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FARC peace deal

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Colombia has signed a revised peace deal with the FARC.
This time, without a referendum. I hope the people accept the peace.

Trump's army of bullies

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Gamergate, in 2014, was the training campaign for Trump's army of bullies.
The other Trump supporters provide a sea of people in which the bullies can swim. They disapprove of the bullying, but they never go so far as to make the bullies go away.

Why recounts are essential

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Greg Palast explains why the recounts are essential: so many ways that ballots can be counted wrong, or rejected entirely.

Zero tolerance in schools

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Sexual harassment and even assault are widespread in schools in the UK. Teachers want action to protect students.
I support that demand, but adopting a policy of "zero tolerance" in a school is asking for trouble no matter what issue it's about. We don't want children to bring weapons to school, but "zero tolerance" for weapons leads to things like kicking children out for pictures of guns.

Texas fetus burials

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

The Texas requirement to bury or cremate fetuses as if they were human beings is extremely cruel to women who have abortions -- or miscarriages.
And if the women have to pay for this sick ceremony, it will put some of them out on the street.
Perhaps hospitals and abortion clinics can arrange to bury 100 fetuses at a time -- at least that way it won't cost much, and the women won't be required to come and dwell on the situation.