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The Pope knew in '42

lundi 18 septembre 2023 à 15:46

A letter proves that Pope Pius XII received information in December 1942 from a close associate about mass murder of Jews by the German regime.

This refutes the claim that he could not be sure that Hitler was carrying out mass murder.

I can't dispute the point that the pope, living in the middle of Rome, which at that time was the capital of Hitler's ally Mussolini, could not overtly oppose Hitler.

Amazon tactical growth: e-magazines

lundi 18 septembre 2023 à 15:46

Amazon has used its near-monopoly power to force e-magazines out of operation or under its exclusive monopoly.

This is clearly an injustice. However, the article does not take notice of the context — based totally on injustice, because these magazines were distributed for the Amazon Swindle.

Amazon identified each reader — an injustice — and, I suspect made them sign contracts not to share copies — another injustice. They may have had DRM — also an injustice.

Within this unjust context, Amazon's treatment of those magazines was wrong. But the injustice of the Amazon Swindle is a far bigger wrong.

Pirola variant, UK and US

lundi 18 septembre 2023 à 15:46

The UK is facing another wave of Covid-19 from the multi-mutation Pirola variant. Reducing the harm calls for wearing masks, but the government is too timid to promote them.

The situation is similar in the US.

I wear masks by choice, to protect myself and others. So can you.

Voter-ID partial unwind, UK

dimanche 17 septembre 2023 à 14:17

The Tories may be considering relaxing their voter-ID scheme somewhat, but not in a way that would reduce the suppression of younger voters that the plan was designed to achieve.

Voter-ID playbook, UK

dimanche 17 septembre 2023 à 14:17

*Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds.*

This is what people predicted and criticized in advance, and surely what the Tories sought.