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Tillerson's job

jeudi 15 mars 2018 à 01:00

Tillerson didn't do a good job as secretary of state, but it was still too good for the troll to tolerate.

For instance, he had the sense to support the nuclear deal with Iran.

Seeking to cross US border

jeudi 15 mars 2018 à 01:00

Mexicans staying in Tijuana and seeking to cross the US border seem to be mostly non-criminals who want to rejoin their children in the US.

Execution drugs

jeudi 15 mars 2018 à 01:00

Nebraska falsifies licenses and registrations to get execution drugs.

For the past several years, the focus on the issue of which drugs are used for executions has sucked the energy out of the campaign to end the death penalty. It reminds me of how the biannual DMCA exception process has sucked the energy out of the campaign to repeal the DMCA. I wonder if these two similar cases have more in common than the outcome.

Armed voting patrol

jeudi 15 mars 2018 à 01:00

Republicans want the troll to send armed federal agents to patrol voting places. To scare off some voters, we must presume.

The only significant threat to Americans' right to vote comes from Republican voter-suppression and these patrols will do nothing to protect voters from that.

Puppy fed to turtle

jeudi 15 mars 2018 à 01:00

A science teacher faces an "investigation" for feeding a puppy to a large turtle.

What do they expect a turtle to eat? Salad? Pizza? Would they keep a barn owl and not let it eat mice?

Isn't it bizarre to emphasize that "at no time was the safety of students or staff compromised." Why not mention that there was no earthquake and no meteorites fell? This point was not logically pertinent, but I suspect that the psychological effect of mentioning it was, irrationally, to make people more afraid and upset.