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Worthless security for voting

mercredi 4 mars 2020 à 01:00

The Voatz "mobile voting app" was designed with worthless "security".

Because the app is nonfree, it is no surprise that its "security" is a joke. But even if the app itself had no security holes, the phone it runs on does have them. Taking votes by computer is nuts, and letting people vote on their own computers is stun-nuts.

Covid-19 and healthcare

mercredi 4 mars 2020 à 01:00

If the millions of Americans who have no medical insurance catch Covid-19, they may die because otherwise they'd starve.

And what if they have to go to work even though sick, because they have no sick pay?

Covid-19 demonstrates that keeping us healthy is something we need to do together.

Taliban peace agreement

mercredi 4 mars 2020 à 01:00

*US and Taliban sign peace agreement aimed at ending Afghanistan war.*

Ending the war would be a very good thing. It would not make the conman/truth-hater an acceptable president, because preserving democracy in the US is more important than ending this war.

Obama could have done this if he had had the will to do it. Indeed, Dubya could have made a similar deal in the summer of 2001. The Taliban were talking about the idea, but Dubya gave Afghanistan low priority at the time.

Moral concession to maybe win

mercredi 4 mars 2020 à 01:00

*No, Elizabeth Warren – taking Super Pac money is not girl power.*

I am disappointed with this, too. Sure, she would like to win — but this is compromising part of what used to be her principles.

A heated competition tends to have that influence on people who are falling behind. "I'll make a little moral concession, and then I will win, and I will do a lot of good." But if that one concession to wrongdoing doesn't enable you to take the lead — or if the opponent makes the same moral concession — you will be back in the same situation.

Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights

mercredi 4 mars 2020 à 01:00

*Warren and Schakowsky Introduce Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights to Battle Companies That 'Skimp on Wages and Benefits'.*