# articles

title: US electric utilities trying to stop installation of solar panels
uri: US-electric-utilities-trying-to-stop-installation-of-solar-panels
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(US_electric_utilities_trying_to_stop_installation_of_solar_panels)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28US_electric_utilities_trying_to_stop_installation_of_solar_panels%29

content:
<p>
US electric utilities are slamming the brakes on installation of solar
panels, and 
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-26/utilities-feeling-rooftop-solar-heat-start-fighting-back.html">homeowners
are fighting back</a>.  I've heard that the same is happening in
Spain.
<p>
Many homeowners would be delighted to disconnect from the electrical
grid, and depend on their own solar power and their own batteries.  If
they use heavy equipment such as washing machines only when the sun
shines, and leave refrigerators closed at night, it might work.
However, some cities in California prohibit this: I'm told that in San
Jose, a house with no electric utility account will be condemned just
for that.


title: Campaign in UK to reduce sugar in foods
uri: Campaign-in-UK-to-reduce-sugar-in-foods
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(Campaign_in_UK_to_reduce_sugar_in_foods)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28Campaign_in_UK_to_reduce_sugar_in_foods%29

content:
<p>
A <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/09/obesity-campaign-cut-sugar-processed-foods">campaign
in the UK</a> to reduce the general level of sugar in foods.


title: NSA critics meet with White House Officials
uri: NSA-critics-meet-with-White-House-Officials
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(NSA_critics_meet_with_White_House_Officials)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28NSA_critics_meet_with_White_House_Officials%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/01/top-white-house-lawyer-meeting-nsa-critics">NSA's
Harshest Critics Meeting With White House Officials Tomorrow</a>.


title: Last-ditch scheme to block mandatory labeling of GMOs
uri: Last-ditch-scheme-to-block-mandatory-labeling-of-GMOs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(Last-ditch_scheme_to_block_mandatory_labeling_of_GMOs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28Last-ditch_scheme_to_block_mandatory_labeling_of_GMOs%29

content:
<p>
A last-ditch scheme to block mandatory labeling of GMOs: a 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/08-0">scheme for
voluntary labeling</a>.


title: California Introduces Landmark Bill to Deny the NSA State Resources
uri: California-Introduces-Landmark-Bill-to-Deny-the-NSA-State-Resources
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(California_Introduces_Landmark_Bill_to_Deny_the_NSA_State_Resources)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28California_Introduces_Landmark_Bill_to_Deny_the_NSA_State_Resources%29

content:
<p>
California Introduces Landmark Bill
to <a href="http://www.constitutioncampaign.org/blog/?p=16067">Deny
the NSA State Resources.</a>
<p>
This effort is good because it is resistance, but a real solution
can't be reached in this direction.


title: 20 million Indians work making bricks
uri: 20-million-Indians-work-making-bricks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(20_million_Indians_work_making_bricks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%2820_million_Indians_work_making_bricks%29

content:
<p>
20 million Indians work making bricks, many of them children,
and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/jan/08/blood-bricks-india-urbanisation-human-rights-slave-labour">many
of them as slave labor.</a>


title: Urgent: Demand a clean minimum wage bill
uri: Urgent-Demand-a-clean-minimum-wage-bill
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(Urgent:_Demand_a_clean_minimum_wage_bill)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Demand_a_clean_minimum_wage_bill%29

content:
<p>
Citizens of
Massachusetts: <a href="http://youpower.democracyforamerica.com/petitions/raise-up-all-working-families-in-massachusetts?akid=4319.1906019.ouH4Ft&rd=1&t=1001">demand
a clean minimum wage bill that doesn't cut unemployment benefits.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_HR_2279)
title: Urgent: Oppose HR 2279
uri: Urgent-Oppose-HR-2279
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_HR_2279%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your congresscritter and
say, <a href="https://secure.earthjustice.org/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=5AD2ADB50BF8FA4A928A8E8303B713CE.app322b?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1533&utm_source=Convio">oppose
HR 2279, which would turn the laws requiring cleanup of polluted land
into a sham.</a>
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and
888-355-3588.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 09_January_2014_(Inequality)
title: Inequality
uri: Inequality
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#09_January_2014_%28Inequality%29
content:
<p>
While it's the cold that directly kills homeless people, the
<a href="http://socialistworker.org/2014/01/08/life-and-death-for-the-homeless">underlying
cause is the inequity that makes them poor and therefore homeless</a>.


title: NSA wants to have companies accumulate dossiers
uri: NSA-wants-to-have-companies-accumulate-dossiers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 09_January_2014_(NSA_wants_to_have_companies_accumulate_dossiers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#09_January_2014_%28NSA_wants_to_have_companies_accumulate_dossiers%29

content:
<p>
The NSA wants to have
companies <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/08-3">accumulate
dossiers for the NSA to look at later.</a>
<p>
To a large
extent, <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#02_September_2013_(ATT_maintains_complete_database_of_cell_phone_calls)">this
is how the massive surveillance system already works.</a>


title: Thugs in Nebraska seized the victims' cameras
uri: Thugs-in-Nebraska-seized-the-victims-cameras
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 09_January_2014_(Thugs_in_Nebraska_seized_the_victims'_cameras)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#09_January_2014_%28Thugs_in_Nebraska_seized_the_victims%27_cameras%29

content:
<p>
Thugs in Nebraska seized the victims' cameras that held proof of their
crimes,
but <a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech-criminal-law-reform/hidden-third-cameraman-proves-crucial-nebraska-photographer">fortunately
there was a third camera.</a>
<p>
There won't always be another camera.  For thugs to seize or destroy
cameras or their contents should be a crime, regardless of other
circumstances.


title: Fans of Insane Clown Posse sue the US for harassment
uri: Fans-of-Insane-Clown-Posse-sue-the-US-for-harassment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 09_January_2014_(Fans_of_Insane_Clown_Posse_sue_the_US_for_harassment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#09_January_2014_%28Fans_of_Insane_Clown_Posse_sue_the_US_for_harassment%29

content:
<p>
The fans of Insane Clown Posse are suing the US for 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/free-speech/aclu-insane-clown-posse-file-lawsuit-challenging-fbi-gang-designation">harassing
them by labeling them as gang members</a>.


title: UK ISPs take on liability by applying censorship
uri: UK-ISPs-take-on-liability-by-applying-censorship
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 09_January_2014_(UK_ISPs_take_on_liability_by_applying_censorship)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#09_January_2014_%28UK_ISPs_take_on_liability_by_applying_censorship%29

content:
<p>
UK ISPs, by applying censorship, have made themselves 
<a href="http://falkvinge.net/2014/01/06/censorship-causes-liability-uk-isps-need-to-be-sued-way-out-into-atlantic/">liable
for anything illegal that they do transmit</a>.
<p>
I fear that the UK government will respond by immunizing them.


title: Incidence of hypoglycemia highest at month's end
uri: Incidence-of-hypoglycemia-highest-at-month-s-end
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 09_January_2014_(Incidence_of_hypoglycemia_highest_at_months_end)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#09_January_2014_%28Incidence_of_hypoglycemia_highest_at_months_end%29

content:
<p>
The incidence of hypoglycemia is 
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/01/chart-day-being-poor-bad-your-health">highest
at the end of the month</a>, because poor people with diabetes have
spent the month's money and can't afford food.
<p>
The solution is difficult if we accept as immutable that they can't
get more money.  However, Congress could give them more money
easily enough.  The problem is ill will.
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/08-4">Is America
Ready for a New War on Poverty?</a>


title: General pattern of smearing whistleblowers
uri: General-pattern-of-smearing-whistleblowers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(General_pattern_of_smearing_whistleblowers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28General_pattern_of_smearing_whistleblowers%29

content:
<p>
Personal insults directed against Edward
Snowden <a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/01/09/whistleblowing-is-about-the-message-not-the-messenger/">reflect
a general pattern of smearing whistleblowers,</a> but the real target
is not Snowden but the act of whistleblowing.


title: Ford says cars have GPS so they know everywhere the car goes
uri: Ford-says-cars-have-GPS-so-they-know-everywhere-the-car-goes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(Ford_says_cars_have_GPS_so_they_know_everywhere_the_car_goes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28Ford_says_cars_have_GPS_so_they_know_everywhere_the_car_goes%29

content:
<p>
Ford says
its <a href="http://rt.com/usa/ford-vp-auto-surveillance-382/">cars
have GPS so they know everywhere the car goes.</a>
<p>
This is a consequence of the fact that the GPS data is stored by
software that is nonfree, not controlled by the driver or car owner.
<p>
It is not clear to me whether this applies only when the car has a GPS
navigator installed, or whether it means all new Ford cars.
<p>
More
about <a href="http://rt.com/usa/car-companies-tracking-drivers-habits-334/">surveillance
of cars in the US.</a>


title: NSA whistleblowers warn about Obama's "reforms"
uri: NSA-whistleblowers-warn-about-Obama-s-reforms
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(NSA_whistleblowers_warn_about_Obama's_reforms)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28NSA_whistleblowers_warn_about_Obama%27s_reforms%29

content:
<p>
NSA whistleblowers warn
that <a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/01/09/as-obama-holds-meetings-nsa-whistleblowers-caution-against-reforms-to-preserve-the-surveillance-state/">Obama's
"reforms" are being managed so as to avoid any real improvement</a>.
They make recommendations for real reform.


title: The loss of large carnivores around the world
uri: The-loss-of-large-carnivores-around-the-world
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(The_loss_of_large_carnivores_around_the_world)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28The_loss_of_large_carnivores_around_the_world%29

content:
<p>
The loss of large carnivores around the world
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/09/carnivore-cleansing-damaging-ecosystems">causing
damage to plants and animals through ecological effects.</a>
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/10/rapid-loss-of-top-predators-a-major-environmental-threat">More
info</a>.


title: Urgent: Enforce requirement for TV stations to say who pays for ads
uri: Urgent-Enforce-requirement-for-TV-stations-to-say-who-pays-for-ads
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(Urgent:_Enforce_requirement_for_TV_stations_to_say_who_pays_for_ads)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Enforce_requirement_for_TV_stations_to_say_who_pays_for_ads%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the FCC
to <a href="https://vk.rootstrikers.org/petitions/41?n=278315.COY-hz">enforce
the requirement for TV stations to say who pays for ads.</a>


title: Urgent: 60 Minutes smear of US clean energy industry
uri: Urgent-60-Minutes-smear-of-US-clean-energy-industry
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(Urgent:_60_Minutes_smear_of_US_clean_energy_industry)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_60_Minutes_smear_of_US_clean_energy_industry%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on 60 Minutes
to <a href="http://act.forecastthefacts.org/sign/sixty_minutes_public_editor/">clean
up its smear of US clean energy industry.</a>


title: Four Years after Earthquake in Haiti
uri: Four-Years-after-Earthquake-in-Haiti
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(Four_Years_after_Earthquake_in_Haiti)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28Four_Years_after_Earthquake_in_Haiti%29

content:
<p>
Four Years after Earthquake, Housing, Sanitation, Health Care are
Still <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/01/09-1">Pressing
Needs in Haiti.</a>Aid has been misused, or diverted into plans to
employ more Haitians working for export for a pittance.
<p>
What Haiti really needs is
to <a href="https://www.devex.com/en/news/haiti-quake-4-years-later-we-still-don-t-know/82614">end
the US occupation.</a>


title: Urgent: Oppose "fast track" for the TPP
uri: Urgent-Oppose-fast-track-for-the-TPP
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_fast_track_for_the_TPP)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_fast_track_for_the_TPP%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: email your congresscritter
to <a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12373">oppose
"fast track" for the TPP.</a>


title: Urgent: Regulate carbon emissions from new power plants
uri: Urgent-Regulate-carbon-emissions-from-new-power-plants
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 10_January_2014_(Urgent:_Regulate_carbon_emissions_from_new_power_plants)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Regulate_carbon_emissions_from_new_power_plants%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: support the EPA's plan
to <a href="https://secure2.edf.org/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=100066F0EDF47E0CD058056D82DC3253.app337b?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=2169">regulate
carbon emissions from new power plants.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Campaign_against_eating_shark_fin)
title: Campaign against eating shark fin
uri: Campaign-against-eating-shark-fin
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Campaign_against_eating_shark_fin%29

content:
<p>
The campaign against eating shark fin
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/11/shark-finning-in-decline-in-far-east">making
great strides in China.</a>
<p>
The only reason banquets ever serve shark fin soup is to prove how
much the sponsor is willing to spend.


title: Life in the electronic concentration camp
uri: Life-in-the-electronic-concentration-camp
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Life_in_the_electronic_concentration_camp)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Life_in_the_electronic_concentration_camp%29

content:
<p>
Life in the electronic concentration
camp: <a href="http://www.constitutioncampaign.org/blog/?p=16065">the
many ways that you're being tracked, catalogued and controlled.</a>


title: US hospitals systematically gouge on prices
uri: US-hospitals-systematically-gouge-on-prices
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(US_hospitals_systematically_gouge_on_prices)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28US_hospitals_systematically_gouge_on_prices%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/01/hospital-price-skyrocket-medical-care">US
hospitals systematically gouge on prices.</a>


title: NSA Insiders Reveal What Went Wrong
uri: NSA-Insiders-Reveal-What-Went-Wrong
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(NSA_Insiders_Reveal_What_Went_Wrong)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28NSA_Insiders_Reveal_What_Went_Wrong%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://consortiumnews.com/2014/01/07/nsa-insiders-reveal-what-went-wrong/">NSA
Insiders Reveal What Went Wrong.</a>


title: 'Groundbreaking' Guidelines to Stop 'School-to-Prison Pipeline'
uri: Groundbreaking-Guidelines-to-Stop-School-to-Prison-Pipeline
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_('Groundbreaking'_Guidelines_to_Stop_'School-to-Prison_Pipeline')

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28%27Groundbreaking%27_Guidelines_to_Stop_%27School-to-Prison_Pipeline%27%29

content:
<p>
Advocates
Hail <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/08-6">'Groundbreaking'
Guidelines to Stop 'School-to-Prison Pipeline'.</a>
<p>
I think another crucial point is to make sure that no thugs are
stationed normally in the school.


title: Over 40,000 people may have been falsely convicted
uri: Over-40-000-people-may-have-been-falsely-convicted
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Over_40,000_people_may_have_been_falsely_convicted)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Over_40%2C000_people_may_have_been_falsely_convicted%29

content:
<p>
Over 40,000 people may have been falsely convicted due to dishonesty
in a Massachusetts crime lab. The ACLU wants the State of
Massachusetts to take the initiative
to <a href="https://www.aclum.org/tainted_convictions?etname=20140109+tainted&etjid=1221120">reinvestigate
the cases and free anyone who ought to be freed.</a>


title: How "too big to fail" turns into "too big to jail"
uri: How-too-big-to-fail-turns-into-too-big-to-jail
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(How_too_big_to_fail_turns_into_too_big_to_jail)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28How_too_big_to_fail_turns_into_too_big_to_jail%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/10-7">How "too
big to fail" turns into "too big to jail".</a>
<p>
Taxing banks' gross income, at a percentage that increases with the
size of the bank,
would <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/02/04/fixing-too-big-to-fail/">put
large banks under financial pressure to split up.</a>


title: Urgent: Support the Truth in Settlements Act
uri: Urgent-Support-the-Truth-in-Settlements-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Urgent:_Support_the_Truth_in_Settlements_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_the_Truth_in_Settlements_Act%29

content:
<p>
US
citizens: <a href="https://donate.elizabethwarren.com/page/signup/settlementsact">support
the Truth in Settlements Act.</a>
<p>
I might suggest going even further: rather than publicizing the
details of these settlements so as to embarrass the government out of
accepting weak provisions, why not rule out weak provisions?


title: Israel proposing to raise threshold for party to enter parliament
uri: Israel-proposing-to-raise-threshold-for-party-to-enter-parliament
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Israel_proposing_to_raise_threshold_for_party_to_enter_parliament)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Israel_proposing_to_raise_threshold_for_party_to_enter_parliament%29

content:
<p>
Israel is proposing
to <a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1389365001/">raise
the threshold for a party to enter parliament, in the aim of excluding
the Arab parties.</a> Juggling the threshold is the parliamentary
system's equivalent of US voter suppression laws.
<p>
Meanwhile, in a complex of ironies, the extremist Lieberman wants to
transfer some Arab villages from Israel to Palestine, as a drop of
ethnic cleansing, but the inhabitants would rather be Israeli Arabs.


title: Urgent: Switch to safer chemicals and processes
uri: Urgent-Switch-to-safer-chemicals-and-processes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Urgent:_Switch_to_safer_chemicals_and_processes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Switch_to_safer_chemicals_and_processes%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the EPA
to <a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12379">require
and help chemical plants to switch to safer chemicals and
processes.</a>


title: Heavy rains in UK likely due to global heating
uri: Heavy-rains-in-UK-likely-due-to-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Heavy_rains_in_UK_likely_due_to_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Heavy_rains_in_UK_likely_due_to_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
The series of heavy rains (and floods) experienced by the UK in the
past month
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/10/david-cameron-floods-global-warming-climate-scientists">more
likely due to global heating.</a>
<p>
It would not have been impossible before, but CO2 and methane
emissions are making it more probable in the future.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Corporations_hide_in_cyberspace)
title: Corporations hide in cyberspace
uri: Corporations-hide-in-cyberspace
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Corporations_hide_in_cyberspace%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2014/01/corporations-hiding-in-cyberspace.html">Corporations
hide in cyberspace</a>, with no physical address, making it hard to
sue them.


title: US mainstream media on destruction of Falluja
uri: US-mainstream-media-on-destruction-of-Falluja
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(US_mainstream_media_on_destruction_of_Falluja)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28US_mainstream_media_on_destruction_of_Falluja%29

content:
<p>
US mainstream media talk about the Bush forces' destruction of Falluja
<a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/01/06/forgetting-fallujah/">as
if it were a heroic sacrifice, rather than an atrocity.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(A_cell_phone_for_children)
title: A cell phone for children
uri: A-cell-phone-for-children
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28A_cell_phone_for_children%29
content:
<p>
A cell phone for children
that's <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/10/ces-2014-tracking-device-children-wristband-monitors">turns
the child's whole world into a cell.</a>
<p>
The aim
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/10/child-tracking-wristbands-dystopian-future-ces-2014">total
robotic tracking of children, then old people, then everyone.</a>
<p>
Don't make the mistake of postponing your rejection of intrusive
surveillance technology till it gets even worse.  I started years ago.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Urgent:_Diplomacy_with_Iran)
title: Urgent: Diplomacy with Iran
uri: 2014-01-12-Urgent-Diplomacy-with-Iran
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Diplomacy_with_Iran%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your senators to 
<a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/i-support-diplomacy-with-1/">oppose
putting new sanctions on Iran</a>.
<p>
Give diplomacy a chance!
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 
and 888-355-3588.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Urgent:_Expand_Social_Security)
title: Urgent: Expand Social Security
uri: 2014-01-12-Urgent-Expand-Social-Security
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Expand_Social_Security%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6405/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9030">support</a> the Social Security expansion bill.


title: Urgent: Oppose stopping states from requiring GMO labeling
uri: Urgent-Oppose-stopping-states-from-requiring-GMO-labeling
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_stopping_states_from_requiring_GMO_labeling)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_stopping_states_from_requiring_GMO_labeling%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12702">tell
the FDA</a> you oppose the plan to stop states from requiring GMO
labeling.


title: Urgent: Call on Morocco to change rape law
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Morocco-to-change-rape-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_Morocco_to_change_rape_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Morocco_to_change_rape_law%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/forced_to_marry_her_rapist_f/">call
on Morocco</a> to change the law that allows rapists to escape
punishment by forcing their victims to marry them.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Being_a_strong_leader)
title: Being a "strong leader"
uri: Being-a-strong-leader
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Being_a_strong_leader%29
content:
<p>
For a politician to be a "strong leader" 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/10/chris-christie-scandal-strong-leaders-dangerous">overlaps
with being a bully</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Peak_oil)
title: Peak oil
uri: Peak-oil
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Peak_oil%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/business-locked-destructive-relationship-oil">Peak
oil has not gone away</a>: the supply of oil per unit time may
contract, and cause economic problems.
<p>
The crucial question, not apparently addressed here, is: would it be
possible to burn oil faster than it's going to be available, while
avoiding the worse disaster that global heating is taking us towards?
<p>
A limit at a place that, for other reasons, we must not even approach
is no real limit.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(The_forces_in_control_of_Falluja)
title: The forces in control of Falluja
uri: The-forces-in-control-of-Falluja
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28The_forces_in_control_of_Falluja%29

content:
<p>
Maybe the forces in control in Falluja are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/10/iraq-fallujah-destruction-alqaida-maliki">not
al Qa'ida</a>.
<p>
This would be entirely plausible, except for the report that 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#04_January_2014_(Iraqi_state_allied_with_non-radical_Sunnis)">local
Sunnis said they are allied with the Iraqi government against al
Qa'ida</a>.
<p>
I'm not sure what to make of this.


title: US protesters could be imprisoned for 10 years
uri: US-protesters-could-be-imprisoned-for-10-years
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(US_protesters_could_be_imprisoned_for_10_years)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28US_protesters_could_be_imprisoned_for_10_years%29

content:
<p>
US protesters could be 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/10/terror-charges-oklahoma-fossil-fuel-protest">imprisoned
for 10 years</a> because prosecutors called their banner a "terrorist
hoax".
<p>
We should tell those prosecutors to go to Russia if they
don't like American freedom.


title: The proposed "privacy and security" act
uri: The-proposed-privacy-and-security-act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(The_proposed_privacy_and_security_act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28The_proposed_privacy_and_security_act%29

content:
<p>
Senator Leahy's "privacy and security" act would make the CFAA 
<a href="http://rt.com/usa/leahy-data-privacy-cfaa-330/">even easier
to stretch</a>.  People could face years in prison for just proposing
to violate the terms of service of any web site.


title: Verizon trying to trash net neutrality for cabled Internet
uri: Verizon-trying-to-trash-net-neutrality-for-cabled-Internet
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Verizon_trying_to_trash_net_neutrality_for_cabled_Internet)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Verizon_trying_to_trash_net_neutrality_for_cabled_Internet%29

content:
<p>
A lawsuit might allow Verizon to trash 
<a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/01/so-who-owns-the-internet/">net
neutrality for cabled Internet</a> even as AT&T trashes 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#07_January_2014_(AT%26T_invites_web_services_to_pay_to_for_exemption_from_data_caps)">network
neutrality on mobile devices</a>.


title: CREDO Mobile reports number of times it had to give customer data to US gov't
uri: CREDO-Mobile-reports-number-of-times-it-had-to-give-customer-data-to-U
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(CREDO_Mobile_reports_number_of_times_it_had_to_give_customer_data_to_US_govt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28CREDO_Mobile_reports_number_of_times_it_had_to_give_customer_data_to_US_govt%29

content:
<p>
CREDO Mobile is the first phone company to report 
<a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/194969-left-leaning-phone-company-issues-transparency-report">how
many times it had to give customer data to the US government</a>.
<p>
This information does not really tell us much, since any one of these
requests might have covered all of the company's customers.  But it
shows their heart is in the right place.


title: US data brokers group people into lists and sell their names
uri: US-data-brokers-group-people-into-lists-and-sell-their-names
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(US_data_brokers_group_people_into_lists_and_sell_their_names)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28US_data_brokers_group_people_into_lists_and_sell_their_names%29

content:
<p>
US data brokers sell lists of people with HIV, lists of people
with drug addictions, lists of elderly gamblers, and other 
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/media/what-surveillance-valley-knows-about-you?paging=off">lists
that are particularly subject to abuse</a>.


title: Hidden dangers of Senator Rubio's "reforms" to help the poor
uri: Hidden-dangers-of-Senator-Rubio-s-reforms-to-help-the-poor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Hidden_dangers_of_Senator_Rubios_reforms_to_help_the_poor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Hidden_dangers_of_Senator_Rubios_reforms_to_help_the_poor%29

content:
<p>
Senator Rubio's "reforms" for US help for the poor have 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/01/heres-how-tell-if-marco-rubio-serious-about-fighting-poverty">hidden
dangers</a>.


title: Global heating won't limit itself by causing more clouds
uri: Global-heating-won-t-limit-itself-by-causing-more-clouds
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Global_heating_wont_limit_itself_by_causing_more_clouds)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Global_heating_wont_limit_itself_by_causing_more_clouds%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/jan/09/global-warming-humans-not-sun">New
modeling</a> concludes that global heating won't limit itself by
causing more clouds.


title: Koch brother's TV ads against the recall of anti-worker governor
uri: Koch-brother-s-TV-ads-against-the-recall-of-anti-worker-governor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Koch_brothers_TV_ads_against_the_recall_of_anti-worker_governor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Koch_brothers_TV_ads_against_the_recall_of_anti-worker_governor%29

content:
<p>
When Wisconsin's anti-worker Governor Walker was facing recall, the
Koch brothers bought 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/01/12354/exclusive-koch-network-funded-ads-telling-voters-recall-not-wisconsin-way">TV
ads invoking a peculiar principle</a> that it's unfair to recall an
official merely to stop him from pushing horrible laws.


title: An argument against the "need" for massive surveillance
uri: An-argument-against-the-need-for-massive-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(An_argument_against_the_need_for_massive_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28An_argument_against_the_need_for_massive_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/06/nsa-tailored-access-operations-privacy">The
NSA's capabilities for breaking security of specific systems</a> are
an argument against "need" for massive surveillance of everyone.


title: Robots being developed for farm tasks
uri: Robots-being-developed-for-farm-tasks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Robots_being_developed_for_farm_tasks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Robots_being_developed_for_farm_tasks%29

content:
<p>
Robots are being developed for 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/09/robots-farm-future">many
farm tasks</a>.
<p>
These jobs are done inefficiently by humans, often at very low pay and
in bad conditions.  If new the robots are able to do the jobs, it will
be good that people don't have to live like that.  On the other hand,
it will not be good if they starve instead.
<p>
At a meeting in Cambridge, some 15 years ago, a man said, "If robots
make it, we've gotta take it."  We must not let the owners of the
robots own what the robots produce, leaving most people with only
trickle-down.
<p>
If you're a farmer, watch out for 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_January_2014_(Software_freedom_on_farms)">nonfree
software in these robots</a>!


title: Senegal coast guard captures Russian intensive fishing ship
uri: Senegal-coast-guard-captures-Russian-intensive-fishing-ship
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Senegal_coast_guard_captures_Russian_intensive_fishing_ship)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Senegal_coast_guard_captures_Russian_intensive_fishing_ship%29

content:
<p>
Senegal's coast guard captured a Russian 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/09/russia-greenpeace-senegal-trawler-fishing">intensive
fishing ship</a>.  Russia's response is to blame Greenpeace.


title: Republican governors who solicited secret-source money
uri: Republican-governors-who-solicited-secret-source-money
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 11_January_2014_(Republican_governors_who_solicited_secret-source_money)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#11_January_2014_%28Republican_governors_who_solicited_secret-source_money%29

content:
<p>
Several Republican governors are being attacked for 
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/scott-walker-john-kasich-rick-snyder-dark-money-reelection">soliciting
secret-source money to support their campaigns</a>.


title: Call on California's governor not to permit fracking
uri: Call-on-California-s-governor-not-to-permit-fracking
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Call_on_Californias_governor_not_to_permit_fracking)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Call_on_Californias_governor_not_to_permit_fracking%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14839">call
on California Governor Brown</a> not to permit fracking.


title: The frequent blooms of plankton in parts of the Pacific
uri: The-frequent-blooms-of-plankton-in-parts-of-the-Pacific
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(The_frequent_blooms_of_plankton_in_parts_of_the_Pacific)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28The_frequent_blooms_of_plankton_in_parts_of_the_Pacific%29

content:
<p>
Global heating may have to do with more 
<a href="http://deepseanews.com/2014/01/is-the-sea-floor-littered-with-dead-animals-due-to-radiation-no/">frequent
blooms of plankton</a> in certain parts of the Pacific, but they have
nothing to do with radiation or Fukishima.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Corruption_and_pandering_in_Canada)
title: Corruption and pandering in Canada
uri: Corruption-and-pandering-in-Canada
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Corruption_and_pandering_in_Canada%29

content:
<p>
Canada's government in 2013 displayed a record of blatant and
shameless 
<a href="http://24percentmajority.blogspot.ca/2014/01/2013-best-of-canadian-federal-politics.html">corruption
and pandering</a>.


title: UK pushing law to make ASBOs even more sweeping and arbitrary
uri: UK-pushing-law-to-make-ASBOs-even-more-sweeping-and-arbitrary
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(UK_pushing_law_to_make_ASBOs_even_more_sweeping_and_arbitrary)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28UK_pushing_law_to_make_ASBOs_even_more_sweeping_and_arbitrary%29

content:
<p>
The UK is pushing a law to make arbitrary prohibitions (ASBOs) 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/06/law-to-stop-eveyone-everything">even
more sweeping and arbitrary</a>.
<p>
People could be subject to two years in prison for almost any sort of
behavior that judges dislike.  Protests and meetings could be banned
arbitrarily.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(FBI_neglects_white-collar_crime)
title: FBI neglects white-collar crime
uri: FBI-neglects-white-collar-crime
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28FBI_neglects_white-collar_crime%29

content:
<p>
The FBI has shifted its focus to terrorism, 
<a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/10/acquitted_in_court_still_blacklisted_by_the_us">neglecting
white-collar crime</a>.  The attorney general sets an example of
neglecting white-collar crime by 
<a href="http://lists.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_March_2013_(Urgent:_Prosecute_banks)">declaring
the banksters too big to jail</a>.


title: US Fish & Wildlife Service to drop rat poison on Farallon Islands
uri: US-Fish-Wildlife-Service-to-drop-rat-poison-on-Farallon-Islands
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(US_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service_to_drop_rat_poison_on_Farallon_Islands)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28US_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service_to_drop_rat_poison_on_Farallon_Islands%29

content:
<p>
The US Fish And Wildlife Service plans to drop rat poison on the
Farallon Islands to eradicate mice that 
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maggie-sergio/the-farallon-islands-mous_b_4538506.html">threaten
the survival of endangered storm petrels</a> there.
<p>
To eradicate mice (or rats or cats) from an island in order to protect
endemic wildlife is entirely legitimate.  It is only the method they
propose that threatens to be very foolish.


title: Lester Grinspoon convinced that marijuana is not harmful
uri: Lester-Grinspoon-convinced-that-marijuana-is-not-harmful
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Lester_Grinspoon_convinced_that_marijuana_is_not_harmful)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Lester_Grinspoon_convinced_that_marijuana_is_not_harmful%29

content:
<p>
Lester Grinspoon explains how his clinical observations convinced him
that marijuana is 
<a href="http://www.mademan.com/dr-lester-grinspoon-on-david-brooks-weed-been-there-done-that/">not
harmful and should be legal</a>.


title: European Parliament to invite Snowden to give testimony
uri: European-Parliament-to-invite-Snowden-to-give-testimony
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(European_Parliament_to_invite_Snowden_to_give_testimony)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28European_Parliament_to_invite_Snowden_to_give_testimony%29

content:
<p>
A committee of the European Parliament has decided to invite Snowden
to 
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25669448">give
testimony remotely</a>.


title: When The FBI Asks You To Backdoor Your Software
uri: When-The-FBI-Asks-You-To-Backdoor-Your-Software
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(When_The_FBI_Asks_You_To_Backdoor_Your_Software)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28When_The_FBI_Asks_You_To_Backdoor_Your_Software%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/security/319544-what-it-s-like-when-the-fbi-asks-you-to-backdoor-your-software">What
It's Like When The FBI Asks You To Backdoor Your Software</a>.
<p>
I am shocked that anyone would agree to do this — or that anyone
thinks most developers would agree to do this.


title: Artist not allowed to speak with prisoners in Guantanamo
uri: Artist-not-allowed-to-speak-with-prisoners-in-Guantanamo
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Artist_not_allowed_to_speak_with_prisoners_in_Guantanamo)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Artist_not_allowed_to_speak_with_prisoners_in_Guantanamo%29

content:
<p>
An artist who visited Guantanamo was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/11/guantanamo-american-disgrace-never-happen-again">not
allowed to speak with prisoners</a>, or even see them clearly, but she
could see the evil that has contaminated the US.
<p>
Guantanamo attacks the freedom of prisoners' relatives, too,
when it requires them to communicate through the 
<a href="http://stallman.org/skype.html">Skype client</a>, a program
that
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">denies freedom to
its users</a>.


title: Medecins Sans Frontiers has wrestled with ethical and political questions
uri: Medecins-Sans-Frontiers-has-wrestled-with-ethical-and-political-questi
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Medecins_Sans_Frontiers_has_wrestled_with_ethical_and_political_questions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Medecins_Sans_Frontiers_has_wrestled_with_ethical_and_political_questions%29

content:
<p>
Medecins Sans Frontiers
has <a href="http://www.msf-crash.org/livres/en/silence-heals-from-the-cold-war-to-the-war-on-terror-msf-speaks-out-a-brief-history">wrestled
with various ethical and political questions about how to carry out
its mission.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Surveillance_of_prescriptions)
title: Surveillance of prescriptions
uri: Surveillance-of-prescriptions
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Surveillance_of_prescriptions%29
content:
<p>
One form of massive surveillance, usually ignored,
is <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/10-8">surveillance
of prescriptions.</a>


title: US policy has spread al Qa'ida to many countries
uri: US-policy-has-spread-al-Qa-ida-to-many-countries
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(US_policy_has_spread_al_Qa'ida_to_many_countries)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28US_policy_has_spread_al_Qa%27ida_to_many_countries%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/11-5">US policy has
spread al Qa'ida to many countries.</a>


title: Death threat for investigating drone bombing
uri: Death-threat-for-investigating-drone-bombing
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Death_threat_for_investigating_drone_bombing)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Death_threat_for_investigating_drone_bombing%29

content:
<p>
Baraa Shiban has received
a <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/01/10">death
threat for investigating the casualties from a drone bombing in
Yemen.</a>


title: Most members of Congress are millionaires
uri: Most-members-of-Congress-are-millionaires
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Most_members_of_Congress_are_millionaires)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Most_members_of_Congress_are_millionaires%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/10-6">Most
members of Congress are millionaires.</a>


title: Pakistani internet rights group suing UK gov't
uri: Pakistani-internet-rights-group-suing-UK-gov-t
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Pakistani_internet_rights_group_suing_UK_gov't)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Pakistani_internet_rights_group_suing_UK_gov%27t%29

content:
<p>
The Pakistani internet rights group Bytes for All
is <a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-01/09/pakistan-human-rights-sues-uk">suing
the UK government for surveillance of its communications.</a>


title: India has implemented massive surveillance of communications
uri: India-has-implemented-massive-surveillance-of-communications
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(India_has_implemented_massive_surveillance_of_communications)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28India_has_implemented_massive_surveillance_of_communications%29

content:
<p>
India
has <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/01/big-brother-curtailing-net-freedom-south-asia-20141544556701717.html">implemented
massive surveillance of communications</a>, with no court supervision.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Two_points_Gates_does_not_mention)
title: Two points Gates does not mention
uri: Two-points-Gates-does-not-mention
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Two_points_Gates_does_not_mention%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/01/gates-conceals-real-story-gaming-obama-afghan-war/">Two
points Gates does not mention when criticizing Obama about
Afghanistan.</a>
<p>
Notwithstanding these points, Obama is ultimately responsible for his
decisions.


title: Feminist playwright driven out of Turkey
uri: Feminist-playwright-driven-out-of-Turkey
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 12_January_2014_(Feminist_playwright_driven_out_of_Turkey)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_January_2014_%28Feminist_playwright_driven_out_of_Turkey%29

content:
<p>
Feminist playwright Meltem Arikan
was <a href="http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/01/conversation-with-meltem-arikan/">driven
out of Turkey by threats from fanatical supporters of the ruling
party.</a>
<p>
They accuse her experimental play Mi Minor of being a plan for the
Gezi Park protests.


title: Urgent: Feb 11 action against NSA surveillance
uri: Urgent-Feb-11-action-against-NSA-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Urgent:_Feb_11_action_against_NSA_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Feb_11_action_against_NSA_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: support the Feb 11 
<a href="https://thedaywefightback.org/">action against NSA
surveillance</a>.
<p>
To fight surveillance effectively, our target must go beyond the NSA.
Other branches of government do surveillance too; we must limit
license plate recognizers and face recognizers even if they are run by
local governments.
<p>
The root of surveillance is 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">when
digital systems record data about people</a>.  We must demand the
redesign of digital systems to retain little data about people in
general.


title: Quantifying the social cost of carbon emissions
uri: Quantifying-the-social-cost-of-carbon-emissions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Quantifying_the_social_cost_of_carbon_emissions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Quantifying_the_social_cost_of_carbon_emissions%29

content:
<p>
Quantifying the 
<a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/speak-up-to-make-sure-the-government-counts-climate-costs/">social
cost of carbon emissions</a> might encourage governments and companies
to take necessary steps.
<p>
If you understand that global heating is probably leading to disaster,
and we don't know exactly how far away the disaster is, you don't need
to a measure of the cost of short-term effects.  However, that measure
may help to convince short-term-minded people.


title: Consequence of privatizing electric generation in Argentina
uri: Consequence-of-privatizing-electric-generation-in-Argentina
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Consequence_of_privatizing_electric_generation_in_Argentina)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Consequence_of_privatizing_electric_generation_in_Argentina%29

content:
<p>
Privatization of electric generation in Argentina was supposed to
attract investment, but the 
<a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/01/blackouts-argentina-highlight-failings-privatisation/">companies
extracted money instead of investing</a>.


title: UK's "lobbying" bill threatens to restrict civil society
uri: UK-s-lobbying-bill-threatens-to-restrict-civil-society
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(UKs_lobbying_bill_threatens_to_restrict_civil_society)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28UKs_lobbying_bill_threatens_to_restrict_civil_society%29

content:
<p>
The UK's "lobbying" bill 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/12/lobbying-bill-tarnish-britain-un-official">threatens
to restrict civil society</a>, while business lobbying will simply
adapt.


title: Australian gov't to pay companies that produce CO2
uri: Australian-gov-t-to-pay-companies-that-produce-CO2
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Australian_govt_to_pay_companies_that_produce_CO2)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Australian_govt_to_pay_companies_that_produce_CO2%29

content:
<p>
The Australian government's plan to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions is
to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2014/jan/12/greg-hunt-negligent-direct-action-climate-change-denialist">give
money to the companies that produce it, then let them do whatever they
wish</a>.
<p>
It also endorses cap-and-trade, which pretends to reduce emissions but
really promotes pretend reductions.
<p>
That government will say anything whatever, but its actions are in
service to fossil fuel companies.


title: Freedom of speech in Turkey and France
uri: Freedom-of-speech-in-Turkey-and-France
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Freedom_of_speech_in_Turkey_and_France)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Freedom_of_speech_in_Turkey_and_France%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/01/19/french-genocide-denial-law-is-an-insult-to-memory-of-hrant-dink/">Hrant
Dink</a>, martyr for freedom of speech, was tried in Turkey for the
"crime" of affirming the genocide of the Armenians.  Then, when France
first considered a law to make it a "crime" to deny the genocide of
the Armenians, Dink said he would go to France and deny it as a
protest.
<p>
Turkey now 
<a href="http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2014/01/10/censorship_internet/">plans
to increase internet censorship</a> and make it harder to evade.
<p>
Banning "hate speech" is an excuse for dangerous policies.  No matter
what we think of views, we must not ban their expression.


title: Former Merck employees claim Merck falsified data
uri: Former-Merck-employees-claim-Merck-falsified-data
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Former_Merck_employees_claim_Merck_falsified_data)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Former_Merck_employees_claim_Merck_falsified_data%29

content:
<p>
Former Merck employees claim in a lawsuit that Merck falsified data
about the effectiveness of its vaccine against mumps, and 
<a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/06/27/47851.htm">used
incorrect test procedures</a> designed to make the vaccine look more
effective than it really was.
<p>
I found out about this through a site called nvic.org, but that site
exaggerated and distorted this issue by presenting the vaccine as
unsafe.  Another page claimed that a tiny amount of formaldehyde in a
vaccine was dangerous on principle, though it is much less
formaldehyde than is normally found in the human body.  While that
site is not 100% false, it is not reliable either.
<p>
Unfounded rumors claiming vaccines are dangerous has led people to
refuse vaccination for their children, which ironically has resulted
in disease outbreaks that really damage children.  The most glaring
instance is the
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_August_2013_(Children_in_Pakistan_getting_sick_with_polio)">opposition
to polio vaccination</a> in Pakistan and Syria, which results in
permanent palsy for some children.


title: Obama talks about cutting taxes for business to "help" the poor
uri: Obama-talks-about-cutting-taxes-for-business-to-help-the-poor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Obama_talks_about_cutting_taxes_for_business_to_help_the_poor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Obama_talks_about_cutting_taxes_for_business_to_help_the_poor%29

content:
<p>
Obama talks about helping small areas in the US with lots of poverty,
but part of the "help" is 
<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/08/fact-sheet-president-obama-s-promise-zones-initiative">cutting
taxes for business</a>.
<p>
Once a tax cut gets applied to a part of the US, businesses will push
to spread it to more parts.  Then businesses elsewhere say that
"fairness" means they should get a tax cut too.  Eventually it spreads
into a general tax cut for business.
<p>
Business pays too little taxes in general.  If we want to put specific
zones at an advantage, let's raise taxes for business everywhere
except those zones.


title: Polarization and gridlock benefits the rich in the US
uri: Polarization-and-gridlock-benefits-the-rich-in-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Polarization_and_gridlock_benefits_the_rich_in_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Polarization_and_gridlock_benefits_the_rich_in_the_US%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/07">Study:
Polarization and Gridlock Work Well for the Wealthiest Americans</a>.
<p>
The idea that Congress is "not functioning" represents a fundamental
misunderstanding, comparable to saying that a football game is "not
functioning" because the score is 0-0.  What it means is that neither
side can overcome the other side to score.
<p>
However, that analogy goes only so far.  In Congress, it's not a mere
game.  The two sides are "totally for the rich" and "mostly for the
rich but with some concern for the rest", and the points that are
occasionally scored against the poor do tremendous harm.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(The_US_national_security_jihad)
title: The US national security jihad
uri: The-US-national-security-jihad
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28The_US_national_security_jihad%29
content:
<p>
The US has replaced checks and balances and rule of law with the
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/06">national
security jihad</a>.


title: Nauru requires $7000 special visas for journalists
uri: Nauru-requires-7000-special-visas-for-journalists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Nauru_requires_$7000_special_visas_for_journalists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Nauru_requires_%247000_special_visas_for_journalists%29

content:
<p>
Nauru, where Australia stores unwanted asylum seekers, now demands
<a href="http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/01/09/itll_cost_you_7000_to_report_on_australias_refugee_crisis">$7000
dollars for a journalist's visa</a>, effectively saying Australia's
dirty deeds are off limits to journalism.
<p>
It is an injustice to require special visas for journalists.
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2004-mar-jun.html#17%20June%202004%20(Elena%20Lappin)">The
US should set a good example by abolishing the practice</a>.


title: Responsibility for the Washington Bridge hold-up
uri: Responsibility-for-the-Washington-Bridge-hold-up
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Responsibility_for_the_Washington_Bridge_hold-up)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Responsibility_for_the_Washington_Bridge_hold-up%29

content:
<p>
Exposure Chris Christie's underlings' disguised 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/11/chris-christie-dealt-blow-plot-far-fetched-sopranos">retribution
scheme</a> has called attention to bad decisions that are clearly the
responsibility of Christie himself.
<p>
I won't claim that Christie must have known about this particular
scheme.  I would not expect a governor to personally pay attention
each specific action taken, whether ethical or not.  However, he may
have told, or led, his underlings over the years to plan various kinds
of political pressure and retaliation and not bother him with the
details.  That would still make him responsible overall.


title: Virginia chemical spill and New Jersey bridge harassment
uri: Virginia-chemical-spill-and-New-Jersey-bridge-harassment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(Virginia_chemical_spill_and_New_Jersey_bridge_harassment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28Virginia_chemical_spill_and_New_Jersey_bridge_harassment%29

content:
<p>
Comparing the West Virginia chemical spill, which has poisoned the
water for a while
region, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/13/west-virginia-chemical-spill-versus-bridgegate">with
the New Jersey bridge harassment.</a>
<p>
While it was an accident that this particular plant leaked toxins into
the river just now, it is no accident that the US has lots of chemical
plants that have a certain chance of poisoning people
or <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#19_April_2013_(Texas_fertilizer_plant_not_inspected_in_five_years)">exploding</a>
at any time.  That is the result of policy choices.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(lack_of_respect_for_the_prophet)
title: "lack of respect for the prophet"
uri: lack-of-respect-for-the-prophet
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28lack_of_respect_for_the_prophet%29

content:
<p>
Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed faces charges of "lack of respect for the
prophet" <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jan/13/journalist-safety-mauritania">for
an article criticizing Mohammed.</a>
<p>
What else would you expect from a man whose name parodies "Mohammed"
twice ;-).
<p>
Mauritania is not alone in this sort of injustice: most countries that
identify themselves as Muslim trample religious freedom and freedom of
expression.  It is one of the standard injustices of Islam.


title: Internet does not boost democracy in nondemocratic states
uri: Internet-does-not-boost-democracy-in-nondemocratic-states
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Internet_does_not_boost_democracy_in_nondemocratic_states)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Internet_does_not_boost_democracy_in_nondemocratic_states%29

content:
<p>
A study finds that in nondemocratic states, the internet does not
boost democracy;
rather, <a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-01-internet-erodes-democratic.html">it
has become an instrument to suppress dissent.</a>
<p>
It can do this in the US too:
the <a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11315">US
massive surveillance system</a> is the seed of what the elite will
want whenever anything makes the populace desperate enough to demand
change.
<p>
William Binney proposed to give the NSA a spy system that wouldn't spy
on ordinary
Americans, <a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=767&Itemid=74&jumival=11321">but
the highest officials rejected it.</a>


title: The Ugly Truth about Charter Schools
uri: The-Ugly-Truth-about-Charter-Schools
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(The_Ugly_Truth_about_Charter_Schools)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28The_Ugly_Truth_about_Charter_Schools%29

content:
<p>
The Ugly Truth about Charter
Schools: <a href="http://www.alternet.org/education/truth-about-charter-schools-padded-cells-corruption-lousy-instruction-and-worse-results?paging=off">Padded
Cells, Corruption, Lousy Instruction and Worse Results.</a>
<p>
Charter schools are a form of privatization.  In general,
privatization is presented as a way to make some service more
efficient, but its real effect is to enrich a few.  That's true in
this case, but it also represents a way for the state to abandon poor
people, now increasingly considered superfluous by the plutocratic
state.


title: Restaurants replacing waiters with computerized order-takers
uri: Restaurants-replacing-waiters-with-computerized-order-takers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Restaurants_replacing_waiters_with_computerized_order-takers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Restaurants_replacing_waiters_with_computerized_order-takers%29

content:
<p>
Some restaurants
are <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karin-kasdin/tech-gadgets_b_4545612.html">replacing
waiters with computerized order-takers.</a>  This threatens to leave
millions more Americans unemployed.
<p>
Applebees alone may cut half a million jobs.
<p>
Using an ithing to take the orders is bad for restaurant, too.  It is
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">full
of nonfree software that tramples the freedom of the user</a> (in this
case, the
restaurant) <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary.html">and
exposes the user to malware</a>
<p>
For the sake of sales clerk's employment, I refuse to use the
self-checkout machines in supermarkets and drug stores.  When I go
into a drug store that has these machines, I shout to the people who
use them, "Using those machines puts Americans out of work".
<p>
I think we should prohibit those machines simply to keep employment
up.


title: Handing over personal data to stores
uri: Handing-over-personal-data-to-stores
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Handing_over_personal_data_to_stores)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Handing_over_personal_data_to_stores%29

content:
<p>
Handing over personal data to stores turns out to
be <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/stop-asking-me-for-my-email-address/">no
safer with big stores than with any other stores.</a>
<p>
The risk that the store's copy of your personal data might be obtained
by crackers should not distract you from the bigger risk — the
use that will be made of your personal data <em>with permission</em>
of companies that possess it.
<p>
I won't give any personal data to a store, because I don't want my
purchases to be associated with me.  I won't give the store even my
name.
<p>
The worst piece of data to give to a store is your credit card number.
Even if it is never obtained by crackers, it will identify you to the
store's data base together with what you bought.
<p>
Do as I do: pay cash, and never give stores your personal data.  If
you never give it, you won't learn it as a habit, so you won't start
handing it over as a habit.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(UK_gov't_for_shale)
title: UK gov't for shale
uri: UK-gov-t-for-shale
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28UK_gov%27t_for_shale%29
content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/13/shale-gas-fracking-cameron-all-out">UK
government is entirely for shale</a>, and hopes that local councils
are for shale as well.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Iran_nuclear_agreement)
title: Iran nuclear agreement
uri: Iran-nuclear-agreement
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Iran_nuclear_agreement%29
content:
<p>
Iran and other
countries <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/12/iran-begin-implementation-nuclear-deal">have
worked out the last details of the nuclear agreement, and the
implementation will begin on Jan 20</a> — provided Congress
doesn't ruin everything.


title: Urgent: Reject Monsanto's Biological Restrictions Management
uri: Urgent-Reject-Monsanto-s-Biological-Restrictions-Management
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(Urgent:_Reject_Monsantos_Biological_Restrictions_Management)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Reject_Monsantos_Biological_Restrictions_Management%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: urge Brazil to 
<a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/brazil-terminator-seeds/">reject
Monsanto's BRM (Biological Restrictions Management)</a>, also known as
"terminator seeds".


title: Mosaic of mutually hostile militias in Syria
uri: Mosaic-of-mutually-hostile-militias-in-Syria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Mosaic_of_mutually_hostile_militias_in_Syria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Mosaic_of_mutually_hostile_militias_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
Syria outside Assad's control is a mosaic of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/12/syria-refugees-bab-al-hawa-turkey">mutually
hostile militias</a>.


title: Pine Island Glacier melting irreversibly
uri: Pine-Island-Glacier-melting-irreversibly
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Pine_Island_Glacier_melting_irreversibly)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Pine_Island_Glacier_melting_irreversibly%29

content:
<p>
Global heating has pushed the giant Pine Island Glacier into
irreversible melting, and 
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-01-giant-antarctic-glacier.html">will
melt away over the next few decades</a>.
<p>
This is expected to raise global sea level by just one centimeter.  If
only the melting ice were limited to this!  However, melting for the
whole Antarctic melting is speeding up.


title: Claims that terrorists changed tactics due to Snowden unfounded
uri: Claims-that-terrorists-changed-tactics-due-to-Snowden-unfounded
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Claims_that_terrorists_changed_tactics_due_to_Snowden_unfounded)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Claims_that_terrorists_changed_tactics_due_to_Snowden_unfounded%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/01/12/retiring-nsa-deputy-director-admits-agency-cant-prove-terrorists-changing-tactics-because-of-snowden/">Retiring
NSA Deputy Director Admits Agency Can't Prove Terrorists Changing
Tactics Because of Snowden</a>.
<p>
This demonstrates once again pro-surveillance officials' predilection
for stretching the truth.  Aside from that, the issue is a secondary
one.  Even if terrorists change their tactics, and even if that helps
them a little, they are a secondary threat.  A government that
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">surveils
everyone and thus eliminates democracy</a> is more dangerous than any
independent terrorists.


title: US gov't recognizes x-ray body scanners could be dangerous
uri: US-gov-t-recognizes-x-ray-body-scanners-could-be-dangerous
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(US_govt_recognizes_x-ray_body_scanners_could_be_dangerous)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28US_govt_recognizes_x-ray_body_scanners_could_be_dangerous%29

content:
<p>
A lawsuit by the Electronic Privacy Information Center pushed the US
government to recognize that x-ray body scanners could be dangerous.
Now EPIC has 
<a href="http://epic.org/2014/01/epic-settles-foia-case-obtains.html">made
the DHS yield its information on test results and radiation risk
estimates</a> for airport body scanners.


title: Land taken away from peasants in Argentina to grow GM soybeans
uri: Land-taken-away-from-peasants-in-Argentina-to-grow-GM-soybeans
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Land_taken_away_from_peasants_in_Argentina_to_grow_GM_soybeans)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Land_taken_away_from_peasants_in_Argentina_to_grow_GM_soybeans%29

content:
<p>
Cultivation of genetically modified soybeans by plantations has taken
over 
<a href="http://upsidedownworld.org/main/argentina-archives-32/4624-land-conflicts-in-argentina-from-resistance-to-systemic-transformation">most
of Argentina's agricultural land</a>, and this involves taking land
away from lots of peasants.


title: US sailors drenched with radioactive fallout near Fukushima
uri: US-sailors-drenched-with-radioactive-fallout-near-Fukushima
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(US_sailors_drenched_with_radioactive_fallout_near_Fukushima)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28US_sailors_drenched_with_radioactive_fallout_near_Fukushima%29

content:
<p>
US sailors say they were drenched with radioactive fallout which
caused them 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/12">persistent
medical problems</a>, while their ship was rescuing people swept out
to sea near Fukushima.


title: UK generals in Bush forces face possible prosecution
uri: UK-generals-in-Bush-forces-face-possible-prosecution
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(UK_generals_in_Bush_forces_face_possible_prosecution)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28UK_generals_in_Bush_forces_face_possible_prosecution%29

content:
<p>
UK generals in the Bush forces, and politicians, face possible
prosecution in the International Criminal Court because they 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/jan/12/iraq-war-crimes">did
not prevent torture of prisoners</a>.


title: Dangerous cost-cutting and slipshod work at Fukushima
uri: Dangerous-cost-cutting-and-slipshod-work-at-Fukushima
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Dangerous_cost-cutting_and_slipshod_work_at_Fukushima)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Dangerous_cost-cutting_and_slipshod_work_at_Fukushima%29

content:
<p>
Yoshitatsu Uechi, a worker at Fukushima, says he repeatedly
encountered 
<a href="http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201401040008">dangerous
cost-cutting and slipshod work</a> there.


title: Tracking company encourages stores to track customers through WiFi
uri: Tracking-company-encourages-stores-to-track-customers-through-WiFi
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(Tracking_company_encourages_stores_to_track_customers_through_WiFi)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28Tracking_company_encourages_stores_to_track_customers_through_WiFi%29

content:
<p>
A tracking company is encouraging stores to track customers through
the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/datablog/2014/jan/10/how-tracking-customers-in-store-will-soon-be-the-norm">WiFi
chips of mobile phones</a>.
<p>
This particular company doesn't know anyone's name, but there are
other companies that can relate the phone's MAC address to a name.
Put those two data bases together and presto, it says who has gone
where.
<p>
If the phone talks to the phone network, then the phone company
already records where it goes.  The two methods of tracking lead to
the same intolerable result.


title: A few congresscritters try to smear Snowden
uri: A-few-congresscritters-try-to-smear-Snowden
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 13_January_2014_(A_few_congresscritters_try_to_smear_Snowden)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28A_few_congresscritters_try_to_smear_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
A few congresscritters are 
<a href="http://wpni.112.2o7.net/b/ss/wpniforeignpolicyprod/1/H.24--NS/0">trying
to smear Snowden</a> by saying that his disclosures "could" do harm to
US national security.
<p>
Such a weak assertion could be said of anything you do, even getting
out of bed.
<p>
Since the security of America includes the security of our democracy,
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html
">massive 
general surveillance by the US government does great harm to
our democracy</a>.
<p>
Snowden is a hero because he gave us the beginning of a chance to
defend our democracy from that threat.


title: Israel shut down Palestinian landfill
uri: Israel-shut-down-Palestinian-landfill
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(Israel_shut_down_Palestinian_landfill)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28Israel_shut_down_Palestinian_landfill%29

content:
<p>
The Palestinian Authority won't allow Israeli colonies to use its
landfill, so <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/66712">Israel has
shut it down entirely.</a>


title: No evidence that yoga can cleanse anyone's liver
uri: No-evidence-that-yoga-can-cleanse-anyone-s-liver
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(No_evidence_that_yoga_can_cleanse_anyone's_liver)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28No_evidence_that_yoga_can_cleanse_anyone%27s_liver%29

content:
<p>
Pseudoscience: there
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/sifting-the-evidence/2014/jan/13/demystifying-detox-can-yoga-really-cleanse-the-liver">no
evidence that yoga can cleanse anyone's liver.</a>


title: Urgent: Tell Starbucks to stop trying to undermine San Jose's living wage law
uri: Urgent-Tell-Starbucks-to-stop-trying-to-undermine-San-Jose-s-living-w
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(Urgent:_Tell_Starbucks_to_stop_trying_to_undermine_San_Jose's_living_wage_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_Starbucks_to_stop_trying_to_undermine_San_Jose%27s_living_wage_law%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: tell Starbucks
to <a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/starbucks-san-jose/2/3/?akid=3476.881131.05Zu_D&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1002">stop
trying to undermine San Jose's living wage law.</a>


title: Ten Examples of Welfare for the Rich and Corporations
uri: Ten-Examples-of-Welfare-for-the-Rich-and-Corporations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(Ten_Examples_of_Welfare_for_the_Rich_and_Corporations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28Ten_Examples_of_Welfare_for_the_Rich_and_Corporations%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/13-4">Ten Examples
of Welfare for the Rich and Corporations</a>, in the US.


title: Israel shoots at Palestinian fishing boat
uri: Israel-shoots-at-Palestinian-fishing-boat
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(Israel_shoots_at_Palestinian_fishing_boat)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28Israel_shoots_at_Palestinian_fishing_boat%29

content:
<p>
Israel <a href="http://palsolidarity.org/2014/01/israels-attacks-on-palestinian-fishermen-in-gaza-flaunt-international-conventions/">shoots
at Palestinian fishing boats that get 4 miles from shore.</a>
<p>
Sometimes they get shot even closer to shore.


title: Urgent: Plan to tie restoration of unemployment benefits with an attack on the EPA
uri: Urgent-Plan-to-tie-restoration-of-unemployment-benefits-with-an-attac
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(Urgent:_Plan_to_tie_restoration_of_unemployment_benefits_with_an_attack_on_the_EPA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Plan_to_tie_restoration_of_unemployment_benefits_with_an_attack_on_the_EPA%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on your senators
to <a href="https://secure2.edf.org/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=0394FBDD2816165CE532F3E4AFB3228F.app304b?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=2213&autologin=true&utm_source=EDF%20action%20network&utm_medium=email-33504&utm_campaign=advocacy&link=body_text1">oppose
the lunatic plan to tie restoration of unemployment benefits with an
attack on the EPA.</a>


title: Israeli gov't asked for bids to expand colonies
uri: Israeli-gov-t-asked-for-bids-to-expand-colonies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(Israeli_gov't_asked_for_bids_to_expand_colonies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28Israeli_gov%27t_asked_for_bids_to_expand_colonies%29

content:
<p>
The Israeli government asked for bids
to <a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-israel-palestinians-settlements-20140110,0,178142,print.story">expand
colonies in Palestinian territory.</a>
<p>
When Israel demolishes a colony in Palestine that it has not
authorized, the fanatical
"settlers" <a href="http://972mag.com/palestinians-catch-settlers-allegedly-attempting-a-price-tag-attack/85198/">retaliate
against any Palestinians that are handy.</a>
<p>
Even settler <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/66719">children age
12 participate in pogroms.</a>
<p>
The
fanatics <a href="http://972mag.com/watch-idf-soldiers-escort-masked-settlers-attacking-palestinian-village/85268/">enjoy
protection from the Israeli army even in the act of attacking
Palestinians.</a>
<p>
There have been dozens of such
attacks, <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.568202">amounting
to a sustained campaign of robbery.</a>


title: Man from Afghanistan given asylum because he is an Atheist
uri: Man-from-Afghanistan-given-asylum-because-he-is-an-Atheist
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(Man_from_Afghanistan_given_asylum_because_he_is_an_Atheist)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28Man_from_Afghanistan_given_asylum_because_he_is_an_Atheist%29

content:
<p>
A man from Afghanistan has
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/14/afghan-atheist-uk-asylum">given
asylum in the UK because he is an Atheist.</a>
<p>
Afghanistan follows most Muslim countries in having legal retribution
against Muslims that convert to any other position.  The world needs
to be more aware that Islam in political power means persecution.


title: UK thugs fishing for excuse to punish whistleblower
uri: UK-thugs-fishing-for-excuse-to-punish-whistleblower
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(UK_thugs_fishing_for_excuse_to_punish_whistleblower)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28UK_thugs_fishing_for_excuse_to_punish_whistleblower%29

content:
<p>
The UK thugs
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/13/police-channel-4-stephen-lawrence-undercover-spying">fishing
for an excuse to punish the whistleblower</a> who revealed that UK
thugs spied on the family of Stephen Lawrence.
<p>
This is the way whistleblowers are generally treated.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 14_January_2014_(EU_farm_subsidy_policies)
title: EU farm subsidy policies
uri: EU-farm-subsidy-policies
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#14_January_2014_%28EU_farm_subsidy_policies%29
content:
<p>
EU farm subsidy
policies <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/13/flooding-public-spending-britain-europe-policies-homes">pressure
farmers to cut down forests for no use at all.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_cuts_to_food_stamps)
title: Urgent: Oppose cuts to food stamps
uri: Urgent-Oppose-cuts-to-food-stamps
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_cuts_to_food_stamps%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://dailykos.com/campaigns/626">insist on no cuts</a> to
food stamps.


title: Urgent: Close the Guantanamo prison
uri: Urgent-Close-the-Guantanamo-prison
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(Urgent:_Close_the_Guantanamo_prison)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Close_the_Guantanamo_prison%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/guantanamo-turns-12-president-obama-must-keep-his-promise-to-shut-it-down">call
on Obama</a> to close the Guantanamo prison.


title: Jump in number of Australians seeking help quitting cigarettes
uri: Jump-in-number-of-Australians-seeking-help-quitting-cigarettes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(Jump_in_number_of_Australians_seeking_help_quitting_cigarettes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28Jump_in_number_of_Australians_seeking_help_quitting_cigarettes%29

content:
<p>
Plain packaging for cigarettes in Australia was followed immediately
by a
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/quitline-calls-up-plain-packaging-cigarettes">big
jump</a> in the numbers of people asking for help in quitting.


title: Individual banksters face charges for falsifying Libor rate
uri: Individual-banksters-face-charges-for-falsifying-Libor-rate
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(Individual_banksters_face_charges_for_falsifying_Libor_rate)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28Individual_banksters_face_charges_for_falsifying_Libor_rate%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/14/bankers-charged-us-fix-libor">Individual
banksters face criminal charges</a> for falsifying the Libor rate.
<p>
They were in charge of local trading activities, and must have been 2
or more levels down from the top management.  Was it possible that
Libor rigging could be so widespread without encouragement from above?


title: Humans can detect small changes yet not know what the change was
uri: Humans-can-detect-small-changes-yet-not-know-what-the-change-was
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(Humans_can_detect_small_changes_yet_not_know_what_the_change_was)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28Humans_can_detect_small_changes_yet_not_know_what_the_change_was%29

content:
<p>
An experiment shows that humans can often 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/14/researchers-dismiss-sixth-sense">detect 
that there has been a small change in a scene</a>, even though they
cannot determine what the change was.
<p>
This mental ability provides a rational explanation for many
experiences that people often interpret as premonitions or otherwise
supernatural.


title: Unfair conditions of Egypt's vote on new constitution
uri: Unfair-conditions-of-Egypt-s-vote-on-new-constitution
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(Unfair_conditions_of_Egypts_vote_on_new_constitution)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28Unfair_conditions_of_Egypts_vote_on_new_constitution%29

content:
<p>
Egypt's vote on the new constitution, which gives the military too much power,
is being run in 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/egypt-constitutional-vote-death-violence-morsi-cairo">unfair
conditions</a>.
<p>
Many Egyptians 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/egyptians-violence-vote-constitution-referendum-morsi-cairo">intend
to vote yes</a>, but the point is that the unfair conditions mean they
have never been exposed to arguments against.


title: Nigeria imposes long prison sentences on homosexuality
uri: Nigeria-imposes-long-prison-sentences-on-homosexuality
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(Nigeria_imposes_long_prison_sentences_on_homosexuality)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28Nigeria_imposes_long_prison_sentences_on_homosexuality%29

content:
<p>
Another victory for bigotry, as Nigeria imposed 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/13/nigerian-president-signs-anti-gay-law">long
prison sentences on homosexuality</a> and even membership in
organizations associated with homosexuality.


title: ACLU Stops Suspicionless Home Searches
uri: ACLU-Stops-Suspicionless-Home-Searches
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(ACLU_Stops_Suspicionless_Home_Searches)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28ACLU_Stops_Suspicionless_Home_Searches%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/01/13-0">ACLU
Stops Suspicionless Home Searches in Etowah County, Alabama</a>.


title: The US seems unable to end the wars it starts
uri: The-US-seems-unable-to-end-the-wars-it-starts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(The_US_seems_unable_to_end_the_wars_it_starts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28The_US_seems_unable_to_end_the_wars_it_starts%29

content:
<p>
The US is good at starting wars, but 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/13-1">doesn't seem
to be able to end them</a>.


title: 9% of wetlands in China lost in last decade
uri: 9-of-wetlands-in-China-lost-in-last-decade
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(9_percent_of_wetlands_in_China_lost_in_last_decade)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%289_percent_of_wetlands_in_China_lost_in_last_decade%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/13/china-wetlands-shrank-decade">9%
of wetlands in China</a> have been lost in the last decade.


title: Apple's ibeacon tracks patrons in stores
uri: Apple-s-ibeacon-tracks-patrons-in-stores
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(Apples_ibeacon_tracks_patrons_in_stores)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28Apples_ibeacon_tracks_patrons_in_stores%29

content:
<p>
Apple's ibeacon gives physical stores a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/13/what-is-apple-ibeacon-retail-tracking">new
way to track patrons</a>.
<p>
E-commerce already enables the abuse that you can't tell what price is
offered to someone else.  Things like ibeacon could extend the abuse
to physical stores.


title: Australia refuses asylum to Iranian woman who arrived by boat
uri: Australia-refuses-asylum-to-Iranian-woman-who-arrived-by-boat
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(Australia_refuses_asylum_to_Iranian_woman_who_arrived_by_boat)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28Australia_refuses_asylum_to_Iranian_woman_who_arrived_by_boat%29

content:
<p>
An Iranian woman fled in a boat to Australia, only to find out on
arrival that Australia had just announced a policy to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/13/asylum-seeker-filmed-weeping-tells-her-story">refuse
asylum to anyone that arrived by boat</a>.
<p>
She had to struggle to get medical care for her husband.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Urgent:_Cancel_the_Pebble_Mine)
title: Urgent: Cancel the Pebble Mine
uri: Urgent-Cancel-the-Pebble-Mine
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Cancel_the_Pebble_Mine%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Northern Dynasty
to <a href="https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=12A466AF7D2FF9E9BEE0CD3FE1DC2448.app338a?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3301">cancel
the Pebble Mine</a>
<p>
The other two companies have already dropped out.


title: Urgent: Oppose European Commission's plan to allow ISPs to censor internet
uri: Urgent-Oppose-European-Commission-s-plan-to-allow-ISPs-to-censor-inte
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_European_Commission's_plan_to_allow_ISPs_to_censor_internet)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_European_Commission%27s_plan_to_allow_ISPs_to_censor_internet%29

content:
<p>
Citizens of the EU: ask your MEP
to <a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/savetheinterneteu-act-now-for-net-neutrality">oppose
the European Commission's plan to allow ISPs to censor the internet,
blocking or slowing down sites however they wish.</a>


title: Thug charged with murder after shooting a man in a theater
uri: Thug-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-a-man-in-a-theater
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Thug_charged_with_murder_after_shooting_a_man_in_a_theater)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Thug_charged_with_murder_after_shooting_a_man_in_a_theater%29

content:
<p>
A Florida thug has
been <a href="http://rt.com/usa/florida-cinema-shooting-swat-595/">charged
with murder after shooting a man in a theater in an argument.</a>
<p>
I hope that the "stand your ground" law won't let him get off.


title: Apple trying to sabotage and replace a court-appointed monitor
uri: Apple-trying-to-sabotage-and-replace-a-court-appointed-monitor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Apple_trying_to_sabotage_and_replace_a_court-appointed_monitor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Apple_trying_to_sabotage_and_replace_a_court-appointed_monitor%29

content:
<p>
Apple is trying
to <a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/secretive-apple-squirms-in-gaze-of-u-s-monitor/">sabotage
and replace a court-appointed monitor whose job is to make sure Apple
obeys anti-trust requirements.</a>
<p>
I guess this is what happens when a court-appointed monitor tries to
do his job right.  It suggests that Apple is too big to monitor, and
therefore too big to be allowed to exist.


title: Urgent: oppose "fast track" for the TPP
uri: Urgent-oppose-fast-track-for-the-TPP
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Urgent:_oppose_fast_track_for_the_TPP)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_oppose_fast_track_for_the_TPP%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your congresscritter
to <a href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/3338?t=1001&akid=3467.881131.sLg71Z">oppose
"fast track" for the TPP.</a>
<p>
<a href="media/c36a8137.trance-pacific-partnership.en.jpg" data-original-source="http://www.stallman.org/images/trance-pacific-partnership.en.jpg">The
TPP is a dooH niboR treaty</a>, designed to give more riches to the
rich, and would do it based on taking freedom and safety from
everyone.
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641
and 888-355-3588.


title: Net neutrality rules were found unconstitutional
uri: Net-neutrality-rules-were-found-unconstitutional
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Net_neutrality_rules_were_found_unconstitutional)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Net_neutrality_rules_were_found_unconstitutional%29

content:
<p>
The
FCC's<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/01/net-neutrality-is-half-dead-court-strikes-down-fccs-anti-blocking-rules/">net
neutrality rules were found unconstitutional</a> because it didn't go
all the way to make ISPs common carriers.
<p>
The solution is obvious: make them common carriers.


title: Rima Najdi walked around Beirut in an unrealistic suicide bomber costume
uri: Rima-Najdi-walked-around-Beirut-in-an-unrealistic-suicide-bomber-costu
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Rima_Najdi_walked_around_Beirut_in_an_unrealistic_suicide_bomber_costume)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Rima_Najdi_walked_around_Beirut_in_an_unrealistic_suicide_bomber_costume%29

content:
<p>
Rima
Najdi <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/jan/14/why-woman-dressing-up-bomb-beirut">walked
around Beirut in an unrealistic suicide bomber costume to encourage
people to think</a>.


title: President Hollande refused to answer questions about a sex scandal
uri: President-Hollande-refused-to-answer-questions-about-a-sex-scandal
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(President_Hollande_refused_to_answer_questions_about_a_sex_scandal)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28President_Hollande_refused_to_answer_questions_about_a_sex_scandal%29

content:
<p>
President
Hollande <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/francois-hollande-refuses-affair-julie-gayet">refused
to answer questions about a sex scandal in his private life</a>,
insisting that it is a private matter.
<p>
I agree.  Furthermore, I think scandals about the "other lover" are to
be blamed on the misguided demand for monogamy, which is tantamount to
demanding "perfection or nothing".


title: How oil heated up factional and interethnic rivalry in South Sudan
uri: How-oil-heated-up-factional-and-interethnic-rivalry-in-South-Sudan
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(How_oil_heated_up_factional_and_interethnic_rivalry_in_South_Sudan)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28How_oil_heated_up_factional_and_interethnic_rivalry_in_South_Sudan%29

content:
<p>
How
oil <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/14/south-sudan-divided-oil-ethnicity-violence">heated
up the factional and interethnic rivalry in South Sudan</a> to the
point of warfare.


title: UK, Poland and a few other have blocked EU-wide fracking regulations
uri: UK-Poland-and-a-few-other-have-blocked-EU-wide-fracking-regulations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(UK,_Poland_and_a_few_other_have_blocked_EU-wide_fracking_regulations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28UK%2C_Poland_and_a_few_other_have_blocked_EU-wide_fracking_regulations%29

content:
<p>
The UK, Poland and a few other governments that are evidently for
shale
have <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/14/uk-defeats-european-bid-fracking-regulations">blocked
EU-wide fracking regulations.</a>


title: Former member of Afganistan's parliament had to flee
uri: Former-member-of-Afganistan-s-parliament-had-to-flee
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Former_member_of_Afganistan's_parliament_had_to_flee)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Former_member_of_Afganistan%27s_parliament_had_to_flee%29

content:
<p>
Noorzia Atmar, former member of Afganistan's
parliament, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/fghanistan-politician-hiding-women-rights">had
to flee when threatened by reprisals from her family and her
ex-husband's family.</a>
<p>
Sahar Gul, tortured by her in-laws, faces the danger of a law that
would <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/08/12/what-am-i-doing-for-sahar-gul.html">ban
women from testifying when they accuse their relatives or in-laws of
torturing them.</a>
<p>
I wish we could do something to protect Afghan women, but supporting
Karzai's government isn't doing it.  There isn't enough will in Afghan
society to do this.
<p>
The only idea that occurs to me is to arm Afghan women and help them
form refugee camps where they can defend themselves.  That plan might
be inadequate for various reasons, but it illustrates the though of
new thinking that we have to try.


title: Dongria Kondh people deny approval for giant mine
uri: Dongria-Kondh-people-deny-approval-for-giant-mine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Dongria_Kondh_people_deny_approval_for_giant_mine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Dongria_Kondh_people_deny_approval_for_giant_mine%29

content:
<p>
Under a judgment from India's Supreme Court, the Dongria Kondh people
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/jan/14/india-rejection-vedanta-mine-victory-tribal-rights">denied
approval</a> for a giant mine in their territory.
<p>
Victories like this are not final.  Businesses generally make another
attempt to undermine the same opposition.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Googles_purchase_of_Nest)
title: Google's purchase of Nest
uri: Google-s-purchase-of-Nest
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Googles_purchase_of_Nest%29
content:
<p>
Google's 
<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/01/14/google_nest_acquisition_internet_of_things_is_next_frontier_for_data_machine.html">purchase
of Nest</a> indicates that Google wants to control the "internet of
things" — and entice people into handing over lots more
information about their lives to Google.
<p>
If you want something to figure out that it should turn up your home
thermostat because you're heading for home and the day is cold, there
is no a priori reason why that should involve any company's server.
That computation is yours, personally, and need not involved anyone
else.
<p>
Google wants it to involve a Google server, but doing it that way is
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">SaaSS
(service as a software substitute)</a>.


title: Kissinger directly urged Argentine gov't to get rid of dissidents
uri: Kissinger-directly-urged-Argentine-gov-t-to-get-rid-of-dissidents
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Kissinger_directly_urged_Argentine_govt_to_get_rid_of_dissidents)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Kissinger_directly_urged_Argentine_govt_to_get_rid_of_dissidents%29

content:
<p>
A memo shows that Kissinger 
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/01/new-memo-kissinger-gave-green-light-argentina-dirty-war">directly
urged the Argentine government</a> to do away with dissidents.
<p>
All the governments in South America that worked together in the 70s
to crush dissent said they were fighting "terrorists".  Remember that
any time a government proposes an "anti-terrorist" law.


title: US gov't surveillance has little to do with stopping terrorism
uri: US-gov-t-surveillance-has-little-to-do-with-stopping-terrorism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(US_govt_surveillance_has_little_to_do_with_stopping_terrorism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28US_govt_surveillance_has_little_to_do_with_stopping_terrorism%29

content:
<p>
A study of real cases finds that the US government's general
surveillance has 
<a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/do_nsas_bulk_surveillance_programs_stop_terrorists">very
little to do with stopping terrorism</a>.


title: UK establishes quotas for defeating asylum seeker appeals
uri: UK-establishes-quotas-for-defeating-asylum-seeker-appeals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(UK_establishes_quotas_for_defeating_asylum_seeker_appeals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28UK_establishes_quotas_for_defeating_asylum_seeker_appeals%29

content:
<p>
The UK has established 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/14/home-office-asylum-seekers-gift-vouchers">quotas</a>
for defeating asylum seeker appeals.


title: UK thug tries to justify attacking journalism
uri: UK-thug-tries-to-justify-attacking-journalism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(UK_thug_tries_to_justify_attacking_journalism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28UK_thug_tries_to_justify_attacking_journalism%29

content:
<p>
The UK thug who demanded journalists' notes etc. about an undercover
thug whistleblower 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/14/police-chief-apology-lawrence-whistleblower-documents">says
he wants this because the whistleblower refuses to testify</a>.  The
whistleblower says he won't testify because other UK thugs have
threatened to prosecute him if he does.
<p>
In effect, the thugs' left hand pleads it is justified in attacking
journalism to compensate for the right hand's attack on justice.


title: California thugs acquitted after murdering a man
uri: California-thugs-acquitted-after-murdering-a-man
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(California_thugs_acquitted_after_murdering_a_man)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28California_thugs_acquitted_after_murdering_a_man%29

content:
<p>
Thugs who beat a man to death were 
<a href="http://rt.com/usa/fbi-kelly-thomas-evidence-589/">acquitted
of murder</a>.
<p>
It makes no difference that the man was suspected of a crime.  That
would be grounds to arrest him, but not to batter him to death once he
was held down on the ground.
<p>
What could possibly have been in the minds of those jurors?  Were they
kept in the dark about important evidence?  Do they give "officers of
the law" improper respect?
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/01/13-4">All Of Us
Need To Be Very Afraid Now: "Peace Officers" Who Beat Homeless
Mentally Ill Man To Death Somehow Found Not Guilty</a>.


title: Bulgaria considers law to punish journalists
uri: Bulgaria-considers-law-to-punish-journalists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 15_January_2014_(Bulgaria_considers_law_to_punish_journalists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#15_January_2014_%28Bulgaria_considers_law_to_punish_journalists%29

content:
<p>
Bulgaria is considering a law that would 
<a href="http://www.dw.de/controversial-penal-law-spells-trouble-in-bulgaria/a-17360307">punish
journalists working for foreign news organizations</a>.


title: German and British companies sold goods made by prison factories
uri: German-and-British-companies-sold-goods-made-by-prison-factories
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(German_and_British_companies_sold_goods_made_by_prison_factories)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28German_and_British_companies_sold_goods_made_by_prison_factories%29

content:
<p>
German and British
companies <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/uk-profited-east-german-forced-labour-stasi-report">sold
goods made by prison factories in East Germany during the 70s and
80s.</a>
<p>
The companies may not have done this intentionally, but it should not
have been able to happen.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Deep_debates_in_Iran)
title: Deep debates in Iran
uri: Deep-debates-in-Iran
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Deep_debates_in_Iran%29
content:
<p>
The idea of making an agreement with the Great Satan
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2014/jan/14/irans-leaders-need-to-forgive-the-great-satan-to-move-forward-analysis">creating
deep debates in Iran.</a>


title: Urgent: Reject a huge natural gas export terminal
uri: Urgent-Reject-a-huge-natural-gas-export-terminal
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Urgent:_Reject_a_huge_natural_gas_export_terminal)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Reject_a_huge_natural_gas_export_terminal%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on the governor of Maryland
to <a href="https://secure.earthjustice.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1536&utm_source=MoveOn.org&s_src=1401_MoveOn.org_ESA">reject
a huge natural gas export terminal which would push for more
fracking.</a>


title: Urgent: No new sanctions against Iran
uri: Urgent-No-new-sanctions-against-Iran
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Urgent:_No_new_sanctions_against_Iran)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_No_new_sanctions_against_Iran%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your congresscritter and say, no new sanctions
against Iran — allow diplomacy to work.
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641
and 888-355-3588.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(The_Latest_election_in_Bangladesh)
title: The Latest election in Bangladesh
uri: The-Latest-election-in-Bangladesh
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28The_Latest_election_in_Bangladesh%29

content:
<p>
The latest election in Bangladesh
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/15/bangladesh-violent-elections-dead-human-rights-abuses">won
by banning opposition parties.</a>


title: Megan Rice likely to be imprisoned for the rest of her life
uri: Megan-Rice-likely-to-be-imprisoned-for-the-rest-of-her-life
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Megan_Rice_likely_to_be_imprisoned_for_the_rest_of_her_life)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Megan_Rice_likely_to_be_imprisoned_for_the_rest_of_her_life%29

content:
<p>
Megan Rice is likely to
be <a href="http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/nun-megan-rice-sentencing-y-12-nuclear-weapons-security">imprisoned
for the rest of her life for a protest in which she trespassed in a US
military base</a>.  The maximum sentence is 30 years, and she is
already 83 years old.
<p>
Her protest demonstrated that security protecting US atomic weapons is
totally inadequate; that alone was a service.  She did, and intended,
no harm.
<p>
Contrast this with Putin's threat of only 15 years' imprisonment for
Greenpeace protesters.


title: Non-fanatical Islam in Pakistan under attack
uri: Non-fanatical-Islam-in-Pakistan-under-attack
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Non-fanatical_Islam_in_Pakistan_under_attack)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Non-fanatical_Islam_in_Pakistan_under_attack%29

content:
<p>
Non-fanatical Islam in Pakistan
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/islam-pakistan-barelvi-saudi-wahhabi">under
attack from Saudi-funded strict fanatics.</a>
<p>
The incorporation of lots of superstitions in Barelvism makes it
vulnerable to rationalist criticism, but the replacement they propose
is not rationality.
<p>
This is one of the dangers of Islam: the forms that are not cruel and
harsh are vulnerable to fanatics who claim that it isn't true Islam if
it isn't cruel and harsh.


title: Urgent: Classify ISPs as telecommunications services and make them common carriers
uri: Urgent-Classify-ISPs-as-telecommunications-services-and-make-them-com
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Urgent:_classify_ISPs_as_telecommunications_services_and_make_them_common_carriers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_classify_ISPs_as_telecommunications_services_and_make_them_common_carriers%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the FCC
to <a href="http://act.freepress.net/sign/internet_FCC_court_decision2/?akid=4565.9489429.c26FR-&rd=1&t=1002">classify
ISPs as telecommunications services and make them common carriers.</a>


title: Declaration of empathy with Indian Dalits
uri: Declaration-of-empathy-with-Indian-Dalits
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Declaration_of_empathy_with_Indian_Dalits)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Declaration_of_empathy_with_Indian_Dalits%29

content:
<p>
US Black
leaders <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/Declare/Empathy/prweb11406890.htm">signed
a declaration of empathy with Indian Dalits.</a>


title: 1/5 of Britons borrowed money to pay for their housing last year
uri: 1-5-of-Britons-borrowed-money-to-pay-for-their-housing-last-year
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(1%2F5_of_Britons_borrowed_money_to_pay_for_their_housing_last_year)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%281%252F5_of_Britons_borrowed_money_to_pay_for_their_housing_last_year%29

content:
<p>
Survey found
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jan/15/borrow-money-pay-rent-shelter">1/5
of Britons borrowed money to pay for their housing last year</a>.
<p>
This is what the totally unnecessary cruelty of the government causes.


title: Netanyahu's ally called Kerry "obsessive and messianic"
uri: Netanyahu-s-ally-called-Kerry-obsessive-and-messianic
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Netanyahu's_ally_called_Kerry_obsessive_and_messianic)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Netanyahu%27s_ally_called_Kerry_obsessive_and_messianic%29

content:
<p>
Netanyahu's
ally <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/israel-defence-minister-apology-john-kerry-peace-talks">called
Kerry "obsessive and messianic",</a> which is ironic given how far
Kerry has acceded
to <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#06_January_2014_(Israels_control_of_the_Jordan_valley)">ridiculous
Israeli demands</a>
and <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Israels_cabinet_votes_to_expand_its_colonies%29">ignored
the Israeli government's contempt.</a>
<p>
Israel is using these negotiations to kill time, and demonstrating how
much contempt the US government will swallow from that direction.


title: GMOs are touted in the media as solutions to big problems
uri: GMOs-are-touted-in-the-media-as-solutions-to-big-problems
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(GMOs_are_touted_in_the_media_as_solutions_to_big_problems)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28GMOs_are_touted_in_the_media_as_solutions_to_big_problems%29

content:
<p>
Time after time,
new <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/01/12356/fakethrough-new-report-shows-media-duped-by-GMO-claims">GMOs
are touted in the media as solutions to big problems, and they turn
out not to do the job after all.</a>


title: Urgent: petition against fast track for the TPP
uri: Urgent-petition-against-fast-track-for-the-TPP
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Urgent:_petition_against_fast_track_for_the_TPP)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_petition_against_fast_track_for_the_TPP%29

content:
<p>
US
citizens: <a href="http://act.democracyforamerica.com/sign/fast_track/">sign
this petition against "fast track" for the TPP</a>.


title: Shooting in a school in Roswell, New Mexico
uri: Shooting-in-a-school-in-Roswell-New-Mexico
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Shooting_in_a_school_in_Roswell,_New_Mexico)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Shooting_in_a_school_in_Roswell%2C_New_Mexico%29

content:
<p>
There was
a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/14/justice/new-mexico-school-shooting/index.html">shooting
in a school in Roswell, New Mexico.</a>
<p>
It has not yet been claimed that a UFO or an alien is involved, but I
think it's only a matter of time.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 16_January_2014_(Senator_Warren's_program)
title: Senator Warren's program
uri: Senator-Warren-s-program
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#16_January_2014_%28Senator_Warren%27s_program%29
content:
<p>
Senator Warren's
program <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/14-5">goes
deeper than Mayor de Blasio's.</a>


title: Distortions and lies about "fast track"
uri: Distortions-and-lies-about-fast-track
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Distortions_and_lies_about_fast_track)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Distortions_and_lies_about_fast_track%29

content:
<p>
The US Trade
Representative <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140109/18282625830/lies-ustr-is-spreading-about-fast-track-authority-to-push-tpp-through-congress.shtml">spreads
distortions and lies about "fast track".</a>


title: Urgent: Stricter rules on emissions from cars
uri: Urgent-Stricter-rules-on-emissions-from-cars
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Urgent:_Stricter_rules_on_emissions_from_cars)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stricter_rules_on_emissions_from_cars%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the EPA
to <a href="http://support.edf.org/site/R?i=0TGBmOnSTCVGRFvbmBYw_Q">go
ahead with stricter rules on emissions from cars.</a>


title: Criminal gangs had infiltrated several UK agencies
uri: Criminal-gangs-had-infiltrated-several-UK-agencies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Criminal_gangs_had_infiltrated_several_UK_agencies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Criminal_gangs_had_infiltrated_several_UK_agencies%29

content:
<p>
A secret UK report from 2003, recently leaked, said
that <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-corruption-of-britain-uks-key-institutions-infiltrated-by-criminals-9052617.html">criminal
gangs had infiltrated several UK agencies including prosecution and
customs, as well as the thugs.</a>
<p>
This is the small-time organized crime.  The big-time cheating occurs
in the banks that compose the City of London, and they have made most
of it legal.


title: Chemical that spilled in West Virginia
uri: Chemical-that-spilled-in-West-Virginia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Chemical_that_spilled_in_West_Virginia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Chemical_that_spilled_in_West_Virginia%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/01/chemical-guesswork-in-west-virginia/">Very
little is known about the health effects of the chemical that spilled
in West Virginia.</a> No research has been published.


title: Urgent: Urge Brazil to offer asylum to Snowden
uri: Urgent-Urge-Brazil-to-offer-asylum-to-Snowden
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Urgent:_Urge_Brazil_to_offer_asylum_to_Snowden)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Urge_Brazil_to_offer_asylum_to_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: <a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/send_snowden_home_1/?bjlNcab&v=34237">urge
Brazil to offer asylum to Snowden.</a>


title: Cesium from Fukushima has spread around the Pacific Ocean
uri: Cesium-from-Fukushima-has-spread-around-the-Pacific-Ocean
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Cesium_from_Fukushima_has_spread_around_the_Pacific_Ocean)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Cesium_from_Fukushima_has_spread_around_the_Pacific_Ocean%29

content:
<p>
Cesium from Fukushima
has <a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/22/national/researchers-find-high-cesium-in-some-pacific-plankton/#.UZu7-GfYGTc">spread
around the Pacific Ocean and plankton samples contain small amounts of
cesium.</a>
<p>
A lot of the fish caught in the Pacific Ocean
are <a href="http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/343-203/9463-canada-fish-eaters-threatened-by-fukushima-radiation">showing
small levels of cesium from the Fukushima meltdowns.</a>
<p>
When large numbers of people are exposed to small levels of
radioactivity, a small danger for each person can add up to a
substantial number of additional deaths.  It might mean, for instance,
101,000 cases of a certain kind of cancer in a population of 10
million, instead of 100,000.  1000 deaths is worth avoiding if
possible, but there is no reason for any one person to go to great
lengths to avoid this small danger.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Europe's_foreign_aid)
title: Europe's "foreign aid"
uri: Europe-s-foreign-aid
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Europe%27s_foreign_aid%29
content:
<p>
Some of Europe's "foreign aid" is
really <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jan/16/european-donors-aid-budget-loans">loans
to countries that would struggle ever to repay.</a>


title: Trillion dollars a year of investment to avoid 2C of global heating
uri: Trillion-dollars-a-year-of-investment-to-avoid-2C-of-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Trillion_dollars_a_year_of_investment_to_avoid_2C_of_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Trillion_dollars_a_year_of_investment_to_avoid_2C_of_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
The UN climate head calls for
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/14/un-climate-chief-tripling-clean-energy-investment-christiana-figueres">trillion
dollars a year of investment to avoid 2C of global heating.</a>
<p>
Each year we wait will increase the rate of spending required.


title: We Can't Legally Tell You if We Spied on You
uri: We-Can-t-Legally-Tell-You-if-We-Spied-on-You
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(We_Can't_Legally_Tell_You_if_We_Spied_on_You)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28We_Can%27t_Legally_Tell_You_if_We_Spied_on_You%29

content:
<p>
NSA to
Sen. Sanders: <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/15-9">We
Can't Legally Tell You if We Spied on You.</a>
<p>
Will Congress dare pass a law saying "yes you can tell us"?


title: American familiarity with democracy
uri: American-familiarity-with-democracy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(American_familiarity_with_democracy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28American_familiarity_with_democracy%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/16-1">"These days
Americans have as much familiarity with democracy as they do with
homesteading on the frontier."</a>


title: Environment chapter of the TPP has been leaked
uri: Environment-chapter-of-the-TPP-has-been-leaked
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Environment_chapter_of_the_TPP_has_been_leaked)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Environment_chapter_of_the_TPP_has_been_leaked%29

content:
<p>
The environment chapter of the TPP has been leaked.  It
offers <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/15">toothless
pretend protection for the environment.</a>
<p>
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/01/wikileaks-exposes-obamas-secret-trade-deal-environment">More
comment.</a>


title: Urgent: Tell DOJ to hold company responsible for toxic spill
uri: Urgent-Tell-DOJ-to-hold-company-responsible-for-toxic-spill
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(Urgent:_Tell_DOJ_to_hold_company_responsible_for_toxic_spill)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_DOJ_to_hold_company_responsible_for_toxic_spill%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/freedom_industries">call on
the Department of Justice</a> to go after the company (perversely
named "freedom industries") that spilled toxic chemicals in West
Virginia's water.


title: Urgent: Tell West Virginia to hold company responsible for toxic spill
uri: Urgent-Tell-West-Virginia-to-hold-company-responsible-for-toxic-spill
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(Urgent:_Tell_West_Virginia_to_hold_company_responsible_for_toxic_spill)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_West_Virginia_to_hold_company_responsible_for_toxic_spill%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/freedom_industries">call on
West Virginia</a> to hold the company responsible for the large toxic
spill fully responsible.


title: "Organic" chicken from eggs injected with antibiotics
uri: Organic-chicken-from-eggs-injected-with-antibiotics
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(Organic_chicken_from_eggs_injected_with_antibiotics)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28Organic_chicken_from_eggs_injected_with_antibiotics%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/01/organic-chicken-and-egg-antibiotics-edition">Wait,
We Inject Antibiotics Into Eggs for Organic Chicken?!</a>


title: Global heating and economic inequality
uri: Global-heating-and-economic-inequality
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(Global_heating_and_economic_inequality)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28Global_heating_and_economic_inequality%29

content:
<p>
The world 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/tackle-inequality-climate-change-obama">cannot
address economic inequality without preventing global heating
disaster</a>.


title: Whole Food agrees to stop selling food grown in recycled sewage
uri: Whole-Food-agrees-to-stop-selling-food-grown-in-recycled-sewage
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(Whole_Food_agrees_to_stop_selling_food_grown_in_recycled_sewage)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28Whole_Food_agrees_to_stop_selling_food_grown_in_recycled_sewage%29

content:
<p>
Whole Foods, 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/15-3">under
pressure</a>, agreed to stop selling food grown in recycled sewage
sludge.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(NAFTAs_harmful_legacy)
title: NAFTA's harmful legacy
uri: NAFTA-s-harmful-legacy
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28NAFTAs_harmful_legacy%29
content:
<p>
NAFTA's harmful legacy 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/15-5">affects more
than just the three countries that signed it</a>.  NAFTA introduced
the unjust "investor-state" provision.


title: US gov't drone surveillance on homes of Americans
uri: US-gov-t-drone-surveillance-on-homes-of-Americans
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(US_govt_drone_surveillance_on_homes_of_Americans)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28US_govt_drone_surveillance_on_homes_of_Americans%29

content:
<p>
Drone surveillance of the US "border" 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/15-8">goes beyond
what the US government says</a>.
<p>
The "border" area stretches a considerable distance from each frontier
or coast, and includes the homes of most Americans.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(US_farmers_starting_to_reject_GMOs)
title: US farmers starting to reject GMOs
uri: US-farmers-starting-to-reject-GMOs
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28US_farmers_starting_to_reject_GMOs%29

content:
<p>
Even US farmers are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/16/america-gm-backlash-consumers-farmers-britain">starting
to reject GMOs</a>.
<p>
In principle, genetic engineering could be great for agriculture.  But
not when it's developed by companies that are always seeking
opportunities to cut corners on safety.


title: UK border guards rob Kurdish protesters of cash
uri: UK-border-guards-rob-Kurdish-protesters-of-cash
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(UK_border_guards_rob_Kurdish_protesters_of_cash)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28UK_border_guards_rob_Kurdish_protesters_of_cash%29

content:
<p>
Kurdish protesters leaving the UK for Paris were 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/16/kurdish-protesters-anti-terror-police">robbed
of their cash</a> by the border guards who accused them of planning to
give it to the PKK.
<p>
The is a rebel group; I don't know whether it is terrorist.  Banning
contributions to the PKK is legitimate, but taking away small amounts
of cash like this on unproved suspicion is gratuitously nasty.  The
PKK would be on its knees if it depended on that funding mechanism.


title: Signs of spring in January in the UK
uri: Signs-of-spring-in-January-in-the-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(Signs_of_spring_in_January_in_the_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28Signs_of_spring_in_January_in_the_UK%29

content:
<p>
Global heating at work: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/16/spring-appearing-uk-mild-winter-woodland-trust">signs
of spring in January</a> in the UK.


title: Trees grow faster as they get bigger
uri: Trees-grow-faster-as-they-get-bigger
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(Trees_grow_faster_as_they_get_bigger)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28Trees_grow_faster_as_they_get_bigger%29

content:
<p>
Trees <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/15/trees-grow-more-older-carbon">grow
faster as they get bigger</a>.
<p>
This means that cutting down old forests and replacing them with new
tree plantations — 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2007-jan-apr.html#25%20February%202007%20(Tree%20planting%20won%27t%20make%20up%20for%20CO2%20emissions)">as
the UK government wants to do</a> — would require the new
plantations to be far larger.


title: Global investment in clean energy falling
uri: Global-investment-in-clean-energy-falling
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(Global_investment_in_clean_energy_falling)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28Global_investment_in_clean_energy_falling%29

content:
<p>
Global investment in clean energy is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/15/global-investment-clean-energy-falls">falling</a>,
reflecting powerful efforts by politicians whose goal is to keep
people burning lots of fossil fuel.
<p>
Billionaire Polluters predicts that greenhouse gas emissions will rise
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/15/bp-predicts-greenhouse-emissions-rise-third">30%
by 2035</a>.
<p>
In effect, it predicts that the half-hearted efforts to curb global
heating will fail, partly thanks to the lobbying of fossil fuel
companies such as BP itself.
<p>
US emissions of CO<sub>2</sub> rose slightly in 2013 due to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/14/us-carbon-emissions-rise-coal-energy">increased
burning of coal</a>.
<p>
Coal spews lots of toxic pollution, including radioactive fallout.
The EPA needs to make rules to reduce use of coal.
<p>
Canada says it will 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/14/canada-carbon-emissions-2030-tar-sands">increase
CO<sub>2</sub> emissions almost 40% by 2030</a>, which is probably an
underestimate of the emissions that extraction of oil from tar sands
will cause.  Furthermore, it doesn't count the emissions from burning
that oil in other countries.


title: How Israel obtained nuclear technology
uri: How-Israel-obtained-nuclear-technology
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(How_Israel_obtained_nuclear_technology)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28How_Israel_obtained_nuclear_technology%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/truth-israels-secret-nuclear-arsenal">How</a>
Israel obtained nuclear technology, with the help of various western
countries, and the US was eventually drawn in to the pretense.


title: Stopping abuse of children does not require censorship
uri: Stopping-abuse-of-children-does-not-require-censorship
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(Stopping_abuse_of_children_does_not_require_censorship)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28Stopping_abuse_of_children_does_not_require_censorship%29

content:
<p>
People in Britain are accused of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/15/philippines-child-sexual-abuse-inquiry">arranging
to have children sexually abused</a> in the Philippines and get video
streamed to them.
<p>
Censorship laws are not needed to prosecute this, since they have
participated in conspiracies to abuse those children.  In general, the
real abuse of real children can be stopped without censorship.


title: Hopeless ill couple get daughter to assist suicide
uri: Hopeless-ill-couple-get-daughter-to-assist-suicide
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 17_January_2014_(Hopeless_ill_couple_get_daughter_to_assist_suicide)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_January_2014_%28Hopeless_ill_couple_get_daughter_to_assist_suicide%29

content:
<p>
Georgina Roberts obtained poison, then 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/15/daughter-drugs-elderly-parents-assisted-suicide">helped
her hopelessly ill parents kill themselves</a>.
<p>
It is horrible that people find themselves in such situations.
It's even more horrible if they are denied escape.


title: Greek satirist imprisoned for making fun of dead monk
uri: Greek-satirist-imprisoned-for-making-fun-of-dead-monk
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Greek_satirist_imprisoned_for_making_fun_of_dead_monk)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Greek_satirist_imprisoned_for_making_fun_of_dead_monk%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/17/facebook-page-mocking-greek-orthodox-monk-jail-blasphemy">Censorship
in Greece</a>: a satirist has been imprisoned for making fun of a
long-dead monk.


title: Obama's campaign promise on GMO labeling
uri: Obama-s-campaign-promise-on-GMO-labeling
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Obamas_campaign_promise_on_GMO_labeling)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Obamas_campaign_promise_on_GMO_labeling%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/17-3">Calls
Intensify for Obama to Fulfill Campaign Promise on GMO Labeling</a>.


title: Putting together what Obama says with what NSA officials say
uri: Putting-together-what-Obama-says-with-what-NSA-officials-say
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Putting_together_what_Obama_says_with_what_NSA_officials_say)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Putting_together_what_Obama_says_with_what_NSA_officials_say%29

content:
<p>
If you put together what Obama says with what NSA officials say,
it adds up to an 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/17-5">assassination
threat against Snowden</a>.


title: NYC to compensate protesters injured by thugs in 2004
uri: NYC-to-compensate-protesters-injured-by-thugs-in-2004
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(NYC_to_compensate_protesters_injured_by_thugs_in_2004)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28NYC_to_compensate_protesters_injured_by_thugs_in_2004%29

content:
<p>
New York City had to pay 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/16-4">18 million
dollars' compensation</a> to protesters injured by thugs in 2004.
<p>
These compensation claims don't make up for the initial wrong, and if
they don't convince the city to make the thugs stop attacking
protesters, they are totally inadequate.


title: US military infiltrates internet multiuser games
uri: US-military-infiltrates-internet-multiuser-games
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(US_military_infiltrates_internet_multiuser_games)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28US_military_infiltrates_internet_multiuser_games%29

content:
<p>
The US military infiltrates internet multiuser games such as
Second Life, and may be using them to 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech-technology-and-liberty-national-security/aclu-seeks-information-about-pentagon">propagandize
Americans in favor of certain policies</a>.  Perhaps increased
military spending, or war, or whatever the president tells them to
propagandize for.


title: Urgent: Oppose growing Agent Orange-resistant corn
uri: Urgent-Oppose-growing-Agent-Orange-resistant-corn
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_growing_Agent_Orange-resistant_corn)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_growing_Agent_Orange-resistant_corn%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/16-8">Tell the
USDA</a> you oppose the growing of corn designed to be resistant to
Agent Orange.


title: Today's marijuana impacts memory more than it did 30 years ago
uri: Today-s-marijuana-impacts-memory-more-than-it-did-30-years-ago
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Todays_marijuana_impacts_memory_more_than_it_did_30_years_ago)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Todays_marijuana_impacts_memory_more_than_it_did_30_years_ago%29

content:
<p>
Changes in marijuana have made it
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/jan/17/cannabis-memory-loss-cbd">impact
memory a lot more now</a> than it did 30 years ago.


title: Australian gov't cracking down on renewable energy projects
uri: Australian-gov-t-cracking-down-on-renewable-energy-projects
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Australian_govt_cracking_down_on_renewable_energy_projects)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Australian_govt_cracking_down_on_renewable_energy_projects%29

content:
<p>
As Australian heat waves get ever worse, the government 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2014/jan/17/heat-wave-australia-record-breaking-climate-change-bushfires-melbourne">cracks
down on renewable energy projects</a>.


title: Chris Christie's financial connections with the Koch brothers
uri: Chris-Christie-s-financial-connections-with-the-Koch-brothers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Chris_Christies_financial_connections_with_the_Koch_brothers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Chris_Christies_financial_connections_with_the_Koch_brothers%29

content:
<p>
Greg Palast reports Chris Christie's 
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21258-gov-christie-and-david-koch-in-cahoots-its-time-to-subpoena-the-committee-for-our-childrens-future">financial
connections</a> with the Koch brothers.


title: Surveillance of Americans by "border" patrol drones
uri: Surveillance-of-Americans-by-border-patrol-drones
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Surveillance_of_Americans_by_border_patrol_drones)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Surveillance_of_Americans_by_border_patrol_drones%29

content:
<p>
More about 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/newly-discovered-drone-records-show-customs-border-protection-flew-its-predator">surveillance
of Americans</a> by "border" patrol drones.


title: Ukraine adopts new anti-protest law
uri: Ukraine-adopts-new-anti-protest-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Ukraine_adopts_new_anti-protest_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Ukraine_adopts_new_anti-protest_law%29

content:
<p>
Ukraine has adopted a new anti-protest law, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/16/ukraine-sweeping-law-crack-down-protests">banning
unauthorized megaphones and also masks</a>.
<p>
If face recognition software comes into widespread use, wearing a mask
will be the only way to avoid being tracked everywhere on the street.


title: UN still does not screen peacekeepers for cholera
uri: UN-still-does-not-screen-peacekeepers-for-cholera
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(UN_still_does_not_screen_peacekeepers_for_cholera)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28UN_still_does_not_screen_peacekeepers_for_cholera%29

content:
<p>
The UN still 
<a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2014/01/un-peacekeepers-still-screened-cholera-three-years-since-haiti-outbreak/">does
not screen its peacekeepers for cholera</a>.


title: Man kept in solitary confinement for a month in Australia
uri: Man-kept-in-solitary-confinement-for-a-month-in-Australia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Man_kept_in_solitary_confinement_for_a_month_in_Australia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Man_kept_in_solitary_confinement_for_a_month_in_Australia%29

content:
<p>
An Australian was kept in solitary confinement for a month, before
trial, on charges of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/16/man-jailed-meeting-bikies-pub">being
in a pub with four members of a banned motorcycle club</a>.
<p>
These charges, whether true are false, are obviously unjust.
It is prima facie injustice to ban groups without trial.


title: Asylum seekers on Christmas Island on hunger strike
uri: Asylum-seekers-on-Christmas-Island-on-hunger-strike
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Asylum_seekers_on_Christmas_Island_on_hunger_strike)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Asylum_seekers_on_Christmas_Island_on_hunger_strike%29

content:
<p>
Asylum seekers parked permanently on Christmas Island have started a
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/16/christmas-island-hunger-strike-spreads-to-family-compound">hunger
strike</a>.


title: Pebble Mine would devastate salmon fisheries
uri: Pebble-Mine-would-devastate-salmon-fisheries
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Pebble_Mine_would_devastate_salmon_fisheries)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Pebble_Mine_would_devastate_salmon_fisheries%29

content:
<p>
The EPA reports that the Pebble Mine would 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/alaskas-bristol-bay-region-devastated-mining-epa-report-finds">devastate
salmon fisheries</a> in the region of Bristol Bay.


title: Increased frequency of heat waves in Australia
uri: Increased-frequency-of-heat-waves-in-Australia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Increased_frequency_of_heat_waves_in_Australia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Increased_frequency_of_heat_waves_in_Australia%29

content:
<p>
Heat waves in Australia have become 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/16/australian-heatwaves-hotter-longer-climate-council">considerably
more frequent since 1971</a>.


title: Inadequate safety precautions at West Virginia chemical storage facility
uri: Inadequate-safety-precautions-at-West-Virginia-chemical-storage-facili
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 18_January_2014_(Inadequate_safety_precautions_at_West_Virginia_chemical_storage_facility)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#18_January_2014_%28Inadequate_safety_precautions_at_West_Virginia_chemical_storage_facility%29

content:
<p>
The West Virginia chemical storage facility that leaked 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/west-virginia-company-water-contamination-cited-second-facility">did
not maintain adequate safety precautions</a>, and neither does the
site where the company moved the chemicals after the spill.


title: A few heroic Nigerians continue defending the rights of gays
uri: A-few-heroic-Nigerians-continue-defending-the-rights-of-gays
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(A_few_heroic_Nigerians_continue_defending_the_rights_of_gays)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28A_few_heroic_Nigerians_continue_defending_the_rights_of_gays%29

content:
<p>
A few heroic
Nigerians <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/18/nigerians-gay-hatred-sexual-freedom">continue
defending the rights of gays.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(When_Small_Government_Doesn't_Work)
title: When Small Government Doesn't Work
uri: When-Small-Government-Doesn-t-Work
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28When_Small_Government_Doesn%27t_Work%29

content:
<p>
West Virginia Chemical
Spill: <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21293-west-virginia-chemical-spill-when-small-government-doesnt-work">When
Small Government Doesn't Work.</a>


title: Businesses that have access to TPP text give lots of money
uri: Businesses-that-have-access-to-TPP-text-give-lots-of-money
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Businesses_that_have_access_to_TPP_text_give_lots_of_money)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Businesses_that_have_access_to_TPP_text_give_lots_of_money%29

content:
<p>
The privileged few businesses that have access to the TPP text
<a href="http://rt.com/usa/congress-tpp-corporate-donations-802/">give
lots of money to the congresscritters most closely involved.</a>


title: Ukraine has plans to adopt Internet repression
uri: Ukraine-has-plans-to-adopt-Internet-repression
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Ukraine_has_plans_to_adopt_Internet_repression)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Ukraine_has_plans_to_adopt_Internet_repression%29

content:
<p>
Ukraine
has <a href="http://en.rsf.org/ukraine-is-ukraine-going-to-bury-freedom-16-01-2014,45740.html">plans
to adopt the whole suite of standard forms of Internet repression</a>.


title: An Iran Hawk's Case Against New Iran Sanctions
uri: An-Iran-Hawk-s-Case-Against-New-Iran-Sanctions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(An_Iran_Hawk's_Case_Against_New_Iran_Sanctions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28An_Iran_Hawk%27s_Case_Against_New_Iran_Sanctions%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-14/an-iran-hawk-s-case-against-new-iran-sanctions.html">An
Iran Hawk's Case Against New Iran Sanctions</a>


title: DMCA takedown system undermines fair use
uri: DMCA-takedown-system-undermines-fair-use
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(DMCA_takedown_system_undermines_fair_use)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28DMCA_takedown_system_undermines_fair_use%29

content:
<p>
The DMCA takedown
system <a href="http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/01/internet-companies-care-fair-use/">undermines
fair use by making it easy for bullies to get fair use taken down.</a>


title: Voter-ID law was struck down as unconstitutional
uri: Voter-ID-law-was-struck-down-as-unconstitutional
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Voter-ID_law_was_struck_down_as_unconstitutional)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Voter-ID_law_was_struck_down_as_unconstitutional%29

content:
<p>
Pennsylvania's <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/17/pennsylvania-judge-strikes-down-voter-eligibility-law">voter-ID
law was struck down as unconstitutional.</a>
<p>
This is not final; it will probably be appealed to other courts.


title: Urgent: Support the USA FREEDOM Act
uri: Urgent-Support-the-USA-FREEDOM-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Urgent:_Support_the_USA_FREEDOM_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_the_USA_FREEDOM_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: Sign this petition calling on your congresscritter and
senators
to <a href="https://ssl.capwiz.com/aclu-action/issues/alert/?alertid=62981921&type=CO?emsrc=Nat_Appeal_AutologinEnabled&emissue=national_security">support
the USA FREEDOM Act.</a>
<p>
It is not enough to protect democracy from digital surveillance, but
it is a step in the right direction.


title: Urgent: Support paid family and medical leave
uri: Urgent-Support-paid-family-and-medical-leave
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Urgent:_Support_paid_family_and_medical_leave)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_paid_family_and_medical_leave%29

content:
<p>
US
citizens: <a href="http://action.kirstengillibrand.com/t/12146/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=634">support
paid family and medical leave.</a>


title: Urgent: Promote biofuel made from plant waste and cut down use of ethanol
uri: Urgent-Promote-biofuel-made-from-plant-waste-and-cut-down-use-of-etha
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Urgent:_Promote_biofuel_made_from_plant_waste_and_cut_down_use_of_ethanol)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Promote_biofuel_made_from_plant_waste_and_cut_down_use_of_ethanol%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the EPA
to <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy;?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=3949">promote
biofuel made from plant waste and cut down the use of ethanol made
from food.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Urgent:_Stop_supporting_ALEC)
title: Urgent: Stop supporting ALEC
uri: Urgent-Stop-supporting-ALEC
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_supporting_ALEC%29
content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Google, Facebook and Yelp
to <a href="http://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/Google_ALEC_Image/">stop
supporting ALEC.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_war_with_Iran)
title: Urgent: Oppose war with Iran
uri: Urgent-Oppose-war-with-Iran
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_war_with_Iran%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: call on your senators
to <a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9091">oppose
S.1881, which is designed to get the US into war with Iran.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Bizarre_accusations_in_Egypt)
title: Bizarre accusations in Egypt
uri: Bizarre-accusations-in-Egypt
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Bizarre_accusations_in_Egypt%29
content:
<p>
Bizarre accusations in Egypt that
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/18/egyptians-kill-americans-in-streets-editor-threatens">US
wants to assassinate General al-Sisi.</a>
<p>
This is ridiculous.  The US is more or less a supporter of the
Egyptian military government, as it was of Mubarak.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Smears_against_marijuana)
title: Smears against marijuana
uri: Smears-against-marijuana
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Smears_against_marijuana%29
content:
<p>
US
media <a href="http://www.thefix.com/content/Maia-Szalavitz-pot-addiction-health2100">repeat
persistent government smears against marijuana.</a>


title: Urgent: Replace the part of Voting Rights Act
uri: Urgent-Replace-the-part-of-Voting-Rights-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Urgent:_Replace_the_part_of_Voting_Rights_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Replace_the_part_of_Voting_Rights_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=VRA">call on
Congress</a> to replace the part of the Voting Rights Act that the
Supreme Court struck down.


title: Urgent: Tell Obama to stop proposing veiled cuts in Social security
uri: Urgent-Tell-Obama-to-stop-proposing-veiled-cuts-in-Social-security
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Urgent:_Tell_Obama_to_stop_proposing_veiled_cuts_in_Social_security)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_Obama_to_stop_proposing_veiled_cuts_in_Social_security%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6405/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9084">tell
Obama</a> not to propose veiled cuts in Social Security again.


title: London wants to track people with RFIDs in cars
uri: London-wants-to-track-people-with-RFIDs-in-cars
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(London_wants_to_track_people_with_RFIDs_in_cars)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28London_wants_to_track_people_with_RFIDs_in_cars%29

content:
<p>
London wants to use 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/17/are-londons-drivers-ready-for-the-oyster-card-for-cars">RFIDs
in cars</a> to charge for parking.  And track people.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Poaching_of_rhinos_in_South_Africa)
title: Poaching of rhinos in South Africa
uri: Poaching-of-rhinos-in-South-Africa
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Poaching_of_rhinos_in_South_Africa%29

content:
<p>
Poaching of rhinos in South Africa is accelerating and 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/17/1000-rhinos-killed-south-africa-2013">on
track to wipe them out in 20 years</a>.
<p>
Of course, the last few will be better protected, so it might take a
few more years for poachers to get them all.  However, when a species
is reduced to a few individuals, its genetic diversity is reduced and
it is more vulnerable for hundreds of thousands of years thereafter.


title: Former undercover thug testifies about practices of UK thugs
uri: Former-undercover-thug-testifies-about-practices-of-UK-thugs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Former_undercover_thug_testifies_about_practices_of_UK_thugs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Former_undercover_thug_testifies_about_practices_of_UK_thugs%29

content:
<p>
Former undercover thug Peter Francis was given immunity and testified
about the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/undercover-with-paul-lewis-and-rob-evans/2014/jan/17/undercover-police-and-policing-police-and-crime-commissioners">infiltration
practices of UK thugs</a>.


title: UK govt worked closely with fracking companies to manipulate public
uri: UK-govt-worked-closely-with-fracking-companies-to-manipulate-public
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(UK_govt_worked_closely_with_fracking_companies_to_manipulate_public)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28UK_govt_worked_closely_with_fracking_companies_to_manipulate_public%29

content:
<p>
The UK government 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/17/emails-uk-shale-gas-fracking-opposition">worked
closely with fracking companies</a> to manipulate the public and
overcome opposition.
<p>
It's no surprise.  The UK government's goal is to emit as much
CO<sub>2</sub> as possible, as soon as possible, while slowing down
development of renewable energy as much as it can get away with.


title: The soldiers that control US nuclear missiles
uri: The-soldiers-that-control-US-nuclear-missiles
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(The_soldiers_that_control_US_nuclear_missiles)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28The_soldiers_that_control_US_nuclear_missiles%29

content:
<p>
The soldiers that control US nuclear missiles are 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/01/17-0">prone to
various peccadilloes</a> which, in that context, might lead to
something really important.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Obamas_NSA_reforms)
title: Obama's NSA "reforms"
uri: Obama-s-NSA-reforms
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Obamas_NSA_reforms%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/17-9">Obama's NSA
'Reforms' Are Little More Than a PR Attempt to Mollify the Public</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/01/17-3">Advocates
and Digital Rights Defenders Reject Obama's Whitewash of Intrusive
Spying Regime</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/01/17-2">Obama
Continues War on National Security Whistleblowers</a>.


title: The small improvements in US bank regulations
uri: The-small-improvements-in-US-bank-regulations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(The_small_improvements_in_US_bank_regulations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28The_small_improvements_in_US_bank_regulations%29

content:
<p>
The small improvements in US bank regulations may be doing some real
good: the 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/01/hey-maybe-bank-regulation-working-after-all">banksters
profits are down</a>.


title: Obama's drone killings rouse Yemen to demand US stay out
uri: Obama-s-drone-killings-rouse-Yemen-to-demand-US-stay-out
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Obamas_drone_killings_rouse_Yemen_to_demand_US_stay_out)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Obamas_drone_killings_rouse_Yemen_to_demand_US_stay_out%29

content:
<p>
Obama's drone killings have 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/16-7">roused all
Yemen to demand the US stay out</a>.


title: Israel considers plan to ban the word "Nazi"
uri: Israel-considers-plan-to-ban-the-word-Nazi
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Israel_considers_plan_to_ban_the_word_Nazi)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Israel_considers_plan_to_ban_the_word_Nazi%29

content:
<p>
Israel is considering a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/17/israel-freedom-speech-draft-law-ban-nazi">plan
to ban the word "Nazi"</a> outside a few specific exceptions.
<p>
Would it be forbidden to call a right wing-group "Neo-Nazi"?  What
about "Soup Nazi"?  Would Seinfeld be banned in Israel?


title: Residents of Rio's favelas threatened with eviction
uri: Residents-of-Rio-s-favelas-threatened-with-eviction
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Residents_of_Rios_favelas_threatened_with_eviction)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Residents_of_Rios_favelas_threatened_with_eviction%29

content:
<p>
Now that many of Rio's favelas are peaceful, and relatives are
returning to them, they are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/jan/17/rio-favela-evictions-brazil-world-cup">threatened
with eviction</a> in the name of possible landslides, or as schemes
for gentrification.


title: UK Labour leader says he will break up big 5 banks
uri: UK-Labour-leader-says-he-will-break-up-big-5-banks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(UK_Labour_leader_says_he_will_break_up_big_5_banks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28UK_Labour_leader_says_he_will_break_up_big_5_banks%29

content:
<p>
The UK Labour leader says he will forcibly break up the big 5 banks
… 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/17/ed-miliband-banks-cost-of-living-labour">a
little</a>.
<p>
Why push for just 7 big banks?  Why not make them split into 20 or
even 50, so that none of them is too big to fail?  It's the same work
either way.
<p>
Instead of micromanaging the splitting, my tax proposal would 
<a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/02/04/fixing-too-big-to-fail/">pressure
the banks to split themselves up</a>.


title: Acceleration of greenhouse gas output
uri: Acceleration-of-greenhouse-gas-output
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Acceleration_of_greenhouse_gas_output)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Acceleration_of_greenhouse_gas_output%29

content:
<p>
Greenhouse gas output 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/17/un-climate-report-carbon-economy">grew
faster from 2000 to 2010 than in the previous decades</a>, says the
IPCC.
<p>
The report cites growing human population as part of the cause.  For
decades this problem has been the one whose name most people dare not
mention.


title: A proposed GMO that is probably a good idea
uri: A-proposed-GMO-that-is-probably-a-good-idea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(A_proposed_GMO_that_is_probably_a_good_idea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28A_proposed_GMO_that_is_probably_a_good_idea%29

content:
<p>
One <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/17/would-you-prefer-to-eat-genetically-modified-eggs-or-see-day-old-chicks-destroyed">proposed
genetically modified organism</a> seems like probably a good idea.
<p>
Genetic engineering is a method of modifying organisms, not a kind of
organism.  The results are disparate.  Whether any given genetic
modification is safe (for humans that eat it, for the environment, for
the rights of farmers) depends on the details.  It has to be tested
and evaluated separately for each GM variety, since we have too little
experience to generalize about the effects.  Likewise, whether it
really improves anything is also a matter of details.  The GMOs now in
use mostly go with use of pesticides.


title: Ellen Brown's campaign to set up a state-owned bank
uri: Ellen-Brown-s-campaign-to-set-up-a-state-owned-bank
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 19_January_2014_(Ellen_Browns_campaign_to_set_up_a_state-owned_bank)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_%28Ellen_Browns_campaign_to_set_up_a_state-owned_bank%29

content:
<p>
Ellen Brown is running for treasurer of California as a campaign to
set up a state-owned bank 
<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/from_austerity_to_prosperity_why_i_am_running_for_california_treasurer_2014">for
the state to deposit in and borrow from</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Urgent:_Sign_petition_against_TPP)
title: Urgent: Sign petition against TPP
uri: Urgent-Sign-petition-against-TPP
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Sign_petition_against_TPP%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: sign 
<a href="http://act.350.org/sign/tpp/">350.org's petition</a> against
the TPP.
<p>
350.org is against the treaty because it would obstruct efforts to
avoid global heating disaster.


title: Centralized digital medical records
uri: Centralized-digital-medical-records
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Centralized_digital_medical_records)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Centralized_digital_medical_records%29

content:
<p>
Centralized digital medical records risk privacy violations, but the
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/19/nhs-patient-data-available-companies-buy">UK's
lax policy</a> is turning "risk" to "ensure".


title: Tech companies lobbying secretly to prevent EU from taxing earnings
uri: Tech-companies-lobbying-secretly-to-prevent-EU-from-taxing-earnings
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Tech_companies_lobbying_secretly_to_prevent_EU_from_taxing_earnings)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Tech_companies_lobbying_secretly_to_prevent_EU_from_taxing_earnings%29

content:
<p>
A group of multinational tech companies, probably including Google,
are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/19/tech-firms-attempt-halt-tax-avoidance-reforms">lobbying
secretly</a> to prevent the EU from taxing their earnings.


title: Protesters enraged by anti-protest restrictions in Ukraine
uri: Protesters-enraged-by-anti-protest-restrictions-in-Ukraine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Protesters_enraged_by_anti-protest_restrictions_in_Ukraine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Protesters_enraged_by_anti-protest_restrictions_in_Ukraine%29

content:
<p>
Large numbers of protesters, enraged by new limits on protests,
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/ukraine-anti-government-protests-street-battles">battled
thugs</a> in Ukraine.
<p>
The anti-protest restrictions are interesting.  The ban on amplifiers
follows New York City, which restricted Occupy Wall Street the same
way.  The ban on masks is found in France and in many other places.
These restrictions on protesters are antidemocratic no matter where
they are found.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Fighting_extremism_in_Syria)
title: Fighting 'extremism' in Syria
uri: Fighting-extremism-in-Syria
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Fighting_extremism_in_Syria%29
content:
<p>
Fighting 'extremism' in Syria by 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/20/fighting-extremism-in-syria">supporting
whoever its enemy is at the moment</a> is not well thought out.


title: Iran stops enriching uranium to 20% U235
uri: Iran-stops-enriching-uranium-to-20-U235
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Iran_stops_enriching_uranium_to_20_percent_U235)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Iran_stops_enriching_uranium_to_20_percent_U235%29

content:
<p>
Iran has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/iran-halts-uranium-enrichment-nuclear-deal">stopped
enriching uranium to 20% U235</a>, with inspectors to witness.


title: Turks protest again against internet censorship
uri: Turks-protest-again-against-internet-censorship
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Turks_protest_again_against_internet_censorship)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Turks_protest_again_against_internet_censorship%29

content:
<p>
Turks protested again on the street against internet censorship,
and were 
<a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/18/3878768/turkish-police-break-up-internet.html">attacked
by thugs</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(CO2_emissions_outsourced)
title: CO2 emissions 'outsourced'
uri: CO2-emissions-outsourced
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28CO2_emissions_outsourced%29
content:
<p>
CO<sub>2</sub> emissions are being
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/19/co2-emissions-outsourced-rich-nations-rising-economies">'outsourced'
by rich countries to rising economies</a>.


title: Rise of global inequality due to plutocratic gov'ts
uri: Rise-of-global-inequality-due-to-plutocratic-gov-ts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Rise_of_global_inequality_due_to_plutocratic_govts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Rise_of_global_inequality_due_to_plutocratic_govts%29

content:
<p>
Global inequality is rising due to plutocratic governments.
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/20/oxfam-85-richest-people-half-of-the-world">The
richest 85 people own more wealth than half of humanity</a>.


title: Cuba moving to allow private business
uri: Cuba-moving-to-allow-private-business
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Cuba_moving_to_allow_private_business)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Cuba_moving_to_allow_private_business%29

content:
<p>
Cuba is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/19/welcome-mariel-port-cuba-economic-liberalisation">moving
to allow private business</a>, in a limited territory.
<p>
This can be good if it leads to respect for human rights.  It will be
bad if, as in China, it leads to corrupt plutocratic tyranny.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(The_Betamax_argument)
title: The Betamax argument
uri: The-Betamax-argument
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28The_Betamax_argument%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/thirty-years-since-betamax-and-movies-are-still-being-made-140118/">Thirty
Years Since Betamax, and Movies Are Still Being Made</a>.


title: Study suggests unusual El Ni&nacute;o events will double in frequency
uri: Study-suggests-unusual-El-Ni-nacute-o-events-will-double-in-frequency
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Study_suggests_unusual_El_Nino_events_will_double_in_frequency)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Study_suggests_unusual_El_Nino_events_will_double_in_frequency%29

content:
<p>
A study suggests unusual "extreme" El Ni&nacute;o events, which cause
economic damage and can kill thousands of people, will 
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-01-extreme-el-nino-events.html">double
in frequency</a> due to global heating.


title: US gov't wants to further develop face recognition technology
uri: US-gov-t-wants-to-further-develop-face-recognition-technology
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(US_govt_wants_to_further_develop_face_recognition_technology)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28US_govt_wants_to_further_develop_face_recognition_technology%29

content:
<p>
Today's face recognition technology can't recognize you as you walk on
the street, but the US government is
<a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2014/01/my-face-digitally-recognized/8017/">setting
out to develop that</a>.


title: Congress wants to bar Obama from transferring CIA drone attacks to Pentagon
uri: Congress-wants-to-bar-Obama-from-transferring-CIA-drone-attacks-to-Pen
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(Congress_wants_to_bar_Obama_from_transferring_CIA_drone_attacks_to_Pentagon)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28Congress_wants_to_bar_Obama_from_transferring_CIA_drone_attacks_to_Pentagon%29

content:
<p>
Congress added a rider to a large bill to 
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/lawmakers-seek-to-stymie-plan-to-shift-control-of-drone-campaign-from-cia-to-pentagon/2014/01/15/c0096b18-7e0e-11e3-9556-4a4bf7bcbd84_story.html">bar
Obama from transferring CIA drone attacks to the Pentagon</a>.
<p>
The reason for that transfer is that the Pentagon has to obey laws of
war which the CIA 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/2013-jul-oct.html#13_August_2013_(Drone_attack_targeting_rescuers)">secretly 
ignores</a>.  It is bizarre for Congress to concern itself with such a
thing.  I wonder if some members of Congress were blackmailed.


title: Company responsible for toxic spill in West Virginia goes bankrupt
uri: Company-responsible-for-toxic-spill-in-West-Virginia-goes-bankrupt
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(Company_responsible_for_toxic_spill_in_West_Virginia_goes_bankrupt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28Company_responsible_for_toxic_spill_in_West_Virginia_goes_bankrupt%29

content:
<p>
"Freedom Industries", the company responsible for the toxic spill in
West Virginia, has gone 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/17/west-virginia-chemical-spill-company-bankruptcy">bankrupt</a>.
<p>
In a small way, this is deserved punishment for the owners — but
nowhere near enough.  Chemical and fossil fuel octopuses operate by
atomizing their facilities under lots of tentacle corporations, so
that in the event of an accident, 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#12_August_2013_(No_accountability_for_Lac_Megantic_train_disaster)">only
one tentacle goes bankrupt and the victims can't get compensation</a>.
<p>
Perhaps we need laws to make holding companies responsible for the
debts of their tentacles.


title: Appoint a team that can investigate anything the NSA does
uri: Appoint-a-team-that-can-investigate-anything-the-NSA-does
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(Appoint_a_team_that_can_investigate_anything_the_NSA_does)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28Appoint_a_team_that_can_investigate_anything_the_NSA_does%29

content:
<p>
An NSA whistleblower says that the only way to do sufficient oversight
is
to <a href="http://rt.com/usa/whistleblower-reaction-nsa-reforms-821/">appoint
a team that can investigate anything the NSA does.</a>
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/13-0">10 NSA Myths
Debunked.</a>


title: How many members of Congress does the NSA control through blackmail
uri: How-many-members-of-Congress-does-the-NSA-control-through-blackmail
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(How_many_members_of_Congress_does_the_NSA_control_through_blackmail)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28How_many_members_of_Congress_does_the_NSA_control_through_blackmail%29

content:
<p>
How many members of
Congress <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/13/how-do-you-get-politicians-to-care-about-privacy">does
the NSA control through blackmail?</a>


title: UK appears to have snooped on Belhaj's communication with his lawyers
uri: UK-appears-to-have-snooped-on-Belhaj-s-communication-with-his-lawyers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(UK_appears_to_have_snooped_on_Belhaj's_communication_with_his_lawyers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28UK_appears_to_have_snooped_on_Belhaj%27s_communication_with_his_lawyers%29

content:
<p>
The UK appears to
have <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/jan/15/libyan-belhaj-challenge-uk-courts-closed-hearings">snooped
on Belhaj's communication with his lawyers, and played legal games to
get the judge in his lawsuit to disregard that violation of his
rights.</a>


title: Why You Need to Fight America's Copyright Laws
uri: Why-You-Need-to-Fight-America-s-Copyright-Laws
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(Why_You_Need_to_Fight_America's_Copyright_Laws)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28Why_You_Need_to_Fight_America%27s_Copyright_Laws%29

content:
<p>
The End of
Ownership: <a href="http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/01/174071/">Why
You Need to Fight America's Copyright Laws.</a>


title: Iraqi government is attacking Ramadi
uri: Iraqi-government-is-attacking-Ramadi
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(Iraqi_government_is_attacking_Ramadi)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28Iraqi_government_is_attacking_Ramadi%29

content:
<p>
The Iraqi government
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/19/iraqi-forces-launch-assault-ramadi">attacking
Ramadi.</a>
<p>
I've seen reports that local Sunnis are allied with the government,
and reports that they are the ones being attacked.  I don't know which
to believe.


title: World Bank lent millions to a Honduran palm oil company
uri: World-Bank-lent-millions-to-a-Honduran-palm-oil-company
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(World_Bank_lent_millions_to_a_Honduran_palm_oil_company)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28World_Bank_lent_millions_to_a_Honduran_palm_oil_company%29

content:
<p>
The World Bank lent millions to a Honduran palm oil company that
peasants
say <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/jan/13/world-bank-ethics-scrutiny-honduras-loan-investigation">forced
them off their land.</a>


title: Using arbitration rather than going to court
uri: Using-arbitration-rather-than-going-to-court
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(Using_arbitration_rather_than_going_to_court)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28Using_arbitration_rather_than_going_to_court%29

content:
<p>
The CPFB is considering
whether <a href="http://www.citizenvox.org/2014/01/13/another-burden-on-the-u-s-chambers-agenda/">to
stop banks from requiring customers to use arbitration rather than
going to court.</a>
<p>
This is good, but mandatory arbitration is found also in other
contexts, including between companies and employees.


title: Mayor of Hoboken says Christie blocking Hurricane Sandy rebuilding funds
uri: Mayor-of-Hoboken-says-Christie-blocking-Hurricane-Sandy-rebuilding-fun
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(Mayor_of_Hoboken_says_Christie_blocking_Hurricane_Sandy_rebuilding_funds)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28Mayor_of_Hoboken_says_Christie_blocking_Hurricane_Sandy_rebuilding_funds%29

content:
<p>
The Mayor of Hoboken says Chris Christie
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/18/hoboken-mayor-accuses-chris-christie-of-holding-sandy-aid-hostage">blocking
Hurricane Sandy rebuilding funds to extract support for a building
project for rich cronies.</a>


title: Specialized machine can replace human cooks for making hamburgers
uri: Specialized-machine-can-replace-human-cooks-for-making-hamburgers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(Specialized_machine_can_replace_human_cooks_for_making_hamburgers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28Specialized_machine_can_replace_human_cooks_for_making_hamburgers%29

content:
<p>
A specialized machine
can <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-12/meet-smart-restaurant-minimum-wage-crushing-burger-flipping-robot">replace
human cooks for making hamburgers.</a> This threatens to eliminate
millions more jobs in the US.
<p>
Keeping wages low is not a solution.  That would force people into
worse poverty, and then the machines would get cheaper.
<p>
Although it is a different issue, keep in mind
that <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#26_January_2013_%28Discount_beef_hamburger_meat%29">it
isn't healthy</a>
or <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-may-aug.html#20%20July%202010%20%28Growing%20animals%20for%20meat%29">sustainable</a>
to eat lots of hamburgers.


title: UK prosecutors want to evict and force prostitutes to work on street
uri: UK-prosecutors-want-to-evict-and-force-prostitutes-to-work-on-street
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(UK_prosecutors_want_to_evict_and_force_prostitutes_to_work_on_street)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28UK_prosecutors_want_to_evict_and_force_prostitutes_to_work_on_street%29

content:
<p>
UK prosecutors falsely claim that prostitutes are controlled by
unidentified pimps as
an <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/19/rupert-everett-in-defence-of-prostitutes">excuse
to evict them and force them to work on the street.</a>


title: Egyptians voted for constitutional changes
uri: Egyptians-voted-for-constitutional-changes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(Egyptians_voted_for_constitutional_changes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28Egyptians_voted_for_constitutional_changes%29

content:
<p>
98% of Egyptians voted for constitutional changes,
which <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/18/egypt-constitution-yes-vote-mohamed-morsi">combine
greater rights for women with greater power for the suppression
forces</a>.
<p>
I have no knowledge with which to weigh the good of the former against
the bad of the latter, but I would guess that the Egyptian
constitution still fails to defend human rights, including
the <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2008-mar-jun.html#07%20June%202008%20%28Execution%20for%20converting%20to%20Christianity%29">right
to change one's position regarding religion</a> (including ceasing to
be a Muslim) and
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#13_January_2014_%28lack_of_respect_for_the_prophet%29">right
to criticize or mock any idea</a> (including, for instance, Islam).
<p>
The one-sided result convinces me that charges of intimidation are
valid.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 20_January_2014_(Tiny_transmitters)
title: Tiny transmitters
uri: Tiny-transmitters
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#20_January_2014_%28Tiny_transmitters%29
content:
<p>
Tiny
transmitters <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/19/migration-secrets-birds-icarus-space-station">allow
scientists to track migrating birds.</a>
<p>
That's very good, but I fear they will track us too.


title: Urgent: Answer EU's copyright survey
uri: Urgent-Answer-EU-s-copyright-survey
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Urgent:_Answer_EUs_copyright_survey)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Answer_EUs_copyright_survey%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: answer the European Union's 
<a href="http://copywrongs.eu/">copyright survey</a>.  You can answer
even if you are not European.
<p>
Here are 
<a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/fundamental-cultural-rights-must-be-at-the-heart-of-copyright-reform-in-europe">explanations</a>
of what's behind the questions, and suggestions for answering.
<p>
Here's 
<a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/European_Commission_Consultation">more
advice</a>.


title: Urgent: Support blocking impetus for war in Iran
uri: Urgent-Support-blocking-impetus-for-war-in-Iran
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Urgent:_Support_blocking_impetus_for_war_in_Iran)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_blocking_impetus_for_war_in_Iran%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/637">support Senator
Reid</a> in blocking the impetus for war with Iran.


title: Pakistani Taliban fatally attack TV team
uri: Pakistani-Taliban-fatally-attack-TV-team
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Pakistani_Taliban_fatally_attack_TV_team)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Pakistani_Taliban_fatally_attack_TV_team%29

content:
<p>
The Pakistani Taliban 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jan/21/journalist-safety-pakistan">fatally
attacked a Pakistani TV team</a>, and it's not the first time.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Losing_sight_of_what_freedom_is)
title: Losing sight of what freedom is
uri: Losing-sight-of-what-freedom-is
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Losing_sight_of_what_freedom_is%29

content:
<p>
"<a href='http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/20/freedom-use-lose-antisocial-behaviour-bill'>Consumerism's
petty liberties have made us inhumanly passive. We've forgotten what
freedom is, and how easily it is lost.</a>"
<p>
My not having a TV or a DVD player and not doing internet shopping
protects me from the deepest level of that strange trap.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Mining_in_Haiti)
title: Mining in Haiti
uri: Mining-in-Haiti
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Mining_in_Haiti%29
content:
<p>
Mining may expose Haiti to the
"<a href='http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/jan/21/haiti-untapped-mining-resources-benefit-poor'>resource
curse</a>".


title: Global heating denial movement entirely from paid campaign
uri: Global-heating-denial-movement-entirely-from-paid-campaign
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Global_heating_denial_movement_entirely_from_paid_campaign)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Global_heating_denial_movement_entirely_from_paid_campaign%29

content:
<p>
Denial of global heating had no political influence in 1990.  That
movement results entirely from a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/jan/20/weatherwatch-dark-money-climate-change">paid
political influence campaign</a>.


title: Syrian gov't photographer defects with photo evidence of torture
uri: Syrian-gov-t-photographer-defects-with-photo-evidence-of-torture
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Syrian_govt_photographer_defects_with_photo_evidence_of_torture)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Syrian_govt_photographer_defects_with_photo_evidence_of_torture%29

content:
<p>
A Syrian government photographer defected with his photos, which
showed 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/evidence-industrial-scale-killing-syria-war-crimes">11,000
prisoners' corpses that appeared to have been tortured</a> as well as
killed.


title: Widely used pesticide makes bumblebees smaller
uri: Widely-used-pesticide-makes-bumblebees-smaller
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Widely_used_pesticide_makes_bumblebees_smaller)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Widely_used_pesticide_makes_bumblebees_smaller%29

content:
<p>
A widely used pesticide makes bumblebees smaller, which tends to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/20/pesticides-making-bees-smaller">harm
colony survival</a>.


title: Turkish gov't prohibits offering first aid to protesters
uri: Turkish-gov-t-prohibits-offering-first-aid-to-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Turkish_govt_prohibits_offering_first_aid_to_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Turkish_govt_prohibits_offering_first_aid_to_protesters%29

content:
<p>
The Turkish government has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/turkish-doctors-curbs-emergency-treatment">prohibited
offering first aid to injured protesters</a>.


title: France considers laws to give women social equality
uri: France-considers-laws-to-give-women-social-equality
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(France_considers_laws_to_give_women_social_equality)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28France_considers_laws_to_give_women_social_equality%29

content:
<p>
France is considering a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/french-mps-equality-law">wide
range of laws</a> to give women social equality.


title: Millions of old files withheld from publication by UK gov't
uri: Millions-of-old-files-withheld-from-publication-by-UK-gov-t
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 21_January_2014_(Millions_of_old_files_withheld_from_publication_by_UK_govt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_%28Millions_of_old_files_withheld_from_publication_by_UK_govt%29

content:
<p>
The UK government holds millions of old files that have been withheld
from publication, apparently 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/20/slave-trade-papers-illegal-foreign-office-cache">illegally</a>.
Some of these files go back to the 17th century.


title: Australian thugs convicted of shooting prisoner repeatedly
uri: Australian-thugs-convicted-of-shooting-prisoner-repeatedly
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(Australian_thugs_convicted_of_shooting_prisoner_repeatedly)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28Australian_thugs_convicted_of_shooting_prisoner_repeatedly%29

content:
<p>
Two Australian thugs were 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/21/western-australian-police-guilty-tasering-aboriginal">convicted</a>
of shooting a prisoner repeatedly with tasers.


title: Air pollution from China spreads smog to US west coast
uri: Air-pollution-from-China-spreads-smog-to-US-west-coast
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(Air_pollution_from_China_spreads_smog_to_US_west_coast)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28Air_pollution_from_China_spreads_smog_to_US_west_coast%29

content:
<p>
Heavy air pollution from China 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/21/china-pollution-pacific-us-smog">spreads
smog to the US west coast</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(Artificial_island_near_Lagos)
title: Artificial island near Lagos
uri: Artificial-island-near-Lagos
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28Artificial_island_near_Lagos%29
content:
<p>
An 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2014/jan/21/new-privatized-african-city-heralds-climate-apartheid">artificial
island</a> built near Lagos for Nigeria's wealthy shows how the elite
plan to wall themselves off and leave the rest to suffer from human
and environmental disasters.


title: Victoria considers laws that would empower thugs to ban protests
uri: Victoria-considers-laws-that-would-empower-thugs-to-ban-protests
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(Victoria_considers_laws_that_would_empower_thugs_to_ban_protests)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28Victoria_considers_laws_that_would_empower_thugs_to_ban_protests%29

content:
<p>
Victoria (in Australia) is considering laws that would empower thugs
to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/21/victoria-police-powers-to-remove-protesters-a-risk-to-free-speech">ban
a protest based on their subjective impressions</a>.  This is
tantamount to a policy of no protests but the state could pretend it
is not so.


title: Western banks help Chinese elite hide wealth
uri: Western-banks-help-Chinese-elite-hide-wealth
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(Western_banks_help_Chinese_elite_hide_wealth)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28Western_banks_help_Chinese_elite_hide_wealth%29

content:
<p>
Major western banks help the Chinese political
elite <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/22/china-haven-british-virgin-islands">hide
their wealth.</a>


title: "National Security" system turned on peaceful protesters
uri: National-Security-system-turned-on-peaceful-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(National_Security_system_turned_on_peaceful_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28National_Security_system_turned_on_peaceful_protesters%29

content:
<p>
The US, UK and Canada
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jan/21/fracking-activism-protest-terrorist-oil-corporate-spies">turning
their "national security" system on peaceful protesters, on behalf of
fossil fuel companies.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(Prosecutors_concealed_evidence)
title: Prosecutors concealed evidence
uri: Prosecutors-concealed-evidence
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28Prosecutors_concealed_evidence%29
content:
<p>
Bristons convicted of a protest against coal-fired electricity had
their convictions overturned because prosecutors concealed evidence in
their trial — for
instance, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/21/secret-policing-open-justice-editorial">that
an undercover thug was snooping on them.</a>
<p>
This is good, but prosecuting people for a peaceful protest is an
injustice even with a fair trial.
<p>
The UK thugs continue attacking protesters arbitrarily; a legal
advisor at a fracking protest
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/21/police-accused-brutality-anti-fracking-protester">left
injured after thugs attacked him as he was talking to them.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(Syrian_refugees)
title: Syrian refugees
uri: Syrian-refugees
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28Syrian_refugees%29
content:
<p>
Syrian
refugees <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/21/syrian-refugees-geneva-ii-peace-talks">strongly
wish for a negotiated settlement and a cease-fire.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(Urgent:_Stop_killing_whales)
title: Urgent: Stop killing whales
uri: Urgent-Stop-killing-whales
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_killing_whales%29
content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Iceland
to <a href="http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/4139">stop
killing whales.</a>


title: Urgent: Counteract the Corporations United decision
uri: Urgent-Counteract-the-Corporations-United-decision
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(Urgent:_Counteract_the_Corporations_United_decision)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Counteract_the_Corporations_United_decision%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on your congressional representatives
to <a href="https://secure.pfaw.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=201">counteract
the Corporations United (*) decision.</a>
<p>
* Officially called the "Citizens United" decision.
<p>
In my message I urged legislators to work on various corrective
approaches in parallel.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(Australia_responsible_for_Nauru)
title: Australia responsible for Nauru
uri: Australia-responsible-for-Nauru
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28Australia_responsible_for_Nauru%29

content:
<p>
Australia has converted Nauru into a quasi-satellite and is therefore
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/21/constitutional-crisis-australias-dirty-fingerprints-are-all-over-naurus-system">responsible
for Nauru's absolution of independence for the judiciary</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(Growing_opposition_to_the_TPP)
title: Growing opposition to the TPP
uri: Growing-opposition-to-the-TPP
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28Growing_opposition_to_the_TPP%29
content:
<p>
The growing opposition to the TPP means 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/01/12367/%E2%80%9C-gravity%E2%80%9D-fast-track-trade-will-sink-jobs-and-drag-down-wages">we
may be able to defeat "fast track"</a>, which would make it hard for
it to be ratified at all.


title: 19 things that conservatives compare to slavery
uri: 19-things-that-conservatives-compare-to-slavery
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(19_things_that_conservatives_compare_to_slavery)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%2819_things_that_conservatives_compare_to_slavery%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/17/1270213/-19-things-conservatives-insist-on-comparing-to-slavery">19
things that conservatives compare to slavery</a>.
<p>
I won't say that nonfree software is as bad as slavery.  It's
oppressive, but not as much so as slavery.


title: People taught to despise Obama's health care program become grateful
uri: People-taught-to-despise-Obama-s-health-care-program-become-grateful
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 22_January_2014_(People_taught_to_despise_Obamas_health_care_program_become_grateful)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_January_2014_%28People_taught_to_despise_Obamas_health_care_program_become_grateful%29

content:
<p>
As Obama's health care program starts giving Americans health
coverage, people who were taught to despise it 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/17/1270505/-From-I-don-t-want-any-part-of-Obamacare-to-It-s-a-godsend">become
grateful</a>.


title: Many Chinese anti-corruption activists are being put on trial
uri: Many-Chinese-anti-corruption-activists-are-being-put-on-trial
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Many_Chinese_anti-corruption_activists_are_being_put_on_trial)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Many_Chinese_anti-corruption_activists_are_being_put_on_trial%29

content:
<p>
Many
Chinese <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/23/china-activists-trial-zhao-changqing-hou-xin">anti-corruption
activists are being put on trial.</a>
<p>
The Chinese government hardly tries to disguise the fact that they are
being tried for political activities, unlike the US
where <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#22_December_2013_(Anti-pipeline_protesters_charged_with_terrorist_hoax)">protesters
face charges of a "terrorist hoax" for the glitter that fell off their
banner</a>.


title: Shell blocked from oil drilling in Alaskan waters
uri: Shell-blocked-from-oil-drilling-in-Alaskan-waters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Shell_blocked_from_oil_drilling_in_Alaskan_waters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Shell_blocked_from_oil_drilling_in_Alaskan_waters%29

content:
<p>
Shell has
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/23/shell-arctic-drilling-set-back-us-court">blocked
from oil drilling in Alaskan waters</a> on the grounds that the
threats to the environment have not been studied.


title: The European Union's new renewables target
uri: The-European-Union-s-new-renewables-target
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(The_European_Union's_new_renewables_target)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28The_European_Union%27s_new_renewables_target%29

content:
<p>
The European Union's new renewables
target <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/22/no-renewable-target-climate-change">does
not apply to individual countries</a>; the UK now has no target for
renewable energy.
<p>
This is what
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_January_2014_(UK_govt_worked_closely_with_fracking_companies_to_manipulate_public)">UK
government fought for,</a> so that it could slow the increase of
renewable energy and burn as much fossil fuel as possible.


title: The Russian law against "homosexual propaganda"
uri: The-Russian-law-against-homosexual-propaganda
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(The_Russian_law_against_homosexual_propaganda)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28The_Russian_law_against_homosexual_propaganda%29

content:
<p>
The Russian law against "homosexual propaganda"
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/23/elton-john-russia-homosexuality-propaganda-laws-dangerous-lgbt">stirred
up a wave of private violence against homosexuals.</a>
<p>
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_June_2013_(Russia_to_make_it_a_crime_to_offend_religious_feelings)">Advocacy
of gay rights is also banned by the law.</a>


title: Syrian women are organizing to campaign for peace in Syria
uri: Syrian-women-are-organizing-to-campaign-for-peace-in-Syria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 23_January_2014_(Syrian_women_are_organizing_to_campaign_for_peace_in_Syria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#23_January_2014_%28Syrian_women_are_organizing_to_campaign_for_peace_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/23/syria-women-geneva-peace-talks">Syrian
women are organizing to campaign for peace in Syria.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 23_January_2014_(2013_fourth_hottest_on_record)
title: 2013 fourth hottest on record
uri: 2013-fourth-hottest-on-record
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#23_January_2014_%282013_fourth_hottest_on_record%29
content:
<p>
9 of the 10 hottest years on record were since 2001, the exception
being 1998 which had a very strong El Niño.  In 2013, the short-term
variable factors operated for cold; despite
them, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/jan/23/climate-change-global-warming-2013-warmest-years-el-nino">it
was tied for fourth hottest on record.</a>
<p>
When we get another strong El Niño, we will see what hot is.


title: Ethics complaint dismissed against John Leso
uri: Ethics-complaint-dismissed-against-John-Leso
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 23_January_2014_(Ethics_complaint_dismissed_against_John_Leso)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#23_January_2014_%28Ethics_complaint_dismissed_against_John_Leso%29

content:
<p>
The American Psychological
Association <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/22/guantanamo-torture-mohammed-al-qahtani-suspected-9-11-hijacker">dismissed
the ethics complaint against its member John Leso, who help plan Bush
regime torture policies, despite conclusive evidence.</a>
<p>
The organization claims to have high ethical standards but apparently
will go to great lengths not to uphold them in practice.


title: Koch brothers paid for ALEC's report
uri: Koch-brothers-paid-for-ALEC-s-report
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 23_January_2014_(Koch_brothers_paid_for_ALEC's_report)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#23_January_2014_%28Koch_brothers_paid_for_ALEC%27s_report%29

content:
<p>
The Koch
brothers <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/01/12368/koch-and-searle-funding-alecs-rich-states-poor-states-report">paid
for ALEC's report, "Rich States Poor States"</a>, which ranks states
based on how little they spend.


title: Students in London supported a planned strike by university staff
uri: Students-in-London-supported-a-planned-strike-by-university-staff
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 23_January_2014_(Students_in_London_supported_a_planned_strike_by_university_staff)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#23_January_2014_%28Students_in_London_supported_a_planned_strike_by_university_staff%29

content:
<p>
Students in
London <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jan/22/student-protest">supported
a planned strike by university staff.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 23_January_2014_(Poor_women_face_more_abuse)
title: Poor women face more abuse
uri: Poor-women-face-more-abuse
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#23_January_2014_%28Poor_women_face_more_abuse%29
content:
<p>
Poor women in various
countries <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/22/rich-women-have-better-sex">face
more abuse from men and use less contraception.</a>
<p>
Lack of money to meet ordinary needs could be responsible for both.
The sense of desperation causes stress that leads to anger; some men
would express that anger with violence.  Poverty may also impede
access to contraception.
<p>
A decent society offers everyone a decent life.  This can involve
having to work, but should not impose the stress of being poor.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(14_things)
title: 14 things
uri: 14-things
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%2814_things%29
content:
<p>
14 things that
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/17/1270213/-19-things-conservatives-insist-on-comparing-to-slavery?detail=email">
conservatives compare to slavery</a>.
<p>
I won't say that nonfree software is as bad as slavery.
It's oppressive, but not as much so as slavery.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Republican_wreckers)
title: Republican wreckers
uri: Republican-wreckers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Republican_wreckers%29
content:
<p>
Republican wreckers in Congress have
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/01/as-part-of-budget-deal-congress-blacks-light-bulb-efficiency-standards/">
repealed the energy efficiency
standards</a>
for light bulbs.


title: Urgent: Make public corporations disclose political spending
uri: Urgent-Make-public-corporations-disclose-political-spending
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Urgent:_Make_public_corporations_disclose_political_spending)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Make_public_corporations_disclose_political_spending%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy;?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=3941&autologin=true">tell
the SEC</a> to bring back its rule to make public corporations
disclose their political spending.


title: Urgent: Call on Stop and Shop to label products with GMOs
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Stop-and-Shop-to-label-products-with-GMOs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_Stop_and_Shop_to_label_products_with_GMOs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Stop_and_Shop_to_label_products_with_GMOs%29

content:
<p>
In Massachusetts: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/engage/site/Advocacy;?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=9981&autologin=true">call
on Stop and Shop</a> to label products with GMOs.


title: Urgent: Repeal authorization for war with Iraq
uri: Urgent-Repeal-authorization-for-war-with-Iraq
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Urgent:_Repeal_authorization_for_war_with_Iraq)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Repeal_authorization_for_war_with_Iraq%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/it-s-time-to-un-authorize-the-iraq-war">call
on Congress</a> to repeal the authorization for war with Iraq.


title: UK thugs anticipate riots caused by austerity
uri: UK-thugs-anticipate-riots-caused-by-austerity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(UK_thugs_anticipate_riots_caused_by_austerity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28UK_thugs_anticipate_riots_caused_by_austerity%29

content:
<p>
UK thugs demand 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/22/police-home-secretary-approve-use-water-cannon-austerity-protest">water
cannon to use against the people</a>, saying that austerity is going
to cause riots.


title: Nobel laureate campaigns against "luxury journals"
uri: Nobel-laureate-campaigns-against-luxury-journals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Nobel_laureate_campaigns_against_luxury_journals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Nobel_laureate_campaigns_against_luxury_journals%29

content:
<p>
Nobel laureate Randy Schekman 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/12/nobel-laureate-break-free-from-the-stifling-grip-of-luxury-journals/">campaigns
against the "luxury journals"</a> that use their prestige to maintain
an exploitative relationship with science.


title: US adults giving up looking for work
uri: US-adults-giving-up-looking-for-work
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(US_adults_giving_up_looking_for_work)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28US_adults_giving_up_looking_for_work%29

content:
<p>
The percentage of US adults in or looking for employment fell to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/10/us-economy-adds-74000-jobs-december">under
63%</a>.  Large numbers have recently given up looking for work.
<p>
Perhaps they gave up hope of finding a job long ago, and were counted
as seeking employment only because of their unemployment benefits.
Once those were cut off, they had no reason to keep looking for
work that they know they can't find.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(4th_warmest_year_on_record)
title: 4th warmest year on record
uri: 4th-warmest-year-on-record
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%284th_warmest_year_on_record%29
content:
<p>
NOAA says 2013 is tied for the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/21/noaa-2013-fourth-warmest-year-on-record">4th
warmest year on record</a>.


title: The US blocked Snowden from going anywhere but Russia
uri: The-US-blocked-Snowden-from-going-anywhere-but-Russia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(The_US_blocked_Snowden_from_going_anywhere_but_Russia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28The_US_blocked_Snowden_from_going_anywhere_but_Russia%29

content:
<p>
Snowden 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/22/nsa-files-snowden-rubbishes-russian-spy-claims">refutes</a>
the absurd charges that he spied for Russia.
<p>
It is no coincidence that Snowden is in Russia.  It is because the US
blocked him from going anywhere else.
<p>
Why does the US want Snowden to be in Russia rather than Bolivia or
Venezuela?  I conjectured last July that it is in order to smear him
one way or another.


title: New supermarket to sell otherwise wasted food
uri: New-supermarket-to-sell-otherwise-wasted-food
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(New_supermarket_to_sell_otherwise_wasted_food)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28New_supermarket_to_sell_otherwise_wasted_food%29

content:
<p>
A new supermarket plans to 
<a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/01/20/expired_food_is_good_for_you_a_supermarket_execs_bold_business_gamble/">sell
edible but slightly bruised or wilted food</a>, that is currently
wasted.


title: The deadlocked Israeli-Palestine peace talks
uri: The-deadlocked-Israeli-Palestine-peace-talks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(The_deadlocked_Israeli-Palestine_peace_talks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28The_deadlocked_Israeli-Palestine_peace_talks%29

content:
<p>
Reportedly Kerry 
<a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/9348-us-seeks-extension-for-palestinian-israeli-talks">wants
to extend the Israel-Palestine peace talks</a>, because they are
deadlocked (of course).
<p>
Netanyahu would like the talks to continue so that (1) he can say he
is trying to make peace, and (2) occasionally the US will make a
concession to him.


title: Israeli teacher may be fired for criticizing Israeli army
uri: Israeli-teacher-may-be-fired-for-criticizing-Israeli-army
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Israeli_teacher_may_be_fired_for_criticizing_Israeli_army)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Israeli_teacher_may_be_fired_for_criticizing_Israeli_army%29

content:
<p>
An Israeli teacher may be fired for 
<a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4478917,00.html">saying
negative things about the Israeli army and the occupation of
Palestine</a>.  His students have taken to the street to support him.
<p>
The most ironic part is the claim that such ideas should not
be heard in a civics class.


title: London thugs attack organizations that resist institutional racism
uri: London-thugs-attack-organizations-that-resist-institutional-racism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(London_thugs_attack_organizations_that_resist_institutional_racism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28London_thugs_attack_organizations_that_resist_institutional_racism%29

content:
<p>
The London thugs are so committed to institutional racism that they
<a href="http://opendemocracy.net/opensecurity/adam-elliott-cooper/doreen-lawrence-police-spies-and-institutional-racism">systematically
attack</a> the organizations that resist it.
<p>
They 
<a href="http://opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/ashok-kumar/race-class-and-price-of-policing">offer
money to innocent victims of their attacks</a>, but never admit
responsibility.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Rule_of_law_endangered_in_Turkey)
title: Rule of law endangered in Turkey
uri: Rule-of-law-endangered-in-Turkey
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Rule_of_law_endangered_in_Turkey%29

content:
<p>
Erdogan's struggle to retain power in Turkey at all costs now
<a href="http://opendemocracy.net/halil-gurhanli/political-crisis-and-question-of-rule-of-law-in-turkey">endangers
rule of law</a>.


title: EU adopts targets for greenhouse gas reductions
uri: EU-adopts-targets-for-greenhouse-gas-reductions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 23_January_2014_(EU_adopts_targets_for_greenhouse_gas_reductions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#23_January_2014_%28EU_adopts_targets_for_greenhouse_gas_reductions%29

content:
<p>
The EU has adopted 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/22/eu-carbon-emissions-climate-deal-2030">targets
for greenhouse gas reduction and for renewable energy generation</a>,
for 2030.
<p>
Announcing a target is only the first step to reaching it.  It is a
good thing that the corrupt EU governments (mainly UK) that serve the
fossil fuels were overridden, but they did weaken the targets.
<p>
Meanwhile, these targets are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2014/jan/22/eu-2030-climate-change-energy-emissions-targets">insufficient
to prevent disaster</a>.
<p>
The big question, for civilization, is whether the 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-sep-dec.html#6%20December%202010%20(US%20gov%20backdoor%20tactics%20on%20climate)">US</a>, 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/2011-nov-feb.html#29_February_2012_(Political_Science)">Canada</a> 
and 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#24_December_2013_(Australia_approves_destruction_of_wildlife_reserve)">Australia</a>, 
effectively subservient to fossil fuel companies, will frustrate hopes
for a climate protection agreement in 2015.  They have won every time
so far.
<p>
Success requires cooperation from China, India, Brazil, Indonesia
and other major countries.


title: Australian gov't says it can't afford the welfare system
uri: Australian-gov-t-says-it-can-t-afford-the-welfare-system
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Australian_gov't_says_it_can't_afford_the_welfare_system)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Australian_gov%27t_says_it_can%27t_afford_the_welfare_system%29

content:
<p>
The Australian government
says <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/21/tax-avoiders-australia-amnesty">it
can't afford the welfare system.</a>  Meanwhile it proposes to offer
amnesty to rich tax-evaders.
<p>
It's just a matter of priorities: the rich or the poor.


title: Assad has cut off polio vaccination in rebel-controlled areas
uri: Assad-has-cut-off-polio-vaccination-in-rebel-controlled-areas
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Assad_has_cut_off_polio_vaccination_in_rebel-controlled_areas)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Assad_has_cut_off_polio_vaccination_in_rebel-controlled_areas%29

content:
<p>
Assad
has <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/feb/20/syrias-polio-epidemic-suppressed-truth/?pagination=false">cut
off polio vaccination in rebel-controlled areas,</a> as well as other
supplies necessary for public health such as preventing water-borne
disease.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(The_Ukraine_anti-protest_law)
title: The Ukraine anti-protest law
uri: The-Ukraine-anti-protest-law
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28The_Ukraine_anti-protest_law%29
content:
<p>
The Ukraine anti-protest law
also <a href="http://boingboing.net/2014/01/22/ukraine-slides-into-full-blown.html">abolishes
fair trials and imposes arbitrary censorship.</a>
<p>
It also bans collecting information about thugs, which I presume
includes photos or videos of what they do.  In the US, that's not
illegal, but the thugs wish it were, so they fabricate accusations
against those who take photos.
<p>
Thugs have been fighting with protesters in
Kiev, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/22/ukraine-opposition-leaders-meet-president-protests-fatal">and
the protesters have been fighting back.</a>
<p>
Subsequently a truce was agreed, for talks between the president and
the
opposition. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/23/ukraine-protests-uneasy-truce-kiev">However,
no deal was reached.</a>
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/22/ukraine-protests-europe-far-right-violence">This
report</a> claims that the violence was started by right-wing
infiltrators. I have no way to evaluate this claim.


title: Clever scheme for distributing anti-censorship software
uri: Clever-scheme-for-distributing-anti-censorship-software
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Clever_scheme_for_distributing_anti-censorship_software)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Clever_scheme_for_distributing_anti-censorship_software%29

content:
<p>
A clever scheme
for <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/450123-chinese-ask-whats-that-barcode-on-my-bank-note/">distributing
anti-censorship software in China.</a>
<p>
People should try this in the UK!


title: Canadian gov't liquidated the library of Health Canada
uri: Canadian-gov-t-liquidated-the-library-of-Health-Canada
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Canadian_gov't_liquidated_the_library_of_Health_Canada)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Canadian_gov%27t_liquidated_the_library_of_Health_Canada%29

content:
<p>
The Canadian
government <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/health-canada-library-changes-leave-scientists-scrambling-1.2499217">liquidated
the library of Health Canada.</a>  The scientists are scrambling to
create their own research resources.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Tunisia's_new_constitution)
title: Tunisia's new constitution
uri: Tunisia-s-new-constitution
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Tunisia%27s_new_constitution%29
content:
<p>
Tunisia's new constitution seems pretty good in regard to freedom of
expression, <a href="http://www.cpj.org/blog/2014/01/tunisia-constitution-needs-stronger-free-press-gua.php">but
some points need improvement.</a>


title: Presence of software in products prevents people from owning them
uri: Presence-of-software-in-products-prevents-people-from-owning-them
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Presence_of_software_in_products_prevents_people_from_owning_them)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Presence_of_software_in_products_prevents_people_from_owning_them%29

content:
<p>
The EFF explains how the presence of software in products is used
to <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/you-bought-it-you-own-it-time-reclaim-right-usetinkerrepairmakeselllend-your-stuff">prevent
people from owning them.</a>
<p>
It's a good article but has two flaws.  It uses
the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#DigitalLocks">weak
term "digital locks" to refer to DRM,</a> and refers to
the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html ">confusing
term "intellectual property".</a>


title: Tracking phone calls to a newspaper
uri: Tracking-phone-calls-to-a-newspaper
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Tracking_phone_calls_to_a_newspaper)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Tracking_phone_calls_to_a_newspaper%29

content:
<p>
Tracking phone calls to a newspaper, to find a
leaker, <a href="http://www.cpj.org/2014/01/costa-rica-must-investigate-tracking-of-dailys-pho.php">has
created a scandal in Costa Rica.</a>
<p>
I wish the US courts responded with such diligence to the scandal of
its own far worse surveillance.


title: General Mills will continue to mean Genetically Modified
uri: General-Mills-will-continue-to-mean-Genetically-Modified
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(General_Mills_will_continue_to_mean_Genetically_Modified)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28General_Mills_will_continue_to_mean_Genetically_Modified%29

content:
<p>
In cereals other than
Cheerios, <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/why-gmo-free-cheerios-are-nice-far-major-victory-1390492760">General
Mills will continue to mean Genetically Modified.</a>


title: Agricultural land as large as Belgium polluted with heavy metals
uri: Agricultural-land-as-large-as-Belgium-polluted-with-heavy-metals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Agricultural_land_as_large_as_Belgium_polluted_with_heavy_metals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Agricultural_land_as_large_as_Belgium_polluted_with_heavy_metals%29

content:
<p>
China plans
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/23/china-lose-millions-hectares-farmland-pollution">stop
using agricultural land as large as Belgium because it is polluted
with heavy metals.</a>


title: Urgent: Support the rights of pregnant workers
uri: Urgent-Support-the-rights-of-pregnant-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Urgent:_Support_the_rights_of_pregnant_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_the_rights_of_pregnant_workers%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/641">call on congressional
Republicans</a>: if they want to interfere with abortions, they should
support the rights of pregnant workers.


title: ACLU sues to make schools stop imposing Christianity
uri: ACLU-sues-to-make-schools-stop-imposing-Christianity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(ACLU_sues_to_make_schools_stop_imposing_Christianity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28ACLU_sues_to_make_schools_stop_imposing_Christianity%29

content:
<p>
The ACLU is 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/religion-belief/if-you-want-fit-public-school-just-become-christian">suing</a>
to make South Carolina public schools stop imposing Christianity (and
mocking students that don't agree).
<p>
The school teaches bogus science, too.


title: NSA massive surveillance is illegal
uri: NSA-massive-surveillance-is-illegal
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(NSA_massive_surveillance_is_illegal)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28NSA_massive_surveillance_is_illegal%29

content:
<p>
The independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board concluded
that 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/23/us/politics/watchdog-report-says-nsa-program-is-illegal-and-should-end.html">NSA
massive surveillance is illegal</a>.


title: Harsh punishments for minor cyber "crimes" in the US
uri: Harsh-punishments-for-minor-cyber-crimes-in-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Harsh_punishments_for_minor_cyber_crimes_in_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Harsh_punishments_for_minor_cyber_crimes_in_the_US%29

content:
<p>
The US 
<a href="http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/01/using-computer-drug-war-decade-dangerous-excessive-punishment-consequences/">systematically
imposes harsh punishments</a> for minor cyber "crimes".
<p>
I don't think most of these "crimes" should be punished at all.  In
particular, 
<a href="http://stallman.org/articles/kettling-wikileaks.html">net
protests at a web site virtual</a> are the equivalent of a protest on
the street.  It is a mistake to call them "attacks".


title: Bugs in Chrome turn it into listening device
uri: Bugs-in-Chrome-turn-it-into-listening-device
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Bugs_in_Chrome_turn_it_into_listening_device)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Bugs_in_Chrome_turn_it_into_listening_device%29

content:
<p>
Bugs in Chrome allow sites to turn its speech recognition into a
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-01-google-chrome-browser.html">listening
device</a>.
<p>
If the speech recognition is implemented, as I suspect, by a Google
server (this would be
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">SaaSS</a>)
then Google and the NSA are certainly listening to anything you say to
this "feature".


title: Utah gives homeless people apartments
uri: Utah-gives-homeless-people-apartments
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Utah_gives_homeless_people_apartments)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Utah_gives_homeless_people_apartments%29

content:
<p>
Utah has a solution for homelessness: 
<a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/utah-ending-homelessness-giving-people-homes-1390495383">give
homeless people apartments</a>.


title: Another attempt at citizen's arrest of Tony B'liar
uri: Another-attempt-at-citizen-s-arrest-of-Tony-B-liar
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Another_attempt_at_citizens_arrest_of_Tony_Blair)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Another_attempt_at_citizens_arrest_of_Tony_Blair%29

content:
<p>
Another 
<a href="http://www.vice.com/read/tony-blair-citizens-arrest-tramshed">attempt
to do a citizen's arrest on Tony B'liar</a> failed, but eventually we
will make him stand trial.


title: NSA and GCHQ collect 200 million phone text messages a day
uri: NSA-and-GCHQ-collect-200-million-phone-text-messages-a-day
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(NSA_and_GCHQ_collect_200_million_phone_text_messages_a_day)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28NSA_and_GCHQ_collect_200_million_phone_text_messages_a_day%29

content:
<p>
The NSA and GCHQ collect 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/16/nsa-collects-millions-text-messages-daily-untargeted-global-sweep">200
million phone text messages a day</a>, and look through them with
little restraint.


title: FISA court judges oppose fixing problems with court
uri: FISA-court-judges-oppose-fixing-problems-with-court
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(FISA_court_judges_oppose_fixing_problems_with_court)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28FISA_court_judges_oppose_fixing_problems_with_court%29

content:
<p>
The FISA court judges have recognized they cannot truly oversee the
NSA, but 
<a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140115/09241725885/fisa-court-judges-say-they-dont-want-any-changes-to-how-rubber-stamp-court-is-run.shtml">they
oppose any change that might fix this</a>.


title: Woman in India sentenced to be raped as punishment
uri: Woman-in-India-sentenced-to-be-raped-as-punishment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Woman_in_India_sentenced_to_be_raped_as_punishment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Woman_in_India_sentenced_to_be_raped_as_punishment%29

content:
<p>
A woman in India was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/23/court-gang-rape-indian-village-birbhum">sentenced
to be raped</a> as a punishment for not paying the fine for having
unauthorized sex.
<p>
Her lover seems to have been fined as well, but it was his wife who
actually paid the fine.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Drought_in_California)
title: Drought in California
uri: Drought-in-California
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Drought_in_California%29
content:
<p>
California is in drought, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/jan/20/california-drought-emergency-pictures">perhaps
the worst ever recorded</a>.  Little snow has fallen in the US west
this winter — it has all gone to the center and east.
<p>
Global heating is 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-jul-oct.html#02_October_2012_(Effect_of_global_heating_on_trees)">expected
to make the US southwest more arid</a>, so this is just a foretaste.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 24_January_2014_(Gates_Foundations_investments)
title: Gates Foundations' investments
uri: Gates-Foundations-investments
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_January_2014_%28Gates_Foundations_investments%29
content:
<p>
The Gates Foundation's investments, 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/12/gates-foundations-24-most-egregious-investments">compared
with its stated principles</a>.
<p>
The article presents the information annoyingly via images, which help
the companies by presenting their logos.  I see no reason to do that.
Here's what the text in those images says.
<p>
Gates Foundation says: "Our nutrition efforts focus on delivering
proven interventions and developing better tools and strategies for
providing pregnant women and young children with the foods and
nutrients they need"
<p>
The foundation's trust invested in:
<ul style="list-style-type:none;">
<li><a href="http://killercoke.org/">Coca-Cola</a></li>
<li>MacDonalds</li>
<li>Pepsico</li>
<li>Burger King</li>
<li>Yum! (parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, & Pizza Hut)</li>
</ul>
<p>
Bill Gates says: "As a businessman, I believe the free market fuels
growth. Unfortunately, the market often fails to address the needs of
the poorest".
<p>
The Gates foundation trust invested in 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_November_2013_(Walmart_is_soliciting_food_donations_for_its_employees)">Walmart</a>.
<p>
Gates Foundation says: Bill and Melinda Gates "Have defined areas in
which the endowment will not invest, such as companies whose profit
model is centrally tied to corporate activity that they find
egregious".
<p>
The Foundation's trust invested in:
<ul style="list-style-type:none;">
<li>Geo (The Geo Group) (Private prison company)</li>
<li>G4S (UK Based private security company & operator of 19 juvenile
detention facilities in the US)</li>
<li>DynCorp International (Military contractor)</li>
</ul>
<p>
Gates Foundation says: "The foundation believes that climate change is
a major issue facing all of us, particularly poor people in developing
countries …"
<p>
The foundation's trust invested in:
<ul style="list-style-type:none;">
<li>ExxonMobil</li>
<li><a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#11_October_2013_(The_trial_of_BP_for_the_Big_Spill)">BP</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#07_November_2013_(Shell_lied_about_damage_caused_by_oil_spills_in_Nigeria)">Shell</a></li>
<li>ArchCoal</li>
<li>ConocoPhillips</li>
<li>Devon (oil & gas company)</li>
<li>FirstEnergy (electric company)</li>
<li>Energy Future Holdings (electric company)</li>
<li>Schlumberger (engineering firm) (oilfield services)</li>
<li>BakerHughes (Texas engineering firm) (oilfield services)</li>
<li><a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-mar-jun.html#24%20March%202011%20(Urgent:%20Call%20on%20Obama%20to%20reject%20Duke%20Energy%20loan)">Duke
Energy</a> (electric company)</li>
<li>Cenovus (Canadian oil sands developer)</li>
<li>Coal India (Indian coal producer)</li>
<li>Chevron</li>
<li>Total (French oil company)</li>
<li><a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_April_2013_(Peabody_Energy_cheating_workers_out_of_medical_care)">Peabody
Energy</a> (Coal producer)</li>
</ul>


title: Urgent: Support bill to refuse cooperation to NSA massive surveillance
uri: Urgent-Support-bill-to-refuse-cooperation-to-NSA-massive-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Urgent:_Support_bill_to_refuse_cooperation_to_NSA_massive_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_bill_to_refuse_cooperation_to_NSA_massive_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9103">support</a>
the bill in the State of Washington to refuse cooperation to NSA
massive surveillance.


title: Urgent: Support the science-based estimate of the cost of emitting CO2
uri: Urgent-Support-the-science-based-estimate-of-the-cost-of-emitting-CO
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Urgent:_Support_the_science-based_estimate_of_the_cost_of_emitting_CO2)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_the_science-based_estimate_of_the_cost_of_emitting_CO2%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://support.edf.org/site/R?i=SbVMsu0E-pgHC9S7I6Dr0Q">support</a>
the science-based estimate of the cost to society of emitting
CO<sub>2</sub>.


title: Urgent: Living wage for federal contract workers
uri: Urgent-Living-wage-for-federal-contract-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Urgent:_Living_wage_for_federal_contract_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Living_wage_for_federal_contract_workers%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/sign-an-executive-order-to-pay-federal-contract-workers-living-wages">Call
on Obama</a> to order a living wage for federal contract workers.


title: Urgent: Free imprisoned Tibetan singers
uri: Urgent-Free-imprisoned-Tibetan-singers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Urgent:_Free_imprisoned_Tibetan_singers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Free_imprisoned_Tibetan_singers%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.freetibet.org/petitions/1742">Call on China</a> to
free imprisoned Tibetan singers.


title: Unreported, possibly toxic, chemical in West Virginia spill
uri: Unreported-possibly-toxic-chemical-in-West-Virginia-spill
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Unreported,_possibly_toxic,_chemical_in_West_Virginia_spill)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Unreported%2C_possibly_toxic%2C_chemical_in_West_Virginia_spill%29

content:
<p>
There was a second possibly toxic chemical in the West Virginia toxic
spill, which the company 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/22/west-virginia-second-chemical-leaked-during-spill-prompts-new-probe">didn't
bother to report</a>.
<p>
Since the company is already bankrupt, its owners probably see no
reason to care what happens.
<p>
Once the spill happens, our system for preventing spills has already
proved inadequate.  We must inspect chemical plants frequently, and
tax them enough to pay for it.  They must be required to report about
the storage of toxic materials, too; we cannot cater to their desire
for secrecy.


title: "Homeland Security" attacks man suspected of "movie theft"
uri: Homeland-Security-attacks-man-suspected-of-movie-theft
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Homeland_Security_attacks_man_suspected_of_movie_theft)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Homeland_Security_attacks_man_suspected_of_movie_theft%29

content:
<p>
"Homeland Security" attacked a man who wore his Google Glasses into a
movie theater, because the MPAA suspected him of
"<a href='http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140121/15234325942/mpaa-ice-confirm-they-interrogated-guy-wearing-google-glass-during-movie.shtml'>movie
theft</a>".
<p>
I would ask people to remove Google Glasses in any private gathering.
It's not a wise idea to depend on them for your lenses.


title: Curbing global heating for the sake of economic growth
uri: Curbing-global-heating-for-the-sake-of-economic-growth
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Curbing_global_heating_for_the_sake_of_economic_growth)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Curbing_global_heating_for_the_sake_of_economic_growth%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2014/jan/23/lord-stern-climate-change-review-davos">Attempting
to convince finance ministers</a> that they need to curb global
heating for the sake of economic growth.
<p>
It makes perfect sense if you want growth in jobs and income for most
people.  It's not good for fossil fuel billionaires, though.


title: Beijing to go all-out to reduce air pollution
uri: Beijing-to-go-all-out-to-reduce-air-pollution
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Beijing_to_go_all-out_to_reduce_air_pollution)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Beijing_to_go_all-out_to_reduce_air_pollution%29

content:
<p>
Beijing will go 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/chinas-choice/2014/jan/23/china-beijing-authorities-measures-tackle-air-pollution">all-out
to reduce air pollution</a> from both cars and power plants.  This
includes moving away from coal.


title: Iran's president asks for western investment
uri: Iran-s-president-asks-for-western-investment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Irans_president_asks_for_western_investment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Irans_president_asks_for_western_investment%29

content:
<p>
Iran's president is at Davos 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/23/davos-iran-ready-engage-world-rouhani">asking
for western investment</a>.
<p>
Western investment comes with dangerous strings, which would add to
(not replace) Iran's home-grown repression.


title: Väexjö builds "passive houses" that need no heating
uri: Väexjö-builds-passive-houses-that-need-no-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Vaexjoe_builds_passive_houses_that_need_no_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Vaexjoe_builds_passive_houses_that_need_no_heating%29

content:
<p>
Väexjö, in Sweden, builds
"<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sweden-passive-housing-co2-reduction-targets">passive
houses</a>" that need no heating even in the coldest winters.
<p>
The US could do this too, if it appreciated the extent of the danger
that threatens.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 26_January_2014_(Fracking_in_the_UK)
title: Fracking in the UK
uri: Fracking-in-the-UK
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#26_January_2014_%28Fracking_in_the_UK%29
content:
<p>
Fracking in the
UK <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/reality-check/2014/jan/24/reality-check-shale-gas-greener">may
produce marginally less CO2 than using imported gas;</a> but if that
gas is used elsewhere, the emissions from fracked UK gas will add to
the total.
<p>
When demand is elastic, increased supply causes a lower price and
increased consumption.  To burn less fossil fuels we must reduce the
supply.  A rising price would indicate success.


title: UK law that will restrict organized political activity
uri: UK-law-that-will-restrict-organized-political-activity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 26_January_2014_(UK_law_that_will_restrict_organized_political_activity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#26_January_2014_%28UK_law_that_will_restrict_organized_political_activity%29

content:
<p>
The UK has passed a law that
will <a href="http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/01/gagging-bill-defeat-britains-democracy-just-got-worse/">restrict
organized political activity</a>, except by the companies that can
afford their own lobbyists.


title: Three protesters on trial in Chicago for alleged terrorism
uri: Three-protesters-on-trial-in-Chicago-for-alleged-terrorism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 26_January_2014_(Three_protesters_on_trial_in_Chicago_for_alleged_terrorism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#26_January_2014_%28Three_protesters_on_trial_in_Chicago_for_alleged_terrorism%29

content:
<p>
Three protesters are on trial in Chicago for alleged terrorism,
although <a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/01/20/why-is-the-state-of-illinois-not-the-us-government-putting-nato-3-on-trial-for-terror-conspiracy/">it
seems that thug provocateurs may have fabricated everything.</a>
<p>
The intense security and obstruction of public and press access to the
trial is, in effect, a way of prejudicing the jury to think the
defendants are very dangerous people.


title: The result of skimping on higher education
uri: The-result-of-skimping-on-higher-education
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 26_January_2014_(The_result_of_skimping_on_higher_education)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#26_January_2014_%28The_result_of_skimping_on_higher_education%29

content:
<p>
The result of skimping on higher education is
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/24/exploitation-of-adjunct-professors-devalues-higher-education">most
teachers are exploited "adjuncts" with no hope of tenure and
intolerably low pay</a>.


title: Proprietary video games give the illusion of agency
uri: Proprietary-video-games-give-the-illusion-of-agency
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 26_January_2014_(Proprietary_video_games_give_the_illusion_of_agency)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#26_January_2014_%28Proprietary_video_games_give_the_illusion_of_agency%29

content:
<p>
Proprietary video
games <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2014/jan/24/grand-theft-auto-illusion-freedom-rules">give
the illusion of agency</a> because the players can choose the little
details of what they do.  The important choices are imposed on them.


title: Further emission of CO2 will cost business money
uri: Further-emission-of-CO2-will-cost-business-money
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 26_January_2014_(Further_emission_of_CO2_will_cost_business_money)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#26_January_2014_%28Further_emission_of_CO2_will_cost_business_money%29

content:
<p>
Further emission of
CO2 <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/jan/24/more-global-warming-worse-economy">will
cost business money.</a> Given plutocratic (thus, illegitimate)
government, that seems to be a crucial point to try to limit global
heating.


title: Egypt's repression includes arrest of an al-Jazeera news team
uri: Egypt-s-repression-includes-arrest-of-an-al-Jazeera-news-team
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 26_January_2014_(Egypt's_repression_includes_arrest_of_an_al-Jazeera_news_team)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#26_January_2014_%28Egypt%27s_repression_includes_arrest_of_an_al-Jazeera_news_team%29

content:
<p>
Egypt's repression
includes <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/24/egypt-extends-detention-journalist-peter-greste">arrest
of an al-Jazeera news team,</a> supposedly accused of "broadcasting
false news" although they have never actually been charged.
<p>
For such a thing to be a crime indicates tyranny.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 26_January_2014_(Terror_bombings_in_Egypt)
title: Terror bombings in Egypt
uri: Terror-bombings-in-Egypt
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#26_January_2014_%28Terror_bombings_in_Egypt%29
content:
<p>
A series of terror bombings in
Egypt <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/24/cairo-explosions-anniversary-egypt">have
been claimed by self-described Islamists</a>.
<p>
The regime blames the Muslim Brotherhood for these bombings, with no
evidence.  A few months ago I predicted
that <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#18_August_2013_(Egyptian_soldiers_attacked_a_mosque)">some
Islamists who formerly supported the MB would turn to violence in
response to the massacre of protesters</a>.
<p>
However, another possibility occurs to me.  Given how much these
bombings benefit the military rulers, I wonder whether some of them
are false flag attacks — carried out by the military and
attributed to Islamists.
<p>
Neither explanation seems impossible.  I can envision Islamist
extremists who continue using violence even when it is self defeating,
and I would not put anything past al-Sisi's men.


title: Mentally ill man sentenced to death for claiming to be the prophet Mohammed
uri: Mentally-ill-man-sentenced-to-death-for-claiming-to-be-the-prophet-Moh
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 26_January_2014_(Mentally_ill_man_sentenced_to_death_for_claiming_to_be_the_prophet_Mohammed)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#26_January_2014_%28Mentally_ill_man_sentenced_to_death_for_claiming_to_be_the_prophet_Mohammed%29

content:
<p>
A mentally ill man has
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/24/briton-death-sentence-pakistan-blasphemy">sentenced
to death in Pakistan for claiming to be the prophet Mohammed.</a>
<p>
Muslims who don't want their religion to be equated with oppression
had better demand the repeal of laws against blasphemy.


title: European Court of Human Rights has demanded information about GCHQ
uri: European-Court-of-Human-Rights-has-demanded-information-about-GCHQ
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 26_January_2014_(European_Court_of_Human_Rights_has_demanded_information_about_GCHQ)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#26_January_2014_%28European_Court_of_Human_Rights_has_demanded_information_about_GCHQ%29

content:
<p>
The European Court of Human Rights
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/24/justify-gchq-mass-surveillance-european-court-human-rights">demanded
information from UK ministers about GCHQ</a> for a case about whether
it violates privacy rights.


title: Sentenced to life imprisonment through a secret trial
uri: Sentenced-to-life-imprisonment-through-a-secret-trial
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Sentenced_to_life_imprisonment_through_a_secret_trial)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Sentenced_to_life_imprisonment_through_a_secret_trial%29

content:
<p>
Chinese dissident in exile Wang Yam
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/jan/23/murder-hampstead-alan-chappelow-echr-wang-yam">sentenced
to life imprisonment in the UK through a secret trial</a>, almost as
if he were in China.


title: GMO crops might produce the "fish oils" that are made in nature
uri: GMO-crops-might-produce-the-fish-oils-that-are-made-in-nature
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(GMO_crops_might_produce_the_fish_oils_that_are_made_in_nature)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28GMO_crops_might_produce_the_fish_oils_that_are_made_in_nature%29

content:
<p>
Genetically modified
crops <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/24/fish-oil-from-gm-crop">might
produce the "fish oils" that are made in nature</a> by algae and
accumulated by fish.
<p>
Will these crops be safe for humans to eat, and for wildlife?  I don't
see any obvious reason why they would not be, but you can't predict
what will happen in complex systems such as the human body or natural
ecosystems.  Only trial will tell.
<p>
It could be that it is safe for most people but a few are allergic to
it.  It is important to maintain alternatives, so that anyone who is
allergic can avoid this.
<p>
These crops would be patented, which means they would deny farmers
their traditional right to save seeds.  Note how the person
interviewed cites
the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html">bogus term
"intellectual property"</a> to justify the radical claim that the
results of publicly funded research should be used to extract money
from the public.


title: Why did thugs arrest three happy teenagers
uri: Why-did-thugs-arrest-three-happy-teenagers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Why_did_thugs_arrest_three_happy_teenagers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Why_did_thugs_arrest_three_happy_teenagers%29

content:
<p>
Why did the thugs in Wisconsin mistake a basketball victory gesture
for "gang membership" and arrest three happy teenagers?
<p>
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/17/1270541/-Wisconsin-School-District-Suspends-Black-Teenagers-for-Celebrating-While-Black?detail=email">Because
they were black.</a>


title: Urgent: Call on Iraq not to execute prisoner al-Qahtani
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Iraq-not-to-execute-prisoner-al-Qahtani
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_Iraq_not_to_execute_prisoner_al-Qahtani)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Iraq_not_to_execute_prisoner_al-Qahtani%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on
Iraq <a href="http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=6oJCLQPAJiJUG&b=6645049&aid=519576&msource=W1401EAIAR2">not
to execute prisoner al-Qahtani, who was tortured into a confession
(like many others in Iraq).</a>


title: The Modern Day 'Starving Artist' Is Likely On Food Stamps
uri: The-Modern-Day-Starving-Artist-Is-Likely-On-Food-Stamps
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 25_January_2014_(The_Modern_Day_'Starving_Artist'_Is_Likely_On_Food_Stamps)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28The_Modern_Day_%27Starving_Artist%27_Is_Likely_On_Food_Stamps%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/21/funding-arts-journalism-us">The
Modern Day 'Starving Artist' Is Likely On Food Stamps.</a>


title: Very urgent: Call on Monsanto to stop hiding costs of GMOs
uri: Very-urgent-Call-on-Monsanto-to-stop-hiding-costs-of-GMOs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 26_January_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_Monsanto_to_stop_hiding_costs_of_GMOs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#26_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Monsanto_to_stop_hiding_costs_of_GMOs%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/monsanto-shareholder-resolution/">call
on Monsanto</a> to stop hiding the costs of GMOs.


title: Very urgent: Oppose provocation of war with Iran (bill S. 1881)
uri: Very-urgent-Oppose-provocation-of-war-with-Iran-(bill-S-1881)
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_provocation_of_war_with_Iran_bill_S_1881)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_provocation_of_war_with_Iran_bill_S_1881%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your senators to 
<a href="http://www.globalzero.org/demand-zero/call-congress">oppose
S. 1881</a>, the bill to provoke war with Iran.
<p>


title: Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe sued for conspiring to keep wages down
uri: Apple-Google-Intel-and-Adobe-sued-for-conspiring-to-keep-wages-down
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Apple_Google_Intel_and_Adobe_sued_for_conspiring_to_keep_wages_down)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Apple_Google_Intel_and_Adobe_sued_for_conspiring_to_keep_wages_down%29

content:
<p>
Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe are being 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/01/how-silicon-valley-conspired-pay-everyone-less-so-ceos-could-make-more">sued
for conspiring to keep wages down</a>.


title: The right to walk the streets unmolested
uri: The-right-to-walk-the-streets-unmolested
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(The_right_to_walk_the_streets_unmolested)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28The_right_to_walk_the_streets_unmolested%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/27/darrin-manning-high-school-deserving-victims">If
Darrin Manning Were a High School Dropout, He'd Still Have the Right
to Walk the Streets Unmolested</a>.


title: Urgent: Call on World Bank to stop funding coal
uri: Urgent-Call-on-World-Bank-to-stop-funding-coal
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_World_Bank_to_stop_funding_coal)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_World_Bank_to_stop_funding_coal%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/worldbankcoal">call on the
World Bank</a> to stop funding coal.


title: Urgent: Drop charges against Darrin Manning
uri: Urgent-Drop-charges-against-Darrin-Manning
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Urgent:_Drop_charges_against_Darrin_Manning)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Drop_charges_against_Darrin_Manning%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/dropcharges/">call for
dropping charges against Darrin Manning</a>.


title: Urgent: Support state laws to label GMOs
uri: Urgent-Support-state-laws-to-label-GMOs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Urgent:_Support_state_laws_to_label_GMOs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_state_laws_to_label_GMOs%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12866">tell
your state legislators</a> not to be scared when Big Food companies
spread false claims that state laws to label GMOs are
unconstitutional.


title: Indian villagers obtain order to demolish Coca Cola plant
uri: Indian-villagers-obtain-order-to-demolish-Coca-Cola-plant
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Indian_villagers_obtain_order_to_demolish_Coca_Cola_plant)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Indian_villagers_obtain_order_to_demolish_Coca_Cola_plant%29

content:
<p>
Indian villagers have obtained a demolition order for a Coca Cola
plant that 
<a href="http://rt.com/news/indian-officials-demolish-coke-plant-171/">sucks
the water from their farmland</a>.


title: 5 journalists killed in Egypt since coup in July
uri: 5-journalists-killed-in-Egypt-since-coup-in-July
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(5_journalists_killed_in_Egypt_since_coup_in_July)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%285_journalists_killed_in_Egypt_since_coup_in_July%29

content:
<p>
5 journalists have been killed in Egypt since the coup in July, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/25/us-citizen-jeremy-hodge-cairo-egypt">dozens
have been attacked, and dozens imprisoned</a>.


title: The Global Elite: Rigging the Rules That Fuel Inequality
uri: The-Global-Elite-Rigging-the-Rules-That-Fuel-Inequality
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(The_Global_Elite:_Rigging_the_Rules_That_Fuel_Inequality)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28The_Global_Elite%3A_Rigging_the_Rules_That_Fuel_Inequality%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/20">The Global
Elite: Rigging the Rules That Fuel Inequality</a>.


title: Anti-gov't protesters face repression in Cairo
uri: Anti-gov-t-protesters-face-repression-in-Cairo
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Anti-govt_protesters_face_repression_in_Cairo)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Anti-govt_protesters_face_repression_in_Cairo%29

content:
<p>
Anti-government protesters (some pro-Morsi, some pro-democracy) faced
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/25/egypt-protesters-killed-mubarak-cairo-tahrir-square">repression</a>
in Cairo.
<p>
With pro-government rallies too, it is not easy to tell which side has
more popular support.


title: UK politician threatened for not condemning cartoon of Jesus & Mohammed
uri: UK-politician-threatened-for-not-condemning-cartoon-of-Jesus-Mohamme
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(UK_politician_threatened_for_not_condemning_cartoon_of_Jesus_and_Mohammed)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28UK_politician_threatened_for_not_condemning_cartoon_of_Jesus_and_Mohammed%29

content:
<p>
A UK politician 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/25/liberal-democrats-t-shirt-jesus-muhammad-religion">faces
threats</a> for saying that a shirt showing Jesus and Mohammed
greeting each other is not horrible.


title: Low wages offered by employers don't attract skilled workers
uri: Low-wages-offered-by-employers-don-t-attract-skilled-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Low_wages_offered_by_employers_dont_attract_skilled_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Low_wages_offered_by_employers_dont_attract_skilled_workers%29

content:
<p>
Companies say the US has a "skills gap", but really it's just that
employers are trying to push wages down and 
<a href="http://www.labornotes.org/2014/01/skills-gap-convenient-myth">skilled
workers are not enthusiastic</a>.
<p>
Even if there were enough job offers to give every American that would
like to work a low-paid job, that wouldn't make the country
prosperous.  Additional demand for workers is needed in order for
wages to rise.  So we need to create more jobs — until we
reorganize society so you can have a decent life without working if
nobody wants your labor.


title: Electric cars plus cleaner electric generation
uri: Electric-cars-plus-cleaner-electric-generation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Electric_cars_plus_cleaner_electric_generation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Electric_cars_plus_cleaner_electric_generation%29

content:
<p>
Electric cars can reduce pollution (including greenhouse gas) provided
they are combined with a push for 
<a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rhwang/clearing_the_air_on_electric_c.html">cleaner
electric generation</a>.


title: San Francisco residents up in arms over rise in price of housing
uri: San-Francisco-residents-up-in-arms-over-rise-in-price-of-housing
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(San_Francisco_residents_up_in_arms_over_rise_in_price_of_housing)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28San_Francisco_residents_up_in_arms_over_rise_in_price_of_housing%29

content:
<p>
San Francisco residents are up in arms against 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/25/google-bus-protest-swells-to-revolt-san-francisco">employees
of Google and other companies</a> for driving up the price of housing
there.
<p>
I sympathize with them, and with everyone that wants to live in San
Francisco, and I think the real solution is to build a lot more
housing space there.


title: Obama authorizes brainwashing techniques
uri: Obama-authorizes-brainwashing-techniques
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Obama_authorizes_brainwashing_techniques)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Obama_authorizes_brainwashing_techniques%29

content:
<p>
Obama banned physical torture, but 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/25/obama-administration-military-torture-army-field-manual">authorizes
brainwashing techniques</a> such as long-term sleep deprivation and
long-term solitary confinement.
<p>
Long-term solitary confinement is also 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-jul-oct.html#23_October_2012_(Solitary_confinement_in_California)">practiced
on many US convicts</a>.


title: Medical marijuana for children with epilepsy
uri: Medical-marijuana-for-children-with-epilepsy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Medical_marijuana_for_children_with_epilepsy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Medical_marijuana_for_children_with_epilepsy%29

content:
<p>
Medical marijuana is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/25/medical-marijuana-could-save-my-child">the
only hope for some children with epilepsy</a>.


title: Corpse with deformed fetus inside to be taken off life support
uri: Corpse-with-deformed-fetus-inside-to-be-taken-off-life-support
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Corpse_with_deformed_fetus_inside_to_be_taken_off_life_support)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Corpse_with_deformed_fetus_inside_to_be_taken_off_life_support%29

content:
<p>
A court ruled that Texas law 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/24/texas-judge-hospital-life-support-brain-dead-pregnant-woman">doesn't
require keeping a corpse on life support for the sake of the deformed
fetus inside it</a>.


title: Campaign to eliminate toxic substances from clothing factories
uri: Campaign-to-eliminate-toxic-substances-from-clothing-factories
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Campaign_to_eliminate_toxic_substances_from_clothing_factories)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Campaign_to_eliminate_toxic_substances_from_clothing_factories%29

content:
<p>
The 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/24/burberry-toxic-free-fashion-greenpeace-detox">campaign</a>
to eliminate toxic substances from clothing factories.


title: Poorest neighborhood in New Orleans has only partly rebuilt
uri: Poorest-neighborhood-in-New-Orleans-has-only-partly-rebuilt
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Poorest_neighborhood_in_New_Orleans_has_only_partly_rebuilt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Poorest_neighborhood_in_New_Orleans_has_only_partly_rebuilt%29

content:
<p>
8 years after Hurricane Katrina, the poorest neighborhood in New
Orleans
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jan/27/new-orleans-houses-rebuilt-trust-government-hurricane-katrina">has
only partly rebuilt.</a>
<p>
Global heating is raising sea level.  What would be considered today a
100-year-flood will in 50 years be much more frequent.


title: Right to a public trial is threatened
uri: Right-to-a-public-trial-is-threatened
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Right_to_a_public_trial_is_threatened)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Right_to_a_public_trial_is_threatened%29

content:
<p>
The right to a public trial
is <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/25017683-452/chicago-nato-3-trial-limits-public-access.html">threatened
in the trial of Chicago protesters accused of terrorism</a>.


title: DNA from plants humans eat gets into the human bloodstream
uri: DNA-from-plants-humans-eat-gets-into-the-human-bloodstream
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(DNA_from_plants_humans_eat_gets_into_the_human_bloodstream)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28DNA_from_plants_humans_eat_gets_into_the_human_bloodstream%29

content:
<p>
DNA from plants humans
eat <a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/01/09/confirmed-dna-from-genetically-modified-crops-can-be-transfered-to-humans-who-eat-them-2/#sthash.SWkBO1ER.dpuf">gets
into the human bloodstream.</a> This adds to the reasons for concern
about genetically modified plants.
<p>
It's clear that these GMOs can't be broadly toxic to humans, for the
consequences would have been impossible to miss.  However, problems
affecting particular classes of people (perhaps depending on the
details of their immune systems) are not impossible.
<p>
What worries me most is the spread of pollen.  Plants do hybridize in
nature.


title: UK press fears mandatory prior censorship will be imposed
uri: UK-press-fears-mandatory-prior-censorship-will-be-imposed
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(UK_press_fears_mandatory_prior_censorship_will_be_imposed)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28UK_press_fears_mandatory_prior_censorship_will_be_imposed%29

content:
<p>
The UK
press <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/26/d-notice-system-reviewed-edward-snowden">fears
a system of mandatory prior censorship will be imposed.</a>


title: Maker of fraudulent "bomb detectors" paid UK gov't to help sell them
uri: Maker-of-fraudulent-bomb-detectors-paid-UK-gov-t-to-help-sell-them
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Maker_of_fraudulent_bomb_detectors_paid_UK_gov't_to_help_sell_them)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Maker_of_fraudulent_bomb_detectors_paid_UK_gov%27t_to_help_sell_them%29

content:
<p>
The maker of fraudulent "bomb
detectors" <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/26/fraudster-paid-government-promote-fake-bomb-detectors">paid
the UK government to help sell them.</a>
<p>
The US government also acts as the marketing arm for companies such as
Microsoft.  In 2011 the Indian state of Tamil Nadu switched from
distributing computers with GNU/Linux to distributing them with
Windows, and this is suspected to be the result of a visit by Hillary
Clinton.
<p>
This adds
to <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_(Right-wing_Democrats)">many
other reasons for not supporting her candidacy for president</a>.


title: Egypt arrested over 1,000 protesters and killed 49
uri: Egypt-arrested-over-1-000-protesters-and-killed-49
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Egypt_arrested_over_1,000_protesters_and_killed_49)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Egypt_arrested_over_1%2C000_protesters_and_killed_49%29

content:
<p>
Egypt <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/26/egypt-49-killed-protests-third-anniversary-uprising">arrested
over 1,000 protesters and killed 49 on the anniversary of the start of
protests against Mubarak.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Anti-Government_Thai_protesters)
title: Anti-Government Thai protesters
uri: Anti-Government-Thai-protesters
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Anti-Government_Thai_protesters%29

content:
<p>
The anti-government Thai protesters, representing a substantial
minority with a lot of
clout, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/26/thai-protest-leader-shot-dead-polling-stations-blockaded">have
seized and shut polling stations to block the election.</a>


title: Half the children in Afghanistan are stunted from early malnutrition
uri: Half-the-children-in-Afghanistan-are-stunted-from-early-malnutrition
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Half_the_children_in_Afghanistan_are_stunted_from_early_malnutrition)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Half_the_children_in_Afghanistan_are_stunted_from_early_malnutrition%29

content:
<p>
Half the children in Afghanistan
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/26/afghan-children-harm-malnutrition-growth-development">stunted
from early malnutrition.</a>
<p>
I think people should not have children under such circumstances, but
women in Afghanistan are not given the choice.


title: Snowden says NSA does industrial espionage
uri: Snowden-says-NSA-does-industrial-espionage
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Snowden_says_NSA_does_industrial_espionage)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Snowden_says_NSA_does_industrial_espionage%29

content:
<p>
Snowden says the NSA does 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/26-0">industrial
espionage</a>.


title: CIA paid Poland $15 million to run secret prison there
uri: CIA-paid-Poland-15-million-to-run-secret-prison-there
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(CIA_paid_Poland_15_million_to_run_secret_prison_there)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28CIA_paid_Poland_15_million_to_run_secret_prison_there%29

content:
<p>
The CIA paid Poland 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/24-3">$15
million to run a secret prison</a> there.


title: Using "citizen search warrants" to make gov't come clean
uri: Using-citizen-search-warrants-to-make-gov-t-come-clean
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Using_citizen_search_warrants_to_make_govt_come_clean)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Using_citizen_search_warrants_to_make_govt_come_clean%29

content:
<p>
Activists have used
"<a href='http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/26-2'>citizen's
search warrants</a>" to make governments come clean about dirty plans.


title: Disaster in Fukushima not end of humanity
uri: Disaster-in-Fukushima-not-end-of-humanity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Disaster_in_Fukushima_not_end_of_humanity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Disaster_in_Fukushima_not_end_of_humanity%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/25-0">Yes, Things
are Very Bad at Fukushima but it's not the Apocalypse</a>.
<p>
The word "disaster" can be applied to events considerably less severe
than the end of humanity, and it clearly applies to the Fukushima
meltdowns even though no significant radiation reaches the US.


title: JP Morgan shows that crime does pay
uri: JP-Morgan-shows-that-crime-does-pay
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(JP_Morgan_shows_that_crime_does_pay)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28JP_Morgan_shows_that_crime_does_pay%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/26">JP Morgan</a>
shows that crime does pay.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Keeping_ecosystems_in_balance_)
title: Keeping ecosystems in balance
uri: Keeping-ecosystems-in-balance
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Keeping_ecosystems_in_balance_%29
content:
<p>
How wolves in the US, and big cats in Africa, keep ecosystems in
balance by 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/26/endangered-species-carnivores-extinction">preventing
population explosions of their prey</a>.
<p>
Sea otters protect the kelp forests of the Pacific coast; the decline
of sea otters fuels global heating.


title: Ukraine's president offering concessions to opposition
uri: Ukraine-s-president-offering-concessions-to-opposition
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 27_January_2014_(Ukraines_president_offering_concessions_to_opposition)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#27_January_2014_%28Ukraines_president_offering_concessions_to_opposition%29

content:
<p>
Ukraine's president has started
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/26/ukraine-president-concessions-protests-violence">offering
concessions to the opposition</a>, but the torture of many protesters
and journalists by riot thugs has made the protesters so angry that
they demand more.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 28_January_2014_(Angry_Birds_spies_for_the_NSA)
title: Angry Birds spies for the NSA
uri: Angry-Birds-spies-for-the-NSA
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_%28Angry_Birds_spies_for_the_NSA%29
content:
<p>
Angry
Birds <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data">spies
for the NSA</a> as well
as <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html">for
companies.</a>


title: Sentenced without a trial for suspicion of perhaps intending to commit crimes
uri: Sentenced-without-a-trial-for-suspicion-of-perhaps-intending-to-commit
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 28_January_2014_(Sentenced_without_a_trial_for_suspicion_of_perhaps_intending_to_commit_crimes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_%28Sentenced_without_a_trial_for_suspicion_of_perhaps_intending_to_commit_crimes%29

content:
<p>
UK residents who were sentenced in effect to restrictive probation
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/27/missing-terrorist-suspect-burka-movement-restriction">without
a trial for suspicion of perhaps intending to commit crimes</a>, who
ran away and hid, are appealing the probation order.
<p>
One of them faces criminal charges for violating the restrictions of
this punishment without trial.


title: Peru approved gas prospecting deep inside an indigenous people's reserve
uri: Peru-approved-gas-prospecting-deep-inside-an-indigenous-people-s-reser
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 28_January_2014_(Peru_approved_gas_prospecting_deep_inside_an_indigenous_people's_reserve)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_%28Peru_approved_gas_prospecting_deep_inside_an_indigenous_people%27s_reserve%29

content:
<p>
Peru has approved gas
prospecting <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2014/jan/27/peru-idigenous-people-manu-national-park-gas-drilling">deep
inside an indigenous people's reserve.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 28_January_2014_(US_middle_class)
title: US middle class
uri: US-middle-class
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_%28US_middle_class%29
content:
<p>
1/3 of the US middle class in
2008 <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/01/one-third-americans-who-were-middle-class-2008-now-consider-themselves-lower-or-l">is
no longer middle class.v</a>


title: Snowden responds to Obama's proposals
uri: Snowden-responds-to-Obama-s-proposals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 28_January_2014_(Snowden_responds_to_Obama's_proposals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_%28Snowden_responds_to_Obama%27s_proposals%29

content:
<p>
Edward
Snowden <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/27-1">responds
to Obama's proposals for minor changes in the general surveillance of
everyone.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 28_January_2014_(Urgent:_Stop_causing_deforestation)
title: Urgent: Stop causing deforestation
uri: Urgent-Stop-causing-deforestation
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_causing_deforestation%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: tell Kellogg's
to <a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/kelloggs-ceo-sam/2/2/?akid=3676.881131.bhiAxU&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1002">adopt
a firm policy to stop causing deforestation.</a>


title: Obama's "Promise Zones" promise very little
uri: Obama-s-Promise-Zones-promise-very-little
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 28_January_2014_(Obama's_Promise_Zones_promise_very_little)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_%28Obama%27s_Promise_Zones_promise_very_little%29

content:
<p>
Obama's "Promise
Zones" <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/27/obamas-inequality-promise-zones-fall-short">promise
very little.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 28_January_2014_(US_bomb_attack_in_Somalia)
title: US bomb attack in Somalia
uri: US-bomb-attack-in-Somalia
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_%28US_bomb_attack_in_Somalia%29
content:
<p>
A US bomb attack in
Somalia <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/27-0">killed
one of the main leaders of the Shabaab.</a>
<p>
I have no sympathy for Sahal Iskudhuq, or for the Shabaab, which is an
Islamist extremist group.  However, the death of a leader in such a
group is generally not much of a setback.  Lots of others are ready to
take his place.  What affects the success of the group is its power to
recruit.  Did this attack reduce that, or increase that?
<p>
Given that there is a civil war in Somalia, in principle the US can
legitimately give the government military support.  Did that
government ask for this attack?  Maybe in general terms.
<p>
But let's not forget that this government
was <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2008-jul-oct.html#12 October 2008 (Occupation of Somalia)">imposed by outside intervention.</a>
While it now has control of substantial territory, it's not clear that
it qualifies as more than a puppet.  Furthermore, al-Shabaab is
the <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#05_October_2013_(Where_al-Shabaab_came_from)">result
of the previous US-organized intervention, carried out by Ethiopia as
a proxy,</a> which destroyed Somalia's previous stable government,
which was Islamist too but not as extremist as al-Shabaab.
<p>
It all raises the question of whether these interventions are good for
anyone except arms companies, participants in the perhaps puppet
Somali government, and Islamist extremists.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 28_January_2014_(Right-wing_US_policies)
title: Right-wing US policies
uri: Right-wing-US-policies
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_%28Right-wing_US_policies%29
content:
<p>
Right-wing US policies have made American workers and students so
afraid of losing the competition with each other
that <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/27-1">they
dare not fight back.</a>


title: Taliban intimidating Pakistani journalists
uri: Taliban-intimidating-Pakistani-journalists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 28_January_2014_(Taliban_intimidating_Pakistani_journalists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_%28Taliban_intimidating_Pakistani_journalists%29

content:
<p>
The Taliban
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jan/27/taliban-pakistan">intimidating
Pakistani journalists who might criticize their crimes.</a>


title: Tunisia adopted constitution that recognizes religious freedom
uri: Tunisia-adopted-constitution-that-recognizes-religious-freedom
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 28_January_2014_(Tunisia_adopted_constitution_that_recognizes_religious_freedom)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_%28Tunisia_adopted_constitution_that_recognizes_religious_freedom%29

content:
<p>
Tunisia has adopted a constitution
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/27/tunisia-signs-new-constitution-progressive">recognizes
religious freedom.</a> However, freedom of expression may not be
strong enough.


title: Costs of Privatization Hidden in Plain Sight
uri: Costs-of-Privatization-Hidden-in-Plain-Sight
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Costs_of_Privatization_Hidden_in_Plain_Sight)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Costs_of_Privatization_Hidden_in_Plain_Sight%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21466-costs-of-privatization-hidden-in-plain-sight">Costs
of Privatization Hidden in Plain Sight.</a>
<p>
It is no accident that privatizations are set up to give the public a
bad deal.  They are designed to do that.


title: Companies can tell when you're about to buy something
uri: Companies-can-tell-when-you-re-about-to-buy-something
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Companies_can_tell_when_you're_about_to_buy_something)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Companies_can_tell_when_you%27re_about_to_buy_something%29

content:
<p>
Information-gathering companies want to know so much about you
that <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/01/28/how-the-smartest-tech-companies-plan-to-autocomplete-our-lives/">they
can tell when you're about to buy something.</a>
<p>
If these companies know what you're likely to do, the NSA will know if
you are planning to be a whistleblower.  The existing level of general
surveillance in the US is already too much for democracy.
<p>
I will
continue <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">not
to use most of the systems that would give companies such information
about me.</a> Don't be tracked — pay cash!


title: Companies allowed to publish rough numbers of demands for people's data
uri: Companies-allowed-to-publish-rough-numbers-of-demands-for-people-s-dat
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Companies_allowed_to_publish_rough_numbers_of_demands_for_people's_data)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Companies_allowed_to_publish_rough_numbers_of_demands_for_people%27s_data%29

content:
<p>
The government has made a small
concession <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/28-6">allowing
companies to publish the rough numbers of certain kinds of demands for
people's data.</a>
<p>
This is not quite enough for us to tell whether we are all being
surveilled.  One single order (such as the one for Verizon) can cover
the data of millions of people.
<p>
What we really need is for each company to publish a figure (even if
approximate) for how many people's data was actually delivered to the
government.


title: RNA interference can be used to make pesticides
uri: RNA-interference-can-be-used-to-make-pesticides
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(RNA_interference_can_be_used_to_make_pesticides)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28RNA_interference_can_be_used_to_make_pesticides%29

content:
<p>
RNA interference can be used to make
pesticides, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/business/energy-environment/genetic-weapon-against-insects-raises-hope-and-fear-in-farming.html">but
they can go wrong.</a>
<p>
The proposed applications vary in terms of the danger of bad side
effects.  Dosing bees with RNA to kill varroa mites is unlikely to
result in exposing other wild insects to that RNA; if it doesn't hurt
the bees, it won't do harm.  By contrast, corn that generates
interfering RNA can't avoid exposing all the species that live near
the field, and there are lots of those.
<p>
I think that the interfering RNAs should be delivered in sprays, not
made by crops, for two reasons:
<p>
<ul>
<li>
The sprays would not deny farmers the right to save and trade seeds.
<li>
The sprays could be applied at particular times, which might reduce
the danger to other insects that are not the targets.
</ul>


title: Fastest-Growing US jobs susceptible to automation
uri: Fastest-Growing-US-jobs-susceptible-to-automation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Fastest-Growing_US_jobs_susceptible_to_automation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Fastest-Growing_US_jobs_susceptible_to_automation%29

content:
<p>
The predicted fastest-growing US jobs for the next decade are, mostly,
<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/the-fastest-growing-jobs-of-this-decade-and-the-robots-that-will-steal-them/283411/">very
susceptible to automation.</a>
<p>
It looks like the US is heading for a situation where millions of
people who are fit to work can't find any jobs.  The plutocrats would
like to take advantage of this to force wages down for just about
everyone.  Instead we must redesign society so that everyone can have
a decent life, even those who get no work.  This could involve welfare
for everyone.  This could involve rejecting, even banning certain
forms of automation.  One way or another, it must be done.


title: Dutch appeals court says ISPs are not required to block access to the Pirate Bay
uri: Dutch-appeals-court-says-ISPs-are-not-required-to-block-access-to-the
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Dutch_appeals_court_says_ISPs_are_not_required_to_block_access_to_the_Pirate_Bay)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Dutch_appeals_court_says_ISPs_are_not_required_to_block_access_to_the_Pirate_Bay%29

content:
<p>
A Dutch appeals court says ISPs
are <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/isps-no-longer-have-to-block-the-pirate-bay-dutch-court-rules-140128/">not
required to block access to the Pirate Bay.</a>
<p>
This is a victory for internet freedom.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Copyright_industry_is_doomed)
title: Copyright industry is doomed
uri: Copyright-industry-is-doomed
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Copyright_industry_is_doomed%29
content:
<p>
Rick Falkvinge says
the <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/why-the-copyright-industry-is-doomed-in-one-single-sentence-140126/">copyright
industry is doomed, because it can survive only by surveilling all
forms of private correspondence.</a>
<p>
I wish I could be so confident.  I fear that states, which already
seek to surveil all private correspondence and already act as agents
for the copyright industry, will extend their surveillance to the
point of achieving what Falkvinge considers impossible.
<p>
There is another way that the copyright industry can succeed in
subjugating everyone: through streaming.  If people are so foolish as
to tolerate streaming instead of having a copy, no one will be able to
share.
<p>
It is clear that we must reject any streaming service that doesn't
allow users to download copies.  And if it does allow users to
download copies, we must make a point of using it that way.
<p>
Out, out, damned Spotify!


title: If You Used This Secure Webmail Site, the FBI Has Your Inbox
uri: If-You-Used-This-Secure-Webmail-Site-the-FBI-Has-Your-Inbox
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(If_You_Used_This_Secure_Webmail_Site,_the_FBI_Has_Your_Inbox)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28If_You_Used_This_Secure_Webmail_Site%2C_the_FBI_Has_Your_Inbox%29

content:
<p>
If You Used This Secure Webmail
Site, <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/01/tormail/">the
FBI Has Your Inbox.</a>
<p>
This is comparable to searching all the apartments in 20 blocks of
Manhattan just in case their might someday be warrants against some of
the residents.


title: Police Banned From Enforcing Traffic Laws In Oklahoma Town
uri: Police-Banned-From-Enforcing-Traffic-Laws-In-Oklahoma-Town
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Police_Banned_From_Enforcing_Traffic_Laws_In_Oklahoma_Town)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Police_Banned_From_Enforcing_Traffic_Laws_In_Oklahoma_Town%29

content:
<p>
Police Banned From Enforcing Traffic Laws In Oklahoma
Town <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140127/10571526009/dept-public-safety-bans-towns-cops-enforcing-traffic-laws-after-finding-tickets-generate-76-towns-revenue.shtml">Over
Abuse Of Traffic Tickets For Money.</a>


title: Get governments to fund research in integrated pest management
uri: Get-governments-to-fund-research-in-integrated-pest-management
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Get_governments_to_fund_research_in_integrated_pest_management)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Get_governments_to_fund_research_in_integrated_pest_management%29

content:
<p>
Can we get governments
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/world-on-a-plate/2014/jan/28/honeybee-neonicotinoids-pesticides-bee-summit-colony-collapse-disorder">fund
research in integrated pest management instead of supporting
Monsanto?</a>


title: Ukraine has repealed the new repressive law
uri: Ukraine-has-repealed-the-new-repressive-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Ukraine_has_repealed_the_new_repressive_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Ukraine_has_repealed_the_new_repressive_law%29

content:
<p>
Ukraine
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/28/ukraine-resignation-pm-protest-laws">repealed
the new repressive law</a>
that <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#25_January_2014_%28The_Ukraine_anti-protest_law%29">forbid
protests and imposed censorship.</a>


title: Thugs in the Philippines tortured suspects for fun
uri: Thugs-in-the-Philippines-tortured-suspects-for-fun
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Thugs_in_the_Philippines_tortured_suspects_for_fun)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Thugs_in_the_Philippines_tortured_suspects_for_fun%29

content:
<p>
Thugs in the
Philippines <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/28/philippines-police-wheel-of-torture-game">tortured
suspects for fun.</a>


title: Urgent: Use money allocated for war to pay for benefits for veterans
uri: Urgent-Use-money-allocated-for-war-to-pay-for-benefits-for-veterans
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Urgent:_Use_money_allocated_for_war_to_pay_for_benefits_for_veterans)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Use_money_allocated_for_war_to_pay_for_benefits_for_veterans%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: support Bernie Sanders' bill
to <a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/sanders-veterans-costofwar">use
money allocated for war to pay for benefits for veterans.</a>


title: Plutocrats often compare progressive taxation with Nazism
uri: Plutocrats-often-compare-progressive-taxation-with-Nazism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(Plutocrats_often_compare_progressive_taxation_with_Nazism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28Plutocrats_often_compare_progressive_taxation_with_Nazism%29

content:
<p>
Plutocrats
often <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/27-2">compare
progressive taxation with Nazism.</a>


title: The Dominant Grand Narrative Of Our Time
uri: The-Dominant-Grand-Narrative-Of-Our-Time
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 29_January_2014_(The_Dominant_Grand_Narrative_Of_Our_Time)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#29_January_2014_%28The_Dominant_Grand_Narrative_Of_Our_Time%29

content:
<p>
Propaganda: <a href="http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=753:propaganda-the-dominant-grand-narrative-of-our-time&catid=52:alerts-2014&Itemid=245">The
Dominant Grand Narrative Of Our Time.</a>


title: Urgent: Extension of unemployment benefits
uri: Urgent-Extension-of-unemployment-benefits
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Urgent:_Extension_of_unemployment_benefits)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Extension_of_unemployment_benefits%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://vbx.campaignforamericasfuture.org/click2call/">phone
your senators</a> to support extension of unemployment benefits.
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 
and 888-355-3588.


title: Urgent: End prohibition of marijuana
uri: Urgent-End-prohibition-of-marijuana
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Urgent:_End_prohibition_of_marijuana)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_End_prohibition_of_marijuana%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure2.convio.net/dpa/site/Advocacy;?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1051">call
on your congresscritter</a> to end prohibition of marijuana.


title: What SF techies could do to stop resentment
uri: What-SF-techies-could-do-to-stop-resentment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(What_SF_techies_could_do_to_stop_resentment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28What_SF_techies_could_do_to_stop_resentment%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://dashes.com/anil/2014/01/stupid-simple-things-sf-techies-could-do-to-stop-being-hated.html">Some
obvious ideas</a> for what San Francisco techies could do to help
convince the rest of the city's residents not to resent them.
<p>
However, there is no substitute for building a lot more living space
in San Francisco.


title: US states trying experimental combinations of drugs for executions
uri: US-states-trying-experimental-combinations-of-drugs-for-executions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(US_states_trying_experimental_combinations_of_drugs_for_executions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28US_states_trying_experimental_combinations_of_drugs_for_executions%29

content:
<p>
US states can't get drugs to execute people with, so they are trying
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/us/prolonged-execution-prompts-debate-over-death-penalty-methods.html">experimental
combinations with unpredictable results</a>.
<p>
I think the means of execution is a secondary issue — the death
penalty is 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-jul-oct.html#14_August_2011_(Truth_About_Lethal_Injection)">wrong
regardless of how it is done</a>.


title: US prison illegally harassing prisoner John Kiriakou
uri: US-prison-illegally-harassing-prisoner-John-Kiriakou
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(US_prison_illegally_harassing_prisoner_John_Kiriakou)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28US_prison_illegally_harassing_prisoner_John_Kiriakou%29

content:
<p>
US prison is 
<a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/01/27/bureau-of-prisons-considers-cia-whistleblower-john-kiriakous-letters-from-loretto-to-be-dangerous/">illegally
harassing prisoner John Kiriakou</a>, for instance by reading the
letters he sends, and reading mail from his lawyer, and claiming he is
forbidden to write to the media.


title: Logging into sites through Facebook
uri: Logging-into-sites-through-Facebook
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Logging_into_sites_through_Facebook)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Logging_into_sites_through_Facebook%29

content:
<p>
When users log in to a site through Facebook, Facebook 
<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Be7mB2gIcAEZedw.png:large">gives
the site access to lots of information about the user</a>.
<p>
If this is what a site demands from you, you should not touch it anyway!


title: Australian protesters try to block clearance of forest
uri: Australian-protesters-try-to-block-clearance-of-forest
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Australian_protesters_try_to_block_clearance_of_forest)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Australian_protesters_try_to_block_clearance_of_forest%29

content:
<p>
Australian protesters are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/28/maules-creek-mine-halted-as-protesters-chain-themselves-to-bulldozers">trying
to block the clearance of a forest</a> which is needed to launch a
coal mine.
<p>
Both the means and the end endanger civilization's survival.


title: Using Google Maps from a smartphone gives data to the NSA
uri: Using-Google-Maps-from-a-smartphone-gives-data-to-the-NSA
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Using_Google_Maps_from_a_smartphone_gives_data_to_the_NSA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Using_Google_Maps_from_a_smartphone_gives_data_to_the_NSA%29

content:
<p>
If you use Google Maps from a smartphone, you're 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/27/nsa-gchq-smartphone-app-angry-birds-personal-data">giving
data to the NSA</a>.
<p>
To some extent this is because Google designed it to track you.  This
includes the fact that it asks you which address you're interested in.
I used to use Google Maps, back when it worked without running nonfree
Javascript code, but I never entered an address; instead I scrolled
around in the area I was interested in and found the address for
myself.
<p>
I've pointed out for years that the system could do the same job while
respecting privacy more by 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">searching
the map data in your own computer</a> for the addresses you're
interested in.


title: ALEC claims it does not track bills despite proof otherwise
uri: ALEC-claims-it-does-not-track-bills-despite-proof-otherwise
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(ALEC_claims_it_does_not_track_bills_despite_proof_otherwise)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28ALEC_claims_it_does_not_track_bills_despite_proof_otherwise%29

content:
<p>
ALEC claims it does not track the progress of bills that follow its
proposals, notwithstanding 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/01/12372/ALEC_Denials_of_Bill_Tracking">proof
that it does so</a>.  It could be that ALEC faces an IRS investigation
and is trying to cover up.


title: UK to prosecute three men for taking food from garbage bin
uri: UK-to-prosecute-three-men-for-taking-food-from-garbage-bin
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(UK_to_prosecute_three_men_for_taking_food_from_garbage_bin)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28UK_to_prosecute_three_men_for_taking_food_from_garbage_bin%29

content:
<p>
The UK 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/28/three-charged-vagrancy-act-food-skip-iceland">will
prosecute</a> three men for taking food from a supermarket's garbage
bin.
<p>
This decision is coherent with the rest of UK policy.  The UK
government has worked hard to drive Britons to starvation.  To allow
them to eat food meant for the landfill would spoil all that work.
<p>
In a place with a sufficiency of food overall, hungry people
who can't afford food are entitled to steal food.


title: Alabama Senate on verge of extending War on Women
uri: Alabama-Senate-on-verge-of-extending-War-on-Women
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Alabama_Senate_on_verge_of_extending_War_on_Women)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Alabama_Senate_on_verge_of_extending_War_on_Women%29

content:
<p>
Alabama's legislature is on the verge of extending the Republican War
on Women by 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom-womens-rights/alabama-hospitals-pregnant-women-sorry-honey-we-wont-help">authorizing
hospitals and medical personnel to refuse medical care</a> (even in an
emergency) involving ending a pregnancy.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(NYC_thugs_beat_up_old_man)
title: NYC thugs beat up old man
uri: NYC-thugs-beat-up-old-man
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28NYC_thugs_beat_up_old_man%29
content:
<p>
NYC thugs 
<a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21394-why-did-police-beat-an-elderly-man-for-jaywalking">beat
up an old man</a> who was crossing the street against the light, then
charged him with "resisting arrest" (he ignored their orders because
he doesn't understand English).  Naturally, the New York thug
commissioner stood up for the thugs.
<p>
The author may be right that most thugs would not engage in such
violence.  But nearly all thugs will defend their fellow thugs who do
carry out such attacks, and that's why they deserve the name of
"thugs".


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Growing_inequality_in_the_US)
title: Growing inequality in the US
uri: Growing-inequality-in-the-US
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Growing_inequality_in_the_US%29
content:
<p>
The US is 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/28-0">suffering</a>
from its growing inequality.


title: Reevaluation of Robert Gates by his former boss
uri: Reevaluation-of-Robert-Gates-by-his-former-boss
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Reevaluation_of_Robert_Gates_by_his_former_boss)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Reevaluation_of_Robert_Gates_by_his_former_boss%29

content:
<p>
Robert Gates' former boss in the CIA 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/28-6">evaluates him
again</a>.


title: FDA concealed danger posed by livestock antibiotics
uri: FDA-concealed-danger-posed-by-livestock-antibiotics
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(FDA_concealed_danger_posed_by_livestock_antibiotics)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28FDA_concealed_danger_posed_by_livestock_antibiotics%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/28-4">FDA
Concealed the 'High Risk' Livestock Antibiotics Pose to People</a>.


title: Study suggests link between DDT and Alzheimer's
uri: Study-suggests-link-between-DDT-and-Alzheimer-s
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Study_suggests_link_between_DDT_and_Alzheimers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Study_suggests_link_between_DDT_and_Alzheimers%29

content:
<p>
A study suggests a 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/28-1">connection
between DDT and Alzheimer's disease</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Activist_Vera_Scroggins)
title: Activist Vera Scroggins
uri: Activist-Vera-Scroggins
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Activist_Vera_Scroggins%29
content:
<p>
Activist Vera Scroggins has
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/29/vera-scroggins-fracking-activist-pennsylvania">banned
from going to the local hospital, the local supermarket and the local
Chinese restaurant</a> by an extremely broad anti-protest injunction
for a fracker.
<p>
Merely to ban someone from really protesting is injust in itself.


title: Roundup responsible for the great decline in Monarch butterflies
uri: Roundup-responsible-for-the-great-decline-in-Monarch-butterflies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Roundup_responsible_for_the_great_decline_in_Monarch_butterflies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Roundup_responsible_for_the_great_decline_in_Monarch_butterflies%29

content:
<p>
Roundup
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/29/monarch-butterfly-decline-mexico">responsible
for the great decline in Monarch butterflies.</a>


title: Fanmi Lavalas activists face criminal charges
uri: Fanmi-Lavalas-activists-face-criminal-charges
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Fanmi_Lavalas_activists_face_criminal_charges)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Fanmi_Lavalas_activists_face_criminal_charges%29

content:
<p>
Fanmi Lavalas
activists <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/tout-haiti/OrDnyQfgUaw/Vh2yfcXFG-EJ">face
criminal charges, which seem to have been fabricated.</a>


title: Pakistan's Prime Minister wants negotiation with the Taliban
uri: Pakistan-s-Prime-Minister-wants-negotiation-with-the-Taliban
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Pakistan's_Prime_Minister_wants_negotiation_with_the_Taliban)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Pakistan%27s_Prime_Minister_wants_negotiation_with_the_Taliban%29

content:
<p>
Pakistan's Prime
Minister <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/pakistan-nawaz-sharif-peace-talks-taliban">wants
negotiation with the Taliban.</a>


title: Urgent: condemn the House's foodstamp cuts and call on the Senate to undo them
uri: Urgent-condemn-the-House-s-foodstamp-cuts-and-call-on-the-Senate-to-u
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Urgent:_condemn_the_House's_foodstamp_cuts_and_call_on_the_Senate_to_undo_them)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_condemn_the_House%27s_foodstamp_cuts_and_call_on_the_Senate_to_undo_them%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/657">condemn
the House's foodstamp cuts and call on the Senate to undo them.</a>


title: Justin Bieber is Lucky That He's Rich
uri: Justin-Bieber-is-Lucky-That-He-s-Rich
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Justin_Bieber_is_Lucky_That_He's_Rich)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Justin_Bieber_is_Lucky_That_He%27s_Rich%29

content:
<p>
Justin Bieber is Lucky That He's
Rich. <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/29-7">Poor
Immigrants Don't Get Off so Lightly.</a>
<p>
If Bieber was driving drunk, that charge should not be dropped.  Drunk
drivers risk killing someone, and stars are no exception.  On the
other hand, people shouldn't be deported for minor things.


title: Does Obama Administration View Journalists as Snowden's "Accomplices"?
uri: Does-Obama-Administration-View-Journalists-as-Snowden-s-Accomplices
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Does_Obama_Administration_View_Journalists_as_Snowden's_Accomplices_)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Does_Obama_Administration_View_Journalists_as_Snowden%27s_Accomplices_%29

content:
<p>
Does Obama Administration View Journalists
as <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/29-9">Snowden's
"Accomplices"?</a>  It Seems So.


title: Urgent: Ban pharmacists from making up drugs for executions
uri: Urgent-Ban-pharmacists-from-making-up-drugs-for-executions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Urgent:_Ban_pharmacists_from_making_up_drugs_for_executions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Ban_pharmacists_from_making_up_drugs_for_executions%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: Call on the American Pharmaceutical Association
to <a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/pharmacist-assisting-in-lethal-injections/?akid=3697.881131.beoFHh&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1003">ban
pharmacists from making up drugs for executions.</a>


title: Showering in Formaldehyde? Fresh Fears in West Virginia
uri: Showering-in-Formaldehyde-Fresh-Fears-in-West-Virginia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Showering_in_Formaldehyde__Fresh_Fears_in_West_Virginia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Showering_in_Formaldehyde__Fresh_Fears_in_West_Virginia%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/29-7">Showering
in Formaldehyde? Fresh Fears in West Virginia.</a>


title: Urgent: Call on Wilmar to stop causing deforestation
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Wilmar-to-stop-causing-deforestation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_Wilmar_to_stop_causing_deforestation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Wilmar_to_stop_causing_deforestation%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Wilmar to carry out its promises
to <a href="http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14924">stop
causing deforestation.</a>


title: Schools where US taxpayers fund teaching of anti-science
uri: Schools-where-US-taxpayers-fund-teaching-of-anti-science
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Schools_where_US_taxpayers_fund_teaching_of_anti-science)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Schools_where_US_taxpayers_fund_teaching_of_anti-science%29

content:
<p>
Schools where US
taxpayers <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/01/creationism_in_public_schools_mapped_where_tax_money_supports_alternatives.html">fund
teaching of anti-science.</a>


title: Obama's efforts aimed at ending imprisonment without trial
uri: Obama-s-efforts-aimed-at-ending-imprisonment-without-trial
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Obama's_efforts_aimed_at_ending_imprisonment_without_trial)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Obama%27s_efforts_aimed_at_ending_imprisonment_without_trial%29

content:
<p>
Obama's efforts aimed at ending imprisonment without trial are so slow
and narrow that we can
conclude <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/28/public-look-guantanamo-detainee-review-board-obama">they
are programmed not to do the job.</a>


title: Urgent: Ban the pesticide sulfoxaflor
uri: Urgent-Ban-the-pesticide-sulfoxaflor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Urgent:_Ban_the_pesticide_sulfoxaflor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Ban_the_pesticide_sulfoxaflor%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the EPA
to <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=5559C0277B450504081EE063855A5E29.app367a?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1549&autologin=true">ban
the pesticide sulfoxaflor, which is known to hurt bees.</a>


title: Israeli troops attacked a peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley
uri: Israeli-troops-attacked-a-peaceful-protest-in-the-Jordan-Valley
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Israeli_troops_attacked_a_peaceful_protest_in_the_Jordan_Valley)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Israeli_troops_attacked_a_peaceful_protest_in_the_Jordan_Valley%29

content:
<p>
troops <a href="http://palsolidarity.org/2014/01/peaceful-protest-ends-in-deportation-and-imprisonment/">attacked
a peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley</a>.  The authorities arrested
two activists, handcuffed them, kicked them in the ribs, blindfolded
them, lodged false charges against them, and did not let them contact
lawyers.


title: The environmental damage that frackers will do
uri: The-environmental-damage-that-frackers-will-do
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(The_environmental_damage_that_frackers_will_do)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28The_environmental_damage_that_frackers_will_do%29

content:
<p>
Frackers should have to pay a lot of money to cover 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/26/fracking-firms-tax-compensate-climate-change">the
environmental damage they will do</a>.


title: 10 Things The West Needs To Know About The Situation In Kiev
uri: 10-Things-The-West-Needs-To-Know-About-The-Situation-In-Kiev
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(10_Things_The_West_Needs_To_Know_About_The_Situation_In_Kiev)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%2810_Things_The_West_Needs_To_Know_About_The_Situation_In_Kiev%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com.au/understanding-euromaidan-2014-1">A
Ukrainian Explains 10 Things The West Needs To Know About The
Situation In Kiev</a>.


title: Progress of Port-au-Prince reconstruction
uri: Progress-of-Port-au-Prince-reconstruction
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Progress_of_Port-au-Prince_reconstruction)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Progress_of_Port-au-Prince_reconstruction%29

content:
<p>
The rich in Haiti say that Port-au-Prince is being rebuilt, but the
poor 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jan/27/port-au-prince-collision-progress-haiti-earthquake">don't
see much improvement since the earthquake</a>.


title: Greek Coast Guard accused of sinking migrant boat
uri: Greek-Coast-Guard-accused-of-sinking-migrant-boat
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Greek_Coast_Guard_accused_of_sinking_migrant_boat)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Greek_Coast_Guard_accused_of_sinking_migrant_boat%29

content:
<p>
Boat people accuse the Greek Coast Guard of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/27/greek-boat-tragedy-migrant-survivors-mourn-lost-relatives">causing
their boat to sink and then kicking people who tried to cling to the
Coast Guard ship</a>.
<p>
If these charges are false, why didn't the Coast Guard make a video to
document the truth?
<p>
The migrants share the responsibility for the death of the children,
having brought them on such a dangerous trip, but that doesn't excuse
the Coast Guard for killing them.
<p>
This doesn't mean that migrants are entitled to go to Greece just
because they would like to.  I understand that they had to flee
Afghanistan and Syria, but they could stay in Turkey (which is where
they were coming from).


title: Pakistan imposes state of emergency
uri: Pakistan-imposes-state-of-emergency
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Pakistan_imposes_state_of_emergency)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Pakistan_imposes_state_of_emergency%29

content:
<p>
Pakistan has imposed a state of emergency, including 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/28/pakistan-war-footing-taliban">secret
courts and allowing thugs to freely shoot to kill</a>, supposedly as part of a plan to suppress the Taliban.


title: Much of GCHQ's spying is illegal, warns British lawyer
uri: Much-of-GCHQ-s-spying-is-illegal-warns-British-lawyer
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Much_of_GCHQs_spying_is_illegal,_warns_British_lawyer)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Much_of_GCHQs_spying_is_illegal%2C_warns_British_lawyer%29

content:
<p>
A British lawyer told members of Parliament that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/28/gchq-mass-surveillance-spying-law-lawyer">much
of GCHQ's spying is illegal</a>.


title: Karzai accuses US of carrying out false-flag suicide bombings
uri: Karzai-accuses-US-of-carrying-out-false-flag-suicide-bombings
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Karzai_accuses_US_of_carrying_out_false-flag_suicide_bombings)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Karzai_accuses_US_of_carrying_out_false-flag_suicide_bombings%29

content:
<p>
Karzai 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/relationship-hamid-karzai-us-afghanistan">accuses
the US</a> of carrying out false-flag suicide bombings in Afghanistan.
<p>
I don't think it is true in this case, but the US has 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2005-nov-feb.html#15%20November%202005%20(The%20Bush%20forces%20are%20still%20making%20life%20hell%20in%20Falluja)">done
things like this before</a>.


title: Many species of fix becoming smaller
uri: Many-species-of-fix-becoming-smaller
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Many_species_of_fix_becoming_smaller)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Many_species_of_fix_becoming_smaller%29

content:
<p>
Global heating may be responsible for making many species of fish
smaller, up to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/28/warmer-seas-are-making-fish-smaller-water-temperatures">1/3
smaller than 38 years ago</a>.
<p>
Intense fishing may be responsible, because there is usually a size
limit on allowable catch; that selects for fish that become mature
with a smaller size.


title: China installing solar generating capacity at an amazing pace
uri: China-installing-solar-generating-capacity-at-an-amazing-pace
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(China_installing_solar_generating_capacity_at_an_amazing_pace)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28China_installing_solar_generating_capacity_at_an_amazing_pace%29

content:
<p>
China
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/chinas-choice/2014/jan/30/china-record-solar-energy">installing
solar generating capacity at an amazing pace,</a> but coal generating
capacity 3 times as fast.
<p>
This is not progress, merely regress a little slower than it might
have been.  Progress will be when the amount of coal-based generation
goes down.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Selling_shark_fins)
title: Selling shark fins
uri: Selling-shark-fins
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Selling_shark_fins%29
content:
<p>
The US government is advancing a regulation about sharks that
would <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/30/barack-obama-shark-conservation-ban">overturn
state and local bans on selling shark fins.</a>


title: Britain Will Have to Adapt to Climate Change — And Fast
uri: Britain-Will-Have-to-Adapt-to-Climate-Change-And-Fast
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Britain_Will_Have_to_Adapt_to_Climate_Change_%26mdash;_And_Fast)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Britain_Will_Have_to_Adapt_to_Climate_Change_%2526mdash%3B_And_Fast%29

content:
<p>
Flooding Experts
Say <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/30/flooding-experts-uk-adapt-climate-change">Britain
Will Have to Adapt to Climate Change — And Fast.</a>
<p>
This is the result of failing to curb global heating a decade ago.
With the fossil policies of today's fossil governments, it will be a
lot worse in 30 years.


title: NSA spied on other coutries' participation in 2009 Copenhagen climate conference
uri: NSA-spied-on-other-coutries-participation-in-2009-Copenhagen-climate
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(NSA_spied_on_other_coutries'_participation_in_2009_Copenhagen_climate_conference)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28NSA_spied_on_other_coutries%27_participation_in_2009_Copenhagen_climate_conference%29

content:
<p>
The
NSA <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/30-1">spied
on other countries' participation in the 2009 Copenhagen climate
conference.</a>
<p>
This was when the attempt to reach a global agreement to reduce CO2
emissions and avert disaster failed spectacularly because many
governments were unwilling to agree on a real solution.  The US was
unwilling, and this NSA surveillance surely helped the US government
achieve its aim of "no deal, burn away!"


title: Clapper told Congress that al-Nusra would like to attack the US
uri: Clapper-told-Congress-that-al-Nusra-would-like-to-attack-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Clapper_told_Congress_that_al-Nusra_would_like_to_attack_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Clapper_told_Congress_that_al-Nusra_would_like_to_attack_the_US%29

content:
<p>
Clapper told Congress that al-Nusra, one of the Syrian factions that
labels itself as
"al-Qa'ida", <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/al-qaida-syria-nusra-front-intelligence-threat">would
like to attack the US.</a>
<p>
Clapper
has <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_July_2013_(Clapper_trying_to_get_away_with_lying_to_Congress)">lied
to Congress before with impunity;</a> I would not put it past him to
lie about this too.  Whether this is true or not, his am is surely to
convince us that massive general surveillance is necessary.
<p>
If he is not lying, perhaps he is exaggerating.  Perhaps some member
of al-Nusra said to others, "Wouldn't it be great to attack Americas
some day?" and others said, "Sure, after we kill all the Syrian
Shi'ites and Christians, let's kill Americans next."
<p>
An interesting point is that al-Nusra is part of the group of Syrian
factions that the US may support
because <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#07_January_2014_(Al-Nusra_among_Syrians_fighting_the_Islamic_State_of_Iraq)">it
is fighting against ISIS.</a>
<p>
Syria is a fight involving at least three sides that are murderous and
evil.  If any one of them were the only one, we could envision
intervening against that side <em>if the Syrian people wanted us
to</em>.  Those who want an intervention against one side can easily
cite valid reasons for it.
<p>
But it is not feasible to intervene against <em>all</em> the evil
sides; and if we were to intervene against only some of them, in
effect we would be supporting the others.
<p>
I don't see any military way to make things better in Syria; at least
let's avoid making them worse.


title: "School choice" proves to give no academic benefit
uri: School-choice-proves-to-give-no-academic-benefit
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(School_choice_proves_to_give_no_academic_benefit)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28School_choice_proves_to_give_no_academic_benefit%29

content:
<p>
Now
that <a href="http://educationopportunitynetwork.org/what-could-be-wrong-with-school-choice/">"school
choice" proves to give no academic benefit</a>, the advocates of this
indirect scheme of privatization hunt for bizarre excuses.


title: Thugs' investigations can't be trusted
uri: Thugs-investigations-can-t-be-trusted
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Thugs'_investigations_can't_be_trusted)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Thugs%27_investigations_can%27t_be_trusted%29

content:
<p>
How many other UK convictions of protesters and others
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/jan/29/drax-coal-case-police">invalid
because of dishonesty by the thugs</a>?  Their own investigations
can't be trusted.


title: Urgent: Sign this petition for network neutrality
uri: Urgent-Sign-this-petition-for-network-neutrality
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Urgent:_Sign_this_petition_for_network_neutrality)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Sign_this_petition_for_network_neutrality%29

content:
<p>
US and EU
citizens: <a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/internet_apocalypse_loc/?bjlNcab&v=34949">sign
this petition for network neutrality.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Urgent:_Stop_pushing_the_TPP)
title: Urgent: Stop pushing the TPP
uri: Urgent-Stop-pushing-the-TPP
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_pushing_the_TPP%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell Obama
to <a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12397">stop
pushing the TPP.</a>


title: Right-wing "marriage promotion" programs
uri: Right-wing-marriage-promotion-programs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 31_January_2014_(Right-wing_marriage_promotion_programs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#31_January_2014_%28Right-wing_marriage_promotion_programs%29

content:
<p>
Right-wing "marriage promotion" programs are
an <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/30/marriage-is-not-the-solution-to-poverty">excuse
for shafting the poor</a>, and do nothing to reduce the obstacle that
make poor people's marriages fail: poverty itself.
<p>
The article also shows that ease of access to divorce has nothing to
do with successful marriages.
<p>
As for Ross Douthat's idea of trying to force women to have babies so
that they might feel it necessary to get married, it's not only a
nonsequitur, it is
perverse.  <a href="http://stallman.org/articles/children.html">We
need fewer babies to be born.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 31_January_2014_(Pollution_of_Gaza's_aquifer)
title: Pollution of Gaza's aquifer
uri: Pollution-of-Gaza-s-aquifer
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#31_January_2014_%28Pollution_of_Gaza%27s_aquifer%29
content:
<p>
Israel is blocking Gaza's wastewater plant from operating, which is
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/30/gaza-looming-water-crisis-friends-earth">causing
further pollution of Gaza's aquifer.</a>
<p>
I guess the plan is to make Gazans get sick and die.


title: B'liar has endorsed the Egyptian military government
uri: B-liar-has-endorsed-the-Egyptian-military-government
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 31_January_2014_(B'liar_has_endorsed_the_Egyptian_military_government)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#31_January_2014_%28B%27liar_has_endorsed_the_Egyptian_military_government%29

content:
<p>
Tony B'liar
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/30/tony-blair-backs-egypt-military-ruler-abdel-fatah-al-sisi">endorsed
the Egyptian military government.</a>
<p>
It's true that Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood trampled Egyptians'
human rights.  That's what Islamists stand for.  However, the coup
government has gone much further in this harm.


title: Shell abandoned plans to drill for oil in Alaskan Arctic this year
uri: Shell-abandoned-plans-to-drill-for-oil-in-Alaskan-Arctic-this-year
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 31_January_2014_(Shell_abandoned_plans_to_drill_for_oil_in_Alaskan_Arctic_this_year)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#31_January_2014_%28Shell_abandoned_plans_to_drill_for_oil_in_Alaskan_Arctic_this_year%29

content:
<p>
Shell <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/30/shell-shelves-alaskan-arctic-drilling-oil">abandoned
plans to drill for oil in the Alaskan Arctic this year.</a>
<p>
That delays the damage but we need to block it entirely.


title: Scarlett Johansson chose to promote SodaStream rather than Oxfam
uri: Scarlett-Johansson-chose-to-promote-SodaStream-rather-than-Oxfam
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 31_January_2014_(Scarlett_Johansson_chose_to_promote_SodaStream_rather_than_Oxfam)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#31_January_2014_%28Scarlett_Johansson_chose_to_promote_SodaStream_rather_than_Oxfam%29

content:
<p>
Unable to do
both, <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/30">Scarlett
Johansson chose to promote SodaStream rather than Oxfam.</a>
<p>
I guess SodaStream pays more.


title: Very urgent: Join protest vigil against Keystone XL pipeline on Monday
uri: Very-urgent-Join-protest-vigil-against-Keystone-XL-pipeline-on-Monday
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Urgent:_Join_protest_vigil_against_Keystone_XL_pipeline_on_Monday)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Join_protest_vigil_against_Keystone_XL_pipeline_on_Monday%29

content:
<p>
In the US: join a protest vigil against the Keystone XL pipeline
on 
<a href="https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/kxl-fseis">Feb
3</a>.


title: Armed, masked Israelis attack Palestinian farmers
uri: Armed-masked-Israelis-attack-Palestinian-farmers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Armed_masked_Israelis_attack_Palestinian_farmers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Armed_masked_Israelis_attack_Palestinian_farmers%29

content:
<p>
Armed, masked Israelis 
<a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=668168">attacked
some Palestinian farmers</a>; Israeli troops came and molested the
Palestinians further.


title: Netanyahu's proposal to give Palestine some sovereignty
uri: Netanyahu-s-proposal-to-give-Palestine-some-sovereignty
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Netanyahus_proposal_to_give_Palestine_some_sovereignty)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Netanyahus_proposal_to_give_Palestine_some_sovereignty%29

content:
<p>
Netanyahu's proposal to give Palestine sovereignty over some Israeli
settlements was meant to provoke Palestinian rejection, but 
<a href="http://adam-keller2.blogspot.co.il/2014/01/the-return-of-de-gaulle.html">some
Israelis rejected it first</a>.


title: More comments on situation in Ukraine
uri: More-comments-on-situation-in-Ukraine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(More_comments_on_situation_in_Ukraine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28More_comments_on_situation_in_Ukraine%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/29/ukraine-fascists-oligarchs-eu-nato-expansion">More
comments</a> on the situation in Ukraine.

<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/29/farmageddon-cost-cheap-meat-lymbery-review">Review
of Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat</a>
<p>
A 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/29/farmageddon-cost-cheap-meat-lymbery-review">review</a>
of Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat.
<p>
The article dares to raise the question of how many children we should
have.  
<a href="http://stallman.org/articles/children.html">Having no
children is an important way to contribute to civilization's
survival</a>.  It also frees you to do something that matters with
your life, even if you're not rich.


title: New study shows neonicotinoid pesticide endangers bumblebees
uri: New-study-shows-neonicotinoid-pesticide-endangers-bumblebees
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(New_study_shows_neonicotinoid_pesticide_endangers_bumblebees)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28New_study_shows_neonicotinoid_pesticide_endangers_bumblebees%29

content:
<p>
A new study shows that a neonicotinoid pesticide 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/29/bees-pollen-pesticides-ban">damages
bumblebees' ability to collect pollen for their young</a>.
<p>
Bumblebees are important pollinators; endangering them is playing with
fire.  The doubts that are raised in the article might affect the
level of damage that normally occurs, but not the fact that it
happens.


title: The axolotl seems to be extinct in the wild
uri: The-axolotl-seems-to-be-extinct-in-the-wild
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(The_axolotl_seems_to_be_extinct_in_the_wild)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28The_axolotl_seems_to_be_extinct_in_the_wild%29

content:
<p>
The 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/29/mexico-water-monster-axolotl-vanished">axolotl</a>
seems to be extinct in the wild.


title: UK gov't backs down from prosecuting man who tried to 'steal' food from garbage bin
uri: UK-gov-t-backs-down-from-prosecuting-man-who-tried-to-steal-food-fro
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(UK_govt_backs_down_from_prosecuting_man_who_tried_to_'steal'_food_from_garbage_bin)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28UK_govt_backs_down_from_prosecuting_man_who_tried_to_%27steal%27_food_from_garbage_bin%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/29/prosecutors-drop-case-men-food-iceland-bins">Public
pressure made the UK government back down</a> from prosecuting the men
who tried to 'steal' food from a supermarket's garbage bin.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Persecution_of_gays_in_Nigeria)
title: Persecution of gays in Nigeria
uri: Persecution-of-gays-in-Nigeria
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Persecution_of_gays_in_Nigeria%29

content:
<p>
Persecution of gays in Nigeria 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/anti-gay-violence-nigeria-sharia">ranges
from betrayal to trial to lynching</a>.


title: Egypt to charge 20 journalists with ludicrous charges
uri: Egypt-to-charge-20-journalists-with-ludicrous-charges
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Egypt_to_charge_20_journalists_with_ludicrous_charges)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Egypt_to_charge_20_journalists_with_ludicrous_charges%29

content:
<p>
Egypt plans to charge 20 al-Jazeera journalists with 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/egypt-to-charge-20-al-jazeera-journalists-damaging-countrys-reputation">ludicrous
charges</a> ranging from belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood to
"harming the national interest" and illicit possession of broadcast
equipment.
<p>
This is Putinesque contempt for freedom of the press.
<p>
Some of these journalists are being kept in 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-jan-apr.html#12%20April%202011%20(Open%20letter:%20Manning%20treatment)">brainwashing
conditions similar to those Bradley Manning suffered</a>.
<p>
This also reminds me of the 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#03_April_2013_(Obama_keeps_Yemeni_journalist_in_prison)">Yemeni
journalist imprisoned at Obama's request</a> for interviewing
terrorists.


title: Many species of fish becoming smaller
uri: Many-species-of-fish-becoming-smaller
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 30_January_2014_(Many_species_of_fish_becoming_smaller)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#30_January_2014_%28Many_species_of_fish_becoming_smaller%29

content:
<p>
Global heating may be responsible for making many species of fish
smaller, up to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/28/warmer-seas-are-making-fish-smaller-water-temperatures">1/3
smaller than 38 years ago</a>.
<p>
Intense fishing may be responsible, because there is usually a size
limit on allowable catch; that selects for fish that become mature
with a smaller size.


title: The Spanish government's plan to nearly ban abortion has roused big opposition
uri: The-Spanish-government-s-plan-to-nearly-ban-abortion-has-roused-big-op
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(The_Spanish_government's_plan_to_nearly_ban_abortion_has_roused_big_opposition)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28The_Spanish_government%27s_plan_to_nearly_ban_abortion_has_roused_big_opposition%29

content:
<p>
The Spanish government's plan to nearly ban abortion
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/spanish-abortion-bill-massive-protest">roused
big opposition.</a>


title: Canada's spy agency snoops on WiFi users in airports
uri: Canada-s-spy-agency-snoops-on-WiFi-users-in-airports
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Canada's_spy_agency_snoops_on_WiFi_users_in_airports)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Canada%27s_spy_agency_snoops_on_WiFi_users_in_airports%29

content:
<p>
Canada's spy
agency <a href="http://www.rt.com/news/canada-snowden-spying-nsa-airport-442/">snoops
on WiFi users in airports, then follows them through other
connections.</a> We don't know how it does this.


title: Very Urgent: Do not to approve the Keystone XL
uri: Very-Urgent-Do-not-to-approve-the-Keystone-XL
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Very_Urgent:_Do_not_to_approve_the_Keystone_XL)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Very_Urgent%3A_Do_not_to_approve_the_Keystone_XL%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on
Obama <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/obama_kxl_2014?referring_akid=a141773920.1183552.fD081c&source=conf_email">not
to approve the Keystone XL planet-roaster pipeline.</a>


title: Urgent: Oppose "fast track" for the TPP
uri: 2014-02-02-Urgent-Oppose-fast-track-for-the-TPP
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_fast_track_for_the_TPP)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_fast_track_for_the_TPP%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on Minority Leader Pelosi
to <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/pelosi_reid_tpp?referring_akid=a141652216.1183">oppose
"fast track" for the TPP.</a>


title: Clapper thinks Japan's state secrecy law is a great thing
uri: Clapper-thinks-Japan-s-state-secrecy-law-is-a-great-thing
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Clapper_thinks_Japan's_state_secrecy_law_is_a_great_thing)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Clapper_thinks_Japan%27s_state_secrecy_law_is_a_great_thing%29

content:
<p>
Clapper thinks Japan's state secrecy law, which impedes access to
information about the handling and status of the Fukushima
meltdowns, <a href="http://japandailypress.com/japan-commended-by-u-s-intel-official-for-passing-secrecy-law-3043322/">is
a great thing.</a>


title: Assad's army has demolished entire neighborhoods
uri: Assad-s-army-has-demolished-entire-neighborhoods
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Assad's_army_has_demolished_entire_neighborhoods)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Assad%27s_army_has_demolished_entire_neighborhoods%29

content:
<p>
Assad's army
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/30/syria-neighbourhoods-residents">demolished
entire neighborhoods whose inhabitants were thought to favor the
rebels</a>.


title: For-profit colleges in the US prey on people
uri: For-profit-colleges-in-the-US-prey-on-people
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(For-profit_colleges_in_the_US_prey_on_people)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28For-profit_colleges_in_the_US_prey_on_people%29

content:
<p>
For-profit colleges in the US prey on people desperate for a way to
escape
poverty <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/for-profit-college-student-debt">using
exaggerated claims and high-pressure sales.</a>
<p>
Federal student loans should not be available for these
schools. However, the underlying problem is that of
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_(Rise_of_global_inequality_due_to_plutocratic_govts)">plutocratic
policies that favor the rich</a>
and <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#28_January_2014_(US_middle_class)">have
driven 1/3 of the middle class down and out.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(The_death_penalty_in_the_US)
title: The death penalty in the US
uri: The-death-penalty-in-the-US
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28The_death_penalty_in_the_US%29
content:
<p>
The evolution of the death penalty in the
US <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/31/death-penalty-pain-sadism">responds
to a philosophical conflict.</a>


title: UK gov't rationing access to health care through the NHS
uri: UK-gov-t-rationing-access-to-health-care-through-the-NHS
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(UK_gov't_rationing_access_to_health_care_through_the_NHS)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28UK_gov%27t_rationing_access_to_health_care_through_the_NHS%29

content:
<p>
The skinflint UK government
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/31/nhs-patients-face-more-treatment-rationing-coalition-restructuring">rationing
access to health care through the NHS.</a>
<p>
That dumps Britons into a US-like situation where the wealthy can pay
for their own care while the rest are screwed.


title: The Great Barrier Reef faces death by a thousand cuts
uri: The-Great-Barrier-Reef-faces-death-by-a-thousand-cuts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(The_Great_Barrier_Reef_faces_death_by_a_thousand_cuts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28The_Great_Barrier_Reef_faces_death_by_a_thousand_cuts%29

content:
<p>
The Great Barrier
Reef <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/jan/31/great-barrier-reef-australia-dredging-abbot-point-coal-export">faces
death by a thousand cuts.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Moving_money_to_public_banks)
title: Moving money to public banks
uri: Moving-money-to-public-banks
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Moving_money_to_public_banks%29
content:
<p>
As some cities consider removing their money from the big fraudster
banks, they need another place to put that
money, <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/enough_is_enough_fraud-ridden_banks_are_not_las_only_option_20140130">such
as public banks.</a>


title: Some penguin species are threatened by the effects of global heating
uri: Some-penguin-species-are-threatened-by-the-effects-of-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Some_penguin_species_are_threatened_by_the_effects_of_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Some_penguin_species_are_threatened_by_the_effects_of_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Some penguin species
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/30/penguins-suffering-climate-change-scientists">threatened
by the effects of global heating.</a>


title: Urgent: End the NFL's tax exemption
uri: Urgent-End-the-NFL-s-tax-exemption
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Urgent:_End_the_NFL's_tax_exemption)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Urgent%3A_End_the_NFL%27s_tax_exemption%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on Congress
to <a href="http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/end-the-nfl-s-charity-tax-break">end
the NFL's tax exemption.</a>


title: Urgent: Permanently cancel plans to drill for oil in Alaskan Arctic waters
uri: Urgent-Permanently-cancel-plans-to-drill-for-oil-in-Alaskan-Arctic-wa
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Urgent:_Permanently_cancel_plans_to_drill_for_oil_in_Alaskan_Arctic_waters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Permanently_cancel_plans_to_drill_for_oil_in_Alaskan_Arctic_waters%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on Obama
to <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=EC4D09FA819AE9FF12F8AF8688350973.app367a?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1553">permanently
cancel plans to drill for oil in Alaskan Arctic waters.</a>


title: India passed a law to end manual scavenging of human wastes
uri: India-passed-a-law-to-end-manual-scavenging-of-human-wastes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(India_passed_a_law_to_end_manual_scavenging_of_human_wastes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28India_passed_a_law_to_end_manual_scavenging_of_human_wastes%29

content:
<p>
India passed a law to end manual scavenging of human wastes,
but <a href="http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/new-law-to-ban-manual-removal-of-human-waste-disappoints/?_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=asia&_r=0">isn't
implementing it very energetically.</a>
<p>
Simply dictating "no more manual scavenging of human wastes" won't
change anything in places where the systems require manual scavenging.
What's needed is a program to build sewer systems and toilets
connected to them.  That will take money and time.


title: Communities in California are about to run out of water
uri: Communities-in-California-are-about-to-run-out-of-water
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(Communities_in_California_are_about_to_run_out_of_water)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28Communities_in_California_are_about_to_run_out_of_water%29

content:
<p>
17 rural communities in
California <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/30-8">are
about to run out of water.</a>  They contain at least 11,000 people.
<p>
The drought extends across most of the state, but it is only a
foretaste of what global heating will bring.


title: The only independent TV channel may be pushed off the air in Russia
uri: The-only-independent-TV-channel-may-be-pushed-off-the-air-in-Russia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(The_only_independent_TV_channel_may_be_pushed_off_the_air_in_Russia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28The_only_independent_TV_channel_may_be_pushed_off_the_air_in_Russia%29

content:
<p>
The only independent TV
channel <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/30/russia-independent-tv-channel-censorship-tv-rain-leningrad">may
be pushed off the air for asking a question about Russia's strategy
during World War II.</a>
<p>
Whatever you think about the question, the response seems suspiciously
extreme.


title: Mobile surveillance robots for shopping malls
uri: Mobile-surveillance-robots-for-shopping-malls
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Mobile_surveillance_robots_for_shopping_malls)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Mobile_surveillance_robots_for_shopping_malls%29

content:
<p>
New product: 
<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/01/26/knightscope-k5-police-robot/4018047/">mobile
surveillance robots</a> for shopping malls.
<p>
I do feel irritated when I get checked by "security", usually at
airports.  I hope you do, too.  If this robot keeps permanent records,
which I expect it will, it will be like a mobile surveillance camera
installation.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Toxic_spills_in_coal_country)
title: Toxic spills in coal country
uri: Toxic-spills-in-coal-country
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Toxic_spills_in_coal_country%29
content:
<p>
In coal country, toxic spills happen continually and 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/31/west-virginia-coal-chemical-spill-impact">people
are disposable</a>.  It has been that way for over a century, as
companies find excuses to block or ignore regulations against
pollution.


title: Secret EU plan to put remote control devices in all cars
uri: Secret-EU-plan-to-put-remote-control-devices-in-all-cars
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Secret_EU_plan_to_put_remote_control_devices_in_all_cars)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Secret_EU_plan_to_put_remote_control_devices_in_all_cars%29

content:
<p>
The EU has a 
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10605328/EU-has-secret-plan-for-police-to-remote-stop-cars.html">secret
plan</a> to put devices in all cars to allow them to be stopped
remotely.
<p>
This would be used by the state against criminals and protesters,
but experience shows that others will find out how to use it too.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Islamist_terror_growing_in_Egypt)
title: Islamist terror growing in Egypt
uri: Islamist-terror-growing-in-Egypt
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Islamist_terror_growing_in_Egypt%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/egypt-alqaida-terrorist-threat-ansar-beyt-almaqdis">Islamist
terror</a> is growing in Egypt.


title: The White Maleness of Geek Culture
uri: The-White-Maleness-of-Geek-Culture
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(The_White_Maleness_of_Geek_Culture)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28The_White_Maleness_of_Geek_Culture%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/jan/31/iron-man-white-male-geek-culture-fantasy-science-fiction">Forget
Iron Man-Child — Let's Fight the White Maleness of Geek
Culture</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Flooding_in_the_UK)
title: Flooding in the UK
uri: Flooding-in-the-UK
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Flooding_in_the_UK%29
content:
<p>
Global heating was expected to bring flooding to the UK in 2030,
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/02/flooding-winter-defences-environment-climate-change">but
it is hitting already.</a>


title: US to pressure Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes committed against Tamil civilians
uri: US-to-pressure-Sri-Lanka-to-investigate-war-crimes-committed-against-T
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(US_to_pressure_Sri_Lanka_to_investigate_war_crimes_committed_against_Tamil_civilians)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28US_to_pressure_Sri_Lanka_to_investigate_war_crimes_committed_against_Tamil_civilians%29

content:
<p>
The US is going
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/01/us-sri-lanka-un-human-rights-resolution">pressure
Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes committed against Tamil
civilians.</a>
<p>
This is the right thing to do, but when will the US investigate
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2005-nov-feb.html#09%20February%202006%20%28War%20crimes%20commission%29">war
crimes committed by Dubya in Iraq?</a>


title: Drop the "all of the above" energy policy
uri: Drop-the-all-of-the-above-energy-policy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Drop_the_all_of_the_above_energy_policy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Drop_the_all_of_the_above_energy_policy%29

content:
<p>
If Obama wants to save our
climate, <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/30-1">he
must drop the "all of the above" energy policy.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Urgent:_Raise_the_minimum_wage)
title: Urgent: Raise the minimum wage
uri: 2014-02-03-Urgent-Raise-the-minimum-wage
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Raise_the_minimum_wage%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on Congress
to <a href="http://usaction.org/fmwa">raise the minimum wage.</a>
<p>
I've promoted similar campaigns before, and it is good to keep showing
Congress pressure to do this.


title: Urgent: Oppose the cuts in food stamps
uri: Urgent-Oppose-the-cuts-in-food-stamps
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_the_cuts_in_food_stamps)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_the_cuts_in_food_stamps%29

content:
<p>
Citizens of California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and
Wisconsin: call on your senators
to <a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=743">oppose
the cuts in food stamps,</a> which will fall mainly on those states.


title: Surveillance in the US today exceeds Orwell's worst nightmare
uri: Surveillance-in-the-US-today-exceeds-Orwell-s-worst-nightmare
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Surveillance_in_the_US_today_exceeds_Orwell's_worst_nightmare)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Surveillance_in_the_US_today_exceeds_Orwell%27s_worst_nightmare%29

content:
<p>
Surveillance in the US
today <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/02/01-5">exceeds
Orwell's worst nightmare.</a>
<p>
This level of surveillance
is <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">incompatible
with democracy.</a>


title: 7 big omissions in the State Department's whitewash of Keystone XL
uri: 7-big-omissions-in-the-State-Department-s-whitewash-of-Keystone-XL
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(7_big_omissions_in_the_State_Department's_whitewash_of_Keystone_XL)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%287_big_omissions_in_the_State_Department%27s_whitewash_of_Keystone_XL%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/31/3231991/keystone-national/">7
big omissions</a> in the State Department's whitewash of Keystone XL.


title: Global heating is helping fungus kill the Douglas fir trees of the Pacific Northwest
uri: Global-heating-is-helping-fungus-kill-the-Douglas-fir-trees-of-the-Pac
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Global_heating_is_helping_fungus_kill_the_Douglas_fir_trees_of_the_Pacific_Northwest)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Global_heating_is_helping_fungus_kill_the_Douglas_fir_trees_of_the_Pacific_Northwest%29

content:
<p>
Global heating
is <a href="http://grist.org/news/oh-rot-climate-change-could-topple-northwests-douglas-fir-forests/">helping
fungus kill the Douglas fir trees of the Pacific Northwest.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Obama_Turns_to_Big_Business_)
title: Obama Turns to Big Business
uri: Obama-Turns-to-Big-Business
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Obama_Turns_to_Big_Business_%29
content:
<p>
Record-Breaking Long-Term Unemployment in Virtually Every State, and
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/record-breaking-long-term-unemployment-virtually-every-state-and-obama-turns-big-business?paging=off">Obama
Turns to Big Business?</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(The_Indian_ID_card)
title: The Indian ID card
uri: The-Indian-ID-card
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28The_Indian_ID_card%29
content:
<p>
The Indian ID card
is <a href="http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/01/indias-biometric-benefits-database-trampling-privacy/">the
world's biggest biometric scheme,</a> and the state has tried to
impose it on everyone.


title: Media Suffer Winter Chill in Coverage of Sochi Olympics
uri: Media-Suffer-Winter-Chill-in-Coverage-of-Sochi-Olympics
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Media_Suffer_Winter_Chill_in_Coverage_of_Sochi_Olympics)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Media_Suffer_Winter_Chill_in_Coverage_of_Sochi_Olympics%29

content:
<p>
Media
Suffer <a href="http://www.cpj.org/reports/2014/01/media-suffer-winter-chill-in-coverage-of-sochi-oly.php">Winter
Chill in Coverage of Sochi Olympics.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Bayer_CEO_says)
title: Bayer CEO says
uri: Bayer-CEO-says
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Bayer_CEO_says%29
content:
<p>
Bayer CEO
says, <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/01/31-4">"We
did not develop this medicine (Nexavar) for Indians, We developed it
for Western patients who can afford it."</a>


title: Heed the Warnings in Extreme Weather — Or Risk Losing Earth
uri: Heed-the-Warnings-in-Extreme-Weather-Or-Risk-Losing-Earth
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Heed_the_Warnings_in_Extreme_Weather_%26mdash;_Or_Risk_Losing_Earth)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Heed_the_Warnings_in_Extreme_Weather_%2526mdash%3B_Or_Risk_Losing_Earth%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/jan/31/climate-change-extreme-weather-earth">Heed
the Warnings in Extreme Weather — Or Risk Losing Earth.</a>


title: Vehicle-To-Vehicle communication systems for cars
uri: Vehicle-To-Vehicle-communication-systems-for-cars
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(Vehicle-To-Vehicle_communication_systems_for_cars)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28Vehicle-To-Vehicle_communication_systems_for_cars%29

content:
<p>
Proposed vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems for cars
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/potholes-abound-on-the-road-to-car-to-car-communication/">could
turn out to be a way to track them.</a>
<p>
It's possible to design such a system so that it provides the same
benefits and can't be used for tracking.  All it requires is political
will.


title: The More We Learn about Nuclear Past, the More an 'Accident' Seems Likely
uri: The-More-We-Learn-about-Nuclear-Past-the-More-an-Accident-Seems-Lik
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(The_More_We_Learn_about_Nuclear_Past,_the_More_an_'Accident'_Seems_Likely)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28The_More_We_Learn_about_Nuclear_Past%2C_the_More_an_%27Accident%27_Seems_Likely%29

content:
<p>
The More We Learn about Nuclear
Past, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/01/are-we-ready-for-nuclear-consequences">the
More an 'Accident' Seems Likely.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 02_February_2014_(The_wars_in_Iraq_and_Afghanistan)
title: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
uri: The-wars-in-Iraq-and-Afghanistan
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#02_February_2014_%28The_wars_in_Iraq_and_Afghanistan%29

content:
<p>
Most Americans consider the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/31-5">failures</a>.
<p>
The conquest and occupation of Iraq were much worse than a failure
— the right term is "crime against humanity".  Bush deserves to
be prosecuted for it.
<p>
But was it a failure?  In terms of its stated purpose, eliminating
Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, it was a success before
the start — since he 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2006-mar-jun.html#27%20June%202006%20(CIA%20tried%20to%20stop%20Bush%20administration%20from%20using%20unreliable%20reports%20of%20Iraqi%20WMD%20labs)">didn't 
have any</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Straight_White_Male)
title: Straight White Male
uri: Straight-White-Male
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Straight_White_Male%29
content:
<p>
In gaming terms, 
<a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is">Straight
White Male</a> is the lowest "difficulty setting" for real life.


title: Tens of thousands of people blocked from voting in Thai election
uri: Tens-of-thousands-of-people-blocked-from-voting-in-Thai-election
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Tens_of_thousands_of_people_blocked_from_voting_in_Thai_election)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Tens_of_thousands_of_people_blocked_from_voting_in_Thai_election%29

content:
<p>
The anti-government movement in Thailand, a substantial minority with
some powerful backing, has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/02/thai-voters-prevented-casting-ballot-anti-government-protesters">blocked
tens of thousands of people from voting in the election</a>.
<p>
We have to consider them the anti-democracy movement.


title: Presidential election in Afghanistan
uri: Presidential-election-in-Afghanistan
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Presidential_election_in_Afghanistan)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Presidential_election_in_Afghanistan%29

content:
<p>
Afghanistan is trying to have a democratic 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/02/afghanistan-election-campaign-begins">election
for president</a>.


title: Canada keeping business rights treaty secret
uri: Canada-keeping-business-rights-treaty-secret
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Canada_keeping_business_rights_treaty_secret)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Canada_keeping_business_rights_treaty_secret%29

content:
<p>
Canada is negotiating a 
<a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140117/07452025918/canadian-government-refuses-to-release-any-text-ceta-while-claiming-its-mostly-finished.shtml">business
rights treaty with the EU</a>, and says it has to be kept secret in
order to negotiate it, even the parts that are supposedly finished.


title: Pakistan's secret record of casualties of US drone attacks
uri: Pakistan-s-secret-record-of-casualties-of-US-drone-attacks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Pakistans_secret_record_of_casualties_of_US_drone_attacks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Pakistans_secret_record_of_casualties_of_US_drone_attacks%29

content:
<p>
Leaked: Pakistan's secret record of the 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/30-0">casualties
of US drone attacks</a>.  In 2009, it abruptly stops treating which
casualties are civilians.


title: The pseudoscience told to US Senate about global heating
uri: The-pseudoscience-told-to-US-Senate-about-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(The_pseudoscience_told_to_US_Senate_about_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28The_pseudoscience_told_to_US_Senate_about_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/jan/30/global-warming-wishful-thinking">Refuting
the pseudoscience</a> that the US Senate was told about global
heating.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(George_Lakoffs_advice_on_framing)
title: George Lakoff's advice on framing
uri: George-Lakoff-s-advice-on-framing
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28George_Lakoffs_advice_on_framing%29

content:
<p>
George Lakoff's advice on 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/01/george-lakoff-interview">framing</a>
is vital for progressives.
<p>
It's also vital for the free software movement.  We reject the weak
compromises advocated under the term "open source"; we take a clear
moral stand.


title: Australian gov't uses its lifeboats to move boat people to Indonesia
uri: Australian-gov-t-uses-its-lifeboats-to-move-boat-people-to-Indonesia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Australian_govt_uses_its_lifeboats_to_move_boat_people_to_Indonesia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Australian_govt_uses_its_lifeboats_to_move_boat_people_to_Indonesia%29

content:
<p>
The Australian government is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/01/lifeboat-australia-return-asylum-seekers-found-java">secretly
transferring boat people onto its own lifeboats</a> and towing those
boats to Indonesia.


title: "Free trade" increases inequality in developed world
uri: Free-trade-increases-inequality-in-developed-world
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Free_trade_increases_inequality_in_developed_world)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Free_trade_increases_inequality_in_developed_world%29

content:
<p>
Studies confirm that "free trade" is the 
<a href="http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2014/01/studies-reveal-consensus-trade-flows-during-free-trade-era-have-exacerbated-us-income-inequality.html">main
cause of increased inequality</a> in the developed world.


title: Many companies only say they support curbing global heating
uri: Many-companies-only-say-they-support-curbing-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Many_companies_only_say_they_support_curbing_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Many_companies_only_say_they_support_curbing_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Many companies 
<a href="http://www.citizenvox.org/2014/01/17/corporations-have-their-cake-and-eat-it-too-then-deny-cakes-existence/">say
they support action to curb global heating</a>, then contribute to
groups such as the US Chamber of Commerce that try to prevent it.


title: Obama still supports Clapper after admitting he lied to Congress
uri: Obama-still-supports-Clapper-after-admitting-he-lied-to-Congress
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Obama_still_supports_Clapper_after_admitting_he_lied_to_Congress)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Obama_still_supports_Clapper_after_admitting_he_lied_to_Congress%29

content:
<p>
Obama 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/obama-admits-intelligence-chief-fault-senate-testimony">still
supports Clapper</a> even after admitting (euphemistically) that
Clapper lied to Congress.
<p>
Obama was never much of a supporter of human rights.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Canadas_WiFi_tracking_scheme)
title: Canada's WiFi tracking scheme
uri: Canada-s-WiFi-tracking-scheme
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Canadas_WiFi_tracking_scheme%29
content:
<p>
More about Canada's 
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/csec-used-airport-wi-fi-to-track-canadian-travellers-edward-snowden-documents-1.2517881">WiFi
tracking scheme</a>, which seems to have been a dry run for the NSA.


title: China kicks out foreign journalists in retaliation for criticism
uri: China-kicks-out-foreign-journalists-in-retaliation-for-criticism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(China_kicks_out_foreign_journalists_in_retaliation_for_criticism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28China_kicks_out_foreign_journalists_in_retaliation_for_criticism%29

content:
<p>
China struggles to pretend it is not kicking out foreign journalists
in retaliation for 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/china-denies-deporting-new-york-times-journalist">criticism
in the press</a>.
<p>
The US is not spotless on this issue either: it requires journalists
to apply for a special visa, even if they come from countries whose
citizens normally don't require a visa.


title: Gates Foundation and US gov't want to track all students
uri: Gates-Foundation-and-US-gov-t-want-to-track-all-students
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Gates_Foundation_and_US_govt_want_to_track_all_students)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Gates_Foundation_and_US_govt_want_to_track_all_students%29

content:
<p>
The Gates Foundation and the US government want to 
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/education/scary-new-surveillance-state-idea-government-tracking-students-preschool-workforce">track
all students</a> from preschool to workforce.


title: Utah public school makes students pay for lunches
uri: Utah-public-school-makes-students-pay-for-lunches
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Utah_public_school_makes_students_pay_for_lunches)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Utah_public_school_makes_students_pay_for_lunches%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/education/2014/01/30/3225621/utah-school-lunch/">Utah
School Threw Out Students' Lunches Because They Were In Debt</a>.
<p>
It is disgusting for public schools to make students pay for lunch, or
for anything.


title: UK wants to secretly subpoena journalists' notes
uri: UK-wants-to-secretly-subpoena-journalists-notes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(UK_wants_to_secretly_subpoena_journalists_notes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28UK_wants_to_secretly_subpoena_journalists_notes%29

content:
<p>
The UK wants to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/31/secret-hearings-police-journalists-deregulation-bill">secretly
subpoena</a> journalists' notes.


title: US State Dept. adopts bogus evaluation of planet-roaster pipeline
uri: US-State-Dept-adopts-bogus-evaluation-of-planet-roaster-pipeline
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(US_State_Dept._adopts_bogus_evaluation_of_planet-roaster_pipeline)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28US_State_Dept._adopts_bogus_evaluation_of_planet-roaster_pipeline%29

content:
<p>
The US State Department adopted 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/31/keystone-xl-pipeline-obama-state-department-impact">another
bogus evaluation</a> of the Keystone XL planet-roaster pipeline.


title: Prince drops lawsuit against fans for distributing recordings
uri: Prince-drops-lawsuit-against-fans-for-distributing-recordings
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Prince_drops_lawsuit_against_fans_for_distributing_recordings)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Prince_drops_lawsuit_against_fans_for_distributing_recordings%29

content:
<p>
Prince, who briefly thought of changing his name to Jerk, has dropped
a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/29/prince-drops-22-million-lawsuit-fans-facebook-pretzelbodylogic">lawsuit
against his fans</a> for distributing "bootleg" recordings.
<p>
I see nothing wrong with that practice.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(The_cost_of_the_US_War_on_Drugs)
title: The cost of the "US War on Drugs"
uri: The-cost-of-the-US-War-on-Drugs
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28The_cost_of_the_US_War_on_Drugs%29

content:
<p>
The US "War on Drugs" has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/feb/03/us-war-on-drugs-impact-in-latin-american">cost
a trillion dollars in South America, and resulted in over 100,000
killed</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Toxic_substances_in_clothing)
title: Toxic substances in clothing
uri: Toxic-substances-in-clothing
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Toxic_substances_in_clothing%29
content:
<p>
Clothing, even for children, often contains 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sustainable-fashion-blog/toxic-chemicals-childrens-clothing-phase-out-greenpeace">toxic
substances</a>.


title: Japan wants to sell India some potential meltdowns
uri: Japan-wants-to-sell-India-some-potential-meltdowns
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Japan_wants_to_sell_India_some_potential_meltdowns)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Japan_wants_to_sell_India_some_potential_meltdowns%29

content:
<p>
Japan wants to sell India some 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/02-1">potential
meltdowns</a>.


title: Pentagon spends millions on directing Hollywood
uri: Pentagon-spends-millions-on-directing-Hollywood
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Pentagon_spends_millions_on_directing_Hollywood)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Pentagon_spends_millions_on_directing_Hollywood%29

content:
<p>
The Pentagon spends millions on directing Hollywood to make
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/02/02-3">pro-military
propaganda</a> and convince Americans to support military adventures.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Obamas_MyRA_retirement_accounts)
title: Obama's "MyRA" retirement accounts
uri: Obama-s-MyRA-retirement-accounts
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Obamas_MyRA_retirement_accounts%29

content:
<p>
Obama's "MyRA" retirement accounts 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/feb/02/retirement-savings-ira-myra-obama-wages">won't
do much good</a> for the Americans who might try to use them.


title: Ten arguments against prohibition of prostitution
uri: Ten-arguments-against-prohibition-of-prostitution
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Ten_arguments_against_prohibition_of_prostitution)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Ten_arguments_against_prohibition_of_prostitution%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://alsodachte.blogspot.jp/2014/01/liberty-dignity-health-and-happiness.html">Ten
arguments</a> against prohibition of prostitution.


title: Christians try to shut down art that makes fun of their religion
uri: Christians-try-to-shut-down-art-that-makes-fun-of-their-religion
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Christians_try_to_shut_down_art_that_makes_fun_of_their_religion)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Christians_try_to_shut_down_art_that_makes_fun_of_their_religion%29

content:
<p>
It's not just Muslims that try to shut down art that makes fun of
their religion.  In Australia, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/02/adelaide-fringe-blasphemous-come-heckle-christ">Christians
are trying</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Japanese_whalers_violent_tactics)
title: Japanese whalers' violent tactics
uri: Japanese-whalers-violent-tactics
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Japanese_whalers_violent_tactics%29

content:
<p>
Sea Shepherd described Japanese whalers' 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/02/sea-shepherd-accuses-japanese-confrontation-whaling">violent
tactics</a>.


title: TSA knew X-ray scanners were useless and dangerous
uri: TSA-knew-X-ray-scanners-were-useless-and-dangerous
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(TSA_knew_X-ray_scanners_were_useless_and_dangerous)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28TSA_knew_X-ray_scanners_were_useless_and_dangerous%29

content:
<p>
The Theater of Security Agency and all its staff 
<a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/tsa-screener-confession-102912_full.html">knew
in advance</a> that X-ray scanners were useless and dangerous.  The
TSA delayed and endangered passengers with those machines solely to
give the impression it was Doing Something.
<p>
The article also says that power-tripping TSA agents impose extra
searches and delays as a form of harassment, while dishonestly
claiming it is a "random search".


title: Obama fails to recognize that he could end marijuana prohibition
uri: Obama-fails-to-recognize-that-he-could-end-marijuana-prohibition
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Obama_fails_to_recognize_that_he_could_end_marijuana_prohibition)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Obama_fails_to_recognize_that_he_could_end_marijuana_prohibition%29

content:
<p>
Obama says he thinks prohibition of marijuana is unfortunate but fails
to recognize that 
<a href="http://reason.com/blog/2014/01/31/obama-who-evidently-has-not-read-the-con">he
could end that prohibition any day</a>.


title: Letting stores have too much information about the purchaser
uri: Letting-stores-have-too-much-information-about-the-purchaser
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Letting_stores_have_too_much_information_about_the_purchaser)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Letting_stores_have_too_much_information_about_the_purchaser%29

content:
<p>
Staples and many other stores offer 
<a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323777204578189391813881534">different
prices to different customers</a> and don't admit that they are doing
so.
<p>
This is a consequence of letting them have too much information about
the purchaser.  When I buy something, the store doesn't know who I am,
because I pay cash.


title: NSA spied on other countries' participation in 2009 Copenhagen climate conference
uri: NSA-spied-on-other-countries-participation-in-2009-Copenhagen-climate
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 01_February_2014_(NSA_spied_on_other_countries'_participation_in_2009_Copenhagen_climate_conference)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#01_February_2014_%28NSA_spied_on_other_countries%27_participation_in_2009_Copenhagen_climate_conference%29

content:
<p>
The NSA 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/30-1">spied
on other countries' participation in the 2009 Copenhagen climate
conference.</a>
<p>
This was when the attempt to reach a global agreement to reduce CO2
emissions and avert disaster failed spectacularly because many
governments were unwilling to agree on a real solution.  The US was
unwilling, and this NSA surveillance surely helped the US government
achieve its aim of "no deal, burn away!"


title: Hiring collusion between big tech companies
uri: Hiring-collusion-between-big-tech-companies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 04_February_2014_(Hiring_collusion_between_big_tech_companies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#04_February_2014_%28Hiring_collusion_between_big_tech_companies%29

content:
<p>
The 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/03/google-apple-silicon-valley-free-market-joke">hiring
collusion</a> between big tech companies shows that their adoration of
the "free market" is just a story they tell to fool the gullible.
<p>
A competitive market is a kind of social system.  For certain
purposes, is a good solution.  Keeping it competitive depends on state
regulation.


title: West Virginia toxic spill not over yet
uri: West-Virginia-toxic-spill-not-over-yet
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 04_February_2014_(West_Virginia_toxic_spill_not_over_yet)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#04_February_2014_%28West_Virginia_toxic_spill_not_over_yet%29

content:
<p>
The West Virginia toxic spill 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/03/west-virginia-america-sold-out-to-energy-companies">isn't
over yet</a>.  Moreover, it's just part of a permanent toxic spill
that usually goes unnoticed in the media.


title: Mexico's supposed crackdown on pimps
uri: Mexico-s-supposed-crackdown-on-pimps
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 04_February_2014_(Mexicos_supposed_crackdown_on_pimps)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#04_February_2014_%28Mexicos_supposed_crackdown_on_pimps%29

content:
<p>
Mexico's supposed crackdown on pimps that force women into
prostitution has got off to a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/03/sexual-slavery-mexico-pimp-trafficking-prostitution-story">weak
start</a>.


title: How web sites correlate information about visitors with names
uri: How-web-sites-correlate-information-about-visitors-with-names
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 04_February_2014_(How_web_sites_correlate_information_about_visitors_with_names)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#04_February_2014_%28How_web_sites_correlate_information_about_visitors_with_names%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324784404578143144132736214.html">Clever
tricks</a> that web sites use to collect information about visitors
and correlate those with names.
<p>
How these companies currently use the data they collect is not
significant because (1) they could change those policies tomorrow and
(2) those policies don't apply when government agencies such as the
NSA collect the data.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 04_February_2014_(Uganda_bans_miniskirts)
title: Uganda bans miniskirts
uri: Uganda-bans-miniskirts
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#04_February_2014_%28Uganda_bans_miniskirts%29
content:
<p>
Uganda's first step to impose control on women is to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/fashion-blog/2014/feb/03/will-uganda-ban-miniskirts">ban
miniskirts</a>, not to mention bikinis, and any pictures of them, and
any writing about them.
<p>
I think even the song "Itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polkadot bikini"
will be criminalized by this law, not to mention lots of movies that
could get a G rating in the US.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 04_February_2014_(Facebook)
title: Facebook
uri: Facebook
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#04_February_2014_%28Facebook%29
content:
<p>
One user writes that Facebook led her to be 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/03/facebook-10-years-projection-life-social-media">in
love with "the projection of [her] own desired life"</a>.
<p>
Cutting down on the amount of her usage by Facebook may have addressed
this problem, but not 
<a href="http://stallman.org/facebook.html">all the others</a>.


title: People in Rio de Janeiro mock surreal prices
uri: People-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-mock-surreal-prices
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 04_February_2014_(People_in_Rio_de_Janeiro_mock_surreal_prices)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#04_February_2014_%28People_in_Rio_de_Janeiro_mock_surreal_prices%29

content:
<p>
People in Rio de Janeiro are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/feb/02/rio-residents-fighting-inflation-fake-currency">mocking
the surreal prices</a> provoked by the coming World Cup.


title: Dioxin contamination in seafood caught in Galveston Bay, Texas
uri: Dioxin-contamination-in-seafood-caught-in-Galveston-Bay-Texas
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 03_February_2014_(Dioxin_contamination_in_seafood_caught_in_Galveston_Bay_Texas)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_February_2014_%28Dioxin_contamination_in_seafood_caught_in_Galveston_Bay_Texas%29

content:
<p>
Seafood caught in Galveston Bay, Texas, is 
<a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/01/poisoned-seafood-texas/">contaminated 
with dioxin</a>.


title: The use of chemical weapons in Syria
uri: The-use-of-chemical-weapons-in-Syria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(The_use_of_chemical_weapons_in_Syria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28The_use_of_chemical_weapons_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
Some US claims about the use of chemical weapons in
Syria <a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/01/15/5488779/new-analysis-of-rocket-used-in.html?rh=1">can't
be true.</a>


title: Syria destabilized by effects of global heating and by Dubya's occupation of Iraq
uri: Syria-destabilized-by-effects-of-global-heating-and-by-Dubya-s-occupat
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Syria_destabilized_by_effects_of_global_heating_and_by_Dubya's_occupation_of_Iraq)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Syria_destabilized_by_effects_of_global_heating_and_by_Dubya%27s_occupation_of_Iraq%29

content:
<p>
Chomsky reports on how Syria
was <a href="http://chomsky.info/onchomsky/20131002.htm">destabilized
by effects of global heating and by the consequences of Dubya's
occupation of Iraq.</a>
<p>
This does not in any way excuse Assad for his tyranny and crimes.  It
also does not excuse Qatar and Saudi Arabia for funding and
encouraging an armed rebellion in Syria when peaceful protests were
going strong.
<p>
The recent report
about <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#21_January_2014_(Syrian_govt_photographer_defects_with_photo_evidence_of_torture)">execution
of prisoners by Assad's men</a>
was <a href="http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2014/01/syria-and-diplomacy/">paid
for by Qatar.</a>
<p>
That doesn't mean the it isn't true, but Qatar should not succeed in
hiding its atrocities behind Assad's atrocities.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Bans_on_shark_fins)
title: Bans on shark fins
uri: Bans-on-shark-fins
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Bans_on_shark_fins%29
content:
<p>
The NOAA
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/05/us-retreats-shark-fin-ban">retreated
from trying to abolish state bans on shark fins.</a>


title: Facebook's mobile app snoops on SMS messages
uri: Facebook-s-mobile-app-snoops-on-SMS-messages
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Facebook's_mobile_app_snoops_on_SMS_messages)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Facebook%27s_mobile_app_snoops_on_SMS_messages%29

content:
<p>
Facebook's mobile
app <a href="http://www.efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=128859">snoops
on SMS messages.</a>


title: Indian thugs attacked a demonstration by Christian Dalits
uri: Indian-thugs-attacked-a-demonstration-by-Christian-Dalits
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Indian_thugs_attacked_a_demonstration_by_Christian_Dalits)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Indian_thugs_attacked_a_demonstration_by_Christian_Dalits%29

content:
<p>
Indian
thugs <a href="http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=24082">attacked
a demonstration by Christian Dalits outside the parliament</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Workers_without_health_care)
title: Workers without health care
uri: Workers-without-health-care
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Workers_without_health_care%29
content:
<p>
Republicans want to make it easier for employers to leave workers
without health
care: <a href="http://www.offthechartsblog.org/save-american-workers-act-would-put-more-workers-at-risk/">just
give them only 39 hours a week of work.</a>


title: Republicans keep trying to hurt the unemployed
uri: Republicans-keep-trying-to-hurt-the-unemployed
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Republicans_keep_trying_to_hurt_the_unemployed)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Republicans_keep_trying_to_hurt_the_unemployed%29

content:
<p>
Since the US deficit has gone down greatly, why do Republicans
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/02/04/3247141/deficit-fall-unemployed/">keep
trying to hurt the unemployed?</a>
<p>
Because the misguided goal of cutting the deficit was always just an
excuse to take from the non-rich.


title: Republicans purse only non-rich drug users
uri: Republicans-purse-only-non-rich-drug-users
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Republicans_purse_only_non-rich_drug_users)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Republicans_purse_only_non-rich_drug_users%29

content:
<p>
The Republicans will pursue their War on Drug Users to the end,
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/02/04-5">but only
against non-rich drug users.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(NAFTA_and_the_TPP)
title: NAFTA and the TPP
uri: NAFTA-and-the-TPP
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28NAFTA_and_the_TPP%29
content:
<p>
NAFTA hurt family farms in Mexico, the US and Canada, at the expense
of agribusiness.
The <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/02/04">TPP
threatens to do the same in many more countries.</a>


title: Tar sands oil companies' toxic pollution
uri: Tar-sands-oil-companies-toxic-pollution
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Tar_sands_oil_companies'_toxic_pollution)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Tar_sands_oil_companies%27_toxic_pollution%29

content:
<p>
Researchers say that tar sands oil companies
have <a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-02-oil-sands-emissions-greatly-underestimated.html">greatly
underestimated the amount of toxic pollution they produce.</a>


title: To build Olympic games venue, Russia destroyed forests and wetlands
uri: To-build-Olympic-games-venue-Russia-destroyed-forests-and-wetlands
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(To_build_Olympic_games_venue,_Russia_destroyed_forests_and_wetlands)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28To_build_Olympic_games_venue%2C_Russia_destroyed_forests_and_wetlands%29

content:
<p>
To build the Olympic games venue, Russia destroyed forests and
wetlands and "replaced" them
with <a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-02-environment-russia-sochi.html">ecologically
worthless artificial substitutes.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Is_Freeing_a_Duck_Terrorism_)
title: Is Freeing a Duck "Terrorism"?
uri: Is-Freeing-a-Duck-Terrorism
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Is_Freeing_a_Duck_Terrorism_%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21626-is-freeing-a-duck-terrorism">Is
Freeing a Duck "Terrorism"?</a>
<p>
I only partly agree with the idea of animal rights, but I do support
human rights, and labeling animal rights activism as "terrorism"
clearly violates them.  I don't have to agree with them to support
their right to campaign for their views.


title: FISA orders and national security letters
uri: FISA-orders-and-national-security-letters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(FISA_orders_and_national_security_letters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28FISA_orders_and_national_security_letters%29

content:
<p>
Google, Facebook and other companies have released statistics showing
at most 100,000 users have
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/03/microsoft-facebook-google-yahoo-fisa-surveillance-requests">subject
to FISA orders and national security letters.</a>
<p>
That's a small fraction of the users — but if they include
journalists, whistleblowers and dissidents, democracy is in danger.
<p>
What matters is not how many people's data the state <em> has looked
at </em> but how many people's data the
state <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html"><em>could
look at when it wishes</em>.</a>


title: Urgent: Stop South Dakota from taking children from relatives
uri: Urgent-Stop-South-Dakota-from-taking-children-from-relatives
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Urgent:_Stop_South_Dakota_from_taking_children_from_relatives)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_South_Dakota_from_taking_children_from_relatives%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/free-the-lakota-children-1">call
on Obama</a> to stop South Dakota from taking Lakota children away
from their relatives on trivial excuses.
<p>
I think the word "kidnapping" used in the petition is incorrect,
but I signed anyway because I think the substance is valid.


title: Urgent: Oppose bills intended to attack wildlife and wetlands
uri: Urgent-Oppose-bills-intended-to-attack-wildlife-and-wetlands
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_bills_intended_to_attack_wildlife_and_wetlands)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_bills_intended_to_attack_wildlife_and_wetlands%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2689">urge
your congresscritter</a> to oppose several bills intended to attack
wildlife and wetlands.


title: Urgent: Extend the Production Tax Credit for renewable energy
uri: Urgent-Extend-the-Production-Tax-Credit-for-renewable-energy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Urgent:_Extend_the_Production_Tax_Credit_for_renewable_energy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Extend_the_Production_Tax_Credit_for_renewable_energy%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy;?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=3987&autologin=true">call
on your senators</a> to extend the Production Tax Credit for renewable
energy.


title: International Olympic Committee supports Russian repression
uri: International-Olympic-Committee-supports-Russian-repression
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(International_Olympic_Committee_supports_Russian_repression)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28International_Olympic_Committee_supports_Russian_repression%29

content:
<p>
With the International Olympic Committee 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/04/sochi-olympics-athletes-must-speak-up">supporting
Russian repression</a>, the Olympic Spirit means repression.
<p>
This is not surprising given that the Olympic Games have for many
years brought repression to every place they have been held.


title: Bounties for murder of political candidates in Colombia
uri: Bounties-for-murder-of-political-candidates-in-Colombia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Bounties_for_murder_of_political_candidates_in_Colombia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Bounties_for_murder_of_political_candidates_in_Colombia%29

content:
<p>
Colombia's principal terrorist group, the state-linked paramilitaries,
have announced 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/04/colombia-british-government-human-rights">bounties
for the murder of political candidates</a>.


title: Karzai has been holding peace talks with Taliban for months
uri: Karzai-has-been-holding-peace-talks-with-Taliban-for-months
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Karzai_has_been_holding_peace_talks_with_Taliban_for_months)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Karzai_has_been_holding_peace_talks_with_Taliban_for_months%29

content:
<p>
Karzai has been holding 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/04/hamid-karzai-talking-to-taliban-for-months">peace
talks with the Taliban</a> for months.
<p>
I wish these talks had made progress.  Given that the Afghan
government lacks the support necessary to defeat the Taliban, and that
it increasingly 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/04/afghanistan-law-victims-violence-women">spits
on women's rights</a>, I don't think trying to "win the war" makes any
sense.
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/04/pakistan-peace-talks-taliban">Pakistan
is also trying</a> to talk with the Taliban.


title: Antidemocratic Party in Thailand sues to invalidate elections
uri: Antidemocratic-Party-in-Thailand-sues-to-invalidate-elections
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Antidemocratic_Party_in_Thailand_sues_to_invalidate_elections)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Antidemocratic_Party_in_Thailand_sues_to_invalidate_elections%29

content:
<p>
The Antidemocratic Party in Thailand has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/04/thailand-opposition-annul-election-yingluck-shinawatra">sued
to invalidate the elections on the grounds that the actions of the
Antidemocratic Party interfered with voting</a>.


title: Foreign journalists escape from Egypt
uri: Foreign-journalists-escape-from-Egypt
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html 05_February_2014_(Foreign_journalists_escape_from_Egypt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_February_2014_%28Foreign_journalists_escape_from_Egypt%29

content:
<p>
Several foreign journalists succeeded in 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/04/dutch-journalist-rena-netjes-egypt">escaping
from Egypt</a> before they could be captured by the forces of state
repression.
<p>
The coup has taken Egypt from a danger of repression to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/04/egypt-attack-media-journalists-political-activism">blatant
repression</a>.


