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Guantanamo prison

dimanche 4 février 2018 à 01:00

The bully ordered the Guantanamo prison kept open, apparently because he looks forward to the opportunity to torture prisoners.

Just as he hates anything Obama did, or tried to do, he may feel unsatisfied if he has not matched every evil act of Dubya.

Amnesty International Turkey

dimanche 4 février 2018 à 01:00

A court released the head of Amnesty International Turkey until his trial for "terrorism", but he was arrested again a little while after.

When dissidents and human rights defenders face trumped-up charges from an oppressive state, charges that ought to be dropped right away, I normally don't post about changes in details, such as whether the "suspect" is held in jail meanwhile. I mention this instance because it is particularly nasty.

Let's not use the bland and bureaucratic word "detention" to describe imprisonment of any kind.

Improve lives of the non-rich

dimanche 4 février 2018 à 01:00

25 policies that the US needs in order to improve non-rich people's lives.

They do not include the deeper political changes needed to restore democracy, but if we don't do that, we will have trouble adopting those policies.

Massacre and mass graves

dimanche 4 février 2018 à 01:00

Burmese soldiers carefully planned to massacre Rohingya, then covered up the results in mass graves.

US public housing

dimanche 4 février 2018 à 01:00

The bully's saboteurs plan to kick lots of Americans out of public housing. Especially the unemployed.