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  • nocturne@sopuli.xyztoWorld News@lemmy.world•US to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on south-east Asia solar panelsEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    The case was brought last year by the Korean company Hanwha Qcells, Arizona-based First Solar and several smaller solar panel makers in the US. They accused Chinese companies with factories in Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam of shipping panels priced below their cost of production, owing to unfair state subsidies.

    However, critics, including the Solar Energy Industries Association trade group, have said tariffs would harm US solar producers because they would raise prices on the imported cells that are assembled into panels at American factories.

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyztoWorld News@lemmy.world•Sharon Osbourne urges US to revoke Kneecap rappers’ visas after Israel criticismEnglish
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    2 days ago

    For anyone unfamiliar:

    War Pigs by Black Sabbath

    Generals gathered in their masses Just like witches at black masses Evil minds that plot destruction Sorcerer of death’s construction

    In the fields, the bodies burning As the war machine keeps turning Death and hatred to mankind Poisoning their brainwashed minds Oh, Lord, yeah

    Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor, yeah

    Time will tell on their power minds Making war just for fun Treating people just like pawns in chess Wait 'til their judgement day comes, yeah

    Now in darkness, world stops turning Ashes where their bodies burning No more war pigs have the power Hand of God has struck the hour

    Day of judgement, God is calling On their knees, the war pigs crawling Begging mercy for their sins Satan laughing, spreads his wings Oh, Lord, yeah

    The song was originally titled Walpurgis and they had to change the title.

    “Walpurgis is sort of like Christmas for Satanists. And to me, war was the big Satan”, said bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler. “It wasn’t about politics or government or anything. It was Evil itself. So I was saying ‘generals gathered in the masses / just like witches at black masses’ to make an analogy. But when we brought it to the record company, they thought ‘Walpurgis’ sounded too Satanic. And that’s when we turned it into ‘War Pigs’. But we didn’t change the lyrics, because they were already finished.”