US thugs have taken 2.5 billion dollars in the past 13 years from people who were not charged with crimes.

No matter what Kafkaesque excuses they make, this is punishment without trial.

The US is also turning towards Pre-emptive prosecution, where the question is not whether you committed a crime but whether you might.

Bahrain continues to repress dissidents.

The manufactures of armored cars for thugs feel uncomfortable about admitting that they are made to repress protesters.

When US thugs use their military-style "counter-terrorism" gear for suppressing protests, it turns out to be illegal; thug departments that have done this could get in trouble.

Rather than fining these thug departments, it would be far more effective to take away their heavy weapons and armor.

Or maybe the rule won't get enforced.

The ideology of ISIS is based on modern European ideas, notwithstanding its pretension to return to the roots of Islam.

Exposing this might undermine ISIS propaganda.

US citizens: call on the EPA to require frackers to disclose all the chemicals they use.