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Continuing to make reports of Health

mercredi 17 juin 2020 à 02:00

Rebekah Jones, who was fired by Florida's Department of Health for honestly reporting statistics of Covid-19 in that state, has continued making honest reports so people can compare them with the state's official reports.

Her figures say that only one county in the state meets the criteria for reopening businesses. The reopening is premature and will spread Covid-19.

Fighting fire with water

mercredi 17 juin 2020 à 02:00

Some protesters in Atlanta brought water in case anyone started a fire.

That is a good humorous way to defuse tension.

Abolished thug department

mercredi 17 juin 2020 à 02:00

Camden, New Jersey, abolished its thug department seven years ago and replaced it with a new department that, from these reports, seems to train and employ police officers rather than thugs.

Pay with interest for excess welfare payments

mercredi 17 juin 2020 à 02:00

The Australian government set up a system to demand that poor people "repay" supposedly erroneous "excess" welfare payments. The system imposed false charges on many poor people, and the ministers let it continue until a court made it stop. Now it looks like the court may require the government to pay interest as well as returning the false "excess".

Dunning poor people for money you said you were giving them is cruel, stingy and vile, even if you really had given it by mistake.

Will the ministers learn their lesson from this? There is nothing more stubborn than a right-winger demanding money from a pauper.

Sued for true information about illegal plans

mercredi 17 juin 2020 à 02:00

Cambodian garment worker Soy Sros faces criminal charges for posting true information about her employer's illegal plans to dismiss workers.