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The size of the Supreme Court

mercredi 14 octobre 2020 à 02:00

The US increased the size of the Supreme Court before, and for good reasons.

Tractors used to demolish Palestinian homes

mercredi 14 octobre 2020 à 02:00

JCB, which sells construction equipment, is under legal pressure for selling tractors to an Israeli company and not taking steps to prevent their use in forcible demolition of Palestinian homes.

Infiltrating real terrorist groups to stop terrorism

mercredi 14 octobre 2020 à 02:00

State infiltrators are bad when they infiltrate peaceful dissident groups. However, infiltrating real terrorist groups is legitimate and can be very effective for stopping terrorism. Here is an example.

China still allowing use of pangolin scales

mercredi 14 octobre 2020 à 02:00

*China still allowing use of pangolin scales in traditional medicine.*

China is not egregious in failing to adequately protect endangered species. Many countries, perhaps most, fall short on that dimension.

Showing Britain what real democracy could look like

mercredi 14 octobre 2020 à 02:00

*Extinction Rebellion is showing Britain what real democracy could look like.* Big business gets to demand change in government policies at any moment, whereas the people get to do so only at intervals of years.

One of the reasons for Extinction Rebellion effectiveness is that it is absolutely, totally nonviolent (though its protests are sometimes disruptive).