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WHISTLEBLOWERS AND LEAKERS NEWSLETTER, Series 2, #6

 in Dick's Newsletters 2021

October 7, 2021 —OMNI WHISTLEBLOWERS AND LEAKERS NEWSLETTER, Series 2, #6 October 7, 2021. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/10/omni-whistleblowers-and-leakers.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://omnicenter.org/donate/ Series 2 #1 May 18, 2015   http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2015/05/whistleblowers-and-leakers-newsletter.html #2 Aug. 6, 2016   http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2016/08/whistleblowers-and-leakers-newsletter.html #3 Dec. 13, 2018   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2018/12/whistleblower-newsletter-series-2-3.html #4 Oct. 3, 2019  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2019/10/whistleblowers-and-leakers-newsletter-4.html #5 May 9, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/05/whistleblowers-and-leakers-newsletter.html #6 October 7, 2021 CONTENTS WHISTLEBLOWERS AND LEAKERS NEWSLETTER, SERIES 2, #6, 2021.  (Words referring to whistleblowers or whistleblowing, leakers or leaking are printed in red.) ADVOCATING H.R. 8452, the Protect Brave Whistleblowers Act, Tim Schwartz.  A PUBLIC SERVICE:  Whistleblowing, Disclosure and Anonymity.    OR Books, […]

The Encyclopedia of American Politics BALLOTPEDIA

 in Current Events

Next election we want to be READY! Do you wish you knew the back story to the electoral system in your state? Or even your city? Ballotpedia is a treasure trove of carefully researched info about voting districts right down to the county and city level. And written in easy-to-understand language for we the people trying to be informed and ready for elections that will make or break our democracy.Follow Ballotpedia now and learn how to use this great tool.   VOTE CONFIDENTLY WITH BALLOTPEDIAIt’s never been more important for us to have the resources voters need heading into the critical […]

Open Mic is back ! Sunday Nov 7

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Open Mic is back !Sunday Nov 7- 7:00 pmIn Person at Omni! covid safety in mind!Autumn is FINALLY HERE! What a blessing…sending up good thoughts for at least one more day of perfect weather for OPEN MIC on OMNI’S back patio. It is a delightful space to safely gather. Everyone should take care of their own comfort zone and that of others in regards to wearing masks and sitting apart. Please wear masks when using the restroom or going inside Omni. We want everyone to stay SAFE. That said….Open Mic starts at 7:00 and we have some lighting because it gets dark earlier […]

Omni Climate Change Forum Sunday Nov 7 – 1:30 pm

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Omni Climate Change ForumSunday Nov 7 – 1:30 pm on zoom (link below)Robert’s Gap Burn and Development Project Arkansas Forest Service needs citizen inputGordon Watkins of the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance will discuss the US Forest Service’s Robert’s Gap Project.Robert’s Gap is a 40,000 acre, 60 square mile USFS tract encompassing the headwaters of not only the Buffalo National River, but also the White, Kings and Mulberry Rivers and War Eagle Creek and is adjacent to the Upper Buffalo Wilderness Area. The USFS (Forest Service) action plan includes over 70 miles of road construction, 12,000 acres of timber harvesting, over […]

Free Community Cookout West Fork!

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AR Criminal Justice Reform CoalitionCounty Problems Need Citizen AttentionFree Community Cookout West Fork!Weds Oct 13, 6:00-8:00 pm, West Fork Riverside Park Washington County Quorum Court has made questionable decisions about how to spend your covid relief money.What does the Court majority want to do with it? > Big raises for Justices and the county lawyer (who’s chair of the WashCo Republican Party), > Pay off loans for a private subdivision in a Justice’s district, > $500,000 to design an enlarged jail and juvenile attention center, among other questionable things. Then there’s limiting public comment, cutting off JPs who are not […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, OCTOBER 4, 2021

 in Climate Memo Mondays

ANDREAS MALM Books on Capitalism, Politics, and Climate http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-oct-4-2021.html Fossil Capital.    2016The Progress of This Storm: Nature and Society in a Warming World.  2018.Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century.  2020.With the Zerkin Collective.  White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Dangers of Fossil Fascism.  Verso, 2021. Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming by Andreas Malm.  Verso, 2016.Publisher’s description How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end […]

42. WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, October 6, 2021

 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Dick: J. K. Galbraith and US Autonomous Militarism and Empire.Alfred McCoy’s Books: In the Shadows of the American Empire; To Govern the Globe. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-october-6-2021.html Autonomous Militarism and Empire, Dick Bennett“Such military activities [invasions of many smaller, weak countries even though they posed no security threat to the US], however remote from any rationally established need, served in an important way the broad purpose of the military establishment.  They were visible justification of its eminence and power. . . .the autonomous power of the military establishment.”  (John Kenneth Galbraith, The Culture of Contentment, 1992, p. 140; chapters 10 and 11, “The Military […]

Free Community Cookout Farmington!

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AR Criminal Justice Reform CoalitionCounty Problems Need Citizen AttentionFree Community Cookout Farmington!Weds Oct 7, 6:00-8:00 pm, Farmington City ParkWhat does the Court majority want to do with your covid money? Big raises for Justices and the county lawyer who’s chair of the WashCo Republican Party, pay off loans for a private subdivision in a Justice’s district, $250,000 to design an enlarged jail, among other questionable things. Then there’s limiting public comment, cutting off JPs who are not in the majority party by shutting down their mics, disinterest in proposals that feed or house people, and reducing budgets for youth court […]