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Monday December 2nd, 2019 day edition

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Grandmother dumps burnt remains of home at Parliament House in climate change protest.

A woman has brought the charred remains of her bushfire-ravaged home to Parliament House in Canberra, accusing both major political parties of failing to act on climate change.

Key points: Melinda Plesman says there is a lack of leadership on climate change on both sides of Parliament.

Ms Plesman wants a bipartisan approach to addressing climate change.

The grandmother brought fire-blackened items salvaged from her burnt her home to Canberra to show Prime Minister Scott Morrison what she said was the direct result of climate change.

"We weren't allowed to mention climate change and then [Mr Morrison] said that he was praying for us.

Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, demonstration, climate-change, environment, government-and-politics, political-parties, liberals, liberal-national-party, alp, canberra-2600, act, australia, nymboida-2460, nsw. »

What Pick-Up Lines Work Best (on Men)?

Authored by psychologytoday.com

[...] Our findings suggest that direct lines are preferred over flippant and innocuous lines, with the innocuous lines being the least preferred.".

They found that direct pick-up lines were most successful, flippant pick-up lines were second most successful, and innocuous lines were least likely to be judged as effective.

And, although direct pick-up lines were preferred overall, the results changed for women who were perceived as less attractive. »

Bernie Sanders Wants to ‘Break Up’ ICE

Authored by nytimes.com

“The Trump administration’s treatment of immigration exclusively as a criminal and national security matter is inhumane, impractical and must end,” the Sanders campaign wrote.

“As president, Bernie Sanders would make undocumented immigration a civil matter, and fundamentally reform the government agencies tasked with enforcing immigration law in a way that views immigration as a historically valued process that’s woven into our country’s fabric.”.

A President Sanders would not need congressional approval for the raft of executive actions detailed in his immigration proposals. »

300+ Trump ads taken down by Google, YouTube

Authored by cbsnews.com
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60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl asked Wojcicki, "Have you taken down any of President Trump's ads at all?"

YouTube's CEO responded, "There are ads of President Trump that were not approved to run on Google or YouTube."

We found that over 300 video ads were taken down by Google and YouTube, mostly over the summer, for violating company policy. »

Rosa Parks honored with a statue in Montgomery, Alabama

Authored by edition.cnn.com

(CNN) Rosa Parks was honored with a new statue in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, 64 years to the day she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a city bus.

Sunday marks the second annual Rosa Parks Day in Alabama, after the Legislature approved the honor for the civil rights icon last year.

A statue of Rosa Parks, seen here, is unveiled in Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, December 1, 2019. »