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Water. As I’ve said for many years.

The world is facing an imminent water crisis, with demand expected to outstrip the supply of fresh water by 40 percent by the end of this decade, experts have said on the eve of a crucial UN water summit.

I’ll use the US as an example, though this going to effect almost all countries, some much worse than others, and it will cause a number of wars. Candidates include all nations along the Nile River, and all nations around the Himalayan plateau, among many others. The US may threaten war with Canada to get Canada’s water resources and may invade if Canada is recalcitrant. The Great Lakes will be a great problem.

Israeli human rights activist Miko Peled argues that by recognizing Israel, Muslim countries are betraying the Palestinian cause.

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Netanyahu has two main demands from Italy: not to vote against Israel at the United Nations and, more importantly, to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

The post Cheap Algerian Gas vs Rightwing Ideology: Will Italy Change Its Position on Jerusalem? appeared first on MintPress News.

In April 1953, newly elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a retired five-star Army general who had led the landings on D-Day in France in June 1944, gave his most powerful speech. It would become known as his “Cross of Iron” address. In it, Ike warned of the cost humanity would pay if Cold War competition led to a world dominated by wars and weaponry that couldn’t be reined in. In the immediate aftermath of the death of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, Ike extended an olive branch to the new leaders of that empire. He sought, he said, to put America and the world on a “highway to peace.” It was, of course, never to be, as this country’s emergent military-industrial-congressional complex (MICC)... Read more

Dear Miss Heather,

We’re writing to get a little more clarity about Robbie’s job as Snack Helper last week, why he was so quickly replaced (especially without a proper review), and the procedure for him to file a grievance (Robbie said there was no relevant paperwork in the Blocks Corner).

We were very excited when we heard you were starting a job training program after the holiday break. It’s been months of fingerpainting and leaf collages, and, quite frankly, we felt Robbie was ready for something a little more rigorous, with an eye toward his future. We’ve been working on his résumé and interview skills at home, so we were a little taken aback—but flattered!—that he was offered the position of Snack Helper without any sort of competitive hiring process. We’d been hearing about how much uncertainty there is in the labor market these days, so we were pleased to see that he was such a desirable candidate.

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In the summer of 2020, federal law enforcement launched a broad, and until now, secret strategy to infiltrate racial justice groups.

The post The FBI Used an Undercover Cop With Pink Hair to Spy on Activists and Manufacture Crimes appeared first on The Intercept.

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