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Ferdi Magellan<p>The USA is no longer our friend. At what point does it become our enemy. It flies its soldiers and its weapons in and out of the country in secret. They need to be evicted ASAP. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/PineGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PineGap</span></a> Is the “poisoned heart of Australia” </p><p>“Some of the world’s best fighters and bombers, and Osprey hybrid aircraft, now regularly fly into Darwin and nearby <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ShoalBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShoalBay</span></a> Receiving Station and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RAAFTindal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAAFTindal</span></a> in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Katherine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Katherine</span></a>, with huge ships coming down from a US base in Okinawa, Japan.</p><p>…</p><p>“The Defence Satellite Communication Station at <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Geraldton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geraldton</span></a> in Western Australia, along with <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Kojarena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kojarena</span></a> 20km inland, was one of Australia’s spy bases. It is now shared with two large American operational military communication systems that pull down information on Indonesian and Chinese satellites from the sky. This is part of the Five Eyes surveillance system used in Iraq and Afghanistan…</p><p>”Australia paid $800 million for one of the satellites used by this system. But if America does not approve of an operation the Australian Defence Force requests, for example in Timor, it can turn off our access, says Prof Tanter.</p><p>“The US also has access to the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Delamere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Delamere</span></a> Air Weapons range and the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BradshawRanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BradshawRanges</span></a> (which are the size of Cyprus) in the NT, and the multinational training facility of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ShoalwaterBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShoalwaterBay</span></a> in Rockhampton, which boasts a mock town complete with pub, mosque and church…</p><p>“Mr Doherty believes there are effectively almost 50 joint bases from <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Broome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broome</span></a> in WA to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Richmond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Richmond</span></a> in NSW, since the US can use all Australian bases in a poorly defined “emergency”, and regularly does. The government insists there are only two joint bases, Pine Gap and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NorthWestCape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthWestCape</span></a>, since troops rotate out of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Darwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darwin</span></a> — a claim Prof Tanter slams as “specious”.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/ADF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADF</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/IPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPAN</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/IndependentAndPeacefulAustraliaNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentAndPeacefulAustraliaNetwork</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USMilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMilitary</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TraitorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraitorTrump</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PresidentMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentMusk</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FiveEyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiveEyes</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/us-military-bases-in-australia-protecting-us-or-putting-us-at-risk/news-story/274681984ca0959242829f9da8fa338e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">news.com.au/technology/innovat</span><span class="invisible">ion/us-military-bases-in-australia-protecting-us-or-putting-us-at-risk/news-story/274681984ca0959242829f9da8fa338e</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Tribes Sue Six Oil Giants for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDeception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDeception</span></a></p><p>"These oil companies knew their products were dangerous, yet they did nothing to mitigate those dangers or warn any of us about them, for decades," said the chairwoman of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShoalwaterBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShoalwaterBay</span></a> Indian Tribe. </p><p>Julia Conley<br>Dec 20, 2023</p><p>"Two Indigenous tribes in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a> said Wednesday that they intend to force several oil giants 'to help pay for the high costs of surviving the catastrophe caused by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a>,' as they filed lawsuits in the state's largest trial court.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Makah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Makah</span></a> Indian Tribe and Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe filed two separate complaints in King County Superior Court against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonMobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonMobil</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BP</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConocoPhillips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConocoPhillips</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Phillips66" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phillips66</span></a>, saying the defendants must be held 'accountable for their deceptive and unfair conduct, and pay for the damage their deceptive conduct has caused and will cause for decades to come.'</p><p>"The lawsuits—among dozens filed against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> since 2017—detail the extent to which the companies have long known that their fossil fuel extraction would drive planetary heating and the resulting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> crises, and other impacts of the climate crisis, which now costs the U.S. roughly $150 billion per year just in damages from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hurricanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanes</span></a> and other weather disasters.</p><p>"'We are seeing the effects of the climate crisis on our people, our land, and our resources. The costs and consequences to us are overwhelming,' said Timothy Greene Sr., chairman of the Makah Tribal Council. 'We intend to hold these companies accountable for hiding the truth about climate change and the effects of burning fossil fuels.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/tribes-sue-oil-companies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/tribes-s</span><span class="invisible">ue-oil-companies</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandStewards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandStewards</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Stewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stewardship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNews</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a></p>
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