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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Cambridge Analytica's system

mercredi 4 avril 2018 à 02:00

Cambridge Analytica built an system for statistically classifying people into groups that are useful for political activity. It used Facebook data to develop the classification system, but now that the system is working, it no longer needs that Facebook data to classify people.

Thus, the fact that it deleted the Facebook data is of no significance.

Shulkin says he was fired

mercredi 4 avril 2018 à 02:00

The bully claimed that VA administrator Shulkin resigned. Shulkin says that he was fired. This may affect whether the bully gets to choose the interim administrator.

Future Iranian nuclear weapons

mercredi 4 avril 2018 à 02:00

If the militarist in chief goes along with Israel and Salafi Arabia by ending the nuclear deal with Iran, possible future Iranian nuclear weapons are not the only possible danger. The bully's policies could lead to war with Iran, which would cut off oil export from the Persian Gulf.

We need to cut down on use of oil with all due speed, but a sudden cut-off is not wise.

Sent to a near-certain death

mercredi 4 avril 2018 à 02:00

Libyan citizen Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr was a prisoner in Guantanamo, then the US released him to Senegal because he would be killed if he returned to Libya. The US State Department said he could live in Senegal permanently.

Now the US is forcing Senegal to send him to Libya, where he is still likely to be killed.

Medical care to prisoners

mercredi 4 avril 2018 à 02:00

A company that contracted to provide medical care to prisoners in Arizona makes the business profitable by fabricating excuses not to treat them.