Ralph Nader: *Why Do Americans Give Away So Much Control to Corporations?*

I disagree with Nader on one point. The problem with giving personal information to companies is not that they get it without paying. It is that they get it at all. Simply having the data and using them gives them power over people. So don't be distracted by the proposals to make them pay for the data, one way or another; they don't go far enough.

Advice to BP (Billionaire Polluters) if it is serious about transitioning to green energy.

Many oil companies are going bankrupt, and the rest face a dim future. We can count on them to try to extract every last dollar from their operations, leaving nothing to pay for the sealing of their wells.

We need to pass laws to collect a substantial well-sealing tax which will go into a fund to seal old wells.

California hires lots of prisoners to help fight wildfires. But it is hard for ex-prisoners to get a job to do this: fire departments exclude them because of their prison record.

(satire) *U.S. officials told reporters Thursday they were hurt that Saudi Arabia would try to develop its own nuclear weapon rather than just asking nicely for one from America.*

Walmart and Amazon supported the campaign of a candidate who promotes the QAnon fantasy.