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Day 15 #OpEd reminder of who benefits from #LNP ☢️ policy

Thu 31 Oct, 2024.

#PeterDutton says his office asked whether billionaire (Oligarch) #GinaRinehart's jet was available for event: #OppositionLeader Peter Dutton has admitted his own error after saying he had never requested access to billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart's #PrivateJet in his travels.”

Mr Dutton has previously #declared flights provided by #HancockProspecting, owned by Ms #Rinehart, but on Tuesday said "no" when asked if he had ever personally asked to be flown courtesy of the nation's #richest woman.

#LNP / #Nationals / #Liberals / #Oligharchs / #Corporations / #MultiNationals / #Nuclear ☢️ / #NuclearWaste ☢️ / #NuclearPower ☢️ <abc.net.au/news/2024-10-31/lib>

alojapan.com/1238168/millennia Millennial Spent $38k to Travel With Dog to Japan on a Private Jet #Advertisement #BusinessInsider #dog #GladysTsoi #Hershey #Japan #JapanTrips #journey #Kumamoto #PrivateJet #SecondTrip #story #Tokyo #ToyPoodle #trip #trips #year This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gladys Tsoi, a 29-year-old dog owner and investment banker based in Hong Kong. This essay has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider verified Tsoi’…

I was casually scrolling through @ZuckJet (Zuckerberg’s private jet’s flights) and of course I got mad for the absurd amount of pollution one asshole can generate, but then I started asking myself: “what’s this place in Bozeman, Montana he flies to so frequently?”

I looked it up, and the answer I got is even more infuriating.

How could we, as humanity, allow places like this to exist and be accepted as normal?

#SkiResort #Zuckerberg #privateJet #flights #YellowstoneClub #resort #eatTheRich #taxTheRich #fuckMeta #eatBillionaries #fuckBillionaries

sfstandard.com/2022/12/25/the-

The San Francisco Standard · The ‘World’s Only Private Ski’ Resort, Where Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates Hit The SlopesWith all the money in the world, you might still struggle to get access to the Montana club.
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‘Used like taxis’: Soaring #PrivateJet flights drive up climate-heating emissions

"Analysis of 19m flights between 2019 and 2023 reveals 50% rise in #emissions, condemned as ‘gratuitous waste’."

Also: Why "efficiency gains" are bullshit:
"Industry expectations are that another 8,500 business jets will enter service by 2033, far outstripping efficiency gains and indicating that private flight emissions will rise even further."

theguardian.com/world/2024/nov

The Guardian · ‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissionsBy Damian Carrington

Is a public account, using public data, that tracks a celebrity jet (Elon Musk, Taylor Swift, Bill Gates etc) “stalking”, providing a "public service”, or is a benign ”curiosity”?

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#Musk #ElonJet #TaylorSwift #PrivateJet #Mastodon #Fediverse

The Verge: “Celebrity jet-tracking accounts have vanished from Threads and Instagram “
theverge.com/2024/10/22/242765

The Verge · Celebrity jet-tracking accounts disappear from Threads and InstagramBy Jess Weatherbed

Oh. I just got it.

Taylor Swift called on her followers to register to vote. Taylor Swift inspires young women who are more likely to vote left-wing.

So now I'm seeing a zillion re-posts of news articles about "Taylor Swift has a private jet: she is an evil polluting billionaire" because the right wing wants to suppress her political influence.

That's why we're seeing 'news' about just her jet, not anyone else's. It's a coordinated propaganda campaign.

#TaylorSwift is the greatest #environmental #polluter among celebrities in 2023 -
"Taylor Swift was already considered the biggest polluter among celebrities last year (2022). This year she has not improved - quite the opposite.
...
Swift's more than twelve flights in the past three months have caused 138 tons of #CO2 emissions. To compensate for this environmental damage, Taylor Swift would have to plant 2,282 trees and let them grow for 10 years. The flights consumed 12,622 gallons (the equivalent of 47,779 liters) of kerosene, which corresponds to a value of 70,779 US dollars - 64,230 euros."

I've tried, but I've never been able to warm up to Swift or her music. Now I know why.
...
"When it comes to love, no distance is too far for Taylor Swift - and no tonne of #CO2 #emissions too much. In 2022, the US singer was denounced for having the most environmentally damaging behavior among celebrities. In contrast to her colleagues, she had traveled the most miles in a private jet and thus left the largest carbon footprint. There has been no improvement this year. The reason for this is said to be her relationship.

For a few months now, Taylor Swift has been seen alongside football star Travis Kelce. The 34-year-old has been shuttling back and forth between New York and Kansas City for him in recent months. She has also boarded a plane between her tour stops in #SouthAmerica to travel to Kansas City. Several media outlets have reported this, referring to the Instagram channel "Taylor Swift's Jets", which tracks the private jet's routes."

(thanks to @SheDrivesMobility and @anna_lillith for bringing this to our attention) (article in German) t-online.de/unterhaltung/stars

www.t-online.de · Deswegen ist Taylor Swift auch in diesem Jahr die größte UmweltsünderinTaylor Swift galt bereits im vergangenen Jahr als größte Umweltsünderin unter den Promis. In diesem Jahr hat sie sich nicht gebessert – ganz im Gegenteil.

It's not a bad idea by any means. But 5,000 tons is about how much #billGates produces just through his #privateJet every year.
And if they make it to 50,000 next year (which *hopefully* they will), then that will take care of Roman Abramovich's #superyacht with enough left over for a baby yacht. #billionaires #climate #pollution
fortune.com/2023/11/13/bill-ga

Fortune · A Bill Gates-backed startup just launched that could remove 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by year endBy Michelle Ma
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Members typically must pay thousands of dollars to bring a guest. Several people ProPublica spoke to said that before the pandemic, they saw #ClarenceThomas there just about every year. ProPublica was able to confirm 6 trips #Thomas took to the retreat that he didn’t #disclose. Flight records suggest #HarlanCrow has repeatedly dispatched his #PrivateJet to VA to pick up Thomas & ferry him to the Sonoma County airport & back, usually for a long wknd in the middle of the Grove festival.

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While attending the #donor events would likely #violate the lower courts’ prohibition on #fundraising, experts said, #SCOTUS has a narrow internal definition of a fundraiser: an event that raises more money than it costs or where attendees are explicitly asked for money while the event’s happening.

On the Thurs before the Jan 2018 summit in Palm Springs, #Thomas flew there on a chartered #PrivateJet….

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That puts #Thomas in the extraordinary position of having served as a #fundraising draw for a network that has brought cases before the #SupremeCourt, including one of the most closely watched of the upcoming term.

Thomas never reported the 2018 flight to PalmSprings on his annual #financial #disclosure form, an apparent #violation of #federal #law…. A #Koch network spox said the network did not pay for the #PrivateJet. Since Thomas didn’t disclose it, it’s not clear who did pay.

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In his required annual #FinancialReport, #ClarenceThomas said he opted to fly on the #PrivateJet of his friend & #benefactor, #HarlanCrow, for ONE of the trips on the advice of his security detail. The justices faced heightened security risks, #Thomas noted, after the May, 2022 #leak of the court’s majority opinion to eliminate the nationwide right to #abortion & overturn #RoeVWade.

(except he took a number of similar travel gifts prior to the #Dobbs leak & decision)