okay decaf day
But still the same thoughts, confusion abounds in, UK we are being sold a voice of 8.00 pound an hour if Labour win the next general election
Yippeeeeeeeeeee? Whilst the more financially adept go and purchase the latest 1.5 billion yacht and the NHS under the trans Atlantic agreement will
eventually become privatised as the political protection of the NHS is dissolved, so there goes the 8.00 an hour minimum wage on further Tax &
national insurance.
Decaf pun accepted, but really what is going on…………
Distribution of wealth the scale is crazy or am I just bitter and jealous.
Tolerance is the danger we have ignored to our peril consent is the enemy within each and every one of us, as we squander our human rights deceived by
the slowly shrinking comfort of credit and false belief in ownership new fracking laws
Fracking is exempt from key federal environmental regulations.
The federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 contained a provision that has come to be known as the "Halliburton Loophole," an exemption for gas drilling and
extraction from requirements in the underground injection control (UIC) program of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Other exemptions are also
present in the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act.
Some natural gas companies are not acting in good faith.
• A recent Congressional investigation has found that 32 million gallons of diesel fuel have been illegally injected into the ground as a fracking
chemical in 19 different states from 2005 to 2009. Diesel fuel is believed to be particularly damaging to water supplies, and because of this, remains
the only fracking chemical still regulated under the UIC program of the SDWA.
• Despite their claims that the chemicals used in the fracking process is safe, some drilling companies have consistently refused to provide a
comprehensive list of the chemical additives used in fracking fluid.
Fracking is exempt from state water use regulations.
Michigan recently joined other Great Lakes states in passing the Great Lakes Compact, an agreement limiting large water withdrawals. Despite the fact
that each fracking well can use up to five million gallons of locally-sourced water, the practice is exempt from regulation under the legislation
implementing the Compact.
cleanwater.org...
Why can state/ government decide our backyards are there for the taking?
The UN Human Rights Council Moves Away from Decades of Legal and Societal Progress
Geneva, 29 June 2014 – On 27 June, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted a resolution on the “protection of the family” which could
seriously undermine not only international standards on gender equality and women’s rights, but also the right to non-discrimination on the grounds
of sexual orientation and gender identity.
“The resolution adopted on Friday purposefully ignores the heterogeneity of families existing around the world, including single parent, childless
and same-sex families”, said Sheila Muwanga, FIDH Vice-President. “Through a restrictive so-called ’traditional’ definition of the family, it
excludes the very persons it purports to protect”, she added.
This initiative was led by Egypt and Russia and supported by a group of states, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Sudan and Uganda [1]
“Moderate states should disassociate themselves from the path on which the most regressive states embarked”, said Karim Lahidji, FIDH President.
“Countries like South Africa, the Philippines or Brazil should act consistently with their national frameworks, which do afford protection to a wide
range of families. They should unambiguously reject attacks on international standards”, he added.
In many societies, the pretext of “protecting the family” has been, and is still, used to prevent women’s emancipation and deny gender equality.
HRC resolution A/HRC/26/L.20/Rev.1 creates a panel discussion on the “protection of the family and its members” to be held at its 27th session, in
September 2014. It was adopted after an amendment tabled by a group of states and aiming at recognizing the various forms of the family was excluded
from consideration by the Council through a “no-action motion”.
www.fidh.org...
Why......?
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