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Urgent: Stop condemnation of criticism of Israeli colonization

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Everyone: call on the Anti-Defamation League to stop condemning criticism of Israeli colonization in Palestine, and focus on its proper mission, fighting against antisemitism and other bigotry.

Urgent: Oppose Exxon CEO as secretary of state

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

US citizens: oppose putting Exxon in charge of US diplomacy.

Dangerous drivers who kill

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Australia plans to sentence drivers to life in prison if they kill someone by driving while speeding or holding a phone, or while drunk, etc.
If the goal is to discourage drivers from doing those dangerous things, this approach is big on harshness but low on effectiveness. Only a tiny fraction of people that today drive speeding, holding a phone, or drunk, will cause actual harm and be punished for it. The rest tell themselves, "Nothing will go wrong", so they don't worry about what the penalty would be if something did go wrong.
The the effective way to discourage those dangerous behaviors is to apply a small punishment more often. If 10% of the people who did one of these things on any given day were sentenced to one night in jail, almost all of them would soon learn not to do it any more. Even 1% might be enough, since everyone would know people who were caught.

Google search completion

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Bigots have tricked Google search completion into promoting bigotry sites that attack women and Jews.

Punitive Medicaid plan

mercredi 7 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Trump's choice to administer Medicare and Medicaid designed Indiana's Medicaid plan, which was intended to shaft poor people.