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Our low expectations of airlines

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

We don't expect airlines to behave decently, so it is news when one does.

Airlines' reduction of seat space tends to provoke air rage, and that it follows that airlines share the culpability for it. Most people take for granted, in such cases, that the culpability must fall on one or the other; that assumption means letting one or the other off the hook.

North Korea faces new sanctions

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

North Korea faces new sanctions, supported by China, in response to its nuclear test in September.

Internet Archive to make backup in Canada

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

The Internet Archive will create a backup copy in Canada as protection against the danger of being trumped by censorship.

Tracking of users' movements by Uber

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Uber has started tracking users' movements before and after rides.

It is unacceptable for a ride service to localize identified people ever. The fact that Uber knows passengers' names is already inexcusable.

Taking away medical care

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Trump's choice for Health and Human Services (Tom Price) would like to take away non-wealthy people's medical care. Trump will offer them small tax credits as a partial substitute.
Price aims to enrich those who get rich from medical care.
He is also a fanatical activist against women's rights, including birth control, and opposed a law to help protect women from domestic violence.
Poor rural citizens of Kentucky, who voted for Trump, are now afraid of what he will do to the health insurance that Obama gave them.
The article uses the word "moron", but I think that is uncalled for. It's not that these people are stupid, but that they asked to be fooled. What they lack is sense.