Wisconsin will pay Foxconn to "create jobs" — half a million dollars per job. Or maybe a million per job.

Ten percent of that money, or maybe much less, will be paid to Americans as salary.

When the state pays a for-profit business to "create jobs", the state is being cheated. The saddest thing is that plutocratist politicians want the state to be cheated.

Plutocratist government turned Oklahoma into a descending spiral of failure, except for a few.

CCTV + Lip-Reading Software = Even Less Privacy, Even More Surveillance.

A report finds that the UK's "Prevent" deradicalization program is spreading a climate of fear and self-censorship at UK universities.

The idea of offering deradicalization help is laudable in theory, but it can't be helpful if it comes across as repression. Perhaps if it were run by non-radical Muslims, and normally Muslims suggested it to other Muslims, it would be useful.

Likewise, moderate Tories could be encouraged to suggest this to people at risk of right-wing radicalization.

The troll has turned politics into a show of contempt, and a substantial fraction of Americans can't get enough of it. They have ceased to care about political issues in any substantial way. This might enable him to win in 2020, with help from the electoral college and voter suppression.

Michael Moore also says the troll might win again.