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The infant lies about inauguration crowd size

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

The infant lies even about what we can all see: the size of the crowd at the inauguration.

The infant's press secretary repeated the lies. It is an outright declaration of war against the idea of truth.

I reject the use of the term "Groucho Marxist" to describe this. Groucho's comedy wasn't a lie, it was humorous fiction. His good name should not be tarred by association with the troll.

The proper term for overt political contempt for truth is Orwell's term, "blackwhiting".

Women's Protest interviews

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Interviews with participants in Saturday's Women's Protest, around the world.

Zaghari-Ratcliffe will be imprisoned

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will be imprisoned for five years for working with the BBC. According to Iran, the BBC is some sort of plot to overthrow the government. Her trial was a sham.

Any Islamist government is the enemy of human rights, so overthrowing it would generally be an advance for humanity.

Banning abortions after 20 weeks

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Republicans in several states are passing laws to ban abortions after 20 weeks. This would force some women to carry gravely damaged fetuses to term.

The legislators cite junk science as an excuse.

Amazon and Google Listening In

mercredi 25 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Amazon and Google are competing for the chance to listen to people's homes.

Be wise—choose "none of the above".