# articles

feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(Urgent:_Restore_Snowdens_passport)
title: Urgent: Restore Snowden's passport
uri: Urgent-Restore-Snowden-s-passport
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Restore_Snowdens_passport%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8711">Call
on Secretary of State Kerry</a> to restore Snowden's passport.


title: Russians' irrational hate for Greenpeace protesters
uri: Russians-irrational-hate-for-Greenpeace-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(Russians_irrational_hate_for_Greenpeace_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28Russians_irrational_hate_for_Greenpeace_protesters%29

content:
<p>
Russians seem to hate the Greenpeace protesters 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/18/greenpeace-trial-winds-tears-sympathy">irrationally</a>.
<p>
These Russians have been fooled, like the non-rich Americans that
think they will be better off if we burn oil from the Arctic Ocean.
In the latter case, they have been fooled by 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#17_October_2013_(False_balance_in_media)">media
manipulation</a>.
<p>
In the Russian case, it is Putin's media manipulation.


title: Preservation of inefficient systems
uri: Preservation-of-inefficient-systems
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(Preservation_of_inefficient_systems)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28Preservation_of_inefficient_systems%29

content:
<p>
Inefficient systems are often preserved because 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/19/truth-about-inefficiency-oliver-burkeman">someone
benefits from them</a>, and sometimes the benefits are not obvious.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(Care_for_old_people)
title: Care for old people
uri: Care-for-old-people
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28Care_for_old_people%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/19/mother-home-lonely-jeremy-hunt-elderly-people-care">What's
needed</a> for compassionate care for old people.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(UK_dissidents_to_sue_the_state)
title: UK dissidents to sue the state
uri: UK-dissidents-to-sue-the-state
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28UK_dissidents_to_sue_the_state%29
content:
<p>
UK dissidents will sue the state for 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/18/police-legal-challenge-secret-files-protesters">keeping
records on them as "extremists"</a>.


title: Thousands of Britons sued for tax payments they can't afford
uri: Thousands-of-Britons-sued-for-tax-payments-they-can-t-afford
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(Thousands_of_Britons_sued_for_tax_payments_they_cant_afford)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28Thousands_of_Britons_sued_for_tax_payments_they_cant_afford%29

content:
<p>
Thousands of poor Britons are being sued for 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/oct/18/thousands-court-council-tax">new
tax payments</a> they can't afford.
<p>
The court notices urged them not to attend the hearing so that they
would lose by default.  This reminds me of the way Republicans 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-jul-oct.html#26_October_2012_(Republicans_tell_voters_wrong_date_and_place_to_vote)">spread
lies about the time and place of voting</a> so as to sabotage poor
voters.


title: Australia's gov't seeks to cut research grants for clean energy
uri: Australia-s-gov-t-seeks-to-cut-research-grants-for-clean-energy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(Australias_govt_seeks_to_cut_research_grants_for_clean_energy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28Australias_govt_seeks_to_cut_research_grants_for_clean_energy%29

content:
<p>
Australia's government is looking for budget cuts, and first in line
are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/18/coalition-may-take-back-clean-technology-grant-offers-of-53m">research
grants for clean energy</a>.
<p>
This will knock down the economy, as well as making it harder to avoid
burning fossil fuels, thus killing two birds with one stone.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(16000_species_of_trees_in_Amazonia)
title: 16,000 species of trees in Amazonia
uri: 16-000-species-of-trees-in-Amazonia
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%2816000_species_of_trees_in_Amazonia%29

content:
<p>
Statistically analyzing surveys from different parts of Amazonia
suggests that there are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/18/amazon-rainforest-tree-species-estimate">16,000
different species</a> of trees in the whole forest.
<p>
1/3 of these species are estimated to have under 1000 members.
Practically speaking, there is no chance of identifying them.
<p>
Think of that when people talk about preserving species outside their
ecosystems, or perhaps preserving tissue or DNA.  If the Amazon forest
dries out and burns up, it will never come back.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(Apples_iMessage_security_claims)
title: Apple's iMessage security claims
uri: Apple-s-iMessage-security-claims
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28Apples_iMessage_security_claims%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/18/imessage-qualcast-security-weakness">Apple's
iMessage Security Claims 'Basically Just Lies', Say Researchers</a>.
<p>
Here are 
<a href="http://blog.quarkslab.com/imessage-privacy.html">technical
details</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(The_crushing_tyranny_of_Iran)
title: The crushing tyranny of Iran
uri: The-crushing-tyranny-of-Iran
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28The_crushing_tyranny_of_Iran%29
content:
<p>
In the crushing tyranny of Iran, even walking a dog is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/18/in-iran-walking-your-dog-is-a-symbol-of-resistance">dangerous</a>.


title: The climate change that caused the Sahara to become desert
uri: The-climate-change-that-caused-the-Sahara-to-become-desert
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(The_climate_change_that_caused_the_Sahara_to_become_desert)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28The_climate_change_that_caused_the_Sahara_to_become_desert%29

content:
<p>
Research into the historical climate of today's Sahara desert shows
that it 
<a href="
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/18/scientists-somali-pirates-sahara-origins">dried
up in just 100 or 200 years</a>.
<p>
This rapid change, about 5000 years ago, was caused by a much slower
change in the Earth's orbital parameters.  The crucial point is that a
slow increase in heat coming in can make a rapid change in climate.
<p>
We're now causing a much faster change in heat coming in (or, more
precisely, a faster reduction in how much heat can escape into space
each night).  Maybe regions will become deserts in 10 years.


title: Requiring parental consent for teenagers seeking abortions
uri: Requiring-parental-consent-for-teenagers-seeking-abortions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 20_October_2013_(Requiring_parental_consent_for_teenagers_seeking_abortions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#20_October_2013_%28Requiring_parental_consent_for_teenagers_seeking_abortions%29

content:
<p>
Nebraska's requirement for parental consent 
<a href="http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/10/06/in-denying-a-16-year-old-judicial-bypass-nebraska-supreme-court-creates-ban-on-abortions-for-minors-in-state-custody/">forces
teenagers to have children</a> because they are "not mature enough"
for an abortion.


title: TSA document admits its security activities are mostly security theater
uri: TSA-document-admits-its-security-activities-are-mostly-security-theate
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 20_October_2013_(TSA_document_admits_its_security_activities_are_mostly_security_theater)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#20_October_2013_%28TSA_document_admits_its_security_activities_are_mostly_security_theater%29

content:
<p>
A secret TSA document admits what its critics have said: its 
<a href="http://www.infowars.com/internal-tsa-documents-body-scanners-pat-downs-not-for-terrorists/">airport
security activities are mostly security theater</a>.  They would be
ineffective against the supposed threat, which fortunately does not
exist anyway.
<p>
This implies that the TSA recognizes that the supposed reason for the
no-fly list is invalid.  Meanwhile, Senator Feinstein called for
<a href="http://tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/sen-dianne-feinstein-add-people-to-no-fly-list-based-on-tips-from-family/">putting
people on the no-fly list based on a secret tip from relatives</a>.
<p>
That the TSA concealed this from the court is even more outrageous
than the way it treats us.
<p>
Let's roll down the curtains on the TSA!


title: NSA massive surveillance of French phone calls
uri: NSA-massive-surveillance-of-French-phone-calls
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(NSA_massive_surveillance_of_French_phone_calls)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28NSA_massive_surveillance_of_French_phone_calls%29

content:
<p>
NSA massive surveillance of French phone calls
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/21/snowden-leaks-france-us-envoy-nsa-surveillance">created
a diplomatic incident.</a>
<p>
Massive surveillance of citizens is just as bad when the French
government does it as when the US government does it.
<p>
It's awfully ironic that Hollande threatened the US with blocking a
treaty that threatens democracy and that no country should ever sign.


title: UK's new nuclear reactors are a stupid deal
uri: UK-s-new-nuclear-reactors-are-a-stupid-deal
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(UK's_new_nuclear_reactors_are_a_stupid_deal)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28UK%27s_new_nuclear_reactors_are_a_stupid_deal%29

content:
<p>
Nuclear energy's string of broken
promises <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2013/oct/21/nuclear-power-energy-edf-deal
">shows that the the UK's new nuclear reactors are a stupid deal</a>.
Now they have promised many sorts of subsidies, while pretending they
are not subsidies.
<p>
I wonder who convinced them to do this, and how much it cost.


title: The Pebble Mine in Alaska is not dead
uri: The-Pebble-Mine-in-Alaska-is-not-dead
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(The_Pebble_Mine_in_Alaska_is_not_dead)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28The_Pebble_Mine_in_Alaska_is_not_dead%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/21/alaska-bristol-bay-gold-mine-pebble">The
Pebble Mine in Alaska is not dead.</a>


title: Public Force Feeding To Protest Gitmo
uri: Public-Force-Feeding-To-Protest-Gitmo
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(Public_Force_Feeding_To_Protest_Gitmo)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28Public_Force_Feeding_To_Protest_Gitmo%29

content:
<p>
"Constant agony": Anti-Torture Activist
Undergoes <a href="http://rt.com/usa/activist-undergo-force-feeding-427/">Public
Force Feeding To Protest Gitmo.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(Uranium_Ore_Temps_Tanzania)
title: Uranium Ore Temps Tanzania
uri: Uranium-Ore-Temps-Tanzania
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28Uranium_Ore_Temps_Tanzania%29
content:
<p>
Uranium
Ore <a href="http://www.dw.de/uranium-ore-tempts-tanzania-to-dig-dangerously/a-17169439">Tempts
Tanzania to Dig Dangerously.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(The_Yes_Men_Pose_As_Oil_Executives)
title: The Yes Men Pose As Oil Executives
uri: The-Yes-Men-Pose-As-Oil-Executives
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28The_Yes_Men_Pose_As_Oil_Executives%29

content:
<p>
The Yes
Men <a href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/15746/pipeline_pranksters/">Pose
As Oil Executives.</a>


title: Right-wing states denied medical coverage to 5 million poor
uri: Right-wing-states-denied-medical-coverage-to-5-million-poor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 21_October_2013_(Right-wing_states_denied_medical_coverage_to_5_million_poor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#21_October_2013_%28Right-wing_states_denied_medical_coverage_to_5_million_poor%29

content:
<p>
Right-wing states
have <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-17/push-against-obamacare-leaves-5-million-without-coverage.html">denied
medical coverage to 5 million poor Americans.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(War_profiteering)
title: War profiteering
uri: War-profiteering
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28War_profiteering%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/21-0">'Shock
Doctrine' Americana: Endless War as the Ultimate Business Model</a>.


title: Loss of crop diversity during the 20th century
uri: Loss-of-crop-diversity-during-the-20th-century
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(Loss_of_crop_diversity_during_the_20th_century)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28Loss_of_crop_diversity_during_the_20th_century%29

content:
<p>
The Food and Agriculture Organization says that 
<a href="http://www.fao.org/news/story/jp/item/46803/icode/">75% of
crop diversity</a> was lost during the 20th century.
<p>
The use of GMOs is now destroying even more.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(TSA:_Theater-of-Security_Agency)
title: TSA: Theater-of-Security Agency
uri: TSA-Theater-of-Security-Agency
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28TSA%3A_Theater-of-Security_Agency%29

content:
<p>
The TSA (Theater-of-Security Agency) 
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2197957/Now-TSA-agents-testing-drinks-purchased-INSIDE-airport.html">tested
passengers' drinks for explosive</a> — drinks they had purchased
inside the terminal.
<p>
Of course, the 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#15_October_2013_(No_real_security_gained_from_massive_general_surveillance)">imaginary</a>
would-be terrorist could easily avoid this obstacle: he only had to
wait until getting on the plane before mixing the hypothetical
dangerous substance with water received from the flight attendant.
Good thing he doesn't exist.
<p>
Another clever TSA trick: 
<a href="http://www.infowars.com/new-tsa-policy-ordering-travelers-to-freeze-on-command/">ordering
all the travelers in the security check area to freeze instantly</a>,
and menacing them if they don't.
<p>
Reports from more victims: 
<a href="http://www.infowars.com/confirmed-the-tsa-is-ordering-travelers-to-freeze-on-command/">http://www.infowars.com/confirmed-the-tsa-is-ordering-travelers-to-freeze-on-command/</a>
<p>
The reason is, there's no telling what they might have to do to stop
the imaginary would-be terrorist, so they must drill us into
unthinking instant obedience as a precaution.
<p>
Now that we know that would-be terrorist does not exist, let's make
the Theater-of-Security Agency not exist.


title: Case Study in Perils of Pesticide-Heavy GMO-Crop Boom
uri: Case-Study-in-Perils-of-Pesticide-Heavy-GMO-Crop-Boom
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(Case_Study_in_Perils_of_Pesticide-Heavy_GMO-Crop_Boom)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28Case_Study_in_Perils_of_Pesticide-Heavy_GMO-Crop_Boom%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/20-1">Argentina:
Case Study in Perils of Pesticide-Heavy GMO-Crop Boom</a>.
<p>
Although "Roundup-ready" corn supposedly permits the use of a small
amount of herbicide, the amount needed has been increasing as weeds
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-sep-dec.html#23_December_2012_(Monsanto_GMOs_increase_herbicide_use)">develop
resistance</a>, and previous techniques employed a clever combination
of methods to avoid pesticides.


title: Centralized storage of medical and car travel records
uri: Centralized-storage-of-medical-and-car-travel-records
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(Centralized_storage_of_medical_and_car_travel_records)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28Centralized_storage_of_medical_and_car_travel_records%29

content:
<p>
Considering 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/20/artificial-intelligence-impact-lives">ethical
issues</a> raised by AI programs applied to people's medical records,
or to driving cars.
<p>
The ethical issues mentioned in this article are not the biggest ones
that these technologies raise.
<p>
For medical records (including prescriptions), the biggest issue is
not whether IBM's program should be allowed to chew on them, but a
logically prior issue: whether everyone's medical records should be
put in a centralized data base where the state can trivially look at
them, even in less sophisticated ways.
<p>
For driverless cars, assuming are as safe as human drivers, who to
blame for the occasional accident will be a side issue.  The biggest
issues will be whether they construct for each person a 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">travel
dossier that GCHQ or the NSA can study years later</a>, and whether
they condemn today's 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#8_January_2013_(Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics)">millions
of paid drivers</a> to the underclass of the permanently unemployed.
<p>
In the times of increasing unemployment, and redistribution of wealth
to the rich, efficiency is a misguided goal.


title: Torture of political prisoners in Ethiopia
uri: Torture-of-political-prisoners-in-Ethiopia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(Torture_of_political_prisoners_in_Ethiopia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28Torture_of_political_prisoners_in_Ethiopia%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.hrw.org/node/119837">Report</a> on the torture of
political prisoners in Ethiopia.
<p>
The US also forces prisoners to hold painful
"<a href='http://www.stallman.org/archives/2004-mar-jun.html#18%20May%202004%20(Torture%20in%20Afghanistan)'>stress
positions</a>".


title: US congress wants additional sanctions against Iran
uri: US-congress-wants-additional-sanctions-against-Iran
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(US_congress_wants_additional_sanctions_against_Iran)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28US_congress_wants_additional_sanctions_against_Iran%29

content:
<p>
Just as negotiations with Iran offer some hope of success, the US
congress wants to impose 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/julian-borger-global-security-blog/2013/oct/18/us-sanctions-iran-nuclear">additional
sanctions</a>.
<p>
I think it is clear what's going on.  The powerful Zionist lobby,
backed by the money of 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2004-may-aug.html#21%20July%202004%20(Uncritical%20support%20for%20Israeli%20policies%20from%20Christian%20fanatics)">lunatic
right-wing Christians</a> who think they can cause the second coming
of Jesus if they rebuild the temple in Jerusalem,
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_September_2013_(Rouhani_making_effort_for_reconciliation_with_US)">wants
Iran to remain an enemy of the US</a>, would like to prevent any deal.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(Pacific_ocean_full_of_human_junk)
title: Pacific ocean full of human junk
uri: Pacific-ocean-full-of-human-junk
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28Pacific_ocean_full_of_human_junk%29

content:
<p>
Ivan MacFadyen sailed across the Pacific and found it a desert 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/21/yachtsman-describes-horror-at-dead-rubbish-strewn-pacific-ocean">filled
with human junk</a>, where he used to find fish.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(Fructose_in_food)
title: Fructose in food
uri: Fructose-in-food
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28Fructose_in_food%29
content:
<p>
Endorsement of fructose in food is based on 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/21/fructose-poison-sugar-industry-pseudoscience">mistaken
science</a>.


title: EU to stop exempting US companies from EU data protection laws
uri: EU-to-stop-exempting-US-companies-from-EU-data-protection-laws
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(EU_to_stop_exempting_US_companies_from_EU_data_protection_laws)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28EU_to_stop_exempting_US_companies_from_EU_data_protection_laws%29

content:
<p>
An EU Parliament committee 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/22/meps-data-privacy-rules-snowden-nsa-gchq">voted
to stop exempting US data processing companies</a> from EU data
protection laws.
<p>
This is one step in a long process, but it is a good one.


title: The trail of horsemeat in discount "beef" burgers in the UK
uri: The-trail-of-horsemeat-in-discount-beef-burgers-in-the-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(The_trail_of_horsemeat_in_discount_beef_burgers_in_the_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28The_trail_of_horsemeat_in_discount_beef_burgers_in_the_UK%29

content:
<p>
The trail of horsemeat in discount "beef" burgers in the UK is
quite 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/22/horsemeat-scandal-guardian-investigation-public-secrecy">complex</a>.
<p>
The same complex business arrangements lead to contaminated food in
the UK, and 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/09/bangladesh-aswad-factory-safety-net">factory
fires in Bangladesh</a>. For public safety, we must not allow supply
chains to be so complex.  We must require registration of these
details such that business can't shift around so easily.  It might
also be wise not to allow chopped meat to be shipped internationally.
<p>
I wonder if the reason such complex supply chains are frequent is
because they provide opportunities to hide abuses.  Otherwise, each
level would tend to increase costs.


title: US universities impose surveillance on students and staff
uri: US-universities-impose-surveillance-on-students-and-staff
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(US_universities_impose_surveillance_on_students_and_staff)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28US_universities_impose_surveillance_on_students_and_staff%29

content:
<p>
US universities impose 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/22/online-social-media-surveillance-university-campuses">broad
and intolerable surveillance</a> on students and staff.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(The_US_military)
title: The US military
uri: The-US-military
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28The_US_military%29
content:
<p>
The US military is so powerful that no rival can defeat it,
but when used, instead of a victory it achieves 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/22-6">devastation</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(Hydroelectric_power_in_China)
title: Hydroelectric power in China
uri: Hydroelectric-power-in-China
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28Hydroelectric_power_in_China%29
content:
<p>
China is extending hydroelectric power by 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/22/china-hydroelectric-dam-three-gorges">leaps
and bounds</a>.


title: US drone attacks in Yemen and Pakistan are war crimes
uri: US-drone-attacks-in-Yemen-and-Pakistan-are-war-crimes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(US_drone_attacks_in_Yemen_and_Pakistan_are_war_crimes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28US_drone_attacks_in_Yemen_and_Pakistan_are_war_crimes%29

content:
<p>
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say that US drone attacks
in Yemen and Pakistan are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/22/amnesty-us-officials-war-crimes-drones">war
crimes</a>.
<p>
They also warn that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/22/us-drone-strikes-influence-middle-east">others
are getting drones</a> and will use them against Americans.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(JP_Morgan_settlement)
title: JP Morgan settlement
uri: JP-Morgan-settlement
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28JP_Morgan_settlement%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/22">What Fine? Why
JP Morgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank</a>.
<p>
Bankers <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/21-5">should
go to jail</a> for those crimes.


title: Australian wildfires causing hazardous air pollution
uri: Australian-wildfires-causing-hazardous-air-pollution
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(Australian_wildfires_causing_hazardous_air_pollution)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28Australian_wildfires_causing_hazardous_air_pollution%29

content:
<p>
The Australian wildfires are causing 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/21/air-quality-hazardous-rating-for-parts-of-new-south-wales-as-bushfires-rage">hazardous
air pollution</a> in a large area.


title: Food companies that paid to defeat initiative for GMO labeling
uri: Food-companies-that-paid-to-defeat-initiative-for-GMO-labeling
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(Food_companies_that_paid_to_defeat_initiative_for_GMO_labeling)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28Food_companies_that_paid_to_defeat_initiative_for_GMO_labeling%29

content:
<p>
A 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/10/21-3">list of
food companies</a> that paid secretly to defeat Washington state's
initiative for GMO labeling.


title: Journals refusing to publish research sponsored by tobacco companies
uri: Journals-refusing-to-publish-research-sponsored-by-tobacco-companies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(Journals_refusing_to_publish_research_sponsored_by_tobacco_companies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28Journals_refusing_to_publish_research_sponsored_by_tobacco_companies%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/sifting-the-evidence/2013/oct/21/medical-research-health">Some
scientific journals</a> now refuse to publish research sponsored by
tobacco companies, which have in the past tried to spread false doubt
based on distorted science.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 22_October_2013_(Pacific_Ocean_full_of_human_junk)
title: Pacific Ocean full of human junk
uri: Pacific-Ocean-full-of-human-junk
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#22_October_2013_%28Pacific_Ocean_full_of_human_junk%29

content:
<p>
Ivan MacFadyen sailed across the Pacific and found it a desert 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/21/yachtsman-describes-horror-at-dead-rubbish-strewn-pacific-ocean">filled
with human junk</a>, where he used to find fish.


title: Urgent: Support lawsuit against massive surveillance in Canada
uri: Urgent-Support-lawsuit-against-massive-surveillance-in-Canada
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Urgent:_Support_lawsuit_against_massive_surveillance_in_Canada)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_lawsuit_against_massive_surveillance_in_Canada%29

content:
<p>
Canadian citizens: 
<a href="https://openmedia.ca/csec">support</a> the lawsuit against
massive surveillance.


title: Urgent: Tell Senator Durbin not to cut Social Security or medical care
uri: Urgent-Tell-Senator-Durbin-not-to-cut-Social-Security-or-medical-care
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Urgent:_Tell_Senator_Durbin_not_to_cut_Social_Security_or_medical_care)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_Senator_Durbin_not_to_cut_Social_Security_or_medical_care%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/durbin_socsec_2013">tell
Senator Durbin</a> not to cut Social Security or medical care.


title: Overextraction of water from aquifer in Gaza
uri: Overextraction-of-water-from-aquifer-in-Gaza
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Overextraction_of_water_from_aquifer_in_Gaza)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Overextraction_of_water_from_aquifer_in_Gaza%29

content:
<p>
The siege of Gaza, which 
<a href="http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/politics/activism/7181-act-gaza-to-run-out-of-drinking-water-by-2016">forces
people to extract too much water from the local aquifer</a>, will make
it permanently salinified and useless in a few years.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Islamic_extremists_in_Egypt)
title: Islamic extremists in Egypt
uri: Islamic-extremists-in-Egypt
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Islamic_extremists_in_Egypt%29
content:
<p>
Islamic extremists in Egypt 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/21/egypt-gunmen-fire-coptic-christian-wedding-cairo">attacked
a wedding celebration and killed people</a>.
<p>
The Bush forces 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/~rms/archives/2004-mar-jun.html#24%20May%202004%20(Handing%20over%20sovereignty)">did
that in Iraq</a>, with far more casualties, but not intentionally as
this time.
<p>
It appears that the violent massacre of the Muslim Brotherhood
protesters has lead to a spreading violent Islamist uprising.  The
Islamists were not the initial aggressors; the military attacked them
first.  However, the Islamists' choice of targets shows that it
doesn't take much to get Islamists to kill innocent people that they
have dehumanized.
<p>
I think this will lead most Egyptians to hate the Islamists even more.
I won't blame them for that, but they will be playing into the
military's hands if they don't aim for democracy.


title: Lies told to the Supreme Court about NSA surveillance
uri: Lies-told-to-the-Supreme-Court-about-NSA-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Lies_told_to_the_Supreme_Court_about_NSA_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Lies_told_to_the_Supreme_Court_about_NSA_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
The US executive branch has 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/when-will-government-officially-correct-false-claims-it-made-supreme-court-about">lied
to the Supreme Court about NSA surveillance</a>, as well as to
Congress and the public.


title: Loopholes in EU privacy legislation
uri: Loopholes-in-EU-privacy-legislation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Loopholes_in_EU_privacy_legislation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Loopholes_in_EU_privacy_legislation%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/major-loopholes-in-privacy-regulation-eu-parliament-must-stand-for-citizens">Major
Loopholes in Privacy Regulation — EU Parliament Must Stand For
Citizens</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.edri.org/eudatap_vote">Data Protection Vote
— One Step Forward, Two Big Steps Backwards</a>.


title: Early stages of global heating in Australia
uri: Early-stages-of-global-heating-in-Australia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Early_stages_of_global_heating_in_Australia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Early_stages_of_global_heating_in_Australia%29

content:
<p>
While Australian politicians talk about the cost of avoiding global
heating, Australia is experiencing the high cost of the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2013/oct/22/climate-reality-al-gore-cost-of-carbon">early
stages of global heating</a>.


title: Pesticides used in GMOs in Argentina causing surge in diseases
uri: Pesticides-used-in-GMOs-in-Argentina-causing-surge-in-diseases
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Pesticides_used_in_GMOs_in_Argentina_causing_surge_in_diseases)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Pesticides_used_in_GMOs_in_Argentina_causing_surge_in_diseases%29

content:
<p>
The pesticides used on GMOs in Argentina seem to be causing a surge in
<a href="http://www.chron.com/default/article/Argentines-link-health-problems-to-agrochemicals-4913038.php">cancer,
birth defects, and other diseases</a>.


title: Some US cities reversing past privatizations
uri: Some-US-cities-reversing-past-privatizations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Some_US_cities_reversing_past_privatizations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Some_US_cities_reversing_past_privatizations%29

content:
<p>
Some US cities are 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/10/12281/monterey-peninsula-fights-profit-american-water-public-control">reversing
past privatizations</a> of important services such as water supply.


title: Obamacare's startup IT problems caused by private contractors
uri: Obamacare-s-startup-IT-problems-caused-by-private-contractors
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Obamacares_startup_IT_problems_caused_by_private_contractors)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Obamacares_startup_IT_problems_caused_by_private_contractors%29

content:
<p>
Obamacare's startup IT problems were caused by 
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/how-out-control-private-contractors-botched-obamacare-rollout?paging=off">rip-offs
by private contractors</a>.


title: Apple makes it easy for NSA to collect users' address books
uri: Apple-makes-it-easy-for-NSA-to-collect-users-address-books
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Apple_makes_it_easy_for_NSA_to_collect_users_address_books)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Apple_makes_it_easy_for_NSA_to_collect_users_address_books%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/how-apples-address-book-app-could-allow-the-nsa-to-harvest-your-contacts/">How
Apple makes it easy</a> for the NSA to collect users' address books.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Sale_of_personal_data_by_Experian)
title: Sale of personal data by Experian
uri: Sale-of-personal-data-by-Experian
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Sale_of_personal_data_by_Experian%29

content:
<p>
Experian 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/can-we-trust-the-data-brokers-who-store-our-most-intimate-private-details/">sold
personal data on 500,000 people</a> to a company that made them
available for "identity theft".


title: UK thugs who lied about politician being repeatedly disciplined
uri: UK-thugs-who-lied-about-politician-being-repeatedly-disciplined
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(UK_thugs_who_lied_about_politician_being_repeatedly_disciplined)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28UK_thugs_who_lied_about_politician_being_repeatedly_disciplined%29

content:
<p>
Three UK thugs who lied about politician Andrew Mitchell (saying he
called them "plebs")
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/23/plebgate-officers-refuse-apologise-mitchell">getting
repeatedly disciplined.</a>
<p>
They should be punished, but what about when thugs lie about someone
who isn't a Tory politician?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Countrywide_convicted_of_fraud)
title: Countrywide convicted of fraud
uri: Countrywide-convicted-of-fraud
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Countrywide_convicted_of_fraud%29
content:
<p>
Countrywide, a major US mortgage
company, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/23/bank-of-america-countrywide-guilty-fraud">has
been convicted of fraud.</a>
<p>
Hooray!  But there are many other banks that committed fraud, and
Obama <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html#11_February_2012_%28Obama_And_Banksters%29">let
most of them off the hook.</a>


title: Politicians like privatization of services
uri: Politicians-like-privatization-of-services
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Politicians_like_privatization_of_services)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Politicians_like_privatization_of_services%29

content:
<p>
Politicians like privatization of services because
it <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/23/outsourcing-ministers-resign-privatisation-nuclear-royal-mail">enables
them to duck responsibility for subsequent bad service.</a>


title: Facebook graph search is harbinger of many dangers
uri: Facebook-graph-search-is-harbinger-of-many-dangers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Facebook_graph_search_is_harbinger_of_many_dangers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Facebook_graph_search_is_harbinger_of_many_dangers%29

content:
<p>
Facebook graph search is the harbinger of many
dangers <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/privacynotice/2013/10/16/the-chilling-implications-of-democratizing-big-data-facebook-graph-search-is-only-the-beginning/">if
lots of people can analyze "big data" about other people.</a>


title: Thugs attack nonviolent Native American anti-fracking protesters
uri: Thugs-attack-nonviolent-Native-American-anti-fracking-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Thugs_attack_nonviolent_Native_American_anti-fracking_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Thugs_attack_nonviolent_Native_American_anti-fracking_protesters%29

content:
<p>
The Canadian
government <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/21/new-brunswick-fracking-protests">sent
thugs to attack nonviolent Native American anti-fracking
protesters</a>; the mainstream media are spinning it in favor of
fracking.


title: TSA checking passengers' background before they get to airport
uri: TSA-checking-passengers-background-before-they-get-to-airport
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(TSA_checking_passengers'_background_before_they_get_to_airport)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28TSA_checking_passengers%27_background_before_they_get_to_airport%29

content:
<p>
The Theater of Security Agency
is <a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/10/22/omg-wtf-tsa.html">checking
airline passengers' background extensively before they get to the
airport</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/business/security-check-now-starts-long-before-you-fly.html">More
detail.</a>
<p>
If there is a serious reason to suspect someone might be of planning
terrorism aimed at airplanes, it is more just to search him carefully
than to arbitrarily stop him from flying.  But such searches presume
there is a real reason for concern.  The TSA privately admits there
isn't any, that
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#20_October_2013_%28TSA_document_admits_its_security_activities_are_mostly_security_theater%29">airport
security operation is mere security theater</a>, but they are prepared
to spread distrust through society to carry it out.


title: The Guys In Charge Of Our Nuclear Arsenal
uri: The-Guys-In-Charge-Of-Our-Nuclear-Arsenal
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(The_Guys_In_Charge_Of_Our_Nuclear_Arsenal)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28The_Guys_In_Charge_Of_Our_Nuclear_Arsenal%29

content:
<p>
A Problem With
Discipline: <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/further/2013/10/22-4">The
Guys In Charge Of Our Nuclear Arsenal Are Napping, Gambling and
Otherwise Screwing Up.</a>


title: Compensation to victims of Rana Plaza factory fire
uri: Compensation-to-victims-of-Rana-Plaza-factory-fire
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Compensation_to_victims_of_Rana_Plaza_factory_fire)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Compensation_to_victims_of_Rana_Plaza_factory_fire%29

content:
<p>
Big clothing companies still
have <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/23/rana-plaza-factory-disaster-compensation-bangladesh">not
agreed to pay compensation to the victims of last December's Rana
Plaza factory fire in Bangladesh</a>.
<p>
We should not leave this up to those companies.  We should make the
company that imports the goods and/or commissions their production
responsible for (1) keeping track of subcontractor in its supply
chain, and (2) applying Western standards of working conditions to all
of them.
<p>
The issue applies also
to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/10/22-3">palm
oil production.</a>


title: Global heating is increasing danger of wildfires in Australia
uri: Global-heating-is-increasing-danger-of-wildfires-in-Australia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Global_heating_is_increasing_danger_of_wildfires_in_Australia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Global_heating_is_increasing_danger_of_wildfires_in_Australia%29

content:
<p>
25 years of evidence show
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/planet-oz/2013/oct/23/climate-change-tony-abbott-australia-bushfire-science">global
heating is increasing the danger of wildfires in Australia</a>, but
Australia's PM brashly denies the facts.
<p>
He could not have won the election if he were stupid, so the
explanation must be something worse.
<p>
Meanwhile, Faux
News <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/oct/23/climate-change-climate-change-scepticism">promotes
denial through false balance,</a>
which <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#17_October_2013_%28False_balance_in_media%29">validates
denialists even more than if it presented only them.</a>


title: Urgent: Repeal deadly blasphemy law
uri: Urgent-Repeal-deadly-blasphemy-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(Urgent:_Repeal_deadly_blasphemy_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Repeal_deadly_blasphemy_law%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Pakistan
to <a href="http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/3900?n=40695455.L_Mb4V">repeal
its deadly blasphemy law.</a>


title: The prospects for Americans who work
uri: The-prospects-for-Americans-who-work
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 23_October_2013_(The_prospects_for_Americans_who_work)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_%28The_prospects_for_Americans_who_work%29

content:
<p>
The prospects for Americans who work for a living (or need to) are
getting ever worse;
but <a href="http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~unger/articles/descent.html">methods
to reverse these developments are known.</a>


title: $40 Million Allocated for Drone Victims Never Reaches Them
uri: 40-Million-Allocated-for-Drone-Victims-Never-Reaches-Them
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_($40_Million_Allocated_for_Drone_Victims_Never_Reaches_Them)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28%2440_Million_Allocated_for_Drone_Victims_Never_Reaches_Them%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/23-4">$40 Million
Allocated for Drone Victims Never Reaches Them.</a>


title: India wants to legalize copying textbooks
uri: India-wants-to-legalize-copying-textbooks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(India_wants_to_legalize_copying_textbooks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28India_wants_to_legalize_copying_textbooks%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131023/08004824979/india-wants-students-researchers-to-have-right-to-photocopy-books.shtml">India
wants to legalize copying textbooks.</a>


title: Koch brother leading fight against Cape Wind
uri: Koch-brother-leading-fight-against-Cape-Wind
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Koch_brother_leading_fight_against_Cape_Wind)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Koch_brother_leading_fight_against_Cape_Wind%29

content:
<p>
The third Koch brother, a fossil-fuel
billionaire, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/us/koch-brother-wages-12-year-fight-over-wind-farm.html?pagewanted=all">is
leading the fight against Cape Wind</a>.
<p>
If he can prevent offshore wind power from taking off, his companies
will be more profitable, and as they raise the temperature, his family
will buy a way out of it.


title: How Much of JP Morgan's $13 Billion Fine Will Taxpayers Pay
uri: How-Much-of-JP-Morgan-s-13-Billion-Fine-Will-Taxpayers-Pay
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(How_Much_of_JP_Morgan's_$13_Billion_Fine_Will_Taxpayers_Pay)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28How_Much_of_JP_Morgan%27s_%2413_Billion_Fine_Will_Taxpayers_Pay%29

content:
<p>
How Much of JP Morgan's $13 Billion
Fine <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/23-8">Will
Taxpayers Pay?</a>


title: Charge reduced to "hooliganism" for Greenpeace activists
uri: Charge-reduced-to-hooliganism-for-Greenpeace-activists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Charge_reduced_to_hooliganism_for_Greenpeace_activists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Charge_reduced_to_hooliganism_for_Greenpeace_activists%29

content:
<p>
The absurd charge of "piracy" with 15 years imprisonment against the
Greenpeace activists and their embedded
journalists <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/23/arctic-30-russia-charges-greenpeace">has
been reduced to the absurd charge of "hooliganism"</a>, for which the
penalty is 7 years.
<p>
At least it's a step forward.
<p>
Don't forget
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#05_October_2013_%28Dissidents_in_the_US_face_imprisonment%29">US
protesters who face 30 years in prison</a> for their purely symbolic
"damage" to a US nuclear base.


title: Community and Student Groups Debunk Charter School Mythology
uri: Community-and-Student-Groups-Debunk-Charter-School-Mythology
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Community_and_Student_Groups_Debunk_Charter_School_Mythology)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Community_and_Student_Groups_Debunk_Charter_School_Mythology%29

content:
<p>
'Big Dollars, Little
Sense': <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/23-6">Community
and Student Groups Debunk Charter School Mythology</a>.


title: Senator Warren wants banksters prosecuted
uri: Senator-Warren-wants-banksters-prosecuted
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Senator_Warren_wants_banksters_prosecuted)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Senator_Warren_wants_banksters_prosecuted%29

content:
<p>
Senator Warren agrees: 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/10/elizabeth-warren-letter-wall-street-jail">prosecute
the banksters who committed fraud</a>.


title: Authors corrupted into approving political censorship in China
uri: Authors-corrupted-into-approving-political-censorship-in-China
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Authors_corrupted_into_approving_political_censorship_in_China)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Authors_corrupted_into_approving_political_censorship_in_China%29

content:
<p>
The lure of royalties from Chinese publication has 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/world/asia/authors-accept-censors-rules-to-sell-in-china.html?_r=1">corrupted
many authors</a> into approving political censorship of their books.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Global_heating_threatens_beer)
title: Global heating threatens beer
uri: Global-heating-threatens-beer
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Global_heating_threatens_beer%29
content:
<p>
Global heating threatens 
<a href="http://support.edf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=five_fall_favorites_at_risk">beer,
apples, and maple syrup</a>. The end of American football would be a
good thing, but not good enough to justify global catastrophe.


title: US textbook publishers stand up to demands from Texas Christians
uri: US-textbook-publishers-stand-up-to-demands-from-Texas-Christians
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(US_textbook_publishers_stand_up_to_demands_from_Texas_Christians)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28US_textbook_publishers_stand_up_to_demands_from_Texas_Christians%29

content:
<p>
US textbook publishers 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/10/textbook-publishers-ignoring-texas-school-boards-inane-interventions/">stood
up to demands from Texas Christians</a> to undermine evolution in
biology textbooks.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Air_pollution_linked_to_cancer)
title: Air pollution linked to cancer
uri: Air-pollution-linked-to-cancer
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Air_pollution_linked_to_cancer%29
content:
<p>
The International Agency for Research on Cancer says that air
pollution is 
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/17/2795791/air-pollution-cancer/">definitely
linked to cancer</a>.
<p>
Presently business-funded pundits will start grasping at straws to
cast doubt on this conclusion.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_cuts_in_food_stamps)
title: Urgent: Oppose cuts in food stamps
uri: Urgent-Oppose-cuts-in-food-stamps
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_cuts_in_food_stamps%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/544">oppose</a> cuts in
food stamps.


title: Urgent: Stricter regulations on large banks
uri: Urgent-Stricter-regulations-on-large-banks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Urgent:_Stricter_regulations_on_large_banks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stricter_regulations_on_large_banks%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/letter_grayson_banks/">support</a>
Rep. Grayson's push for stricter regulations on large banks.


title: Corporations claiming "religious liberty"
uri: Corporations-claiming-religious-liberty
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Corporations_claiming_religious_liberty)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Corporations_claiming_religious_liberty%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/10/22/corporations-claiming-religious-liberty-try-to-infringe-on-their-employees-religious-liberty/">Corporations
Claiming "Religious Liberty" Try to Infringe on Their Employees'
Religious Liberty</a>.


title: Prisoner asks UN to investigate US practice of solitary confinement
uri: Prisoner-asks-UN-to-investigate-US-practice-of-solitary-confinement
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Prisoner_asks_UN_to_investigate_US_practice_of_solitary_confinement)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Prisoner_asks_UN_to_investigate_US_practice_of_solitary_confinement%29

content:
<p>
Prisoner Russell Shoatz, held in solitary confinement for 22 years,
has 
<a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/10/the-u-s-s-64-square-foot-torture-chambers/">asked
the UN to investigate the practice</a>, which is very widespread in
the US.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(NSAs_spying_on_Germanys_officials)
title: NSA's spying on Germany's officials
uri: NSA-s-spying-on-Germany-s-officials
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28NSAs_spying_on_Germanys_officials%29

content:
<p>
NSA spying on Germany's highest officials has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/24/germany-summons-us-ambassador-nsa-merkel-phone">cost
the US yet more international support</a>.
<p>
Germans should be concerned about snooping by their own government, as
well as by the US government.  German snooping on them could be
directly dangerous for them, whereas US snooping can only harm them on
special occasions.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Genital_mutilation)
title: Genital mutilation
uri: Genital-mutilation
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Genital_mutilation%29
content:
<p>
One brand of Sunni Islam 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/24/female-genital-mutilation-film-changing-kurdistan-law">says
that women who don't have genital mutilation are "impure"</a>.


title: Election support received by Obama from digital and communication industries
uri: Election-support-received-by-Obama-from-digital-and-communication-indu
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 24_October_2013_(Election_support_received_by_Obama_from_digital_and_communication_industries)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_%28Election_support_received_by_Obama_from_digital_and_communication_industries%29

content:
<p>
In the 2012 election, Obama received 
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/surveillance-state-and-democrats?paging=off">tremendous
support from companies in digital and communication industries</a>,
perhaps explaining his continuation and intensification of Bush's
surveillance.


title: Company bludgeoned Scottish workers into accepting big givebacks
uri: Company-bludgeoned-Scottish-workers-into-accepting-big-givebacks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Company_bludgeoned_Scottish_workers_into_accepting_big_givebacks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Company_bludgeoned_Scottish_workers_into_accepting_big_givebacks%29

content:
<p>
A company bludgeoned Scottish workers into accepting big givebacks by
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/25/grangemouth-closure-reverse-union-ineos">threatening
to shut the plant instead.</a>
<p>
In such a situation, a government on the workers' side would have
nationalized the plant for the depreciated value of the equipment,
then resold it to the workers.


title: Movie companies trying to escape taxation
uri: Movie-companies-trying-to-escape-taxation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Movie_companies_trying_to_escape_taxation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Movie_companies_trying_to_escape_taxation%29

content:
<p>
Movie companies are trying
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/25/new-zealand-film-industry-avatar-risk">play
countries against each other to escape taxation</a>.
<p>
For countries to compete in this way leads to loss for everyone.  The
whole idea is self-defeating and foolish — unless their real
goal is to enrich the rich more, in which case it is a roaring
success.


title: "Congressional oversight of the NSA is a joke"
uri: Congressional-oversight-of-the-NSA-is-a-joke
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Congressional_oversight_of_the_NSA_is_a_joke)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Congressional_oversight_of_the_NSA_is_a_joke%29

content:
<p>
Rep. Grayson
says, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/25/nsa-no-congress-oversight">"Congressional
oversight of the NSA is a joke".</a>


title: Two Roma accepted a baby from a woman now face charges of child abduction
uri: Two-Roma-accepted-a-baby-from-a-woman-now-face-charges-of-child-abduct
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Two_Roma_accepted_a_baby_from_a_woman_now_face_charges_of_child_abduction)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Two_Roma_accepted_a_baby_from_a_woman_now_face_charges_of_child_abduction%29

content:
<p>
Two Roma who accepted a baby from a woman who couldn't support another
child <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/25/dna-tests-confirms-bulgarian-woman-mother-maria-greece">now
face charges of "child abduction".</a>
<p>
That woman ought to have had an abortion rather than bring a child
into the world that she could not support.  However, to call these
events "abduction" is a lie.  When a law asserts a lie, that doesn't
make the lie true, it only makes the law a liar.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Saudi_women_to_protest_by_driving)
title: Saudi women to protest by driving
uri: Saudi-women-to-protest-by-driving
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Saudi_women_to_protest_by_driving%29

content:
<p>
Saudi women plan
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/25/saudi-arabia-women-action-driving-laws">protest
by driving for the right to drive.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Profit_from_campaign_contributions)
title: Profit from "campaign contributions"
uri: Profit-from-campaign-contributions
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Profit_from_campaign_contributions%29

content:
<p>
How members of the US Congress and their
families <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57608255/washingtons-open-secret-profitable-pacs/">profit
from their "campaign contributions".</a>


title: Urgent: Cut Pentagon not Social Security or Medicare
uri: Urgent-Cut-Pentagon-not-Social-Security-or-Medicare
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Urgent:_Cut_Pentagon_not_Social_Security_or_Medicare)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Cut_Pentagon_not_Social_Security_or_Medicare%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell
Congress, <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dont-cut-social-security-20?source=c.url&r_by=1135580">cut
the Pentagon, not Social Security or Medicare.</a>


title: Urgent: Do not let Senator Cruz impose his will on FCC
uri: Urgent-Do-not-let-Senator-Cruz-impose-his-will-on-FCC
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Urgent:_Do_not_let_Senator_Cruz_impose_his_will_on_FCC)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Do_not_let_Senator_Cruz_impose_his_will_on_FCC%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the
senate <a href="http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=CruzFCC">not
to let Senator Cruz impose his will on the FCC.</a>


title: Urgent: Join protest against Intercontinental Hotels
uri: Urgent-Join-protest-against-Intercontinental-Hotels
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Urgent:_Join_protest_against_Intercontinental_Hotels)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Join_protest_against_Intercontinental_Hotels%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: join a protest on Nov 5 against Intercontinental Hotels
<a href="http://www.freetibet.org/intercontinental/global-day-action">for
its collaboration in the occupation of Tibet.</a>


title: Urgent: Remove US troops from Afghanistan by end of 2014
uri: Urgent-Remove-US-troops-from-Afghanistan-by-end-of-2014
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Urgent:_Remove_US_troops_from_Afghanistan_by_end_of_2014)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Remove_US_troops_from_Afghanistan_by_end_of_2014%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on Obama
to <a href="http://livableworld.org/afghanistanzero">remove all US
troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.</a>


title: Urgent: Tell US not to let JP Morgan deduct penalty from taxes
uri: Urgent-Tell-US-not-to-let-JP-Morgan-deduct-penalty-from-taxes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Urgent:_Tell_US_not_to_let_JP_Morgan_deduct_penalty_from_taxes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_US_not_to_let_JP_Morgan_deduct_penalty_from_taxes%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell the
US <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/doj_jpmorgan?referring_akid=a127848426.1183552">not
to let JP Morgan deduct any of its penalty (for fraud) from its
taxes</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Urgent:_Rebuke_McDonalds)
title: Urgent: Rebuke McDonalds
uri: Urgent-Rebuke-McDonalds
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Rebuke_McDonalds%29
content:
<p>
Everyone: Rebuke McDonalds
for <a href="http://action.ourfuture.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=249&utm_source=self&utm_Medium=email&utm_Campaign=blst2">buying
a luxury jet while paying workers so little they need public
assistance</a>.
<p>
If McDonald says competitive pressures don't let it give workers a
raise, it should support an increased minimum wage so that its
competitors will have to do likewise.


title: Refuting UK gov't pro-GMO misinformation
uri: Refuting-UK-gov-t-pro-GMO-misinformation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(Refuting_UK_gov't_pro-GMO_misinformation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28Refuting_UK_gov%27t_pro-GMO_misinformation%29

content:
<p>
Refuting the UK
government's <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/24/owen-paterson-minister-gm-hype">pro-GMO
misinformation.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 25_October_2013_(UK_gov't_sold_its_post_office)
title: UK gov't sold its post office
uri: UK-gov-t-sold-its-post-office
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_October_2013_%28UK_gov%27t_sold_its_post_office%29

content:
<p>
The UK government sold its post
office <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/24/royal-mail-worth-10bn-jp-morgan">for
40% of what it was told it could get</a>.
<p>
Bad for the treasury, but great for the purchasers, whoever they were.
<p>
Their campaign to destroy the National Health Service by underfunding
it is going great guns, as staff at many
hospitals <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/24/patient-safety-under-threat-say-staff-english-nhs-hospitals">say
the cuts threaten patients' safety.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Urgent:_Reduce_arms_sales)
title: Urgent: Reduce arms sales
uri: Urgent-Reduce-arms-sales
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Reduce_arms_sales%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8735">call
on Obama</a> to reduce, not expand, arms sales.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Urgent:_Social_Security_pledge)
title: Urgent: Social Security pledge
uri: Urgent-Social-Security-pledge
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Social_Security_pledge%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/pledge_ss_gb/">take
the Social Security pledge</a>.


title: Urgent: Ban brokers and investment advisors from forcing arbitration
uri: Urgent-Ban-brokers-and-investment-advisors-from-forcing-arbitration
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Urgent:_Ban_brokers_and_investment_advisors_from_forcing_arbitration)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Ban_brokers_and_investment_advisors_from_forcing_arbitration%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12329">tell
your Congresscritter</a> to support banning brokers and investment
advisors from requiring their customers to agree to mandatory
arbitration.


title: Boycott of products from Israeli settlements
uri: Boycott-of-products-from-Israeli-settlements
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Boycott_of_products_from_Israeli_settlements)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Boycott_of_products_from_Israeli_settlements%29

content:
<p>
French advocates of boycotting Israel have been 
<a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=61577">prosecuted</a>
and acquitted for this, over and over.
<p>
A Liberal Zionist calls for anti-occupation Jews to 
<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/16/if-you-want-two-states-support-bds.html">support
boycotts, divestment and sanctions</a> too.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(The_carbon_budget)
title: The carbon budget
uri: The-carbon-budget
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28The_carbon_budget%29
content:
<p>
The world's global heating negotiations won't dare confront the
crucial point that there's a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/24/ipcc-carbon-budget-warsaw-climate-change-christiana-figueres">limited
budget of carbon that we can afford to emit</a>.
<p>
When Figueres says that allotting part of the carbon budget to each
country "would presume that there is no advance in technology [to
reduce emissions]", that is an error.  It is just the opposite: if the
US is allowed to release X more tons of CO<sub>2</sub>, and through
advanced technology it cuts the CO<sub>2</sub> release of a certain
activity in half, it could therefore do twice as much of that
activity.


title: Australian gov't tries to detract attention from cause of fires
uri: Australian-govt-tries-to-detract-attention-from-cause-of-fires
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Australian_govt_tries_to_detract_attention_from_cause_of_fires)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Australian_govt_tries_to_detract_attention_from_cause_of_fires%29

content:
<p>
The thoroughly fossil Australian government is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/24/bushfires-coalition-straw-man-against-burning-issue
">burning a straw man to distract attention</a> from a painfully hot
fact: pumping greenhouse gases into the air makes for ever worse
forest fires.
<p>
On a given day, causing "bushfire weather" does not imply causing a
fire.  However, over any length of time, causing more bushfire weather
implies causing more fires.


title: Australian leader's endorsement of brutal colonization
uri: Australian-leader-s-endorsement-of-brutal-colonization
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Australian_leaders_endorsement_of_brutal_colonization)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Australian_leaders_endorsement_of_brutal_colonization%29

content:
<p>
Australian leader Abbott endorsed 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/24/west-papuans-live-in-terror-mr-abbott">Indonesia's
brutal colonization of West Papua</a>.


title: Pakistani agencies' cooperation with CIA on drone attacks
uri: Pakistani-agencies-cooperation-with-CIA-on-drone-attacks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Pakistani_agencies_cooperation_with_CIA_on_drone_attacks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Pakistani_agencies_cooperation_with_CIA_on_drone_attacks%29

content:
<p>
Leaked documents show that Pakistani agencies 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/24-0">cooperated
with the CIA on drone attacks</a> while the government of Pakistan
denied this.


title: Enemies created by US drone attacks
uri: Enemies-created-by-US-drone-attacks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Enemies_created_by_US_drone_attacks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Enemies_created_by_US_drone_attacks%29

content:
<p>
Nabeel Khoury, formerly of the US State Department, says that 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/24">each drone
attack gives the US 40 t0 60 new enemies</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Urgent:_Prosecute_JP_Morgan)
title: Urgent: Prosecute JP Morgan
uri: Urgent-Prosecute-JP-Morgan
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Prosecute_JP_Morgan%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://other98.com/dont-negotiate-with-chase-prosecute-them/">call
on the US</a> to prosecute JP Morgan instead of negotiating with it.


title: Urgent: Rebuke CNN for nuclear power propaganda
uri: Urgent-Rebuke-CNN-for-nuclear-power-propaganda
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Urgent:_Rebuke_CNN_for_nuclear_power_propaganda)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Rebuke_CNN_for_nuclear_power_propaganda%29

content:
<p>
In the US: 
<a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8755">rebuke
CNN</a> for its one-sided documentary to promote nuclear power.


title: The US soldiers and officers in charge of nuclear weapons
uri: The-US-soldiers-and-officers-in-charge-of-nuclear-weapons
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(The_US_soldiers_and_officers_in_charge_of_nuclear_weapons)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28The_US_soldiers_and_officers_in_charge_of_nuclear_weapons%29

content:
<p>
US soldiers and officers in charge of nuclear weapons repeatedly show
a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/25/eric-schlosser-nuclear-weapons-command-control">shocking
lack of discipline</a>.


title: Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian cameraman
uri: Israeli-soldiers-shoot-Palestinian-cameraman
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Israeli_soldiers_shoot_Palestinian_cameraman)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Israeli_soldiers_shoot_Palestinian_cameraman%29

content:
<p>
Israeli soldiers 
<a href="http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=23456">shot
a Palestinian cameraman in the head</a> with a rubber-coated bullet,
and he's now in the hospital.


title: Increased construction of colonies in Palestine
uri: Increased-construction-of-colonies-in-Palestine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Increased_construction_of_colonies_in_Palestine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Increased_construction_of_colonies_in_Palestine%29

content:
<p>
Israel has 
<a href="http://www.palestinechronicle.com/peace-now-70-percent-rise-in-settlement-construction-starts/">greatly
increased</a> the construction of colonies in Palestine.
<p>
Israel moved chemical plants into Tulkarem in Palestine so they could
spew 
<a href="http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/politics/palestinian-society-/7197-tulkarem-a-city-under-dust">unregulated
pollution</a>.


title: Former soldier asks for reduced sentence for Chelsea Manning
uri: Former-soldier-asks-for-reduced-sentence-for-Chelsea-Manning
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Former_soldier_asks_for_reduced_sentence_for_Chelsea_Manning)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Former_soldier_asks_for_reduced_sentence_for_Chelsea_Manning%29

content:
<p>
Former soldier Peter Van Buren's 
<a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/10/23/activists-targeted-by-justice-department-suspect-arrest-of-palestinian-organizer-for-immigration-fraud-connected/">letter
asking for a reduced sentence for Chelsea Manning</a> (fka Bradley
Manning).


title: Israeli legislature considering bills against Palestinians
uri: Israeli-legislature-considering-bills-against-Palestinians
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Israeli_legislature_considering_bills_against_Palestinians)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Israeli_legislature_considering_bills_against_Palestinians%29

content:
<p>
The Israeli legislature is considering many bills to 
<a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=61497">attack the
human rights of Palestinians, and in some cases Israeli Arabs too</a>,
as well as a bill to 
<a href="http://news.antiwar.com/2013/10/20/new-israeli-bill-would-ban-negotiating-with-palestinians-on-jerusalem/">rule
out any territorial concessions in Jerusalem</a> (which I suspect
would include the nearby Arab towns that have been annexed to
Jerusalem) and thus assure there is no peace agreement.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(New_Spanish_pun)
title: New Spanish pun
uri: New-Spanish-pun
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28New_Spanish_pun%29
content:
<p>
New Spanish
<a href="http://stallman.org/spanish_puns.html">
pun about Christopher Columbus</a>.


title: Egypt's gov't proposes to legalize killing of protesters
uri: Egypt-s-gov-t-proposes-to-legalize-killing-of-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Egypts_govt_proposes_to_legalize_killing_of_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Egypts_govt_proposes_to_legalize_killing_of_protesters%29

content:
<p>
Egypt's military-dominated government proposes to legalize the 
<a href="http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/10/draconian-bill-regulating-protests-fuels-fear-egypt/">killing
of protesters</a>, which is already 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#15_August_2013_(Egyptian_suppression_forces_killed_over_500_protesters)">its 
practice</a>.


title: Failure of Monsanto's GMO corn in South Africa
uri: Failure-of-Monsanto-s-GMO-corn-in-South-Africa
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Failure_of_Monsantos_GMO_corn_in_South_Africa)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Failure_of_Monsantos_GMO_corn_in_South_Africa%29

content:
<p>
Monsanto's GMO corn failed in South Africa, as pests developed
resistance, so now it is 
<a href="http://www.acbio.org.za/index.php/media/64-media-releases/448-monsantos-failed-sa-gm-maize-pushed-into-rest-of-africa">trying
to push the same corn in the rest of Africa</a>.


title: Thug faces criminal charges for trying frame the man he shot
uri: Thug-faces-criminal-charges-for-trying-frame-the-man-he-shot
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Thug_faces_criminal_charges_for_trying_frame_the_man_he_shot)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Thug_faces_criminal_charges_for_trying_frame_the_man_he_shot%29

content:
<p>
A thug who shot a schizophrenic man in Dallas, then 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/24/dallas-police-fire-officer-shot-mentally-ill-man">tried
to frame him</a>, faces criminal charges.
<p>
It's standard practice for thugs to frame people; a fraction are
caught, but even most of those are not prosecuted.  Perhaps Chief
Brown deserves the title of "policeman" instead of "thug".


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Chinese_torturers_on_trial)
title: Chinese torturers on trial
uri: Chinese-torturers-on-trial
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Chinese_torturers_on_trial%29
content:
<p>
Chinese torturers are on trial after they 
<a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1338582/communist-partys-secretive-judicial-system-laid-bare-torture-case">tortured
a suspect to death</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 26_October_2013_(Global_heating)
title: Global heating
uri: Global-heating
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#26_October_2013_%28Global_heating%29
content:
<p>
ExxonMobil knows what effects global heating will have, and 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/25/climate-change-exxon-fossil-fuel">considers
them an opportunity to extract more hard-to-get oil</a>, which will
cause even more heating.
<p>
You'd think they lived on another planet and didn't have to share
ours.
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/25/bushfire-climate-change-emergency-agenda">Australia
was warned years ago</a> that global heating would lead to increased
bush fires.


title: Urgent: Save Americas Pollinator's Act
uri: Urgent-Save-Americas-Pollinator-s-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Urgent:_Save_Americas_Pollinators_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Save_Americas_Pollinators_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1142.php">call on
Congress</a> to pass the Save America's Pollinators Act.


title: Urgent: Strict limits on CO2 pollution from power plants
uri: Urgent-Strict-limits-on-CO2-pollution-from-power-plants
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Urgent:_Strict_limits_on_CO2_pollution_from_power_plants)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Strict_limits_on_CO2_pollution_from_power_plants%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12324">call
on the EPA</a> to put strict limits on CO<sub>2</sub> pollution from 
power plants.


title: 450,000 Iraqi civilians killed as result of Bush invasion
uri: 450-000-Iraqi-civilians-killed-as-result-of-Bush-invasion
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(450,000_Iraqi_civilians_killed_as_result_of_Bush_invasion)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28450%2C000_Iraqi_civilians_killed_as_result_of_Bush_invasion%29

content:
<p>
A new scientific study estimates that 
<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/15/iraq-war-civiliandeathtoll500knewstudyestimates.html">450,000
Iraqi civilians</a> were killed as a result of the Bush invasion,
through 2011.


title: Situation in Israel compared with apartheid in South Africa
uri: Situation-in-Israel-compared-with-apartheid-in-South-Africa
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Situation_in_Israel_compared_with_apartheid_in_South_Africa)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Situation_in_Israel_compared_with_apartheid_in_South_Africa%29

content:
<p>
Uri Avnery 
<a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1382707541/">compares
and contrasts</a> the situation in Israel with apartheid in South
Africa.


title: Bushbama's extension of NSA surveillance
uri: Bushbama-s-extension-of-NSA-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Bushbamas_extension_of_NSA_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Bushbamas_extension_of_NSA_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Bushbama's extension of NSA surveillance 
<a href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/15737/return_to_nixonland_nsa_spying/">recapitulates
Nixon</a>.
<p>
Here's my idea on 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">how
to address this problem</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Flaws_of_neoclassical_economics)
title: Flaws of neoclassical economics
uri: Flaws-of-neoclassical-economics
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Flaws_of_neoclassical_economics%29

content:
<p>
Letters about the flaws of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/25/reconnecting-economics-and-real-life">neoclassical
economics</a>, which is economics as designed to justify the policies
that rich people want.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Limiting_executives_pay)
title: Limiting executives' pay
uri: Limiting-executives-pay
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Limiting_executives_pay%29
content:
<p>
An initiative petition in Switzerland proposes limiting an executive's
pay to 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/25-3">12 times
the least paid staff of the company</a>.
<p>
I agree with this in principle, but I fear it will lead to more
subcontracting of the lowest-paid workers.  Thus, it needs a companion
measure to prevent a change in that direction.  Since contracting out
work is an avenue for so many abuses, including some that 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#04_December_2012_(Burned-down_factory_in_Bangladesh)">endanger
workers' lives</a> or 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#09_February_2013_(System_of_fraud_put_horsemeat_in_UK_beef)">encourage
fraud</a>, we need to limit it in any case.


title: Private companies helping thugs spy on protesters
uri: Private-companies-helping-thugs-spy-on-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Private_companies_helping_thugs_spy_on_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Private_companies_helping_thugs_spy_on_protesters%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/25-1">Meet the
Private Companies Helping Cops Spy on Protesters</a>.


title: Murdoch's newspapers condemn the US for fining fraudulent banks
uri: Murdoch-s-newspapers-condemn-the-US-for-fining-fraudulent-banks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Murdochs_newspapers_condemn_the_US_for_fining_fraudulent_banks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Murdochs_newspapers_condemn_the_US_for_fining_fraudulent_banks%29

content:
<p>
Murdoch's newspapers turn the facts upside down, condemning the US for
fining fraudulent banks a 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/25-12">small
fraction of what they gained</a>.
<p>
I've moved out most of the money I had in (what had merged into) a big
bank.  Have you?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Iraqs_divisions)
title: Iraq's divisions
uri: Iraq-s-divisions
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Iraqs_divisions%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/24/iraq-leadership-people-death-toll-unity">Iraqis
think their country should be united</a>, but nobody sees how that
could happen.
<p>
Iraq's divisions have been sucked into the Sunni-Shi'ite conflict,
which is itself largely the result of Bush's invasion of Iraqi.
<p>
Robert Fisk says the US is 
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/how-the-sunnishia-schism-is-dividing-the-world-8899780.html">taking
the Sunni side</a>, but the recent Saudi outburst seems to indicate
that the rulers are not satisfied and want the US to do so even more
strongly.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Deaths_due_to_hotter_summers)
title: Deaths due to hotter summers
uri: Deaths-due-to-hotter-summers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Deaths_due_to_hotter_summers%29
content:
<p>
Hotter summers are 
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/23/2825661/extreme-heat-deadly-sweden/">killing
people in Sweden, as well as China and the US</a>.
<p>
Imagine how bad it will be when the average global temperature is 4C
hotter, or even 6C hotter.
<p>
Canada is on track to exceed its 2020 CO<sub>2</sub> emission target
by 
<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/canadas-forecast-exceed-2020-emission-target-122-million-tonnes-co2.html">almost
20%</a>.


title: Crony Capitalism Disguised As Economic Development
uri: Crony-Capitalism-Disguised-As-Economic-Development
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Crony_Capitalism_Disguised_As_Economic_Development)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Crony_Capitalism_Disguised_As_Economic_Development%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/10/23/report-governors-engaging-in-crony-capitalism-disguised-as-economic-development/">Report:
Governors Engaging In Crony Capitalism Disguised As Economic
Development</a>.


title: Another tsunami hits Fukushima area
uri: Another-tsunami-hits-Fukushima-area
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Another_tsunami_hits_Fukushima_area)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Another_tsunami_hits_Fukushima_area%29

content:
<p>
Another earthquake caused a tsunami that 
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/25/japan-earthquake-fukushima-prefecture_n_4164181.html">hit
the Fukushima area</a>.
<p>
Fortunately it was small and did not affect the nuclear plants.  But
what about the next one?  The cleanup will take decades.  If a big
tsunami comes in the coming year, it will wash away the used fuel that
remains on the site.  It could even cause a fission reaction if it
pushes the used fuel rods, stored in a pool, together and causes
criticality.
<p>
Have they built a tsunami defense dam to protect against this?


title: Head of NSA says US should shut down journalism
uri: Head-of-NSA-says-US-should-shut-down-journalism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Head_of_NSA_says_US_should_shut_down_journalism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Head_of_NSA_says_US_should_shut_down_journalism%29

content:
<p>
The head of the NSA said that the US should shut down 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/25/europe-erupts-nsa-spying-chief-government">journalism
about massive surveillance</a>.
<p>
Every NSA staffer, including him, has sworn to prevent the government
from doing that.


title: GCHQ's fear of public and legal backlash
uri: GCHQ-s-fear-of-public-and-legal-backlash
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(GCHQs_fear_of_public_and_legal_backlash)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28GCHQs_fear_of_public_and_legal_backlash%29

content:
<p>
GCHQ 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/leaked-memos-gchq-mass-surveillance-secret-snowden">feared
public and legal backlash</a> if the extent of its spying on the
public became known.


title: Companies are now exercising "investor-state" provisions
uri: Companies-are-now-exercising-investor-state-provisions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Companies_are_now_exercising_investor-state_provisions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Companies_are_now_exercising_investor-state_provisions%29

content:
<p>
Many companies are now exercising "investor-state" provisions that
give
them <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-09/rennert-800-million-toxic-lead-fight-roils-global-trade.html">more
rights in other countries than the citizens of those countries.</a>
<p>
We can call them the "unequal treaties", and all of them should be
abolished.


title: Forever war is forever profit — for some
uri: Forever-war-is-forever-profit-for-some
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Forever_war_is_forever_profit_%26mdash;_for_some)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Forever_war_is_forever_profit_%2526mdash%3B_for_some%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/21-0">Forever war is
forever profit — for some.</a>


title: Right wing is winning the battle in Washington
uri: Right-wing-is-winning-the-battle-in-Washington
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Right_wing_is_winning_the_battle_in_Washington)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Right_wing_is_winning_the_battle_in_Washington%29

content:
<p>
The right wing is winning the battle in Washington on a basic
question:
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/23-0">what is the
economic problem that the US faces.</a>
<p>
This relates to
the <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/24-7">political
influence of plutocrats' money.</a>
<p>
The voting principle for Americans should be, "Punish every expensive
right-wing campaign."  You can't go far wrong by marching towards the
sound of the TV attack ads.
<p>
Of course, that heuristic is not guaranteed to be right all the time,
but is usually right.  The nasty things the ads accuse are probably
misleading half truths.  But even if once in a while the accusation is
spot on, it is a side issue.  The fact that the rich are paying to
attack a candidate is an overwhelming point in her favor.  Anything
bad about her is secondary.
<p>
Thus, if you don't have time to study an issue or a race in depth,
vote for the progressive side that the plutocrats attack.


title: Thugs shot 13-year-old who was reportedly carrying pellet gun
uri: Thugs-shot-13-year-old-who-was-reportedly-carrying-pellet-gun
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Thugs_shot_13-year-old_who_was_reportedly_carrying_pellet_gun)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Thugs_shot_13-year-old_who_was_reportedly_carrying_pellet_gun%29

content:
<p>
California
thugs <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/27/california-andy-lopez-killing-fbi-investigation">shot
a 13-year-old who was reportedly carrying a pellet gun that looks like
an AK-47</a>.
<p>
We can't take their word that this is what happened; the facts must be
independently verified.
<p>
If the facts are as stated, I can't blame the thugs this time.  If you
carry a realistic replica of a deadly weapon, people will treat it as
real.  To give a child such a replica is terribly foolish; to have one
is foolish too.  If this starts to happen often enough to be more than
a rare fluke, it would make sense to ban them.  But I doubt that will
happen.


title: 'Targeted' Killings and US Drones' Civilian Victims
uri: Targeted-Killings-and-US-Drones-Civilian-Victims
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_('Targeted'_Killings_and_US_Drones'_Civilian_Victims)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28%27Targeted%27_Killings_and_US_Drones%27_Civilian_Victims%29

content:
<p>
Time for the Truth
about <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/23-1">'Targeted'
Killings and US Drones' Civilian Victims.</a>


title: Reinstating Edward Snowden's passport
uri: Reinstating-Edward-Snowden-s-passport
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Reinstating_Edward_Snowden's_passport)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Reinstating_Edward_Snowden%27s_passport%29

content:
<p>
Why reinstating Edward Snowden's
passport <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/23">is an
important issue.</a>


title: Bills under consideration to curb general surveillance
uri: Bills-under-consideration-to-curb-general-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Bills_under_consideration_to_curb_general_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Bills_under_consideration_to_curb_general_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
About bills under consideration in the US
Congress <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/nsa-spying-congress-stop-intelligence-committee-and-what-watch-upcoming-bills">to
curb general surveillance</a>.
<p>
What the EFF recommends would be a step in the right direction, but in
order to really stop general surveillance we need to prevent the
creation of a massive dossier about each person.


title: Censorship is a bad way to address social problems
uri: Censorship-is-a-bad-way-to-address-social-problems
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Censorship_is_a_bad_way_to_address_social_problems)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Censorship_is_a_bad_way_to_address_social_problems%29

content:
<p>
Censorship is
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/26/facebook-lads-mags-censorship-last-resort">bad
way to try to address social problems</a>, even really bad ones.


title: Human rights for a fetus but not for the woman it is in
uri: Human-rights-for-a-fetus-but-not-for-the-woman-it-is-in
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Human_rights_for_a_fetus_but_not_for_the_woman_it_is_in)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Human_rights_for_a_fetus_but_not_for_the_woman_it_is_in%29

content:
<p>
A Wisconsin court went to great
lengths <a href="http://rt.com/usa/wisconsin-mother-fetal-protection-760/">to
respect human rights for a fetus, but not much for the woman it is
in</a>.
<p>
To take drugs that could cause abnormalities in the fetus is a grave
act if the fetus develops into a damaged human being.  It's legitimate
for the state to take steps to prevent this, but imprisoning the
mother-to-be doesn't seem very constructive, and neither was imposing
conditions that caused her to lose her job.
<p>
The absence of universal medical care in the US seems to play a role
in the problem.  This woman can't afford to see a doctor.
<p>
However, there is a point I don't understand.  When she was invited to
take her drug under medical supervision, she declined.  That sounds
like gratuitous noncooperation, and doesn't make sense.  But maybe she
had a reason — for instance, would she have had to <em>pay for
it</em>, which she could not afford?


title: Stores want to track customers by mobile phones' MAC addresses
uri: Stores-want-to-track-customers-by-mobile-phones-MAC-addresses
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Stores_want_to_track_customers_by_mobile_phones'_MAC_addresses)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Stores_want_to_track_customers_by_mobile_phones%27_MAC_addresses%29

content:
<p>
Stores want
to <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/mobile-tracking-code-conduct-falls-short-protecting-consumers">track
customers by their mobile phones' WiFi MAC addresses.</a>  The EFF
says that a proposed opt-out system is an inadequate safeguard.
<p>
As far as I'm concerned, just having a phone company track me (or you)
is too much.


title: Japan law to ban informing public about gov't secrets
uri: Japan-law-to-ban-informing-public-about-gov-t-secrets
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Japan_law_to_ban_informing_public_about_gov't_secrets)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Japan_law_to_ban_informing_public_about_gov%27t_secrets%29

content:
<p>
Japan is on the verge of passing a law
to <a href="http://japandailypress.com/state-secrets-act-feared-to-have-chilling-effect-on-journalism-in-japan-2538524/">ban
informing the public about government secrets.</a>


title: Reimportation of drugs exported from the US
uri: Reimportation-of-drugs-exported-from-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Reimportation_of_drugs_exported_from_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Reimportation_of_drugs_exported_from_the_US%29

content:
<p>
Maine has found a way around US drug gouging
by <a href="http://www.citizenvox.org/2013/10/24/maine-drug-reimportation-law-may-benefit-consumers/">allowing
reimportation of drugs exported from the US</a> for sale in Canada and
some other countries.


title: Misguided goal of cutting the US deficit
uri: Misguided-goal-of-cutting-the-US-deficit
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Misguided_goal_of_cutting_the_US_deficit)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Misguided_goal_of_cutting_the_US_deficit%29

content:
<p>
US officials' focus on the misguided goal of cutting the US deficit
<a href="http://www.citizenvox.org/2013/10/23/its-not-a-coincidence/">reflects
the money they get from rich funders.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Companies_above_countries)
title: Companies above countries
uri: Companies-above-countries
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Companies_above_countries%29
content:
<p>
Reportedly the planned US-Europe free exploitation treaty, TAFTA, is
going to include an "investor-state" provision that
would <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-wallach/trade-deal-would-elevate_b_4143626.html">elevate
foreign companies above each of the countries involved</a>.
<p>
TAFTA stands for "turn all freedom to ashes".


title: Urgent: Cuts in Social Security and medical care
uri: Urgent-Cuts-in-Social-Security-and-medical-care
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Urgent:_Cuts_in_Social_Security_and_medical_care)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Cuts_in_Social_Security_and_medical_care%29

content:
<p>
US
citizens: <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/america-wants-no-cuts">sign
this petition too against cuts in Social Security and medical
care.</a>


title: Cities no longer offer places for children to play outdoors
uri: Cities-no-longer-offer-places-for-children-to-play-outdoors
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 27_October_2013_(Cities_no_longer_offer_places_for_children_to_play_outdoors)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#27_October_2013_%28Cities_no_longer_offer_places_for_children_to_play_outdoors%29

content:
<p>
Due to changes in urban
architecture, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/26/children-have-no-space-to-play">cities
no longer offer places for children to play outdoors</a>.
<p>
There may be other factors, including exaggerated fear of declining
street crime.


title: Urgent: Call for an end to gouging prisoners on phone calls
uri: Urgent-Call-for-an-end-to-gouging-prisoners-on-phone-calls
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Urgent:_Call_for_an_end_to_gouging_prisoners_on_phone_calls)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_for_an_end_to_gouging_prisoners_on_phone_calls%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/global-tel">call for an end</a> to
gouging prisoners on phone calls.


title: Spread of Cholera from Haiti to Mexico
uri: Spread-of-Cholera-from-Haiti-to-Mexico
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Spread_of_Cholera_from_Haiti_to_Mexico)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Spread_of_Cholera_from_Haiti_to_Mexico%29

content:
<p>
Cholera has 
<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/23/239803890/haitian-cholera-strain-spreads-to-mainland-with-mexico-outbreak">spread
from Haiti to Mexico</a>.  It was 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/2010-sep-dec.html#3%20December%202010%20(Haiti%20cholera%20proving%20to%20be%20UN%20import)">introduced</a>
into Haiti by the UN "peacekeeping" forces</a> that are actually there to 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-sep-dec.html#26_October_2012_(US_aid_for_Haiti)">keep 
control for the US</a>.


title: Urgent: Oppose ban on the smell of marijuana
uri: Urgent-Oppose-ban-on-the-smell-of-marijuana
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_ban_on_the_smell_of_marijuana)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_ban_on_the_smell_of_marijuana%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/protect-marijuana-legalization-denver">call
on Denver</a> not to ban the smell of marijuana.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Massive_NSA_spying_on_France)
title: Massive NSA spying on France
uri: Massive-NSA-spying-on-France
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Massive_NSA_spying_on_France%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/21">Massive NSA
spying on France</a>, and not just "terrorists".


title: Google using anticompetitive measures against forked versions of Android
uri: Google-using-anticompetitive-measures-against-forked-versions-of-Andro
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Google_using_anticompetitive_measures_against_forked_versions_of_Android)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Google_using_anticompetitive_measures_against_forked_versions_of_Android%29

content:
<p>
Google is using 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/">anticompetitive
measures</a> to prevent the manufacture of devices that are sold with
any forked version of Android.
<p>
(The crucial point is on page 3.)  This is even more important than
the steady replacement of free apps with nonfree.
<p>
The important aspect is that includes any free version of Android,
such as 
<a href="http://replicant.us">Replicant</a>.  This is not quite the
same as the way Microsoft abuses its power in the PC market, but it
has comparable effects.
<p>
Of course, if you want freedom, you shouldn't use any of the Google
APIs, and Google Play (offering so many nonfree apps) is something to
run away from.
<p>
The article talks about "open source" rather than "free/libre
software", seeking as usual to avoid 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">ethical
opposition to nonfree software</a>.  Please don't imitate that
practice!  The way to encourage other people to think in terms of
freedom is to raise the freedom issue visibly whenever it is relevant.


title: UK allows some companies to impose Internet filters
uri: UK-allows-some-companies-to-impose-Internet-filters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(UK_allows_some_companies_to_impose_Internet_filters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28UK_allows_some_companies_to_impose_Internet_filters%29

content:
<p>
The UK allows some companies to impose filtering to 
<a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/broadband/383614/rights-holders-taking-down-legitimate-sites-in-piracy-crackdown/2">block
whatever sites they wish by calling them "pirate"</a>.
<p>
Even if a site really does do unauthorized redistribution, that is no
justification for Internet filters.


title: Urgent: Oppose impossible burdens on small farms
uri: Urgent-Oppose-impossible-burdens-on-small-farms
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_impossible_burdens_on_small_farms)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_impossible_burdens_on_small_farms%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12303">call
on the FDA</a> not to impose impossible burdens on fairly small farms.


title: Spending money on things we don't need
uri: Spending-money-on-things-we-don-t-need
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Spending_money_on_things_we_dont_need)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Spending_money_on_things_we_dont_need%29

content:
<p>
The working American's lifestyle tends to lead people to 
<a href="http://www.raptitude.com/2010/07/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed/">spend
money on things they don't need</a>.
<p>
I'm happy to say that I don't buy anything to keep up with the
Joneses, to fulfill a childhood vision of what my adulthood would be
like, or to broadcast my status to the world.  I do get some things to
cheer myself up — mostly chocolate — and that cheers me up
when I eat it.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Fox_News_sock-puppets)
title: Fox News sock-puppets
uri: Fox-News-sock-puppets
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Fox_News_sock-puppets%29
content:
<p>
Faux News is said to use 
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/20/fox-news-reportedly-used-fake-commenter-account/196509">sock-puppets
against blog postings that criticize it</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(US-based_VPN_companies)
title: US-based VPN companies
uri: US-based-VPN-companies
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28US-based_VPN_companies%29
content:
<p>
US-based VPN companies discuss 
<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/how-nsa-proof-are-vpn-providers-131023/">whether
you can trust them not to serve as tracking arms for the NSA</a>.


title: Thousands Demand End to Government Spying
uri: Thousands-Demand-End-to-Government-Spying
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Thousands_Demand_End_to_Government_Spying)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Thousands_Demand_End_to_Government_Spying%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/26-0">Thousands
Demand End to Government Spying</a>.


title: Organized crime involved in recruiting workers for Fukushima cleanup
uri: Organized-crime-involved-in-recruiting-workers-for-Fukushima-cleanup
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Organized_crime_involved_in_recruitinng_workers_for_Fukushima_cleanup)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Organized_crime_involved_in_recruitinng_workers_for_Fukushima_cleanup%29

content:
<p>
Organized crime is 
<a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/japanese-organized-crime-involved-in-recruitment-at-fukushima/5355540">involved
in recruiting workers for the Fukushima cleanup</a>.
<p>
Since they skim the workers' pay, they reduce their effective wage.
These dangerous and delicate operations need the best workers they can
find.


title: Urgent: Defend Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
uri: Urgent-Defend-Social-Security-Medicare-and-Medicaid
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Urgent:_Defend_Social_Security,_Medicare_and_Medicaid)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Defend_Social_Security%2C_Medicare_and_Medicaid%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: sign 
<a href="http://www.americawantsnocuts.com/dailykos/">this additional
petition</a> to defend Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid against
cuts.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Home_invasion_by_US_thugs)
title: Home invasion by US thugs
uri: Home-invasion-by-US-thugs
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Home_invasion_by_US_thugs%29
content:
<p>
US thugs 
<a href="http://www.constitutioncampaign.org/blog/?p=15311">invade
people's homes at night without identifying themselves</a>, and if the
people prepare to fight the intruders, the thugs often kill them.


title: When Hollywood tries to extend copyright again
uri: When-Hollywood-tries-to-extend-copyright-again
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(When_Hollywood_tries_to_extend_copyright_again)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28When_Hollywood_tries_to_extend_copyright_again%29

content:
<p>
In 5 years, we will have a battle when Hollywood 
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/25/15-years-ago-congress-kept-mickey-mouse-out-of-the-public-domain-will-they-do-it-again/">tries
to extend copyright again</a>.
<p>
We should shorten copyright instead.


title: Why AT&T shouldn't be allowed to end telephone regulation
uri: Why-AT-T-shouldn-t-be-allowed-to-end-telephone-regulation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Why_ATT_shouldnt_be_allowed_to_end_telephone_regulation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Why_ATT_shouldnt_be_allowed_to_end_telephone_regulation%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/five-reasons-att-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-ditch-monopoly-regulations/">Why</a>
AT&T shouldn't be allowed to end telephone regulation.


title: Food companies to use less saturated fat, but not less sugar
uri: Food-companies-to-use-less-saturated-fat-but-not-less-sugar
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Food_companies_to_use_less_saturated_fat,_but_not_less_sugar)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Food_companies_to_use_less_saturated_fat%2C_but_not_less_sugar%29

content:
<p>
Companies say they will make some food products with less saturated
fat, but the real danger may be from 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/26/saturated-fat-cut-pledge">the
sugar in them</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Witch-hunt_for_pedophiles)
title: Witch-hunt for "pedophiles"
uri: Witch-hunt-for-pedophiles
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Witch-hunt_for_pedophiles%29
content:
<p>
The witch-hunt for "pedophiles" has inspired overeager vigilantes to
try to catch some — and if they don't find real ones, they make
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/vigilante-paedophile-hunters-online-police">false
accusations</a>.
<p>
If an adult and a real 15-year-old agree to meet in a cafe, and if
they later have sex, that doesn't mean anyone did anything wrong.
That 15-year-old is clearly not being coerced or pressured.  People
should let them alone.
<p>
Remember the British school girl who ran away to France with her
teacher, and later said, when he was on trial for "abducting" her,
that <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_(Student_who_had_affair_with_teacher_speaks_out)">she
had asked him to run away with her</a> so they could have some last
time together?
<p>
That prosecution represented an attempt to impose a prejudice on
reality.  These vigilantes are motivated by the same prejudice.


title: Assassination by shock to implanted heart defibrillator
uri: Assassination-by-shock-to-implanted-heart-defibrillator
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Assassination_by_shock_to_implanted_heart_defibrillator)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Assassination_by_shock_to_implanted_heart_defibrillator%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/19/dick-cheney-heart-assassination-fear">Dick
Cheney Feared Assassination by Shock to Implanted Heart
Defibrillator</a>.
<p>
Cheney's worries were entirely 
<a href="
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/07/27/famed-hacker-barnaby-jack-dies-days-before-scheduled-black-hat-appearance/">justified</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17631838">More
information</a>.


title: Rape used as tool of cruelty in Syria
uri: Rape-used-as-tool-of-cruelty-in-Syria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Rape_used_as_tool_of_cruelty_in_Syria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Rape_used_as_tool_of_cruelty_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
Rape is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/26/syria-peace-talks-women-raped">regularly
used as a tool of cruelty</a> in Syria.
<p>
Of all the loathsome acts described in this article, the second worst
is that of the man who rejected his wife because she was raped.  The
worst of all is that of her father.  Their attitude also inspires the
rapes.


title: Cutting taxes to win business away from other jurisdictions
uri: Cutting-taxes-to-win-business-away-from-other-jurisdictions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Cutting_taxes_to_win_business_away_from_other_jurisdictions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Cutting_taxes_to_win_business_away_from_other_jurisdictions%29

content:
<p>
Film production in LA is disappearing as other places lure it away by
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/26/hollywood-struggles-to-halt-film-exodus">offering
tax breaks</a>.
<p>
Cutting taxes to win business away from other jurisdictions is a form
of "beggar thy neighbor": businesses play states and countries against
each other to the detriment of all of them.  Plutocrats' pet
politicians might call this outcome success, but those that are loyal
to their country should instead propose a treaty to ban competing via
tax breaks.
<p>
France 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/25/france-football-clubs-supertax">refuses
to play this fool's game</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Chinese_journalists_confession)
title: Chinese journalist's confession
uri: Chinese-journalist-s-confession
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Chinese_journalists_confession%29
content:
<p>
A Chinese journalist 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/26/chinese-tv-journalist-confessing-bribes">confessed
to making up stories about corruption</a>, saying he was bribed to
write them.
<p>
Next will he confess to making up false confessions?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Entrenchment_of_plutocracy)
title: Entrenchment of plutocracy
uri: Entrenchment-of-plutocracy
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Entrenchment_of_plutocracy%29
content:
<p>
A pessimistic view: plutocracy is entrenching itself to the point that
it will 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/28">cause a
revolution</a>.
<p>
I fear that that revolution would be the opportunity to eliminate all
the people whose work is no longer needed by the elite.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(What_was_spying_on_Merkel_for)
title: What was spying on Merkel for?
uri: What-was-spying-on-Merkel-for
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28What_was_spying_on_Merkel_for%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/28">If Obama
Didn't Know About Merkel Spying, What Was It For</a>?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Russian_prison_conditions)
title: Russian prison conditions
uri: Russian-prison-conditions
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Russian_prison_conditions%29
content:
<p>
The Greenpeace 30 illustrate the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/28/greenpeace-arctic-30-russia-jails">horrible
conditions</a> faced by Russian prisoners in general.
<p>
Don't forget that the US keeps thousands of prisoners in conditions
which are similar except that 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#24_October_2013_(Prisoner_asks_UN_to_investigate_US_practice_of_solitary_confinement)">solitary
confinement is added</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Spying_by_rent_to_own_computers)
title: Spying by "rent to own" computers
uri: Spying-by-rent-to-own-computers
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Spying_by_rent_to_own_computers%29

content:
<p>
"Rent to own" computers 
<a href="http://consumerman.com/Rent-to-own%20giant%20accused%20of%20spying%20on%20its%20customers.htm">spied
on their users</a>.
<p>
With proprietary software, spying is only to be expected.


title: Obama's chance to show due attention to danger of global heating
uri: Obama-s-chance-to-show-due-attention-to-danger-of-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Obamas_chance_to_show_due_attention_to_danger_of_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Obamas_chance_to_show_due_attention_to_danger_of_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Obama has one more chance to show due attention to the growing danger
of global heating: by 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/28/obama-keystone-xl-pipeline-climate-change">blocking
Keystone XL</a>.


title: Alan Greenspan Owes America an Apology
uri: Alan-Greenspan-Owes-America-an-Apology
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Alan_Greenspan_Owes_America_an_Apology)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Alan_Greenspan_Owes_America_an_Apology%29

content:
<p>
Dean Baker: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/28/alan-greenspan-housing-market-crisis">Alan
Greenspan Owes America an Apology</a>.


title: Wasteful consumption must be reduced
uri: Wasteful-consumption-must-be-reduced
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Wasteful_consumption_must_be_reduced)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Wasteful_consumption_must_be_reduced%29

content:
<p>
There is no way to produce "sustainably" as much as humanity is
producing now.  We need to reduce 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sustainability-dangerous-myth-over-consumption">wasteful
consumption</a>.
<p>
The article shows how the EROI (energy return on investment) for
fossil energy is declining, because we have already extracted most of
the easy-to-extract fossil fuel.  However, it errs when asserting that
renewable energy's EROI is part of the decline.
<p>
The EROI for renewable energy is increasing with advancing technology;
meanwhile, we have a long way to go before it must decline because all
the easy-to-collect renewable energy flow is already being utilized.
Even when that happens, we will be able to continue steadily drawing
the same amount of renewable energy each year at the same efficiency,
as long as the Sun keeps pumping it out as now.  In other words, the
idea of sustainability does make sense when applied to renewable
resources.
<p>
I don't think this invalidates the article's overall point however,
that we must reduce overall resource use greatly rather than just make
some activities "sustainable".


title: Opposition to Islamist fundamentalism from Muslim perspective
uri: Opposition-to-Islamist-fundamentalism-from-Muslim-perspective
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 28_October_2013_(Opposition_to_Islamist_fundamentalism_from_Muslim_perspective)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#28_October_2013_%28Opposition_to_Islamist_fundamentalism_from_Muslim_perspective%29

content:
<p>
Articulating <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/oct/28/islam-politics-karima-bennoune-fatwa-fundamentalism">opposition
to Islamist fundamentalism</a> from a Muslim perspective.


title: Urgent: Stop rubber-stamping of oil and gas pipelines
uri: Urgent-Stop-rubber-stamping-of-oil-and-gas-pipelines
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_rubber-stamping_of_oil_and_gas_pipelines)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_rubber-stamping_of_oil_and_gas_pipelines%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/stop-approving-oil-gas-infrastructure">call
on the FERC</a> to stop rubber-stamping oil and gas pipelines and
other dangerous fossil fuel infrastructure.


title: Urgent: Oppose oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea
uri: Urgent-Oppose-oil-drilling-in-the-Chukchi-Sea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_oil_drilling_in_the_Chukchi_Sea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_oil_drilling_in_the_Chukchi_Sea%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.earthjustice.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1511">tell
the US government not to approve oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea.


title: Mexican popular militias try to suppress gangster murders
uri: Mexican-popular-militias-try-to-suppress-gangster-murders
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Mexican_popular_militias_try_to_suppress_gangster_murders)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Mexican_popular_militias_try_to_suppress_gangster_murders%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/28/mexican-militias-vigilantes-drug-cartels">Mexican
popular militias</a> try to suppress gangster murders where the state
is no use.


title: Murder of Honduran dissident photographer
uri: Murder-of-Honduran-dissident-photographer
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Murder_of_Honduran_dissident_photographer)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Murder_of_Honduran_dissident_photographer%29

content:
<p>
Honduran dissident photographer Manuel de Jesús Murillo Varela
was murdered, having been threatened for years and
<a href="http://www.freemedia.at/home/singleview/article/honduran-photographer-murdered-three-years-after-human-rights-body-orders-his-protection.html">not
given the protection that he needed</a>.


title: Flowers torn out of flower boxes in DC metro
uri: Flowers-torn-out-of-flower-boxes-in-DC-metro
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Flowers_torn_out_of_flower_boxes_in_DC_metro)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Flowers_torn_out_of_flower_boxes_in_DC_metro%29

content:
<p>
A citizen planted flowers in unused flower boxes
in the DC Metro.  
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/28-5">Someone
tore them out</a>.  Perhaps the Metro tore out the flowers because
they were unauthorized and unapproved.


title: Growing Calls to Jail the Banksters
uri: Growing-Calls-to-Jail-the-Banksters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Growing_Calls_to_Jail_the_Banksters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Growing_Calls_to_Jail_the_Banksters%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/28-4">With
JPMorgan Under Spotlight, Growing Calls to Jail the Banksters</a>.


title: Syrian peace negotiations, Oslo style
uri: Syrian-peace-negotiations-Oslo-style
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Syrian_peace_negotiations,_Oslo_style)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Syrian_peace_negotiations%2C_Oslo_style%29

content:
<p>
Obama seems to want planned Syrian peace negotiations to start an
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/27/syrian-peace-process-geneva-conference">Oslo-style
process of endless negotiations that arrive nowhere</a>.
<p>
This reflects the fundamental problem of the Syrian rebels: they are
divided, and the strongest factions are as vicious as Assad's regime.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Taliban_commits_wedding_massacre)
title: Taliban commits wedding massacre
uri: Taliban-commits-wedding-massacre
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Taliban_commits_wedding_massacre%29

content:
<p>
The Taliban committed a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/28/afghan-villagers-roadside-bomb-ghazni-taliban-wedding">Bush-style
wedding massacre</a>, and the villagers took revenge on a suspected
Taliban sympathiser.
<p>
If enough Afgans feel this way, the Taliban will lose; but there's a
long way to go before that happens.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Fallacy)
title: Fallacy
uri: Fallacy
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Fallacy%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>Australia's PM argues against the danger of global heating using a
fallacy
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2013/oct/29/climate-change-bushfires-smoking-denial-tony-abbott">
so dumb that anyone can see through it.
</a></p>
<p>It's not that he's stupid, but rather than he is confident that
support for his statements will drown out all attempts to point out
the flaw in them, thanks to the influence which the fossil fuel
companies exercise over the mainstream media along with him.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Election)
title: Election
uri: Election
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Election%29
content:
<p>
A free and fair election requires freedom before voting day, as well
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/oct/29/election-reform-free-fair-polling-day">
as during the voting.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(British_Children)
title: British Children
uri: British-Children
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28British_Children%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>Over a million British children live in houses that are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/29/uk-child-poverty-cold-damp-homes-finances">
too cold
for
their health.</a></p>
<p>The Tories are working hard to increase the number, and Labour is
aiming
to maintain it. </p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Senator)
title: Senator
uri: 2013-10-30-Senator
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Senator%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>Even Senator Feinstein, supposed to "oversee" the NSA, says <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/28/nsa-surveillance-dianne-feinstein-opposed-allies">
she has
been kept in the dark.</a>
</p>
<p>In general, Feinstein supports massive general surveillance, so an
investigation won't do much good if controller by her and her like.
</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(North_Korea's_Crimes)
title: North Korea's Crimes
uri: North-Korea-s-Crimes
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28North_Korea%27s_Crimes%29
content:
<p>
Investigating and exposing North Korea's crimes against humanity
in the hope of convincing China <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/29/north-korea-joke-serious-kim-jong-un">
to demand some improvement.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 29_October_2013_(Australia)
title: Australia
uri: 2013-10-30-Australia
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_October_2013_%28Australia%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>Australian thugs search the lunchboxes of asylum seekers' children on
the way to and from school, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/29/guards-search-asylum-seeker-children">
and they don't say why.</a></p>


title: Congress plans to cut almost a million US veterans from food stamps
uri: Congress-plans-to-cut-almost-a-million-US-veterans-from-food-stamps
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 30_October_2013_(Congress_plans_to_cut_almost_a_million_US_veterans_from_food_stamps)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#30_October_2013_%28Congress_plans_to_cut_almost_a_million_US_veterans_from_food_stamps%29

content:
<p>
Congress plans
to <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/10/29/2850751/food-stamps-cut-veterans/">cut
almost a million US veterans from food stamps,</a> and other people
too.


title: Texas's law to make abortion effectively impossible
uri: Texas-s-law-to-make-abortion-effectively-impossible
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 30_October_2013_(Texas's_law_to_make_abortion_effectively_impossible)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#30_October_2013_%28Texas%27s_law_to_make_abortion_effectively_impossible%29

content:
<p>
Only part of Texas's law to make abortion effectively impossible
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/10/28/2848751/reasons-texas-abortion-decision-pro-choice-community-celebrate/">has
been rejected in its first appeal.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 30_October_2013_(People_getting_blood_cancer)
title: People getting blood cancer
uri: People-getting-blood-cancer
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#30_October_2013_%28People_getting_blood_cancer%29
content:
<p>
People Who Live Downwind Of Alberta's Oil And Tar Sands
Operations <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/28/2845411/alberta-tar-sands-pollution-cancer/">Are
Getting Blood Cancer</a>. The connection is not mysterious, given the
measured levels of pollutants in the air there.


title: Massive collection of information on phone calls in Spain and France
uri: Massive-collection-of-information-on-phone-calls-in-Spain-and-France
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 30_October_2013_(Massive_collection_of_information_on_phone_calls_in_Spain_and_France)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#30_October_2013_%28Massive_collection_of_information_on_phone_calls_in_Spain_and_France%29

content:
<p>
The NSA says that its massive collection of information on phone calls
in Spain and
France <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/10/nsa-strikes-back">comes
from intelligence agencies in those countries.</a>
<p>
It's not clear whether France reports to the NSA about phone calls in
France while Spain reports about phone calls in Spain, or whether
France reports on those in Spain and Spain reports on those in France.
<p>
If someone wanted to present the situation as "US bad, Europe good",
this would put a spike in it.  But I think the issue is that states
are massively surveilling their citizens, often with the help of other
states, and this news only indicts more governments as participants.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 30_October_2013_(Perpetual_War)
title: Perpetual War
uri: Perpetual-War
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#30_October_2013_%28Perpetual_War%29
content:
<p>
Perpetual
War: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/29-2">How Does
the Global War on Terror Ever End?</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 30_October_2013_(German_gov't_tapping_Skype_calls)
title: German gov't tapping Skype calls
uri: German-gov-t-tapping-Skype-calls
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#30_October_2013_%28German_gov%27t_tapping_Skype_calls%29

content:
<p>
The German government
is <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080918/0208152302.shtml">tapping
Skype calls, and is raiding Pirate Party politicians</a> to try to
find the leaker.


title: Urgent: No slavery in building facilities for world cup
uri: Urgent-No-slavery-in-building-facilities-for-world-cup
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 30_October_2013_(Urgent:_No_slavery_in_building_facilities_for_world_cup)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#30_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_No_slavery_in_building_facilities_for_world_cup%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: tell FIFA to insist
on <a href="http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1786&ea.campaign.id=23461&ea.url.id=177548&ea.campaigner.email=AFtdkeSOljschvbH16KG5A==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0">no
slavery in building facilities for the world cup in Qatar</a>.


title: Urgent: Derivatives in FDIC-insured bank subunits
uri: Urgent-Derivatives-in-FDIC-insured-bank-subunits
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 30_October_2013_(Urgent:_Derivatives_in_FDIC-insured_bank_subunits)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#30_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Derivatives_in_FDIC-insured_bank_subunits%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell
Congress <a href="http://other98.com/congress-dont-let-citigroup-pre-approve-the-next-bailout/">not
to allow banksters to hold derivatives in FDIC-insured bank
subunits</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html 30_October_2013_(Urgent:_Life-Saving_foreign_aid)
title: Urgent: Life-Saving foreign aid
uri: Urgent-Life-Saving-foreign-aid
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#30_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Life-Saving_foreign_aid%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell
Congress <a href="http://act.oxfamamerica.org/site/PageNavigator/ForeignAid_Survey.html?autologin=true&utm_source=Oct2013eNews&utm_medium=email&utm_content=6947134&utm_campaign=eNews">not
to cut life-saving foreign aid.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_oil_trains)
title: Urgent: Oppose oil trains
uri: Urgent-Oppose-oil-trains
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_oil_trains%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/oil_train_comments">tell the
US Department of Transportation</a> not to allow dangerous oil trains.


title: Egypt's equivalent of Jon Stewart threatened with prosecution
uri: Egypt-s-equivalent-of-Jon-Stewart-threatened-with-prosecution
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Egypts_equivalent_of_Jon_Stewart_threatened_with_prosecution)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Egypts_equivalent_of_Jon_Stewart_threatened_with_prosecution%29

content:
<p>
Egypt's equivalent of Jon Stewart is threatened with prosecution for
"<a href='http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/10/egypt-satire-bassem-youssef/'>insulting
the military</a>."
<p>
For insulting someone or something to be a crime is always an
injustice.


title: Coastal hunting of porpoises and small whales
uri: Coastal-hunting-of-porpoises-and-small-whales
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Coastal_hunting_of_porpoises_and_small_whales)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Coastal_hunting_of_porpoises_and_small_whales%29

content:
<p>
Coastal hunting of porpoises and small whales in Japan 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/31/japan-hunts-small-cetaceans-whale-dolphin-porpoise-not-sustainable">kills
thousands of them and could endanger some species</a>.  Some species
may already have been hunted so far down they can't recover.
<p>
They may take revenge on people who eat the meat.


title: Cables connecting Google and Yahoo data centers tapped by NSA
uri: Cables-connecting-Google-and-Yahoo-data-centers-tapped-by-NSA
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Cables_connecting_Google_and_Yahoo_data_centers_tapped_by_NSA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Cables_connecting_Google_and_Yahoo_data_centers_tapped_by_NSA%29

content:
<p>
Another Snowden document says that the NSA has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/30/google-reports-nsa-secretly-intercepts-data-links">tapped
cables connecting various Google and Yahoo data centers</a>.


title: Syria's chemical weapons production facilities destroyed
uri: Syria-s-chemical-weapons-production-facilities-destroyed
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Syrias_chemical_weapons_production_facilities_destroyed)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Syrias_chemical_weapons_production_facilities_destroyed%29

content:
<p>
Syria's 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/31/syria-chemical-weapons-factories-destroyed-opcw">chemical
weapons production and packaging facilities</a> have been destroyed.
<p>
Destroying the weapons that already exist will take longer.


title: UK to require companies to disclose who owns them
uri: UK-to-require-companies-to-disclose-who-owns-them
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(UK_to_require_companies_to_disclose_who_owns_them)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28UK_to_require_companies_to_disclose_who_owns_them%29

content:
<p>
The UK will cut off one avenue for tax dodging, by 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/31/public-register-firms-secret-owners-cameron">requiring
all companies to inform the public who really owns them</a>.
<p>
This is important progress, but there are many other avenues for tax
dodging.


title: Panhandlers in San Francisco getting under $25 per day
uri: Panhandlers-in-San-Francisco-getting-under-25-per-day
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 01_November_2013_(Panhandlers_in_San_Francisco_getting_under_$25_per_day)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#01_November_2013_%28Panhandlers_in_San_Francisco_getting_under_%2425_per_day%29

content:
<p>
A survey of panhandlers in San Francisco found that most of them get
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/10/30/2856411/panhandling-stats/">under
$25 per day</a>.  Less than half take drugs or alcohol.
<p>
The US should be ashamed of doing so little for the poor that they
need to do this.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Thailands_new_internet_bill)
title: Thailand's new Internet bill
uri: Thailand-s-new-Internet-bill
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Thailands_new_internet_bill%29
content:
<p>
Thailand's new Internet bill would allow the state to
<a href="http://en.rsf.org/thailand-new-internet-bill-should-be-28-10-2013,45387.html">shut
sites without a trial</a>.
<p>
Sad to say, something like this is 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/2011-jan-apr.html#17_April_2011_(US_Raids_Harm_Rights)">already
happening in the US</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Saudi_Arabia_arrests_columnist)
title: Saudi Arabia arrests columnist
uri: Saudi-Arabia-arrests-columnist
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Saudi_Arabia_arrests_columnist%29
content:
<p>
Saudi Arabia has 
<a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/29/saudi-arabia-free-journalist-who-supported-women-driving">arrested
a columnist</a> who speaks in favor of women's right to drive.


title: Maternal death rate rising in the US
uri: Maternal-death-rate-rising-in-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Maternal_death_rate_rising_in_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Maternal_death_rate_rising_in_the_US%29

content:
<p>
In the US, the maternal death rate is 
<a href="http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/10/25/why-dont-more-people-care-about-black-maternal-deaths/">rising</a>.
<p>
One possible contributing factor is the various attempts to discourage
women from taking the safer course: an abortion.


title: Thugs shut exhibit about protests in Bahrain
uri: Thugs-shut-exhibit-about-protests-in-Bahrain
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Thugs_shut_exhibit_about_protests_in_Bahrain)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Thugs_shut_exhibit_about_protests_in_Bahrain%29

content:
<p>
Thugs 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/30/bahrain-raid-uprising-exhibition">brutally
shut</a> an exhibit in Bahrain showing how protests were crushed.
<p>
The US continues supporting the Bahraini regime, and has done so all
through the suppression.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Spains_cooperation_with_the_NSA)
title: Spain's cooperation with the NSA
uri: Spain-s-cooperation-with-the-NSA
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Spains_cooperation_with_the_NSA%29

content:
<p>
Documents show how Spain 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/30/spain-colluded-nsa-spying-citizens-spanish-el-mundo-us">gives
the NSA lots of information about people in Spain</a>.
<p>
This does not excuse the NSA, it only inculpates the Spanish state.


title: Italy's proposal to shut down web sites
uri: Italy-s-proposal-to-shut-down-web-sites
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Italys_proposal_to_shut_down_web_sites)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Italys_proposal_to_shut_down_web_sites%29

content:
<p>
Italy proposes to shut web sites if they don't delete material on
demand within 
<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/italy-plans-to-wipe-out-pirate-sites-and-expose-owners-131029/">3
days' time</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(The_USA_FREEDOM_Act)
title: The USA FREEDOM Act
uri: The-USA-FREEDOM-Act
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28The_USA_FREEDOM_Act%29
content:
<p>
The ACLU says that The USA FREEDOM Act would take 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/usa-freedom-act-real-spying-reform">substantial
steps to limit the use of general surveillance</a>.
<p>
It is not clear is that this would limit surveillance enough to
prevent whistleblowers from being caught, and that means it is 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">not
enough</a>.


title: NPR accepting money from natural gas companies
uri: NPR-accepting-money-from-natural-gas-companies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(NPR_accepting_money_from_natural_gas_companies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28NPR_accepting_money_from_natural_gas_companies%29

content:
<p>
US National Public Radio is accepting 
<a href="http://npr-dont-even-thinkaboutit.org/">lots of money from
natural gas companies</a>. (Nowadays this means fracking.)
<p>
In my experience, NPR typically runs advertisements in return for this
money.  (NPR calls the advertisements "enhanced underwriting" so as
not to admit that they are advertisements.)


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Texas_voter-suppression_law)
title: Texas voter-suppression law
uri: Texas-voter-suppression-law
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Texas_voter-suppression_law%29
content:
<p>
A Texas voter-suppression law 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/29/texas-voter-id-law-women-vote">tends
to interfere with women voters</a>.


title: Drought destroying agriculture in parts of Texas
uri: Drought-destroying-agriculture-in-parts-of-Texas
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Drought_destroying_agriculture_in_parts_of_Texas)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Drought_destroying_agriculture_in_parts_of_Texas%29

content:
<p>
Persistent drought, partly caused by our CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, is
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/10/crop-insurance-west-texas-gmo">destroying
agriculture in parts of Texas</a>.


title: Urgent: Investigate arrests for "shopping while black"
uri: Urgent-Investigate-arrests-for-shopping-while-black
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Urgent:_Investigate_arrests_for_shopping_while_black)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Investigate_arrests_for_shopping_while_black%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/shoppingwhileblack/">call
on the New York Thug Department</a> to investigate arrests for
"shopping while black".


title: Divestment from fossil fuel companies
uri: Divestment-from-fossil-fuel-companies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Divestment_from_fossil_fuel_companies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Divestment_from_fossil_fuel_companies%29

content:
<p>
Divestment from fossil fuel companies is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/29/fossil-fuels-divestment-campaign-gather-momentum">spreading</a>.


title: Australian students from poor families falling into poverty
uri: Australian-students-from-poor-families-falling-into-poverty
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Australian_students_from_poor_families_falling_into_poverty)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Australian_students_from_poor_families_falling_into_poverty%29

content:
<p>
In Australia, students from poor families are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/29/coag-education-report-disadvantaged-youth">falling
into a life of poverty because of low skills</a>.  I would expect it
is the same in the US.
<p>
This may be partly due to insufficient spending on their education,
but the fact that there are no longer decent jobs for most people
could also to blame.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Presidential_election_in_Honduras)
title: Presidential election in Honduras
uri: Presidential-election-in-Honduras
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Presidential_election_in_Honduras%29

content:
<p>
Honduras is about to have a presidential election, but the
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/29/honduras-democracy-presidential-election">coup-installed
government will rig it</a>, more or less.


title: Deforestation due to gold mining in the Amazon
uri: Deforestation-due-to-gold-mining-in-the-Amazon
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Deforestation_due_to_gold_mining_in_the_Amazon)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Deforestation_due_to_gold_mining_in_the_Amazon%29

content:
<p>
Clandestine gold mining in the Amazon is causing 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/29/peruvian-amazon-illegal-goldmines-mapped">accelerating
deforestation</a>.


title: Glenn Greenwald on honesty in journalism
uri: Glenn-Greenwald-on-honesty-in-journalism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Glenn_Greenwald_on_honesty_in_journalism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Glenn_Greenwald_on_honesty_in_journalism%29

content:
<p>
Glenn Greenwald discusses honesty in journalism and the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/29/new-york-times-newspapers">factors
that degrade it</a>.


title: Mob kills man in witch hunt against pedophiles
uri: Mob-kills-man-in-witch-hunt-against-pedophiles
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Mob_kills_man_in_witch_hunt_against_pedophiles)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Mob_kills_man_in_witch_hunt_against_pedophiles%29

content:
<p>
The witch hunt against pedophiles 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/29/vigilante-murder-paedophile-bristol-bijan-ebrahimi">led
a mob to kill a man</a>.
<p>
This is an unusual extreme, but the same spirit that whipped up this
mob can be found in other measures taken against adults that have sex
(or even head in the direction of sex) with teenagers.
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/29/bbc-driver-dead-child-abuse-trial-savile">Another
accused man was found dead</a> at home when he was supposed to go to
court.
<p>
Either anxiety killed him, or he committed suicide, or this was an
unlikely coincidence.
<p>
In all such cases, the official accusations carefully suppress the
distinction between rape and willing sex, even love.  First they
define willing sex as "rape", and then they try to bury all knowledge
of whether it was willing sex or not.  We're invited to judge all
these men as rapists, which some of them are and some are not.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(NSA_snooping)
title: NSA snooping
uri: NSA-snooping
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28NSA_snooping%29
content:
<p>
The most important point about bugging the phones of politicians in
Germany, Spain and elsewhere is that the NSA was 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/29-0">keeping Obama
and Feinstein in the dark along with all of us</a>.
<p>
To stop snooping on a few allied leaders is not sufficient remedy.
The US should stop snooping on Americans, too (except those for whom
there is a specific, constitutional court order).
<p>
Feinstein, aren't 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/29-0">US
citizens' rights</a> as important as Merkel's?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(Polio_in_Syria)
title: Polio in Syria
uri: Polio-in-Syria
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%28Polio_in_Syria%29
content:
<p>
Polio has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/29/syria-polio-world-health-organisation-who-virus">broken
out in Syria</a>.


title: 10-year prison sentence in Kuwait for tweeting insults
uri: 10-year-prison-sentence-in-Kuwait-for-tweeting-insults
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 31_October_2013_(10-year_prison_sentence_in_Kuwait_for_tweeting_insults)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_%2810-year_prison_sentence_in_Kuwait_for_tweeting_insults%29

content:
<p>
Hamad al-Naqi will be sentenced to 10 years in prison in Kuwait for
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/29/press-freedom-kuwait">tweeting
insults</a>.
<p>
Making insult a crime is an injustice, whether it's in 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#18_January_2013_(Another_Kuwaiti_sent_to_prison_for_insulting_ruler)">Kuwait</a>, 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/2011-mar-jun.html#24_June_2011_(On_Trial_For_Insults)">France</a>,
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_(Punishment_on_reiterated_criticism_of_anyone)">Ecuador</a> 
or 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/2012-may-aug.html#30_May_2012_(Sentenced_to_prison_for_insult)">Britain</a>.


title: Congress plans to cut almost a million US veterans from food stamps
uri: 2013-11-01-Congress-plans-to-cut-almost-a-million-US-veterans-from-food-stamps
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 30_October_2013_(Congress_plans_to_cut_almost_a_million_US_veterans_from_food_stamps)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#30_October_2013_%28Congress_plans_to_cut_almost_a_million_US_veterans_from_food_stamps%29

content:
<p>
Congress plans
to <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/10/29/2850751/food-stamps-cut-veterans/">cut
almost a million US veterans from food stamps,</a> and other people
too.


title: Texas's law to make abortion effectively impossible
uri: 2013-11-01-Texas-s-law-to-make-abortion-effectively-impossible
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 30_October_2013_(Texas's_law_to_make_abortion_effectively_impossible)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#30_October_2013_%28Texas%27s_law_to_make_abortion_effectively_impossible%29

content:
<p>
Only part of Texas's law to make abortion effectively impossible
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/10/28/2848751/reasons-texas-abortion-decision-pro-choice-community-celebrate/">has
been rejected in its first appeal.</a>


title: Massive collection of information on phone calls in Spain and France
uri: 2013-11-01-Massive-collection-of-information-on-phone-calls-in-Spain-and-France
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 30_October_2013_(Massive_collection_of_information_on_phone_calls_in_Spain_and_France)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#30_October_2013_%28Massive_collection_of_information_on_phone_calls_in_Spain_and_France%29

content:
<p>
The NSA says that its massive collection of information on phone calls
in Spain and
France <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/10/nsa-strikes-back">comes
from intelligence agencies in those countries.</a>
<p>
It's not clear whether France reports to the NSA about phone calls in
France while Spain reports about phone calls in Spain, or whether
France reports on those in Spain and Spain reports on those in France.
<p>
If someone wanted to present the situation as "US bad, Europe good",
this would put a spike in it.  But I think the issue is that states
are massively surveilling their citizens, often with the help of other
states, and this news only indicts more governments as participants.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 30_October_2013_(German_gov't_tapping_Skype_calls)
title: German gov't tapping Skype calls
uri: 2013-11-01-German-gov-t-tapping-Skype-calls
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#30_October_2013_%28German_gov%27t_tapping_Skype_calls%29

content:
<p>
The German government
is <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080918/0208152302.shtml">tapping
Skype calls, and is raiding Pirate Party politicians</a> to try to
find the leaker.


title: Urgent: No slavery in building facilities for world cup
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-No-slavery-in-building-facilities-for-world-cup
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 30_October_2013_(Urgent:_No_slavery_in_building_facilities_for_world_cup)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#30_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_No_slavery_in_building_facilities_for_world_cup%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: tell FIFA to insist
on <a href="http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1786&ea.campaign.id=23461&ea.url.id=177548&ea.campaigner.email=AFtdkeSOljschvbH16KG5A==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0">no
slavery in building facilities for the world cup in Qatar</a>.


title: Urgent: Derivatives in FDIC-insured bank subunits
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-Derivatives-in-FDIC-insured-bank-subunits
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 30_October_2013_(Urgent:_Derivatives_in_FDIC-insured_bank_subunits)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#30_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Derivatives_in_FDIC-insured_bank_subunits%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell
Congress <a href="http://other98.com/congress-dont-let-citigroup-pre-approve-the-next-bailout/">not
to allow banksters to hold derivatives in FDIC-insured bank
subunits</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 30_October_2013_(Urgent:_Life-Saving_foreign_aid)
title: Urgent: Life-Saving foreign aid
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-Life-Saving-foreign-aid
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#30_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Life-Saving_foreign_aid%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell
Congress <a href="http://act.oxfamamerica.org/site/PageNavigator/ForeignAid_Survey.html?autologin=true&utm_source=Oct2013eNews&utm_medium=email&utm_content=6947134&utm_campaign=eNews">not
to cut life-saving foreign aid.</a>


title: Urgent: Stop rubber-stamping of oil and gas pipelines
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-Stop-rubber-stamping-of-oil-and-gas-pipelines
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 29_October_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_rubber-stamping_of_oil_and_gas_pipelines)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#29_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_rubber-stamping_of_oil_and_gas_pipelines%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/stop-approving-oil-gas-infrastructure">call
on the FERC</a> to stop rubber-stamping oil and gas pipelines and
other dangerous fossil fuel infrastructure.


title: Urgent: Oppose oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-Oppose-oil-drilling-in-the-Chukchi-Sea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 29_October_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_oil_drilling_in_the_Chukchi_Sea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#29_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_oil_drilling_in_the_Chukchi_Sea%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.earthjustice.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1511">tell
the US government not to approve oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea.


title: Mexican popular militias try to suppress gangster murders
uri: 2013-11-01-Mexican-popular-militias-try-to-suppress-gangster-murders
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 29_October_2013_(Mexican_popular_militias_try_to_suppress_gangster_murders)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#29_October_2013_%28Mexican_popular_militias_try_to_suppress_gangster_murders%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/28/mexican-militias-vigilantes-drug-cartels">Mexican
popular militias</a> try to suppress gangster murders where the state
is no use.


title: Murder of Honduran dissident photographer
uri: 2013-11-01-Murder-of-Honduran-dissident-photographer
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 29_October_2013_(Murder_of_Honduran_dissident_photographer)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#29_October_2013_%28Murder_of_Honduran_dissident_photographer%29

content:
<p>
Honduran dissident photographer Manuel de Jesús Murillo Varela
was murdered, having been threatened for years and
<a href="http://www.freemedia.at/home/singleview/article/honduran-photographer-murdered-three-years-after-human-rights-body-orders-his-protection.html">not
given the protection that he needed</a>.


title: Flowers torn out of flower boxes in DC metro
uri: 2013-11-01-Flowers-torn-out-of-flower-boxes-in-DC-metro
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 29_October_2013_(Flowers_torn_out_of_flower_boxes_in_DC_metro)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#29_October_2013_%28Flowers_torn_out_of_flower_boxes_in_DC_metro%29

content:
<p>
A citizen planted flowers in unused flower boxes
in the DC Metro.  
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/28-5">Someone
tore them out</a>.  Perhaps the Metro tore out the flowers because
they were unauthorized and unapproved.


title: Growing Calls to Jail the Banksters
uri: 2013-11-01-Growing-Calls-to-Jail-the-Banksters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 29_October_2013_(Growing_Calls_to_Jail_the_Banksters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#29_October_2013_%28Growing_Calls_to_Jail_the_Banksters%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/28-4">With
JPMorgan Under Spotlight, Growing Calls to Jail the Banksters</a>.


title: Syrian peace negotiations, Oslo style
uri: 2013-11-01-Syrian-peace-negotiations-Oslo-style
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 29_October_2013_(Syrian_peace_negotiations,_Oslo_style)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#29_October_2013_%28Syrian_peace_negotiations%2C_Oslo_style%29

content:
<p>
Obama seems to want planned Syrian peace negotiations to start an
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/27/syrian-peace-process-geneva-conference">Oslo-style
process of endless negotiations that arrive nowhere</a>.
<p>
This reflects the fundamental problem of the Syrian rebels: they are
divided, and the strongest factions are as vicious as Assad's regime.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 29_October_2013_(Taliban_commits_wedding_massacre)
title: Taliban commits wedding massacre
uri: 2013-11-01-Taliban-commits-wedding-massacre
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#29_October_2013_%28Taliban_commits_wedding_massacre%29

content:
<p>
The Taliban committed a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/28/afghan-villagers-roadside-bomb-ghazni-taliban-wedding">Bush-style
wedding massacre</a>, and the villagers took revenge on a suspected
Taliban sympathiser.
<p>
If enough Afgans feel this way, the Taliban will lose; but there's a
long way to go before that happens.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Spying_by_rent_to_own_computers)
title: Spying by "rent to own" computers
uri: 2013-11-01-Spying-by-rent-to-own-computers
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Spying_by_rent_to_own_computers%29

content:
<p>
"Rent to own" computers 
<a href="http://consumerman.com/Rent-to-own%20giant%20accused%20of%20spying%20on%20its%20customers.htm">spied
on their users</a>.
<p>
With proprietary software, spying is only to be expected.


title: Obama's chance to show due attention to danger of global heating
uri: 2013-11-01-Obama-s-chance-to-show-due-attention-to-danger-of-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Obamas_chance_to_show_due_attention_to_danger_of_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Obamas_chance_to_show_due_attention_to_danger_of_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Obama has one more chance to show due attention to the growing danger
of global heating: by 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/28/obama-keystone-xl-pipeline-climate-change">blocking
Keystone XL</a>.


title: Alan Greenspan Owes America an Apology
uri: 2013-11-01-Alan-Greenspan-Owes-America-an-Apology
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Alan_Greenspan_Owes_America_an_Apology)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Alan_Greenspan_Owes_America_an_Apology%29

content:
<p>
Dean Baker: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/28/alan-greenspan-housing-market-crisis">Alan
Greenspan Owes America an Apology</a>.


title: Wasteful consumption must be reduced
uri: 2013-11-01-Wasteful-consumption-must-be-reduced
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Wasteful_consumption_must_be_reduced)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Wasteful_consumption_must_be_reduced%29

content:
<p>
There is no way to produce "sustainably" as much as humanity is
producing now.  We need to reduce 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sustainability-dangerous-myth-over-consumption">wasteful
consumption</a>.
<p>
The article shows how the EROI (energy return on investment) for
fossil energy is declining, because we have already extracted most of
the easy-to-extract fossil fuel.  However, it errs when asserting that
renewable energy's EROI is part of the decline.
<p>
The EROI for renewable energy is increasing with advancing technology;
meanwhile, we have a long way to go before it must decline because all
the easy-to-collect renewable energy flow is already being utilized.
Even when that happens, we will be able to continue steadily drawing
the same amount of renewable energy each year at the same efficiency,
as long as the Sun keeps pumping it out as now.  In other words, the
idea of sustainability does make sense when applied to renewable
resources.
<p>
I don't think this invalidates the article's overall point however,
that we must reduce overall resource use greatly rather than just make
some activities "sustainable".


title: Opposition to Islamist fundamentalism from Muslim perspective
uri: 2013-11-01-Opposition-to-Islamist-fundamentalism-from-Muslim-perspective
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Opposition_to_Islamist_fundamentalism_from_Muslim_perspective)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Opposition_to_Islamist_fundamentalism_from_Muslim_perspective%29

content:
<p>
Articulating <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/oct/28/islam-politics-karima-bennoune-fatwa-fundamentalism">opposition
to Islamist fundamentalism</a> from a Muslim perspective.


title: Urgent: Call for an end to gouging prisoners on phone calls
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-Call-for-an-end-to-gouging-prisoners-on-phone-calls
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Urgent:_Call_for_an_end_to_gouging_prisoners_on_phone_calls)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_for_an_end_to_gouging_prisoners_on_phone_calls%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/global-tel">call for an end</a> to
gouging prisoners on phone calls.


title: Spread of Cholera from Haiti to Mexico
uri: 2013-11-01-Spread-of-Cholera-from-Haiti-to-Mexico
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Spread_of_Cholera_from_Haiti_to_Mexico)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Spread_of_Cholera_from_Haiti_to_Mexico%29

content:
<p>
Cholera has 
<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/23/239803890/haitian-cholera-strain-spreads-to-mainland-with-mexico-outbreak">spread
from Haiti to Mexico</a>.  It was 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/2010-sep-dec.html#3%20December%202010%20(Haiti%20cholera%20proving%20to%20be%20UN%20import)">introduced</a>
into Haiti by the UN "peacekeeping" forces</a> that are actually there to 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-sep-dec.html#26_October_2012_(US_aid_for_Haiti)">keep 
control for the US</a>.


title: Urgent: Oppose ban on the smell of marijuana
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-Oppose-ban-on-the-smell-of-marijuana
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_ban_on_the_smell_of_marijuana)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_ban_on_the_smell_of_marijuana%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/protect-marijuana-legalization-denver">call
on Denver</a> not to ban the smell of marijuana.


title: Google using anticompetitive measures against forked versions of Android
uri: 2013-11-01-Google-using-anticompetitive-measures-against-forked-versions-of-Andro
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Google_using_anticompetitive_measures_against_forked_versions_of_Android)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Google_using_anticompetitive_measures_against_forked_versions_of_Android%29

content:
<p>
Google is using 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/">anticompetitive
measures</a> to prevent the manufacture of devices that are sold with
any forked version of Android.
<p>
(The crucial point is on page 3.)  This is even more important than
the steady replacement of free apps with nonfree.
<p>
The important aspect is that includes any free version of Android,
such as 
<a href="http://replicant.us">Replicant</a>.  This is not quite the
same as the way Microsoft abuses its power in the PC market, but it
has comparable effects.
<p>
Of course, if you want freedom, you shouldn't use any of the Google
APIs, and Google Play (offering so many nonfree apps) is something to
run away from.
<p>
The article talks about "open source" rather than "free/libre
software", seeking as usual to avoid 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">ethical
opposition to nonfree software</a>.  Please don't imitate that
practice!  The way to encourage other people to think in terms of
freedom is to raise the freedom issue visibly whenever it is relevant.


title: UK allows some companies to impose Internet filters
uri: 2013-11-01-UK-allows-some-companies-to-impose-Internet-filters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(UK_allows_some_companies_to_impose_Internet_filters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28UK_allows_some_companies_to_impose_Internet_filters%29

content:
<p>
The UK allows some companies to impose filtering to 
<a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/broadband/383614/rights-holders-taking-down-legitimate-sites-in-piracy-crackdown/2">block
whatever sites they wish by calling them "pirate"</a>.
<p>
Even if a site really does do unauthorized redistribution, that is no
justification for Internet filters.


title: Urgent: Oppose impossible burdens on small farms
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-Oppose-impossible-burdens-on-small-farms
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_impossible_burdens_on_small_farms)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_impossible_burdens_on_small_farms%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12303">call
on the FDA</a> not to impose impossible burdens on fairly small farms.


title: Spending money on things we don't need
uri: 2013-11-01-Spending-money-on-things-we-don-t-need
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Spending_money_on_things_we_dont_need)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Spending_money_on_things_we_dont_need%29

content:
<p>
The working American's lifestyle tends to lead people to 
<a href="http://www.raptitude.com/2010/07/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed/">spend
money on things they don't need</a>.
<p>
I'm happy to say that I don't buy anything to keep up with the
Joneses, to fulfill a childhood vision of what my adulthood would be
like, or to broadcast my status to the world.  I do get some things to
cheer myself up — mostly chocolate — and that cheers me up
when I eat it.


title: Thousands Demand End to Government Spying
uri: 2013-11-01-Thousands-Demand-End-to-Government-Spying
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Thousands_Demand_End_to_Government_Spying)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Thousands_Demand_End_to_Government_Spying%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/26-0">Thousands
Demand End to Government Spying</a>.


title: Organized crime involved in recruiting workers for Fukushima cleanup
uri: 2013-11-01-Organized-crime-involved-in-recruiting-workers-for-Fukushima-cleanup
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Organized_crime_involved_in_recruitinng_workers_for_Fukushima_cleanup)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Organized_crime_involved_in_recruitinng_workers_for_Fukushima_cleanup%29

content:
<p>
Organized crime is 
<a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/japanese-organized-crime-involved-in-recruitment-at-fukushima/5355540">involved
in recruiting workers for the Fukushima cleanup</a>.
<p>
Since they skim the workers' pay, they reduce their effective wage.
These dangerous and delicate operations need the best workers they can
find.


title: Urgent: Defend Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-Defend-Social-Security-Medicare-and-Medicaid
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Urgent:_Defend_Social_Security,_Medicare_and_Medicaid)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Defend_Social_Security%2C_Medicare_and_Medicaid%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: sign 
<a href="http://www.americawantsnocuts.com/dailykos/">this additional
petition</a> to defend Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid against
cuts.


title: When Hollywood tries to extend copyright again
uri: 2013-11-01-When-Hollywood-tries-to-extend-copyright-again
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(When_Hollywood_tries_to_extend_copyright_again)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28When_Hollywood_tries_to_extend_copyright_again%29

content:
<p>
In 5 years, we will have a battle when Hollywood 
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/25/15-years-ago-congress-kept-mickey-mouse-out-of-the-public-domain-will-they-do-it-again/">tries
to extend copyright again</a>.
<p>
We should shorten copyright instead.


title: Why AT&T shouldn't be allowed to end telephone regulation
uri: 2013-11-01-Why-AT-T-shouldn-t-be-allowed-to-end-telephone-regulation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Why_ATT_shouldnt_be_allowed_to_end_telephone_regulation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Why_ATT_shouldnt_be_allowed_to_end_telephone_regulation%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/five-reasons-att-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-ditch-monopoly-regulations/">Why</a>
AT&T shouldn't be allowed to end telephone regulation.


title: Food companies to use less saturated fat, but not less sugar
uri: 2013-11-01-Food-companies-to-use-less-saturated-fat-but-not-less-sugar
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Food_companies_to_use_less_saturated_fat,_but_not_less_sugar)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Food_companies_to_use_less_saturated_fat%2C_but_not_less_sugar%29

content:
<p>
Companies say they will make some food products with less saturated
fat, but the real danger may be from 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/26/saturated-fat-cut-pledge">the
sugar in them</a>.


title: Assassination by shock to implanted heart defibrillator
uri: 2013-11-01-Assassination-by-shock-to-implanted-heart-defibrillator
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Assassination_by_shock_to_implanted_heart_defibrillator)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Assassination_by_shock_to_implanted_heart_defibrillator%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/19/dick-cheney-heart-assassination-fear">Dick
Cheney Feared Assassination by Shock to Implanted Heart
Defibrillator</a>.
<p>
Cheney's worries were entirely 
<a href="
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/07/27/famed-hacker-barnaby-jack-dies-days-before-scheduled-black-hat-appearance/">justified</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17631838">More
information</a>.


title: Rape used as tool of cruelty in Syria
uri: 2013-11-01-Rape-used-as-tool-of-cruelty-in-Syria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Rape_used_as_tool_of_cruelty_in_Syria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Rape_used_as_tool_of_cruelty_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
Rape is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/26/syria-peace-talks-women-raped">regularly
used as a tool of cruelty</a> in Syria.
<p>
Of all the loathsome acts described in this article, the second worst
is that of the man who rejected his wife because she was raped.  The
worst of all is that of her father.  Their attitude also inspires the
rapes.


title: Cutting taxes to win business away from other jurisdictions
uri: 2013-11-01-Cutting-taxes-to-win-business-away-from-other-jurisdictions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 28_October_2013_(Cutting_taxes_to_win_business_away_from_other_jurisdictions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#28_October_2013_%28Cutting_taxes_to_win_business_away_from_other_jurisdictions%29

content:
<p>
Film production in LA is disappearing as other places lure it away by
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/26/hollywood-struggles-to-halt-film-exodus">offering
tax breaks</a>.
<p>
Cutting taxes to win business away from other jurisdictions is a form
of "beggar thy neighbor": businesses play states and countries against
each other to the detriment of all of them.  Plutocrats' pet
politicians might call this outcome success, but those that are loyal
to their country should instead propose a treaty to ban competing via
tax breaks.
<p>
France 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/25/france-football-clubs-supertax">refuses
to play this fool's game</a>.


title: Companies are now exercising "investor-state" provisions
uri: 2013-11-01-Companies-are-now-exercising-investor-state-provisions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Companies_are_now_exercising_investor-state_provisions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Companies_are_now_exercising_investor-state_provisions%29

content:
<p>
Many companies are now exercising "investor-state" provisions that
give
them <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-09/rennert-800-million-toxic-lead-fight-roils-global-trade.html">more
rights in other countries than the citizens of those countries.</a>
<p>
We can call them the "unequal treaties", and all of them should be
abolished.


title: Forever war is forever profit — for some
uri: 2013-11-01-Forever-war-is-forever-profit-for-some
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Forever_war_is_forever_profit_%26mdash;_for_some)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Forever_war_is_forever_profit_%2526mdash%3B_for_some%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/21-0">Forever war is
forever profit — for some.</a>


title: Right wing is winning the battle in Washington
uri: 2013-11-01-Right-wing-is-winning-the-battle-in-Washington
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Right_wing_is_winning_the_battle_in_Washington)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Right_wing_is_winning_the_battle_in_Washington%29

content:
<p>
The right wing is winning the battle in Washington on a basic
question:
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/23-0">what is the
economic problem that the US faces.</a>
<p>
This relates to
the <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/24-7">political
influence of plutocrats' money.</a>
<p>
The voting principle for Americans should be, "Punish every expensive
right-wing campaign."  You can't go far wrong by marching towards the
sound of the TV attack ads.
<p>
Of course, that heuristic is not guaranteed to be right all the time,
but is usually right.  The nasty things the ads accuse are probably
misleading half truths.  But even if once in a while the accusation is
spot on, it is a side issue.  The fact that the rich are paying to
attack a candidate is an overwhelming point in her favor.  Anything
bad about her is secondary.
<p>
Thus, if you don't have time to study an issue or a race in depth,
vote for the progressive side that the plutocrats attack.


title: Thugs shot 13-year-old who was reportedly carrying pellet gun
uri: 2013-11-01-Thugs-shot-13-year-old-who-was-reportedly-carrying-pellet-gun
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Thugs_shot_13-year-old_who_was_reportedly_carrying_pellet_gun)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Thugs_shot_13-year-old_who_was_reportedly_carrying_pellet_gun%29

content:
<p>
California
thugs <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/27/california-andy-lopez-killing-fbi-investigation">shot
a 13-year-old who was reportedly carrying a pellet gun that looks like
an AK-47</a>.
<p>
We can't take their word that this is what happened; the facts must be
independently verified.
<p>
If the facts are as stated, I can't blame the thugs this time.  If you
carry a realistic replica of a deadly weapon, people will treat it as
real.  To give a child such a replica is terribly foolish; to have one
is foolish too.  If this starts to happen often enough to be more than
a rare fluke, it would make sense to ban them.  But I doubt that will
happen.


title: 'Targeted' Killings and US Drones' Civilian Victims
uri: 2013-11-01-Targeted-Killings-and-US-Drones-Civilian-Victims
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_('Targeted'_Killings_and_US_Drones'_Civilian_Victims)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28%27Targeted%27_Killings_and_US_Drones%27_Civilian_Victims%29

content:
<p>
Time for the Truth
about <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/23-1">'Targeted'
Killings and US Drones' Civilian Victims.</a>


title: Reinstating Edward Snowden's passport
uri: 2013-11-01-Reinstating-Edward-Snowden-s-passport
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Reinstating_Edward_Snowden's_passport)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Reinstating_Edward_Snowden%27s_passport%29

content:
<p>
Why reinstating Edward Snowden's
passport <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/23">is an
important issue.</a>


title: Bills under consideration to curb general surveillance
uri: 2013-11-01-Bills-under-consideration-to-curb-general-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Bills_under_consideration_to_curb_general_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Bills_under_consideration_to_curb_general_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
About bills under consideration in the US
Congress <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/nsa-spying-congress-stop-intelligence-committee-and-what-watch-upcoming-bills">to
curb general surveillance</a>.
<p>
What the EFF recommends would be a step in the right direction, but in
order to really stop general surveillance we need to prevent the
creation of a massive dossier about each person.


title: Censorship is a bad way to address social problems
uri: 2013-11-01-Censorship-is-a-bad-way-to-address-social-problems
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Censorship_is_a_bad_way_to_address_social_problems)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Censorship_is_a_bad_way_to_address_social_problems%29

content:
<p>
Censorship is
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/26/facebook-lads-mags-censorship-last-resort">bad
way to try to address social problems</a>, even really bad ones.


title: Human rights for a fetus but not for the woman it is in
uri: 2013-11-01-Human-rights-for-a-fetus-but-not-for-the-woman-it-is-in
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Human_rights_for_a_fetus_but_not_for_the_woman_it_is_in)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Human_rights_for_a_fetus_but_not_for_the_woman_it_is_in%29

content:
<p>
A Wisconsin court went to great
lengths <a href="http://rt.com/usa/wisconsin-mother-fetal-protection-760/">to
respect human rights for a fetus, but not much for the woman it is
in</a>.
<p>
To take drugs that could cause abnormalities in the fetus is a grave
act if the fetus develops into a damaged human being.  It's legitimate
for the state to take steps to prevent this, but imprisoning the
mother-to-be doesn't seem very constructive, and neither was imposing
conditions that caused her to lose her job.
<p>
The absence of universal medical care in the US seems to play a role
in the problem.  This woman can't afford to see a doctor.
<p>
However, there is a point I don't understand.  When she was invited to
take her drug under medical supervision, she declined.  That sounds
like gratuitous noncooperation, and doesn't make sense.  But maybe she
had a reason — for instance, would she have had to <em>pay for
it</em>, which she could not afford?


title: Stores want to track customers by mobile phones' MAC addresses
uri: 2013-11-01-Stores-want-to-track-customers-by-mobile-phones-MAC-addresses
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Stores_want_to_track_customers_by_mobile_phones'_MAC_addresses)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Stores_want_to_track_customers_by_mobile_phones%27_MAC_addresses%29

content:
<p>
Stores want
to <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/mobile-tracking-code-conduct-falls-short-protecting-consumers">track
customers by their mobile phones' WiFi MAC addresses.</a>  The EFF
says that a proposed opt-out system is an inadequate safeguard.
<p>
As far as I'm concerned, just having a phone company track me (or you)
is too much.


title: Japan law to ban informing public about gov't secrets
uri: 2013-11-01-Japan-law-to-ban-informing-public-about-gov-t-secrets
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Japan_law_to_ban_informing_public_about_gov't_secrets)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Japan_law_to_ban_informing_public_about_gov%27t_secrets%29

content:
<p>
Japan is on the verge of passing a law
to <a href="http://japandailypress.com/state-secrets-act-feared-to-have-chilling-effect-on-journalism-in-japan-2538524/">ban
informing the public about government secrets.</a>


title: Reimportation of drugs exported from the US
uri: 2013-11-01-Reimportation-of-drugs-exported-from-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Reimportation_of_drugs_exported_from_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Reimportation_of_drugs_exported_from_the_US%29

content:
<p>
Maine has found a way around US drug gouging
by <a href="http://www.citizenvox.org/2013/10/24/maine-drug-reimportation-law-may-benefit-consumers/">allowing
reimportation of drugs exported from the US</a> for sale in Canada and
some other countries.


title: Misguided goal of cutting the US deficit
uri: 2013-11-01-Misguided-goal-of-cutting-the-US-deficit
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Misguided_goal_of_cutting_the_US_deficit)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Misguided_goal_of_cutting_the_US_deficit%29

content:
<p>
US officials' focus on the misguided goal of cutting the US deficit
<a href="http://www.citizenvox.org/2013/10/23/its-not-a-coincidence/">reflects
the money they get from rich funders.</a>


title: Urgent: Cuts in Social Security and medical care
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-Cuts-in-Social-Security-and-medical-care
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Urgent:_Cuts_in_Social_Security_and_medical_care)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Cuts_in_Social_Security_and_medical_care%29

content:
<p>
US
citizens: <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/america-wants-no-cuts">sign
this petition too against cuts in Social Security and medical
care.</a>


title: Cities no longer offer places for children to play outdoors
uri: 2013-11-01-Cities-no-longer-offer-places-for-children-to-play-outdoors
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Cities_no_longer_offer_places_for_children_to_play_outdoors)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Cities_no_longer_offer_places_for_children_to_play_outdoors%29

content:
<p>
Due to changes in urban
architecture, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/26/children-have-no-space-to-play">cities
no longer offer places for children to play outdoors</a>.
<p>
There may be other factors, including exaggerated fear of declining
street crime.


title: Urgent: Save Americas Pollinator's Act
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-Save-Americas-Pollinator-s-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Urgent:_Save_Americas_Pollinators_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Save_Americas_Pollinators_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1142.php">call on
Congress</a> to pass the Save America's Pollinators Act.


title: Urgent: Strict limits on CO2 pollution from power plants
uri: 2013-11-01-Urgent-Strict-limits-on-CO2-pollution-from-power-plants
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Urgent:_Strict_limits_on_CO2_pollution_from_power_plants)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Strict_limits_on_CO2_pollution_from_power_plants%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12324">call
on the EPA</a> to put strict limits on CO<sub>2</sub> pollution from 
power plants.


title: 450,000 Iraqi civilians killed as result of Bush invasion
uri: 2013-11-01-450-000-Iraqi-civilians-killed-as-result-of-Bush-invasion
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(450,000_Iraqi_civilians_killed_as_result_of_Bush_invasion)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28450%2C000_Iraqi_civilians_killed_as_result_of_Bush_invasion%29

content:
<p>
A new scientific study estimates that 
<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/15/iraq-war-civiliandeathtoll500knewstudyestimates.html">450,000
Iraqi civilians</a> were killed as a result of the Bush invasion,
through 2011.


title: Situation in Israel compared with apartheid in South Africa
uri: 2013-11-01-Situation-in-Israel-compared-with-apartheid-in-South-Africa
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Situation_in_Israel_compared_with_apartheid_in_South_Africa)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Situation_in_Israel_compared_with_apartheid_in_South_Africa%29

content:
<p>
Uri Avnery 
<a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1382707541/">compares
and contrasts</a> the situation in Israel with apartheid in South
Africa.


title: Bushbama's extension of NSA surveillance
uri: 2013-11-01-Bushbama-s-extension-of-NSA-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Bushbamas_extension_of_NSA_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Bushbamas_extension_of_NSA_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Bushbama's extension of NSA surveillance 
<a href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/15737/return_to_nixonland_nsa_spying/">recapitulates
Nixon</a>.
<p>
Here's my idea on 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">how
to address this problem</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Flaws_of_neoclassical_economics)
title: Flaws of neoclassical economics
uri: 2013-11-01-Flaws-of-neoclassical-economics
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Flaws_of_neoclassical_economics%29

content:
<p>
Letters about the flaws of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/25/reconnecting-economics-and-real-life">neoclassical
economics</a>, which is economics as designed to justify the policies
that rich people want.


title: Private companies helping thugs spy on protesters
uri: 2013-11-01-Private-companies-helping-thugs-spy-on-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Private_companies_helping_thugs_spy_on_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Private_companies_helping_thugs_spy_on_protesters%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/25-1">Meet the
Private Companies Helping Cops Spy on Protesters</a>.


title: Murdoch's newspapers condemn the US for fining fraudulent banks
uri: 2013-11-01-Murdoch-s-newspapers-condemn-the-US-for-fining-fraudulent-banks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Murdochs_newspapers_condemn_the_US_for_fining_fraudulent_banks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Murdochs_newspapers_condemn_the_US_for_fining_fraudulent_banks%29

content:
<p>
Murdoch's newspapers turn the facts upside down, condemning the US for
fining fraudulent banks a 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/25-12">small
fraction of what they gained</a>.
<p>
I've moved out most of the money I had in (what had merged into) a big
bank.  Have you?


title: Crony Capitalism Disguised As Economic Development
uri: 2013-11-01-Crony-Capitalism-Disguised-As-Economic-Development
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Crony_Capitalism_Disguised_As_Economic_Development)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Crony_Capitalism_Disguised_As_Economic_Development%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/10/23/report-governors-engaging-in-crony-capitalism-disguised-as-economic-development/">Report:
Governors Engaging In Crony Capitalism Disguised As Economic
Development</a>.


title: Another tsunami hits Fukushima area
uri: 2013-11-01-Another-tsunami-hits-Fukushima-area
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Another_tsunami_hits_Fukushima_area)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Another_tsunami_hits_Fukushima_area%29

content:
<p>
Another earthquake caused a tsunami that 
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/25/japan-earthquake-fukushima-prefecture_n_4164181.html">hit
the Fukushima area</a>.
<p>
Fortunately it was small and did not affect the nuclear plants.  But
what about the next one?  The cleanup will take decades.  If a big
tsunami comes in the coming year, it will wash away the used fuel that
remains on the site.  It could even cause a fission reaction if it
pushes the used fuel rods, stored in a pool, together and causes
criticality.
<p>
Have they built a tsunami defense dam to protect against this?


title: Head of NSA says US should shut down journalism
uri: 2013-11-01-Head-of-NSA-says-US-should-shut-down-journalism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(Head_of_NSA_says_US_should_shut_down_journalism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28Head_of_NSA_says_US_should_shut_down_journalism%29

content:
<p>
The head of the NSA said that the US should shut down 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/25/europe-erupts-nsa-spying-chief-government">journalism
about massive surveillance</a>.
<p>
Every NSA staffer, including him, has sworn to prevent the government
from doing that.


title: GCHQ's fear of public and legal backlash
uri: 2013-11-01-GCHQ-s-fear-of-public-and-legal-backlash
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 27_October_2013_(GCHQs_fear_of_public_and_legal_backlash)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_%28GCHQs_fear_of_public_and_legal_backlash%29

content:
<p>
GCHQ 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/leaked-memos-gchq-mass-surveillance-secret-snowden">feared
public and legal backlash</a> if the extent of its spying on the
public became known.


title: Complications in Obama's health care program
uri: Complications-in-Obama-s-health-care-program
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Complications_in_Obamas_health_care_program)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Complications_in_Obamas_health_care_program%29

content:
<p>
The complication of the servers in Obama's health care program
reflects the 
<a href="http://socialistworker.org/2013/10/29/obamacare-doesnt-treat-the-illness">wasteful
complexity of the law</a>, which results from Congress and Obama's
unwillingness to set up a national health service.
<p>
The web site 
<a href="http://rt.com/usa/care-act-privacy-site-976/">does not protect
people's personal data from third parties</a>.
<p>
Of course, it doesn't protect them from the state either.  Although
the US does not have the benefits of a national health service, its
digital health records are quite easily available to the state.


title: Hamburg's plan to cope with effects of global heating
uri: Hamburg-s-plan-to-cope-with-effects-of-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Hamburgs_plan_to_cope_with_effects_of_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Hamburgs_plan_to_cope_with_effects_of_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Hamburg has a plan to cope with the effects of global heating by
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/hamburg-answer-to-climate-change">helping
people walk and bicycle around the city</a>.


title: The protest that stopped NY Thug Commissioner from speaking at Brown
uri: The-protest-that-stopped-NY-Thug-Commissioner-from-speaking-at-Brown
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(The_protest_that_stopped_NY_Thug_Commissioner_from_speaking_at_Brown)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28The_protest_that_stopped_NY_Thug_Commissioner_from_speaking_at_Brown%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/31/brown-university-ray-kelly-protest-free-speech">An
article</a> by one who joined the protest that stopped New York Thug
Commissioner Kelly from speaking at Brown University.
<p>
The event celebrated 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_May_2013_(Candidate_for_mayor_denounces_stop_and_frisk)">repression</a>, 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#28_April_2013_(NY_thug_commissioner_pushes_for_total_surveillance)">surveillance</a>
and 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-mar-jun.html#30_March_2012_(Police_Brutality)">attacks
on democracy</a>.
<p>
It deserved a protest.  The information in the article suggests that
some part of the university has sold itself to the forces of
repression.  I think a long-term campaign to change that is called
for.
<p>
Despite that, I don't think that they should have prevented the speech
from occurring, because that turns into censorship.


title: Hillary Clinton's speeches at Goldman Sachs
uri: Hillary-Clinton-s-speeches-at-Goldman-Sachs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Hillary_Clintons_speeches_at_Goldman_Sachs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Hillary_Clintons_speeches_at_Goldman_Sachs%29

content:
<p>
Hillary Clinton was probably paid 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/31-3">$400,000
for speeches</a> at Goldman Sachs.
<p>
We can hardly expect her to do anything about the banksters' political
power.  I am almost certain I will vote Green again.


title: US court imposes secrecy on report about a product's safety
uri: US-court-imposes-secrecy-on-report-about-a-product-s-safety
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(US_court_imposes_secrecy_on_report_about_a_products_safety)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28US_court_imposes_secrecy_on_report_about_a_products_safety%29

content:
<p>
A US court has imposed secrecy on a report that some product might be
dangerous.  The public 
<a href="https://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=4011">can't
tell what product it was</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(US-Iran_talks)
title: US-Iran talks
uri: US-Iran-talks
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28US-Iran_talks%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/30-7">Can Congress,
Hawks and the Israel Lobby Wreck the US-Iran Talks?</a>


title: US gov't tries to stop sale of shirts with parodies of gov't logos
uri: US-gov-t-tries-to-stop-sale-of-shirts-with-parodies-of-gov-t-logos
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(US_govt_tries_to_stop_sale_of_shirts_with_parodies_of_govt_logos)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28US_govt_tries_to_stop_sale_of_shirts_with_parodies_of_govt_logos%29

content:
<p>
The US government is trying to stop someone from selling shirts with
parodies of logos of
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/man-sues-dhs-nsa-for-the-right-to-parody-them-on-mugs-t-shirts/">certain
US government departments</a>.


title: "Suspicious Activity Report" systems
uri: Suspicious-Activity-Report-systems
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Suspicious_Activity_Report_systems)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Suspicious_Activity_Report_systems%29

content:
<p>
ACLU: The US government 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/national-security/aclu-eye-fbi-documents-reveal-lack-privacy-safeguards-and-guidance-governments">spreads
around any strange rumor</a> that citizens call in as "suspicious" for
whatever reason.


title: Urgent: Stop unfair dismissal of pregnant workers
uri: Urgent-Stop-unfair-dismissal-of-pregnant-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_unfair_dismissal_of_pregnant_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_unfair_dismissal_of_pregnant_workers%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/secure/labor-pains">call for action</a>
to stop unfair dismissal of pregnant workers.


title: Urgent: Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act
uri: Urgent-Criminal-Antitrust-Anti-Retaliation-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Urgent:_Criminal_Antitrust_Anti-Retaliation_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Criminal_Antitrust_Anti-Retaliation_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.whistleblowers.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12353">support</a>
the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act.


title: Urgent: Gender identity nondiscrimination bill
uri: Urgent-Gender-identity-nondiscrimination-bill
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Urgent:_Gender_identity_nondiscrimination_bill)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Gender_identity_nondiscrimination_bill%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/enda_republicans/">call on
Senate Republicans</a> to stop the filibuster against the gender
identity nondiscrimination bill.


title: Urgent: Maintain and increase social security benefits
uri: Urgent-Maintain-and-increase-social-security-benefits
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Urgent:_Maintain_and_increase_social_security_benefits)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Maintain_and_increase_social_security_benefits%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/openletter_budget/">sign
this open letter</a> to maintain and increase social security
benefits.


title: Use of symbol punished by Egypt's military gov't
uri: Use-of-symbol-punished-by-Egypt-s-military-gov-t
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Use_of_symbol_punished_by_Egypts_military_govt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Use_of_symbol_punished_by_Egypts_military_govt%29

content:
<p>
Egypt's military government is punishing use of a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/29/egypt-kung-fu-champion-suspended-pro-morsi-t-shirt">symbol
used by Morsi supporters</a>, and investigating TV comedian Bassem
Youssef.


title: Disappeared journalists and dissidents in Sri Lanka
uri: Disappeared-journalists-and-dissidents-in-Sri-Lanka
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Disappeared_journalists_and_dissidents_in_Sri_Lanka)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Disappeared_journalists_and_dissidents_in_Sri_Lanka%29

content:
<p>
Relatives of disappeared journalists and dissidents in Sri Lanka 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/01/sri-lanka-abduction-victims-david-cameron">asked
the UK to put pressure on Rajapaksa's government</a>, which they
suspect was responsible.


title: Mass surveillance in European countries
uri: Mass-surveillance-in-European-countries
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Mass_surveillance_in_European_countries)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Mass_surveillance_in_European_countries%29

content:
<p>
Several European countries have developed mass surveillance in
cooperation with the UK's surveillance agency GCHQ, which also helped
them 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/01/gchq-europe-spy-agencies-mass-surveillance-snowden">shrug
off legal limitations</a>.


title: Increase of income-segregation in the US
uri: Increase-of-income-segregation-in-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Increase_of_income-segregation_in_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Increase_of_income-segregation_in_the_US%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/11/chart-day-collapse-american-middle-class">Income-segregation</a>
in the US has increased greatly in the past few decades.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Neoclassical_economics)
title: Neoclassical economics
uri: Neoclassical-economics
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Neoclassical_economics%29
content:
<p>
Economics students 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/28/economics-students-neoclassical-theory">call
for education in models other than neoclassical</a>.
<p>
Neoclassical economics is based on a 
<a href="http://thecuriousapeman.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/neoclassical-economics-assumptions-and-advantages/">long
list of assumptions</a> that are often not true in real life.
<p>
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_(Nobel_Prize_in_Economics_given_for_unfounded_hypotheses)">See also</a>.


title: Grandchildren of Mamana Bibi testify about drone attack
uri: Grandchildren-of-Mamana-Bibi-testify-about-drone-attack
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Grandchildren_of_Mamana_Bibi_testify_about_drone_attack)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Grandchildren_of_Mamana_Bibi_testify_about_drone_attack%29

content:
<p>
The grandchildren of Mamana Bibi 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/31-2">testified to
the US Congress</a> about the drone attack that killed her.


title: Chinese water boilers with WiFi devices
uri: Chinese-water-boilers-with-WiFi-devices
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Chinese_water_boilers_with_WiFi_devices)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Chinese_water_boilers_with_WiFi_devices%29

content:
<p>
Reportedly Chinese water boilers have been found with 
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/29/dont_brew_that_cuppa_your_kettle_could_be_a_spambot/">WiFi
devices designed to do some harm</a>.


title: The harm imposed on Americans by ALEC-supported laws
uri: The-harm-imposed-on-Americans-by-ALEC-supported-laws
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(The_harm_imposed_on_Americans_by_ALEC-supported_laws)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28The_harm_imposed_on_Americans_by_ALEC-supported_laws%29

content:
<p>
A survey of the harm that ALEC-supported laws have 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/10/12287/nightmare-main-street-alec-policies-harm-working-americans">imposed
on ordinary Americans</a>.


title: Congress should arrange to give Edward Snowden amnesty
uri: Congress-should-arrange-to-give-Edward-Snowden-amnesty
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Congress_should_arrange_to_give_Edward_Snowden_amnesty)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Congress_should_arrange_to_give_Edward_Snowden_amnesty%29

content:
<p>
Congress should arrange to give Edward Snowden 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/01/edward-snowden-nsa-congress-amnesty">amnesty</a>.
<p>
He deserves the highest possible honors from the US and every country.


title: UK gov't to pay public defenders to betray their clients
uri: UK-gov-t-to-pay-public-defenders-to-betray-their-clients
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(UK_govt_to_pay_public_defenders_to_betray_their_clients)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28UK_govt_to_pay_public_defenders_to_betray_their_clients%29

content:
<p>
The UK government plans to pay public defenders to betray their
clients, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/nov/01/lawyers-higher-legal-aid-fees-early-guilty-plea">rewarding
these lawyers for every guilty plea</a>.


title: Gifts from summit meeting in Russia try to invade computers
uri: Gifts-from-summit-meeting-in-Russia-try-to-invade-computers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Gifts_from_summit_meeting_in_Russia_try_to_invade_computers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Gifts_from_summit_meeting_in_Russia_try_to_invade_computers%29

content:
<p>
Attendees at a summit meeting in Russia received official gifts that
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-russia-g20-summit-gifts-spy-devices-20131029,0,1499023.story">try
to invade their computers</a>.
<p>
Can anyone verify whether GNU/Linux systems are safe from them?


title: Australian media on global heating
uri: Australian-media-on-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Australian_media_on_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Australian_media_on_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
In Australian media, almost 1/3 of the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/30/one-third-of-australias-media-coverage-rejects-climate-science-study-finds">articles
that mention global heating</a> cast doubt on its causation by human
activity.


title: Uruguay removing troops from UN force in Haiti
uri: Uruguay-removing-troops-from-UN-force-in-Haiti
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Uruguay_removing_troops_from_UN_force_in_Haiti)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Uruguay_removing_troops_from_UN_force_in_Haiti%29

content:
<p>
Uruguay is 
<a href="http://blogs.blouinnews.com/blouinbeatworld/2013/10/29/uruguay-orders-troops-out-of-haiti/">removing
its troops</a> from the UN force that keeps Haiti down.


title: UK to deport witness before she can testify
uri: UK-to-deport-witness-before-she-can-testify
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(UK_to_deport_witness_before_she_can_testify)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28UK_to_deport_witness_before_she_can_testify%29

content:
<p>
The UK plans to deport a witness to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/02/witness-yarls-wood-sex-investigation">sexual
intimidation of immigration prisoners</a> before she can testify about
it.


title: The arrest and interrogation of David Miranda
uri: The-arrest-and-interrogation-of-David-Miranda
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(The_arrest_and_interrogation_of_David_Miranda)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28The_arrest_and_interrogation_of_David_Miranda%29

content:
<p>
UK thugs say they arrested and interrogated David Miranda as a
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/02-2">suspected
"terrorist"</a> because he stood for a "political or ideological
cause".
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/02-2">UK Claim
That 'Journalism Equals Terrorism' Sparks Outrage</a>.
<p>
The law they used is ripe for such misuse because it gives the state
far too much power to begin with.  The idea of limiting its use to
"real terrorists" is a pipedream.  The powers must be reduced.


title: Use of dangerously loud sound as a weapon
uri: Use-of-dangerously-loud-sound-as-a-weapon
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Use_of_dangerously_loud_sound_as_a_weapon)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Use_of_dangerously_loud_sound_as_a_weapon%29

content:
<p>
Blasting people with loud sounds (even if it's music) is 
<a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/10/30/music-as-a-weapon-its-no-joke/">dangerous</a>.
It can even cause permanent injury.


title: New coverage of Obama's health care law
uri: New-coverage-of-Obama-s-health-care-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(New_coverage_of_Obamas_health_care_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28New_coverage_of_Obamas_health_care_law%29

content:
<p>
Cancelling Americans' health care plans rarely received 
<a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/11/01/which-obamacare-stories-are-worth-telling/">news
coverage</a> until it got connected with Obama's health care law.


title: Defending freedom of the press is "anti-government activism"
uri: Defending-freedom-of-the-press-is-anti-government-activism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Defending_freedom_of_the_press_is_anti-government_activism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Defending_freedom_of_the_press_is_anti-government_activism%29

content:
<p>
The government of Sri Lanka says
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/02/australians-detained-sri-lanka-media-protest-harassment">defending
freedom of the press is "anti-government activism."</a>
<p>
Since they said so themselves, there's no room for doubt.


title: Massive collection of phone call data of people in France and Spain
uri: Massive-collection-of-phone-call-data-of-people-in-France-and-Spain
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Massive_collection_of_phone_call_data_of_people_in_France_and_Spain)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Massive_collection_of_phone_call_data_of_people_in_France_and_Spain%29

content:
<p>
Looking closely at NSA statements, it's not clear that the massive
collection of phone call data of people in France and Spain is
<a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/10/30/no-you-still-cant-trust-what-the-nsa-says/">entirely
made with the help of the governments of France and Spain</a>.  The
NSA may do some of the collection directly.
<p>
This detail doesn't alter the wrongness of the activity, or even who's
culpable.  It only affects what fraction of the practice the French
and Spanish governments are culpable for.


title: Life in prison for throwing stones at Israeli occupation soldiers
uri: Life-in-prison-for-throwing-stones-at-Israeli-occupation-soldiers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Life_in_prison_for_throwing_stones_at_Israeli_occupation_soldiers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Life_in_prison_for_throwing_stones_at_Israeli_occupation_soldiers%29

content:
<p>
A Palestinian teenager faces the threat
of <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/66325">life in prison for
throwing stones at Israeli occupation soldiers.</a>
<p>
Whether the teenager really threw stones, we have no way of knowing,
since
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_August_2013_%28Systematic_Israeli_torture_of_Palestinian_minors%29">torture
and brainwashing applied to Palestinian children in Israeli
prisons</a> can easily lead to false confessions.


title: Urgent: Reject proposals to sabotage negotiations with Iran
uri: Urgent-Reject-proposals-to-sabotage-negotiations-with-Iran
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Urgent:_Reject_proposals_to_sabotage_negotiations_with_Iran)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Reject_proposals_to_sabotage_negotiations_with_Iran%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on your senators
to <a href="http://livableworld.org/r/E/NzY1MTI/MzEyNDI2/0/0/cm1zQGdudS5vcmc/aHR0cDovL2Fkdm9jYWN5LmNsdy5vcmcvY2x3L2lzc3Vlcy9hbGVydC8_YWxlcnRpZD02Mjk4Njg2MSMhIyE/1861/0">reject
proposals to sabotage negotiations with Iran</a>.


title: Israeli colonies in Palestinian land
uri: Israeli-colonies-in-Palestinian-land
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Israeli_colonies_in_Palestinian_land)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Israeli_colonies_in_Palestinian_land%29

content:
<p>
The built-up housing of the Israeli colonies in Palestinian land are
just a small
fraction.  <a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2013/10/christian-zionists-palestinian.html">Lots
of farm land has been taken too.</a>


title: Jewish activists met with repression and arbitrary arrest
uri: Jewish-activists-met-with-repression-and-arbitrary-arrest
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Jewish_activists_met_with_repression_and_arbitrary_arrest)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Jewish_activists_met_with_repression_and_arbitrary_arrest%29

content:
<p>
Jewish activists who went to Hebron to oppose segregation met
with <a href="http://972mag.com/activists-arrested-in-hebron-segregation-isnt-our-judaism/80930/">repression
and arbitrary arrest by the thugs.</a>
<p>
The purpose of laws is to prevent the state from acting arbitrarily.
<a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=61645">In Israel,
they don't achieve that.</a>


title: A nonviolent secular Palestinian movement
uri: A-nonviolent-secular-Palestinian-movement
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(A_nonviolent_secular_Palestinian_movement)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28A_nonviolent_secular_Palestinian_movement%29

content:
<p>
Mustafah Barghouti,
MD, <a href="http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/10/mustafa-barghouti-political-alternative-west-bank-election.html">leads
a nonviolent secular Palestinian movement that goes up against Fatah
and Hamas.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(The_Jewish_National_Fund)
title: The Jewish National Fund
uri: The-Jewish-National-Fund
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28The_Jewish_National_Fund%29
content:
<p>
The Jewish National Fund does not only help implement expulsion of
Palestinian villages, it
also <a href="http://972mag.com/lying-by-omission-the-jnfs-role-in-setting-negev-land-policy/80885/">participates
in choosing the plans to do so.</a>


title: Statement by the activists facing prosecution in France
uri: Statement-by-the-activists-facing-prosecution-in-France
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Statement_by_the_activists_facing_prosecution_in_France)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Statement_by_the_activists_facing_prosecution_in_France%29

content:
<p>
A statement by the activists facing prosecution in France
<a href="http://5cp.r.mailjet.com/3lnY.html?a=5oeJMd&b">for advocating
a boycott of Israeli products.</a>
<p>
The page contains the text in French, followed by the English
translation.


title: Netanyahu's party is campaigning on racism
uri: Netanyahu-s-party-is-campaigning-on-racism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Netanyahu's_party_is_campaigning_on_racism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Netanyahu%27s_party_is_campaigning_on_racism%29

content:
<p>
Netanyahu's party is
campaigning <a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=61609">based
on racism against Israeli Arabs.</a>


title: Israeli colonists attacked Palestinians
uri: Israeli-colonists-attacked-Palestinians
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Israeli_colonists_attacked_Palestinians)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Israeli_colonists_attacked_Palestinians%29

content:
<p>
Israeli
colonists <a href="http://972mag.com/watch-masked-settler-beats-palestinian-with-metal-pipe/80811/">attacked
Palestinians who were harvesting their olive crop</a>, including
beating one of them with a metal pole.
<p>
Since the time and place of harvesting were predictable, the Israeli
thugs and soldiers were able to be elsewhere during the attack.
<p>
Other
Palestinians <a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=61597">can
only get to the fields with the help of Israeli peace volunteers</a>,
whose presence compels the thugs to restrain their cruelty just a
little.
<p>
The Israeli
thugs <a href="http://972mag.com/for-israels-police-settler-violence-is-but-a-fantasy/80939/">have
found the culprits for around 3% of the reported attacks</a> against
Palestinians' olive trees.


title: Putin's unpredictable and slow repression
uri: Putin-s-unpredictable-and-slow-repression
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Putin's_unpredictable_and_slow_repression)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Putin%27s_unpredictable_and_slow_repression%29

content:
<p>
Putin's unpredictable and slow repression
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/03/russia-alexei-navalny">crushed
opposition.</a>


title: The enforcement of abortion restrictions
uri: The-enforcement-of-abortion-restrictions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(The_enforcement_of_abortion_restrictions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28The_enforcement_of_abortion_restrictions%29

content:
<p>
The enforcement of abortion restrictions (which are unjust in
themselves, of
course) <a href="http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/10/31/enforcement-of-abortion-laws-violates-human-rights/">leads
to further oppression of women.</a>


title: Urgent: Call on AAMCO to stop supporting Rush Limbaugh
uri: Urgent-Call-on-AAMCO-to-stop-supporting-Rush-Limbaugh
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_AAMCO_to_stop_supporting_Rush_Limbaugh)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_AAMCO_to_stop_supporting_Rush_Limbaugh%29

content:
<p>
In the US: 
<a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/aamco-stop-supporting-1">call
on AAMCO</a> to stop supporting Rush Limbaugh.


title: Revlon threatens to sue Breast Cancer Fund
uri: Revlon-threatens-to-sue-Breast-Cancer-Fund
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Revlon_threatens_to_sue_Breast_Cancer_Fund)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Revlon_threatens_to_sue_Breast_Cancer_Fund%29

content:
<p>
Revlon 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/11/01-2">threatened
to sue the Breast Cancer Fund</a> for running a petition criticizing
carcinogens in Revlon products.
<p>
I don't know whether there is a significant problem with those
products, but this response is a wrong in itself.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Engagement_rings)
title: Engagement rings
uri: Engagement-rings
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Engagement_rings%29
content:
<p>
The exploitative "tradition" of engagement rings was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/02/dont-buy-an-engagement-ring">created
by a marketing campaign</a> during the 20th century.
<p>
Like many exploitative "traditions", this one takes advantage of some
people's vulnerability to competitive consumption.
<p>
I've always felt an intuitive revulsion for such practices, the things
that you're supposed to do "for" people you know whether they do any
good or not.  At some point in my teens I opted out from birthday
presents and birthday cards.  Not only did I resent the pointless
effort of giving them, I didn't want to impose on anyone the pointless
effort of giving them to me.


title: Hint in Chinese reporter's confession
uri: Hint-in-Chinese-reporter-s-confession
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Hint_in_Chinese_reporters_confession)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Hint_in_Chinese_reporters_confession%29

content:
<p>
Chinese reporter Chen Yongzhou included a hint in his confession
to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/02/chen-yongzhou-weibo-china-struggles-media">show
it was false</a>.


title: Bassem Youssef, Egyptian Jon Stewart, faces censorship
uri: Bassem-Youssef-Egyptian-Jon-Stewart-faces-censorship
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Bassem_Youssef,_Egyptian_Jon_Stewart,_faces_censorship)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Bassem_Youssef%2C_Egyptian_Jon_Stewart%2C_faces_censorship%29

content:
<p>
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/02/egyptian-tv-bassem-youssef-cbc-suspends">faces
censorship</a> by the TV channel as well as prosecution by the
military government.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 03_November_2013_(Israel_in_90_years)
title: Israel in 90 years
uri: Israel-in-90-years
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_November_2013_%28Israel_in_90_years%29
content:
<p>
Uri Avnery speaks about 
<a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1383310431/">what
kind of Israel will exist in 90 years</a>.


title: When Did "To Serve & Protect" Become "To Seize & Profit?"
uri: When-Did-To-Serve-Protect-Become-To-Seize-Profit
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(When_Did_To_Serve_%26_Protect_Become_To_Seize_%26_Profit_)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28When_Did_To_Serve_%2526_Protect_Become_To_Seize_%2526_Profit_%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform-prisoners-rights/when-did-serve-protect-become-seize-profit">When
Did "To Serve & Protect" Become "To Seize & Profit?"</a>


title: Use of supposedly pest-resistant GMO cotton
uri: Use-of-supposedly-pest-resistant-GMO-cotton
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Use_of_supposedly_pest-resistant_GMO_cotton)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Use_of_supposedly_pest-resistant_GMO_cotton%29

content:
<p>
Use of supposedly pest-resistant GMO cotton
has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/01-1">led small
Indian farmers to use more pesticide</a>, and has not increased their
production.  They used it because the Indian government effectively
pushed them to use it.


title: House of Representatives voted to exempt derivatives from bank regulations
uri: House-of-Representatives-voted-to-exempt-derivatives-from-bank-regulat
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(House_of_Representatives_voted_to_exempt_derivatives_from_bank_regulations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28House_of_Representatives_voted_to_exempt_derivatives_from_bank_regulations%29

content:
<p>
The House of Representatives voted
to <a href="https://represent.us/action/beyond-partisan-corruption/">exempt
derivatives from bank regulations</a>, using a text written for them
by Citibank.
<p>
Too bad Obama doesn't want to confront the banksters
strongly.  <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_October_2013_%28The_banksters%27_men%29">He
is more on their side than ours.</a>


title: Many women in Saudi Arabia endorse extreme sexism
uri: Many-women-in-Saudi-Arabia-endorse-extreme-sexism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(Many_women_in_Saudi_Arabia_endorse_extreme_sexism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28Many_women_in_Saudi_Arabia_endorse_extreme_sexism%29

content:
<p>
Many women in Saudi
Arabia <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/02/saudi-protest-driving-ban-not-popular">endorse
the extreme sexism of their own society.</a>
<p>
It is clear that these women occupy rather privileged positions.  Most
Saudis are not rich, and the women who are not rich are not treated
like queens.  Nonetheless, it is interesting to see how patriarchy
convinces women to support patriarchy.


title: NIST will audit its encryption-related standards
uri: NIST-will-audit-its-encryption-related-standards
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 02_November_2013_(NIST_will_audit_its_encryption-related_standards)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_%28NIST_will_audit_its_encryption-related_standards%29

content:
<p>
NIST says it
will <a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/to-restore-credibility-nist-will-audit-its-standards-development-process/">audit
all its encryption-related standards to see if the NSA has sabotaged
them</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 4_November_2013_(The_UK_Government's_Decision)
title: The UK Government's Decision
uri: The-UK-Government-s-Decision
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#4_November_2013_%28The_UK_Government%27s_Decision%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>The UK government's decision to interrogate David Miranda and threaten
him with imprisonment was based on a document <a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/11/03/uk-cops-officially-detained-da.html">
that equated publication
with terrorism.</a></p>
<p>There you have it.  Measures that strip people of their rights
in the name of "fighting terrorism" will be used to attack freedom
and democracy.  These measures are far bigger threat than terrorism.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 4_November_2013_(North_Dakota_Oil_Spill)
title: North Dakota Oil Spill
uri: North-Dakota-Oil-Spill
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#4_November_2013_%28North_Dakota_Oil_Spill%29
content:
<p>
North Dakota Oil Spill Spotlights Obama Delay on Rules <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-29/north-dakota-oil-spill-spotlights-obama-delay-on-rules.html">
(about
detecting leaks).</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 4_November_2013_(Why_Prosecutors)
title: Why Prosecutors
uri: Why-Prosecutors
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#4_November_2013_%28Why_Prosecutors%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>Why prosecutors to prosecute heroes like Swartz and Kiriakou,
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/28-4">
rather
than banksters.</a></p>
<p>By the way, this also shows us why proposals to "reduce crime" by
putting cameras on the street are missing the boat.  If they want to
make a real dent in crime, they should put the cameras in bank
executives' offices.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 4_November_2013_(Monopolies)
title: Monopolies
uri: Monopolies
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#4_November_2013_%28Monopolies%29
content:
<p>
Resistance to plant variety monopolies and other restrictions of crops
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/03-1">
is spreading in Latin America.
</a></p>
<p>This generally admirable article falls for enemy propaganda when it
treats the term "intellectual property" as if it were a principle.  It
is nothing but a way of lumping together various unrelated laws, one
of which is the law of plant variety monopolies.  These laws don't
have anything meaningful in common, but the propaganda term leads
people to think that they do, or should.  Therefore, I never use it,
and when I see it used, I explain how it is misleading.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html">
See</a> for more explanation,</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 4_November_2013_(Economic_Growth)
title: Economic Growth
uri: Economic-Growth
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#4_November_2013_%28Economic_Growth%29
content:
<p>The paradigm of economic growth, as typically understood today,
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/01-2">
is anti-life.</a></p>
<p>It is not inevitable for economic growth to be anti-life;
but if people formulate their thoughts in terms of economic growth
and never mind how, it could come out that way.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 4_November_2013_(Tesco)
title: Tesco
uri: Tesco
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#4_November_2013_%28Tesco%29
content:
<p>Going to shop in Tesco's?  <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/03/privacy-tesco-scan-customers-faces">
Wear an Anonymous mask.</a>
</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 4_November_2013_(Industry)
title: Industry
uri: Industry
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#4_November_2013_%28Industry%29
content:
<p>
The fossil fuel industry's pet government in Australia has approved a
giant coal mine, never mind that running it will cause <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/04/greg-hunt-approves-coal-mine">
a local water
shortage.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 4_November_2013_(Workers)
title: Workers
uri: Workers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#4_November_2013_%28Workers%29
content:
<p>As many as two million workers are <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-31/two-million-workers-strike-in-indonesia-wage-protest-group-says.html">
on strike in Indonesia.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Urgent:_Hold_China_to_account)
title: Urgent: Hold China to account
uri: Urgent-Hold-China-to-account
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Hold_China_to_account%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_tibet_loc/">call for
holding China to account</a> as it seeks to join the UN Human Rights
Council.


title: Urgent: Support negotiation with Iran
uri: 2013-11-05-Urgent-Support-negotiation-with-Iran
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Urgent:_Support_negotiation_with_Iran)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_negotiation_with_Iran%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.berim.org/supportdiplomacy">show support</a> for
negotiation with Iran.


title: Greenpeace activist reports on prison conditions in Russia
uri: Greenpeace-activist-reports-on-prison-conditions-in-Russia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Greenpeace_activist_reports_on_prison_conditions_in_Russia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Greenpeace_activist_reports_on_prison_conditions_in_Russia%29

content:
<p>
One of the Greenpeace 30 reports on 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/04/arctic-30-activist-tells-of-russian-detention">prison
conditions in Russia</a>.
<p>
Note how the Australian government refuses to help him.
That's because it works for the fossil fuel companies.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Morsi_on_trial)
title: Morsi on trial
uri: Morsi-on-trial
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Morsi_on_trial%29
content:
<p>
Morsi, on trial, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/04/mohamed-morsi-egypt-trial-chaos-muslim-brotherhood">condemned
the military coup</a>.
<p>
He may very well be guilty of some crime, but the military's crimes
are so much bigger that they make this trial absurd.  The Muslim
Brotherhood advocates disrespect for human rights (for instance, the
right to change from being a Muslim to being anything else), but
shooting protesters dead on the street is also violating human rights.


title: Doctors told by US gov't to participate in torture of prisoners
uri: Doctors-told-by-US-gov-t-to-participate-in-torture-of-prisoners
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Doctors_told_by_US_govt_to_participate_in_torture_of_prisoners)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Doctors_told_by_US_govt_to_participate_in_torture_of_prisoners%29

content:
<p>
An organization of doctors says the US government 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/04/cia-doctors-torture-suspected-terrorists-9-11">told
doctors and psychologists to participate</a> in torture of prisoners.


title: Nobel Prize in Economics given for unfounded hypotheses
uri: Nobel-Prize-in-Economics-given-for-unfounded-hypotheses
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Nobel_Prize_in_Economics_given_for_unfounded_hypotheses)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Nobel_Prize_in_Economics_given_for_unfounded_hypotheses%29

content:
<p>
The Nobel Prize in Economics was given for 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/03-3">unfounded
economic hypotheses</a> that economists like to believe because they
support right-wing conclusions.


title: Safe nuclear power: easier said than done
uri: Safe-nuclear-power-easier-said-than-done
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Safe_nuclear_power:_easier_said_than_done)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Safe_nuclear_power%3A_easier_said_than_done%29

content:
<p>
James Hansen calls for development of
"<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/03/climate-scientists-support-nuclear-power">safe
nuclear power</a>".
<p>
I respect him, but that is easier said than done.  Some of the dangers
would be addressed by using 
<a href="https://stallman.org/notes/2011-mar-jun.html#29_June_2011_(Thorium_Rebuttal)">Thorium</a>,
but not all.


title: Abdolfattah Soltani starts hunger strike
uri: Abdolfattah-Soltani-starts-hunger-strike
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Abdolfattah_Soltani_starts_hunger_strike)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Abdolfattah_Soltani_starts_hunger_strike%29

content:
<p>
Imprisoned Iranian human rights defender 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/03/iran-human-rights-lawyer-hunger-strike">Abdolfattah
Soltani</a> has started a hunger strike.


title: Seeing anything sexual is dangerous but violence is no problem
uri: Seeing-anything-sexual-is-dangerous-but-violence-is-no-problem
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Seeing_anything_sexual_is_dangerous_but_violence_is_no_problem)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Seeing_anything_sexual_is_dangerous_but_violence_is_no_problem%29

content:
<p>
Religious conservatism leads its believers to think that seeing
anything sexual is dangerous for children,
but <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/04/blue-is-the-warmest-colour-shocking">seeing
violence is no problem.</a>


title: Executive order kept secret from Congress
uri: Executive-order-kept-secret-from-Congress
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Executive_order_kept_secret_from_Congress)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Executive_order_kept_secret_from_Congress%29

content:
<p>
The NSA collects Americans' contact lists on the pretext that this is
all "foreign intelligence", citing the authority of
an <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/04-2">executive
order that has been kept secret from Congress</a>.


title: Stranglehold over all areas of law
uri: Stranglehold-over-all-areas-of-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Stranglehold_over_all_areas_of_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Stranglehold_over_all_areas_of_law%29

content:
<p>
The European Union plans to give foreign companies
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/04/us-trade-deal-full-frontal-assault-on-democracy">stranglehold
over all areas of law</a>, through an "investor-state" treaty with the
US.
<p>
To establish such a treaty in a democracy is treason.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Rich_abandoning_America)
title: Rich abandoning America
uri: Rich-abandoning-America
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Rich_abandoning_America%29
content:
<p>
America's rich
are <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/04-1">abandoning
America</a>, after extracting what they could get.


title: 23 meters of sea level rise by 2100
uri: 23-meters-of-sea-level-rise-by-2100
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(23_meters_of_sea_level_rise_by_2100)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%2823_meters_of_sea_level_rise_by_2100%29

content:
<p>
A new
study <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/major-cities-sea-level-rises">forecasts
23 meters of sea level rise by 2100</a>.  Large parts of Boston would
be under water, as well as Shanghai, Mumbai, Miami and more.
<p>
And that's just considering the normal sea level, not high tides and
hurricanes.


title: Drug prohibition blocking brain research
uri: Drug-prohibition-blocking-brain-research
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(Drug_prohibition_blocking_brain_research)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28Drug_prohibition_blocking_brain_research%29

content:
<p>
Drug prohibition
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/04/drugs-legislation-david-nutt-john-maddox">blocking
brain research in the UK;</a> promising treatments cannot be studied.
The situation is similar in the US.
<p>
In the US, drug prohibition
also <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-sep-dec.html#19_November_2012_(War_on_Painkillers)">attacks
the use of existing medicine.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 04_November_2013_(The_Great_Austerity_Shell_Game)
title: The Great Austerity Shell Game
uri: The-Great-Austerity-Shell-Game
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#04_November_2013_%28The_Great_Austerity_Shell_Game%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/04/great-austerity-shell-game">The
Great Austerity Shell Game,</a> which is the only way out until you
tax the rich enough.


title: Former FBI agent refutes bogus argument for massive surveillance
uri: Former-FBI-agent-refutes-bogus-argument-for-massive-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Former_FBI_agent_refutes_bogus_argument_for_massive_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Former_FBI_agent_refutes_bogus_argument_for_massive_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Mike German, former FBI agent, 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/former-fbi-agent-mike-german-talks-about-nsa">refutes
the bogus arguments</a> for massive surveillance.
<p>
Even if general surveillance did protect us from terrorists, it makes
us vulnerable to a much bigger danger: the rogue state.


title: Greek Protesters Rally Against IMF And EU Inspection
uri: Greek-Protesters-Rally-Against-IMF-And-EU-Inspection
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Greek_Protesters_Rally_Against_IMF_And_EU_Inspection)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Greek_Protesters_Rally_Against_IMF_And_EU_Inspection%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/05/greek-protesters-rally-against-imf-eu-inspection">Greek
Protesters Rally Against IMF And EU Inspection</a>.


title: China's plan to reduce smog will increase CO2 emission
uri: China-s-plan-to-reduce-smog-will-increase-CO2-emission
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Chinas_plan_to_reduce_smog_will_increase_CO2_emission)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Chinas_plan_to_reduce_smog_will_increase_CO2_emission%29

content:
<p>
China's plan to reduce smog by replacing coal will result in 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/china-smog-reduction-water-stress">doubling
the CO<sub>2</sub> emission the coal was producing</a>.


title: Almond production drops due to death of honeybees
uri: Almond-production-drops-due-to-death-of-honeybees
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Almond_production_drops_due_to_death_of_honeybees)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Almond_production_drops_due_to_death_of_honeybees%29

content:
<p>
The death of honeybees has caused a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/nov/05/luxury-food-shortage-reports-rise-chocolate-wine">drop
in almond production in California</a>, and a shortage.


title: UK massive surveillance violates European human rights law
uri: UK-massive-surveillance-violates-European-human-rights-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(UK_massive_surveillance_violates_European_human_rights_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28UK_massive_surveillance_violates_European_human_rights_law%29

content:
<p>
UK massive surveillance appears to violate 
<a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/11/05/protecting-right-privacy-age-mass-surveillance">European
human rights law</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Snowdens_open_letter_to_Germany)
title: Snowden's open letter to Germany
uri: Snowden-s-open-letter-to-Germany
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Snowdens_open_letter_to_Germany%29

content:
<p>
Edward Snowden's 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/statement-edward-snowden">open
letter to Germany</a>.
<p>
On Snowden's prospects of being given 
<a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-political-debate-over-offering-snowden-asylum-in-germany-a-931497-druck.html">asylum
in Germany</a>.
<p>
Amnesty International says that 
<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/usa-threats-deny-snowden-clemency-smack-persecution-2013-11-04">prosecuting
Snowden would make him a political prisoner</a>.


title: Kerry wants to proceed with plans to render democracy powerless
uri: Kerry-wants-to-proceed-with-plans-to-render-democracy-powerless
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Kerry_wants_to_proceed_with_plans_to_render_democracy_powerless)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Kerry_wants_to_proceed_with_plans_to_render_democracy_powerless%29

content:
<p>
Kerry asks Europe not to let the dispute about NSA surveillance
interfere with joint plans for a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/05/nsa-trade-talks-kerry-europe">trade
treaty to render democracy powerless</a>.


title: Dawkins on Voluntary-Public-Spirit
uri: Dawkins-on-Voluntary-Public-Spirit
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Dawkins_on_Voluntary-Public-Spirit)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Dawkins_on_Voluntary-Public-Spirit%29

content:
<p>
Richard Dawkins raised a public issue that affects all of us, using
his bottle of honey as an example; people 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/05/honey-trap-plane-richard-dawkins-twitter">criticized
him as if he only cared about that bottle</a>.


title: Undercover UK thugs to be tried in secret court
uri: Undercover-UK-thugs-to-be-tried-in-secret-court
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Undercover_UK_thugs_to_be_tried_in_secret_court)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Undercover_UK_thugs_to_be_tried_in_secret_court%29

content:
<p>
The human rights lawsuit against undercover UK thugs, by the lovers
they tricked, has been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/05/women-relationships-police-spies-legal-action">buried
in a secret court</a> that is designed to be unfair in favor of the
state.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Reducing_poverty)
title: Reducing poverty
uri: Reducing-poverty
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Reducing_poverty%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/05">Planning to cut
US poverty in half</a> over the next ten years.
<p>
The question is whether we can reduce poverty faster than the
plutocrats can crank out more.


title: Obama's sellouts to the meat industry
uri: Obama-s-sellouts-to-the-meat-industry
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Obamas_sellouts_to_the_meat_industry)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Obamas_sellouts_to_the_meat_industry%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/10/obamas-five-biggest-sellouts-meat-industry">Obama's
sellouts</a> to the meat industry.


title: Ethiopian journalist imprisoned for 18 years
uri: Ethiopian-journalist-imprisoned-for-18-years
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Ethiopian_journalist_imprisoned_for_18_years)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Ethiopian_journalist_imprisoned_for_18_years%29

content:
<p>
Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega has been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/05/ethiopia-free-eskinder-nega">imprisoned
for 18 years for calling for democracy</a>, along with many other
supporters of human rights.


title: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is not strong enough
uri: The-Employment-Non-Discrimination-Act-is-not-strong-enough
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(The_Employment_Non-Discrimination_Act_is_not_strong_enough)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28The_Employment_Non-Discrimination_Act_is_not_strong_enough%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/05/employment-non-discrimination-act-falls-short">The
Employment Non-Discrimination Act is not strong enough</a>; it has a
religious loophole.
<p>
It's not just gay staff that face the threat of discrimination when a
secular hospital merges with a religious one; the patients do, too.
We should require religious hospitals to provide all sorts of care
that patients are entitled to, including abortions; if the church
doesn't like it, it can sell the hospital to a foundation.


title: Marshall Islands' inhabitants trying to live sustainably
uri: Marshall-Islands-inhabitants-trying-to-live-sustainably
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Marshall_Islands'_inhabitants_trying_to_live_sustainably)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Marshall_Islands%27_inhabitants_trying_to_live_sustainably%29

content:
<p>
The Marshall Islands' inhabitants
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/marshall-islands-technology-climate-change">trying
to live sustainably</a>, and hoping that the rest of the world will
follow their example rather than inundating them.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(New_Zealand_passed_US-style_law)
title: New Zealand passed US-style law
uri: New-Zealand-passed-US-style-law
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28New_Zealand_passed_US-style_law%29

content:
<p>
New Zealand has passed a US-style
law <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/05/new-zealand-law-email-phone-snooping">requiring
telecommunications companies to implement interception facilities</a>.
<p>
I don't think such facilities are bad in themselves; however, the
state must not be able to use them unmonitored.


title: Democracy activists calling for tourist boycott
uri: Democracy-activists-calling-for-tourist-boycott
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Democracy_activists_calling_for_tourist_boycott)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Democracy_activists_calling_for_tourist_boycott%29

content:
<p>
Democracy activists in the Maldives
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/05/maldives-activists-tourism-boycott-resorts-police-brutality">calling
for a tourist boycott</a> to pressure the state to allow a free
election; meanwhile, the state has made it a crime to advocate that
boycott.
<p>
This reminds me of the Israeli law
that <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_June_2013_(Constitutionality_of_Israels_anti-boycott_law)">threatens
to bankrupt anyone that advocates the boycott of products made in
Israel's colonies in Palestinian territory</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Obama's_drone_attacks)
title: Obama's drone attacks
uri: Obama-s-drone-attacks
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Obama%27s_drone_attacks%29
content:
<p>
Judging Obama's drone attacks against international
law <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/05/obama-administration-drone-strikes-war-crimes">finds
that many of them are crimes.</a>


title: Offering men paternity leave to match women's maternity leave
uri: Offering-men-paternity-leave-to-match-women-s-maternity-leave
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Offering_men_paternity_leave_to_match_women's_maternity_leave)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Offering_men_paternity_leave_to_match_women%27s_maternity_leave%29

content:
<p>
Offering men paternity leave to match women's maternity leave could
indirectly <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/05/paternity-leave-discrimination-women">reduce
employment discrimination against women.</a>


title: Former congressman denied a voting ID
uri: Former-congressman-denied-a-voting-ID
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Former_congressman_denied_a_voting_ID)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Former_congressman_denied_a_voting_ID%29

content:
<p>
A former congressman
was <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/11/03/jim-wright-voter-identification-texas-speaker/3422047/">denied
a voting ID under the state's tough new voter suppression law</a>.


title: Brazil accused of hypocrisy for minor forms of surveillance
uri: Brazil-accused-of-hypocrisy-for-minor-forms-of-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Brazil_accused_of_hypocrisy_for_minor_forms_of_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Brazil_accused_of_hypocrisy_for_minor_forms_of_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Brazil is
being <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/world/americas/brazil-acknowledges-spying-on-diplomats-from-us.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1&">accused
of hypocrisy for minor forms of surveillance</a> such as following
foreign diplomats' cars.
<p>
I don't see anything wrong with the practices described here, which
are aimed at specific people that there is a specific reason to be
suspicious of.  It isn't wrong for the US to do this sort of
surveillance, either.  What makes US surveillance an injustice is that
it is massive and general, aimed at all Americans.


title: Global heating is making polar bears starve
uri: Global-heating-is-making-polar-bears-starve
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Global_heating_is_making_polar_bears_starve)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Global_heating_is_making_polar_bears_starve%29

content:
<p>
Global heating
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/04/polar-bear-attacks-scientists-warn-warming-arctic">making
polar bears starve, so in part of Canada a few of them try to eat
humans</a>.
<p>
We can't blame the polar bears.  They don't understand global heating;
we do.


title: Iranian "reformist" newspaper closed
uri: Iranian-reformist-newspaper-closed
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Iranian_reformist_newspaper_closed)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Iranian_reformist_newspaper_closed%29

content:
<p>
An Iranian "reformist"
newspaper <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/04/irans-closure-of-reformist-newspaper-raises-concerns-about-press-freedom">has
been closed,</a> reminding us that even if Iran makes a deal about
uranium enrichment, it will still be a theocratic tyranny.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(ALEC's_transparency_initiative)
title: ALEC's "transparency" initiative
uri: ALEC-s-transparency-initiative
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28ALEC%27s_transparency_initiative%29

content:
<p>
ALEC's "transparency"
initiative <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/11/12292/alec-posts-legislative-agendas-while-hiding-its-very-special-interests">omits
important information</a>, compared with what as been obtained in the
past through open-records requests.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 05_November_2013_(Cowardly_leftish_politics)
title: Cowardly leftish politics
uri: Cowardly-leftish-politics
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Cowardly_leftish_politics%29
content:
<p>
Cowardly leftish politics: instead of adopting a livable minimum wage,
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/05/ed-miliband-tax-living-wage">"reward"
the businesses for paying enough.</a>
<p>
If we keep on giving employers tax cuts instead of requirements, soon
they won't have any tax to dodge, and we'll all be taxed to pay for
their "incentives".


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Ireland_bankrupted_itself)
title: Ireland bankrupted itself
uri: Ireland-bankrupted-itself
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Ireland_bankrupted_itself%29
content:
<p>
Ireland bankrupted itself by agreeing
to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-brown/ireland-ground-zero-for-t_b_4202292.html">pay
for the losses of private banks</a>.  This led to austerity which only
made things worse.


title: Initiative to require labeling of GMOs
uri: Initiative-to-require-labeling-of-GMOs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Initiative_to_require_labeling_of_GMOs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Initiative_to_require_labeling_of_GMOs%29

content:
<p>
The Washington initiative to require labeling of
GMOs <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/11/12295/corporate-cash-defeats-GMO-labeling-in-WA">has
probably been defeated.</a>
<p>
Companies put many millions into ads against labeling.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Million_Mask_March)
title: Million Mask March
uri: Million-Mask-March
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Million_Mask_March%29
content:
<p>
Protesters gather around the world
for <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/protesters-gather-million-mask-march">Million
Mask March.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Subversion_of_judicial_process)
title: Subversion of judicial process
uri: Subversion-of-judicial-process
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Subversion_of_judicial_process%29

content:
<p>
A Google security expert accuses GCHQ
of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/06/google-nsa-gchq-spying-judicial-process">"subversion
of judicial process".</a>
<p>
The state has subverted its own judicial process for the sake of
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_November_2013_%28Undercover_UK_thugs_to_be_tried_in_secret_court%29">snooping
of various kinds.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(4_Foods_That_Could_Disappear)
title: 4 Foods That Could Disappear
uri: 4-Foods-That-Could-Disappear
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%284_Foods_That_Could_Disappear%29
content:
<p>
4 Foods
That <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/11/will-new-food-safety-law-small-farms-organic-FSMA">Could
Disappear If New Food Safety Rules Pass.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Foreign_aid)
title: "Foreign aid"
uri: Foreign-aid
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Foreign_aid%29
content:
<p>
Lots of "foreign
aid" <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/nov/06/rich-countries-foreign-aid-oecd-poor">is
neither foreign nor aid.</a>
<p>
I think cancellation of a poor country's debt is real aid, and
urgently needed too.  However, encouraging external investment is
business in a country is not real aid, since investment tends to be
predatory and subjugating (it leads to pressure to sign treaties with
"investor-state" provisions
that <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#21_October_2013_%28Treaties%29">damage
human rights).</a>


title: Traders say they will prove oil companies have fixed prices
uri: Traders-say-they-will-prove-oil-companies-have-fixed-prices
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Traders_say_they_will_prove_oil_companies_have_fixed_prices)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Traders_say_they_will_prove_oil_companies_have_fixed_prices%29

content:
<p>
Oil commodity traders say they will prove that big oil companies
including Billionaire Polluters and
Shell <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/06/oil-traders-claim-crude-prices-fixed">have
fixed prices for a decade.</a>
<p>
So, will our plutocratist governments jail the people responsible, or
just fine the companies a small fraction of what they made from this?


title: Progressive Democrat elected Mayor of New York
uri: Progressive-Democrat-elected-Mayor-of-New-York
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Progressive_Democrat_elected_Mayor_of_New_York)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Progressive_Democrat_elected_Mayor_of_New_York%29

content:
<p>
Progressive Democrat Bill de
Blasio <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/06/bill-de-blasio-new-populist-left">has
been elected mayor of New York.</a> This is a victory, though we will
have to wait and see how much of one.


title: China pressuring Hollywood movie companies
uri: China-pressuring-Hollywood-movie-companies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(China_pressuring_Hollywood_movie_companies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28China_pressuring_Hollywood_movie_companies%29

content:
<p>
China is pressuring Hollywood movie
companies <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/nov/06/china-hollywood-positive-images-movies">to
join its PR force.</a>
<p>
Yet another reason we shouldn't go out of our way to help Hollywood
&mdashl such by as tolerating nasty copyright restrictions and the War
on Sharing, or by competing with other countries to offer movie
production the biggest tax cut.


title: Urgent: Restore Dominican Republic citizenship for people of Haitian descent
uri: Urgent-Restore-Dominican-Republic-citizenship-for-people-of-Haitian-d
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Urgent:_Restore_Dominican_Republic_citizenship_for_people_of_Haitian_descent)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Restore_Dominican_Republic_citizenship_for_people_of_Haitian_descent%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/End_apartheid_in_the_Dominican_Republic/">call 
on the Dominican Republic</a> to restore citizenship for people of
Haitian descent.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(US_listening_post_in_Berlin)
title: US listening post in Berlin
uri: US-listening-post-in-Berlin
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28US_listening_post_in_Berlin%29
content:
<p>
The US shut down its listening post in Berlin, so now it has to listen
to the German government 
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/revealed-britains-secret-listening-post-in-the-heart-of-berlin-8921548.html">via 
the UK embassy</a>.
<p>
Although US spying on foreign officials makes those officials angry, I
consider that practice more acceptable, and less scandalous, than US
spying on you, me and everyone.


title: Kenya's congress passes "code of conduct" law
uri: Kenya-s-congress-passes-code-of-conduct-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Kenyas_congress_passes_code_of_conduct_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Kenyas_congress_passes_code_of_conduct_law%29

content:
<p>
After reporters exposed theft by soldiers, Kenya's congress passed a
law to fine or shut news media if they violate a 
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24772232">"code of 
conduct" which will be decided later</a>.
<p>
Even if the code is not unjust at first, it could be changed easily
later.


title: Snowden, Assange, Manning, Vanunu and Kamm
uri: Snowden-Assange-Manning-Vanunu-and-Kamm
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Snowden,_Assange,_Manning,_Vanunu,_Kamm)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Snowden%2C_Assange%2C_Manning%2C_Vanunu%2C_Kamm%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=61708">Snowden,
Assange, Manning, Vanunu — The True Heroes Of Our Time</a>.
<p>
Anat Kamm should be listed in the title, too.


title: Israel to demolish homes of 15,000 Arabs
uri: Israel-to-demolish-homes-of-15-000-Arabs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Israel_to_demolish_homes_of_15000_Arabs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Israel_to_demolish_homes_of_15000_Arabs%29

content:
<p>
Israel has announced 
<a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=643164">plans 
to demolish the homes of 15,000 Arabs</a> in the areas Israel calls
part of Jerusalem.


title: Gaza's electric plant shut down due to fuel shortage
uri: Gaza-s-electric-plant-shut-down-due-to-fuel-shortage
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Gazas_electric_plant_shut_down_due_to_fuel_shortage)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Gazas_electric_plant_shut_down_due_to_fuel_shortage%29

content:
<p>
Gaza's electric plant is shut down because there is 
<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/11/gaza-power-plant-shuts-down-as-fuel-runs-out-20131119745191734.html">no 
fuel</a>.


title: Israeli troops attack Palestinians trying to farm their land
uri: Israeli-troops-attack-Palestinians-trying-to-farm-their-land
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Israeli_troops_attack_Palestinians_trying_to_farm_their_land)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Israeli_troops_attack_Palestinians_trying_to_farm_their_land%29

content:
<p>
Some Palestinians tried to go to their farm land, but 
<a href="http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/regions/hebron/7302-army-prevents-land-access-in-hebron-hills">Israeli 
troops attacked them</a> because Israeli colonists have built
greenhouses on that land.
<p>
Sometimes the colonists even 
<a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4448121,00.html">attack 
Israeli soldiers</a>, and get away with it.


title: Israel applies separate laws for Israeli and Palestinian children
uri: Israel-applies-separate-laws-for-Israeli-and-Palestinian-children
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Israel_applies_separate_laws_for_Israeli_and_Palestinian_children)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Israel_applies_separate_laws_for_Israeli_and_Palestinian_children%29

content:
<p>
Israel applies 
<a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=642347">one 
law to Israeli children and another law to Palestinian children</a>.


title: Norwegian journalists in Sochi repeatedly arrested
uri: Norwegian-journalists-in-Sochi-repeatedly-arrested
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Norwegian_journalists_in_Sochi_repeatedly_arrested)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Norwegian_journalists_in_Sochi_repeatedly_arrested%29

content:
<p>
Norwegian journalists in Sochi were repeatedly 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/05/russian-police-detain-and-harass-norwegian-journalists-in-sochi">arrested 
and threatened with imprisonment</a>, for no obvious reason.


title: American Psychological Association soft on torture
uri: American-Psychological-Association-soft-on-torture
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(American_Psychological_Association_soft_on_torture)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28American_Psychological_Association_soft_on_torture%29

content:
<p>
The American Psychological Association is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/05/the-dark-side-of-psychology-in-abuse-and-interrogation">soft 
on torture</a>.


title: More CO2 cuts needed to avoid disaster
uri: More-CO2-cuts-needed-to-avoid-disaster
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(More_CO2_cuts_needed_to_avoid_disaster)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28More_CO2_cuts_needed_to_avoid_disaster%29

content:
<p>
The UN reports that the CO<sub>2</sub>-reduction targets of the 
countries in the world won't be enough to avoid global heating
disaster.  
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/05/carbon-emissions-must-be-cut-significantly-by-2020-says-un-report">Much 
more cuts are needed by 2020</a>.
<p>
An OECD study found that a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/05/carbon-pricing-best-way-to-reduce-carbon-emissions">carbon 
tax</a> is the most efficient way to achieve cuts of whatever level.


title: Surrender of the M23 rebels in the DR Congo
uri: Surrender-of-the-M23-rebels-in-the-DR-Congo
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Surrender_of_the_M23_rebels_in_the_DR_Congo)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Surrender_of_the_M23_rebels_in_the_DR_Congo%29

content:
<p>
More about the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/05/congo-rebels-surrender-hopes-peace">surrender 
of the M23 rebels</a> in the DR Congo.


title: Loan companies advertising to children
uri: Loan-companies-advertising-to-children
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Loan_companies_advertising_to_children)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Loan_companies_advertising_to_children%29

content:
<p>
If advertising tobacco to children wasn't bad enough, now 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/nov/05/payday-lenders-accused-grooming-children-ads">loan 
companies
are doing it</a>.


title: UK snoops on undersea cables from base in Cyprus
uri: UK-snoops-on-undersea-cables-from-base-in-Cyprus
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(UK_snoops_on_undersea_cables_from_base_in_Cyprus)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28UK_snoops_on_undersea_cables_from_base_in_Cyprus%29

content:
<p>
The UK 
<a href="http://espresso.repubblica.it/inchieste/2013/11/04/news/the-history-of-british-intelligence-operations-in-cyprus-1.139978">snoops 
on many undersea cables</a> from its base in Cyprus.


title: Argentina's new biometric ID system
uri: Argentina-s-new-biometric-ID-system
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Argentinas_new_biometric_ID_system)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Argentinas_new_biometric_ID_system%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.ifex.org/argentina/2013/10/30/new_surveillance/">Argentina's 
New Biometric ID System Ignores Right to Privacy</a>.
<p>
This system (SIBIOS) is 
<a href="http://www.vialibre.org.ar/2012/06/07/mi-ultima-visita-a-argentina/">why
I decided not to go to Argentina again</a>. (Sorry, that article is in 
Spanish.)


title: Six Journalists Given Life Sentences in Turkey
uri: Six-Journalists-Given-Life-Sentences-in-Turkey
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(Six_Journalists_Given_Life_Sentences_in_Turkey)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28Six_Journalists_Given_Life_Sentences_in_Turkey%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.ifex.org/turkey/2013/11/05/life_sentence/">Six
Journalists Given Life Sentences in Turkey</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 06_November_2013_(End_of_rebellion_in_Congo)
title: End of rebellion in Congo
uri: End-of-rebellion-in-Congo
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#06_November_2013_%28End_of_rebellion_in_Congo%29
content:
<p>
The rebellion in the Congo (DRC) 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/05/congo-m23-rebels-revolt-kabila">seems 
to have ended</a>.
<p>
The fighting in that region tends to be due to rivalry between
mineral-trafficking gangs that supply the demands of users in
wealthier countries.  Some of these gangs are known as "governments"
while others are called "rebels".  The fighting flares up when the
gangs disagree about what share each gang will get.  People are better
off when the gang structure is stable and nobody is getting shot.


title: Urgent: Stop thugs from confiscating people's property at will
uri: Urgent-Stop-thugs-from-confiscating-people-s-property-at-will
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_thugs_from_confiscating_peoples_property_at_will)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_thugs_from_confiscating_peoples_property_at_will%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/policing-for-profit">call for an end to
the federal loophole</a> that undermines state laws intended to stop
thugs from confiscating people's property at will.


title: British journalist Sarah Harrison goes into exile
uri: British-journalist-Sarah-Harrison-goes-into-exile
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(British_journalist_Sarah_Harrison_goes_into_exile)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28British_journalist_Sarah_Harrison_goes_into_exile%29

content:
<p>
British journalist Sarah Harrison has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/sarah-harrison-edward-snowden-berlin">gone
into exile</a> fearing she will be accused of "terrorism" if she
returns home.


title: French court orders Google to delete pages from search results
uri: French-court-orders-Google-to-delete-pages-from-search-results
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(French_court_orders_Google_to_delete_pages_from_search_results)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28French_court_orders_Google_to_delete_pages_from_search_results%29

content:
<p>
A French court ordered Google to 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/business/international/google-is-ordered-to-block-images-in-privacy-case.html">delete
certain foreign web pages</a> from search results.
<p>
This seems like dangerous censorship to me.


title: Safety of genetically modified foods
uri: Safety-of-genetically-modified-foods
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Safety_of_genetically_modified_foods)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Safety_of_genetically_modified_foods%29

content:
<p>
A scientific-sounding article brushes quietly over 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/06/genetically-modified-food-safe-monsanto">reasons
to reject genetically modified foods</a>.  It looks thoughtful but its
reasoning is invalid.
<p>
It is clear that today's widely used GMOs are safe for most people to
eat.  If they caused harm to a substantial fraction of people, it
would have shown up in medical statistics by now.
<p>
This does not imply that they don't cause allergies in some people.
(I linked to a 
<a href="http://ww.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#29_July_2013_(GMO_corn)">different
report of such allergies</a>.)  Labeling GMOs is just what's needed to
enable people with those allergies to avoid the problem — even
if most of us can safely ignore it.
<p>
Meanwhile, today's GMOs cause big environmental problems.
"Roundup-ready" plants have led to an 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_(Use_of_supposedly_pest-resistant_GMO_cotton)">increase
in pesticide use</a>, while Bt-toxin plants kill other insects besides
the 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/2012-may-aug.html#16_August_2012_(Rootworms_resistant_to_GMO_corn_toxin)">pests
they are meant to kill</a>.
<p>
If we wish to reject these crops to protect the environment, we should
have that option.  Why should agribusiness be allowed to conceal use
of these crops from the public?
<p>
The veil comes down when the article makes a patently absurd claim
that the probable defeat in Washington should affect our goals.  That
defeat shows the effect of agribusiness' millions, but has nothing to
do with the question of what is good policy.
<p>
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28The_lies_that_defeated_GMO_labeling%29">The lies that defeated GMO labeling</a>


title: High level of polonium 210 found in Yasser Arafat's corpse
uri: High-level-of-polonium-210-found-in-Yasser-Arafat-s-corpse
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(High_level_of_polonium_210_found_in_Yasser_Arafats_corpse)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28High_level_of_polonium_210_found_in_Yasser_Arafats_corpse%29

content:
<p>
A 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/yasser-arafat-poisoned-polonium-tests-scientists">high
level of polonium 210</a> was found in Yasser Arafat's corpse,
suggesting he was killed with that poison.
<p>
Israel has a nuclear reactor (and nuclear weapons), and could easily
make polonium 210.  Arabs would find it difficult to obtain.


title: UK secrecy blocks report about decision to invade Iraq
uri: UK-secrecy-blocks-report-about-decision-to-invade-Iraq
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(UK_secrecy_blocks_report_about_decision_to_invade_Iraq)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28UK_secrecy_blocks_report_about_decision_to_invade_Iraq%29

content:
<p>
UK 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/06/chilcot-inquiry-notes-blair-bush">secrecy
about communications between B'liar and Dubya</a> is blocking the
report about why they decided to invade Iraq.


title: Palm oil companies disregarding ethical commitments
uri: Palm-oil-companies-disregarding-ethical-commitments
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Palm_oil_companies_disregarding_ethical_commitments)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Palm_oil_companies_disregarding_ethical_commitments%29

content:
<p>
Large palm oil companies are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/06/palm-oil-companies-ethical-report">disregarding
the ethical commitments they made</a>, and destroying forests in
Africa and Asia.


title: US called on to investigate 18 killings in Afghanistan
uri: US-called-on-to-investigate-18-killings-in-Afghanistan
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(US_called_on_to_investigate_18_killings_in_Afghanistan)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28US_called_on_to_investigate_18_killings_in_Afghanistan%29

content:
<p>
Human Rights Watch calls on the US to investigate 18 killings in
Afghanistan in which US troops 
<a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/11/06/us-investigate-killings-afghanistan">seem
to have killed prisoners</a>.


title: NY State issues order to block protests against drone base
uri: NY-State-issues-order-to-block-protests-against-drone-base
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(NY_State_issues_order_to_block_protests_against_drone_base)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28NY_State_issues_order_to_block_protests_against_drone_base%29

content:
<p>
New York State has issued a "protective order" to 
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19849-new-york-state-judge-renews-order-of-protection-against-drone-protesters-barring-them-from-air-base">block
protests against a drone base</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Global_heating)
title: Global heating
uri: 2013-11-07-Global-heating
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Global_heating%29
content:
<p>
Global heating 
<a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/what-happens-when-the-world-dries-out-16687">will
make dry regions drier</a>, and this will undermine the life of the
soil.
<p>
Geoengineering schemes designed to reflect sunlight away from the
Earth would 
<a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/geoengineering-could-cut-global-rainfall-study-finds-16699">reduce
global rainfall</a>.
<p>
They would also fail to save the oceans from 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-jul-oct.html#10_July_2012_(Ocean_acidification_due_to_CO2)">acidification</a>
which is likely to wipe out coral reefs and all the species that
depend on them.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Big_Pharma)
title: Big Pharma
uri: Big-Pharma
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Big_Pharma%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/05-9">Why Big Pharma
Won't Stop Breaking the Law</a>.


title: Allergies and lack of biodiversity
uri: Allergies-and-lack-of-biodiversity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Allergies_and_lack_of_biodiversity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Allergies_and_lack_of_biodiversity%29

content:
<p>
A lack of biodiversity in the nearby environment correlates with
different bacteria on your skin, and a 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/06">greater
incidence of allergies</a>.


title: Queensland extends unjust model of banning organizations by fiat
uri: Queensland-extends-unjust-model-of-banning-organizations-by-fiat
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Queensland_extends_unjust_model_of_banning_organizations_by_fiat)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Queensland_extends_unjust_model_of_banning_organizations_by_fiat%29

content:
<p>
Queensland (a state in Australia) has extended the unjust model of banning
organizations by fiat, previously applied to supposed terrorists, to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/06/queensland-anti-bikie-legilsation">supposed
motorcycle gangs</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Two_proposed_mines_in_Australia)
title: Two proposed mines in Australia
uri: Two-proposed-mines-in-Australia
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Two_proposed_mines_in_Australia%29

content:
<p>
Two proposed mines in Australia would emit
almost <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2013/nov/07/climate-change-keystone-galilee-queensland-coal-mining">4
billion tons of CO2 or equivalent.</a>
<p>
This happens as investors
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/unburnable-carbon-investment-agenda">questioning
fossil fuel companies about high valuations</a> based on the <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Carbon_Bubble%29">carbon
bubble.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(The_opposite_of_a_carbon_tax)
title: The opposite of a carbon tax
uri: The-opposite-of-a-carbon-tax
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28The_opposite_of_a_carbon_tax%29
content:
<p>
Governments' large subsidies to fossil fuel companies are in effect
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/07/fossil-fuel-subsidies-green-energy">the
opposite of a carbon tax.</a>
<p>
Right wing governments are trying to skew funding even
more <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2013/nov/07/green-tax-energy-bills-renewables">in
favor of fossil fuels.</a>
<p>
These subsidies are a form of corruption: the fossil fuel companies
have "invested" in looting the treasury.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Greece_public_broadcasting_system)
title: Greece public broadcasting system
uri: Greece-public-broadcasting-system
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Greece_public_broadcasting_system%29

content:
<p>
Greece closed its public broadcasting system and fired all the
employees, while starting a new public broadcasting system with
different personnel.
<p>
The fired employees occupied the building for five months, publishing
over the Internet, but the state has
now <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/07/greek-riot-police-evict-ert">sent
thugs to force them out.</a>
<p>
This move was equivalent to firing everyone and hiring other people.
Why do that?  Perhaps to pay them all less.  Or to choose people who
have less character, ethics or scruples.


title: The lies that defeated GMO labeling
uri: The-lies-that-defeated-GMO-labeling
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(The_lies_that_defeated_GMO_labeling)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28The_lies_that_defeated_GMO_labeling%29

content:
<p>
The lies that appear to have
defeated <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/06-7">GMO
labeling in Washington.</a>


title: FARC has reached peace agreement with state
uri: FARC-has-reached-peace-agreement-with-state
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(FARC_has_reached_peace_agreement_with_state)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28FARC_has_reached_peace_agreement_with_state%29

content:
<p>
The FARC, Colombia's second-worst terrorist
group, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/farc-rebels-deal-political-participation">has
reached a peace agreement in principle with the state.</a>
<p>
The end of the guerrilla war between the FARC and the state would be a
step forward, but I have to wonder what effect this will have on the
fight against the Colombia's principal terrorist group, the right-wing
paramilitares, which was closely associated with the previous
president Alvaro Horrible.
<p>
Also, I am concerned that boosting President Santos might hurt the
chances for electing a president that will tear up the
unjust <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#01_September_2013_%28Massive_protests_against_US-Colombia_trade_treaty_continue%29">free
exploitation treaty with the US.</a>


title: Shell lied about damage caused by oil spills in Nigeria
uri: Shell-lied-about-damage-caused-by-oil-spills-in-Nigeria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Shell_lied_about_damage_caused_by_oil_spills_in_Nigeria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Shell_lied_about_damage_caused_by_oil_spills_in_Nigeria%29

content:
<p>
Amnesty International
says <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/nov/07/shell-oil-niger-delta-pollution-amnesty">Shell
lied about damage caused by oil spills in Nigeria.</a>


title: Urgent: Call on Senator Durbin not to sell us out
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Senator-Durbin-not-to-sell-us-out
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_Senator_Durbin_not_to_sell_us_out)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Senator_Durbin_not_to_sell_us_out%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/call/durbin_cuts_calls/">phone
Senator Durbin's office</a> and call on him not to cut Social
Security, Medicaid or Medicare.  No Grand Sellout!


title: Urgent: Oppose sale of US national parks
uri: Urgent-Oppose-sale-of-US-national-parks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_sale_of_US_national_parks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_sale_of_US_national_parks%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/554">tell Congress</a> not
to sell our national parks.


title: Urgent: Oppose plan to allow more oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea
uri: Urgent-Oppose-plan-to-allow-more-oil-drilling-in-the-Chukchi-Sea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_plan_to_allow_more_oil_drilling_in_the_Chukchi_Sea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_plan_to_allow_more_oil_drilling_in_the_Chukchi_Sea%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.wilderness.org/site/Advocacy;?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2623">oppose</a>
a plan to allow even more oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea.


title: NYC jail keeps mentally ill prisoners in solitary confinement
uri: NYC-jail-keeps-mentally-ill-prisoners-in-solitary-confinement
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(NYC_jail_keeps_mentally_ill_prisoners_in_solitary_confinement)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28NYC_jail_keeps_mentally_ill_prisoners_in_solitary_confinement%29

content:
<p>
New York City's jail 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/rikers-island-jail-mentally-ill-solitary-confinement">keeps
mentally ill prisoners in solitary confinement</a>, sometimes for
years on end.
<p>
That's likely to make them sicker.


title: Thugs probe mans intestines because he clenched his buttocks
uri: Thugs-probe-mans-intestines-because-he-clenched-his-buttocks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Thugs_probe_mans_intestines_because_he_clenched_his_buttocks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Thugs_probe_mans_intestines_because_he_clenched_his_buttocks%29

content:
<p>
Thugs got "doctors" to search David Eckhart's intestines 
<a href="http://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/11/do-not-clench-your-buttocks-in-deming-new-mexico.html">6
times</a> just because he was seen clenching his buttocks.
<p>
The colonoscopy procedure has a certain degree of danger.  That danger
is worth while for people who have an a priori risk of colon cancer,
but that cannot excuse applying it to anyone else.


title: Urgent: Oppose the TPP and the "fast track" for it
uri: Urgent-Oppose-the-TPP-and-the-fast-track-for-it
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 07_November_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_the_TPP_and_the_fast_track_for_it)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#07_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_the_TPP_and_the_fast_track_for_it%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1143.php">send a message
to your congresscritter and senators</a> to oppose the TPP and
especially oppose "fast track" for it.
<p>
Here's the 
<a href="media/a0fed06f.trance-pacific-partnership.en.jpg" data-original-source="http://stallman.org/images/trance-pacific-partnership.en.jpg">true 
nature of the TPP</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Deforestation_in_Sumatra)
title: Deforestation in Sumatra
uri: Deforestation-in-Sumatra
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Deforestation_in_Sumatra%29
content:
<p>
What's the right strategy
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/deforestation-strategy-save-world-rainforest">end
deforestation in Sumatra?</a>


title: Strongest hurricane ever recorded over land
uri: Strongest-hurricane-ever-recorded-over-land
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Strongest_hurricane_ever_recorded_over_land)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Strongest_hurricane_ever_recorded_over_land%29

content:
<p>
The Philippines was
just <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/08/typhoon-haiyan-rich-ignore-climate-change">struck
by the strongest hurricane ever recorded over land</a>.
<p>
Global heating
causes <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/08/typhoon-haiyan-biggest-storms">increasingly
strong storms </a> and rising sea level, which combine to cause ever
more damage.


title: UK marine convicted of murdering a prisoner
uri: UK-marine-convicted-of-murdering-a-prisoner
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(UK_marine_convicted_of_murdering_a_prisoner)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28UK_marine_convicted_of_murdering_a_prisoner%29

content:
<p>
A UK marine
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/08/royal-marine-guilty-executing-afghan">convicted
of murdering a prisoner in Afghanistan.</a>


title: Global heating denying celebrities
uri: Global-heating-denying-celebrities
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Global_heating_denying_celebrities)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Global_heating_denying_celebrities%29

content:
<p>
Global heating denying celebrities stem from
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/nov/08/climage-change-denial-celebrity-not-science">corporate-funded
astroturf "wise use" movement in the 80s.</a>
<p>
With their bogus scientific claims rejected, they move to the free
market fundamentalist think tanks of the cult of the invisible hand.
("Whatever the market does is right, by definition, even if it makes
everyone suffer.")  Those circles don't care if the science is wrong
as long as it supports their faith.


title: Egypt's military announced schedule for elections
uri: Egypt-s-military-announced-schedule-for-elections
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Egypt's_military_announced_schedule_for_elections)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Egypt%27s_military_announced_schedule_for_elections%29

content:
<p>
Egypt's military
government <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/08/egypt-timetable-elections-foreign-minister-fahmy">announced
a schedule for elections next year.</a>
<p>
I hope this is sincere, but I would not count on it.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Netanyahu_is_making_wild_threats)
title: Netanyahu is making wild threats
uri: Netanyahu-is-making-wild-threats
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Netanyahu_is_making_wild_threats%29

content:
<p>
Netanyahu
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/08/israel-john-kerry-iranian-nuclear-deal">making
wild threats over the possible nuclear deal with Iran</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Game_of_tag_is_not_allowed)
title: Game of tag is not allowed
uri: Game-of-tag-is-not-allowed
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Game_of_tag_is_not_allowed%29
content:
<p>
A school in Canada
has <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-no-touch-policy-introduced-at-b-c-elementary-school-1.1528691">prohibited
children from touching each other.</a>  The game of tag is not
allowed.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Google_is_using_spyware_in_apps)
title: Google is using spyware in apps
uri: Google-is-using-spyware-in-apps
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Google_is_using_spyware_in_apps%29

content:
<p>
Google is using spyware in apps
to <a href="http://digiday.com/platforms/google-tracking/">track phone
users into physical stores.</a>


title: Unequally divided wealth and income in US
uri: Unequally-divided-wealth-and-income-in-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Unequally_divided_wealth_and_income_in_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Unequally_divided_wealth_and_income_in_US%29

content:
<p>
A list of facts that show
how <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-07/which-america-do-you-live-%E2%80%93-21-hard-believe-facts-about-wealthy-america-and-poor-ame">unequally
divided wealth and income are in the US.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_Tax_Haven_Abuse_Act)
title: Urgent: Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
uri: Urgent-Stop-Tax-Haven-Abuse-Act
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_Tax_Haven_Abuse_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: support
the <a href="http://action.ourfuture.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=258">Stop
Tax Haven Abuse Act.</a>
<p>
Here's <a href="http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2013/09/stop_tax_haven_abuse_act_would.php#.UnxV152Yz-U">what
the bill does.</a>
<p>
More info about
a <a href="http://www.levin.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/summary-of-the-stop-tax-haven-abuse-act-of-2011/?section=alltypes">previous
version of the bill.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Unreasonable_Force_In_Chicago)
title: "Unreasonable Force" In Chicago
uri: Unreasonable-Force-In-Chicago
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Unreasonable_Force_In_Chicago%29
content:
<p>
"Unreasonable Force" In Chicago Evidently Does Not Mean A Probably
Drunk
Cop <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/further/2013/11/07-0">Killing
An Unarmed Guy Lying On the Ground</a> By Shooting Him 16 Times.


title: Urgent: No shipping of toxic fracking waste on rivers
uri: Urgent-No-shipping-of-toxic-fracking-waste-on-rivers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Urgent:_No_shipping_of_toxic_fracking_waste_on_rivers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_No_shipping_of_toxic_fracking_waste_on_rivers%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell the Coast Guard not to allow 
<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/676/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14548">toxic
fracking waste to be shipped on rivers</a>.  A barge accident could
pollute water supplies.


title: Urgent: Oppose bill that weakens the EPA
uri: Urgent-Oppose-bill-that-weakens-the-EPA
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_bill_that_weakens_the_EPA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_bill_that_weakens_the_EPA%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure2.edf.org/site/Advocacy;?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=2190">call
on your congresscritter and senators to oppose a bill to deny the EPA
the power to regulate carbon pollution from power plants.


title: Urgent: Honest judgment of Keystone XL by the EPA
uri: Urgent-Honest-judgment-of-Keystone-XL-by-the-EPA
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Urgent:_Honest_judgment_of_Keystone_XL_by_the_EPA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Honest_judgment_of_Keystone_XL_by_the_EPA%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14543">call
on the EPA</a> to judge the Keystone XL planet-roaster pipeline
honestly and not join the State Department's greenwash.


title: Urgent: Enforcement of law to protect marine mammals
uri: Urgent-Enforcement-of-law-to-protect-marine-mammals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Urgent:_Enforcement_of_law_to_protect_marine_mammals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Enforcement_of_law_to_protect_marine_mammals%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy;?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3263">call
for enforcement of the law to protect marine mammals from fishing.


title: IPCC report links climate change to anticipated global food scarcity
uri: IPCC-report-links-climate-change-to-anticipated-global-food-scarcity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(IPCC_report_links_climate_change_to_anticipated_global_food_scarcity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28IPCC_report_links_climate_change_to_anticipated_global_food_scarcity%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/world-on-a-plate/2013/nov/07/climate-change-environment-food-security-ipcc-emissions-united-nations-global-warming">Leaked
IPCC Report Links Climate Change to (coming) Global Food
Scarcity</a>. The problem is already affecting food production in the
US.


title: Judges demands ICRC reports on conditions at Guantanamo prison
uri: Judges-demands-ICRC-reports-on-conditions-at-Guantanamo-prison
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Judges_demands_ICRC_reports_on_conditions_at_Guantanamo_prison)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Judges_demands_ICRC_reports_on_conditions_at_Guantanamo_prison%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/07-6">Judge
Demands US Gov't Hand Over Secret Docs Detailing Gitmo Torture</a>.
<p>
I understand the ICRC's reason for not publishing its reports
on how states treat prisoners.
I'm not convinced that the ICRC's reputation for confidentiality
will be significantly impugned if a state publishes
the report that the IRCR made about that state.


title: UK to quash torture case with new court procedure
uri: UK-to-quash-torture-case-with-new-court-procedure
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(UK_to_quash_torture_case_with_new_court_procedure)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28UK_to_quash_torture_case_with_new_court_procedure%29

content:
<p>
The UK intends to quash a torture case using a new secret court
procedure, in which the state can 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/nov/07/secret-court-procedure-torture-complicity-allegations">present
evidence to the judge while concealing it from the torture victims and
their lawyers</a>.
<p>
The government's witnesses, testifying in secret, could lie like a
Clapper, confident that no one will have the chance to investigate to
find facts to put up against their testimony.


title: MPs squander opportunity to question UK surveillance organizations
uri: MPs-squander-opportunity-to-question-UK-surveillance-organizations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(MPs_squander_opportunity_to_question_UK_surveillance_organizations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28MPs_squander_opportunity_to_question_UK_surveillance_organizations%29

content:
<p>
MPs ordered the heads of UK surveillance organizations to testify in
Parliament, and squandered the opportunity by 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/07/questioning-spy-chiefs-wouldnt-scared-puppy">giving
them easy questions</a>.
<p>
The spymasters told us nothing, just 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/defence-and-security-blog/2013/nov/07/mi6-uksecurity">repeated
their usual bogus arguments</a> in favor of spying on everyone.


title: Saudi Arabia funds new group of Islamist Sunni rebels in Syria
uri: Saudi-Arabia-funds-new-group-of-Islamist-Sunni-rebels-in-Syria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Saudi_Arabia_funds_new_group_of_Islamist_Sunni_rebels_in_Syria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Saudi_Arabia_funds_new_group_of_Islamist_Sunni_rebels_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
Saudi Arabia is funding a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/07/syria-crisis-saudi-arabia-spend-millions-new-rebel-force">new
group of Islamist Sunni rebels</a> in Syria, this time excluding al
Qa'ida.
<p>
This exclusion of al Qa'ida removes one reason why the US would oppose
it, but they would seek to oppress Shi'ite, Christian and secular
Syrians with a tyranny comparable to that of Saudi Arabia.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Proposed_coal_mine_in_Borneo)
title: Proposed coal mine in Borneo
uri: Proposed-coal-mine-in-Borneo
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Proposed_coal_mine_in_Borneo%29
content:
<p>
A proposed giant coal mine in Borneo could cause deforestation
locally, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/07/fears-orangutans-bhp-urged-abandon-coalmine">wiping
out orangutans (and many other species)</a>, but the revenge on the
rest of the world will take the form of global heating and 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_May_2013_(Ocean_acidification)">ocean
acidification</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(War_on_Drugs)
title: War on Drugs
uri: War-on-Drugs
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28War_on_Drugs%29
content:
<p>
We need to 
<a href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/statements/war-drugs-its-not-just-about-marijuana">end
the War on Drugs</a>, and not just for marijuana.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Horoscopes)
title: Horoscopes
uri: Horoscopes
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Horoscopes%29
content:
<p>
What horoscopes would look like 
<a href="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=182.0">if
astrology were really valid</a>.


title: Mayor de Blasio must deal with effects of global heating on NYC
uri: Mayor-de-Blasio-must-deal-with-effects-of-global-heating-on-NYC
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Mayor_de_Blasio_must_deal_with_effects_of_global_heating_on_NYC)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Mayor_de_Blasio_must_deal_with_effects_of_global_heating_on_NYC%29

content:
<p>
Bill de Blasio, New York's first day-mayor 
(<a href="#de_Blasio-9-Nov-2013">*</a>) in several decades,
will have to deal with 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/07/bill-de-blasio-challenge-climate-change">protecting
New York City from the effects of global heating, as well as the
problem of housing used by rich people for vacations</a>. As global
heating accelerates, some areas will have to be abandoned.
<p id="de_Blasio-9-Nov-2013"><sup>*</sup> Giuliani and Bloomberg were
night-mayors.
</p>


title: How NSA instructs its speakers to defend massive surveillance
uri: How-NSA-instructs-its-speakers-to-defend-massive-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(How_NSA_instructs_its_speakers_to_defend_massive_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28How_NSA_instructs_its_speakers_to_defend_massive_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
The NSA instructed its speakers to defend massive surveillance with
a <a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/30/revealed-nsa-pushed911askeysoundbitetojustifysurveillance.html">vague
reference to the September 2001 attacks</a>.  In effect, an allusion
to the idea that we're supposed to believe their spying on all of us
protected us from something more dangerous than a nondemocratic
government.


title: Other NSA staff inspired by Snowden
uri: Other-NSA-staff-inspired-by-Snowden
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Other_NSA_staff_inspired_by_Snowden)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Other_NSA_staff_inspired_by_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
The Government Accountability Project says that 
<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/10/more-nsa-leakers-followed-snowdens-footsteps-whistleblower-lawyer-says/">other
NSA staff are revealing information</a>, inspired by Snowden.


title: Hidden mental scars from solitary confinement
uri: Hidden-mental-scars-from-solitary-confinement
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Hidden_mental_scars_from_solitary_confinement)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Hidden_mental_scars_from_solitary_confinement%29

content:
<p>
Solitary confinement produces 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/30/solitary-confinement-invisible-scars">hidden
mental scars</a>, and in New York State prisoners are put in solitary
confinement for ridiculous arbitrary reasons.


title: Five reasons to ban depleted uranium from weapons and armor
uri: Five-reasons-to-ban-depleted-uranium-from-weapons-and-armor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 09_November_2013_(Five_reasons_to_ban_depleted_uranium_from_weapons_and_armor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#09_November_2013_%28Five_reasons_to_ban_depleted_uranium_from_weapons_and_armor%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/five-reasons-to-ban-depleted-uranium-weapons">Five
reasons</a> to ban depleted uranium from weapons and armor.
<p>
If the US were ever invaded, we could not dare use tanks with depleted
uranium armor, or fire the DU shells — it would be less damaging
to surrender.


title: Urgent: Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act
uri: Urgent-Stop-Subsidizing-Multimillion-Dollar-Corporate-Bonuses-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_Subsidizing_Multimillion_Dollar_Corporate_Bonuses_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_Subsidizing_Multimillion_Dollar_Corporate_Bonuses_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12336">support</a>
the Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act.


title: Urgent: Oppose coal export terminal in Washington State
uri: Urgent-Oppose-coal-export-terminal-in-Washington-State
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_coal_export_terminal_in_Washington_State)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_coal_export_terminal_in_Washington_State%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.earthjustice.org/site/Advocacy;?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1521">oppose</a>
a proposed coal export terminal in Washington State.


title: Urgent: Employment Non-Discrimination Act
uri: Urgent-Employment-Non-Discrimination-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Urgent:_Employment_Non-Discrimination_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Employment_Non-Discrimination_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your congresscritter to pass the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act, which the Senate just passed.  Also send a
message through 
<a href="http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ENDA">this
page</a>.
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 
and 888-355-3588.


title: Unjust trade trade treaty between US and Europe thwarted
uri: Unjust-trade-trade-treaty-between-US-and-Europe-thwarted
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Unjust_trade_trade_treaty_between_US_and_Europe_thwarted)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Unjust_trade_trade_treaty_between_US_and_Europe_thwarted%29

content:
<p>
The scandal about NSA spying in Europe has 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/11/12299/%EF%BB%BFnsa-spying-scandal-endangers-us-eu-trade-pact">temporarily
thwarted</a> plans for a new, unjust trade treaty between the US and
Europe, TTIP.
<p>
This proposed treaty is also called TAFTA, or "Turn All Freedom to
Ashes", and it is likely to be similar to the TPP.  Any "trade" treaty
that the US government proposes nowadays is likely to be an instrument
to give business more power and undermine democracy.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Coal_industry_forum_in_Poland)
title: Coal industry forum in Poland
uri: Coal-industry-forum-in-Poland
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Coal_industry_forum_in_Poland%29
content:
<p>
While Poland hosts negotiations to consider perhaps saving the Earth's
biosphere, it also contemptuously holds a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/08/polands-coal-climate-summit-outrageous-irrelevant">coal
industry forum</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(David_Eckerts_forced_colonoscopy)
title: David Eckert's forced colonoscopy
uri: David-Eckert-s-forced-colonoscopy
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28David_Eckerts_forced_colonoscopy%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.popehat.com/2013/11/07/what-is-the-quantum-of-proof-necessary-for-police-to-rape-and-torture-you-in-new-mexico/">More</a>
on David Eckert's forced colonoscopy.
<p>
I think it is abuse of language and common sense to stretch the word
"rape" to include a forced medical procedure.  Rape is not the only
sort of wrong; if we want to criticize something, we don't need to
scrape up an excuse to call it "rape".


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Walmart_workers_protest)
title: Walmart workers protest
uri: Walmart-workers-protest
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Walmart_workers_protest%29
content:
<p>
Walmart workers held the 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/08-4">largest
protest ever</a>.
<p>
I nearly always avoid Walmart.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Colon_searches_in_Deming)
title: Colon searches in Deming
uri: Colon-searches-in-Deming
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Colon_searches_in_Deming%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/11/plaintiff-in-deming-held-15-hours.html">Eckert
wasn't the only person</a> in Deming whose colon was searched for
drugs based on no evidence.


title: Possibility of nuclear agreement with Iran
uri: Possibility-of-nuclear-agreement-with-Iran
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Possibility_of_nuclear_agreement_with_Iran)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Possibility_of_nuclear_agreement_with_Iran%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/08-7">Might
Netanyahu launch an attack on Iran</a> to sabotage the possibility of
a nuclear agreement?


title: Food industry wants to ban states from requiring GMO labeling
uri: Food-industry-wants-to-ban-states-from-requiring-GMO-labeling
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Food_industry_wants_to_ban_states_from_requiring_GMO_labeling)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Food_industry_wants_to_ban_states_from_requiring_GMO_labeling%29

content:
<p>
The food industry wants the US government to 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/07-12">ban states
from requiring labeling of GMOs</a>.


title: Tony B'liar's advice on "good governance"
uri: Tony-B-liar-s-advice-on-good-governance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Tony_Blairs_advice_on_good_governance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Tony_Blairs_advice_on_good_governance%29

content:
<p>
Tony B'liar's advice on "good governance" has not led Kazakhstan to
respect human rights any better.  It has got 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/08/tony-blair-kazakhstan-human-rights-role">worse
since he started</a>.
<p>
The argument that Kazakhstan is "an important country" is a red herring.


title: Sheik declared "terrorist" without trial
uri: Sheik-declared-terrorist-without-trial
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Sheik_declared_terrorist_without_trial)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Sheik_declared_terrorist_without_trial%29

content:
<p>
Sheik Yassin Kadi was declared a "terrorist" by the US and then by the
UN, without a trial, based on 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2013/nov/08/yassin-kadi-ordeal-us-kafka-incarnate">accusations
kept secret from him</a>.
<p>
This is the natural result of the laws that ban organizations by
declaring them "terrorist", without a trial.  Such laws are inherently
unjust and all of them must be repealed.


title: Countries learning to reject unjust trade treaties
uri: Countries-learning-to-reject-unjust-trade-treaties
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Countries_learning_to_reject_unjust_trade_treaties)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Countries_learning_to_reject_unjust_trade_treaties%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/08/trade-agreements-developing-countries-joseph-stiglitz">Several
governments</a> are learning to reject unjust trade treaties.
<p>
Too bad 
<a href="media/a0fed06f.trance-pacific-partnership.en.jpg" data-original-source="http://stallman.org/images/trance-pacific-partnership.en.jpg">the
US is not one of them</a>.


title: Pollution from jewellery and other chemical processing
uri: Pollution-from-jewellery-and-other-chemical-processing
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Pollution_from_jewellery_and_other_chemical_processing)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Pollution_from_jewellery_and_other_chemical_processing%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/nov/08/toxic-towns-poisoned-rivers-byproduct-industry">Argentina,
Indonesia and Nigeria among World's Top 10 Most Polluted Places Due to
Jewellery And Other Chemical Processing</a>.


title: Local thugs joining in massive surveillance
uri: Local-thugs-joining-in-massive-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Local_thugs_joining_in_massive_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Local_thugs_joining_in_massive_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Local thugs in the US
are <a href="http://cironline.org/blog/post/ask-us-anything-about-local-surveillance-technology-5518">joining
in massive surveillance.</a>


title: Power Plants and Other Vital Systems Are Totally Exposed on the Internet
uri: Power-Plants-and-Other-Vital-Systems-Are-Totally-Exposed-on-the-Intern
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Power_Plants_and_Other_Vital_Systems_Are_Totally_Exposed_on_the_Internet)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Power_Plants_and_Other_Vital_Systems_Are_Totally_Exposed_on_the_Internet%29

content:
<p>
Power Plants and Other Vital Systems
Are <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/11/internet-exposed/">Totally
Exposed on the Internet.</a>


title: Polio spreading to Middle East from Pakistan
uri: Polio-spreading-to-Middle-East-from-Pakistan
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Polio_spreading_to_Middle_East_from_Pakistan)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Polio_spreading_to_Middle_East_from_Pakistan%29

content:
<p>
Polio
is <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-07/polio-threatens-europe-as-virus-makes-comeback-amid-wars.html">spreading
to the Middle East from Pakistan,</a> where religious
lunatics <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#09_February_2013_%28Islamist_fanatics_kill_polio_vaccination_workers%29">kill
vaccination teams.</a>


title: People get fired for using legalized pot
uri: People-get-fired-for-using-legalized-pot
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(People_get_fired_for_using_legalized_pot)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28People_get_fired_for_using_legalized_pot%29

content:
<p>
Even in states which have legalized
pot, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-07/pot-smoking-quadriplegic-s-firing-shows-have-over-rules.html">people
get fired for using it.</a>
<p>
One disadvantage of the US is that companies can fire employees for
almost anything, with a few special exceptions.


title: U.S. Manufacturing Only Has Jobs for the Skilled Few
uri: U-S-Manufacturing-Only-Has-Jobs-for-the-Skilled-Few
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(U.S._Manufacturing_Only_Has_Jobs_for_the_Skilled_Few)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28U.S._Manufacturing_Only_Has_Jobs_for_the_Skilled_Few%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-07/u-s-manufacturing-only-has-jobs-for-the-skilled-few.html">U.S. Manufacturing
Only Has Jobs for the Skilled Few.</a>
<p>
Self-driving cars cut put 2 or 3 million Americans out of work, if we
allow them to.  Why not ban them?


title: UK gov't cruel treatment to children of illegal immigrants
uri: UK-gov-t-cruel-treatment-to-children-of-illegal-immigrants
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(UK_gov't_cruel_treatment_to_children_of_illegal_immigrants)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28UK_gov%27t_cruel_treatment_to_children_of_illegal_immigrants%29

content:
<p>
The UK government is dishing
out <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/09/illegal-migrant-children-denied-access-education-housing">cruel
treatment to children of illegal immigrants, as a scheme to discourage
immigration.</a>


title: Urgent: Don't let JP Morgan get a tax deduction for its penalty
uri: Urgent-Don-t-let-JP-Morgan-get-a-tax-deduction-for-its-penalty
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Urgent:_Don't_let_JP_Morgan_get_a_tax_deduction_for_its_penalty)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Don%27t_let_JP_Morgan_get_a_tax_deduction_for_its_penalty%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone Attorney General Holder and
say, <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/call/jpmorgan_calls/?akid=9404.1183552.FoPmum&rd=1&t=1003">don't
let JP Morgan get a tax deduction for its penalty.</a>


title: Urgent: What has become of political prisoner Nadya Tolokonnikova
uri: Urgent-What-has-become-of-political-prisoner-Nadya-Tolokonnikova
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Urgent:_What_has_become_of_political_prisoner_Nadya_Tolokonnikova)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_What_has_become_of_political_prisoner_Nadya_Tolokonnikova%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: demand that Russia
say <a href="http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/3998?n=43027470.Vt8Km-">what
has become of political prisoner Nadya Tolokonnikova.</a>


title: Urgent: Mike Bishop's case against the Keystone XL
uri: Urgent-Mike-Bishop-s-case-against-the-Keystone-XL
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Urgent:_Mike_Bishop's_case_against_the_Keystone_XL)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Mike_Bishop%27s_case_against_the_Keystone_XL%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell Obama to <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/bishop_kxl?referring_akid=a129620915.1183552.H">drop his opposition to Mike Bishop's case
against the Keystone XL planet roaster pipeline</a>.


title: Voters prove vulnerable to manipulation
uri: Voters-prove-vulnerable-to-manipulation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Voters_prove_vulnerable_to_manipulation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Voters_prove_vulnerable_to_manipulation%29

content:
<p>
American voters prove vulnerable to manipulation
when <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/06-4">companies
launder money to pay for political advertisements.</a>
<p>
Voters approved many
other <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/07-4">progressive
ballot initiatives.</a>
<p>
Americans need to learn that expensive political ads represent their
enemy.


title: Urgent: Strong limits on CO2 emissions from new power plants
uri: Urgent-Strong-limits-on-CO2-emissions-from-new-power-plants
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Urgent:_Strong_limits_on_CO2_emissions_from_new_power_plants)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Strong_limits_on_CO2_emissions_from_new_power_plants%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell the EPA you
want <a href="https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=CE6329573828BE801B7D396DCFD1BDF9.app337a?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3267">strong
limits on CO2 emissions from new power plants.</a>


title: A chance to comment on the dangers of TAFTA
uri: A-chance-to-comment-on-the-dangers-of-TAFTA
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(A_chance_to_comment_on_the_dangers_of_TAFTA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28A_chance_to_comment_on_the_dangers_of_TAFTA%29

content:
<p>
The US government gave civil society organizations a chance to comment
on the dangers of
TAFTA, <a href="http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/11/want-to-weigh-in-on-a-controversial-trade-deal-please-pay-2000.html">if
they can afford to fly to Brussels on one week's notice.</a>
<p>
TAFTA stands for "Turn All Freedom To Ashes", and if you are not in
favor of that goal, they don't want to hear from you.


title: Urgent: Commit not to buy sugar from land-grabbers
uri: Urgent-Commit-not-to-buy-sugar-from-land-grabbers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Urgent:_Commit_not_to_buy_sugar_from_land-grabbers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Commit_not_to_buy_sugar_from_land-grabbers%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Pepsico to follow Coca Cola Company
and <a href="http://www.behindthebrands.org/en-us/actnow?utm_source=FY14BTBCokeWin">commit
not to buy sugar from land-grabbers.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Biomass_as_an_energy_source)
title: Biomass as an energy source
uri: Biomass-as-an-energy-source
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Biomass_as_an_energy_source%29
content:
<p>
Biomass as an energy source is renewable in principle, but if that
means burning
wood, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/09/biomass-power-stations-wood-forests-report">it
could also mean deforestation.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(IPCC_chairman_on_planet)
title: IPCC chairman on planet
uri: IPCC-chairman-on-planet
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28IPCC_chairman_on_planet%29
content:
<p>
IPCC
chairman: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/ippc-pachauri-climate-change-spoilt-defiled-planet">Are
we prepared to "pass on a lousy, spoilt and defiled planet"?</a>


title: Urgent: Tell Warren Buffet to stop threatening rail workers
uri: Urgent-Tell-Warren-Buffet-to-stop-threatening-rail-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Urgent:_Tell_Warren_Buffet_to_stop_threatening_rail_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_Warren_Buffet_to_stop_threatening_rail_workers%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/buffett-rail-workers/">tell
Warren Buffett</a> to stop threatening rail workers that want to
unionize.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Urgent:_Raise_minimum_wage_to_10)
title: Urgent: Raise minimum wage to $10
uri: Urgent-Raise-minimum-wage-to-10
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Raise_minimum_wage_to_10%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your congresscritter to support raising the minimum
wage to $10.  Also sign 
<a href="http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8814">this
petition</a>.
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 
and 888-355-3588.


title: Urgent: Allow free election in Honduras
uri: Urgent-Allow-free-election-in-Honduras
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Urgent:_Allow_free_election_in_Honduras)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Allow_free_election_in_Honduras%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/honduras-2013-election">call
on your senators</a> to call for the US to allow a free election in
Honduras.


title: Reasons to stop the Trans Pacific Partnership
uri: Reasons-to-stop-the-Trans-Pacific-Partnership
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Reasons_to_stop_the_Trans_Pacific_Partnership)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Reasons_to_stop_the_Trans_Pacific_Partnership%29

content:
<p>
Friends of the Earth lists 
<a href="http://www.foe.org/news/blog/2013-10-stop-fast-track-authority-for-trans-pacific-trade-de">many
reasons to stop the Trans Pacific Partnership</a>.  This is in
addition to the probable injustice against people who share.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Is_Earth_Fucked)
title: Is Earth Fucked?
uri: Is-Earth-Fucked
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Is_Earth_Fucked%29
content:
<p>
Geophysicist Brad Werner says "Earth is Fucked" 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/29-4">if we continue
under plutocracy</a>.  We can save the biosphere from global heating
disaster, but to do so, we must break out of plutocracy's rules.


title: Reinstatement of Texas law to make abortion unfeasible
uri: Reinstatement-of-Texas-law-to-make-abortion-unfeasible
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Reinstatement_of_Texas_law_to_make_abortion_unfeasible)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Reinstatement_of_Texas_law_to_make_abortion_unfeasible%29

content:
<p>
A right-wing US appeals court 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/04/texas-abortion-law-supreme-court">temporarily
reinstated</a> the Texas law to make abortion unfeasible.  Some women
have been unable to get an abortion as a result.  The abortion clinics
have appealed directly to the Supreme Court to try to reverse this.


title: Ladar Levison threatened with prosecution for closing Lavabit
uri: Ladar-Levison-threatened-with-prosecution-for-closing-Lavabit
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Ladar_Levison_threatened_with_prosecution_for_closing_Lavabit)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Ladar_Levison_threatened_with_prosecution_for_closing_Lavabit%29

content:
<p>
Ladar Levison has been 
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/19/lavabit_founder_in_hot_water_snowden_nsa_tempora/">threatened
with prosecution</a> for closing Lavabit rather than deceiving all its
customers.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Working_Americans_going_hungry)
title: Working Americans going hungry
uri: Working-Americans-going-hungry
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Working_Americans_going_hungry%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/10">Why Does
Congress Think It's OK for Working Americans to Go Hungry?</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Malala_Yousafzais_memoir_banned)
title: Malala Yousafzai's memoir banned
uri: Malala-Yousafzai-s-memoir-banned
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Malala_Yousafzais_memoir_banned%29

content:
<p>
Organizations of private schools in Pakistan have 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/10/malala-yousafzai-book-banned-pakistan-schools">banned
Malala Yousafzai's memoir from school libraries</a>.  The book is not
in accord with their religious views, and dissent is not supposed to
be allowed.
<p>
This sort of disrespect for basic human rights is typical of
Islamic countries.


title: Judgment against Chile in Inter-American court
uri: Judgment-against-Chile-in-Inter-American-court
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Judgment_against_Chile_in_Inter-American_court)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Judgment_against_Chile_in_Inter-American_court%29

content:
<p>
Leopoldo García Lucero, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/10/money-will-not-compensate-torture-chile-pinochet">tortured
by Pinochet's men</a> after the US-supported coup in Chile, received a
judgment against Chile in the Inter-American court.
<p>
Nothing can heal the wounds he received, but he is glad to have gained
a precedent in the fight against torture and tyranny.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Right-wing_Democrats)
title: Right-wing Democrats
uri: Right-wing-Democrats
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Right-wing_Democrats%29
content:
<p>
Hillary Clinton's official actions have 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/09-3">served the
plutocrats</a>, not the people.
<p>
I'm fed up with right-wing Democrats like Clinton, Clinton and Obama.
It takes lunatic Republicans to make them look good, but that's not
good enough to get my vote.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Natural_capital)
title: Natural capital
uri: Natural-capital
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Natural_capital%29
content:
<p>
Will valuing
"<a href='http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/natural-capital-next-generation-csr'>natural
capital</a>" lead businesses to preserve it?
<p>
If corporations were inclined to manage their resources for long-term
capital value, they might do this to natural systems based on their
natural capital.  However, corporations today typically don't look
beyond the stock price 6 months from now.  they are more likely to
loot natural systems than manage them.


title: BIOS-level virus that spreads via firmware of USB sticks
uri: BIOS-level-virus-that-spreads-via-firmware-of-USB-sticks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(BIOS-level_virus_that_spreads_via_firmware_of_USB_sticks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28BIOS-level_virus_that_spreads_via_firmware_of_USB_sticks%29

content:
<p>
A BIOS-level virus that 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/meet-badbios-the-mysterious-mac-and-pc-malware-that-jumps-airgaps/">spreads
by infecting the firmware of USB sticks</a>.


title: Coca Cola says it will stop buying sugar from grabbed land
uri: Coca-Cola-says-it-will-stop-buying-sugar-from-grabbed-land
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Coca_Cola_says_it_will_stop_buying_sugar_from_grabbed_land)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Coca_Cola_says_it_will_stop_buying_sugar_from_grabbed_land%29

content:
<p>
Coca Cola Company said it would 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/nov/08/coca-cola-suppliers-land-grabs">stop
buying sugar grown on land that has been taken away from people</a>.
<p>
I am not sure whether this applies to the companies that bottle Coca Cola
in countries other than the US.


title: Caribbean islands demand compensation for the slave trade
uri: Caribbean-islands-demand-compensation-for-the-slave-trade
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Caribbean_islands_demand_compensation_for_the_slave_trade)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Caribbean_islands_demand_compensation_for_the_slave_trade%29

content:
<p>
Caribbean islands demand 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/09/st-vincent-grenadines-slavery-court">compensation
for the slave trade from the European countries that ran it</a>.
<p>
The book 
<em>Inequality by Design</em>, by Fischer et al, explains how
discrimination against a minority group has a pernicious effect that
continues to affect their descendants.  The descendants of the slaves
are still suffering today from the crime committed against them.
<p>
The country that most deserves such compensation is Haiti.  Haiti was
made to pay a lot of money for its independence, which is why Haiti is
so poor and indebted.  Haitians deserve to get all that money back.


title: Convincing people to support action to curb global heating
uri: Convincing-people-to-support-action-to-curb-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 10_November_2013_(Convincing_people_to_support_action_to_curb_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#10_November_2013_%28Convincing_people_to_support_action_to_curb_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://support.edf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=talking_turkey_about_climate">Suggested
arguments</a> for convincing people to support action to curb global
heating.


title: Urgent: Respect for the rights of prisoners who report prison abuses
uri: Urgent-Respect-for-the-rights-of-prisoners-who-report-prison-abuses
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Urgent:_Respect_for_the_rights_of_prisoners_who_report_prison_abuses)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Respect_for_the_rights_of_prisoners_who_report_prison_abuses%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: sign 
<a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8741">this
petition</a> to respect the rights of prisoners who report on prison
abuses.


title: Seven Things Veterans Need More Than a Holiday
uri: Seven-Things-Veterans-Need-More-Than-a-Holiday
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Seven_Things_Veterans_Need_More_Than_a_Holiday)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Seven_Things_Veterans_Need_More_Than_a_Holiday%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19941-seven-things-veterans-need-more-than-a-holiday">Seven
Things Veterans Need More Than a Holiday</a>.
<p>
The US attracts youths into the army by telling them they will "serve
their country".  As we know, that's only occasionally what US soldiers
are used for.  If we spread the word about what they are really likely
to do, it might do some good.


title: Bloomberg News censors stories about China
uri: Bloomberg-News-censors-stories-about-China
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Bloomberg_News_censors_stories_about_China)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Bloomberg_News_censors_stories_about_China%29

content:
<p>
Bloomberg News 
<a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1352206/bloomberg-news-service-censoring-stories-about-china-journalists-claim">censors
stories about China</a>.


title: Mixing liquids to make explosive TATP in a plane impossible
uri: Mixing-liquids-to-make-explosive-TATP-in-a-plane-impossible
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Mixing_liquids_to_make_explosive_TATP_in_a_plane_impossible)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Mixing_liquids_to_make_explosive_TATP_in_a_plane_impossible%29

content:
<p>
The liquid bomb terrorists were originally accused of planning to mix
liquids to make the explosive TATP in a plane, but that would be
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/17/flying_toilet_terror_labs/">impossible</a>.
<p>
However, later it came out that their plan was 
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/10/liquid_bomb_verdicts/">somewhat
different</a>, and not impossible, merely very difficult.


title: Ban on practice of discarding "by-catch" not enough
uri: Ban-on-practice-of-discarding-by-catch-not-enough
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Ban_on_practice_of_discarding_by-catch_not_enough)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Ban_on_practice_of_discarding_by-catch_not_enough%29

content:
<p>
Banning the practice of discarding "by-catch" (fish that the fishermen
did not aim to catch) is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/11/discards-ban-victory-fish-stocks">not
enough to enable overfished stocks to recover</a>.
<p>
The only way to protect fish stocks is to defeat the political power
of the fishermen, who are generally short-termist.


title: Australia's record-setting high temperatures
uri: Australia-s-record-setting-high-temperatures
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Australias_record-setting_high_temperatures)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Australias_record-setting_high_temperatures%29

content:
<p>
Australia keeps setting 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/10/australia-warmest-ever-calendar-year">high
temperature records</a>, but the government, totally subservient to
coal interests, says it will 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/10/tony-abbott-carbon-emissions-target">reduce
plans for CO<sub>2</sub> emissions cuts</a>.
<p>
These long-term targets sound impressive until they are cancelled
without having been achieved.  The way to get real results is with a
carbon tax.


title: UK gov't invites gas company employee to write energy policy
uri: UK-gov-t-invites-gas-company-employee-to-write-energy-policy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(UK_govt_invites_gas_company_employee_to_write_energy_policy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28UK_govt_invites_gas_company_employee_to_write_energy_policy%29

content:
<p>
The business-ridden UK government 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/10/gas-industry-employee-energy-policy">invited
a gas company employee to write its energy policy</a>.
<p>
Note how the ministry claims that conflicts of interest are a minor
matter compared with the "knowledge" that business employees have.
I'm sure they know plenty about what policies will serve their
employers, but knowledge can't compensate for bad goals.


title: Typhoon Haiyan kills over 10,000 people
uri: Typhoon-Haiyan-kills-over-10-000-people
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Typhoon_Haiyan_kills_over_10000_people)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Typhoon_Haiyan_kills_over_10000_people%29

content:
<p>
Typhoon Haiyan killed 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/10/typhoon-haiyan-dead-aid">over
10,000 people</a>, perhaps much more.
<p>
Many of the dead were drowned because the storm drove a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/enormous-aid-effort-typhoon-haiyan-tacloban">6-meter
wall of water</a> onto the land.
<p>
The rise in sea level, for which global heating is directly
responsible, surely increased the height of the storm surge and
therefore increased the death toll.  Global heating also played a role
in making the storm so strong, which also increased it.
<p>
One study forecast that global heating would kill a 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#03_October_2013_(Heat_waves)">hundred
million people by 2030</a>.


title: Right-wing myths taught in UK economics classes
uri: Right-wing-myths-taught-in-UK-economics-classes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(Right-wing_myths_taught_in_UK_economics_classes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28Right-wing_myths_taught_in_UK_economics_classes%29

content:
<p>
Economics classes in the UK continue 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/nov/10/economics-lecturers-accused-university-courses">teaching
right-wing myths</a> that the 2008 crash demonstrated were false.
<p>
Of course, this was not the first sign that they were 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#02_November_2013_(Neoclassical_economics)">false</a>.
<p>
I think that an investigation of why these falsehoods are taught would
come across the influence of plutocrats' money.


title: France blocks first-stage nuclear deal with Iran
uri: France-blocks-first-stage-nuclear-deal-with-Iran
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 11_November_2013_(France_blocks_first-stage_nuclear_deal_with_Iran)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_November_2013_%28France_blocks_first-stage_nuclear_deal_with_Iran%29

content:
<p>
It seems Israel has convinced France to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/10/iran-nuclear-talks-at-risk">block
a first-stage nuclear deal with Iran</a>.


title: Urgent: Independent courts for accusations of rape in the US military
uri: Urgent-Independent-courts-for-accusations-of-rape-in-the-US-military
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Urgent:_Independent_courts_for_accusations_of_rape_in_the_US_military)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Independent_courts_for_accusations_of_rape_in_the_US_military%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.endsexualassault.com/?code=Gillibrand">call on
your senators</a> to vote for independent courts for accusations of
rape and sexual harassment in the US military.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Price_controls_in_Venezuela)
title: Price controls in Venezuela
uri: Price-controls-in-Venezuela
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Price_controls_in_Venezuela%29
content:
<p>
President Maduro has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/venezuela-troops-patrol-stores-control-inflation">sent
state agents to enforce low prices</a> in some stores in Venezuela.
<p>
In general, price controls cause shortages and are not a good idea.
However, if applied only to certain stores which were given permission
to buy dollaws at the low "official" exchange rate, they can be seen
as a condition of getting that permission, and they should not cause
shortages.
<p>
Venezuela has had shortages of certain products.  No one I met there
could tell me why, but it did not seem to be due to price controls.


title: US to ceremonially destroy stockpile of seized ivory
uri: US-to-ceremonially-destroy-stockpile-of-seized-ivory
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(US_to_ceremonially_destroy_stockpile_of_seized_ivory)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28US_to_ceremonially_destroy_stockpile_of_seized_ivory%29

content:
<p>
The US will ceremonially destroy its stockpile of seized ivory, as
part of a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/11/ivory-smashed-end-illegal-trade-obama">campaign
to end legal sales of ivory</a>.


title: Sri Lanka arrests Australian senator and New Zealand MP
uri: Sri-Lanka-arrests-Australian-senator-and-New-Zealand-MP
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Sri_Lanka_arrests_Australian_senator_and_New_Zealand_MP)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Sri_Lanka_arrests_Australian_senator_and_New_Zealand_MP%29

content:
<p>
An Australian senator and a New Zealand MP went to Sri Lanka on a
fact-finding mission to judge whether their countries should attend
the Commonwealth Summit.  Sri Lanka made the answer quite clear by
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/11/my-detention-highlights-why-australia-should-boycott-the-commonwhealth-sumit">arresting
them</a>.
<p>
This ham-fisted attempt at repression would be funny, if it were not
for the seriousness of the repression when it is 
<a href="http://stallman.org/notes/2008-nov-feb.html#14%20January%202009%20(Lasantha%20Wickramatunga)">aimed
at Sri Lankan dissidents and journalists</a>.


title: Poor South Africans organize for housing rights
uri: Poor-South-Africans-organize-for-housing-rights
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Poor_South_Africans_organize_for_housing_rights)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Poor_South_Africans_organize_for_housing_rights%29

content:
<p>
The poorest South Africans 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/11/south-africa-fight-decent-housing-assassination">organize
for housing rights</a>, against the corruption of the state, and
despite repression that goes as far as murder.


title: Poor people prevented from getting medical care in the US
uri: Poor-people-prevented-from-getting-medical-care-in-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Poor_people_prevented_from_getting_medical_care_in_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Poor_people_prevented_from_getting_medical_care_in_the_US%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/11/05/2889501/gop-governors-medicaid-diabetes-month/">How
GOP Governors Are Preventing Millions Of Low-Income Diabetic Americans
From Getting Medical Care</a>.
<p>
The Republicans in Georgia, by refusing to extend Medicaid to poor
people, are also 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/health/cuts-in-hospital-subsidies-threaten-safety-net-care.html?pagewanted=all">cutting
off funding for hospitals that do treat the poor</a>.


title: US stops claiming that massive phone tracking is "indispensable"
uri: US-stops-claiming-that-massive-phone-tracking-is-indispensable
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(US_stops_claiming_that_massive_phone_tracking_is_indispensable)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28US_stops_claiming_that_massive_phone_tracking_is_indispensable%29

content:
<p>
As the US argues in court for tracking everyone's phone calls, it
seems to have 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/basis-nsas-call-tracking-program-has-disappeared-if-it-ever-existed">quietly
retracted</a> the claim that this is "indispensable" for finding
terrorists.
<p>
This is significant because that claim was the reason the FISA court
approved this tracking.


title: Texans fear old oil pipeline will leak again
uri: Texans-fear-old-oil-pipeline-will-leak-again
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Texans_fear_old_oil_pipeline_will_leak_again)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Texans_fear_old_oil_pipeline_will_leak_again%29

content:
<p>
Texans 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/us/calls-grow-to-shut-down-the-pegasus-pipeline-for-good.html">fear
an old oil pipeline will leak again</a> and pollute their reservoir.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Americans_without_jobs)
title: Americans without jobs
uri: Americans-without-jobs
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Americans_without_jobs%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19942-jim-hightower-five-million-missing-american-workers">5
million Americans have given up on finding a job</a> since the crisis
6 years ago.
<p>
Those who still have jobs are worse off: the median wage has 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/11-2">declined
4%</a>.


title: Death of cyclists due to collisions with cars
uri: Death-of-cyclists-due-to-collisions-with-cars
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Death_of_cyclists_due_to_collisions_with_cars)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Death_of_cyclists_due_to_collisions_with_cars%29

content:
<p>
US thugs, courts and jurors accept the death of cyclists due to
collisions with cars as 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/opinion/sunday/is-it-ok-to-kill-cyclists.html?pagewanted=all">normal</a>.
<p>
Punishing the few drivers that hit a cyclist while following usual
driving practices will not change the usual driving practices.  It will
strike jurors as unfair to punish someone for doing what "everybody does".
<p>
To change these practices requires adopting clear rules that will make
cyclists safer, then punishing violations of these rules whether or
not a cyclist was hit.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Worlds_ten_worst_toxic_sites)
title: World's ten worst toxic sites
uri: World-s-ten-worst-toxic-sites
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Worlds_ten_worst_toxic_sites%29
content:
<p>
The world's 
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/10-most-toxic-cities-world?paging=off">ten
worst toxic sites</a>.
<p>
None of them is in a wealthy country.  Wealthy countries have for some
decades offloaded their pollution onto poor countries.


title: How the Koch Brothers Organized the Federal Shutdown
uri: How-the-Koch-Brothers-Organized-the-Federal-Shutdown
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(How_the_Koch_Brothers_Organized_the_Federal_Shutdown)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28How_the_Koch_Brothers_Organized_the_Federal_Shutdown%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18302-koch-brothers-organized-federal-shutdown">How
the Koch Brothers Organized the Federal Shutdown</a>.


title: Heat waves could kill 2000 people a year in Eastern US by 2060
uri: Heat-waves-could-kill-2000-people-a-year-in-Eastern-US-by-2060
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Heat_waves_could_kill_2000_people_a_year_in_Eastern_US_by_2060)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Heat_waves_could_kill_2000_people_a_year_in_Eastern_US_by_2060%29

content:
<p>
Heat waves could kill 
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/08/2917691/heat-waves-ipcc-mortality/">2000
people a year in the Eastern US</a> by 2060.
<p>
If global heating leads to a collapse of today's technological systems
and air conditioning ceases to be available, that might go up to
20,000 a year, or more.


title: US funds unneeded weapons but cuts programs to help the poor
uri: US-funds-unneeded-weapons-but-cuts-programs-to-help-the-poor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(US_funds_unneeded_weapons_but_cuts_programs_to_help_the_poor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28US_funds_unneeded_weapons_but_cuts_programs_to_help_the_poor%29

content:
<p>
The US plutocracy 
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19936-guns-but-no-butter">funds
weapons even if they fail in tests</a>, but calls successful programs
to help the poor "failures" in order to cut them.


title: Software that tries to diagnose person's state of health from voice
uri: Software-that-tries-to-diagnose-persons-state-of-health-from-voice
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Software_that_tries_to_diagnose_persons_state_of_health_from_voice)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Software_that_tries_to_diagnose_persons_state_of_health_from_voice%29

content:
<p>
Software is being developed to 
<a href="http://www.dw.de/voice-analysis-an-objective-diagnostic-tool-based-on-flawed-algorithms/a-17187057">try
to diagnose a person's state of health from voice</a>.
<p>
Will there also be software to change your voice to hide these
problems?


title: Denying Palestinian prisoners proper medical treatment
uri: Denying-Palestinian-prisoners-proper-medical-treatment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Denying_Palestinian_prisoners_proper_medical_treatment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Denying_Palestinian_prisoners_proper_medical_treatment%29

content:
<p>
Palestinians accuse Israel
of <a href="http://samidoun.ca/2013/11/urgent-action-demand-release-and-proper-medical-care-for-ill-palestinian-prisoners/">denying
Palestinian prisoners proper medical treatment for diseases such as
cancer</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Tax_subsidies_for_fossil_fuel)
title: Tax subsidies for fossil fuel
uri: Tax-subsidies-for-fossil-fuel
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Tax_subsidies_for_fossil_fuel%29
content:
<p>
The Democrats' list of tax loopholes to be
closed <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/11-2">inexplicably
omits the tax subsidies for fossil fuel.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Climate-Friendly_farming)
title: Climate-Friendly farming
uri: Climate-Friendly-farming
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Climate-Friendly_farming%29
content:
<p>
We
must <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/food-blog/leaked-ipcc-report-climate-change-global-food-systems">promote
climate-friendly farming before it's too late.</a>


title: Al Qa'ida recruiting suicide bombers in Turkey
uri: Al-Qa-ida-recruiting-suicide-bombers-in-Turkey
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Al_Qa'ida_recruiting_suicide_bombers_in_Turkey)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Al_Qa%27ida_recruiting_suicide_bombers_in_Turkey%29

content:
<p>
Al Qa'ida
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/sons-lost-al-qaida-syria-turkey-jihad">recruiting
suicide bombers in Turkey</a>, and parents are afraid their sons will
be recruited and die.
<p>
People say the government turns a blind eye to it.
<p>
One of the "new atheists" wrote that moderate religion contributes to
the crimes of extreme religion by protecting it from criticism.  This
seems to be a good example of it.  Any form of Islam makes a person
vulnerable to infection by the jihadi mind-virus.


title: The pleasure of alcohol without some of the damage
uri: The-pleasure-of-alcohol-without-some-of-the-damage
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(The_pleasure_of_alcohol_without_some_of_the_damage)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28The_pleasure_of_alcohol_without_some_of_the_damage%29

content:
<p>
A designer
drug <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/11/alcohol-benefits-no-dangers-closer-think">could
give the pleasure of alcohol without some of the damage.</a>
<p>
This new drug might be less addictive than alcohol, but that's not
automatic.  Addiction results from the body's physiological adaptation
to the effects of the drug.  Whichever receptors respond to the new
drug as they do to alcohol, they would tend to adapt and produce
addiction.  Meanwhile, whichever body systems are not affected by the
new drug would not develop addiction; that might reduce the total
addictive effect, but how much that occurs would have to be seen.


title: Philippine gov't planning how it will cope when global heating gets worse
uri: Philippine-gov-t-planning-how-it-will-cope-when-global-heating-gets-wo
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Philippine_gov't_planning_how_it_will_cope_when_global_heating_gets_worse)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Philippine_gov%27t_planning_how_it_will_cope_when_global_heating_gets_worse%29

content:
<p>
The Philippine government
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/typhoon-haiyan-philippines-climate-change-plans">planning
how it will cope when global heating gets even worse.</a>
<p>
But since that will become impossible in a few decades, it is
also <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/typhoon-haiyan-philippines-climate-change">pushing
for strong action to curb global heating.</a>


title: Negotiations with Iran seem to have failed
uri: Negotiations-with-Iran-seem-to-have-failed
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Negotiations_with_Iran_seem_to_have_failed)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Negotiations_with_Iran_seem_to_have_failed%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/iranium-uranium-enrichment-talks-geneva-fabius">negotiations
with Iran seem to have failed</a> over a rather small disagreement,
which gives hope that further discussions could bridge the gap.


title: Can we stop using disposable plastic cutlery
uri: Can-we-stop-using-disposable-plastic-cutlery
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Can_we_stop_using_disposable_plastic_cutlery)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Can_we_stop_using_disposable_plastic_cutlery%29

content:
<p>
Can we stop using disposable plastic
cutlery <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/nov/11/byo-cutlery-carry-own-knife-fork-chopsticks">by
bringing our own?</a>
<p>
It will be hard for travelers to do this unless they can bring their
cutlery onto an airplane.  Given that there is no real danger in this,
the TSA ought to permit it.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Genetically_engineered_yeast)
title: Genetically engineered yeast
uri: Genetically-engineered-yeast
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Genetically_engineered_yeast%29
content:
<p>
Genetically engineered yeast have
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/12/biotech-boom-medicines-biofuels-gm">designed
to produce medicines, flavorings and other useful things.</a>
<p>
Although "in principle" the substances that are made ought to be safe,
that can have exceptions — and each case is a different issue.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Sweden_is_closing_prisons)
title: Sweden is closing prisons
uri: Sweden-is-closing-prisons
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Sweden_is_closing_prisons%29
content:
<p>
Sweden is closing prisons because
of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/sweden-closes-prisons-number-inmates-plummets">increased
emphasis on rehabilitation and a relaxation in the War on Drugs</a>.
<p>
If the US tries to do
this, <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#22_September_2013_(US_states_bound_by_contract_to_keep_private_prisons_full)">the
owners of private prisons will sue.</a>


title: Sri Lanka urged UK not to regulate press
uri: Sri-Lanka-urged-UK-not-to-regulate-press
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 12_November_2013_(Sri_Lanka_urged_UK_not_to_regulate_press)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Sri_Lanka_urged_UK_not_to_regulate_press%29

content:
<p>
Newspapers in Sri
Lanka <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/11/sri-lankan-editors-uk-press-reforms">urged
the UK not to proceed with a royal charter to regulate the press</a>,
lest states like Sri Lanka cite it as a precedent.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Costa_Rica's_public_banks)
title: Costa Rica's public banks
uri: Costa-Rica-s-public-banks
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Costa_Rica%27s_public_banks%29
content:
<p>
Costa Rica's public banks
have <a href="http://www.occupy.com/article/public-banking-costa-rica-remarkable-little-known-model">shielded
that country from the worst damage</a>, even through US economic
warfare that subjugated the economy in every other aspect.
<p>
By the way, the world urgently needs some countries to default on
their debt, so as to teach predatory lenders a lesson.  At present
they have every reason to suppose they can profit heavily by leading a
country into international debt.


title: De facto segregation has returned to US schools
uri: De-facto-segregation-has-returned-to-US-schools
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(De_facto_segregation_has_returned_to_US_schools)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28De_facto_segregation_has_returned_to_US_schools%29

content:
<p>
De facto segregation has returned to US schools.  Where in the 1950s
it was segregation between schools in the same school district, now it
is <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/11/why-are-american-schools-still-segregated/281126/">segregation
between school districts.</a>
<p>
This seems to be a consequence of de facto segregation in housing.
<p>
When combined with the practice of funding education mostly from local
property taxes, the result is
that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/business/a-rich-childs-edge-in-public-education.html?smid=tw-share">the
schools where poor children go are badly funded.</a>
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/13">Real-Life
Hunger Is No Game.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(ALEC's_latest_nasty_proposal)
title: ALEC's latest nasty proposal
uri: ALEC-s-latest-nasty-proposal
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28ALEC%27s_latest_nasty_proposal%29

content:
<p>
ALEC's latest nasty proposal:
an <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/11/12301/corporate-expressways-brought-you-macqaurie-and-transurban">agency
to streamline privatization of any government services</a>, including
any and all roads.
<p>
This would naturally lead to a new form of massive surveillance of
drivers.


title: Child care costs more than college
uri: Child-care-costs-more-than-college
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Child_care_costs_more_than_college)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Child_care_costs_more_than_college%29

content:
<p>
In most US
states, <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/11/04/child_care_is_more_expensive_than_college_in_a_majority_of_states/">child
care costs more than college.</a>
<p>
This may have contributed to the big increase
in <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_November_2013_%28Americans_without_jobs%29">discouraged
workers,</a> as parents find that the costs of going to work leave
them with no gain from working.
<p>
If it were feasible for these people to work, that would not create
jobs for them.  Rather, they would appear in the unemployment rate,
and thus make the harm done by anti-employment anti-poor policies
harder to disguise.
<p>
Growing up in poverty
can <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#25_August_2013_%28Growing_up_in_poverty_tends_to_stunt_childrens_development%29">permanently
stunt a person,</a> so the US policies that augment child poverty are
causing irreparable damage.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(US_school_reform)
title: US school "reform"
uri: US-school-reform
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28US_school_reform%29
content:
<p>
US school
"reform" <a href="http://educationopportunitynetwork.org/sorry-nicholas-kristof-still-no-proof-school-reform-helps/">turns
weak evidence into "proof" that their methods work.</a>


title: Palestinian journalist was secretly arrested
uri: Palestinian-journalist-was-secretly-arrested
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Palestinian_journalist_was_secretly_arrested)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Palestinian_journalist_was_secretly_arrested%29

content:
<p>
Palestinian journalist Mohammed Abu Khdeir
was <a href="http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2013/07/02/egyptian-intelligence-collaborated-with-mossad-in-sinai-kidnapping/">secretly
arrested when returning from Egypt.</a> In Israel it is forbidden to
report the arrest.


title: Israel plans to demolish 2000 housing units
uri: Israel-plans-to-demolish-2000-housing-units
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Israel_plans_to_demolish_2000_housing_units)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Israel_plans_to_demolish_2000_housing_units%29

content:
<p>
To force 15,000 Palestinians out of the territory Israel has annexed
to Jerusalem, Israel plans
to <a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2013/11/stop-demolitions-jerusalem.html">demolish
2000 housing units.</a>  Some of them are slated to become parks.


title: Israeli army ordered Palestinians to uproot their olive trees
uri: Israeli-army-ordered-Palestinians-to-uproot-their-olive-trees
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Israeli_army_ordered_Palestinians_to_uproot_their_olive_trees)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Israeli_army_ordered_Palestinians_to_uproot_their_olive_trees%29

content:
<p>
The Israeli
army <a href="http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=23589">ordered
Palestinians to uproot their olive trees</a> because an Israeli colony
is being built nearby on their land.
<p>
The government says the colony is illegal, but it nonetheless receives
government support.  The state is trying to have it both ways.
<p>
The attacks against Palestinian agriculture proceed constantly, with
the tacit support of the Israeli army and state.  They get so little
attention
that <a href="http://972mag.com/the-silent-axe-driving-palestinian-olive-farmers-off-their-land/81318/">Palestinians
despair of reporting them.</a>


title: Armed Israeli colonists attacked Palestinian farms
uri: Armed-Israeli-colonists-attacked-Palestinian-farms
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Armed_Israeli_colonists_attacked_Palestinian_farms)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Armed_Israeli_colonists_attacked_Palestinian_farms%29

content:
<p>
Armed Israeli colonists attacked a Palestinian villages farms, and
Nadel Shafiq Taher Shatiya photographed them.  When soldiers came,
they took his cameras and gave them to the colonists, who
later <a href="http://972mag.com/two-broken-cameras/81684/">returned
them broken</a>.
<p>
The army
generally <a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=61819">does
not dare confront the violent colonists.</a>


title: Israeli troops shot and killed Ahmad Tazaz'ah
uri: Israeli-troops-shot-and-killed-Ahmad-Tazaz-ah
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Israeli_troops_shot_and_killed_Ahmad_Tazaz'ah)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Israeli_troops_shot_and_killed_Ahmad_Tazaz%27ah%29

content:
<p>
An unofficial investigation found
that <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/66395">Israeli troops shot
and killed Ahmad Tazaz'ah while he was doing nothing in
particular</a>, in violation of their rules of engagement.


title: People afraid to phone for help, fearing NSA surveillance
uri: People-afraid-to-phone-for-help-fearing-NSA-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(People_afraid_to_phone_for_help,_fearing_NSA_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28People_afraid_to_phone_for_help%2C_fearing_NSA_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
22 organizations report
that <a href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-files-22-firsthand-accounts-how-nsa-surveillance-chilled-right-association">people
are now afraid to phone them for help, fearing NSA surveillance.</a>
<p>
These organizations are
now <a href="https://www.eff.org/cases/first-unitarian-church-los-angeles-v-nsa">suing
the government.</a>


title: The New York Times endorsed Trans Pacific Partnership
uri: The-New-York-Times-endorsed-Trans-Pacific-Partnership
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(The_New_York_Times_endorsed_Trans_Pacific_Partnership)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28The_New_York_Times_endorsed_Trans_Pacific_Partnership%29

content:
<p>
The New York
Times <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/how-can-nytimes-endorse-agreement-public-cant-read">endorsed
the Trans Pacific Partnership sight unseen.</a> How's that for bowing
to the plutocrats?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Inside_Chinese_Labor_Camp)
title: Inside Chinese Labor Camp
uri: Inside-Chinese-Labor-Camp
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Inside_Chinese_Labor_Camp%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://consumerist.com/2013/11/07/inside-the-chinese-labor-camp-that-made-halloween-decorations-sold-at-kmart/">Inside
The Chinese Labor Camp That Made Halloween Decorations Sold At
Kmart.</a>
<p>
KMart says it has different suppliers now, so if any of the present
suppliers are using political prisoners as workers, KMart can remain
ignorant.  That's how flexibility of the supply chain makes room for
sweatshops, factory fires and slave labor.
<p>
It should be KMart's legal responsibility to know these things, to
ensure that it isn't using prison labor.


title: Employees of G4S accused of forging papers
uri: Employees-of-G4S-accused-of-forging-papers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Employees_of_G4S_accused_of_forging_papers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Employees_of_G4S_accused_of_forging_papers%29

content:
<p>
Employees of G4S, one of the main privatizers of government services
in the UK, have
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/10/g4s-officials-accused-forgery">accused
of forging papers to thwart someone's case for asylum.</a>
<p>
In South Africa, G4S operates a prison and has been accused
of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24699725">giving
prisoners electric shocks and forced injections.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Reporter_Francesca_Borri)
title: Reporter Francesca Borri
uri: Reporter-Francesca-Borri
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Reporter_Francesca_Borri%29
content:
<p>
Reporter Francesca
Borri: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/12/only-survive-by-looking-syrian-hunted-by-islamists">In
Aleppo I only survive by looking Syrian.</a>


title: Iraqi women had more rights under Saddam
uri: Iraqi-women-had-more-rights-under-Saddam
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Iraqi_women_had_more_rights_under_Saddam)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Iraqi_women_had_more_rights_under_Saddam%29

content:
<p>
Iraqi women
had <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/12-9">far
more rights under Saddam Hussein than they do now</a>.


title: Afghanistan is growing a record opium crop
uri: Afghanistan-is-growing-a-record-opium-crop
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Afghanistan_is_growing_a_record_opium_crop)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Afghanistan_is_growing_a_record_opium_crop%29

content:
<p>
Afghanistan
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/12/afghanistan-record-opium-crop-poppies-un">growing
a record opium crop.</a>


title: Urgent: Call on US border patrol to limit use of deadly force
uri: Urgent-Call-on-US-border-patrol-to-limit-use-of-deadly-force
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_US_border_patrol_to_limit_use_of_deadly_force)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_US_border_patrol_to_limit_use_of_deadly_force%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: <a href="http://act.presente.org/sign/obamaborder">call
on the US border patrol</a> to limit its use of deadly force —
use it only when necessary.
<p>
This doesn't mean they can't defend themselves.  It means they
shouldn't shoot someone in the head — and 8 more times, once he
is flat on the ground — for throwing rocks.


title: Urgent: Call on Obama to meet with striking Walmart workers
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Obama-to-meet-with-striking-Walmart-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_Obama_to_meet_with_striking_Walmart_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Obama_to_meet_with_striking_Walmart_workers%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/president-obama-meet-with-walmart-strikers">call
on Obama</a> to meet with Walmart workers that are on strike.


title: Urgent: Protest in Paris against TAFTA, Nov 24
uri: Urgent-Protest-in-Paris-against-TAFTA-Nov-24
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Urgent:_Protest_in_Paris_against_TAFTA_Nov_24)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Protest_in_Paris_against_TAFTA_Nov_24%29

content:
<p>
In Paris: 
<a href="http://collectiflesengraineurs.tumblr.com/post/64384963695/depuis-juillet-2013-laccord-librechangiste-tafta">protest</a>
Nov 24 against the proposed free exploitation treaty, TAFTA.


title: UK gov't wants more surveillance power
uri: UK-gov-t-wants-more-surveillance-power
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(UK_govt_wants_more_surveillance_power)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28UK_govt_wants_more_surveillance_power%29

content:
<p>
The UK government 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/12/counter-terror-chief-charles-farr-snoopers-charter">wants
even more surveillance power</a>, showing contempt for freedom.


title: Democrats condemn Clinton as a servant of Wall Street
uri: Democrats-condemn-Clinton-as-a-servant-of-Wall-Street
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Democrats_condemn_Clinton_as_a_servant_of_Wall_Street)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Democrats_condemn_Clinton_as_a_servant_of_Wall_Street%29

content:
<p>
Many Democrats, revitalized in demanding progressive policies, 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/12">condemn
Clinton</a> as a servant of Wall Street.


title: Elizabeth Warren rebukes federal regulators and Congress
uri: Elizabeth-Warren-rebukes-federal-regulators-and-Congress
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Elizabeth_Warren_rebukes_federal_regulators_and_Congress)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Elizabeth_Warren_rebukes_federal_regulators_and_Congress%29

content:
<p>
Elizabeth Warren 
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/elizabeth-warren-dodd-frank-too-big-fail-speech-regulators">rebuked
federal regulators and Congress</a> for allowing banks to remain "too
big to fail".


title: Self-censorship of American writers due to NSA surveillance
uri: Self-censorship-of-American-writers-due-to-NSA-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Self-censorship_of_American_writers_due_to_NSA_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Self-censorship_of_American_writers_due_to_NSA_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
American writers say they 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/12-5">self-censor</a>
because of NSA surveillance.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(NY_Times_duped_by_NSA_excuses)
title: NY Times duped by NSA excuses
uri: NY-Times-duped-by-NSA-excuses
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28NY_Times_duped_by_NSA_excuses%29
content:
<p>
The New York Times 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/eff-nytimes-dont-get-fooled-again-claims-nsa-spying-legality-0">tries
unremittingly to believe NSA excuses</a>.


title: UK spies use man-in-the-middle network switch to insert malware
uri: UK-spies-use-man-in-the-middle-network-switch-to-insert-malware
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(UK_spies_use_man-in-the-middle_network_switch_to_insert_malware)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28UK_spies_use_man-in-the-middle_network_switch_to_insert_malware%29

content:
<p>
UK spies used a 
<a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/ghcq-targets-engineers-with-fake-linkedin-pages-a-932821-druck.html">man-in-the-middle
network switch</a> to create fake LinkedIn profile pages as as to
insert malware into the computers of employees of Belgacom, a Belgian
mobile phone company.
<p>
This is how the GCHQ spies described their "vision" in 2011: "Any
mobile device, anywhere, anytime!"  Mobile phones made today all have
a universal back door: if you carry one, you're a sucker.


title: Areas near Fukushima uninhabitable for many years
uri: Areas-near-Fukushima-uninhabitable-for-many-years
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Areas_near_Fukushima_uninhabitable_for_many_years)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Areas_near_Fukushima_uninhabitable_for_many_years%29

content:
<p>
Some areas near Fukushima will be 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/12/fukushima-daiichu-residents-radiation-japan-nuclear-power">considered
uninhabitable for many years</a>.


title: Israeli soldiers occupy Palestinian homes
uri: Israeli-soldiers-occupy-Palestinian-homes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Israeli_soldiers_occupy_Palestinian_homes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Israeli_soldiers_occupy_Palestinian_homes%29

content:
<p>
Israeli soldiers occupy Palestinian homes as
"<a href='http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/12/palestinian-israeli-training-raids-mock-arrests-human-rights'>training</a>".


title: Global campaign to give women access to contraceptives
uri: Global-campaign-to-give-women-access-to-contraceptives
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Global_campaign_to_give_women_access_to_contraceptives)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Global_campaign_to_give_women_access_to_contraceptives%29

content:
<p>
The global campaign to give women 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/nov/12/teenage-pregnancies-contraception-global-summit">access
to contraceptives</a> proceeds despite opposition from prudish
religion.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Cosmic_ray_theory_bites_the_dust)
title: Cosmic ray theory bites the dust
uri: Cosmic-ray-theory-bites-the-dust
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Cosmic_ray_theory_bites_the_dust%29

content:
<p>
The global heating denialists' cosmic ray theory 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/nov/12/global-warming-humans-not-cosmic-rays">bites
the dust</a>.
<p>
I'm sure they will find another straw to grasp at — there are so
many candidates, and the pay is so good.


title: Rising theft of food from stores in the UK
uri: Rising-theft-of-food-from-stores-in-the-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(Rising_theft_of_food_from_stores_in_the_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28Rising_theft_of_food_from_stores_in_the_UK%29

content:
<p>
Theft of food from stores in the UK is rising due to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/12/shop-thefts-rise-economic-downturn-bites">increased
poverty</a>.  It is noteworthy that a substantial fraction is stolen
by staff.  Perhaps these stores should pay their staff better.
<p>
I don't think there is anything wrong in stealing food if you're in a
place where there is sufficient nutritious food but you can't afford
it.  However, that argument doesn't apply to stealing luxurious food.


title: New Leak Reveals Spy Agencies Tapped Int'l Oil Group
uri: New-Leak-Reveals-Spy-Agencies-Tapped-Int-l-Oil-Group
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 13_November_2013_(New_Leak_Reveals_Spy_Agencies_Tapped_Intl_Oil_Group)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_November_2013_%28New_Leak_Reveals_Spy_Agencies_Tapped_Intl_Oil_Group%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/11-4">Oil Espionage</a>: New Leak Reveals Spy Agencies Tapped Int'l Oil Group.
<p>
How does this relate to stopping terrorism, which is the supposed
excuse for NSA general surveillance?  Well, Saudi Arabia is a member
of OPEC, and most of the Sep 2001 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia.
Is that the excuse?


title: Violence between Israelis and Palestinians
uri: Violence-between-Israelis-and-Palestinians
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 14_November_2013_(Violence_between_Israelis_and_Palestinians)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#14_November_2013_%28Violence_between_Israelis_and_Palestinians%29

content:
<p>
Violence between Israelis and Palestinians is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/13/israeli-soldier-stabbed-bus-afula">increasing</a>.
<p>
As usual, most of the victims are Palestinians.  The article doesn't
say, but I suspect that the Palestinian perpetrators are punished but
the Israelis are not.


title: Palestinians attacking Israeli soldiers with knives
uri: Palestinians-attacking-Israeli-soldiers-with-knives
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 14_November_2013_(Palestinians_attacking_Israeli_soldiers_with_knives)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#14_November_2013_%28Palestinians_attacking_Israeli_soldiers_with_knives%29

content:
<p>
Palestinians are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/13/israeli-soldier-stabbed-bus-afula">attacking
Israeli soldiers with knives</a>, apparently retaliating for increased
violence by Israelis against civilians.


title: Morsi refuses to cooperate with trial proceedings
uri: Morsi-refuses-to-cooperate-with-trial-proceedings
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 14_November_2013_(Morsi_refuses_to_cooperate_with_trial_proceedings)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#14_November_2013_%28Morsi_refuses_to_cooperate_with_trial_proceedings%29

content:
<p>
Morsi called the head of the military government a "traitor" and
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/13/mohamed-morsi-accuses-army-chief-treason-egypt">refuses
to cooperate with the trial proceedings</a>.
<p>
Relatives of the people whose murder Morsi's accused of inciting
placed the charges before the coup.  I won't say that Morsi can't be
guilty of this; I don't know the facts.  If he is guilty, that
justifies some sort of prosecution, but doesn't justify a military
coup.


title: 23 petty crimes that have landed people in prison for life
uri: 23-petty-crimes-that-have-landed-people-in-prison-for-life
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 14_November_2013_(23_petty_crimes_that_have_landed_people_in_prison_for_life)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#14_November_2013_%2823_petty_crimes_that_have_landed_people_in_prison_for_life%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/23-petty-crimes-prison-life-without-parole">23
Petty Crimes That Have Landed People in Prison for Life Without
Parole</a>.


title: Campaign to ban autonomous killer robots
uri: Campaign-to-ban-autonomous-killer-robots
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 14_November_2013_(Campaign_to_ban_autonomous_killer_robots)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#14_November_2013_%28Campaign_to_ban_autonomous_killer_robots%29

content:
<p>
Support the 
<a href="http://www.stopkillerrobots.org/">campaign</a> to ban
autonomous killer robots.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 14_November_2013_(Chapter_from_TPP_leaked)
title: Chapter from TPP leaked
uri: Chapter-from-TPP-leaked
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#14_November_2013_%28Chapter_from_TPP_leaked%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/11/13-4">A chapter
of the TPP has been leaked</a>, covering a wide range of topic
including copyrights, patents, ISP censorship, and international
tribunals that don't care about human rights.
<p>
Not surprisingly, the US government takes the harshest position
towards people (including Americans).  However, there is no possible
good to be achieved by such a treaty; all it can do is harm.
<p>
This would attack our freedom in many unrelated ways, but the most
basic attack, which paves the way for the others, lies in lumping
together so many unrelated laws and issues and calling them
"<a href='http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html'>intellectual
property</a>" as if they had some coherent relationship.  That term
spreads confusion, and if we repeat it when criticizing the details of
the chapter, we're undermining our own side.
<p>
The TPP's an 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/13-1">attack on
public health</a>.
<p>
13 US cities held 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/11/13-7">protests
against the TPP</a>.


title: FBI wants to shut down FOIA requests
uri: FBI-wants-to-shut-down-FOIA-requests
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 14_November_2013_(FBI_wants_to_shut_down_FOIA_requests)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#14_November_2013_%28FBI_wants_to_shut_down_FOIA_requests%29

content:
<p>
A technique helps people get more information from FOIA requests to
the FBI, so the FBI wants to 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/foia-ryan-shapiro-fbi-files-lawsuit">shut
down all FOIA requests for 7 years</a>.
<p>
The FBI says that these requests threaten national security.  I think
the FBI threatens national security and doesn't want us to find out
about it.


title: Campaign for more gun control blocked
uri: Campaign-for-more-gun-control-blocked
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 14_November_2013_(Campaign_for_more_gun_control_blocked)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#14_November_2013_%28Campaign_for_more_gun_control_blocked%29

content:
<p>
The campaign for more gun control in the US has been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/13/gun-control-public-support-newtown-media">blocked</a>.
<p>
There are good reasons to condemn the US government — for
catering to the rich and failing to help the poor, for instance
— and right-wingers are surprisingly good at twisting this anger
to their own uses.  Owning a gun won't protect you when you can't
afford medical care, when you can't get a job, when a bank commits
fraud to take your house, when the government forces you to have a
baby, or when the government signs a free exploitation treaty that
gives foreign corporations privileges over you.  The way to protect
yourself from that is to vote for progressives.


title: UK Conservative Party deletes old speeches from web site
uri: UK-Conservative-Party-deletes-old-speeches-from-web-site
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 14_November_2013_(UK_Conservative_Party_deletes_old_speeches_from_web_site)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#14_November_2013_%28UK_Conservative_Party_deletes_old_speeches_from_web_site%29

content:
<p>
The UK Conservative Party 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/13/conservative-party-archive-speeches-internet">deleted
lots of old speeches</a> from its web site, and set up a robots.txt
file to tell the Internet Archive to stop distributing its copies.
<p>
A friend at the archive told me they removed the robots.txt file
subsequently, apparently in response to public criticism.
<p>
UK conservatives advocate permanent austerity, permanent suffering for
most of the country.


title: UK opposes investigation into flaws put into our computer systems
uri: UK-opposes-investigation-into-flaws-put-into-our-computer-systems
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 14_November_2013_(UK_opposes_investigation_into_flaws_put_into_our_computer_systems)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#14_November_2013_%28UK_opposes_investigation_into_flaws_put_into_our_computer_systems%29

content:
<p>
The UK opposes a European investigation into the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/14/britain-disassociates-itself-electronic-gathering">flaws
deliberately put into our computer systems</a>.


title: Sabotaging negotiations aimed at preventing global heating
uri: Sabotaging-negotiations-aimed-at-preventing-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html 14_November_2013_(Sabotaging_negotiations_aimed_at_preventing_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#14_November_2013_%28Sabotaging_negotiations_aimed_at_preventing_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Australia seems to be planning to sabotage 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2013/nov/14/climate-change-warsaw-australia-united-nations-talks">negotiations
aimed at preventing global heating</a>.
<p>
Alas, so is the US (in a 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_July_2013_(Republicans_stop_denying_human_cause_of_global_heating)">subtler
way</a>).


