UK thugs want to be allowed to look at people's confidential medical records without getting a warrant (let alone permission). They cite "vulnerable" people as an excuse, but the loss of rights would apply to everyone.

Perhaps it is, in a sense, about vulnerable people. When undercover thugs infiltrate a dissident group, if they could check the medical records of everyone in the group, they could quickly find which ones are vulnerable to being pressured into a sexual relationship.

US citizens: call on Obama to eliminate the tax incentives for companies to move their headquarters outside the US.

US citizens: thank Obama for rethinking weapons deliveries to Israel.

James Risen Calls Obama 'Greatest Enemy of Press Freedom in a Generation'.

Advocates of greater regional autonomy in Russia have been arrested and their demonstrations banned.

I think it is proper for wealthier regions to support the development of poorer regions; thus, I disagree with demands for independence from the wealthier regions based on objection to this; for example, in Catalunya because its taxes help poorer parts of Spain.

If Siberia is proportionally richer than other parts of Russia, I would object likewise in Siberia's case. But I don't know whether that is so, and I don't know what Putin is doing with the tax money.