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  • Greta Thunberg tells 'View' hosts that climate activists must now go beyond 'legal methods'

    02/17/2023 5:41:29 PM PST · by dynachrome · 36 replies
    Fox ^ | 2-17-23 | Gabriel Hays
    During ABC’s "The View," Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg urged her fellow climate change activists to step outside of "legal methods" to achieve their climate goals. While appearing as a guest during the show's Friday episode, Thunberg argued that if the people of who made great strides in social justice and civil rights throughout history only stuck to using the legal channels they were offered, "we wouldn't be where we are today." The activist advocated that real climate change action can only come from such radical action.
  • 50 pound slab of blue ice falls off Air Force One narrowly missing “Occupy Las Vegas” protesters

    10/28/2011 8:02:17 AM PDT · by bigbob · 56 replies
    A group of several dozen “Occupy Las Vegas” protesters camping on Clark County land located under the final approach to Runway 19 at McCarran International Airport today narrowly missed being injured when a 50 lb. slab of “blue ice” reportedly landed within feet of their tents. According to witnesses, the slab fell to earth seconds after Air Force One passed overhead while landing.
  • Bill Buckley, you and I know the war was a mistake

    06/29/2004 7:00:20 PM PDT · by churchillbuff · 909 replies · 1,681+ views
    The Hill ^ | June 28, 04 | Josh Marshall
    “With the benefit of minute hindsight, Saddam Hussein wasn’t the kind of extra-territorial menace that was assumed by the administration one year ago. If I knew then what I know now about what kind of situation we would be in, I would have opposed the war.” Those words are William F. Buckley’s, from an article in yesterday’s New York Times marking Buckley’s decision to relinquish control of the National Review, the flagship journal of the conservative movement he founded 50 years ago. Also out on the newsstands now, in The Atlantic Monthly, is an essay Buckley wrote describing his decision...