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Kremlin used NRA

jeudi 24 mai 2018 à 02:00

The Senate Judiciary committee says that the NRA funneled money from Russia to support the cheater's campaign.

Comcast installation fee

jeudi 24 mai 2018 à 02:00

Comcast makes new customers sign up for an "installation", for which it charges a fee, even if the house already has a connection and the customer has per own modem. Comcast claims the customer can get a refund for this, but it doesn't tell customers that.

If your congresscritter votes against network neutrality, it's because perse is getting paid by this company and/or a few others like it.

Far-left policies according to WAPO

jeudi 24 mai 2018 à 02:00

The Washington Post uses the term "far left" for candidates that support policies such as taxing the rich more, single-payer medical care, legalizing marijuana.

Since most American's support those policies, by definition the center includes them. They should be called "center-left policies".

As for the fictional "center" of the establishment, that's right-wing.

Africa: big tech economy

jeudi 24 mai 2018 à 02:00

African countries need to beware of letting foreign companies dominate them by getting control of the citizens' data.

People should be allowed to access foreign social networks and services, so as to keep their data away from their own government. However, domestic social networks and services should be required to protect their data from access by foreign governments.

Even better, these services should protect the data from the local government _as well_.

British royal family feudal privilege

jeudi 24 mai 2018 à 02:00

Some blacks in the British royal family won't do much to reduce racism against black commoners.