Re: [marxmail] Pakistan's rush to rooftop solar brings dreams and nightmares

2025-02-13 Thread John Edmundson via groups.io
One obvious issue with solar is that it only generates power during the daytime, and that is not when most domestic power use occurs. Obviously industry is working in the middle of the day (if not also at night) but households often use most of their power in the evening, after work, and to heat th

[marxmail] ‘Every Bomb Dropped, Every Missile Launched’: Israel’s Road to Perdition?

2025-02-13 Thread Charles Keener via groups.io
'Every Bomb Dropped, Every Missile Launched': Israel's Road to Perdition? - Palestine Chronicle ‘Every Bomb Dropped, Every Missile Launched’: Israel’s Road to Perdition? Through genocide, is Israel now very close to the ultimate fulfillment of the Zionist dream – all Palestine just for us – as N

Re: [marxmail] This Pope has history with authoritarian dictatorships - and opposes them

2025-02-13 Thread sartesian via groups.io
Mark, You  are so right.  Here we are wasting time which could be devoted to activist causes.  If only we could stop this repetition compulsion of vituperation. My responsibility for my disruptive, provocative behavior is of course my responsibility. Your responsibility however is, and will re

[marxmail] "...we will begin by calling President Zelensky, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation..."

2025-02-13 Thread D Derwin via groups.io
*…”we will begin by calling President Zelensky, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation…”* ( https://irishleftwithukraine.blog/2025/02/13/we-will-begin-by-calling-president-zelensky-of-ukraine-to-inform-him-of-the-conversation-between-trump-and-putin/ ) https://irishleftwithukraine.blog/2

[marxmail] Trump, would-be Allan Bakke on the world stage

2025-02-13 Thread Gibbons Brian via groups.io
"The US president's policies underscore his commitment to preserving a world order built on racial and territorial supremacy" https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/south-africa-palestine-trumps-war-defend-apartheid Brian Gibbons -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages

Re: [marxmail] Pakistan's rush to rooftop solar brings dreams and nightmares

2025-02-13 Thread duen filan via groups.io
Fukushima, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island? Never happened. "Nuclear is unlikely to make a relevant contribution to necessary climate change mitigation needed by the 2030's due to nuclear's impracticably lengthy development and construction timelines, and the overwhelming construction costs of the v

[marxmail] Focus Elon Focus

2025-02-13 Thread Gibbons Brian via groups.io
"Until now, much of Musk’s efforts to attack the government have been unfolding in a confusing, shock-and-awe style pell-mell of firings, contradictory policies, and dramatic media antics." https://gizmodo.com/trump-gives-doge-broad-powers-as-gop-announces-budget-designed-to-screw-most-americans

Re: [marxmail] "...we will begin by calling President Zelensky, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation..."

2025-02-13 Thread Charlie
It is also reported ''Chinese officials in recent weeks have raised a proposal with the Trump team through intermediaries to hold a summit between the two leaders and to facilitate peacekeeping efforts after an eventual truce." (WSJ) Another voice urging a deal with Russia is our own M. Gandall,

Re: [marxmail] Today's news: Two more puzzles regarding Trump's foreign policy

2025-02-13 Thread Mark Baugher
> On Feb 13, 2025, at 8:32 AM, hari kumar via groups.io > wrote: > > > https://www.ft.com/content/f0babafc-57e6-434f-9d94-013c312dc0f9 https://www.ft.com/content/f0babafc-57e6-434f-9d94-013c312dc0f9 "Investment group EWPartners, which is backed by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund PIF

Re: [marxmail] Pakistan's rush to rooftop solar brings dreams and nightmares

2025-02-13 Thread David Walters via groups.io
[a response to all the comments I've not responded to as of now] Duen pulling sound bites off the internet is hardly enlightening or expanding our understanding of the issues. Jakzco was *appointed* by Harry Reid (Senator from Nevada) to kill Yucca Mountain. He was and remains an anti-nuclear ha

[marxmail] Why does Trump’s Gaza plan sound so familiar? Because the Nazis tried it first

2025-02-13 Thread Charles Keener via groups.io
The Nazi plan for Jews that anticipated Trump's Gaza proposal – The Forward The Madagascar Plan was the Nazis’ last effort to solve the ‘Jewish Problem’ before the Final Solution Imagine the leader of a global superpower announcing a plan for removing an entire ethnic group from a territory the

Re: [marxmail] "...we will begin by calling President Zelensky, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation..."

2025-02-13 Thread Mark Baugher
> On Feb 13, 2025, at 10:33 AM, Charlie via groups.io > wrote: > > Another voice urging a deal with Russia is our own M. Gandall, but it likely > had rather less weight with Trump than the PRC. I happen to know M. Gandall. He is a grown up who is has proven more than willing to voice his o

Re: [marxmail] This Pope has history with authoritarian dictatorships - and opposes them

2025-02-13 Thread Mark Baugher
> On Feb 13, 2025, at 9:33 AM, David Walters via groups.io > wrote: > > Mark is still wrong however because he doesn't really see the differences > between the Roman Catholic Church and every other scandal plagued agency or > institution. I wish he would address this since this issue with t

[marxmail] report from Germany

2025-02-13 Thread John Reimann via groups.io
Report from "G", who lives in eastern Germany: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2025/02/13/report-from-germany-3/ -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all mess

[marxmail] Did Israel violate the Gaza ceasefire? What to know about Hamas’s pause

2025-02-13 Thread Dennis Brasky via groups.io
Hamas says it will halt its captive releases until Israel complies with the terms of the ceasefire agreed between them. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/11/did-israel-violate-the-gaza-ceasefire-what-to-know-about-hamass-pause -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages

Re: [marxmail] The strange constitutional/unconstitutional coup in the USA

2025-02-13 Thread jay lyon via groups.io
Reimann writes: There was recently a protest in S.F. by the Putin apologist group ANSWER and I was told about one or two hundred attended. (Now, after having spent the entire election period campaigning against Harris with hardly a whisper about Trump, these left hypocrites are thumping the tub

Re: [marxmail] This Pope has history with authoritarian dictatorships - and opposes them

2025-02-13 Thread David Walters via groups.io
Mark is still wrong however because he doesn't really see the differences between the Roman Catholic Church and every other scandal plagued agency or institution. I wish he would address this since this issue with the Church IS unique and not simply "one of many". It IS different and most even C

[marxmail] Shenangans around Adams NYC

2025-02-13 Thread hari kumar via groups.io
" A letter from Emil Bove III, acting deputy attorney general, accepting the resignation of Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney, over her refusal to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York. Mr. Bove takes Ms. Sassoon to task for failing to obey a direct order to end