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Egyptian tour bombed

dimanche 20 septembre 2015 à 02:00

Mexican tourists say their Egyptian tour was bombed five times across three hours. Apparently the ground forces that identified them as tourists was not in communication with the air force.

Mistakes like this tend to happen in war. A poorly trained force makes more of them, but there is no way to avoid them. Basically, tourists and war zones shouldn't mix.

Urgent: Oppose H.R. 1737

dimanche 20 septembre 2015 à 02:00

US citizens: ask your congresscritter to oppose H.R. 1737, which would top the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from blocking racist practices in car loans.

Urgent: Kick out fossil fuel interests

dimanche 20 septembre 2015 à 02:00

US citizens: call for kicking fossil fuel interests out of the Paris climate negotiations.

Congress in prudish tizzy

dimanche 20 septembre 2015 à 02:00

Congress is in a tizzy because US air marshals made porn videos with prostitutes using government-issued phones.

As far as I can see, they didn't cheat the taxpayers, or do wrong to anyone. It should not be a scandal. It would be wrong to punish anyone for shocking some prudes.

The article mentions a disability claim that is being investigated. That is a different issue.

Trump trying to exploit groundless fears

dimanche 20 septembre 2015 à 02:00

Donald Trump is trying to exploit groundless fears about vaccines. This will do harm even if he loses.

He is also giving support to lies about Obama's birth and religion.