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The consumerism that destroys life is also the cause of the environmental emergency — Hawkins Bay Dispatch — Barbara Crane Navarro

Decades ago, corporations and governments invented the traits we now call ‘human nature.’ COP26 has shown ‘consumers’ that buying something ‘different’ is not working. 13 November 2021 | Graham Peebles | Euroasia Review The natural environment has been poisoned, vandalized and trashed in accordance with the demands and values of the all-pervasive socio-economic system, and as long as […] […]

The consumerism that destroys life is also the cause of the environmental emergency — Hawkins Bay Dispatch — Barbara Crane Navarro

Many established gold buyers in wealthy countries; Switzerland, Canada and the U.K. bought 72% of Brazil’s gold exports and are contributing to the violence, deforestation, pollution and deadly mercury contamination associated with illegal gold mining! – If you buy or wear gold, it could be connected to you, too!  — Barbara Crane Navarro

Yanomami communal house « My ancestors died from the same thing I am now facing; illegal gold mining and the epidemics the miners propagate. Gold miners bring Covid-19 xawara and violence. » Dario Kopenawa Yanomami Deforestation and contamination by gold miners in Indigenous territory In early November, 2021, Dario Kopenawa Yanomami learned of the recent murder of […]

Many established gold buyers in wealthy countries; Switzerland, Canada and the U.K. bought 72% of Brazil’s gold exports and are contributing to the violence, deforestation, pollution and deadly mercury contamination associated with illegal gold mining! – If you buy or wear gold, it could be connected to you, too!  — Barbara Crane Navarro

The world’s first anti-vaccination movement spread fears of half-cow babies

ANTIVAX-HISTORY – The world’s first anti-vaccination movement spread fears of half-cow babies. 1,240 words, by Jess McHugh (Post special). Two photos.

In the early 19th century, British people finally had access to the first vaccine in history, one that promised to protect them from smallpox, among the deadliest diseases of the era. Many Britons were skeptical of the vaccine, however, with fears extending well beyond the fatigue and sore arm that go along with many modern shots. The side effects they dreaded were far more terrifying: blindness, deafness, ulcers, a gruesome skin condition called “cowpox mange” – even sprouting hoofs and horns…

Source: The world’s first anti-vaccination movement spread fears of half-cow babies

Opinion | Why the pandemic is not over yet – The Washington Post

Plenty of smart people are putting forward the narrative that the pandemic is essentially over. This is understandable; after all, it’s hard to blame anyone for feeling fatigued after 20 months of the same health crisis.

But the sentiment is misguided. There’s much more reason to suspect the pandemic is not done yet.

Even after the recent decline in cases, Americans are dying from covid-19 at the pace of 440,000 a year. Deaths from the opioid epidemic, by contrast, reached almost 70,000 last year. Covid-19 is still here and spreading fast…

Source: Opinion | Why the pandemic is not over yet – The Washington Post

Alex Jones Guilty in Sandy Hook Defamation Suits – The New York Times

Mr. Jones for years spread bogus theories that the shooting that killed 20 first graders and six educators was a government-led plot to confiscate Americans’ firearms and that the victims’ families were “actors” in the scheme.

The Sandy Hook families maintain that Mr. Jones profited from spreading lies about their relatives’ murders. Mr. Jones has disputed that, while for years failing to produce sufficient records to bolster his claims.

Juries in both states will next decide how much Mr. Jones should pay the families in damages, atop court costs. Those trials are scheduled for next year in both states.

Mr. Jones for years spread bogus theories that the shooting that killed 20 first graders and six educators was a government-led plot to confiscate Americans’ firearms and that the victims’ families were “actors” in the scheme. The Sandy Hook families maintain that Mr. Jones profited from spreading lies about their relatives’ murders. Mr. Jones has disputed that, while for years failing to produce sufficient records to bolster his claims. Juries in both states will next decide how much Mr. Jones should pay the families in damages, atop court costs. Those trials are scheduled for next year in both states.