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PISSI is rebuilding its forces in Iraq

dimanche 3 mai 2020 à 02:00

PISSI is rebuilding its forces in Iraq, and is launching guerrilla attacks.

The numskull is directly responsible for this. If he had kept supporting the Syrian Kurds of Rojava, they could have rooted out PISSI.

I think the numskull didn't want a full victory over PISSI. The fight, for him, was an opportunity to tell a superhero story for political ends. In superhero comics, a villain that dies is no use any more. So they keep allowing villains to make comebacks. In the same way, the numskull saved PISSI at the last minute so it could make a comeback and give him a chance to tell more stories.

US healthcare crisis

dimanche 3 mai 2020 à 02:00

Bernie Sanders and Pramila Jayapal: *The pandemic has made the US healthcare crisis far more dire. We must fix the system.*

Uber and Deliveroo are designed to operate like fast-growing weeds

dimanche 3 mai 2020 à 02:00

Uber and Deliveroo are designed to operate like fast-growing weeds, choking whatever sector they operate in, exploiting their workers, and getting their payoffs from the last wave of investors before they go pop.

For the sake of economic stability alone, I think it would be wise to have regulations to hamper this sort of disruption scheme.

However, there's another nasty aspect to these businesses that the article does not mention: surveillance. I don't need to decide whether to boycott Uber (or Deliveroo), because before I reach that point, I balk at handing over my name and address and at paying with something other than cash.

2020 Presidential accusations

dimanche 3 mai 2020 à 02:00

The groping accusation against Biden, contrasted with the rape and groping accusations against the bully, lead to ironic responses from Democrats and Republicans.

Each of the two men has done other things that are harmful on a mass scale, far bigger than crimes against a few individuals. And will probably do more of them if elected. But the Democratic Party, at least, maybe still has a chance to nominate someone other than Biden.

Alas, I fear it would choose Bloomberg, who is basically still a Republican.

US banks asking for permission to harass debtors on the phone

dimanche 3 mai 2020 à 02:00

US banks are asking for permission to harass debtors on the phone.

With an FCC now on the side against human beings, they might get permission.