In Melitopol, an occupied town, the Putin forces grabbed the elected mayor and installed a traitor as mayor. In another town, the elected officials have fled but are still running the town, communicating by internet.

The city council of Melitopol have called for prosecution of the traitor that claims to be mayor of Melitopol.

*Trump is using America's democratic process to destroy democracy from within.* He has admitted this in a slightly veiled way.

Robert Reich believed that democracy was inevitable, people around the world would be well-informed thanks to the internet, and nationalism was sure to decrease. Now he recognizes he was mistaken in these and other optimistic expectations about national and international governance.

A gung-ho report discusses using biometrics for tickets to large events.

Look at the silly distraction arguments some of these companies. "We don't keep track of who you are -- we just help some other company keep track." What difference does it make? Once any one company knows, some comoanies and government agencies will know all.

If I can't attend anonymously, I won't go.

However, I see positive potential in palm scanning if it is a substitute for identification, Palm prints are safer than fingerprints, because you don't leave your palm print on most things that you touch,

An inside-of-the-elbow print might be even better. You never touch anything with the inside of your elbow, and you can keep it covered all the time from cameras if you like. (Surely you do that in the winter.) If you give your inside-of-the-elbow print when buying a ticket anonymously, it would identify you as the owner of the ticket without giving any idea of who you are.

US citizens: call on the EPA to cut greenhouse gas pollution from the meat and dairy industry.