA :
a syphilitic 78-year-old cheeseburger enthusiast with a bullet hole in his ear.
En Italie par contre ils interdisent les Meloni jokes .Le fascisme est un truc italien. Il n’y a que de l’autre côté des Alpes que tu le trouves à l’état pur.
Craig Mokhiber sur X :
▻https://x.com/CraigMokhiber/status/1807095320981234141
US support for genocide in Palestine & the pathetic spectacle of the presidential debate are not unrelated.
When the final chapter of the decline of the US empire is written, the central causative factor will be recorded to have been the near-absolute capture of the levers of government power- from Washington all the way down to University admins- by nefarious billionaire oligarchs, corporations & foreign lobbies.
Craig Mokhiber sur X :
▻https://x.com/CraigMokhiber/status/1805593115748688087
Across the US, evidence is emerging of law enforcement complicity with Zionist mob violence against peaceful human rights demonstrations. Many of these police agencies have collaborated directly with the apartheid regime in Israel on training & intelligence sharing. This represents a grave danger to the U.S. public. These officers & agencies must be held accountable under the law.
En réaction à ceci :
▻https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1805029634876317696/vid/avc1/1280x720/koA4iZQuY_udKjzb.mp4
▻https://x.com/ACatWithNews/status/1805029920944669114
LAPD Officers watching Pro-Palestine demonstrators being shoved and hit by pro-Israel group. Pro-Palestine demonstrators pleading with officers for help.
Maha Hussaini sur X :
▻https://x.com/MahaGaza/status/1803733795096408253
I wouldn’t have won The International Women’s Media Foundation ( IWMF)’s Courage in Journalism Award 2024 this June if I hadn’t been on the ground reporting events and exposing Israeli flagrant violations under perilous conditions, all while being systematically attacked by […]
[…]
In fact, I’m very glad that both my winning the award and its withdrawal have starkly demonstrated the systematic physical and moral attacks Palestinian journalists endure throughout their careers. These threats and character assassinations aim only to silence us and perpetuate the longstanding bias in global media. I have never worked to receive awards, nor have I ever submitted an application to nominate myself. I didn’t choose journalism as a profession; I became a journalist after recognizing the extent to which the world overlooks Palestinians’ suffering and opts to conform to Israeli pressures.
Every year, Palestinian journalists are recognized with international awards for their brave reporting under the Israeli occupation and relentless attacks. These accolades honor their courage and dedication to uncovering the truth.
However, each announcement of an award to a Palestinian journalist is systematically followed by extensive smearing campaigns and intense pressure on the awarding organizations from supporters of the Israeli occupation and the Zionist lobby. While some organizations uphold their principles and maintain their decision to honor these journalists, others, regrettably, cave to the pressure and withdraw the prizes.
Instead of recognizing the threats they face and contributing to their protection, a decision to withdraw a prize from a Palestinian journalist in Gaza—where over 150 journalists have been killed by the ongoing Israeli genocide—can further endanger them and increase their risk of targeting.
I have no regrets about any posts or reasons that led to the rescinding of this award, and I will not stop expressing my views. Before being a journalist, I am a Palestinian living under military occupation, a strangling blockade, and genocide in Gaza.
My grandparents were expelled from Jerusalem upon the creation of the state of Israel, and I have been expelled from my home in Gaza during this genocide.
If winning a prize entails enduring and witnessing war crimes while remaining silent, I am not honored to receive any prizes. I will always be objective in my reporting, but I can never be neutral; I will always point out the perpetrators and stand in solidarity with the victims. This is what journalism is truly about.
#nos_valeurs #banditisme #mafia #loi_du_plus_fort
#sionisme #états-unis #leadership
MEE Gaza journalist Maha Hussaini wins at Courage in Journalism Awards
By MEE staff. | Published date: 10 June 2024
▻https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mee-gaza-palestine-journalist-maha-hussaini-journalism-award-iwmf
Recognition from the International Women’s Media Foundation honours Palestinian reporter’s ’remarkable bravery in the pursuit of reporting’
▻https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/womens-media-foundation-condemned-rescinding-award-palestinian-journa
Maha Hussaini, lauded for her reporting from Gaza, had her award from the International Women’s Media Foundation pulled after pressure from a US conservative group
Assal Rad sur X : ▻https://x.com/AssalRad/status/1800308810097324523
🇺🇸: Here’s Israel’s ceasefire deal
🇮🇱: That’s not accurate
🇺🇸: Hamas must accept
🇮🇱: We won’t end war until our goals are achieved
🇺🇸: Here’s a UN resolution for the deal
🇮🇱: We oppose this
🇺🇸: Resolution passed
🇮🇱: Our position hasn’t changed
🇺🇸: US #leadership prevails again
US slows plans to retire coal-fired plants as power demand from AI surges
▻https://www.ft.com/content/ddaac44b-e245-4c8a-bf68-c773cc8f4e63
Retirement dates for the country’s ageing fleet of coal-fired power plants are being pushed back as concerns over grid reliability and expectations of soaring electricity demand force operators to keep capacity online. The shift in phasing out these facilities underscores a growing dilemma facing the Biden administration as the US race to lead in artificial intelligence and manufacturing drives an unprecedented growth in power demand that clashes with its decarbonisation targets. The International Energy Agency estimates the AI application ChatGPT uses nearly 10 times as much electricity as Google Search.
An estimated 54 gigawatts of US coal powered generation assets, about 4 per cent of the country’s total electricity capacity, is expected to be retired by the end of the decade, a 40 per cent downward revision from last year, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights, citing reliability concerns. “You can’t replace the fossil plants fast enough to meet the demand,” said Joe Craft, chief executive of Alliance Resource Partners, one of the largest US coal producers. “In order to be a first mover on AI, we’re going to need to embrace maintaining what we have.” Operators slowing down retirements include Alliant Energy, which last week delayed plans to convert its Wisconsin coal-fired plant to gas from 2025 to 2028. Earlier this year, FirstEnergy announced it was scrapping its 2030 target to phase out coal, citing “resource adequacy concerns.”
Assal Rad sur X :
Reporter humeyra_pamuk asks StateSpox about Israeli war crimes, “So, you’re saying we don’t know if Israeli forces have committed war crimes in Gaza or not”
Miller: It’s reasonable to conclude that they may have
Pamuk: But no change in US policy on providing arms?
Miller: No
Two more US officials resign over Biden administration’s position on #Gaza war | Biden administration | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/30/two-more-us-officials-resign-over-biden-administrations-position-on-gaz
Alexander Smith, a contractor for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), said he was given a choice between resignation and dismissal after preparing a presentation on maternal and child mortality among Palestinians, which was cancelled at the last minute by #USAID #leadership last week.
Le réseau Atlas, la France et l’#extrême-droitisation des esprits - Observatoire des multinationales
►https://multinationales.org/fr/enquetes/le-reseau-atlas-la-france-et-l-extreme-droitisation-des-esprits
Notre rapport Le réseau Atlas, la France et l’extrême-droitisation des esprits, qui s’appuie en partie sur des documents internes inédits, est à la fois une présentation de l’Atlas Network, encore inconnu du public français, et une enquête sur ses partenaires dans l’Hexagone, dont certains comme l’Ifrap sont omniprésents dans les médias, tandis que d’autres comme l’IFP jouent un rôle clé dans la formation et la mise en réseau de leaders et porte-parole de droite et d’extrême-droite.
Lancé dans les années 1980, l’Atlas Network est aujourd’hui l’un des plus importants réseaux de think tanks au monde, financé par des fondations américaines comme celles des frères Koch et par des multinationales. Son objectif avoué est de recouvrir le monde de think tanks et autres organisations libertariennes et souvent ultraconservatrices pour « changer le climat des idées » et s’attaquer à des causes comme l’action climatique, la promotion des droits des femmes et des minorités, la justice fiscale ou encore les services publics.
Le réseau se prévaut de nombreuses victoires politiques tout autour de la planète, comme le rejet de référendums au Chili et en Australie, le Brexit, le départ forcé de Dilma Rousseff au Brésil ou encore l’élection en Argentine de Javier Milei, très proche du réseau. Aux États-Unis, il se mobilise au côté des Républicains et espère fixer le programme politique de Donald Trump s’il est élu.
America’s Monster - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/world/asia/afghanistan-abdul-raziq.html
L’appréciation du #leadership concernant “our son of the bitch” :
For years, American military leaders lionized Raziq as a model partner in Afghanistan, their “if only” ally in the battle against the Taliban: If only everyone fought like Raziq, we might actually win this war, American commanders often said.
Arnaud Bertrand sur X :
▻https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1794349065754603849
Incredible. US Speaker of the House: “we don’t put any international body above our sovereignty”
“International body above sovereignty” is the very definition of international law.
So it’s official: the US rejects the very concept of international law.
Biden and Congress are destroying International Law for Israel – Mondoweiss
▻https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/biden-and-congress-are-destroying-international-law-for-israel
Ce n’est pas du tout « incredible » : c’est la politique constante des États-Unis, et c’est tout à fait officiel. Les États-Unis ont toujours refusé qu’une instance internationale soit en position de juger des ressortissants américains, et ils n’en n’ont jamais fait mystère. (D’ailleurs les États-Unis n’ont ratifié le statut de Rome qui a fondé la Cours pénale internationale.)
Sinon, on ne va quand même pas commencer à prétendre que c’est nouveau que les États-Unis ne respecte pas, voire « détruisent » le droit international. M’enfin l’invasion de l’Irak, les gens… (Sinon, tout Chomsky…)
D’ailleurs :
▻https://x.com/rochowanski/status/1794808116808491252
I notice people in Europe being genuinely surprised and shocked by this. It’s nothing new, though. The US political and legal establishments have long held that ultimately, US sovereignty supercedes international law. It’s not just from the Republican fringe du jour.