The Ferguson thugs have agreed not to use tear gas on protesters.

Ferguson is one town out of thousands in the US. This needs to be adopted for all of them.

US thugs' unofficial motto is "comply or die"; but even if you comply, they may still kill you.

Most thugs would not, I suppose, do the vicious things described in the article (and in many political notes here). But nearly all of them would support a fellow thug that has done those things, by lying in court if necessary, and that is why they deserve to be called "thugs". The few who refuse to support thugs are those who merit the title of "police officer".

To change this, we must go against the social pressure to presume all thugs are admirable except those who have been proved to beat, kill or frame someone. We must refuse to speak with deference about them or presume that they are in the right in a dispute. When thugs make accusations, we should distrust what they say about the facts.

US citizens: phone your congresscritters to support FASTR, and to ask for the bill to be strengthened to require the research papers to be published under a free/libre license.

Today Big Brother Watches Truckers, Tomorrow He'll Watch You.

This has already started with insurance companies that charge extra if you refuse to let the company monitor where you drive.

We should prohibit that practice.

The US started attacking PISSI forces in Tikrit, but the Shi'ite militias that are leading the attack on Tikrit are not happy with this.

I don't see why US air strikes on Tikrit would be wanted at all. Doesn't the Iraqi army have artillery that it can bring into range to fire on the dug-in PISSI troops.