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Yemeni port attacked

mercredi 20 juin 2018 à 02:00

Salafi Arabia, backed by the US, has attacked the Yemeni port of Hodeidah.

It claims this is ok because it first asked the Houthis to abandon the city and they wouldn't.

The Houthis took most of Yemen pretty quickly, and I think the war would have ended in 2016 if Obama hadn't supported Salafi Arabia in intervening. The bulk of the suffering caused by the war has been since then. It would have been much less if the US had done nothing and thus let the Houthis win.

Investment in natural gas

mercredi 20 juin 2018 à 02:00

Trillions of dollars of planned investment in extracting more natural gas threatens to blow past the world's carbon budget.

Trump family's income

mercredi 20 juin 2018 à 02:00

The Trump family's income from renting their political power is in the tens of millions, perhaps hundreds. All of it is corruption.

When Clinton got paid tens of thousands for speeches, that was not corruption in the same sense. It was however a reason to expect that she would probably favor the banksters (over the non-rich, and even over cities and states and smaller businesses) if she were elected.

EU whistleblower directive

mercredi 20 juin 2018 à 02:00

The EU has drafted a proposed directive to protect whistleblowers, but it is too narrow and limited. This page describes the limitations and recommends changes.

I get the impression that it is aimed at protecting only those who reveal business wrongdoing, not those that reveal crimes and oppression committed by the state.

Institutionalized child abuse

mercredi 20 juin 2018 à 02:00

What Do You Call a Country That Institutionalizes Child Abuse? The United States.

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