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UK tracking children of illegal immigrants

jeudi 29 décembre 2016 à 01:00

The UK government has converted public schooling into a system for tracking children of illegal immigrants.

The express purpose of this is to "create hostility" in the school system.

They will respond by keeping their children out of school.

Slaves on Thai fishing boats

jeudi 29 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Thai fishing boats operated by slave labor now operate for long periods far in the ocean, transferring their catch to other ships to be ferried to land. This way, the fishing boats escape from all laws, and slaves can never escape.

Greenpeace reports that this provides an entry path for tainted seafood, and urges prohibition of the practice of transferring caught fish to transport ships.

Technology has made fishing ever more efficient, and the result is overfishing, as well as idleness for many fishing boats. More efficiency in fishing is the last thing we need.

The war in Syria

jeudi 29 décembre 2016 à 01:00

With various sides eager to lie, and willing to kill journalists, the war in Syria is endangering our ability to find out the truth about the events of war.

Conspiracy theories about the Middle East

jeudi 29 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Refuting six common conspiracy theories about the Middle East.

Democratic politicians and Wall Street

jeudi 29 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Powerful Democratic politicians still want to serve Wall Street.