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Urgent: 'Quiet skies' program

lundi 6 août 2018 à 02:00

US citizens: call on the TSA to shut down "quiet skies", the program of surveillance of people chosen for nothing more than a "what if".

If you sign, please spread the word!

Billionaires' capital gains tax

lundi 6 août 2018 à 02:00

The bully hopes to order the IRS to change its rules to give billionaires a giant tax cut on capital gains.

Separation of children from parents

lundi 6 août 2018 à 02:00

Some border-crossing parents say that the deportation thugs returned their children, only to demand they agree to immediate deportation. When they refused to waive their rights, the thugs took their children away again.

Taxing electric cars and bicycles

lundi 6 août 2018 à 02:00

SCROTUS want to tax batteries for electric vehicles, and bicycle tires. This is in the name of eliminating "free riders" on roads.

The same motive is cited for schemes to track all car travel in places such as Connecticut. Supposedly it is unfair that the gas tax falls heavily on the cars that burn fossil fuels and help to destroy civilization, and not at all on electric cars whose electricity can be obtained from renewable generation.

I wonder how much the Koch brothers paid legislators to advocate these positions.

The Republican Party

lundi 6 août 2018 à 02:00

The Republican Party has morphed into a cult; it shows all the crucial signs.

The advice about how to lead people out of a cult is something that you could try to use with people that you have a long-term personal relationship with. It is not applicable to acquaintances.