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Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
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NASA Global Climate Change News: October 2015
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Save Medicare Australian Unions Team
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Dear supporter, Congratulations on signing our petition to save Medicare.
Thousands of Australians have done the same. We are sending a strong message to the Federal Government to protect bulk billing and save Medicare.
Last week the new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull launched a “long overdue” review of Medicare. This follows the Government freezing the Medicare rebate and their attempts to introduce a GP co-payment.
It looks like the job of protecting our way of life and the healthcare of Australian families hasn’t finished yet!
But there is some really good news. Every day people like you are out campaigning in communities all over Australia to save Medicare.
We have been overwhelmed with the positive response. Opinion polls consistently show that Australians support Medicare. Cutting health care funding and making it more expensive for Australian workers and their families to visit a Doctor is just not on.
Every day our campaign is getting stronger and stronger. There are many ways you can help out. Drop us an email and we’ll get in touch.
Thank you for supporting Medicare,
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It’s getting hot in here Claire, Solar Citizens
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3:32 PM (43 minutes ago)to meDear Neville —
It’s getting to that time of year again. The weather’s warming up, the wisteria’s blossoming and rooftops everywhere are catching a little more sun. It’s time to put away your jumpers and slip into something a little more comfortable. Perhaps a 100% cotton t-shirt from your favourite solar-loving community-based organisation?
For the month of October we’re offering a special price on all our Solar Citizen t-shirts. We’ve got a cupboard overflowing with stock and we need to get it all out the door and onto the backs of solar supporters across Australia.
Click here to get your hands on a discounted Solar Citizens t-shirt. For just $15 you’ll be supporting the work that we do here at Solar Citizens, keeping cool and spreading the solar message to boot.
Together, we’ve dragged the political conversation out of the depths and back into the sunshine. Our Stand Up For Solar campaign was key to securing a commitment to at least 50% renewable energy by 2030 from the ALP and our strong presence at the Canning by-election helped topple an anti-solar Prime Minister.
There’s still more to do to lock in our sun-powered future. That’s why, this sunny season we’re working on our biggest plans yet, so keep an eye on your inbox over the next fortnight.
Solar Citizens is an independent community-based organisation working to protect the rights of of solar owners everywhere. Together with our volunteers, we’re running hard hitting campaigns to protect and grow solar across Australia.
We rely on the support of community members like you to keep doing what we do best. So this October, do us both a favour. For just $15 you’ll be sporting a sunny Solar Citizens t-shirt, not to mention giving much needed support to a worthy and hardworking organisation.
Stocks are limited so it’s first in best dressed. Click here to get your Solar Citizens t-shirt today.
Sunny regards,
Claire, National Director
P.S. Can you help us get all our stock out the door? Click here to buy your $15 Solar Citizens t-shirt today. You won’t regret it.
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October Newsletter – House Republican breakthrough Citizens’ Climate Lobby
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House Republican breakthrough, October’s National Call and November Lobby Day. 
October 2015 Newsletter 
CCL’s Ashley Hunt-Martorano had an emergency appendectomy last Sunday, but that didn’t stop her from calling her Republican Representative the next day and asking him to co-sponsor the Gibson climate resolution.Months of hard work behind the scenes paid off on Sept. 17 when Rep. Chris Gibson (R-NY) and 10 of his Republican colleagues introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives citing the disastrous impact climate change will have in the future and calling upon Congress to work on “economically viable” solutions.
The idea started with the Friends Committee on National Legislation, which came to Citizens’ Climate Lobby and asked if we had constituents in Gibson’s district who would ask him to sponsor the resolution. CCL volunteers Karen Frishkoff and Iona Lutey took the request to Gibson, who agreed to introduce the resolution. That was late last year, and since then CCL and a handful of other organizations worked behind the scenes to bring 10 other Republicans on board as co-sponsors. You can read some of the backstory in this recent blog post.
Since the resolution’s introduction, CCL volunteers have swung into action to acknowledge the sponsors and generate more Republican co-sponsors. Earlier this week, CCL organized a call-in day to Republican offices asking them to co-sponsor the resolution. If you have a Republican representative in the House, you can still call to make this request. More information is available on our Gibson Resolution action page.
CCL views the resolution as a vehicle for starting a productive dialogue between Republicans and Democrats on climate change, a conversation that can lead to discussion of bipartisan solutions like Carbon Fee & Dividend.
Volunteers have also gone to work generating media about the Gibson resolution – editorials, articles, op-eds and letters to the editor. As of Monday, more than 30 pieces had been published. Here’s a sampling:
- Editorial: Mr. Gibson stirs up Washington
- Op-ed: Hopeful signs in the partisan divide over global warming
- Article: Gibson resolution breaks with GOP climate trend
- Letter to the Editor: Bi-partisan support vital to fix climate change
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The John James Newsletter 83 – a game for the Long Weekend
1 of 37The John James Newsletter 83 – a game for the Long Weekend
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to JohnThe John James Newsletter 83 – a game for the Long Weekend4 October 2015When the Gods want to punish us they answer our prayersAnonI have a Long Weekend game for you (You may save time by copying the list into Excel).Here is a partial list of products made from oil (some 160 of the more common 6000).
For your information: One 42-gallon barrel of oil creates 30 gallons of fuel (for cars, planes, deliveries, fishing etc). The rest (almost a third) is used to make things on the list. Each one of us uses about 4 litres of oil in these products every day (some 35+ Bn litres pa in Australia alone)The game is to tick those you can NOT do without. Don’t tick if you know how to REPLACE them with some other material such as wood or metal (Hint: what did we do before 1940?).How many ticks voted to continue using “essential” oil products? I could not do better than 17, or 6%, which is a lot more than what I would aim for!Then I understood why some part of me wont want THIS society with MY standard of living to ever really want to diminish the use of fossil fuels. The game showed me the enormous personal and industrial changes that would have to be made in every aspect of our lives and the way we manufacture in order to no longer rely on oil.CAN YOU BECOME TRULY SUSTAINABLE?AmmoniaAnoraksAnestheticsAntifreezeAntihistaminesAntisepticsArtificial limbsArtificial TurfAsphaltAspirinAwningsBalloonsBallpoint PensBandagesBasketballsBeach umbrellasBearing GreaseBicycle TiresBoatsBoxesCamerasCandlesCar Battery CasesCar EnamelCarpetsCar bodiesCassettesCaulkingCD PlayerCDsClothesClotheslineCold creamCombsCortisoneCrayonsCredit cardsCurtainsDashboardsDenture AdhesiveDenturesDeodorantDetergentsDiceDishesDisposable nappiesDishwasher partsDoorsDressesDrinking CupsDVDsDyesElectric BlanketsElectrical insulationEnamelEpoxy gluesEyeglassesFan BeltsFertilisersFishing BootsFishing luresFishing RodsFloor WaxFood packagingFood PreservativesFootball CleatsFootball HelmetsFootballsFreezer bagsGarden hoseGasolineGlycerinGolf BagsGolf BallsGuitar StringsGumbootsHair ColoringHair CurlersHand LotionHeart ValvesHigh-pressure pipesHose fittingsHouse PaintIce ChestsIce Cube TraysInsect RepellentInsecticidesIrrigation fittingsKeroseneLife JacketsLiningsLinoleumLipstickLuggageModel CarsMopsMotor OilMotorcycle HelmetNail PolishNylonsNylon RopeOil FiltersPackagingPaintPaint Brushes, rollersPanty HoseParachutesParaffin waxPercolatorsPerfumesPetroleum JellyPillowsPlasticsPlastic WoodPlaying cardsPrinters InkPurses, handbagsPuttyRefrigerantRefrigeratorsRoller SkatesRoofingRubber CementRubbing AlcoholSafety GlassesShag RugsShampooShaving CreamShoe PolishShoesShopping bagsShower CurtainsSkis and stocksSlacksSoapSoft Contact lensesSolar panelsSolventsSpeakersSports Car BodiesSun GlassesSurf BoardsSweatersSynthetic RubberTap WashersTelephonesTennis RacketsTentsTiresToilet SeatsTool BoxesTool RacksToothbrushesToothpasteToysTransparent TapeTrash BagsTV CabinetsTV screensUmbrellasUpholsteryVaselineVitamin CapsulesVaporizersWater PipesWaterproof jacketsWheelsYarn -
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6:40 AM (1 hour ago)to JohnThe John James Newsletter 823 October 2015It is the function of the CIA to keep the world unstable, and to propagandize and teach the American people to hate, so we will let the Establishment spend any amount of money on armsJohn Stockwell, former CIA official‘It Can Be Done’: Greenpeace Details Path to 100% Renewables by 2050: Energy Revolution 2015100% renewable energy for all is achievable by 2050, and is the only way to ensure the world does not descend into catastrophic climate change. This would stabilise global CO2 emissions by 2020, and bring emissions to near zero emissions in 2050. The financial costs would be cheaper than retaining the status quo in the face of climate change. The cost of its plan is “huge” but “the savings are even bigger.” The global additional investment is roughly $1 trillion a year until 2050, and as renewables don’t require continuous fuel inputs, the savings would be $1.07 trillion a year.Protestors To Sue Soldiers After Being Stripped Naked, Assaulted, Threatened With RapeThis is Australia, not the US, yet it happened here. Does this reflect the changed mood coming from government having replaced the Ozzie principle of fair play and decency with confrontation and retrenchment.The Corbyn EffectCorbyn represents very real sentiment of the population in the UK, and increasingly so in the US.China’s Great Climate Leap ForwardBeijing is creating a carbon market that could be a big deal for China’s economy — and leave Washington (and Australia) playing catch-up.Chinese President Details Wide-Ranging Carbon Pollution Pledge At White HouseThese include prioritizing green energy on China’s grid, a cap-and-trade or emissions trading system for China, additional low-carbon financing to developing countries, and emissions standards for heavy duty vehicles.Pope Francis Gives Catholics Permission To Be More Vocal About What They Already Know To Be TrueNine in 10 US catholics approve of the direction in which Francis is leading the Catholic Church, and two-thirds of Catholics believe it is appropriate for the pope to “urge government action on social, economic, and environmental issues.”VW may have accelerated push to hybrids and full electric vehiclesWhy spend millions of dollars on a “defeat device” and the software to activate it at the right moment. Neither is a trivial piece of engineering. Why not just build a cleaner engine?Three Exceptional Facts About AmericaA Culture of Victimhood Is Developing Among the Inhabitants of the Planet’s Sole Superpower. In the 1990s there hadn’t been a moment like it in historical memory: a single “hyperpower” with a military force beyond compare looming over a planet without rivals. Now, leap to the present and note the rising tide of paranoia and the litany of predictions of doom and disaster.Leave it to VladIran’s Rouhani took pains to note that Iran and Russia were not joining together in a “coalition” in Syria. They were sharing intelligence. They were discussing strategy. They were in constant communication. But a coalition? No. Two days later, Iraq announced it too was sharing intelligence with Russia, Iran, and Syria. So perhaps Rouhani was being literal in a different way when he disavowed being in a coalition with Russia — because what he was actually involved in was a coalition with Iraq and Syria as well.When China Rules the SeaThe US may no longer be the world’s only global naval power.Chinese Navy sets off for SyriaBeijing has taken decision to take part in combating IS and sent its vessels to the Syrian coast. Thus, the Russian coalition in the region gains ground, and most reasonable step of the US would be to join it.‘This speeds up procedure’ – how Hungary expels migrantsHungary’s border with Serbia is fortified not only by the newly built barrier but by heavy police and army patrols. Migrants can now find themselves in court within days of crossing the fence.Israeli soldiers fired on migrants at Egyptian borderBeginning of the end for fossil fuels?Panic selling swept major global stock-markets on Tuesday in what could be a foretaste of things to come, as investors suddenly woke up to the fact that the game has changed. Fossil fuels and their associated investments are in decline, and the world is heading rapidly towards a new an cleaner technologies.This is a very intriguing analysis – DO READ,Intelligent life?Evidence for flowing water on Mars opens the possibility of life: an astonishing achievement. Meanwhile, scientists on Mars continue their search for intelligent life on Earth. In 2014 there were as many news stories broadcast by the BBC and ITV about Madeline McCann (who went missing in 2007) as there were about the entire range of environmental issues.Sustainable Development: Something New or More of The Same?Economic growth, as conventionally measured, refers only to goods and services exchanged for money. That means that when self-sufficient villagers stop growing and sharing their own food, stop building their own houses, stop making their own entertainment, etc., and instead go to work at factories or plantations and pay for all of these things, GDP rises and they are considered better off. Their cash incomes may have risen but they are now at the mercy of global markets. When commodity prices plummet (as they are now), when their nation’s currencies fall (as they are now), local prices rise and they are plunged into destitution. This would not happen if they retained some independence from the global commodity economy.Extreme Pacific sea level events to double in futureExperiments show that the intensified wind impacts of strong El Niño and La Niña events are likely to double the frequency of extreme sea level occurrences, especially in the tropical southwestern Pacific.Markets Gone Mad“Ah, the Fed has lost its magic touch”, the analysts opined. The promise of zero rates was no longer enough to push stocks higher. What does this mean? If the Fed does not have supernatural powers, then who will keep the markets from plunging? Who will keep the bubble intact? Who will save us from a painful correction?Pope Francis Calls Out the ‘Industry of Death’In his speech to US lawmakers, the “People’s pope” condemned the arms trade, war profiteering, and even the war on terror itself. and demanded an end to the arms trade…….it means no longer diverting at least 54 cents of every discretionary taxpayer dollar in the federal budget to the US military.Pope Francis’ Full Address to the UN General AssemblyThis is what happens when you spend 54% of your budget on war.The shocking reach of US child poverty22% of all children live in families that are below the federal poverty level. When you look at how American children fare throughout their pre-adult lives it’s nearly twice as bad.Putin’s Damascus StealOnce more, the Kremlin is increasingly assertive in the Middle East, and once more, it has surprised the West and gotten closer to its key diplomatic objective: acquiring a regional status on par with Washington’s. Moscow’s goals are to build a buffer against radical jihadists on its southern flank, to export arms and nuclear energy, to project power in the Middle East’s warm waters and beyond, to compete with the West, and, recently, to expand influence among and through regional Christian communities.andRussia’s Game Plan in Syria Is SimpleLive from New York, it’s ‘Putin the Great’Putin’s latest move carries the potential to finish US policy of isolating Russia and mastermind a Ukraine endgame, with the end of sanctions. The nations that really count in the EU want to scrap them, and they will if Putin does what they can’t possibly do; smash the “Caliphate” that is sending wave after wave of refugees towards Fortress Europe. Putin’s long-term aim is to make Russia regain its status of a great power.Far-Right-Wing National Front Party Gains as Marine Le Pen Takes The Lead“Without any action, this migratory influx will be like the barbarian invasion of the IV century, and the consequences will be the same. We must immediately stop this madness to safeguard our social pact, freedom and identity,”China, US defence agreementsMajor policy progress to avoid miscalculation in the Western Pacific when the two militaries overlap.Does this not remind us of what happened in the Ukraine, and was threatened in Macedonia?US ‘preparing’ for hybrid warfare with Russia in BalticsThe Pentagon has shifted its military thinking by selecting Russia’s direct neighbours as the battleground. They employ irregular troops and focus on destabilising the region via mass rallies and cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure,Syria Turns The CornerThe direct Russian intervention in Syrian was decided after Turkey’s supported al-Qaida entry into Syrian Kessab and later to Idlib. Russian national interests were threatened. The lost of Idlib upset the battle balance in all of Syria.The Collapse of Saudi Arabia is InevitableDeep-rooted structural realities means that Saudi Arabia is on the brink of protracted state-failure, of a perfect storm of interconnected challenges that will be the monarchy’s undoing well within the next decade.The Fictional World Has Become RealityAs the various nascent technologies employed and shared by the government and corporations alike—facial recognition, iris scanners, massive databases, behavior prediction software, and so on—are incorporated into a complex, interwoven cyber network aimed at tracking our movements, predicting our thoughts and controlling our behavior, Spielberg’s unnerving vision of the future in Minority Report is fast becoming our reality.ProfiledBillions of digital records about ordinary people’s online activities were being stored every day. Among them were details cataloging visits to porn, social media and news websites, search engines, chat forums, and blogs.
