Bloomberg News killed Michael Forsythe's article about intimate financial dealings of relatives of Chinese party officials, because it didn't want to jeopardize its sales in China. Then it fired him, and demanded repayment of money provided for him to move to Hong Kong unless both he and his wife signed a nondisclosure agreement. Then it threatened to sue them if she didn't.

She, Leta Hong Fincher, now reports on those events. Bloomberg News seems to demand others bow meekly to its threats just as it bows to China's threats.

Bravo Ms Fincher!

India built a wall so that the bullshitter would not be able to see a slum during his visit there.

Supposedly this was for "security reasons", and that might be true in an ironic way. If he had seen the poor people's improvised houses, who knows what he might have done? Bomb the whole city?

A right-wing MSNBC anchorman compared Sanders's success in Nevada with the German conquest of France in World War II.

One crucial difference which he disregarded is that Sanders is doing well in a peaceful, democratic election, whereas France in 1940 was defeated by a military invasion. Many MSNBC commentators are also smearing Sanders.

The bully is preparing to ban unions for the civilian workers in the Defense Department.

Gentrification is replacing old fashioned food stalls and food trucks with "gourmet" versions inside chic markets, that make the food a little fancier and far more expensive.

They may enable you to formulate a romantic fantasy of your meal, as long as you can afford to eat there.