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Judge owes $170,000 in back taxes

mercredi 18 mars 2015 à 13:00

Judge Brockmeyer, who jailed Ferguson residents for small fines they could not afford to pay, owes $170,000 in back taxes himself.

This problem is bigger than one selfish jerk. We must abolish debtor's prison in the US, no matter what disguises it adopts.

McDonalds claims "rights as a person"

mercredi 18 mars 2015 à 13:00

McDonalds is suing to overturn Seattle's new minimum wage law, claiming that it violates McDonalds' "rights as a person".

Rutgers requires face recognition

mercredi 18 mars 2015 à 13:00

Rutgers University sprung a surprise: mandatory face recognition for online courses.

Gratuitous cruelty to homeless people

mercredi 18 mars 2015 à 13:00

In Portland, Oregon, thugs arrested homeless people and charged them with theft for using a "privately owned" electrical outlet on the street to get less than one cent's worth of electricity.

The word "thugs" is hardly adequate for this gratuitous cruelty to people who are down and out and are not hurting anyone.

Massive surveillance

mercredi 18 mars 2015 à 13:00

US snoops are claiming, yet again, that ending massive surveillance would help terrorists. That is bullshit, since massive surveillance never caught any terrorists.

They know this is false, or should know, which makes them dishonest or incompetent.

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