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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Quackery and cancer medicine

dimanche 31 mars 2019 à 01:00

An oncologist's heartbreak at seeing patients choose quackery that will drain their bank accounts while they die, rather than scientific medicine.

Scientific medicine's treatments have been tested experimentally, providing evidence that they have a certain probability of success in certain kinds of cases. The quacks can claim anything at all with no fear that empirical fact could contradict them.

War Powers Act

dimanche 31 mars 2019 à 01:00

The House of Representatives voted to invoke the War Powers Act and order US forces to stop participating in the war in Yemen.

The Senate voted for this last year. If it does so again now, the bully might stop the participation, or defy the law.

Urgent: Education budget cuts

dimanche 31 mars 2019 à 01:00

US citizens: call on Congress to block DeVos' budget cuts for education.

If you sign, please spread the word!

Urgent: Low-yield nuclear weapons

dimanche 31 mars 2019 à 01:00

US citizens: call on Congress to cancel the war-lover's low-yield nuclear weapons.

If you sign, please spread the word!

Voter ID

vendredi 29 mars 2019 à 01:00

7% of eligible UK voters do not have a photo ID card. Denying them the vote would do big harm to democracy there, as it does in the US.