Having first heard of pausing of highway construction projects in Iceland to consider the interests of the elves, one has noticed these stories popping up occasionally.  The same may happen in many Indigenous communities with less success, probably because cash has bought into positions of power, so many politicians with larceny in their hearts.  Apparently in Iceland this hasn’t happened as yet.

Oligarchs and politicians may know the price of everything and the value of nothing, and other people can’t be bought—–https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/21/heres-why-trump-wants-to-buy-greenland.html  –Greenland’s largest economic drivers are fishing and tourism, but the island has drawn rising interest due to its vast natural resources, including coal, zinc, copper, iron ore and rare minerals. There have been expeditions to assess the extent of the nation’s resources, but the true quantity is unknown.–end of cnbc info–
https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1495801548546445315       –Iceland held a funeral to mourn its first glacier lost to #climatechange. The impacts of the #climatecrisis are being felt all over the world. There is no time to waste, is no planet B. #ActOnClimate#climateemergency#Climate#energy#GreenNewDeal#BuildBackBetter#cop26–end of twitter info–
The first indication of independent thought one noticed in Iceland was when news reports came out about a halt to a road project to protect local elves   —  independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/road-project-in-iceland-delayed-to-protect-hidden-elves-9021768.html    –Elf advocates have joined forces with environmentalists to urge the Icelandic Road and Coastal Commission and local authorities to abandon a highway project because it might disturb the creatures’ habitat.–end of independent info—

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-lIiXGjehA       —  #QuestionMore#RTAmerica#WilliamShatner

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Meanwhile those who could work on Climate Change, economic inequality, human and environmental rights and democracy go about the oligarchical oligarchical pass time of imperialism and war—-    https://www.directleft.com/p/biden-expands-trumps-bloated-military?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMDE3MzU2LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0ODkxNjUwOCwiXyI6IitLaThuIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ1NTYxMTI5LCJleHAiOjE2NDU1NjQ3MjksImlzcyI6InB1Yi02MjcwMDUiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.kXxD8Lbq_NwghH-KjPZ2ahOcGA6utfGkf_RrwlBPEII&utm_source=url            –Against the backdrop of the drumbeat of war in Ukraine, Reuters reports:President Joe Biden is expected to ask Congress for a U.S. defense budget exceeding $770 billion for the next fiscal year as the Pentagon seeks to modernize the military, according to three sources familiar with the negotiations, eclipsing the record budget requests by former President Donald Trump. The budget would benefit the biggest U.S. defense contractors including Lockheed, Northrop Grumman Corp and General Dynamics Corp.–end of directleft info–
Oligarchs are of the hierarchy and democracy is not compatible with their interests.  American oligarchs are informing We The People that they will feel pain because democracy isn’t free.  Surely not when you are infected with capitalism.
Russian oligarchs and US oligarchs know where the natural resources exist…….democracy indeed……local communities around the globe and including the USA are just in the way of the progress defined in terms of greed, exploitation, and privilege.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/595247-biden-administration-announces-mineral-supply-chain-push?utm_source=Energy+News+Network+daily+email+digests&utm_campaign=7c80202711-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_11_11_46_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_724b1f01f5-7c80202711-89263427  –“The U.S. is increasingly dependent on foreign sources for many of the processed versions of these minerals,” it added, particularly referencing China’s dominance on materials like lithium and cobalt. –end of thehill info–
https://eng.minerals-ua.info/golovna/metalichni-korisni-kopalini/#:~:text=Deposits%20of%20iron%2C%20manganese%2C%20uranium,%2C%20cadmium%2C%20silver%2C%20and%20rare   —
The territory of Ukraine by the metallogenic zoning is divided into the following metallogenic provinces: Ukrainian Shield, Dniprovsko-Donetska metallogenic province, Dnister – Fore Black Sea metallogenic province, Carpathian-Crimean metallogenic province.–end of eng info–

https://portside.org/2022-02-21/why-white-house-stopped-telling-truth-about-inflation-and-corporate-power     –The Washington Post reports that when the prepared congressional testimony of a senior administration official (Janet Yellen?) was recently circulated inside the White House, it included a passage tying inflation to corporate consolidation and monopoly power. But that language was deleted from the remarks before they were delivered.–end of portside info–
Who can’t recognize as metaphor the notion of the environmental devastation and loss of human life in order to defend commercial ideology by oligarchs, in the very straight-forward expression of concern for nature and people as symbolized by stories of protection of elves?
That industry and oligarchs can’t hear the poetry of people and nature doesn’t mean that oligarchs and industry have the right to harm either.
Along with Climate Change, many people oppose the imperialism of the USA under control of the Republican/Democratic duopoly.  Use of the wealth of our nation should be to enhance quality of life for We The People rather than for imperialism.  Some people vote accordingly.

I———————–We can do better———-That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.
    https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud–LEAGUE REFUSES TO “HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD”

WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE–end of lwv info–Murray Bookchin, who founded social ecology, a theory that strongly influenced early Green Socialist thought, strongly advocated the discussion and study group as the first step of any revolutionary movement. A group of individuals meets to expand their knowledge of radical thought and form a radical intellectual community; through the give and take of discussion, can eventually form ideas for next steps in organizing and political activity. According to Bookchin, study groups help create solidarity and a shared language — with a shared coherent vision — for building a mass, organizing, political movement!
Along with Climate Change, many people oppose the imperialism of the USA under control of the Republican/Democratic duopoly.  Use of the wealth of our nation should be to enhance quality of life for We The People rather than for imperialism.  Some people vote accordingly.I———————–That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.