What's Left #37

What's Left
for the week of November 3-9, 2017

This week:

Good News: courts blocks military ban on transgenders
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/judge-blocks-trump-transgender-military-ban/index.html
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/357827-court-partially-blocks-trumps-directive-on-transgender-military-ban

Good News: white supremacist rallies fizzle
http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/10/28/white-lives-matter-rally-murfreesboro-tn-live-updates-shelbyville-tn-stream-video/804380001/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-supremacist-rallies-tennessee_us_59f48222e4b07fdc5fbe7286

Good News: wilderness protected; cities go 100% renewable
https://earthjustice.org/blog/2017-september/earthjustice-wins-16-year-long-battle-to-protect-forests-the-size-of-nebraska
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/26/1710037/-Here-are-the-5-cities-and-towns-in-the-U-S-running-on-100-percent-renewable-energy?detail=emaildkre

Not Good News: CO2 levels reach record high; ocean plastic bigger hazard then thought
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41778089
https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/greenhouse-gas-concentrations-surge-new-record
http://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Corals-eat-plastic-because-we-ve-made-it-tasty-12317049.php

On the nature of capitalism
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/verizon-kicks-8500-rural-customers-off-network-for-using-roaming-data/
https://slate.com/business/2017/10/no-chipotle-isnt-paying-workers-too-little.html
https://theintercept.com/2017/10/20/bofa-downgrades-chipotle-complaining-it-pays-workers-too-much-chipotle-says-thats-bunk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyfIrDhRKPw
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21250448/nfl-sponsor-papa-john-not-happy-anthem-protests

We Are Not Alone: Kenya, Kiribati
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/kenya-faces-poll-challenges-divisions-remain-171101111316676.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/kenya-supreme-court-annuls-result-presidential-polls-170901084743579.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/elections-exhaust-kenya-democracy-challenged-50880722
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001258851/uhuru-kenyatta-wins-repeat-election-with-7-4-million-votes
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001258869/raila-has-previously-indicated-national-resistance-movement-could-explore-civil-disobedience-to-pressure-government
https://www.tuko.co.ke/256674-nasa-governors-approve-formation-peoples-assembly.html#256674
https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2017/10/kiribati-the-angry-sea-will-kill-us-all/

Clown Award: Mike Shoesmith
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/swiss-investor-america-rich-white-people
https://www.yahoo.com/news/millionaire-trump-adviser-says-americans-212553877.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/203183/percentage-distribution-of-household-income-in-the-us/
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/latest-news/article178813586.html
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-allied-pastor-carl-gallups-says-women-are-sexually-assaulting-men-by-dressing-provocatively/

On the push for war with North Korea
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/10/25/a-north-korean-electromagnetic-pulse-attack-could-wipe-out-90-percent-of-us-population-expert-warns-congress/23255228/
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/10/26/new-report-sheds-light-on-north-koreas-deadly-biological-weapons/23257005/
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/29/pentagon-chief-says-north-korea-engages-in-outlaw-behavior.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/mattis-how-us-would-respond-north-korea-nuclear-missile-launch2017-10
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/03/trump-asks-why-us-cant-use-nukes-msnbcs-joe-scarborough-reports.html
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-spokesperson-why-have-nuclear-weapons-if-youre-afraid-to-use-them-93326ed80697/
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/mount-mantap-north-korea-nuclear-tests-20171020.html?mobi=true
http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-nuclear-test-site-collapse-killed-200-people-report-696878