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Troll's saboteurs defy court order

jeudi 14 septembre 2017 à 02:00

The troll's saboteurs are defying a court order to state the legal basis for attacking Syria with cruise missiles. They handed over published PR material which did not include the demanded reasons.

Now what? The troll has already showed he is eager to pardon anyone who disregards court orders when the troll wants that.

The president's power to pardon must not include crimes carried out as part of government activity or at the behest of the president or officials appointed by the president.

US blacks getting poorer

jeudi 14 septembre 2017 à 02:00

US blacks, as a group, are steadily getting poorer; likewise for Hispanics. They are heading into debt because they can't earn enough to live.

Projections to 2053, if they assume that the rest of society stays the same, are neglecting the effects that global heating will have. That means they present a false rosy picture. Even in 2030, things will be substantially worse overall.

Ivory Coast deforestation

jeudi 14 septembre 2017 à 02:00

Chocolate growers are cutting down forests in Ivory Coast.

A sufficient number of people patrolling protected forest areas and chopping down all plantation trees in them would put an end to it. That would be a short-term fix. The long-term fix is to bring the birth rate down far enough that the population starts to slowly decrease.

Voter Suppression in the US

jeudi 14 septembre 2017 à 02:00

America's Shameful History of Voter Suppression.

It was even more severe before the Voting Rights Act, but Republicans are going all out to deny the voters control of who gets elected.

Twitter blamed for Troll's success

jeudi 14 septembre 2017 à 02:00

A founder of Twitter blames Twitter for the troll's success, saying that social networks "dumb entire world down".