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The loser's first act as president

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

The loser's first act, as president, was to raise taxes on homebuyers.

Canadian marchers blocked

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Canadians intending to march in Washington today were blocked from entering the US, as immigration agents stretched the truth to generate an excuse.

French and British people coming with them were permanently barred from the US.

Agents also searched their car and phones for hours—obviously for no reason but to harass them. The agents glory in the power to harass with impunity. They are a disgrace to their country.

Don't forget the unprovoked beating of Canadian writer Peter Watts when he tried to visit the US.

The meaning of citizenship and democracy

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

On the meaning of citizenship and democracy.

Immigrants are not a burden on the national treasury, because they contribute to it. There are, however, two resources that they strain: housing space and farmland.

The footprint on housing and farmland of one immigrant is no different from the burden of one native-born inhabitant. To limit those footprints is a matter of curbing the future population, not immigration as such.

The new American Left

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

"The American left will be reborn under President Trump."

The loser is encouraging nationalisms

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

The loser is encouraging nationalisms that are sure to lead to conflicts.

US hegemony kept many of these conflicts down, but it has been getting increasingly ineffective ever since Dubya's invasion of Iraq.