Streetart – Joni Van Nieuwenhuyse @ Gand, Belgium

Joni Van Nieuwenhuyse @ Gand, Belgium Joni Van Nieuwenhuyse @ Gand, Belgium Location: Gand, Belgium Artist: Joni Van Nieuwenhuyse (Belgium) For: …

Streetart – Joni Van Nieuwenhuyse @ Gand, Belgium

Ground News – Former California police chief found guilty of conspiracy over role in Jan. 6

A former California police chief was convicted on Thursday of joining the riot at the U.S. Capitol with a hatchet in his backpack and plotting to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.

— Read on ground.news/article/former-california-police-chief-found-guilty-of-conspiracy-over-role-in-jan-6

Jamaica’s air is polluted by toxic political misbehaviour (and Saharan dust)

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Perhaps it’s the unbearably hot weather, and the Saharan dust that should have gone away by now, and the rain ever hovering on the horizon but never materialising. Yes, air pollution is lousy and we are being advised to go back to mask wearing.

I feel that I should be wearing a mask (and probably ear plugs) for quite different reasons: perhaps, to shut out the particularly unpleasant atmosphere in Jamaican public affairs at the moment. The air is toxic. I agree with the Advocates Network (see their press release below). The general public (apart from members of the Green and Orange Tribes, who are ever busy on social media) is quite distrustful and despairing, as the Network notes.

The level of political discourse in general has been on the decline for some time. Members of Parliament, local government councillors and other officials – elected by us to work for…

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