Yearly Archives: 2025

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #239, JULY 23, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/war-watch-wednesdays-239-july-23-2025.html OMNI HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE 2025Why Did the US Nuclear Annihilate Hiroshima and Nagasaki?FCNL:  the RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT was expanded.  OMNI HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE 2025August 10, 7p.m., at OMNI, Lee St.MC Kelly MulhollanKeynote speaker Prof. Michael Anthony, UAF History Dept.Songs by Still on the Hill, Geoff Oelsner, and HarmoniaReading of names.Discussion following with Prof. Art Hobson Why Did the US Nuclear Annihilate Hiroshima and Nagasaki? William Hartung and Ben Freeman.  The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America Into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home.   2025. Prior to the fall of Berlin, Allied intelligence […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #240, JULY 21, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-climate-memo-mondays-240-july-21.html Shrinking Biodiversity.Andreas Malm and Wim Carton.  Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown. Peter Sinclair.  Why Storms Are Getting Stronger. SHRINKING BIODIVERSITYUN Global Biodiversity Assessment 1,140 pages.   Google replied to my query regarding diversity:  “The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates that at least 157,100 species are threatened with extinction, including more than 44,000 that are endangered.”    Extinctions are increasing and more rapidly.    Two items from Climate and Capitalism 2024.Illusions of Climate TechnologyAndreas Malm and Wim Carton.   OVERSHOOT: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown.   https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/12/06/this-years-best-books-for-reds-and-greens/#comment-161780Even before 1.5 degrees, climate disasters are intensifying […]

Jury orders Chevron to pay $745 million for costal damages

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Climate Moment Jury orders Chevron to pay $745 million for costal damages A jury in Louisiana, in the U.S., has ruled that Chevron, a major oil and gas company, must pay a local government about $745 million to help restore wetlands that the jury said the energy company had harmed for decades. The verdict is likely to influence similar lawsuits filed by other parishes, or counties, in the state against other energy giants and their possible settlement negotiations. A contribution from the Reevaluation Counseling Community

Trucks, Terminology and Trust

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by Louise Mann If collected recyclables are not sold and made into new product, your recycling program is a sham. Tossing collected recycling into the landfill IS legal in Arkansas, if only one fee is charged for both recycling and garbage collection. Might want to check your garbage/recycling bill. Don’t you want your recycling collected in a way that keeps the recyclables marketable? Dirty MRF is a system whereby garbage and recycling are placed in the same can that you set out. And then tossed into the same compartment on the truck. Supposedly the recyclables are separated at a Materials […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #238, JULY 16, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.    https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-238-july-16.html HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE 2025 August 10, 6p.m., at OMNI, Lee St. The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home by William D Hartung and  Ben Freeman .  November 11, 2025. Publisher’s description: See all formats and editions.   Savings Pre-order Price Guarantee. Terms A hard-hitting investigation into how the Pentagon’s runaway spending embroils America in foreign wars, squanders its wealth, and enriches a privileged elite. America spends nearly a trillion dollars a year on its military. This extraordinary spending not only detracts from our ability to address pressing social problems but […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #239, JULY 14, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.    https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-climate-memo-mondays-239-july-14.html Chop Wood, Carry Water.EcoWatch.  Make FF Disinformation a Crime, Ban FF Lobbying and Advertising.Climate and CapitalismBrett Christophers.   Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet.Sean Creaven.    Pandemics in the Corporate Age.John Bellamy Foster.  Socialism and Nature. I’ve discovered Chop Wood, Carry Water, which is packed with climate-related news; e.g., Americans who think global warming is happening now outnumber those who think it is not by a ratio of more than 4 to 1 (69% versus 15%);  Pope Leo XIV held a special Mass in the gardens of the Vatican’s new ecological educational center, calling on people to change their mind […]

NEXT COMMUNITY MONTHLY MEETING

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THURSDAY JULY 24TH 7PM TO 8PM EVERY 4TH THURSDAY OF THE MONTHTopics to be covered:1-what’s happening locally with jail beds that washington county is proposing to expand2 “zine” (small magazine) making COLLABORATIVE project building on know your rights & policing brainstorms from previous sessions- come and continue this effort or join us for the first time! Location: st pauls located at the corner of college and dickson, fayetteville, arDinner provided