🚨 It’s Time – February 08 2024

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Lead: Israel Rejects Gaza Ceasefire

Israel rejected a ceasefire plan with Hamas that would allow for hostage exchanges. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the proposal “delusional.”

Hamas had called to a 135-day pause in the fighting and an exchange of all hostages. Netanyahu said that this would be “surrendering to Hamas” and that it would “invite another massacre.” He says that his plan is to finish this his way.

“We are on the way to an absolute victory,” Netanyahu said. “There is no other solution.”

Hamas had proposed releasing “all women (non-military), children, elderly, and sick Israeli hostages that remain in Gaza.” In exchange, they asked for the release of “all Palestinian women, children, sick and elderly prisoners over 50 years old from Israel prisons, and an additional 1,500 Palestinian prisoners.” Most of the Palestinians in Israeli custody are not prisoners. They are hostages, held illegally by Israel, many of them long before the October 7 Hamas attack on Tel Aviv. A new report from Israel’s Public Defender Office says that Israel is holding Palestinians in crowded prisons, violating basic human rights.

If you care about hostages, you have to care about all hostages, no matter their race or religion.

In related news, Israel says that it will launch an investigation into the number of people the Israeli army killed on October 7 in what they are calling “friendly fire.” This comes after the government used the death of a 12 year-old girl to stoke outrage but new evidence shows that she was killed by an Israeli tank shell along with her neighbors.

A Small Victory for Farmers

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The farmers of Europe have been heard and the European Commission has made changes to proposed changes in response to massive protests throughout the block. However, the EU’s plan is still to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040.

Recent protests began in the Netherlands and spread to Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and other EU countries. U.K. countries have also joined in to show solidarity because EU plans were disproportionately aimed at farmers and the food industry. Now the EU says that “all sectors” will need to contribute to this effort.

The EU withdrew its plan to eliminate half of all pesticides by 2040. The new plan also removes recommendations for citizens to change their behaviors such as eating less meat and pushing to end fossil fuel subsidies.

This is a non-binding proposal that the EU has instated to keep in line with the Paris Climate Accords.

Has this move appeased the protesters? Doubtful. In Spain, police used tear gas to dispel the farmers who are not appeased by the EU’s plan.

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Let’s Talk About Those “Melting” Icebergs

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Is arctic sea ice melting due to human-caused climate change? New research shows that arctic ice has stopped declining in the last 17 years and no one has yet been able to prove that carbon emissions “cause” anything.

Arctic ice declined steadily from a 1978 until 2007 when ice levels hit record lows. Since 2007, that decline stopped and there has been observed some increase in arctic ice even as CO2 concentrations have increased steadily. This shows that there is not a linear relationship between carbon emissions and ice melt and that the reality is far more complicated.

In the Antarctic, sea ice decline has been minimal, according to this study. Could it perhaps be because the West Antarctic Ice Sheet lies above at least 138 documented volcanoes? That might have something to do with it, right?

Climate scientists know this even if the media doesn’t. Their models are hotly debated and sensitive to manipulation. Given that Al Gore won a Nobel Prize in 2007 when ice levels were low and he predicted that sea ice in the summer would disappear by now, maybe he should correct the record? Or the media? Someone?

News By The Numbers

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10. That is how many people have been subpoenaed to testify as to the affair between Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade. Willis filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss those subpoenas on the grounds that attempts to uncover her relationship are “salacious” and that “malicious” and an attempt to delay the case.

31 years. That is the age gap between Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman. The two costar in a new black comedy called “Miller’s Girl” in which they have a romantic student/teacher relationship and fans are uncomfortable about it.

7%. That is how much Disney stock was up after reporting strong quarterly earnings and a stock buyback.

What’s Trending?

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This video is trending. Southwest Airlines was trying to show off its new cabin design and seats and TikTok users are not impressed. They say that the seats look rock hard and cramped. One user asked if there is an option to just stand.

Marvel’s Wonder Man is trending because a crew member died on the set on Tuesday after reportedly falling from an elevated catwalk.

Moana 2 is trending because Disney confirmed that the sequel will be released this November.

This video is trending because people don’t think you should let a baby do your self checkout as a learning lesson if people behind you are waiting.

Black And Hispanic Voters Ditching Democrats 

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The Democratic Party is losing the Black and Hispanic voters that they love to pay lip service to. A recent Gallup survey showed that the party has lost voters in both groups and has slipped in young voters too.

Democrats still lead Republicans in those groups but their decline in numbers is fast and precipitous.

These shifts in the party affiliation of key subgroups provide the demographic backstory for how Democrats went from enjoying significant leads over Republicans between 2012 and 2021, to slight deficits in 2022 and 2023,” Gallup said about this survey. “The 27% of US adults identifying as Democrats and the 43% identifying as or leaning Democratic are both new lows in Gallup’s trend.”

Could it be because Democrats betray the people they say they’re helping by destroying their neighborhoods, economies and schools? It would also be interesting to ask these people who abandon their previous party if they think the opposite party has the answers.

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