Senators to Barr: "The shocking action taken by you or your senior staff to seek special protections for Mr. Stone make a mockery of your responsibilities to seek equal justice under the law."

But Barr has done this more than once: he has a habit of subjecting political cases to special review of the prosecutors' actions, looking for excuses to intervene.

Prosecutors in the US have been known to break the law so as to make trials unfair. It might be a wise policy to give _every_ trial a special review to see if prosecutors violated the defendant's rights — if that were done fairly.

However, special preference for cronies of the conman is not justice. The prosecutors in the Stone case resigned in protest.

Bizarrely, Barr claims that the conman is undermining his authority by tweeting about this. I cannot believe that Barr really wishes to be independent of the conman, or that he is so.

One city in the UK has reduced recidivism rates by 15% by offering people charged with certain crimes the opportunity to participate in rehabilitation courses and win deferred prosecution.

This rehabilitation before prosecution is unusual, but US prisons used to provide rehabilitation programs for the convicted. That was eliminated in the 80s when US politicians found they could win elections by promising to be "tough". That is also how the US ended up with the world's highest percentage of population in prison.

(satire) *Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign hired thousands of canvassers Friday to stop black men on the street and force them to hear his campaign pitch.*

Could we say his campaign is getting frisk-y?

(satire) *… moderate Democrats were worried Amy Klobuchar could split the crucial people-who-will-vote-for-anybody vote.*

*Of course there’s a globalisation backlash. It has failed billions of people.*

Globalization of manufacturing is also a danger for society, because it eliminates redundancy. If only one company knows how to make an XYZ, it is easy for one local disaster to eliminate all the capacity and knowledge of how to make them. This is happening just as we are doing things that will make lots of local disasters.