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Rolla Peace News June 20, 2017 |
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================================= Dear Friends:In this newsletter is: 1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THIS WEEK, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2017 2. SOLSTICE 3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) Courts Rule For Water Protectors Against Dakota Access Pipeline b) 4,000 More Troops c) Slouching Toward World War III d) Congress In The Crosshairs
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We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017, (and all subsequent Thursdays until peace is established) from Noon to 1:00 PM. Please try to join us. The temperature is predicted to be in the 80s. If you do not feel comfortable standing with us in front of the Post Office, please consider driving by and showing your support for our message by honking your horn and flashing a peace sign. 2. SOLSTICE We wish you all a very happy summer solstice. The exact time is 11:24 p.m. Central Daylight Time — a good time to meditate. Bad news can wait till next week. 3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) Courts Rule For Water Protectors Against Dakota Access Pipeline b) 4,000 More Troops c) Slouching Toward World War III d) Congress In The Crosshairs COURTS RULE FOR WATER PROTECTORS AGAINST DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE First the good news: U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers “did not adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice, or the degree to which the pipeline's effects are likely to be highly controversial” and ordered a review of DAPL permits issued by the Trump administration. The Standing Rock Sioux will now ask that the pipeline, which has already sprung leaks, be shut down. 4,000 MORE TROOPS Now the bad news: It appears that 4,000 more US troops are on their way to Afghanistan to fight against one of the poorest nations in the world in our longest war ever (16 years in October). It is unlikely that 4,000 US troops (or even 400,000) will make much of a difference. When you are invaders and occupiers and have committed unspeakable attrocities against the populace, winning a war becomes impossible. In the words of former Senator George Aiken, let's “Declare victory and get out.” SLOUCHING TOWARD WORLD WAR III The US shot down a Syrian airplane. Russia has declared US aircrafts flying in Syria, West of the Euphrates as “legitimate targets.” So we have two nuclear behemoths, one with a leader, cold and calculating; the other, brash and impetuous. Could this spiral into nuclear World War III? It sure wouldn't surprise me. CONGRESS IN THE CROSSHAIRS Several congressmen and staffers were shot and injured on a baseball field this week, all Republicans. One, Steven Scalise, was injured seriously. Six years ago it was Gabby Gifford, a Democrat, who was shot and seriously injured. Should we be surprised? The shooter was apparently not Muslim. Had he been, we would have known it within hours. I still don't know James T. Hodgkinson's religion, if any. I guess, as long as he is not Muslim, it doesn't really matter. Scalise, Gifford and the others are not alone. The United States loses a whopping 30,000 to gun-violence every year. To teach the populace that disputes are to be solved through violence, arm them to the teeth, and then teach them to despise their government is stupidity with few, if any, historical parallels. Rolla Peace News is distributed by email once a week on Tuesday evenings (except on rare occasions) and is posted on the web at http://tomsager.org (click on Grassroots Rolla: top of rightmost column). If you don't wish to get notices of peace events in the Rolla area, let me know and I'll take you off this list. If you want to be added to this list, let me know. Wage peace, Helen helenm (at) fidnet.com ### |