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Takiyah Thompson

dimanche 20 août 2017 à 02:00

Takiyah Thompson could be imprisoned for more than a year for helping to pull down a monument to soldiers that fought for slavery. 200 people came to the jail and asked to be arrested too.

National park litter

dimanche 20 août 2017 à 02:00

Saboteur Zinke, to boost waste in the US and make national parks more littered, has cancelled the rule against selling bottled water in them.

Troll's advisory councils

dimanche 20 août 2017 à 02:00

Large company CEOs joined the troll's advisory councils in order to profit, and it took his explicit endorsement of Nazis to embarrass them into quitting. Just when they had all agreed to announce they would quit, he stole their thunder by abolishing the panels.

He also cancelled another advisory council (on infrastructure) that was still being formed.

The chief purpose of these councils is mutual PR benefit. If they don't yield that benefit, nobody has a reason to keep them going.

Money from Nazi march

dimanche 20 août 2017 à 02:00

The people of Wunsiedel in Germany prepared for a march by Nazis by arranging for it to raise money for a deradicalization charity.

North Korea missile tests

dimanche 20 août 2017 à 02:00

Korea's missile tests appear to have carried extremely light payloads and lacked heat shields. They would not be able to reach Guam with a real bomb.

However, North Korea's threat to spread carnage in Seoul with conventional weapons if it is attacked is not a bluff. The US should take advantage of the offer of negotiations.