The US military keeps itself in power, and keeps itself fighting wars, by lying about failures and lying to cover up the previous lies.

(satire) *CNN’s Chief Nihilist Correspondent Gives Perspective On Why None Of This Matters.*

Richard Boyle, a whistleblower in the Australian Taxation Office, reports that the management had adopted a stance of contempt towards taxpayers who felt suicidal because tax debt collectors had left them with no way out.

I can see that there is something insincere about telling a creditor that your debt makes you suicidal. The temptation to exaggerate is obvious.

However, people in debt have often suffered much worse treatment at the hands of rich businesses and the plutocratic state, and all in all I think we must forgive them for lesser wrongs like this.

Boyle is facing criminal charges and could be sent to prison for years.

The right-wing extremists that dominate the Republican Party still intend to ban abortion in the whole US.

The only thing they disagree on is whether to hide it for the meantime.

Russia is starting to block Ukrainians from leaving the supposedly annexed parts of Ukraine into Russia, and also from Russia to EU countries.