A world agreement has been reached on Redd+, a plan to curb deforestation.

But it is likely to fail if it doesn't cope with the corruption that enables plantation land-grabs.

"A prime minister who talks about caring for his disabled son is about to unleash a new wave of benefit cuts on Britain's most vulnerable people."

Foreign Minister Wallström of Sweden stands proudly behind her criticism of Saudi Arabia and refusal to sell arms there.

She puts Obama and other "leaders" to shame.

Obama wants Greece to make "tough political choices".

Greece faces a choice between the disaster of surrender to the banksters and the disaster of defying them. It is a tough choice — if you think only of avoiding pain. Once you look deeper, the choice is not tough at all: it is better to suffer in freedom than in bondage.

Which is worse: an AI soldier or a human soldier?

I can imagine an AI soldier which firmly refuses to kill civilians or torture prisoners. On the other hand, if the AI is programmed by governments, we should expect a rich government engaged in counter-guerrilla war to do, in programming its AIs, what it does in drone assassinations: make them cover up and deny killing civilians.