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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Question: why would a US tech millionaire who also has a Montana cattle ranch send 90K US to the so called Canadian "Freedom Convoy" to support their alleged
protest about vaccination mandates, even as he mandates vaccinations and has other protections for covid for all employees in his tech business?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/12/14/how-climate-change-helps-violent-nonstate-actors-pub-88637" target="_blank">https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/12/14/how-climate-change-helps-violent-nonstate-actors-pub-88637</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Danny Beaton <beatondanny@yahoo.ca>
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<b>Sent:</b> December 28, 2022 3:11 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fw: Hi Danny, I thought this article might be interesting to you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">To:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> Danny Beaton <<a href="mailto:beatondanny@yahoo.ca">beatondanny@yahoo.ca</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> Wednesday, December 28, 2022, 01:54:43 p.m. EST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> Re: Hi Danny, I thought this article might be interesting
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Yes, all signs point to this unfortunately. This analysis helped me reflect more deeply about questions I have about current political behaviors, such as the
question of why a US tech millionaire who also has a Montana cattle ranch would send 90K US to the so called Canadian "Freedom Convoy" to support their alleged protest about vaccination mandates, even as he mandates vaccinations and has other protections
for covid for all employees in his tech business. It helps me to reflect on other questions like why would Elon Musk and the Saudi's paid so much to have ownership of Twitter, and then use it as an alt-right and QAnon propaganda tool, and why are MAGA politicians
buying stock in weapons industries like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, even as they foment domestic terrorism, insurrection, and an anti-vaccination agenda that is clearly against the better interests of the public welfare. I've got a million questions, and
this article offers an interesting point of view to examine them from. My daughter describes current efforts to manage climate change as "it's like we're picking out patterns for the cushions on the lounge chairs on the Titanic", and I can't dispute that.
Anyway, enjoy your New Year's , and let's hope for a better 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 8:16 AM Danny Beaton <<a href="mailto:beatondanny@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">beatondanny@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">i agree with this thanks a lot and ive used some this organization in one of my articles again thanks we are on the coarse of a ecological collapse i hate to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">It certainly made me think about a lot of recent political activity supporting militia movements in the US and Canada, and other very crazy seeming national
and international activity. You may have already seen it since you're so involved in environmental issues, but in case you hadn't, I figured I'd draw your attention to it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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