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Amazon doorbell camera

jeudi 17 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Amazon has envisioned making doorbell cameras to let the thugs do face recognition on people who pass by.

Europe: Green New Deal fund

jeudi 17 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Varoufakis offers a plan to raise funds for a Green New Deal for Europe that would also rescue Italy and Greece.

US, Russia, China: Africa policy

jeudi 17 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Bolton: China and Russia use their influence to buy or compel support from African countries, so the US should do that more.

It seems to me that the US has done plenty of buying of such support. Can people send me a couple of references about examples?

Senate vote on Saudis intervention in Yemen

jeudi 17 janvier 2019 à 01:00

The Senate voted to stop supporting Salafi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen.

Unfortunately, the House has already barred even voting on the question. However, this same resolution could pass the Senate next year, and the Democrats in the House could bring up the same resolution next year.

Does exercise of the War Powers Act require the president's signature? I would find that very surprising, since the whole point is to put a check on the president's power to fight a war without approval of Congress. But I would like to know.

US: refugee minors imprisoned

jeudi 17 janvier 2019 à 01:00

The US now holds 15,000 refugee minors in prison, and there is almost no chance they will ever be released from prison because their relatives don't dare sponsor them.