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US "predictive policing"

jeudi 9 avril 2015 à 14:00

In the US, "predictive policing" typically predicts that if you're black, you're a criminal. Blacks are targeted by merciless surveillance.

No drugs for execution

jeudi 9 avril 2015 à 14:00

The American Pharmacists Association has adopted the position that its members should not provide drugs for execution.

This is non-binding but may have an effect nonetheless.

Tory logic of austerity

jeudi 9 avril 2015 à 14:00

The Tory logic of austerity is to stigmatize a part of the poor and desperate as "undeserving" to win support for kicking them while they're down.

If you have been driven to the point of suicide, that means you have nothing to lose. Rather than handing your killers an easy victory by dying quietly, you may as well strike a final blow against them.

Drought in Australia

jeudi 9 avril 2015 à 14:00

Global heating is exacerbating drought in Australia. This threatens agriculture and cities' water supplies.

Replacement of democracy with plutocracy

jeudi 9 avril 2015 à 14:00

Plutocratist politicians, organized through ALEC, are using captive state legislatures to forbid city initiatives that are inconvenient for business.

Their masters, the businesses, are also suing cities that try to do this.

The replacement of democracy with plutocracy is converting the US government into a government of occupation by the rich. Only democratic governments can be legitimate.

I'm richer than you! infinity loop