What are the consequences of the heat wave in the Arctic?

Three North Carolina thugs have been fired for expressing bigotry.

Ordinary citizens have the right to express those views. We must defend the right to state views we find disgusting, lest powerful people who feel disgust for our views censor us.

However, cops (whether they are thugs or police officers) are given special powers over the public. With special power goes special responsibility, including the responsibility not to give in to bigotry even when under pressure. If some thugs blame the stress of the job for their expression of bigotry, in effect they are saying they are not up to the requirements of the job.

I think it is important to make a distinction between the one who advocated a civil war to massacre blacks, and the two who did not (especially the one who opposed the idea). Those two should get a second chance to show they can do their job.

The cooling system in a meat factory seem to have spread Covid-19 among the workers.

Now that the saboteur in chief has made Covid-19 spread rapidly in the US as never before, his next step is to cut back on testing.

Perhaps he is trying to infect a lot of people and make voters scared to vote.

Australia is considering building up medical manufacturing capacity so that it won't face a shortage in the future.

Every country should do this! Surplus capacity, distributed around the world, may seem like a waste, but in an emergency it is crucial.