*War in space would have immediate effects [on civilian life.] Attacks on satellites could take out GPS systems, banking systems, power grids …*

*Netanyahu strikes Israeli coalition deal with far-right [antigay fanatic].*

Hatred of gay or queer people is not a phobia, it is bigotry.

Comparing the US and British medical systems: both horrible but in different ways.

The British medical system (the NHS) did not just grow with its current problems. It worked much better until the Tories started cutting its budget, through trickle-down politics based on worship of the Invisible Hand. It is clear how to fix them: give the NHS enough money to do its job.

The US medical system's problems did just grow, as the worshipers of the Invisible Hand let gouging private companies get whatever they wished for and blocked efforts to stop them. It is clear how to fix these problems: create a public national medical system and sweep away those greedy bastards. The usual term for this nowadays is "Medicare for all", though I think we should go further and set up a system of VA hospitals for all.

A court order not to retaliate against union organizers also requires Amazon to read the court's decision to all the employees at the unionized plant in Staten Island.

I hope this requires Amazon to pay the workers for the time they pass listening to this reading.

Finally some influential newspapers argue for dropping the charges against Julian Assange.