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Net Neutrality

vendredi 24 avril 2015 à 14:00

Congress Is STILL Trying to Destroy Net Neutrality.

Nuclear deal with Iran

vendredi 24 avril 2015 à 14:00

Congress and Obama agreed on a scheme to permit a possible nuclear deal with Iran.

SeaWorld's false statements about orcas

vendredi 24 avril 2015 à 14:00

A new lawsuit against SeaWorld demands only that it cease its false statements about the welfare of orcas.

Let's not romanticize orcas. The name "killer whale" is a transposition of "whale killer". In fact, some groups of orcas make a habit of ganging up on a family of larger whales in order to kill the family's young, then eat only the tongues and leave the rest. (Orcas are intelligent enough that different groups have different practices.) That's nature for you.

But that doesn't make it good to capture them and treat them with prolonged cruelty.

Massacre at Garissa University

vendredi 24 avril 2015 à 14:00

Al-Shabaab's massacre at Garissa University continued hours longer because corruption delayed the arrival of the commandos who were sent to defeat the attackers.

Using the operational plane for training seems like a mistake, too. It's not corrupt, but it's asking for trouble. They ought to have another plane for training.

Blackwater mercenaries convicted of murder

vendredi 24 avril 2015 à 14:00

Blackwater mercenaries were convicted of murdering civilians in Iraq and given long prison sentences.