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WEEKEND OF AUGUST
23-25, 2019 1985 : A toxic leak at the Union Carbide factory on December 3rd has been blamed on a chain of human errors and mechanical safeguards failing. The leak allowed a cloud of Toxic Methylene Chloride and 22 other toxic substances to escape, and over 3000 people were affected in the town who have sued Union Carbide.  | |||
Weekend
Read: Democracy Incorporated Managed Democracy & the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism
- by Sheldon S Wolin. - With his fundamental grasp of political theory and
restless spirit to get at the essence of what threatens modern democracy, Wolin
demonstrates that the threats to our democratic traditions and institutions are
not always from outside, but may come from within. It is a book that policymakers
and scholars of contemporary society should read and reflect upon. Powell's
Books  40
rebuttals to the media’s smears of Julian Assange – by someone who was
actually there. ... A former diplomat who worked in the Ecuadorian embassy while
Julian Assange lived there in asylum debunks 40 of CNN’s smears against the
WikiLeaks publisher.
Trump
rule would allow for indefinite detention of immigrant families. ... New rule
would effectively replace the Flores agreement, which sets 20-day limit for families
held in custody. NY
Times Just
Hours After Anti-Semitic Remarks, Trump Self-Promotes Himself as 'King of Israel...
Second Coming of God'. ... "The President is a raving lunatic," responded
Florida Democrat Andrew Gillum. "He is not well." CommonDreams
hoshana
Zuboff: Surveillance Capitalism and Our Democracy YouTube
video ‘Pragmatic’:
How Corporate Media Praise Dems Who Abandon Progressive Values. FAIR
Democrats
Are Waging a Covert War on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez TruthDig
A
Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas 1492 to the Present.
CounterPunch
The
Final Placement Syndrome or When Enough Is Enough. Comm130A
Chomsky:
By Focusing on Russia, We Ignore Trump’s Existential Threat to Climate. TruthOut
The
Forest Service Puts Ranchers Ahead of Grizzlies (and the Public Interest). CounterPunch
August
22, 2019 Democrats
Have An Open Senate Seat in New Mexico. Will They Elect A Progressive, or the
Former Head of the DCCC? Intercept
Big
Pharma: Gouges, Casualties, and the Congressional Remedy! CounterPunch
The
Racist Right Has Been Searching For Trump All Along TruthDig
We
Are Already Living on an Orwellian Planet. 4,000
detained in Kashmir since autonomy stripped: govt sources. France24
Facial
recognition is now rampant. The implications for our freedom are chilling. ...
This new technology is being secretly used on streets and in shopping centres
across Britain, making potential suspects of us all. Guardian The
Biotech-Industrial Complex Gets Ready to Define What is Human. CounterPunch
Google
Is Deepening Its Involvement With Egypt’s Repressive Government. Intercept
Who
Inflicts the Most Gun Violence in America? The U.S. Government and Its Police
Forces. CounterPunch
Trump
Accuses Most American Jews of “Disloyalty” to Israel, Deploying Anti-Semitic
Trope. Intercept
Put
an End to the Endless War Inflicted Upon Our National Forests. CounterPunch
August
21, 2019 Oil
Lobbyist Touts Success in Effort to Criminalize Pipeline Protests, Leaked Recording
Shows.Intercept Our
Lords, Their Flies. CounterPunch
Activist
Scott Warren, Facing Federal Charges for Aiding Migrants, Says He Won’t Be
Deterred.
Uncle
Sam was born lethal. Jackpine
Radicals Kamala
Harris, Who Just Clarified Her Rejection of Real Medicare for All, to Snub Climate
Forum in Favor of Big Donors. ... "We need a leader who prioritizes the future
of humanity over rubbing elbows with millionaires and billionaires." CommonDreams
Who
Inflicts the Most Gun Violence in America? The U.S. Government and Its Police
Forces. CounterPunch
NOAA:
July Was Officially the Hottest Month on Record. ... July was the 415th consecutive
month with above-average temperatures. DemocracyNow
The
Myth of the ‘Lone Wolf’ Shooter Blinds Us to the Reality of White Supremacy.
... Thinking of these killers as “lone wolf” actors makes it easier
to dismiss them as demented individuals, hapless victims of bad parenting, self-destructive
misfits, or erratic evil doers. But we need to see these “lone wolf”
white supremacists for what they are—members of “wolf packs.” ReWire
Example
of 'Unknown Unknowns,' Study Detailing 'Almost Instant Mortality of Corals' Suggests
Crisis Worse Than Previously Understood. ... "The water temperatures are
so warm that the coral animal doesn't bleach... the animal dies and its underlying
skeleton is all that remains." CommonDreams
Big
Pharma: Gouges, Casualties, and the Congressional Remedy! CounterPunch
August
20, 2019 Tidbit: Trump’s solution to mass shootings: Involuntary confinement, banning “violent” video games , expansion of the death penalty and bulletproof backpacks. The
World According to George Galloway. ... There are few politicians in Britain who
are attacked by the courtiers in the press and the mandarins in power more ferociously
than George Galloway, a former member of Parliament and an icon of the left. TruthDig/Hedges
July
2019 was hottest month on record for the planet. ... Polar sea ice melted to record
lows. ScienceDaily
Put
an End to the Endless War Inflicted Upon Our National Forests. CounterPunch
Welcome
to Ayn Rand's America TruthDig
Is
Russian Mob drug money going to Trump re-election? Hopsicker
5
Years After Ferguson, The Justice Department Has All But Ended Federal Police
Reform. ... The Trump administration has sharply curtailed the department’s
ability to rein in troubled police departments. HuffPost Democracy
Dies Without Alternative Media TruthDig
Sanders
Says If Israel Wants to Ban Members of Congress, It Should Not Receive Billions
in US Military Aid. ... "The idea that a member of the United States Congress
cannot visit a nation which, by the way, we support to the tune of billions and
billions of dollars is clearly an outrage." CommonDreams
Here’s
the Evidence Corporate Media Say Is Missing of WaPo Bias Against Sanders. FAIR
The
Rise of the American Gestapo. CounterPunch
Archived
News:
APR, Augustin Plains, Socorro Electric, SECanchn SEC APR
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WATER GRAB - SEC - LOCAL ENVIRO. & NEWS August
23, 2019 - 1 - The motions for summary judgment filed by the Community Protestants and Catron County are granted; 2 - All other motions for summary judgment are denied as moot; and 3
- APR's appeal from the State Engineer's August 1, 2018 Order denying the Augustin
Plains Ranch's 2014/2016 Application to appropriate groundwater
is dismissed with prejudice.
August
21 Update: Clarification - In response to the request of Judge Reynolds
to write an order denying the Augustin Plains Ranch LLC’s application to
mine water in the San Augustin basin, the New Mexico Environmental Law Center
and the Catron County Board of County Commissioners submitted its order by the
August 20 deadline. See pages 7-8 in the submission - Download
Aug. 14, 2019 document August
14, 2019 - August
14, 2019 - August
13, 2019 - Augustin Plains update 1
Judge Reynolds issued a Memorandum Decision on Motions for Summary Judgment on
July 24 The Judge can select an order or he can write his own. There is no deadline for the Judge Once
the Judge issues an order the APR will have 30 days to file an appeal to the Court
of Appeals, if they choose to do so Note:
A court order is an official proclamation by a judge that defines the legal relationships
between the parties to a hearing, a trial, an appeal or other court proceedings.
A final order concludes the court actions. Related: Congratulations! Judge Reynolds ruled in our favor on the Augustin Plains Ranch application. From
pp 5-6 of the Judge's Memorandum, is the part you will find of greatest interest:
August
8, 2019 - August
3, 2019 - August
3, 2019 - August
1, 2019 - August
1, 2019 - August
1, 2019 - July
30, 2019 - Note: Potential APR options going forward. The APR can file again an "arguably new" application. For example, they could file the same application but say that the water would go to T or C. Or they could file a real new application. July
25, 2019 - July
25, 2019 - July
25, 2019 - Congratulations! Judge Reynolds ruled in our favor on the Augustin Plains Ranch application. From
pp 5-6 of the Judge's Memorandum, is the part you will find of greatest interest:
July
24, 2019 -
July
16, 2019 - July
15, 2019 - I
also want send out a big THANK YOU for two generous, anonymous contributions to
our effort to defeat this dreadful water mining application. The New Mexico Environmental
Law Center donates attorney time to us, but asks that we cover the expenses related
to our case (mailing, copying ,travel, lodging). Your donations make this possible.
So thank you to our anonymous donors, and to all of you who contribute. You’re
making it possible for us to keep fighting!
July
11, 2019 -
June
21, 2019 - December
23, 2014 - APR's revision of the original application (dated July 14, 2014
- 170 pages) June
18, 2019 - June
19-2019 - June
13, 2019 - June
6, 2019 - Public blasts Socorro Electric Coop over rate hike. Chieftain
June
3, 2019 - The
good news is the number of Joiners in the case, that is, those who have filed
motions supporting the opposition to this water grab attempt. Those joining the
protest (meaning the filings by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center) are The
Pueblos of Isle ta, Sandia and Santa Ana; the San Augustin Water Coalition; WildEarth
Guardians; the County of Socorro; the Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District;
the Navajo Nation (partial joinder); and the Hand Living Trust. If
you would like a copy of the motions, please email me pittray@gilanet.com June
1, 2019 - May
31, 2019 - May
30, 2019 - This meeting will allow SEC ratepayers and other stakeholders to comment on SEC’s pending rate case and ask questions. The
format of the public comment meeting will be as follows: If
you are not able to attend, you may watch live from the City of Socorro website,
www.socorronm.gov May
17, 2019 - APR Update May
10, 2019 - 2018
NM Enviromental Law Center impact report Download
Water Grab Archive: 20918-2019 - 2017 - 2016
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