In his speech at COP26 on November 2, British prime minister Boris Johnson announced that more than 100 countries had joined the Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, which seeks to halt and reverse the alarming levels of global deforestation by 2030. The declaration also emphasizes the need for countries to facilitate sustainable trade and development policies, promote food security through sustainable agriculture, and “accelerate the transition to [a green] economy.” To that end, more than $19 billion in public and private funds have been pledged for the plan, backed by countries including Brazil, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, […]
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Above photo: Paha Sapa (Black Hills). “Is President Biden’s Proclamation only Empty Words?” On Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, United States President Joe Biden issued a first-ever Proclamation for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The first two sentences state: “Since time immemorial, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians have built vibrant and diverse cultures – safeguarding land, language, spirit, knowledge, and tradition across the generations. On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, our Nation celebrates the invaluable contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples, recognizes their inherent sovereignty, and commits to honoring the Federal Government’s trust and treaty obligations to Tribal Nations.” Right off the bat, that second […]
Above photo: Empty plates on Stuart Anderson’s office in Chapel Ash. England – Around 20 plates with messages on were attached to the windows of Stuart Anderson’s office along with a poster which said: “Your MP voted no to feeding poor kids”. The plates were removed within hours of being put up but the word “scum” was then sprayed onto the office window. Mr Anderson said he and his family have also received death threats and said he had reported the intimidation and vandalism to the police. The Wolverhampton South West MP was one of 322 MPs who last week voted against a […]
The display is reportedly in protest against the response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by the administration of US President Donald Trump, as the United States death toll from the virus tops 210,000. A display of 20,000 empty chairs was placed outside the White House in Washington DC on Sunday, in tribute to coronavirus victims in the United States. The chairs, placed on the lawn across from the White House, represent less than 10% of the victims, as the US COVID-19 death toll stood at 210,637 as of Tuesday, according to data collated by the Johns Hopkins University. The static display […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107320/47/1073204783_0:96:1920:1176_1200x675_80_0_0_161fc2f9e939b5fd1627e950c94bb1aa.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Henry Batyaev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202009221080533122-toilet-paper-frenzy-20-brits-post-photos-of-empty-supermarket-shelves-amid-fears-of-2nd-lockdown/ UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to unveil Tuesday a new, stricter set of anti-coronavirus measures that will reportedly oblige UK citizens to work from home if possible. Brits have taken to social media to complain about “panic-buying” in local supermarkets and shops as the UK is bracing for new coronavirus-related restrictions, raising fears of a second lockdown. Several Twitter users have shared photos of empty shelves in supermarkets, revealing that supplies of key items such as toilet paper are being noticeably depleted. While it is impossible to determine whether the […]
28 Million Evictions Loom As Houses Sit Empty By Lee Camp, Consortium News. August 4, 2020 28 Million Evictions Loom As Houses Sit Empty2020-08-042020-08-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/homelessman-e1596567902470.jpg200px200px Above photo: Gary Knight/FLICKR. America is not based on hard work. Get it out of your head that this society is set up to be fair. Fair would be everyone with a roof over their head. Congress’s inability to actually represent the real-live human beings of America, combined with an economic system that rewards lack of empathy and an excess of greed, has brought us to a dark time when an oncoming tsunami of financial ruin, destitution […]
About half of the Miami Marlins’ roster has tested positive for COVID. ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian explains the challenges Major League Baseball faces as play resumes amid the pandemic. Source link
On Saturday, two days into the MLB’s skeletal 2020 season, Fox Sports debuted a feature few asked for: virtual fans. Facing a schedule that dropped from 162 games to just 60, held in stadiums without crowds to boo, applaud, or smooch on the jumbotron, Fox announced via tweet that they had just the fix: a partnership with SportsMEDIA Technology and Silver Spoon Animation to insert the grainy, Sim-like visages of shrieking baseball lovers onto home screens everywhere, further blurring the line between reality and dystopian role-playing game. As one Reddit pundit put it: “Why.” As sports negotiate their return to televisions, […]
Former British spy Christopher Steele insists he never wanted the notorious Trump dossier, which was central to the Russiagate investigation, to be made public. The belated pang of conscience emerged in response to a new lawsuit. Steele would have done “whatever I could do to prevent” BuzzFeed from publishing the dossier, he told London’s High Court in a written statement on Wednesday. The document, which Steele compiled at the behest of the US opposition research firm Fusion GPS and Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016, was published in early January 2017, shortly before Donald Trump’s inauguration. The former spy’s pang of conscience […]
Adam Peri, sound supervisor with the broadcaster Sky UK, mixes recorded fan sounds into a Premier League soccer match. Courtesy of Adam Peri hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Adam Peri Adam Peri, sound supervisor with the broadcaster Sky UK, mixes recorded fan sounds into a Premier League soccer match. Courtesy of Adam Peri When Major League Baseball launches its shortened, COVID-delayed season on Thursday, there will be no fans in the stands. But it will sound like there are. All 30 teams will be piping recorded sounds of fans into the ballparks, which means you’ll hear those crowd sounds in […]
Fans who have been banned from attending stadiums during the coronavirus pandemic watched with a mix of admiration and unease as more than 20 dancing robots were filmed stamping and gyrating in sequence in a huge empty stadium. A humanoid robot named Pepper and a set of four-legged bots called Spot replaced supporters at the 40,000-capacity Fukuoka Dome in Japan, performing a range of moves in sync with the fight song usually accompanied by fans before Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks’ baseball matches. The robots stood on a podium, wore Hawks caps and flags, waved their arms and tapped their feet in time ahead of […]
Airlines tired of largely empty flights because of coronavirus fears want to fill planes — and the federal government isn’t stopping them — now that more travelers are venturing out. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Airlines tired of largely empty flights because of coronavirus fears want to fill planes — and the federal government isn’t stopping them — now that more travelers are venturing out. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Trump administration is urging airlines to leave some airplane seats empty to help protect travelers and crew members from the coronavirus but it is stopping short of […]
Thank you Wild Turkey® for partnering with Half Full on the Bartenders At Home cocktail video series. What inspired you to create this cocktail? “I’m a big fan of both Wild Turkey® and Grand Marnier®. The bourbon is bold enough to hold up to the addition of the orange liqueur, which adds a nice bit of sweetness and complexity.” When would you serve this drink? “The best time to serve this drink is definitely around a fire pit, with some good company.” What music would you pair it with? “Anything mellow and contemplative. Better Oblivion Community Center gets a lot of […]
Borussia Dortmund’s fabled ‘Yellow Wall’ may have been completely devoid of fans but that did not stop players celebrating in front of it as they picked up a 4-0 win in their first game back after the Covid-19 break. The eyes of the football world were on Germany on Saturday as the country’s top two tiers – Bundesliga 1 and 2 – became the first major leagues to return to action following the coronavirus lockdown. READ MORE: Socially distant goal celebrations & hot mics: Five things to expect when the Bundesliga makes its comeback from coronavirus It ended up being a […]
the Senior Editor They decided to kill the cow. Moooo A reminder, whenever you see Zuckstein or the Google boys addressing a room full of uniformed types, you are getting a peek at the enemy. Are we being subjected to a population reduction program joined with eugenics and wrapped in regime change, rigged elections and color revolutions? Yup. Is it Bill Gates? (Not fucking hardly) When children began dying in New York of a new CV syndrome, this became terrorism and not a pandemic. You know who kills the children, who always kills the children, this is and has been the […]
the Senior Editor They decided to kill the cow. Moooo A reminder, whenever you see Zuckstein or the Google boys addressing a room full of uniformed types, you are getting a peek at the enemy. Are we being subjected to a population reduction program joined with eugenics and wrapped in regime change, rigged elections and color revolutions? Yup. Is it Bill Gates? (Not fucking hardly) When children began dying in New York of a new CV syndrome, this became terrorism and not a pandemic. You know who kills the children, who always kills the children, this is and has been the […]
ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel on Friday half-heartedly apologized for a deceptively edited clip of Vice President Mike Pence supposedly admitting to carrying empty boxes of personal protective equipment to a nursing home in Virginia as part of a publicity stunt. During his Thursday night broadcast, Kimmel mocked the vice president over the press event which showed a maskless Pence helping other workers deliver PPE from FEMA to the front of the facility. “Here he is, with no mask on, wheeling boxes of PPEs into a health-care center, and doing his best to lift them,” Kimmel said, narrating over […]