Daily Archives: 11/24/2019

Extinction Rebellion Founder’s Holocaust Remarks Spark Fury – Kate Connolly and Matthew Taylor | The Guardian UK

11/24/2019 – 12:36 am

German politicians accuse Roger Hallam of downplaying significance of genocide

Kate Connolly in Berlin and Matthew Taylor | The Guardian UK

A co-founder of Extinction Rebellion [XR] has sparked anger in Germany after referring to the Holocaust as “just another fuckery in human history”.

Roger Hallam has been accused of downplaying the Nazis’ genocide of 6 million Jews by arguing in an interview that the significance of the Holocaust has been overplayed.

In the interview with the weekly Die Zeit, in which he referred to the Holocaust several times, Hallam said: “The fact of the matter is, millions of people have been killed in vicious circumstances on a regular basis throughout history.”             Continue reading →

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Medical: Canadian Youth & Vaping—No governmental escaping – By Yvonne Sam

11/24/2019 – 12:26 am

  By Yvonne Sam

All levels of government need to protect the youth against the evils of e-cigarette use. Who ever said that vaping is harmless is merely blowing smoke.

Electronic nicotine delivery systems, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), or vapes are a relatively new product category, which first emerged in Canada in 2004. E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that mimic the smoking experience using an inhalation and heating process that vaporizes fluid within the device. The liquid solution varies in composition but it is usually propylene or vegetable glycol based and can be combined with other ingredients and flavours.    Continue reading →

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The United States Is Starting to Look Like Ukraine – By Bret Stephens – New York Times

11/24/2019 – 12:25 am

President Donald Trump

Donald Trump ought to be impeached and removed from office. This isn’t what I thought two months ago, when the impeachment inquiry began. I argued that the evidence fell short of the standards of a prosecutable criminal act. I also feared impeachment might ultimately help Trump politically, as it had helped Bill Clinton in 1998. That second worry might still prove true.

But if the congressional testimonies of Marie Yovanovitch, Bill Taylor, Gordon Sondland, Alexander Vindman and especially Fiona Hill make anything clear, it’s that the president’s highest crime isn’t what he tried to do to, or with, Ukraine.          Continue reading →

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GuySuCo aiming for new 55,000 ton white sugar plant at Albion – GAWU

11/24/2019 – 12:20 am
The GAWU-GuySuCo meeting
The GAWU-GuySuCo meeting
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GAWU today said that GuySuCo has told it that it is planning for a new 55,000-tonne white sugar plant at Albion. The sugar union said this was disclosed by GuySuCo at a wide-ranging meeting on November 20, 2019

A statement by GAWU follows:

After more than a year of seeking to meet the GuySuCo about its plans to engender the viability of the miniaturized sugar industry, the GAWU was finally able to receive a presentation from the Corporation on November 20, 2019. The existence of a plan came to light following President David Granger’s address to the National Assembly in October, 2018. At that time, the President had disclosed that a plan was being developed.            Continue reading →

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