Yearly Archives: 2024

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #199, OCTOBER 7, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.     Reform Capitalism: Public CitizenReplace Capitalism:  Ecology TEXTS REFORMING CAPITALISMPublic Citizen’s Lawyer’s against Climate Change.      Recent numbers of Public Citizen News offer several articles on climate subjects.   The May/June 2024 number of Public Citizen News presents two articles:  One regarding efforts to decarbonize various industries, to create “green steel” for example; the other describing PC’s increasing moves beyond civil prosecution of corporate execs, to criminal.      The September/October number has four articles: “Fighting for a Just Transition, Not Another Colonialist Trap,” one half, you will remember, of the Green New Deal’s demand for an equitable energy […]

US COLD WAR AGAINST CHINA ANTHOLOGY, #6, OCTOBER 4, 2024

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/10/omni-us-cold-war-against-china.html COMPILED BY DICK BENNETT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY http://omnicenter.org/donate/ What’s at Stake:   Our only hope for survival is to transfer the US away from its pathological hyper-active pursuit of endless enemies for endless war, to a hyper-concern for the climate crisis (and overpopulation, and pandemics).    CONTENTS WAR ·       Ben Norton.  “Cold War II…25 Anti-China Laws in One Week.” ·       Hannan Hussain.  US Hegemony in Africa Declining.  ·       Bernard DiMello.   “… India in Washington’s Anti-China ‘Pivot’.” ·       Chris Fry.  “US anti-China propaganda, a prelude to war:  Eyewitness views from China.” ·       Eve Ottenberg.   US Sanctions, China’s […]

New zoning laws hustled through

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The County Services Committee did NOT approve sending the zoning ordinance to the full Court this month. Yay! We aren’t finished with this issue yet though. Washington County Judge Patrick Deakin has decided to push through zoning ordinances that allow him to decide the fate of thousands of parcels of land with less oversight or input from either property owners or Quorum Court Justices. Read this concerned and passionate analysis from Cecilliee Duncan, an affected Washington County citizen, to see what that means, and what it may mean for you. Tonight the County Services Committee could be pressured to adopt […]

Homeless Solutions Thursday night

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Thurs October 3 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center It’s been a very active month and the Homeless Solutions gathering crept up on us. We will be meeting TOMORROW (the first Thursday of the month) 6:30 pm at Omni like we usually do.  At the Housing Task Force meeting in September Homeless Solutions had a great presence! Instead of three lonely HS reps, there were EIGHT of us, and 4 gave outstanding testimony about their views and their personal experiences of housing difficulties in Fayetteville. It was reassuring to know that the task force was attentively listening to our people speak their hearts. At the […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #197, OCTOBER 2, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-197-october-2.html Nuclear War Planning, Stopping Nuclear War “Nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles on German soil.”    Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen.  Elugelab Island vaporized by H-Bomb.  ICAN.  TPNW: UN treaty banning nuclear weapons.  International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Mad nuclear plans Editor.  mronline.org (8-4-24). UK Plans to Build New Missiles to Target Russia Linked to Pentagon’s Mad Conventional Strike Scheme. The Editors.  “Nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles on German soil .” Monthly Review  (September 2024, Volume 76, Number 4).   This month’s “Notes from the Editors” recounts the history of U.S. preparations for “prolonged and limited” nuclear war […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #198, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-198-september.html ·       Science Hub for Climate Litigation ·       Ayana Johnson.   What If We Get It Right?  Visions of Climate Futures.    Science Hub for Climate LitigationDear James,The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to virtual conversation on the key research for scientists to advance climate litigation.  Join the Science Hub for Climate Litigation webinar to learn about how scientists can communicate their own research and engage with legal teams as a critical part of climate accountability. Research Areas for Climate Litigation: 2024 ReportDate: Thursday, October 10Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m. PT / 3:00–4:00 p.m. ETRegister for the webinar today.    Speakers include: Dr. Phoebe Okowa, […]

We’ll never tell you who to vote for, but

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Karen Baker, Tom Cotten doesn’t like her. She must be doing something right. Karen R. Baker is a judge for Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. She assumed office on the Court January 10, 2011. Baker is running for election as Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court which is a nonpartisan race. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. More information about Karen Baker at Ballotpedia HERE

The good news Voter registration is WAY up in Arkansas!

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The bad news… Due to a “technical glitch,” tens of thousands of voter registration updates made at Arkansas revenue offices between January and March may not have been properly processed. This error could potentially disenfranchise thousands of voters, impacting the outcome of our elections. CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION HERE! DON’T BE ONE OF THE DISENFRANCHISED! (P.S. – there’s a sample ballot on the same page)