wow. the article says not only workers or people living there, but also tourists. jfc
It is predicted that by 2020, almost a third of the people who passed through Wittenoom during the mines’ operating years would be diagnosed with a fatal disease caused by their dangerous exposures to blue asbestos.
even that name: “pat johnson” - a pseudonym he made up for her - is a like a teenage boy’s joke. ugh
And…
Archive version of the NYT piece: archive.ph
So, “Our copaganda was weak - my bad.” This whole thing is preaching to the choir, if one believes the articles describing how the MSM is complicit in helping pols to override the will of the people to increase corporate profits. Their story focuses on protecting the developers’ property and the safety of those involved in construction, instead of the destruction of the forest and environmental impact:
Just like the AP course changes, both are full of denial and erasure, promoting ignorance and willful blindness.
I have this great idea for an art project, it’s this series of itty bitty trebuchets mounted on the Tate Modern’s roof, and you can drop coins into a machine which will randomly distribute them, then yeet them towards those windows at random intervals. I think I’ll call it “look at all the damage money can do”
Also, 22-30 years in prison for each defendant. Let 'em rot.
Business Insider reported that an Ohio woman quit after asking Sheetz for time off to have work done to replace teeth she had lost “as a result of domestic abuse by an ex-spouse.” She said her manager at the convenience store wanted a “detailed timeline showing when the procedures would take place and how much they would cost.”
Please can we scramble a Zeppelin to pursue it?
On a related note, he’s also executive producer for the miniseries, Killing County, about the police scandal in Bakersfield, CA concerning the Ramirez family. Putting his money where his mouth is.
Beaver injected this message of hope and prevention with his Bobby Singer-esque style of giving good advice.
“Yeah, we all know the dumb jokes about the exam. You know what’s dumber? Getting prostate cancer when you could have prevented it. Don’t be an idjit. Get the digit. Be safe. Be smart.”