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Troll's proposed budget

dimanche 28 mai 2017 à 02:00

The troll's proposed budget would cut hundreds of billions from support for poor people.

A paid family leave plan would give back a tiny fraction of that. "Ivanka Trump's family leave plan is a fig leaf for her father's worst policies."

As for the tax cuts, we know that hardly anything will "trickle down" to the non-rich.

Oakland prostitution scandal

dimanche 28 mai 2017 à 02:00

The Oakland prostitution scandal has led to many thugs' resigning or pleading guilty. One is actually on trial.

My ethical analysis of all this:

It wasn't wrong for Celeste Guap to do sex work, and it wasn't wrong to be her customer.

If a thug compelled her to have sex by threatening to arrest her if she didn't, that was a form of rape.

If a thug convinced her to have sex by offering her information about operations, that was in effect taking a bribe from her, paid in the form of sex. It was wrong for the thug to take that bribe, and wrong for her to pay it; but those wrongs are overshadowed by the bigger wrong of arresting people for prostitution.

Security at concerts

dimanche 28 mai 2017 à 02:00

The UK will have stricter security at concerts.

That could be useful, and I don't criticize it. It isn't wrong to search people entering concerts for bombs or weapons, as long as the thugs don't take note of anything but bombs and weapons.

Cuts for the EPA and endangered species

dimanche 28 mai 2017 à 02:00

The troll's proposed budget includes the already announced cuts for the EPA and endangered species.

If this goes through, it will cause an irreparable loss.

Comcast trademark lawsuit

dimanche 28 mai 2017 à 02:00

Comcast is using a frivolous but dangerous trademark lawsuit to try to shut down a web site that criticizes it.