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Julian Assange Extradition

mercredi 17 avril 2019 à 02:00

Whatever You Think of Julian Assange, His Extradition to the US Must Be Opposed.

Assange _did_ "make himself available" to be questioned about the Swedish charges — questioned inside the Ecuadorian embassy.

Assange and Ecuador also agreed to his extradition to Sweden provided Sweden agreed not to send him to the US.

This was all Sweden needed to pursue those charges.

However, once the prosecutors were in a position to do what they had demanded to do, they stalled and then lost interest.

I concluded that the prosecutors had only feigned interest in those charges, as an excuse for serving the US.

I do not know whether the two women were honest in making the accusations, so I will not say anything about that question. However, I have read that the acts they accused Assange of would not constitute rape as defined in the US.

Fossil fuel pipelines

mercredi 17 avril 2019 à 02:00

The saboteur-in-chief will try to use executive orders to force construction of various fossil fuel pipelines and facilities.

Public schools

mercredi 17 avril 2019 à 02:00

Public schools in New York State are so underfunded that they have to beg parents to donate supplies. But only wealthy parents can afford to do this.

We must make the rich pay a lot more taxes.

War in Yemen

mercredi 17 avril 2019 à 02:00

As expected, the aggressor criminal vetoed the congressional resolution to stop US participation in the war in Yemen.

A resolution under the War Powers Act should not be subject to veto, because it is the means for Congress to decline to approve something that requires congressional authorization: namely, war.

It was useful to get Republicans to join in opposing that policy. If they are willing to put it in a law that the aggressor won't want to veto — for instance, funding for the military -- he might have to eat it.

Nuclear bomb

mercredi 17 avril 2019 à 02:00

It looks like North Korea is starting to make nuclear bomb fuel again.