-

"Wow.

Genocide and epidemics killed so many indigenous people in the century after Columbus, that the forests that grew on all their abandoned farms absorbed so much CO2 that the resulting cooling plunged the world into the Little Ice Age."

— @AlexSteffen

-

#jackpot #klept #covid #covid19 #climate #calvinism #capitalism #collapse

#RichPeopleKillUsForMoney

-

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47063973

America colonisation ‘cooled Earth's climate’

European settlement of the Americas killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate.

-

"Wow.

Genocide and epidemics killed so many indigenous people in the century after Columbus, that the forests that grew on all their abandoned farms absorbed so much CO2 that the resulting cooling plunged the world into the Little Ice Age."

@AlexSteffen

-

"Rich people kill us for money."

— SusanOfTexas

-

#jackpot #klept #covid #covid19 #climate #calvinism #capitalism #collapse

#RichPeopleKillUsForMoney

-

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47063973

America colonisation ‘cooled Earth's climate’

European settlement of the Americas killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate.

GDTheme: KleptWatch

No one *knows*!

No one knows where the money *went*!

It's like the full benefit of rising productivity just went *poof*!

-

When the lights go out, someone be sure to get Bloomberg Opinion.

-

#klept

GDTheme: KleptWatch

"The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners—and the crude vulgarity of their way of life."

— Edward Abbey

#klept

GDTheme: KleptWatch

via @breadandcircuses:

-

BREAKING -- We have obtained a quote from the keynote speech at the World Economic Forum being held at Davos.

-

#klept

GDTheme: KleptWatch

#klept

via @flyswatter:

GDTheme: KleptWatch

Lots of stories this week about how the Davos billionaires are using all the Covid mitigations the rest of us, somehow, are not.

My contribution then is this from last September, about how American Covid-19 leadership is concentrated in Massachusetts.

Concerned parents Ashish Jha and Rochelle Walensky both live in Newton, MA.

Where all the children's schoolplace Covid protections are far above average.

#klept

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/09/how-ashish-jha-rochelle-walensky-newton-ma-protect-their-children-from-covid-but-not-yours.html

How Ashish Jha and Rochelle Walensky of Newton, MA Protect Their Children from Covid (But not Yours) | naked capitalism

But Jha and Walensky aren't the only residents of Newton, thank heavens.

naked capitalism

GDTheme: KleptWatch

@StillIRise1963:

"Not one of the names of the powerful white men who committed crimes with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell has seen the light of day."

#klept

https://maly.io/@StillIRise1963@mastodon.world/109706742039874281

StillIRise1963 (@[email protected])

Not one of the names of the powerful white men who committed crimes with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell has seen the light of day.

Mastodon

GDTheme: KleptWatch

Debt-Ridden 4th-Grader Shouldn’t Have Recklessly Invested In Lunch

SAN ANTONIO—Saying a series of fiscally irresponsible decisions had led to the local 10-year-old’s present insolvency, top financial analysts stated Tuesday that debt-ridden fourth-grader Daniel Brown should have stopped himself from recklessly investing in so many school lunches.

"financially carelessness children often learn from the example set by their parents"

(cont.)

#klept

https://www.theonion.com/debt-ridden-4th-grader-shouldn-t-have-recklessly-invest-1848768727

Debt-Ridden 4th-Grader Shouldn’t Have Recklessly Invested In Lunch

SAN ANTONIO—Saying a series of fiscally irresponsible decisions had led to the local 10-year-old’s present insolvency, top financial analysts stated Tuesday that debt-ridden fourth-grader Daniel Brown should have stopped himself from recklessly investing in so many school lunches. “Instead of asking whether it was…

The Onion

GDTheme: KleptWatch

CEOs Explain Why They Oppose A 4-Day Workweek

18-quote slideshow, from The Onion

“Studies show people with two days off tend to just get drunk and watch TV, but people with three days off tend to organize nationwide militant wildcat strikes.”

— Howard Schultz (Starbucks)

“Our employees are more than welcome to take time off from their second or third jobs.”

— Doug McMillon (Walmart)

#klept

https://www.theonion.com/ceos-explain-why-they-oppose-a-4-day-workweek-1849920651

CEOs Explain Why They Oppose A 4-Day Workweek

While European companies have begun experimenting with four-day workweeks, American companies have yet to adopt the practice. The Onion asked American CEOs to explain why they oppose a shorter workweek, and this is what they said.

The Onion