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War hawk party

lundi 11 juillet 2016 à 02:00

Under Clinton, the Democratic Party is the war hawk party.

Right-wing extremist

lundi 11 juillet 2016 à 02:00

A right-wing extremist assassinated an MP who stood for remaining in the EU.

This was an act of terrorism.

In the US, the danger of right-wing terrorism is roughly equal to that of Islamist terrorism, though both are rather small dangers for people in general. The Orlando massacre seems to have been a mixture of the two.

Understanding the Death of Jo Cox Requires Nuance, Not Agendas.

Food shortages in Venezuela

lundi 11 juillet 2016 à 02:00

500 women in San Cristóbal, Venezuela, pushed across the bridge into Cúcuta (Colombia) because they couldn't buy any food in San Cristóbal.

When I went from Colombia to Venezuela that way, in July 2014, people simply walked across the bridge in either direction, with no passport control. I was required to go to an office a few blocks away from the bridge for some official formalities, perhaps because I was a US citizen and was going to travel further in Venezuela.

At the time, I heard that there was a lot of smuggling. Goods, including gasoline, were subsidized in Venezuela, so people bought them there and sold them in Colombia at the market price.

There were already some shortages in Venezuala, but they were only for a few goods, and there were usually substitutes. For instance, you couldn't find penne but you could find spaghetti. Now the shortages have become a serious problem.

President Maduro is doing a lousy job on the economy, and increasingly infringes the human rights of the opposition. I support replacing him.

Dishonest, scheming nature of large US ISPs

lundi 11 juillet 2016 à 02:00

Large US ISPs trick or corrupt apartment landlords into imposing one-ISP exclusivity on the tenants.

This illustrates the dishonest, scheming nature of many businesses. To stop them, we need to stop expecting them to act in good faith. For instance, it should be a crime for a business to put prohibited clauses in contracts with customers or employees.

Biodiversity preservation targets

lundi 11 juillet 2016 à 02:00

Governments pledged in 2010 to cut the rate of loss of biodiversity, but they are not on track to meet the targets.