David Sirota writes
‘…Let’s remember that in less than two decades, America has experienced the Iraq war, the financial crisis, intensifying economic stratification, an opioid plague, persistent gender and racial inequality and now seemingly unending climate change-intensified disasters. While the victims have been ravaged by these crime sprees, crises and calamities, the perpetrators have largely avoided arrest, inquisition, incarceration, resignation, public shaming and ruined careers.
That is because the United States has been turned into a safe space for a permanent ruling class. Inside the rarefied refuge, the key players who created this era’s catastrophes and who embody the most pernicious pathologies have not just eschewed punishment – many of them have actually maintained or even increased their social, financial and political status….’
FFS, they named it JEDI
/jd
Google Drops Out of Pentagon’s $10 Billion Cloud Competition
‘Alphabet Inc.’s Google has decided not to compete for the Pentagon’s cloud-computing contract valued at as much as $10 billion, saying the project may conflict with its corporate values.
The project, known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud, or JEDI, involves transitioning massive amounts of Defense Department data to a commercially operated cloud system. Companies are due to submit bids for the contract, which could last as long as 10 years, on Oct. 12th…’
But that doesn't mean that Google isn't working for the US Gov't, however....
/jd
‘…The spokesman added that Google is “working to support the U.S. government with our cloud in many ways.”…’
#BeOptimistic –––– Remember folks, there are more of us than there are of them. We can do this! (Y)
/jd
Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says
‘Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, according to a new report. [….] The report found that more than half of global industrial emissions since 1988 – the year the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was established – can be traced to just 25 corporate and state-owned entities. The scale of historical emissions associated with these fossil fuel producers is large enough to have contributed significantly to climate change, according to the report.
ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and Chevron are identified as among the highest emitting investor-owned companies since 1988…’
Strangely, I never saw this news on CNNNN
/jd
Iran’s World Court Win Exposes U.S. as Rogue State
‘After the International Court of Justice ruled in Iran’s favor on U.S. sanctions, the Trump administration pulled out of a 1955 treaty and announced a review of its relationship to the court. Trita Parsi, author and founder of the National Iranian American Council, says that when it comes to Iran, the U.S. is acting like a rogue state’
https://therealnews.com/stories/irans-world-court-win-exposes-u-s-as-rogue-state