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No drone apology

samedi 3 octobre 2015 à 02:00

The Obama regime is going to the mat to avoid apologizing to Faisal bin Ali Jaber, whose family was killed in a drone attack in Yemen.

Endocrine disruptors

samedi 3 octobre 2015 à 02:00

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics warns that we are filling the environment with chemicals that can have harmful effects at very low levels.

I presume this refers to endocrine disruptors, among others.

These chemicals are not poison in the usual sense; there is no danger you will ingest enough today to make you immediately sick. Rather, they cause birth defects, cancer, and various impairments, over the long term.

Dangers of lieware

samedi 3 octobre 2015 à 02:00

Samsung TVs seem to burn more energy in real use than in official tests. Is it because of lieware?

There are gray areas at the edges of lieware, which mislead in the same way but perhaps were not designed specifically to do so.

Compare with the issue of how banks could generate illegal practices, such as refusing home loans to blacks or in certain neighborhoods, through algorithms without explicitly programming them to exclude specific groups or neighborhoods.

Turkish journalist attacked

samedi 3 octobre 2015 à 02:00

Turkish journalist Ahmet Hakan, who has criticized the regime, was attacked by a gang outside his home. This was clearly a targeted political move, presumably arranged by Erdoğan's thugs.

Indonesian massacre

samedi 3 octobre 2015 à 02:00

50 years ago, the Indonesian army stirred up a massacre that killed up to a million people, with implicit US support.

The numbers killed are uncertain because Indonesia has discouraged investigation of the massacre.