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Troll's saboteur for Department of Health

dimanche 7 mai 2017 à 02:00

A right-wing campaigner that seeks to ban abortion entirely has been nominated as assistant saboteur of public communication in the Department of Health.

The troll is placing a religious extremist that opposes birth control in charge of a big contraceptive program there.

Online sales stores

dimanche 7 mai 2017 à 02:00

Online sales stores are working together to use personal profiles to mislead the public about what the normal price of products is. They arrange to give people the idea that they are getting a discount, when in fact they are paying extra.

This is so pervasive that the concept of "the" price (for a given product) may no longer make sense.

Economists claim that the market is excellent because it determines the proper price for each good. I wonder if they are worried about this.

Troll to honor President Do-dirty

dimanche 7 mai 2017 à 02:00

The troll is going to honor the President Do-dirty with a visit to Washington.

We must suppose that he will receive this honor for being a bully and showing contempt for human rights in the Philippines.

Fines for unpaid fines

dimanche 7 mai 2017 à 02:00

The UK hounds poor people for small fines that they cannot pay, by adding ever more fines. Jerome Roberts found that his $100 fine was increased to $1500 because he could not pay it.

Jerome Roberts killed himself because, once they denied him use of his motorcycle, he could no longer make any money.

Most of the victims pay the fines eventually, perhaps instead of eating, but this becomes a substantial drain on poor people's income. This resembles the practice of Ferguson, Missouri, and many other US towns that get a lot of their income by fining poor people.

The practice of escalating fines to make people pay them presumes people have money and simply refuse to pay. In a society so unjust as to force millions into poverty, such as the UK or the US, that assumption is false; the system of fining to collect fines is an additional injustice visited on the poor.

The real solution, though, is to give poor people more money. Then they will be able to pay their fines when first levied.

Freedom of the press

samedi 6 mai 2017 à 02:00

The troll is looking at changing the US constitution so he can sue those that publish accusations that he denies. That would include anything which is negative about him, since he calls such facts "false news".

This announcement came just after he reminded Americans that May 1 is "Loyalty Day", on which we are supposed to remember our loyalties to the principles of the United States, such as freedom of the press.