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Funds the NHS needs

samedi 2 juin 2018 à 02:00

A UK think tank misrepresented how much more funds the NHS needs by imagining that the costs were divided equally among all households, rich or poor. Of course, making a poor family pay as much as a rich family would be cockeyed and unjust.

Freedom of expression

samedi 2 juin 2018 à 02:00

EDRI: [Europe's proposed mandatory] Upload Filters Endanger Freedom of Expression.

Ads purchased by Russian trolls

samedi 2 juin 2018 à 02:00

Some of the ads that Russian trolls purchased were for legitimate political causes.

Sometimes Russian trolls spread fabrications (fake news). It's wrong for anyone to do that.

Sometimes they support legitimate campaigns for various political positions. Even though I may support some of those campaigns myself, I object when Russia does so in a disguised manner.

These ads don't represent sincere support for any cause, not for Sanders and nor for the troll.

Likewise, I object when right-wing billionaires and fossil-fuel companies employ people to spread lies. People have the right present their views, but we don't have to allow the rich to hire sock-puppets.

Ivanka Trump's Chinese trademarks

samedi 2 juin 2018 à 02:00

Ivanka Trump received Chinese trademarks shortly before the cheater made a deal to allow ZTE to stay in business. Knowing the cheater's basic dishonesty, we must suppose that the former was payment for the latter.

Brazil's truck drivers on strike

samedi 2 juin 2018 à 02:00

Brazil's truck drivers are on strike against increases in the price of fuel.

The price of fuel must increase so society will use less of it. But I suspect that some details of the way the government imposed this put the burden on individual drivers rather than on companies and rich people that can cope with it. For instance, if drivers have to pay for fuel and what they can charge has not increased, the whole burden falls on them. There is no justice in that.