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Chinese medical care

mercredi 12 août 2015 à 02:00

China will give all citizens 50% coverage of medical care for critical illnesses.

This isn't up to the standard of advanced countries, but it surpasses what the US does. The US should provide universal medical coverage.

Digital discrimination

mercredi 12 août 2015 à 02:00

Many bookmakers in the UK systematically close the accounts of bettors that win.

I don't think it is very important whether anyone can bet on horse races, or whether races are held at all. I mention this as an example of how replacement of anonymous cash transactions with digital accounts changes the system to the disadvantage of the customers.

In some cases it leads to not offering everyone the same price.

Burundi attack

mercredi 12 août 2015 à 02:00

The second-in-command of Burundi's "president" was killed in an attack with rockets. He was responsible for crushing the protests against the "president"'s seizure of unconstitutional power.

Part of the army rose up against "president" Nkurunziza, but was suppressed. It looks like some in the army have not given up the fight.

Whether the army would defend constitutional principles, or just give someone else the chance to seize power, I can't guess.

Thugs can be reformed

mercredi 12 août 2015 à 02:00

US thugs killed 115 people in July, in the deadliest month so far this year.

New training enabled the Philadelphia thug department to kill a lot fewer people.

Facebook name policy challenged

mercredi 12 août 2015 à 02:00

One region of Germany has required Facebook to drop its "real name" rule.

It isn't clear to me whether this allows one person to get multiple accounts and use them for different purposes.