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Global heating to worsen US groundwater shortage

samedi 20 février 2016 à 01:00

Global heating will make the groundwater shortage worse in parts of the US.

Investigating one suspect

samedi 20 février 2016 à 01:00

A judge ordered Apple to change the software in a suspect's iThing so that investigators can try more than 10 different passwords.

(I say "suspect", because legally that's what's pertinent; but there is little doubt that this suspect, now deceased, was guilty of murder.)

I do not object to this in principle, because it is part of investigating one suspect and doesn't imply snooping on everyone.

Sit-in strike in Lexmark factory

samedi 20 février 2016 à 01:00

Workers fired from a Lexmark factory in Mexico are holding a sit-in strike.

When NAFTA gave Lexmark the option of moving its factory to Mexico, it gave Lexmark the option of treating workers like dirt. I have nothing against hiring Mexicans; I object to mistreating workers in any country or paying them so little.

Tracking voters

samedi 20 février 2016 à 01:00

The practice of tracking voters through massive surveillance threatens further danger to democracy as well.

The pragmatic case for voting for Sanders

samedi 20 février 2016 à 01:00

The pragmatic case for voting for Sanders: Clinton is less electable, and her vaunted "experience" consists of supporting hawks and plutocrats.