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Banks unpunished for giant frauds

mardi 10 janvier 2017 à 01:00

The US Department of Justice is letting banks off the hook for giant frauds with inadequate fines.

Cluster bombs from Brazil

mardi 10 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Now Yemen gets its cluster bombs from Brazil.

The Sarin gas used by Syrian rebels

mardi 10 janvier 2017 à 01:00

In 2015, two Turkish members of parliament accused the Turkish state of shielding people who provided Sarin gas to Syrian rebels.

This was originally published in the newspaper Today's Zaman, which was shut down arbitrarily by the Turkish government earlier this year.

This accords with claims made by Seymour Hersh.

Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, describes how Obama recognized these facts and cancelled the plan for military intervention in Syria.

The DMCA

mardi 10 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Dishonest publishing lobbyists are trying to recruit the troll to make the DMCA even worse.

I was delighted to see that the article recognizes the absurdity of the term "intellectual property". I've been explaining this to people for 12 years now.

The article refers to misrepresentation of the US Constitution regarding copyright law.

See https://gnu.org/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html for how I treat that point.

Troll's nominee for peace negotiations

mardi 10 janvier 2017 à 01:00

The troll has nominated a man with no diplomatic experience to supervise peace negotiations with Israel and Palestine.

The nominee is well suited to that sinecure, since Netanyahu has already rejected peace and has not held any serious negotiations for many years.