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Threats and intimidation

vendredi 8 décembre 2017 à 01:00

After a neo-Nazi was interviewed in the New York Times, people began threatening violence against his employer and the other staff. Not only he, but his family as well, lost their jobs.

Threats and intimidation are unacceptable no matter who the victim is. Right-wingers already use this approach, and we need to strengthen businesses to resist such pressure. We can't succeed at that if we use the same pressure tactics.

Waiters' tips

vendredi 8 décembre 2017 à 01:00

The Saboteur of Labor proposes to allow employers to confiscate part of waiters' tips.

Oceans under threat

vendredi 8 décembre 2017 à 01:00

Due to human actions, the oceans are threatened as never before. Governments are not taking this seriously. Plastic companies are lobbying to "preserve jobs" in plastic factories no matter what damage that does.

There is a small error in the article. CO2 dissolving in water does not damage "the water". It damages various animals that live in the water. In particular, too much acidity kills corals and some other organisms with hard shells. Excess CO2 can confuse the thinking of some fish, making them vulnerable to predators.

This could wipe out thousands of species.

Adani coal mine

vendredi 8 décembre 2017 à 01:00

Although the giant Adani coal mine in Australia seems to have been blocked by loss of bank support before it could endanger any endemic species, it demonstrated the weakness and inadequacy of Australia's environmental laws when planet roasters control the government.

If those planet roasters really lose 1.5 billion dollars, that will be a great victory because it will teach a lesson to coal extractors everywhere. It would have better to teach them that they will be blocked to protect the world from coal burning, but teaching them that they will have trouble getting loans is a lot better than nothing.

German backdoor law

vendredi 8 décembre 2017 à 01:00

Germany is considering a law to require backdoors in all connected devices, including cars and computers as well as phones.

Are we really sure the German government will never do things like snoop on everyone, put dissidents in prison, and kill them?