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Clinton

dimanche 17 juillet 2016 à 02:00

Clinton has now adopted most of the points of Sanders' plan for funding college education.

Will Democrats Get It Right on Climate Before It's Too Late?

I am sad to say I think Clinton is being paid to prevent this.

Very urgent: Veto the DARK Act

samedi 16 juillet 2016 à 02:00

Phone President Obama and urge him to veto the DARK Act.

Call 202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414 to leave your comment! The comment line is open from 9am - 5pm ET Monday through Friday

I've seen a recommendation to say something like this:

I urge President Obama to veto the sham GMO labeling bill heading to his desk from the House. The FDA has commented that this bill would not even cover most current GMO foods. So it is a non-labeling bill masquerading as a labeling bill. The bill is also profoundly discriminatory. Instead of mandating clear on-package labels, this bill gives corporations the power to hide GE labeling behind digital QR codes that can only be read by smart phones.

We need a GMO labeling law that actually applies to all the GE foods in the marketplace and that assures the right to know of every American. Please veto this discriminatory and poorly written bill. Send it back to Congress until they get it right.
I suggest adding that the motivation for the bill, to keep Americans in the dark, is hostile to the public.

Very urgent: Demand network neutrality

samedi 16 juillet 2016 à 02:00

Citizens of the EU: tell the European Commission you demand network neutrality.

I suggest you state also that true network neutrality means that ISPs are not allowed to inspect or save the contents of any communication.

You could also mention that your opinion of whether the European Union ought to be continued or eliminated will depend on how it handles issues such as this one.

Existential Risks Are More Likely to Kill You Than Terrorism

vendredi 15 juillet 2016 à 02:00

The best thinkers estimate a chance of 10%, or 25%, or maybe 50% that some event will wipe out humanity during this century, killing you among others if you're still alive at the time. That is much more likely than many risks that people take care to avoid, such as car accidents.

As for terrorism, the chance you will be killed by that minuscule.

For the most part, the threats of human extinction don't inspire us to action because they are imponderable: we don't know what we could do to protect ourselves from them.

However, there are two noteworthy exceptions. We know how to campaign to abolish nuclear weapons, and we can campaign for strong action to curb global heating. That would reduce two significant possibilities for killing all, or a large fraction, of humanity.

Give cops 24hr notice before sex

vendredi 15 juillet 2016 à 02:00

A man in the UK has been ordered to inform the thug department 24 hours before having sex, including precisely who with and where. This because he was found not guilty of rape.

This effectively means a life of celibacy.

He also faces a lifetime ban from the internet, more or less, and the state also demands to see the pin of his phone.

He is threatening to go on hunger strike.