# articles

title: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rising
uri: Civilian-casualties-in-Afghanistan-rising
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 02_August_2013_(Civilian_causalties_in_Afghanistan_rising)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#02_August_2013_%28Civilian_causalties_in_Afghanistan_rising%29

content:
<p>
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan are rising.  Most are killed by
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/afghan-civilian-casualties-rise-quarter-2013">Taliban 
land mines</a>.


title: Record high winter temperatures in Australia
uri: Record-high-winter-temperatures-in-Australia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 02_August_2013_(Record_high_winter_temperatures_in_Australia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#02_August_2013_%28Record_high_winter_temperatures_in_Australia%29

content:
<p>
Australia is experiencing 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/australian-cities-warmest-july-record">record 
high temperatures in winter</a> just as it did last summer.
<p>
While a warm winter may not be immediately unpleasant, it is very
dangerous.  For instance, it allows pests to spread which were
previously limited by cold.  This is why forests around the American
west are now dying.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 02_August_2013_(Medical_care_in_Rwanda)
title: Medical care in Rwanda
uri: Medical-care-in-Rwanda
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#02_August_2013_%28Medical_care_in_Rwanda%29
content:
<p>
Rwanda provides medical care to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/jul/31/feeding-nine-billion-food-security-rwanda">90% 
of the population</a>.
<p>
When will the US do as well?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 02_August_2013_(Wages_of_McDonalds_store_employees)
title: Wages of McDonalds store employees
uri: Wages-of-McDonalds-store-employees
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#02_August_2013_%28Wages_of_McDonalds_store_employees%29

content:
<p>
McDonalds would be doing fine if it paid its store employees 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-could-double-wages-for-employees-and-make-less-money-2013-7">twice 
as much</a>.


title: Excuses used for ending protection of wolves rejected
uri: Excuses-used-for-ending-protection-of-wolves-rejected
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 02_August_2013_(Excuses_used_for_ending_protection_of_wolves_rejected)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#02_August_2013_%28Excuses_used_for_ending_protection_of_wolves_rejected%29

content:
<p>
Scientists 
<a href="media/fa19ce15.5_22_13_Scientists_letter_on_delisting.pdf" data-original-source="http://www.peer.org/assets/docs/fws/5_22_13_Scientists_letter_on_delisting.pdf">reject</a> 
the excuses used for ending protection of wolves in the US.


title: Major US gay rights groups ignore Bradley Manning
uri: Major-US-gay-rights-groups-ignore-Bradley-Manning
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 02_August_2013_(Major_US_gay_rights_groups_ignore_Bradley_Manning)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#02_August_2013_%28Major_US_gay_rights_groups_ignore_Bradley_Manning%29

content:
<p>
Major US gay rights groups have 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/07/30-6">ignored Bradley 
Manning</a>, probably in order to appeal to corporate America.


title: Illegal immigration of Mexicans to the US effectively ceases
uri: Illegal-immigration-of-Mexicans-to-the-US-effectively-ceases
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 01_August_2013_(Illegal_immigration_of_Mexicans_to_the_US_effectively_ceases)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#01_August_2013_%28Illegal_immigration_of_Mexicans_to_the_US_effectively_ceases%29

content:
<p>
Illegal immigration of Mexicans to the US has effectively ceased:
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/07/30-5">as many are 
leaving as are entering</a>.
<p>


title: Anthony Weiner's wife and sexting partners
uri: Anthony-Weiner-s-wife-and-sexting-partners
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Anthony_Weiner's_wife_and_sexting_partners)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Anthony_Weiner%27s_wife_and_sexting_partners%29

content:
<p>
Anthony Weiner's wife and sexting
partners <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/02/anthony-weiner-women-not-victims">aren't
saints, sluts or victims.</a>


title: UK telecom companies admit giving GCHQ access to tap their fiber optic cables
uri: UK-telecom-companies-admit-giving-GCHQ-access-to-tap-their-fiber-optic
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(UK_telecom_companies_admit_giving_GCHQ_access_to_tap_their_fiber_optic_cables)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28UK_telecom_companies_admit_giving_GCHQ_access_to_tap_their_fiber_optic_cables%29

content:
<p>
UK telecom
companies <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/02/telecoms-bt-vodafone-cables-gchq">admit
giving GCHQ access to tap their fiber optic cables.</a>
<p>
The taps copy the full data, which
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data">NSA
can search via XKeyScore.</a>
<p>
XKeyScore holds everyone's complete Internet data for the past few
days.  Messages or data considered "interesting" can be copied
elsewhere for permanent storage.
<p>
This supports Snowden's claim that he could read anyone's email and
demonstrates that, once again, our officials lied to us when they said
he was lying.


title: Conviction of Bradley Manning threatens freedom of press
uri: Conviction-of-Bradley-Manning-threatens-freedom-of-press
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Conviction_of_Bradley_Manning_threatens_freedom_of_press)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Conviction_of_Bradley_Manning_threatens_freedom_of_press%29

content:
<p>
Green Shadow Cabinet: The conviction of Bradley Manning for espionage
directly <a href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298014&qid=990008">threatens
freedom of the press in the US</a>, because the prosecution's argument
was that publishing (true) information is a crime because it makes the
US look bad.
<p>
It is standard for tyrannical regimes to claim that exposing their
flaws is disloyalty, as "grounds" to punish those who do it.  Some of
Dubya's followers argued that people who criticized Dubya's wars were
supporting al Qa'ida.  Obama has converted this notion into law.
<p>
When the US government calls on people to help it cover up crimes so
as not to give opponents a way to make it look bad, we must respond,
"You should have considered possible condemnation before you committed
such acts."  Then, as the Green Shadow Cabinet says, we must get the
US to drop this practice.
<p>
But that's not enough.  The US has an obligation to try the
perpetrators of war crimes, starting with Dubya.


title: US funding for the Egyptian military
uri: US-funding-for-the-Egyptian-military
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(US_funding_for_the_Egyptian_military)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28US_funding_for_the_Egyptian_military%29

content:
<p>
Green Shadow Cabinet: US funding for the Egyptian
military <a href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298018&qid=990008">endangers
the prospects for democracy in Egypt.</a>


title: Complexities of tying hot weather to violence
uri: Complexities-of-tying-hot-weather-to-violence
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Complexities_of_tying_hot_weather_to_violence)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Complexities_of_tying_hot_weather_to_violence%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/aug/02/climate-change-endless-war-violence-conflict">Complexities
of tying hot weather to violence.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Misuse_and_abuse_of_pesticides)
title: Misuse and abuse of pesticides
uri: Misuse-and-abuse-of-pesticides
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Misuse_and_abuse_of_pesticides%29
content:
<p>
In poor countries, misuse and abuse of
pesticides <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/aug/02/pesticide-poisoning-hidden-menace-ghana">lead
to illness and even death.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Carbon_Bubble)
title: Carbon Bubble
uri: Carbon-Bubble
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Carbon_Bubble%29
content:
<p>
Stock markets value fossil fuel
companies <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/02/carbon-tax-investment-market-timebomb">as
if all their reserves were going to be used some day.</a>
<p>
This has been referred to as
the <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html#14_February_2012_(Carbon_Companies)">"carbon
bubble".</a>
<p>
The bubble is sure to pop, but will it pop only after global heating
disaster, or will we make it pop sooner?  The sooner the better,
because these companies use their wealth to paralyze governments and
to cause negotiations about preventing disaster to fail.


title: US companies talk about the cost of adapting to global heating
uri: US-companies-talk-about-the-cost-of-adapting-to-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(US_companies_talk_about_the_cost_of_adapting_to_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28US_companies_talk_about_the_cost_of_adapting_to_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
US companies talk about the cost of adapting to global heating's
effects, but
say <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/companies-prevent-climate-change-disasters">nothing
about trying to prevent it.</a>
<p>
Adaptation is a real possibility only in the early stages.


title: Thugs lying about general massive surveillance
uri: Thugs-lying-about-general-massive-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Thugs_lying_about_general_massive_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Thugs_lying_about_general_massive_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
When thugs visited of couple suspecting them of terrorism, they said
they were cued by general massive surveillance.  It turns
out <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/02/suffolk-county-home-search-tipoff">they
were lying — they were cued by local surveillance at the
workplace.</a>
<p>
I don't think this makes it much better, however, I think that it is
scary people can be considered suspects just for looking for
information about a topic.


title: Chilean miners blacklisted from working in mines
uri: Chilean-miners-blacklisted-from-working-in-mines
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Chilean_miners_blacklisted_from_working_in_mines)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Chilean_miners_blacklisted_from_working_in_mines%29

content:
<p>
The Chilean miners who survived being trapped in a mine have been
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/02/rescued-chile-miners-dismay-owners-no-charges">blacklisted
from working in mines any more.</a> They are "too famous" — if
they saw illegal dangerous practices, and reported them, the mine
owners could not hush it up.
<p>
The article is mainly about the fact that the owners of the mine where
they were trapped won't face charges.  I don't know enough about the
events, or Chilean law, to have an opinion about whether they were at
fault.


title: Libya's government is unable to stop violence
uri: Libya-s-government-is-unable-to-stop-violence
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Libya's_government_is_unable_to_stop_violence)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Libya%27s_government_is_unable_to_stop_violence%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/02/tunisia-tensions-arab-spring-unravelling">Libya's
government is unable to stop violence</a>, and Tunisia could be
following a few steps behind.


title: Focus on US Government's Unlawful Behavior, Not Snowden
uri: Focus-on-US-Government-s-Unlawful-Behavior-Not-Snowden
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Focus_on_US_Government's_Unlawful_Behavior,_Not_Snowden)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Focus_on_US_Government%27s_Unlawful_Behavior%2C_Not_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/01-9">Focus on US
Government's Unlawful Behavior, Not Snowden.</a>


title: ALEC-sponsored bills aim to destroy state support for renewable energy
uri: ALEC-sponsored-bills-aim-to-destroy-state-support-for-renewable-energy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(ALEC-sponsored_bills_aim_to_destroy_state_support_for_renewable_energy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28ALEC-sponsored_bills_aim_to_destroy_state_support_for_renewable_energy%29

content:
<p>
ALEC-sponsored bills aim
to <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12193/dirty-hands-77-alec-bills-2013-advance-big-oil-big-ag-agenda">destroy
state support for renewable energy.</a>


title: 117 ALEC-sponsored bills in US states attack workers' rights
uri: 117-ALEC-sponsored-bills-in-US-states-attack-workers-rights
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(117_ALEC-sponsored_bills_in_US_states_attack_workers'_rights)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28117_ALEC-sponsored_bills_in_US_states_attack_workers%27_rights%29

content:
<p>
117 ALEC-sponsored bills in US
states <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/07/12184/just-how-low-can-your-salary-go-117-alec-bills-2013-fuel-race-bottom-wages-and-wo">attack
workers' rights.</a>


title: GMO companies set up a web site to answer virtually any question
uri: GMO-companies-set-up-a-web-site-to-answer-virtually-any-question
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(GMO_companies_set_up_a_web_site_to_answer_virtually_any_question)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28GMO_companies_set_up_a_web_site_to_answer_virtually_any_question%29

content:
<p>
GMO companies have set up a web site to answer "virtually any question
posed by consumers"
— <a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_28005.cfm">except
whether the package of food you hold in your hand contains GMOs.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Hot_weather_increases_violence)
title: Hot weather increases violence
uri: Hot-weather-increases-violence
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Hot_weather_increases_violence%29
content:
<p>
A study finds
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/02/climate-change-violent-behaviour">hot
weather increases violence.</a>
<p>
Global heating is likely give people lots of substantial things to
fight about.  Now we see it is likely to make them start fighting,
too.


title: Global heating is causing various causes of illness and death to spread
uri: Global-heating-is-causing-various-causes-of-illness-and-death-to-sprea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Global_heating_is_causing_various_causes_of_illness_and_death_to_spread)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Global_heating_is_causing_various_causes_of_illness_and_death_to_spread%29

content:
<p>
Global heating
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/02/australia-risk-disease-climate-change">causing
various causes of illness and death to spread.</a>


title: British GCHQ selling spying services to US
uri: British-GCHQ-selling-spying-services-to-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(British_GCHQ_selling_spying_services_to_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28British_GCHQ_selling_spying_services_to_US%29

content:
<p>
Campaigners accuse the British GCHQ
of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/02/gchq-accused-selling-services-nsa">selling
its spying services to the US.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Berlusconi_tax_fraud)
title: Berlusconi tax fraud
uri: Berlusconi-tax-fraud
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Berlusconi_tax_fraud%29
content:
<p>
Berlusconi's conviction for tax fraud has
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/02/silvio-berlusconi-reaction-italy-sentence">definitively
upheld</a>, and he will have to serve a sentence.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Stealthy_change_to_the_constitutio)
title: Stealthy change to the constitutio
uri: Stealthy-change-to-the-constitutio
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Stealthy_change_to_the_constitutio%29

content:
<p>
A right-wing Japanese
politician <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/japan-revising-constitution-taro-aso">proposed
a stealthy change to the constitution</a>, and proposed the Nazis'
stealthy change to the German constitution as an example.
<p>
Proposing a stealthy change to the constitution is enough reason to
end a politician's career, even if had not cited Nazis as a positive
example of doing so.  However, there is reason to think that that
politician's may have other views in common with Nazis, as he visits
the shrine in which war criminals, the Japanese equivalents of Dubya,
are worshiped.


title: Urgent: Stand up for free range farmers
uri: Urgent-Stand-up-for-free-range-farmers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Urgent:_Stand_up_for_free_range_farmers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stand_up_for_free_range_farmers%29

content:
<p>
US citizens:
<a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8679">stand up</A>
for the right to sell free range chicken eggs in the US.


title: Urgent: Call for disclosure of CEO pay
uri: Urgent-Call-for-disclosure-of-CEO-pay
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Urgent:_Call_for_disclosure_of_CEO_pay)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_for_disclosure_of_CEO_pay%29

content:
<p>
US citizens:
<a href="http://action.usaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=552&track=email_blast_3973">call
on the SEC</a>
to enforce the law requiring companies
to publish how much their CEOs are paid.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(Urgent:_Cut_ties_with_ALEC)
title: Urgent: Cut ties with ALEC
uri: Urgent-Cut-ties-with-ALEC
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Cut_ties_with_ALEC%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ALEC_Lawmakers">call 
on your state legislators</a> to cut ties with ALEC.


title: San Francisco to create city-owned bank
uri: San-Francisco-to-create-city-owned-bank
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(San_Francisco_to_create_city-owned_bank)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28San_Francisco_to_create_city-owned_bank%29

content:
<p>
San Francisco will create a 
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-brown/green-light-for-cityowned_b_3678608.html">city-owned 
bank</a> to reduce the risk and cost of using privately owned banks.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(Urgent:_Limit_NSA_surveillance)
title: Urgent: Limit NSA surveillance
uri: Urgent-Limit-NSA-surveillance
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Limit_NSA_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.freepress.net/sign/Internet_Congress_NSA/">call on 
Congress</a> to limit NSA surveillance.
<p>
Just limiting the NSA's access is not enough, but it's a good first
step.


title: 150 million dollars from the NSA to GCHQ
uri: 150-million-dollars-from-the-NSA-to-GCHQ
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(150_million_dollars_from_the_NSA_to_GCHQ)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28150_million_dollars_from_the_NSA_to_GCHQ%29

content:
<p>
The NSA has paid 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/01/nsa-paid-gchq-spying-edward-snowden">150 
million dollars</a> to the UK surveillance agency GCHQ to ensure it
remains a surveillance proxy.


title: Iranian conservatives and US Republicans
uri: Iranian-conservatives-and-US-Republicans
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Iranian_conservatives_and_US_Republicans)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Iranian_conservatives_and_US_Republicans%29

content:
<p>
Iranian conservatives say it is a waste of time talking with the US.
Republicans are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/iran-condemns-tougher-us-sanctions-bill">trying 
to prove them right</a>.


title: Questioning what aim all our work is directed at
uri: Questioning-what-aim-all-our-work-is-directed-at
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Questioning_what_aim_all_our_work_is_directed_at)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Questioning_what_aim_all_our_work_is_directed_at%29

content:
<p>
The environmental movement must teach people to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2013/aug/01/environmentalists-redefine-progress-means">question 
what aim all our work is directed at</a>.
<p>
In other words, if we stop the plutocrats from taking most of what
humanity makes, we could all live comfortably.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Election_rigging_in_Zimbabwe)
title: Election rigging in Zimbabwe
uri: 2013-08-04-Election-rigging-in-Zimbabwe
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Election_rigging_in_Zimbabwe%29
content:
<p>
Tsvangirai says the election in Zimbabwe was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/zimbabwe-election-morgan-tsvangirai">rigged</a>. Independent monitors seem to agree.
<p>
What else would one expect from 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2008-mar-jun.html#23%20June%202008%20(The%20tyrant%20Mugabe%20&%20Mbeki)">Mugabe</a>?


title: Oil drilling in Virunga national park
uri: Oil-drilling-in-Virunga-national-park
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Oil_drilling_in_Virunga_national_park)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Oil_drilling_in_Virunga_national_park%29

content:
<p>
Oil drilling in Virunga national park 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/01/congo-mountain-gorillas-virunga-wwf">could 
wipe out mountain gorillas directly</a>, as it helps wipe out most
other species on Earth.
<p>
Since we need to leave 80% of all fossil fuels in the ground,
why not include these as part of the 80%.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Mass_surveillance_for_profiling)
title: Mass surveillance for profiling
uri: Mass-surveillance-for-profiling
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Mass_surveillance_for_profiling%29
content:
<p>
If massive surveillance is used for profiling, most of suspects will
be innocent.  Here's a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/new-york-police-terrorism-pressure-cooker">good 
example</a>.
<p>
It is risky to let thugs search your house.  Maybe you will luck out,
as happened this time.  But you should always consult a lawyer before
you let them in, or answer questions for them.


title: First Amendment's protection must be extended to whistleblowers
uri: First-Amendment-s-protection-must-be-extended-to-whistleblowers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(First_Amendments_protection_must_be_extended_to_whistleblowers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28First_Amendments_protection_must_be_extended_to_whistleblowers%29

content:
<p>
The First Amendment's protection must be 
<a href="http://www.dw.de/extend-first-amendment-to-whistleblowers/a-16991347">extended 
directly to whistleblowers</a>, now that it has become impossible for
journalists to protect their sources as was customary.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Bloodshed_soars_in_war-ravaged_Iraq)
title: Bloodshed soars in war-ravaged Iraq
uri: Bloodshed-soars-in-war-ravaged-Iraq
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Bloodshed_soars_in_war-ravaged_Iraq%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/01-1">Deadliest 
Month in 5 Years: Bloodshed Soars in War-Ravaged Iraq</a>.
<p>
In other words, the disaster that Bush's occupation visited on Iraq is
not over.  Since Bush used lies to start the war, the war itself was
his crime, and he is personally responsible for every Iraqi who is
killed.  He ought to serve hundreds of thousands of consecutive life
sentences.


title: Statements from the US security state can not be trusted
uri: Statements-from-the-US-security-state-can-not-be-trusted
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Statements_from_the_US_security_state_can_not_be_trusted)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Statements_from_the_US_security_state_can_not_be_trusted%29

content:
<p>
The US security state has told so many lies, and half-truths, that 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/01-4">we cannot
trust any statement unless we can verify it</a>.  And with so much
secrecy, we can't verify anything.  We can only judge who is
trustworthy and then trust him.
<p>
Here's a lexicon detailing the Orwellian US government practice of
<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/07/nsa_lexicon_how_james_clapper_and_other_u_s_officials_mislead_the_american.html">twisting 
everyday English words</a> and making statements that mean one thing
to us, while they claim it means the opposite to them.
<p>
This practice is deceptive.  So I refuse to use these words with their
Orwellian NSA meanings.  I will insist on using them with their normal
meanings and applying those normal meanings to the NSA's actions.
<p>
Obama and his men have lied and betrayed us many times, in many areas;
but Snowden's statements, even when they seemed incredible, have
turned out to be true.  I don't trust Obama.  I trust Snowden.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Snowden_granted_asylum_in_Russia)
title: Snowden granted asylum in Russia
uri: Snowden-granted-asylum-in-Russia
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Snowden_granted_asylum_in_Russia%29

content:
<p>
Snowden has been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/edward-snowden-grant-temporary-asylum-russia">granted 
asylum in Russia</a>.
<p>
I expect he is unhappy being stuck there, and would rather go to a
country such as Venezuela which permits real political opposition, and
has a real opposition press.


title: Foreclosed homes become valueless due to lack of maintenance
uri: Foreclosed-homes-become-valueless-due-to-lack-of-maintenance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Foreclosed_homes_become_valueless_due_to_lack_of_maintenance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Foreclosed_homes_become_valueless_due_to_lack_of_maintenance%29

content:
<p>
The foreclosure of 4 million homes in the US has devastated
neighborhoods and entire towns.  The 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/01-3">banks do not 
bother to maintain the foreclosed homes</a>, so they are looted and
become valueless.
<p>
What's the point of foreclosing a house and letting it be destroyed?
The only point I can imagine is sheer malice, a desire to make others suffer.
The banks which have done this deserve to be destroyed themselves.
<p>
As for the people who carry out these evictions, it is a wonder that
nobody takes personal revenge on them.


title: US system for food aid designed to aid US agribusiness
uri: US-system-for-food-aid-designed-to-aid-US-agribusiness
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(US_system_for_food_aid_designed_to_aid_US_agribusiness)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28US_system_for_food_aid_designed_to_aid_US_agribusiness%29

content:
<p>
The US system for food aid
is <a href="http://nautil.us/issue/3/in-transit/a-seven_month-wait-for-lunch">designed
to aid US agribusiness more than the recipients of the aid.</a>


title: EFF: MIT was not neutral in the Aaron Swartz case
uri: EFF-MIT-was-not-neutral-in-the-Aaron-Swartz-case
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(EFF:_MIT_was_not_neutral_in_the_Aaron_Swartz_case)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28EFF%3A_MIT_was_not_neutral_in_the_Aaron_Swartz_case%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/mit-aarons-swartz-case-not-neutral-not-leading-not-standing-technologists">EFF:
MIT was not neutral in the Aaron Swartz case</a>.  It aided the
prosecution.
<p>
Even more
fundamentally, <a href="http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/56881544082/the-mit-report-on-aaronsw">MIT
never told the government that Swartz's use of MIT's network was not
unauthorized.</a>
<p>
That would have made the case disappear.


title: Google is attacking network neutrality
uri: Google-is-attacking-network-neutrality
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(Google_is_attacking_network_neutrality)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28Google_is_attacking_network_neutrality%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/google-neutrality/">Google
is attacking network neutrality</a> by saying that ordinary
subscribers of Google Fiber will be banned from running Freedom Box.


title: UK border thugs accused of systematically accosting nonwhite persons
uri: UK-border-thugs-accused-of-systematically-accosting-nonwhite-persons
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(UK_border_thugs_accused_of_systematically_accosting_nonwhite_persons)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28UK_border_thugs_accused_of_systematically_accosting_nonwhite_persons%29

content:
<p>
UK border thugs are accused of systematically accosting nonwhite
persons at a London train station
and <a href="http://scriptonitedaily.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/newsflash-uk-border-agency-id-checking-people-of-colour-at-train-stations/">ordering
each to "show your papers".</a>
<p>
The threats to citizens who asked what was going on is typical thug
behavior.


title: Fracking company settled with family sickened by contaminated water
uri: Fracking-company-settled-with-family-sickened-by-contaminated-water
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(Fracking_company_settled_with_family_sickened_by_contaminated_water)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28Fracking_company_settled_with_family_sickened_by_contaminated_water%29

content:
<p>
A fracking company settled with a
family <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/washington/confidential-agreement-should-have-been-part-of-washington-county-marcellus-shale-case-record-697530/">sickened
by contaminated water,</a> imposing a lifetime gag on everyone in the
family including the children.
<p>
The company now says that
the <a href="http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20130731/NEWS01/130739888/0/SEARCH#.Uftgg7c6jx-">gag
order did not cover the children.</a>


title: CFAA used to punish Manning twice for same act
uri: CFAA-used-to-punish-Manning-twice-for-same-act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(CFAA_used_to_punish_Manning_twice_for_same_act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28CFAA_used_to_punish_Manning_twice_for_same_act%29

content:
<p>
The CFAA has been used
to <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/bradley-manning-was-punished-more-merely-because-his-leaks-involved-computer">punish
Bradley Manning twice for the same act.</a>


title: Republican administrators of EPA demand action to curb global heating
uri: Republican-administrators-of-EPA-demand-action-to-curb-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(Republican_administrators_of_EPA_demand_action_to_curb_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28Republican_administrators_of_EPA_demand_action_to_curb_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Past Republican administrators of the
EPA <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/opinion/a-republican-case-for-climate-action.html?ref=opinion&_r=0">demand
action to curb global heating.</a>
<p>
Their time in office was before the fossil fuel companies cracked the
whip and required Republicans to deny the facts.


title: Processors are vulnerable to malicious microcode updates
uri: Processors-are-vulnerable-to-malicious-microcode-updates
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(Processors_are_vulnerable_to_malicious_microcode_updates)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28Processors_are_vulnerable_to_malicious_microcode_updates%29

content:
<p>
Steve Blank says
that <a href="http://www.afr.com/p/technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI">Intel
and AMD processors are vulnerable to malicious microcode updates</a>,
which could be sent by the NSA, by Intel, by Microsoft, or maybe by
someone else.
<p>
When microcode can be changed, it counts as software installed in the
computer.  Then it needs to be free software.


title: ACLU points out that Edward Snowden qualifies as a whistleblower
uri: ACLU-points-out-that-Edward-Snowden-qualifies-as-a-whistleblower
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(ACLU_points_out_that_Edward_Snowden_qualifies_as_a_whistleblower)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28ACLU_points_out_that_Edward_Snowden_qualifies_as_a_whistleblower%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/02-6">ACLU
points out that Edward Snowden qualifies as a whistleblower</a> under
the definition in the Whistleblower Protection Act.
<p>
That law does not protect people that work for the NSA, but this
should still settle the question of whether Snowden is a
whistleblower.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(Why_the_Espionage_Act_was_passed)
title: Why the Espionage Act was passed
uri: Why-the-Espionage-Act-was-passed
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28Why_the_Espionage_Act_was_passed%29

content:
<p>
To understand the Bradley Manning case, look
at <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/02-5">why the
Espionage Act was passed in the first place.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(US_gov't_surveillance)
title: US gov't surveillance
uri: US-gov-t-surveillance
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28US_gov%27t_surveillance%29
content:
<p>
Although Michele Catalano was fingered due to local surveillance, the
US
government <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/02-2">admits
it looks for such searches.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(Harvest_of_Shame)
title: Harvest of Shame
uri: Harvest-of-Shame
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28Harvest_of_Shame%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/02-0">Migrant
Workers and America's Harvest of Shame.</a>


title: Obscene That The Govt. Profits Off Student Loans
uri: Obscene-That-The-Govt-Profits-Off-Student-Loans
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(Obscene_That_The_Govt._Profits_Off_Student_Loans)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28Obscene_That_The_Govt._Profits_Off_Student_Loans%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://consumerist.com/2013/07/18/sen-elizabeth-warren-its-obscene-that-the-govt-profits-off-student-loans/">Senator
Warren: It's Obscene That The Govt. Profits Off Student Loans.</a>
<p>
When a government gives big handouts to the rich, then talks about
"paying down the national debt" by squeezing students, it adds up to a
government that's on the side of the plutocrats.
<p>
Paying off the national debt is a mistaken goal at present, because
the way to end a recession is with deficit spending.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(What_does_idealism_get_you)
title: What does idealism get you
uri: What-does-idealism-get-you
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28What_does_idealism_get_you%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/03/what-does-idealism-get-you">"What
Does Idealism Get You Today? Abuse, Derision, Or Sometimes
Prison."</a>
<p>
But not in the free software movement.  Here we campaign for real
change, and we implement it too.  It's only one area of life, true;
but a good example in one area can get things started in others too.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 04_August_2013_(Child_suicide_bombers)
title: Child suicide bombers
uri: Child-suicide-bombers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#04_August_2013_%28Child_suicide_bombers%29
content:
<p>
The Afghan government has no idea what to do with child suicide
bombers
who <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/03/afghanistan-child-suicide-bombers">failed
to detonate their bombs.</a>


title: Urgent: Petition against government Internet censorship
uri: Urgent-Petition-against-government-Internet-censorship
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Urgent:_Petition_against_government_Internet_censorship)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Petition_against_government_Internet_censorship%29

content:
<p>
UK citizens: sign 
<a href="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/51746">this 
petition</a> against government Internet censorship.


title: Urgent: End tax deductability of excessive pay to CEOs
uri: Urgent-End-tax-deductability-of-excessive-pay-to-CEOs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Urgent:_End_tax_deductability_of_excessive_pay_to_CEOs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_End_tax_deductability_of_excessive_pay_to_CEOs%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12274">call 
on Congress</a> to end the tax deductability of excessive pay to CEOs.


title: JP Morgen Chase gets slap on wrist for manipulation electricity prices
uri: JP-Morgen-Chase-gets-slap-on-wrist-for-manipulation-electricity-prices
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(JP_Morgen_Chase_gets_slap_on_wrist_for_manipulation_electricity_prices)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28JP_Morgen_Chase_gets_slap_on_wrist_for_manipulation_electricity_prices%29

content:
<p>
JP Morgan Chase manipulated electricity prices in the same way as
Enron did,but the penalty was a 
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/07/jpmorgan-chase-manipulate-electricity-price-settlement-ferc">slap 
on the wrist</a>.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(The_conviction_of_Bradley_Manning)
title: The conviction of Bradley Manning
uri: The-conviction-of-Bradley-Manning
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28The_conviction_of_Bradley_Manning%29

content:
<p>
The conviction of Bradley Manning under the Espionage Act suggests a
greater threat to Julian Assange 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/31-6">from the 
Obama regime</a>.</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/30/bradley-manning-verdict-bad-news-for-journalists">
Another article</a>.</p>


title: The US should apply human rights law to end "perpetual war"
uri: The-US-should-apply-human-rights-law-to-end-perpetual-war
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(The_US_should_apply_human_rights_law_to_end_perpetual_war)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28The_US_should_apply_human_rights_law_to_end_perpetual_war%29

content:
<p>
Human Rights Watch: the US should apply human rights law to
<a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/31/us-reassess-war-model-against-al-qaeda">end "perpetual war"</a>.</p>
<p>
In other words, replace the "war on terrorism" with a
"criminal investigation of terrorism".</p>


title: Obama regime plans to present a half truth
uri: Obama-regime-plans-to-present-a-half-truth
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Obama_regime_plans_to_present_a_half_truth)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Obama_regime_plans_to_present_a_half_truth%29

content:
<p>
The Obama regime plans to selectively declassify some documents about
surveillance, 
<a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/07/31/nsa-and-fisa-court-documents-to-be-selectively-declassified-to-win-back-public-suppport/">to 
make it look better</a>.</p>
<p>
This will be a half truth that, as the saying goes, is worse than a
lie.</p>


title: Fungicides contributing to death of honeybees
uri: Fungicides-contributing-to-death-of-honeybees
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Fungicides_contributing_to_death_of_honeybees)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Fungicides_contributing_to_death_of_honeybees%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/07/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-fungicides">Certain 
fungicides</a> may be contributing to the death of honeybees</a>.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(Paul_Lamb)
title: Paul Lamb
uri: Paul-Lamb
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28Paul_Lamb%29
content:
<p>Paul Lamb, who wants someone to be allowed to help him die, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jul/31/right-to-die-court-paul-lamb">lost
his appeal in the UK</a>.</p>
<p>
He is condemned to decades of boredom unless something fortuitously
kills him.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Snowdens_revelations)
title: Snowden's revelations
uri: Snowden-s-revelations
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Snowdens_revelations%29
content:
<p>
Evgeny Morozov explains how Snowden's revelations 
<a href="http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/ueberwachung/information-consumerism-the-price-of-hypocrisy-12292374.html">upended 
the establishment political certitudes about the Internet</a>.</p>
<p>
He notes the danger in the "smart" products that will spy on you.</p>
<p>
He is mistaken on one point.  Gmail could not encrypt email in such a
way that it could <em>never</em> read the email.  If the encryption is
done by Gmail, Gmail has already had a chance to see the non-encrypted
message, and could send it to the NSA first.</p>


title: Right-wing attacks on abortion rights and women's health care
uri: Right-wing-attacks-on-abortion-rights-and-women-s-health-care
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Right-wing_attacks_on_abortion_rights_and_womens_health_care)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Right-wing_attacks_on_abortion_rights_and_womens_health_care%29

content:
<p>
Right-wing legislators have many ways of attacking abortion rights and
women's health care, through 
<a href="http://www.pfaw.org/rww-in-focus/chipping-away-choice-five-growing-threats-women-s-healthcare-access-and-autonomy">pesky 
little regulations</a> that cause considerable obstruction without
being an absolute ban.</p>


title: Congress considers proposals to limit surveillance
uri: Congress-considers-proposals-to-limit-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Congress_considers_proposals_to_limit_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Congress_considers_proposals_to_limit_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Congress is considering 
<a href="http://www.constitutioncampaign.org/blog/?p=14474">various 
proposals</a> to limit surveillance.</p>
<p>
Any of these would be an improvement, but none of them goes far enough
to prevent the US from carrying out a total fishing expedition against
anyone it can present suspicions about.</p>


title: UK gov't undermines plans for marine reserves
uri: UK-gov-t-undermines-plans-for-marine-reserves
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(UK_govt_undermines_plans_for_marine_reserves)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28UK_govt_undermines_plans_for_marine_reserves%29

content:
<p>
The UK government has quietly <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/03/scientists-ministers-seas-marine-life">undermined
plans for marine reserves</a>, leaving wildlife in danger.</p>


title: FBI forcing ISPs to install "port reader" software
uri: FBI-forcing-ISPs-to-install-port-reader-software
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(FBI_forcing_ISPs_to_install_port_reader_software)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28FBI_forcing_ISPs_to_install_port_reader_software%29

content:
<p>
The FBI is 
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57596791-38/fbi-pressures-internet-providers-to-install-surveillance-software/">forcing 
ISPs to install "port reader" software</a> for total real-time
surveillance.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Turkeys_lack_of_democracy)
title: Turkey's lack of democracy
uri: Turkey-s-lack-of-democracy
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Turkeys_lack_of_democracy%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/04/turkey-democracy-free-press-journalism">Turkey's 
Lack of Democracy Is Storing up Problems</a>.</p>


title: The effects of massive consumption of sugar
uri: The-effects-of-massive-consumption-of-sugar
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(The_effects_of_massive_consumption_of_sugar)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28The_effects_of_massive_consumption_of_sugar%29

content:
<p>
The effects of massive consumption of sugar are showing up in a
generation of obese children. And 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/04/demon-drink-war-on-sugar">fruit 
juices have more sugar than sodas</a>.</p>


title: Russian web sites protest against SOPA-like law
uri: Russian-web-sites-protest-against-SOPA-like-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Russian_web_sites_protest_against_SOPA-like_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Russian_web_sites_protest_against_SOPA-like_law%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/1700-websites-in-russia-go-dark-in-a-sopa-style-protest-123686">1700 
Russian web sites</a> protested against the Russian SOPA-like law.</p>


title: Transcanada plans pipeline to the Atlantic
uri: Transcanada-plans-pipeline-to-the-Atlantic
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Transcanada_plans_pipeline_to_the_Atlantic)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Transcanada_plans_pipeline_to_the_Atlantic%29

content:
<p>
Transcanada plans a pipeline to the Atlantic via Quebec 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/02-0">to parallel 
the Keystone XL</a>.</p>


title: UK water and sewage companies pollute beaches
uri: UK-water-and-sewage-companies-pollute-beaches
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(UK_water_and_sewage_companies_pollute_beaches)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28UK_water_and_sewage_companies_pollute_beaches%29

content:
<p>
UK water and sewage companies are the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/03/water-companies-polluting-rivers-beaches">biggest 
polluters of beaches.</a> The fines are too low to do any good.</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/03/water-industry-exploitation-pollution">The 
Water Companies And the Foul Stench of Exploitation</a>.</p>


title: Uruguay's plan to legalize sale of marijuana
uri: Uruguay-s-plan-to-legalize-sale-of-marijuana
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Uruguays_plan_to_legalize_sale_of_marijuana)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Uruguays_plan_to_legalize_sale_of_marijuana%29

content:
<p>
Uruguay's plan is to legalize sale of marijuana, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/03/uruguay-cannabis-law">but 
regulate it tightly</a>.</p>


title: Accusation of election-rigging in Zimbabwe
uri: Accusation-of-election-rigging-in-Zimbabwe
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Accusation_of_election-rigging_in_Zimbabwe)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Accusation_of_election-rigging_in_Zimbabwe%29

content:
<p>
Tsvangirai says the Zimbabwe election was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/03/zimbabwe-morgan-tsvangirai">rigged</a>.</p>
<p>
Since Mugabe rejected the usual international observers, there is
every reason to believe this accusation.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Spying_on_peoples_mobile_phones)
title: Spying on people's mobile phones
uri: Spying-on-people-s-mobile-phones
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Spying_on_peoples_mobile_phones%29
content:
<p>
It is easy to spy a considerable amount on most people's mobile
phones.  <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/a-cheap-spying-tool-with-a-high-creepy-factor/">Anyone 
could do it</a>.</p>
<p>
Contrary to the article, there are ways to guard against this.  For
instance, don't enable WiFi in your computer except on rare
occasions.</p>


title: Attack on whistleblowers undermines press freedom
uri: Attack-on-whistleblowers-undermines-press-freedom
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Attack_on_whistleblowers_undermines_press_freedom)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Attack_on_whistleblowers_undermines_press_freedom%29

content:
<p>
Even when whistleblowers are not convicted, the attack on them
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/us/politics/first-amendments-role-comes-into-question-as-leakers-are-prosecuted.html?pagewanted=all">undermines 
press freedom</a> in the US.</p>


title: House Republicans pass bill to remove federal safety regulations
uri: House-Republicans-pass-bill-to-remove-federal-safety-regulations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(House_Republicans_pass_bill_to_remove_federal_safety_regulations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28House_Republicans_pass_bill_to_remove_federal_safety_regulations%29

content:
<p>
House Republicans passed a bill to eliminate most federal safety
regulations; meanwhile, the Senate will hold a hearing into the 
<a href="http://www.citizenvox.org/2013/07/31/house-gop-pushes-radical-bill-senate-panel-sets-record-straight/">harm
caused by the obstruction of necessary regulations</a>.</p>
<p>
The House bill is mere propaganda for the right-wing bullshit that
regulations are bad.</p>


title: US gov't double standards for extradition
uri: US-gov-t-double-standards-for-extradition
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(US_govt_double_standards_for_extradition)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28US_govt_double_standards_for_extradition%29

content:
<p>
While the US government demands the extradition of Snowden,
who has done the American people a heroic service,
it <a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/08/02/snowdens-asylum-and-double-standards/">refuses 
to extradite people accused of terrorism, murder, and fraud</a>
leading to economic collapse in other countries.


title: Unpopular pro-plutocrat views referred to as "center"
uri: Unpopular-pro-plutocrat-views-referred-to-as-center
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Unpopular_pro-plutocrat_views_referred_to_as_center)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Unpopular_pro-plutocrat_views_referred_to_as_center%29

content:
<p>
US mainstream media typically refer to unpopular pro-plutocrat views
as the "<a href='http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/07/29/new-york-times-whats-in-the-center/'>center</a>".


title: NBC misrepresents collateral murder video
uri: NBC-misrepresents-collateral-murder-video
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(NBC_misrepresents_collateral_murder_video)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28NBC_misrepresents_collateral_murder_video%29

content:
<p>
NBC <a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/07/31/nbc-misreports-collateral-murder-video/">misrepresents</a> 
the collateral murder video.


title: Antibiotic resistance spreading to another class of bacteria
uri: Antibiotic-resistance-spreading-to-another-class-of-bacteria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Antibiotic_resistance_spreading_to_another_class_of_bacteria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Antibiotic_resistance_spreading_to_another_class_of_bacteria%29

content:
<p>
Antibiotic resistance is spreading to 
<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/antibiotic-resistance-the-last-resort-1.13426">another 
class of bacteria</a> which could make common surgical operations
likely to be fatal.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Violent_thieves_in_thug_uniforms)
title: Violent thieves in thug uniforms
uri: Violent-thieves-in-thug-uniforms
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Violent_thieves_in_thug_uniforms%29

content:
<p>
Two violent thieves dressed in thug uniforms turned out to be 
<a href="http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/22949343/breaking-news-police">real 
thugs</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 03_August_2013_(Stealthy_change_to_the_constitution)
title: Stealthy change to the constitution
uri: Stealthy-change-to-the-constitution
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_August_2013_%28Stealthy_change_to_the_constitution%29

content:
<p>
A right-wing Japanese politician 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/japan-revising-constitution-taro-aso">proposed
a stealthy change to the constitution</a>, and proposed the Nazis'
stealthy change to the German constitution as an example.
<p>
Proposing a stealthy change to the constitution is enough reason to
end a politician's career, even if had not cited Nazis as a positive
example of doing so.  However, there is reason to think that that
politician's may have other views in common with Nazis, as he visits
the shrine in which war criminals, the Japanese equivalents of Dubya,
are worshiped.


title: Urgent: Treat rape as a serious offense
uri: Urgent-Treat-rape-as-a-serious-offense
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Urgent:_Treat_rape_as_a_serious_offense)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Treat_rape_as_a_serious_offense%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on US colleges
to <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/rape_on_campus/">treat
rape as a serious offense.</a>


title: Urgent: Support the EPA'a authority to act to curb global heating
uri: Urgent-Support-the-EPA-a-authority-to-act-to-curb-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Urgent:_Support_the_EPA'a_authority_to_act_to_curb_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_the_EPA%27a_authority_to_act_to_curb_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your congresscritters
to <a href="https://online.nwf.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1779">support
the EPA'a authority to act to curb global heating.</a>  Also sign this
petition.


title: Spanish government's response to public condemnation
uri: Spanish-government-s-response-to-public-condemnation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Spanish_government's_response_to_public_condemnation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Spanish_government%27s_response_to_public_condemnation%29

content:
<p>
The Spanish government's response to public condemnation is
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/04/gibraltar-comments-madrid-london-uk-spain">to
harass Gibraltar.</a> I hope the people of Spain are wise enough to
see through this and refuse to be distracted from
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_July_2013_(Spanish_ruling_party_accused_of_corruption)">corruption
of the right-wing ruling party.</a>


title: Significant reduction in US military forces
uri: Significant-reduction-in-US-military-forces
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Significant_reduction_in_US_military_forces)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Significant_reduction_in_US_military_forces%29

content:
<p>
The sequester cuts will result in
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/chuck-hagel-army-navy-cuts-congress">significant
reduction in US military forces.</a>
<p>
The US military is so much bigger than all its rivals that even after
these cuts it
would <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-may-aug.html#08_August_2011_(US_Military_Spending)">remain
the most powerful in the world.</a>
<p>
These cuts are very desirable.  We should restore funds in areas that
do real good for Americans.


title: Urgent: Stop funding the opposition to GMO labeling initiatives
uri: Urgent-Stop-funding-the-opposition-to-GMO-labeling-initiatives
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_funding_the_opposition_to_GMO_labeling_initiatives)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_funding_the_opposition_to_GMO_labeling_initiatives%29

content:
<p>
In the US, call on Safeway, Starbucks and Target
to <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/safeway-starbucks-and?source=c.url&r_by=5382364">stop
funding the opposition to GMO labeling initiatives.</a>


title: Urgent: Let Google Fiber customers run personal servers
uri: Urgent-Let-Google-Fiber-customers-run-personal-servers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Urgent:_Let_Google_Fiber_customers_run_personal_servers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Let_Google_Fiber_customers_run_personal_servers%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Google
to <a href="http://act.freepress.net/sign/internet_google_tos?akid=4369.9489429.k09w30&rd=1&t=1003">let
Google Fiber customers run personal servers.</a>


title: Urgent: Stop selling neonicotinoid pesticides
uri: Urgent-Stop-selling-neonicotinoid-pesticides
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_selling_neonicotinoid_pesticides)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_selling_neonicotinoid_pesticides%29

content:
<p>
In the US: call on US stores
to <a href="http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13389&tag=223806">stop
selling neonicotinoid pesticides.</a>


title: Urgent: Oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean
uri: Urgent-Oil-drilling-in-the-Arctic-Ocean
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Urgent:_Oil_drilling_in_the_Arctic_Ocean)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oil_drilling_in_the_Arctic_Ocean%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on
Obama <a href="http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/protect-our-arctic-ocean-from-oil-drilling?akid=8545.1183552.0WrFxh&rd=1&t=1004">not
to allow oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean.</a>


title: Urgent: Strict safety regulation for undersea oil drilling
uri: Urgent-Strict-safety-regulation-for-undersea-oil-drilling
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(Urgent:_Strict_safety_regulation_for_undersea_oil_drilling)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Strict_safety_regulation_for_undersea_oil_drilling%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the Secretary of the Interior to give priority
to <a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12279">strict
safety regulations for undersea oil drilling.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 05_August_2013_(UK_gov't_fracking)
title: UK gov't fracking
uri: UK-gov-t-fracking
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#05_August_2013_%28UK_gov%27t_fracking%29
content:
<p>
The UK government has ordered local planning
authorities <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/03/ignore-fracking-protests-government-tells-planners">not
to consider using renewable energy</a> instead of fracking.
<p>
The claim that there
is <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#02_August_2013_(Fracking_in_North_Dakota_wasteful)">something
good about fracking</a> is based on a
dishonest <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_(Fracked_gas_CO2_emissions)">comparison
with coal.</a> But even if an honest comparison found that fracked gas
was a little better, it is irrelevant to compare them, because
fracking
has <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#14_December_2012_(Limits_needed_on_use_of_fossil_fuel)">not
reduced the amount of coal that is being extracted and burnt.</a>
<p>
Thus, this policy is based on pure dishonesty, and I suspect someone
has been influenced by gas company money.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(Artic_Sea_Ice)
title: Artic Sea Ice
uri: Artic-Sea-Ice
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28Artic_Sea_Ice%29
content:
<p>The decline in Arctic sea ice, even in the winter, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/05/harp-seals-north-atlantic">
is killing baby
harp seals.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(Neonicotinoid_Pesticides)
title: Neonicotinoid Pesticides
uri: Neonicotinoid-Pesticides
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28Neonicotinoid_Pesticides%29
content:
<p>
As neonicotinoid pesticides enter the soil and rivers, we have <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/aug/05/neonicotinoids-ddt-pesticides-nature">
no idea
what species they are killing off.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(Arctic)
title: Arctic
uri: Arctic
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28Arctic%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>The danger of a giant methane release from the Arctic <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/aug/05/7-facts-need-to-know-arctic-methane-time-bomb">
should not be
dismissed.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(Ian_Tomlinson)
title: Ian Tomlinson
uri: Ian-Tomlinson
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28Ian_Tomlinson%29
content:
<p>The London thug department has apologized for <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/05/ian-tomlinson-apology-met-police">
killing Ian
Tomlinson.</a></p>
<p></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(Hamburger)
title: Hamburger
uri: Hamburger
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28Hamburger%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>A vat-grown hamburger is a first step towards <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/05/first-hamburger-lab-grown-meat-press-conference">producing meat without
animals.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(Tunisia)
title: Tunisia
uri: Tunisia
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28Tunisia%29
content:
<p>Tunisia is plagued by attacks by Islamist fanatics, which secularists
accuse the government <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/05/soldiers-dead-tunisia-clashes">
of failing to fight against.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(US)
title: US
uri: US
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28US%29
content:
<p>8 fields in which privatization in the US has <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/05">
done harm.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(The_Charitable-Industrial_Complex)
title: The Charitable-Industrial Complex
uri: The-Charitable-Industrial-Complex
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28The_Charitable-Industrial_Complex%29

content:
<p>The Charitable-Industrial <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/27/opinion/the-charitable-industrial-complex.html?_r=0">
Complex:</a>
rich "philanthropists'" giving to charities means they stay silent
as the "philanthropists'" businesses continue making things worse.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(Japan)
title: Japan
uri: Japan
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28Japan%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>The East Japan Railway started selling weakly anonymized data from
passengers' travel, which was tracked using transit passes <a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/03/editorials/jr-sells-commuters-data/">
that have
the passenger's name.</a>
</p>
<p>If data is collected, it will be misused.  The East Japan Railway, and
all other transit systems, should keep no records of who travels where.
They should make transit passes anonymous.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(Tawakul_Karman)
title: Tawakul Karman
uri: Tawakul-Karman
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28Tawakul_Karman%29
content:
<p>Nobel laureate Tawakul Karman was banned from Egypt because <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/04/egypt-nobel-laureate-tawakul-karman">
she had
stated support for Morsi.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(Jimmy_Mubenga)
title: Jimmy Mubenga
uri: Jimmy-Mubenga
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28Jimmy_Mubenga%29
content:
<p>A report found a slew of bad practices responsible for the killing of
Jimmy Mubenga when he was being deported <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/04/jimmy-mubenga-coroner-report-deportations">
from the UK.</a></p>
<p>Privatization — the use of company employees to do things to
prisoners — is surely the root cause.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(Two_Thugs)
title: Two Thugs
uri: Two-Thugs
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28Two_Thugs%29
content:
<p>
Two thugs that stripped and chained a pregnant prisoner, keeping her
shackled for half a day and causing her baby to be born prematurely,
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/04/police-officers-misconduct-pregnant-woman">
have been given a bad note, but not fired.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 5_August_2013_(NSA)
title: NSA
uri: 2013-08-06-NSA
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_%28NSA%29
content:
<p>Members of Congress Denied Access to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/04">
Basic Information About
NSA.</a></p>
<p></p>


title: President Rouhani wants direct talks with US
uri: President-Rouhani-wants-direct-talks-with-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 06_August_2013_(President_Rouhani_wants_direct_talks_with_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#06_August_2013_%28President_Rouhani_wants_direct_talks_with_US%29

content:
<p>
President Rouhani says he
wants <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/06/iran-ready-to-talk-us-goodwill-hassan-rouhani">direct
talks with the US</a> and would like to make a deal.


title: Government-Supported campaign to improve access to contraception
uri: Government-Supported-campaign-to-improve-access-to-contraception
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 06_August_2013_(Government-Supported_campaign_to_improve_access_to_contraception)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#06_August_2013_%28Government-Supported_campaign_to_improve_access_to_contraception%29

content:
<p>
A government-supported campaign to improve access to contraception has
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/aug/06/sex-social-economic-empowerment-girls-india">reduced
Bangladesh's birth rate to roughly the replacement level.</a>
<p>
The US should fund such campaigns in all countries with rapidly
growing populations, including the US itself.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 06_August_2013_(Prejudice_against_prostitutes)
title: Prejudice against prostitutes
uri: 2013-08-07-Prejudice-against-prostitutes
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#06_August_2013_%28Prejudice_against_prostitutes%29
content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/06/robert-kolker-lost-girls-prostitute-deaths">prejudice
against prostitutes becomes visible when they are murdered</a>, and
again when the murder is not investigated much.
<p>
I am convinced that much of the pressure to crush prostitution,
whether it be punishing prostitutes, closing brothels, or punishing
customers, reflects the stigma against prostitutes.  The claims that
this is mean to "protect" them are hypocrisy.


title: Thai soldiers shot unarmed protesters
uri: Thai-soldiers-shot-unarmed-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 06_August_2013_(Thai_soldiers_shot_unarmed_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#06_August_2013_%28Thai_soldiers_shot_unarmed_protesters%29

content:
<p>
In
2010, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/06/six-killed-thai-soldiers-crackdown-protesters">Thai
soldiers shot unarmed protesters</a> who had taken refuge in a temple.


title: NSA director trying to distract Americans with speculation
uri: NSA-director-trying-to-distract-Americans-with-speculation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 06_August_2013_(NSA_director_trying_to_distract_Americans_with_speculation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#06_August_2013_%28NSA_director_trying_to_distract_Americans_with_speculation%29

content:
<p>
The NSA director is trying
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/06/nsa-director-cyber-terrorism-snowden">distract
Americans with speculation</a> about what some supporters of Snowden
might do if the US caught him.
<p>
He hopes we will worry about this rather than about the NSA's cyber
attacks against all of us.


title: Lousy precarious part-time jobs with no benefits
uri: Lousy-precarious-part-time-jobs-with-no-benefits
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 06_August_2013_(Lousy_precarious_part-time_jobs_with_no_benefits)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#06_August_2013_%28Lousy_precarious_part-time_jobs_with_no_benefits%29

content:
<p>
When Obama cited Amazon as the source of jobs in the US, he is saying
that he wants Americans to
have <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2013/aug/06/obama-amazon-jobs-hard-to-buy">lousy
precarious part-time jobs with no benefits.</a>
<p>
Here's why you should <a href="http://stallman.org/amazon.html">not buy from Amazon.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 06_August_2013_(Poor_people_in_Greece_face_hunger)
title: Poor people in Greece face hunger
uri: Poor-people-in-Greece-face-hunger
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#06_August_2013_%28Poor_people_in_Greece_face_hunger%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/06/greece-food-crisis-summer-austerity">Poor
people in Greece face hunger</a> as food bank organizations close for
a holiday in August and their volunteers are near burnout.


title: Global Heating pushing marine species toward the poles
uri: Global-Heating-pushing-marine-species-toward-the-poles
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 06_August_2013_(Global_Heating_pushing_marine_species_toward_the_poles)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#06_August_2013_%28Global_Heating_pushing_marine_species_toward_the_poles%29

content:
<p>
Global heating
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/05/climate-change-pushing-marine-species-to-poles">pushing
marine species towards the poles</a> at around 4 miles a year.
<p>
It will get a lot faster in a few decades.
<p>
Since the poles are warming fastest, species that are now too hot at
polar latitudes, such
as <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#27_March_2013_(Polar_Bears)">polar
bear</a>
and <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#5_August_2013_(Artic_Sea_Ice)">harp
seals</a>
and <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-jan-apr.html#18_April_2011_(Ice_Suppressing_Fish)">penguins</a>
soon won't have any place to go.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 06_August_2013_(Fracking_CO2_emission)
title: Fracking CO2 emission
uri: Fracking-CO2-emission
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#06_August_2013_%28Fracking_CO2_emission%29
content:
<p>
Mining figures show that fracking in the US
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/05/us-emissions-extraction-fracking">not
resulted in any decrease in CO2 emission.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 06_August_2013_(Disastrous_Counterterrorism_Legacy)
title: Disastrous Counterterrorism Legacy
uri: Disastrous-Counterterrorism-Legacy
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#06_August_2013_%28Disastrous_Counterterrorism_Legacy%29

content:
<p>
President
Obama's <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/05/obama-legacy-shadow-wars">Disastrous
Counterterrorism Legacy.</a>


title: NSA spying torpedoed the US Internet freedom agenda
uri: NSA-spying-torpedoed-the-US-Internet-freedom-agenda
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(NSA_spying_torpedoed_the_US_Internet_freedom_agenda)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28NSA_spying_torpedoed_the_US_Internet_freedom_agenda%29

content:
<p>
NSA spying
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/07/nsa-surveillance-alienating-us-from-world">torpedoed
the US Internet freedom agenda.</a>
<p>
I, like the author, support that agenda, but Snowden's revelations
show we need to apply it to the US as well.


title: The Bank of England says it will keep interests rates low
uri: The-Bank-of-England-says-it-will-keep-interests-rates-low
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(The_Bank_of_England_says_it_will_keep_interests_rates_low)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28The_Bank_of_England_says_it_will_keep_interests_rates_low%29

content:
<p>
The Bank of England says it
will <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/07/bank-of-engand-links-interest-rates-jobless-target">keep
interest rates low until 750,000 more jobs are created.</a>
<p>
That would be good, if low interests rates created jobs.  There was a
time when that was to be expected, but I don't think that's the case
any more.
<p>
Thus, all the plutocrats need to do, to continue to borrow cheaply, is
to avoid creating jobs in the UK.


title: Teenagers use ask.fm to invite people to insult them
uri: Teenagers-use-ask-fm-to-invite-people-to-insult-them
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Teenagers_use_ask.fm_to_invite_people_to_insult_them)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Teenagers_use_ask.fm_to_invite_people_to_insult_them%29

content:
<p>
A fair number
of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/06/cyberbullying-social-networks-self-harm">teenagers
use ask.fm to invite people to insult them</a>.  A few of them
eventually kill themselves.
<p>
It seems to me that the site provided them with a way to nerve
themselves to suicide, or (only slightly different) stimulated a latent
fatal flaw.  In other words, the site wasn't the cause of the problem;
the problem came first.
<p>
To ban the site would be futile, and unfair to millions of others.
Small tweaks in the site might reduce the frequency of making people
feel miserable, but I doubt it, simply because that possibility always
exists when people interact and want to be popular.
<p>
If we understood the reason why teenagers feel inclined to do this,
maybe we could see a way to turn them away from death.  My uneducated
guess is that it will be something about their family life.


title: 10 Ways to Reduce the Threat of Terrorist Attacks on Americans
uri: 10-Ways-to-Reduce-the-Threat-of-Terrorist-Attacks-on-Americans
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(10_Ways_to_Reduce_the_Threat_of_Terrorist_Attacks_on_Americans)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%2810_Ways_to_Reduce_the_Threat_of_Terrorist_Attacks_on_Americans%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/06-3">10 Ways to
Reduce the Threat of Terrorist Attacks on Americans.</a>


title: US political parties offer TV networks partnerships
uri: US-political-parties-offer-TV-networks-partnerships
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(US_political_parties_offer_TV_networks_partnerships)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28US_political_parties_offer_TV_networks_partnerships%29

content:
<p>
US political
parties <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/06-2">offer
TV networks "partnerships"</a> of a sort that is essentially
corrupting.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Peru_gov't_discharged_ministers)
title: Peru gov't discharged ministers
uri: Peru-gov-t-discharged-ministers
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Peru_gov%27t_discharged_ministers%29

content:
<p>
Peru's government has
apparently <a href="http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/9410">discharged
ministers that supported indigenous people's opposition to oil mining
on their land.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Dishonest_campaigns_in_Australia)
title: Dishonest campaigns in Australia
uri: Dishonest-campaigns-in-Australia
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Dishonest_campaigns_in_Australia%29

content:
<p>
Dishonest
campaigns <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/wind-farm-campaigners-australia-renewable-energy">oppose
wind and solar electricity plants in Australia.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Forfeiture)
title: Forfeiture
uri: Forfeiture
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Forfeiture%29
content:
<p>
"Forfeiture",
the <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/08/12/130812fa_fact_stillman?currentPage=all">practice
of confiscating people's property without first convicting them of a
crime</a>, has reached the point where some US thug departments
threaten bogus charges against people passing through simply in order
to take their cash.
<p>
Isn't it sad how Ms Boatright still thinks of the thugs as "heroes"
despite experiencing their ingrained corruption first hand?


title: US insurance companies not facing what the effects of global heating will do
uri: US-insurance-companies-not-facing-what-the-effects-of-global-heating-w
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(US_insurance_companies_not_facing_what_the_effects_of_global_heating_will_do)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28US_insurance_companies_not_facing_what_the_effects_of_global_heating_will_do%29

content:
<p>
US insurance companies are
mostly <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/leadership-us-insurance-companies-climate-change">not
facing what the effects of global heating will do to their
businesses.</a>
<p>
This is an important issue, because if they wake up to it, they will
pressure governments to do something.


title: For Palestinian boys throwing or shooting stones is symbol for resistance
uri: For-Palestinian-boys-throwing-or-shooting-stones-is-symbol-for-resista
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(For_Palestinian_boys_throwing_or_shooting_stones_is_symbol_for_resistance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28For_Palestinian_boys_throwing_or_shooting_stones_is_symbol_for_resistance%29

content:
<p>
For Palestinian
boys, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/world/middleeast/rocks-in-hand-a-boy-fights-for-his-west-bank-village.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">throwing
or shooting stones at Israeli cars and even tanks is socially
obligatory</a> as a symbol of resistance.
<p>
Throwing stones harms the Palestinian cause, because it makes the
Palestinians look bad.  However, we have to compare it with Israeli
teargas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets.  All these weapons
occasionally kill someone, but not often.


title: Palestinians protested against plan to evict Bedouin
uri: Palestinians-protested-against-plan-to-evict-Bedouin
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Palestinians_protested_against_plan_to_evict_Bedouin)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Palestinians_protested_against_plan_to_evict_Bedouin%29

content:
<p>
Palestinians protested in
Jerusalem <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/65897">against the
plan to evict Bedouin</a> from their towns, and the army attacked
them.


title: Israeli intelligence agency is interrogating political activists
uri: Israeli-intelligence-agency-is-interrogating-political-activists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Israeli_intelligence_agency_is_interrogating_political_activists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Israeli_intelligence_agency_is_interrogating_political_activists%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=60486">Israeli
intelligence agency is interrogating political activists</a> to
intimidate them.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Why_Arabs_rejected_Zionism)
title: Why Arabs rejected Zionism
uri: Why-Arabs-rejected-Zionism
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Why_Arabs_rejected_Zionism%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.mepc.org/articles-commentary/commentary/original-no-why-arabs-rejected-zionism-and-why-it-matters">Why
Arabs rejected Zionism</a>, and how that affects the issue of peace
today.


title: US plutocrats' war against the rest of the US population
uri: US-plutocrats-war-against-the-rest-of-the-US-population
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(US_plutocrats'_war_against_the_rest_of_the_US_population)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28US_plutocrats%27_war_against_the_rest_of_the_US_population%29

content:
<p>
In the <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/06-7">US
plutocrats' war against the rest of the US population</a>, Detroit Is
the Front Line.
<p>
The banksters whose LIBOR lies pushed Detroit into bankruptcy will now
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/detroit-and-pensions">get
priority over pensioners</a> for the city's money.
<p>
The argument offered for this policy is, essentially, a statement that
banks hold our country hostage.  We need to destroy the bankster
regime, regardless of the short-term damage — because letting
them continue to bleed us will be worse in the long run.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Disaster_even_bigger_than_SOPA)
title: Disaster even bigger than SOPA
uri: Disaster-even-bigger-than-SOPA
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Disaster_even_bigger_than_SOPA%29
content:
<p>
Removing the safe harbor provisions for commenting on the Internet
would be
a <a href="http://www.popehat.com/2013/08/05/law-enforcement-wants-to-weaken-section-230-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/">disaster
even bigger than SOPA.</a>


title: Urgent: remove David Koch from its advisory board
uri: Urgent-remove-David-Koch-from-its-advisory-board
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Urgent:_remove_David_Koch_from_its_advisory_board)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_remove_David_Koch_from_its_advisory_board%29

content:
<p>
In the US: call on WGBH
to <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/remove%2Ddavid%2Dkoch%2Dfrom?source=mo&id=72594-2794606-joi1Bzx&=&=">remove
David Koch from its advisory board.</a>


title: NSA feeding surveillance data to the War on Drugs
uri: NSA-feeding-surveillance-data-to-the-War-on-Drugs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(NSA_feeding_surveillance_data_to_the_War_on_Drugs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28NSA_feeding_surveillance_data_to_the_War_on_Drugs%29

content:
<p>
The NSA
is <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/us-dea-sod-idUSBRE97409R20130805">feeding
its surveillance data to the War on Drugs and over criminal
investigations</a> that have nothing to do with "terrorism".
<p>
This makes trials unfair.
<p>
Just a few days ago the government was trying to describe this
practice in a way
that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/us/other-agencies-clamor-for-data-nsa-compiles.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&">understates
the extent of it.</a>


title: Surveillance blimps now stationed over Washington DC
uri: Surveillance-blimps-now-stationed-over-Washington-DC
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Surveillance_blimps_now_stationed_over_Washington_DC)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Surveillance_blimps_now_stationed_over_Washington_DC%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/05/jlens_and_other_surveillance_blimps_may_be_the_new_drones.html">Surveillance
blimps now stationed over Washington DC</a> can be used to monitor
armed attack &mdash and to monitor cars and maybe even people.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Wind_power_capacity_in_the_prairie)
title: Wind power capacity in the prairie
uri: Wind-power-capacity-in-the-prairie
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Wind_power_capacity_in_the_prairie%29

content:
<p>
There's <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/05-0">lots 
of wind power capacity</a> in the prairie.  We just need to upgrade
the electrical grid to transport the electricity to its users from the
prairie.
<p>
Electric storage facilities are needed too.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Post-Constitution_America)
title: Post-Constitution America
uri: Post-Constitution-America
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Post-Constitution_America%29
content:
<p>
Welcome to 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/05-3">Post-Constitution 
America</a>.


title: Three false arguments for lowering tax rate on US corporations
uri: Three-false-arguments-for-lowering-tax-rate-on-US-corporations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Three_false_arguments_for_lowering_tax_rate_on_US_corporations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Three_false_arguments_for_lowering_tax_rate_on_US_corporations%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/05-4">Refuting 
three false arguments</a> for lowering the tax rate on US
corporations.
<p>
However, maintaining the tax rate is not enough.  We need to block
the tricks that they use to shift the profits out of taxation.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Guantanamo_prison)
title: Guantanamo prison
uri: Guantanamo-prison
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Guantanamo_prison%29
content:
<p>
The official who organized the use of Guantanamo prison now says it was
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/05-3">fundamentally 
wrong</a>.


title: Imprisonment of transgender people in Greece
uri: Imprisonment-of-transgender-people-in-Greece
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Imprisonment_of_transgender_people_in_Greece)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Imprisonment_of_transgender_people_in_Greece%29

content:
<p>
Transgender people in Greece are being systematically imprisoned
<a href="http://www.2ndcouncilhouse.co.uk/blog/2013/06/05/and-then-they-came-for-the-trans-people/">without
criminal charges</a>, along with homeless people, prostitutes,
immigrants and people infected with HIV.
<p>
Who will be next?


title: Removing Israeli colonists from expropriated West Bank land
uri: Removing-Israeli-colonists-from-expropriated-West-Bank-land
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Removing_Israeli_colonists_from_expropriated_West_Bank_land)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Removing_Israeli_colonists_from_expropriated_West_Bank_land%29

content:
<p>
Uri Avnery addresses 
<a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1375385593/">what 
will need to be done</a> to remove various groups of Israeli colonists
from expropriated West Bank land.


title: US embassies close on same day as "1984 day" protests
uri: US-embassies-close-on-same-day-as-1984-day-protests
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(US_embassies_close_on_same_day_as_1984_day_protests)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28US_embassies_close_on_same_day_as_1984_day_protests%29

content:
<p>
On the same day as the 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/04-0">"1984 day"
protests</a>, the US closed several embassies and consulates in
response to a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/04/nsa-us-embassy-closures-terrorist-threat">high 
volume of "chatter"</a>.  In other words, nothing specific.
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/05/embassy-closures-us-nsa">No 
terrorist act has been reported</a>, but they can always say they
prevented one.
<p>
The US government has been caught 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/05/embassy-closures-travel-warnings-government-manipulation">using 
"terror alerts" for political purposes</a> before.


title: Murder of Afghan woman accused of having an affair
uri: Murder-of-Afghan-woman-accused-of-having-an-affair
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Murder_of_Afghan_woman_accused_of_having_an_affair)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Murder_of_Afghan_woman_accused_of_having_an_affair%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/gandhara-afghanistan-honor-killing-womens-rights/25062565.html">murder 
of an Afghan woman</a> because she was accused of having an affair
demonstrates the cruel misogyny that typically accompanies Islam.
<p>
The official, Sharaf, said that she should instead have been put on trial.
That reflects the fact that Islamic law is guilty of cruel misogyny.
<p>
Christianity used to carry similar misogyny, and for US theocratic Christians
it still does so to some extent.


title: Uganda to allow thugs to ban any demonstration
uri: Uganda-to-allow-thugs-to-ban-any-demonstration
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Uganda_to_allow_thugs_to_ban_any_demonstration)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Uganda_to_allow_thugs_to_ban_any_demonstration%29

content:
<p>
Uganda is passing a law that would allow thugs to 
<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/uganda-public-management-order-bill-serious-blow-open-political-debate-2013-08-05">ban 
any demonstration</a>.
<p>
An American journalist who filmed Ugandan thugs attacked an unplanned
opposition rally was 
<a href="http://www.cpj.org/blog/2013/08/filmmakers-arrest-signals-limits-to-uganda-coverag.php">deported</a>, 
after being accused of committing journalism without a work permit.
<p>
The US also has the unjust policy of 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2004-mar-jun.html#17%20June%202004%20(Elena%20Lappin)">prohibiting 
foreign journalists unless they get special visas</a>.  Shame on the
US!


title: Hot, dry weather in Alaska killing salmon and trout
uri: Hot-dry-weather-in-Alaska-killing-salmon-and-trout
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Hot_dry_weather_in_Alaska_killing_salmon_and_trout)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Hot_dry_weather_in_Alaska_killing_salmon_and_trout%29

content:
<p>
Hot, dry weather in Alaska is 
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/05/2410921/extreme-heat-is-killing-off-thousands-of-fish-in-alaska/">killing 
salmon and trout</a>.
<p>
In 40 years, normal conditions in Alaska will be hot by today's standards.


title: Tor sabotaged by US gov't using Javascript
uri: Tor-sabotaged-by-US-gov-t-using-Javascript
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Tor_sabotaged_by_US_govt_using_Javascript)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Tor_sabotaged_by_US_govt_using_Javascript%29

content:
<p>
The US government sabotaged Tor by means of 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/08/attackers-wield-firefox-exploit-to-uncloak-anonymous-tor-users/">malicious 
Javascript code</a>.
<p>
Fingers point at the 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/researchers-say-tor-targeted-malware-phoned-home-to-nsa/">NSA</a>.
<p>
Here's an explanation of the 
<a href="http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rlo0uu">attack method</a>.
It seems that they attacked certain Tor nodes, and every user who (by
chance) was routed to those nodes was attacked.
<p>
I've been told that the malicious Javascript was not introduced
into Tor routing nodes, but rather into some .onion web sites
hosted by the same company.


title: Political prisoners who have been convicted of "dangerousness"
uri: Political-prisoners-who-have-been-convicted-of-dangerousness
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Political_prisoners_who_have_been_convicted_of_dangerousness)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Political_prisoners_who_have_been_convicted_of_dangerousness%29

content:
<p>
Amnesty International calls on Cuba to free political prisoners
who have been 
<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/cuba-pocs-2013-08-02">convicted 
of "dangerousness"</a>.
<p>
I agree, but Cuba is not the only country to imprison people because
the state thinks they might commit a crime in the future.  The UK does
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/2009-sep-dec.html#04%20November%202009%20(Being%20suspect)">same 
thing</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(News_apps)
title: News apps
uri: News-apps
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28News_apps%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.propublica.org/nerds/item/where-do-good-software-practices-fit-into-news-applications">Where 
Do "Good" Software Practices Fit Into News Applications</a>?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Sri_Lankan_army_attacks_journalists)
title: Sri Lankan army attacks journalists
uri: Sri-Lankan-army-attacks-journalists
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Sri_Lankan_army_attacks_journalists%29

content:
<p>
In Sri Lanka, the army attacked journalists who were covering
<a href="http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-soldiers-attack-journalists-05-08-2013,45019.html">environmental 
protests</a>.


title: Urgent: Save America's Pollinators Act
uri: Urgent-Save-America-s-Pollinators-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 07_August_2013_(Urgent:_Save_Americas_Pollinators_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Save_Americas_Pollinators_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1436">tell 
Congress</a> to pass the Save America's Pollinators Act.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(Bahrain_has_banned_all_protests)
title: Bahrain has banned all protests
uri: Bahrain-has-banned-all-protests
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28Bahrain_has_banned_all_protests%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/bahrain-new-decrees-ban-dissent-further-protests-organized-2013-08-07">Bahrain
has banned all protests</a>. The repression of the government of
Bahrain is supported by the US and US allies sent forces to impose the
crackdown.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(Cyber-Attack_against_Tor_users)
title: Cyber-Attack against Tor users
uri: Cyber-Attack-against-Tor-users
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28Cyber-Attack_against_Tor_users%29
content:
<p>
The cyber-attack against Tor
users <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/in-face-of-scrutiny-researchers-back-off-nsa-torsploit-claim/">may
be due to some other agency rather than the NSA.</a>


title: Corporate/State surveillance partnership
uri: Corporate-State-surveillance-partnership
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(Corporate%2FState_surveillance_partnership)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28Corporate%252FState_surveillance_partnership%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/06/corporate-government-data-collection">corporate/state
surveillance partnership</a> explains why the state can get so much
information about nearly everyone.
<p>
It is a shame that the article starts with defeatist statements: "We
all carry mobile phones", "We notify Facebook".  Not everyone does
these things: some of us refuse, as resistance to surveillance.  It is
not impossible.
<p>
The measures proposed in the article are not enough.  If data is
collected, it will be misused.  We must force companies to redesign
systems so that they don't keep much data about anyone, except when a
court order requires them to keep data about someone in particular.
<p>
Another aspect of the corporate/state surveillance
partnership <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/06-5">permits
corporate misuse of the data that is collected for the state.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(US_Foreign_Policy_and_Media)
title: US Foreign Policy and Media
uri: US-Foreign-Policy-and-Media
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28US_Foreign_Policy_and_Media%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/06">The More
Nefarious US Foreign Policy, The More It Relies on Media
Complicity.</a>


title: Gov't in Honduras seems to encourage the murder of indigenous leaders
uri: Gov-t-in-Honduras-seems-to-encourage-the-murder-of-indigenous-leaders
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(Gov't_in_Honduras_seems_to_encourage_the_murder_of_indigenous_leaders)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28Gov%27t_in_Honduras_seems_to_encourage_the_murder_of_indigenous_leaders%29

content:
<p>
The coup-installed "business-friendly" government in Honduras seems to
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/06-6">encourage the
murder of indigenous leaders</a> who oppose dams in their land.


title: Egypt's gov't threatens to attack the Morsi supporters
uri: Egypt-s-gov-t-threatens-to-attack-the-Morsi-supporters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(Egypt's_gov't_threatens_to_attack_the_Morsi_supporters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28Egypt%27s_gov%27t_threatens_to_attack_the_Morsi_supporters%29

content:
<p>
Egypt's
government <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/07/egypt-military-muslim-brotherhood-demonstrators">threatens
to attack the Morsi supporters</a> by Sunday.


title: The one firefighter not killed reports feeling guilt
uri: The-one-firefighter-not-killed-reports-feeling-guilt
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(The_one_firefighter_not_killed_reports_feeling_guilt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28The_one_firefighter_not_killed_reports_feeling_guilt%29

content:
<p>
The one firefighter who was not killed along with the rest of his
group, because he was doing a job elsewhere at the
time, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/07/arizona-wildfire-survivor-19-firefighters">reports
feeling guilt</a> that he was not with them, and is looking for some
sort of "reason" why he survived.
<p>
This is a common pattern of irrationality among those who have the
good fortune to escape a calamity.  There was probably no "reason",
only chance; and he has nothing to feel guilty about.  If he had been
there with them, he'd be dead too.  One survivor is better than none.


title: UK provides great subsidies for fossil fuel
uri: UK-provides-great-subsidies-for-fossil-fuel
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(UK_provides_great_subsidies_for_fossil_fuel)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28UK_provides_great_subsidies_for_fossil_fuel%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/subsidies-help-move-greener-economy">UK
provides great subsidies for fossil fuel</a> use but much less for
renewable energy.
<p>
The US has the same harmful policy.  I suppose that in both cases it
is because the fossil fuel companies have purchased more political
power than the renewable energy companies.  In other words, it's a
reflection of the fact that we have democracy in form, but plutocracy
in substance.


title: Boycott of the 2014 Olympics in Russia
uri: Boycott-of-the-2014-Olympics-in-Russia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(Boycott_of_the_2014_Olympics_in_Russia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28Boycott_of_the_2014_Olympics_in_Russia%29

content:
<p>
A campaign calls for
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/07/stephen-fry-russia-winter-olympics-ban">boycott
of the 2014 Olympics</a> because of its repression of gays.
<p>
I think repression of political opposition ought to be cited also.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(Congressman_Lewis_praised_Snowden)
title: Congressman Lewis praised Snowden
uri: Congressman-Lewis-praised-Snowden
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28Congressman_Lewis_praised_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
Congressman Lewis, who has long experience in civil disobedience,
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/07/john-lewis-civil-rights-edward-snowden">praised
Snowden</a> for it and compared today's surveillance with the
surveillance of civil rights leaders such as Lewis himself.


title: US protects violent criminals from extradition
uri: US-protects-violent-criminals-from-extradition
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(US_protects_violent_criminals_from_extradition)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28US_protects_violent_criminals_from_extradition%29

content:
<p>
While Russia protects an American hero from extradition,
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/07/obama-putin-extradition-snowden">US
protects violent criminals from extradition.</a>
<p>
This does not excuse Putin's repression of dissent, of course, but
that's a separate issue.


title: Does surveillance do enough good to justify it
uri: Does-surveillance-do-enough-good-to-justify-it
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 08_August_2013_(Does_surveillance_do_enough_good_to_justify_it)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#08_August_2013_%28Does_surveillance_do_enough_good_to_justify_it%29

content:
<p>
Bruce Schneier, if head of the NSA, would ask if each surveillance
program
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/if-bruce-schneier-ran-the-nsa-hed-ask-a-basic-question-does-it-do-any-good/">does
enough good to the country to justify it.</a>
<p>
That might be a good criterion if exercised by someone conscientious,
but it would be too easily stretched, so adopting it would not fix the
problem.
<p>
Meanwhile, I think it is not sufficient to stop the bulk collection of
databases, and the bulk searching of massive databases (as in
XKeyscore).  We need to prevent these massive dossiers
from <em>existing</em> about Americans except when probable cause has
been shown to investigate someone.


title: Witch-hunt against child pornography
uri: Witch-hunt-against-child-pornography
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(Witch-hunt_against_child_pornography)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28Witch-hunt_against_child_pornography%29

content:
<p>
Botnet operators takes advantage of the witch-hunt against "child 
pornography" to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/06/child-abuse-images-criminals-malware">frighten 
users about getting their PCs disinfected</a>.
<p>
This is yet another reason why the ban on possessing "child
pornography" must be eliminated, to add to all the 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-jul-oct.html#15_September_2012_(Censorship_of_child_pornography)">other 
reasons</a>.
<p>
I put that expression in quotation marks because, in the US, it
includes selfies made by teenagers for sexting.


title: Urgent: Support freedom movement for Palestinian journalists
uri: Urgent-Support-freedom-movement-for-Palestinian-journalists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(Urgent:_Support_freedom_movement_for_Palestinian_journalists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_freedom_movement_for_Palestinian_journalists%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Freedom_of_Movement_for_Palestinian_Journalists/">support</a> 
freedom of movement for Palestinian journalists.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(Seizing_houses_from_banks)
title: Seizing houses from banks
uri: Seizing-houses-from-banks
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28Seizing_houses_from_banks%29
content:
<p>
Richmond, California, is seizing houses from banks using 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/07-4">eminent
domain</a> so that the occupants can keep living in them.


title: Bennett's scheme of "grading" public schools
uri: Bennett-s-scheme-of-grading-public-schools
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(Bennetts_scheme_of_grading_public_schools)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28Bennetts_scheme_of_grading_public_schools%29

content:
<p>
Tony Bennett's scheme of "grading" public schools systematically 
<a href="http://educationopportunitynetwork.org/bennett-gate-and-the-politics-of-grading-schools/">hands
out good grades to schools with prosperous students</a>, and bad
grades to schools with students from poor families.
<p>
Then the "failing" schools (those whose students are poor) get
privatized.
<p>
I suppose the privatizers don't care which schools they privatize, but
the wealthier families could resist harder, so this scheme lets them
do it to the families that can't resist.


title: Urgent: Stricter standards for toxic pollution from automobiles
uri: Urgent-Stricter-standards-for-toxic-pollution-from-automobiles
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(Urgent:_Stricter_standards_for_toxic_pollution_from_automobiles)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stricter_standards_for_toxic_pollution_from_automobiles%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=3781&autologin=true">urge 
the EPA</a> to set stricter standards for toxic pollution from
automobiles.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(Urgent:_Raise_minimum_wage)
title: Urgent: Raise minimum wage
uri: 2013-08-10-Urgent-Raise-minimum-wage
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Raise_minimum_wage%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: call for raising the minimum wage to 
<a href="http://www.timeforaraise.org/take-action/">$10.50 
an hour</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(High-stakes_standardized_tests)
title: High-stakes standardized tests
uri: High-stakes-standardized-tests
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28High-stakes_standardized_tests%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/06-9">Five 
Absurdities about High-Stakes Standardized Tests</a>.


title: Restoring our trust in the US government
uri: Restoring-our-trust-in-the-US-government
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(Restoring_our_trust_in_the_US_government)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28Restoring_our_trust_in_the_US_government%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/08/restoring_trust.html">What 
the US government must do</a> to restore our trust.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(Washington_Posts_new_owner)
title: Washington Post's new owner
uri: Washington-Post-s-new-owner
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28Washington_Posts_new_owner%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/08/06-2">Bezos 
Buys the Post, Pulled Plug on WikiLeaks in 2010</a>.


title: New Hampshire thugs describe protest groups as "terrorists"
uri: New-Hampshire-thugs-describe-protest-groups-as-terrorists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(New_Hampshire_thugs_describe_protest_groups_as_terrorists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28New_Hampshire_thugs_describe_protest_groups_as_terrorists%29

content:
<p>
New Hampshire thugs described protest groups as "terrorists" to apply
for
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/06-4">funds to
buy an armored vehicle</a>, with which to attack protests.
<p>
This is happening across the country, and the federal program that
offers money to thugs to buy these armored cars (and other heavy
weapons) is primarily to blame.  Once the thugs in a town set up a
SWAT team, they want to use it, so they set up criteria for when to
use it.  That results in fatalities because sometimes grandpa gets a
heart attack when the house is 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_March_2013_(Giving_US_thugs_military_weapons)">attacked 
by a SWAT team</a>.
<p>
Any city with less than five incidents per year for which a SWAT
team is really needed should borrow one from a bigger city on
those rare occasions.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(British_Columbia_has_a_carbon_tax)
title: British Columbia has a carbon tax
uri: British-Columbia-has-a-carbon-tax
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28British_Columbia_has_a_carbon_tax%29

content:
<p>
British Columbia has
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/jul/30/climate-change-british-columbia-carbon-tax">carbon
tax,</a>
and <a href="http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2011/06/carbon-tax-climate-action-tax-credit-both-rise-july-1.html">gives
the money to people with low incomes.</a>
<p>
Thus, the poor are not shafted by the tax, but they do feel pressure
to conserve, just as everyone else does.
<p>
This is the sensible way to use the market to push society away from
burning fossil fuels.


title: Substantial future rises in sea level
uri: Substantial-future-rises-in-sea-level
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Substantial_future_rises_in_sea_level)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Substantial_future_rises_in_sea_level%29

content:
<p>
Our carbon emissions are gradually locking
in <a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/sea-level-rise-locking-in-quickly-cities-threatened-16296">substantial
future rises in sea level</a> that will eventually inundate large
parts of many coastal cities.
<p>
This gives a new meaning to the concept of an "underwater mortgage".


title: Business may one day monitor employees' medical readings
uri: Business-may-one-day-monitor-employees-medical-readings
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Business_may_one_day_monitor_employees'_medical_readings)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Business_may_one_day_monitor_employees%27_medical_readings%29

content:
<p>
Businesses may one
day <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/aug/08/recruitment-industry-set-for-big-data-revolution">demand
to monitor employees' medical readings all the time.</a> ("Big data"
means "massive surveillance".)
<p>
Of course, this monitoring will be "optional", except for people who
would mind being unemployed.
<p>
We should prohibit the practice before it gets started, because
limiting mass surveillance is more important than any other pertinent
goals.


title: Obama postponed (probably cancelled) a summit meeting with Putin
uri: Obama-postponed-(probably-cancelled)-a-summit-meeting-with-Putin
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Obama_postponed_(probably_cancelled)_a_summit_meeting_with_Putin)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Obama_postponed_%28probably_cancelled%29_a_summit_meeting_with_Putin%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/07/vladimir-putin-obama-summit-cancel">Obama
postponed (probably cancelled) a summit meeting with Putin</a> because
negotiations on many issues have stalled.
<p>
Obama took advantage of this to smear Snowden again.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Modern-Day_McCarthyism)
title: Modern-Day McCarthyism
uri: Modern-Day-McCarthyism
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Modern-Day_McCarthyism%29
content:
<p>
John Kiriakou: Obama's Abuse of the Espionage Act
is <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/06-14">Modern-Day
McCarthyism.</a>


title: Legal action against zero-hours contracts
uri: Legal-action-against-zero-hours-contracts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Legal_action_against_zero-hours_contracts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Legal_action_against_zero-hours_contracts%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/07/sports-direct-zero-hour-contracts">Legal
action against zero-hours contracts</a> that leave workers in a
totally precarious situation.


title: Rochelle Bing struggled for 4 years to prevent thugs from seizing her house
uri: Rochelle-Bing-struggled-for-4-years-to-prevent-thugs-from-seizing-her
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Rochelle_Bing_struggled_for_4_years_to_prevent_thugs_from_seizing_her_house)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Rochelle_Bing_struggled_for_4_years_to_prevent_thugs_from_seizing_her_house%29

content:
<p>
Forfeiture at work: Rochelle Bing
has <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/06/decree-of-forfeiture_n_3710155.html?utm_hp_ref=business">struggled
for 4 years to prevent thugs from seizing her house on the grounds
that her son sold drugs there.</a>
<p>
The supposed reason for this is to terrorize the head of every family
exercise an impossible level of strict control over the rest.  Perhaps
a middle-class housewife can watch everything that people do in her
house, though teenagers will tend to resist that.  However, no working
person could possibly do this.
<p>
That is purely theoretical.  The real reason is that the thug
department wants money, and will take it on any available pretext from
anyone who is vulnerable.
<p>
Seizing property is a punishment, and calling it something else is
merely a legal lie.  Under the US constitution, a punishment should
only follow due process of law: conviction of a crime.
<p>
As for the thugs and the money they thirst for, if we legalize
regulated sale of drugs, we could get along with a lot fewer thugs.
Not only the victimless drug crimes, but the robberies fueled by drug
habits, would disappear.
<p>
The article tangentially touches on another grave danger: it is a bad
thing for anyone to have 18 grandchildren.  We need to prevent that
from happening in the future, but seizing houses from grandparents is
not going to help.


title: ALEC is about to privately present its agenda
uri: ALEC-is-about-to-privately-present-its-agenda
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(ALEC_is_about_to_privately_present_its_agenda)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28ALEC_is_about_to_privately_present_its_agenda%29

content:
<p>
ALEC is about to privately present its agenda for the coming year:
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12203/whats-alecs-agenda-its-40th-anniversary-meeting-chicago">many
possible attacks on democracy.</a>


title: Egypt's military maybe-ruler associating himself with memory of Nasser
uri: Egypt-s-military-maybe-ruler-associating-himself-with-memory-of-Nasser
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Egypt's_military_maybe-ruler_associating_himself_with_memory_of_Nasser)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Egypt%27s_military_maybe-ruler_associating_himself_with_memory_of_Nasser%29

content:
<p>
Egypt's military maybe-ruler
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/07/egypt-morsi-nationalist-general-sisi">associating
himself with the memory of Nasser</a>, a military dictator.


title: Using Interpol to find and harass dissidents
uri: Using-Interpol-to-find-and-harass-dissidents
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Using_Interpol_to_find_and_harass_dissidents)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Using_Interpol_to_find_and_harass_dissidents%29

content:
<p>
Governments are using Interpol
to <a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/interpol-misused-by-human-rights-abusers/">find
and harass dissidents in exile.</a>


title: Journalists in Russia face repression
uri: Journalists-in-Russia-face-repression
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Journalists_in_Russia_face_repression)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Journalists_in_Russia_face_repression%29

content:
<p>
Journalists in Russia who criticize mistreatment of people in
connection with the coming Olympic
games <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/08/07/russia-silencing-activists-journalists-ahead-sochi-games">face
repression.</a>


title: All protests to get permission from the thugs
uri: All-protests-to-get-permission-from-the-thugs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(All_protests_to_get_permission_from_the_thugs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28All_protests_to_get_permission_from_the_thugs%29

content:
<p>
Uganda has passed a
law <a href="http://www.ifex.org/uganda/2013/08/07/public_order/">requiring
all protests to get permission from the thugs.</a>
<p>
It is not quite as nasty than Bahrain, but it's on the way.


title: Urgent: Support freedom of movement for Palestinian journalists
uri: Urgent-Support-freedom-of-movement-for-Palestinian-journalists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(Urgent:_Support_freedom_of_movement_for_Palestinian_journalists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_freedom_of_movement_for_Palestinian_journalists%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Freedom_of_Movement_for_Palestinian_Journalists/">support</a> 
freedom of movement for Palestinian journalists.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 09_August_2013_(Urgent:_Raise_the_minimum_wage)
title: Urgent: Raise the minimum wage
uri: 2013-08-10-Urgent-Raise-the-minimum-wage
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#09_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Raise_the_minimum_wage%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call for raising the minimum wage to 
<a href="http://www.timeforaraise.org/take-action/">$10.50 
an hour</a>.


title: US electric plants shut down because they can't get enough water
uri: US-electric-plants-shut-down-because-they-can-t-get-enough-water
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(US_electric_plants_shut_down_because_they_can't_get_enough_water)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28US_electric_plants_shut_down_because_they_can%27t_get_enough_water%29

content:
<p>
The effects of global heating are already
making <a href="media/67d1d284.Water-Smart-Power-Executive-Summary.pdf" data-original-source="http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/clean_energy/Water-Smart-Power-Executive-Summary.pdf">US
electric plants shut down because they can't get enough water.</a> And
it will get worse.


title: Student Loan Law Raises College Costs
uri: Student-Loan-Law-Raises-College-Costs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Student_Loan_Law_Raises_College_Costs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Student_Loan_Law_Raises_College_Costs%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/08/09-0">Student
Loan Law Raises College Costs, Sanders Says.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Lavabit's_Brave_Stand)
title: Lavabit's Brave Stand
uri: Lavabit-s-Brave-Stand
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Lavabit%27s_Brave_Stand%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/09-6">Lavabit's
Brave Stand (and Snowden's statement about it).</a>


title: Oprah Winfrey was told, "That is too expensive for you"
uri: Oprah-Winfrey-was-told-That-is-too-expensive-for-you
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Oprah_Winfrey_was_told,_"That_is_too_expensive_for_you")

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Oprah_Winfrey_was_told%2C_%26quot%3BThat_is_too_expensive_for_you%26quot%3B%29

content:
<p>
There is a big fuss because Oprah Winfrey asked to see a $42,000
handbag in a store in Zurich and was
told, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/09/oprah-fashion-retail-racism-size-bias">"That
is too expensive for you."</a>  Was this prejudice because of her skin
color, or because of her body size?
<p>
Whichever it was, the store employee was nasty — but before we
get too indignant about the unfairness of receiving an insult when
considering buying a bag that costs more than a working-class American
makes in a year, let's consider a more important ethical question:
should rich people, regardless of skin color or body size, pay more
money in taxes?  Should some of their gains be spent on education,
health care, and renewable energy — rather than $42,000
handbags?


title: The fisherman of Fukushima still cannot fish
uri: The-fisherman-of-Fukushima-still-cannot-fish
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(The_fisherman_of_Fukushima_still_cannot_fish)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28The_fisherman_of_Fukushima_still_cannot_fish%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/fukushima-fallout-threatens-fishermens-livelihoods">The
fisherman of Fukushima still cannot fish</a>, because radioactive
material in water leaking into the sea pushes the local fish above the
standard limit.


title: Lavabit has shut down rather than spy on its users
uri: Lavabit-has-shut-down-rather-than-spy-on-its-users
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Lavabit_has_shut_down_rather_than_spy_on_its_users)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Lavabit_has_shut_down_rather_than_spy_on_its_users%29

content:
<p>
The email service Lavabit
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/08/lavabit-email-shut-down-edward-snowden">shut
down rather than spy on its users.</a>
<p>
Since the management of Lavabit would like to tell us what happened,
and the US government wants to keep us in the dark, justice requires
us to presume the worst about the US government.


title: Miami thugs killed a prized graffiti artist
uri: Miami-thugs-killed-a-prized-graffiti-artist
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Miami_thugs_killed_a_prized_graffiti_artist)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Miami_thugs_killed_a_prized_graffiti_artist%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/08/florida-teenager-taser-death-investigation">Miami
thugs killed a prized graffiti artist</a> because he ran away when
they tried to arrest him for painting graffiti.
<p>
The family won't get any truth from the
thugs.  <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-mar-jun.html#25_May_2012_(New_York_thugs_try_to_frame_journalist)">They
will tell the story that serves their purpose.</a>
<p>
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_July_2013_(Tasers_fired_at_the_chest_can_cause_heart_attack)">Tasers
kill quite a few people.</a>
<p>
Every time you use one, you should realize, "This might kill."


title: ALEC continue campaign to falsify climate science
uri: ALEC-continue-campaign-to-falsify-climate-science
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(ALEC_continue_campaign_to_falsify_climate_science)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28ALEC_continue_campaign_to_falsify_climate_science%29

content:
<p>
ALEC and the Heatland Institute continue their funded campaign
to <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12207/side-climate-change-denial-your-coffee-alec-dishes-some-hard-swallow-spin-heartla">falsify
climate science and keep us on track to disaster.</a>
<p>
ALEC continues
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/08/alec-lobbying-gun-laws-trayvon">oppose
gun control despite saying it would cease.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Dawkins_tweeted_to_criticize_Islam)
title: Dawkins tweeted to criticize Islam
uri: Dawkins-tweeted-to-criticize-Islam
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Dawkins_tweeted_to_criticize_Islam%29

content:
<p>
Richard
Dawkins <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/08/richard-dawkins-twitter-row-muslims-cambridge">tweeted
to criticize Islam</a> because there are not very many Muslim
Nobelists.
<p>
I don't think his point is cogent.  Most have neither the talent nor
the interest in doing the sort of work that might win a Nobel prize.
If Islam diminishes one's chances of winning a Nobel prize, which has
not been proven, that would at worst be marginally unfortunate, not
wrong.
<p>
What is really wrong about Islam is its disrespect for human rights.
For instance, its ban on conversion away from Islam.  In general,
Muslim countries prohibit this and punish those who try — in
some places, with execution.


title: UK telecom companies have actively developed spy software for GCHQ
uri: UK-telecom-companies-have-actively-developed-spy-software-for-GCHQ
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(UK_telecom_companies_have_actively_developed_spy_software_for_GCHQ)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28UK_telecom_companies_have_actively_developed_spy_software_for_GCHQ%29

content:
<p>
Fresh leaks say that major UK telecom companies
have <a href="http://rt.com/news/spy-agency-telecoms-access-966/">actively
developed spy software for GCHQ.</a>
<p>
A legal campaign has been launched against UK telecom
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/08/privacy-international-challenges-bt-vodafone-gchq">cooperate
with GCHQ surveillance.</a>
<p>
A lawsuit was launched against Dubya's illegal warrantless
wiretapping, but Congress passed
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#21_June_2013_(FISA_Amendments_Act_allows_calls_and_emails_to_be_collected)">FISA
Amendments Act</a> which made it legal.
<p>
Now there are plans to try to reverse that.


title: Prosecutor Heymann compared Aaron Swartz to a rapist
uri: Prosecutor-Heymann-compared-Aaron-Swartz-to-a-rapist
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Prosecutor_Heymann_compared_Aaron_Swartz_to_a_rapist)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Prosecutor_Heymann_compared_Aaron_Swartz_to_a_rapist%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/08/01/prosecutor-stephen-heymann-compared-aaron-swartz-to-rapist/">Prosecutor
Heymann compared Aaron Swartz to a rapist</a>, condemning him for
dragging MIT through the ordeal of appearing in court by not making a
plea bargain.


title: DC activists have identified an undercover thug
uri: DC-activists-have-identified-an-undercover-thug
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(DC_activists_have_identified_an_undercover_thug)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28DC_activists_have_identified_an_undercover_thug%29

content:
<p>
DC activists have identified an undercover thug infiltrator who
arranged for other thugs
to <a href="http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/15419/exclusive_activists_identify_dc_cop_who_infiltrated_bangladesh_protesters/">sabotage
nonviolent protests.</a>
<p>
These protests were aimed at pressuring retailers to support safer
working conditions in Bangladesh.  In other words, aimed at retailers
that put people's lives at risk.  Why would the thugs help them?
<a href="#10_August_2013_(Racial_profiling)">Thugs have a general
practice of helping the rich (including these companies) against the
non-rich.</a>


title: Myth about defenders of computing freedom
uri: Myth-about-defenders-of-computing-freedom
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Myth_about_defenders_of_computing_freedom)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Myth_about_defenders_of_computing_freedom%29

content:
<p>
Cory Doctorow refutes the damaging myth that defenders of computing
freedom
are <a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/08/05/how-sterlings-the-ecuadori.html">naive
and foolish cyber-utopians.</a>


title: One reason the US experiences so many leaks
uri: One-reason-the-US-experiences-so-many-leaks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(One_reason_the_US_experiences_so_many_leaks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28One_reason_the_US_experiences_so_many_leaks%29

content:
<p>
One reason the US experiences so many leaks is that it
is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/sunday-review/a-washington-riddle-what-is-top-secret.html?_r=0">too
quick to stamp things "secret".</a>
<p>
On the distinction between real secrets and public secrets.
<a href="http://www.thebulletin.org/not-all-secrets-are-alike">Manning
and Snowden revealed the latter kind.</a>


title: Broad U.S. Terror Alert Is Crazy Pants
uri: Broad-U-S-Terror-Alert-Is-Crazy-Pants
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Broad_U.S._Terror_Alert_Is_Crazy_Pants)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Broad_U.S._Terror_Alert_Is_Crazy_Pants%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/08/crazy-pants.html">Broad
U.S. Terror Alert Is "Crazy Pants".</a>


title: Judge bribed by privatized juvenile prison sentenced
uri: Judge-bribed-by-privatized-juvenile-prison-sentenced
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Judge_bribed_by_privatized_juvenile_prison_sentenced)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Judge_bribed_by_privatized_juvenile_prison_sentenced%29

content:
<p>
A judge was bribed by a privatized juvenile prison to sentence lots of
kids there.  He has
been <a href="http://rollingout.com/criminal-behavior/judge-must-serve-28-years-after-making-2-million-for-sending-children-to-jail/">sentenced
to a long prison term.</a>
<p>
That is justice, in the small; but the privatized prison system will
lead to such crimes over and over until we put an end to it.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Racial_profiling)
title: Racial profiling
uri: Racial-profiling
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Racial_profiling%29
content:
<p>
Atherton, California, seems to be
doing <a href="http://kentbrew.github.io/profiling-atherton/">racial
profiling when it stops drivers</a>: 95% of the drivers stopped by its
thugs have Hispanic names.  And there are other irregularities too.


title: Urgent: Call on NBC to stop rejecting anti-Keystone XL ads
uri: Urgent-Call-on-NBC-to-stop-rejecting-anti-Keystone-XL-ads
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_NBC_to_stop_rejecting_anti-Keystone_XL_ads)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_NBC_to_stop_rejecting_anti-Keystone_XL_ads%29

content:
<p>
In the US: <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/nbc_keystone">call
on NBC to stop rejecting anti-Keystone XL ads.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Liberal_Media)
title: Liberal Media
uri: Liberal-Media
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Liberal_Media%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/07/1229087/-15-things-everyone-would-know-if-there-were-a-liberal-media?detail=email">15
Things Everyone [in the US] Would Know If There Were a Liberal
Media.</a>


title: Mothers face widespread workplace discrimination
uri: Mothers-face-widespread-workplace-discrimination
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Mothers_face_widespread_workplace_discrimination)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Mothers_face_widespread_workplace_discrimination%29

content:
<p>
Mothers
face <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/aug/08/workplace-discrimination-pregnant-women-mothers-common">widespread
workplace discrimination</a> even when they do good work.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Russian_TV_journalist_threatened)
title: Russian TV journalist threatened
uri: Russian-TV-journalist-threatened
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Russian_TV_journalist_threatened%29

content:
<p>
A Russian TV journalist who defiantly broadcast sober criticism of
Putin
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/08/vladimir-putin-criticised-russian-tv">threatened
with charges of "hooliganism".</a>


title: I Do Not Want My Daughter to Be Nice
uri: I-Do-Not-Want-My-Daughter-to-Be-Nice
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(I_Do_Not_Want_My_Daughter_to_Be_Nice)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28I_Do_Not_Want_My_Daughter_to_Be_Nice%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/i-do-not-want-my-daughter-to-be-nice/?smid=pl-share&_r=1">I
Do Not Want My Daughter to Be "Nice".</a>


title: UK border thugs copy data from people's phones and computers
uri: UK-border-thugs-copy-data-from-people-s-phones-and-computers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(UK_border_thugs_copy_data_from_people's_phones_and_computers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28UK_border_thugs_copy_data_from_people%27s_phones_and_computers%29

content:
<p>
The UK border thugs
sometimes <a href="http://zine.openrightsgroup.org/features/2013/seizing-personal-data">copy
all the data from people's phones and computers,</a> just like
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#01_June_2013_(US_to_delete_copies_of_material_from_David_House's_laptop)">US
border thugs,</a> but in the UK they also threaten to imprison people
for not handing over their passwords.


title: Many elevator Door Close buttons are dummies
uri: Many-elevator-Door-Close-buttons-are-dummies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Many_elevator_Door_Close_buttons_are_dummies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Many_elevator_Door_Close_buttons_are_dummies%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/02/10/placebo-buttons/">Many
elevator Door Close buttons are dummies</a>.  (I have sometimes
suspected that it was a dummy in a particular elevator.)
<p>
So are thermostats in many offices.  But that would not convince me I
don't feel hot — I know that from empirical evidence, and I have
a thermometer to test my personal sensations against.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(A_giant_sinkhole_24_acres_in_area)
title: A giant sinkhole 24 acres in area
uri: A-giant-sinkhole-24-acres-in-area
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28A_giant_sinkhole_24_acres_in_area%29

content:
<p>
A giant sinkhole 24 acres in area
has <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/08/bayou-corne-sinkhole-disaster-louisiana-texas-brine">swallowed
part of Bayou Corne,</a> and the toxic fumes make the rest of the town
uninhabitable.


title: Urgent: Call for abortion coverage for peace corps workers
uri: Urgent-Call-for-abortion-coverage-for-peace-corps-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 10_August_2013_(Urgent:_Call_for_abortion_coverage_for_peace_corps_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_for_abortion_coverage_for_peace_corps_workers%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: <a href="https://www.aclu.org/secure/peace-corps">call
for abortion coverage for peace corps workers</a> in cases of rape or
medical necessity.
<p>
This is not enough, of course.  Every woman should be able to get an
early-term abortion at no cost.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Jimmy_Carter_praises_Snowden)
title: Jimmy Carter praises Snowden
uri: Jimmy-Carter-praises-Snowden
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Jimmy_Carter_praises_Snowden%29
content:
<p>
Jimmy Carter praised Snowden and said 
<a href="http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3616930">the US does not have
a functioning democracy</a>.  US media ignored Carter's the speech,
which goes against the official party line.


title: Urgent: Ratify the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
uri: Urgent-Ratify-the-Agreement-on-the-Conservation-of-Albatrosses-and-Pe
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Urgent:_Ratify_the_Agreement_on_the_Conservation_of_Albatrosses_and_Petrels)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Ratify_the_Agreement_on_the_Conservation_of_Albatrosses_and_Petrels%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.democrats.com/albatrosses-and-petrels-need-our-help">call 
for ratification</a> of the Agreement on the Conservation of
Albatrosses and Petrels.


title: Urgent: Require gov't contractors to pay a living wage
uri: Urgent-Require-gov-t-contractors-to-pay-a-living-wage
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Urgent:_Require_govt_contractors_to_pay_a_living_wage)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Require_govt_contractors_to_pay_a_living_wage%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/good-jobs-nation">call on
Obama</a> to require government contractors to pay a living wage.


title: Obama's plans for reforming "Freddie Mac" and "Fannie Mae"
uri: Obama-s-plans-for-reforming-Freddie-Mac-and-Fannie-Mae
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Obamas_plans_for_reforming_Freddie_Mac_and_Fannie_Mae)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Obamas_plans_for_reforming_Freddie_Mac_and_Fannie_Mae%29

content:
<p>
Obama's plans for "reforming" the government housing loan entities,
"Freddie Mac" and "Fannie Mae", could lead to a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/09/fiddling-fannie-freddie-sets-up-crash">repeat 
the mortgage bubble</a>.
<p>
I think we should ban mortgage-backed securities and require each mortgage
to remain in the hands of one sole bank — so that bank can give
the homeowner an adjustment when it's called for.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Fighting_NSA_evidence_in_drug_cases)
title: Fighting NSA evidence in drug cases
uri: Fighting-NSA-evidence-in-drug-cases
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Fighting_NSA_evidence_in_drug_cases%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/08/nsa-surveillance-drug-court">Defense 
Attorneys Plan to Fight NSA Evidence in Drug Cases</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(NSAs_target)
title: NSA's "target"
uri: NSA-s-target
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28NSAs_target%29
content:
<p>
The NSA collects Americans' communications in a very loose way
by saying that 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/09-2">someone 
else is the "target"</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(CIA_lists_security_threats)
title: CIA lists "security threats"
uri: CIA-lists-security-threats
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28CIA_lists_security_threats%29
content:
<p>
The second in charge of the CIA listed the "security threats" that the
US faces, and 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/09/biggest-threat-america-size-military-budget">none 
of them is much of a threat</a>.  So why not have a smaller military?
<p>
The principal real threats to the well-being of Americans are
plutocracy and global heating.  A large army can't tax the megacorps'
offshored profits or hold back the rising sea.  But it can feed our
money to the military-industrial complex, and start wars.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(The_shutdown_of_Lavabit)
title: The shutdown of Lavabit
uri: The-shutdown-of-Lavabit
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28The_shutdown_of_Lavabit%29
content:
<p>
Glenn Greenwald comments on the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/09/lavabit-shutdown-snowden-silicon-valley">shutdown 
of Lavabit</a>.
<p>
I think the Obama regime will rue the day it did this.  I cheer the
courage of Lavabit's owner, who has dealt tyranny a great blow.


title: Urgent: Support repeal of PAT RIOT Act
uri: Urgent-Support-repeal-of-PAT-RIOT-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Urgent:_Support_repeal_of_PAT_RIOT_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_repeal_of_PAT_RIOT_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your congresscritter and say, support Rush Holt's
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/repeal_patriot_act">repeal 
of the PAT RIOT Act</a>.
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 
and 888-355-3588.


title: Urgent: Prohibit labeling GMOs as "natural"
uri: Urgent-Prohibit-labeling-GMOs-as-natural
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Urgent:_Prohibit_labeling_GMOs_as_natural)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Prohibit_labeling_GMOs_as_natural%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=11779">call 
on the FDA</a> to prohibit labeling GMOs as "natural".


title: Urgent: Oppose plan to destroy Bedouin villages
uri: Urgent-Oppose-plan-to-destroy-Bedouin-villages
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_plan_to_destroy_Bedouin_villages)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_plan_to_destroy_Bedouin_villages%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/1439/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14077">call 
on Obama</a> to oppose Israel's plan to destroy Bedouin villages and
to call on Israel to respect nonviolent protest.


title: Urgent: Reject letting Halliburton off with a tiny fine
uri: Urgent-Reject-letting-Halliburton-off-with-a-tiny-fine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Urgent:_Reject_letting_Halliburton_off_with_a_tiny_fine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Reject_letting_Halliburton_off_with_a_tiny_fine%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12281">call 
on the judge</a> to reject letting Halliburton off with a tiny fine
for its deadly practices.


title: Urgent: Investigate dishonest use of NSA materials
uri: Urgent-Investigate-dishonest-use-of-NSA-materials
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Urgent:_Investigate_dishonest_use_of_NSA_materials)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Investigate_dishonest_use_of_NSA_materials%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure2.convio.net/dpa/site/Advocacy;?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=993">Call 
on Congress</a> to investigate the DEA's dishonest use of NSA
materials.


title: Urgent: Don't allow fracking on public lands
uri: Urgent-Don-t-allow-fracking-on-public-lands
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Urgent:_Dont_allow_fracking_on_public_lands)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Dont_allow_fracking_on_public_lands%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=527">call 
on Obama</a> not to allow fracking on public lands.


title: Reporter Who Investigates Corruption arrested for "Corruption"
uri: Reporter-Who-Investigates-Corruption-arrested-for-Corruption
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Reporter_Who_Investigates_Corruption_arrested_for_"Corruption")

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Reporter_Who_Investigates_Corruption_arrested_for_%26quot%3BCorruption%26quot%3B%29

content:
<p>
Vietnam: Reporter Who Investigates
Corruption <a href="http://en.rsf.org/vietnam-reporter-who-investigates-09-08-2013,45036.html">Arrested
for "Corruption".</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Municipal_composting_programs)
title: Municipal composting programs
uri: Municipal-composting-programs
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Municipal_composting_programs%29
content:
<p>
US cities including New York are
starting <a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/recyclings_final_frontier_the_composting_of_food_waste/2678/">municipal
composting programs.</a>


title: Random searches on Americans everywhere
uri: Random-searches-on-Americans-everywhere
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Random_searches_on_Americans_everywhere)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Random_searches_on_Americans_everywhere%29

content:
<p>
The TSA is the Obama regime's scheme
to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/us/tsa-expands-duties-beyond-airport-security.html?pagewanted=all">impose
random searches on Americans everywhere they go.</a>


title: Minimum-wage employers are now biggest employers in US
uri: Minimum-wage-employers-are-now-biggest-employers-in-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Minimum-wage_employers_are_now_biggest_employers_in_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Minimum-wage_employers_are_now_biggest_employers_in_US%29

content:
<p>
Minimum-wage employers are now the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/10/us-fast-food-protests-wages">biggest
employers in the US,</a> and courageous workers are starting to go on
strike.
<p>
The US need jobs more than it needs "efficiency".  If companies use
threats of automation as a lever to keep wages down, I suggest banning
the automation that they would use.  Why not ban automatic check-out
machines in all stores?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Pope_supports_cruel_Catholic_dogma)
title: Pope supports cruel Catholic dogma
uri: Pope-supports-cruel-Catholic-dogma
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Pope_supports_cruel_Catholic_dogma%29

content:
<p>
Although Pope Francis shows concern for the poor, he
still <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/10/pope-francis-is-not-liberal">supports
cruel Catholic dogma.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Journalists_and_activists_murdered)
title: Journalists and activists murdered
uri: Journalists-and-activists-murdered
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Journalists_and_activists_murdered%29

content:
<p>
Journalists and activists
are <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/08/08/philippines-spate-journalist-killings">murdered
with impunity in the Philippines.</a>


title: China and India plan over 400 hydroelectric dams
uri: China-and-India-plan-over-400-hydroelectric-dams
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(China_and_India_plan_over_400_hydroelectric_dams)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28China_and_India_plan_over_400_hydroelectric_dams%29

content:
<p>
China and India plan over 400 hydroelectric dams for the Himalayan
region, and these
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/aug/10/china-india-water-grab-dams-himalayas-danger">likely
to cause big environmental problems.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Obama's_NSA_Proposals)
title: Obama's NSA Proposals
uri: Obama-s-NSA-Proposals
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Obama%27s_NSA_Proposals%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/08/obamas-nsa-press-conference-wyden">Wyden:
Obama's NSA Proposals Are Nice, But They Don't Go Far Enough.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Stop_prosecuting_Snowden)
title: Stop prosecuting Snowden
uri: Stop-prosecuting-Snowden
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Stop_prosecuting_Snowden%29
content:
<p>
150 human rights
organizations <a href="http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/37195/en/150-human-rights,-digital-rights-and-media-rights-ngos-call-on-obama-to-end-prosecution-of-snowden">call
on Obama to stop prosecuting Snowden.</a>
<p>
Some of these organizations' activities are explained in
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#10_August_2013_(Myth_about_defenders_of_computing_freedom)">Cory
Doctorow's article.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(US_has_sued_Bank_of_America)
title: US has sued Bank of America
uri: US-has-sued-Bank-of-America
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28US_has_sued_Bank_of_America%29
content:
<p>
The US has sued Bank of America
for <a href="http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2013/08/us-sues-bofa-over-sale-of-mortgage-backed-securities.html">tricking
clients into buying bad investments.</a>
<p>
Why no prosecution?


title: How did Shell get Irish thugs to attack protesters
uri: How-did-Shell-get-Irish-thugs-to-attack-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(How_did_Shell_get_Irish_thugs_to_attack_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28How_did_Shell_get_Irish_thugs_to_attack_protesters%29

content:
<p>
How did Shell get the Irish thugs to attack protesters?  A company
reportedly <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/10/shell-pipeline-protests-county-mayo">delivered
around 50,000 dollars worth of whiskey to the thugs</a>, as one among
many other favors.


title: James Risen ready to go to jail to protect sources
uri: James-Risen-ready-to-go-to-jail-to-protect-sources
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(James_Risen_ready_to_go_to_jail_to_protect_sources)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28James_Risen_ready_to_go_to_jail_to_protect_sources%29

content:
<p>
James Risen
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/10/james-risen-prison-journalism-criminalised">ready
to go to jail to protect his sources,</a> but if the US is to reclaim
democracy, it must ensure no reporter must do so.


title: Thousands Demand GMO Corporations 'Quit India'
uri: Thousands-Demand-GMO-Corporations-Quit-India
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Thousands_Demand_GMO_Corporations_'Quit_India')

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Thousands_Demand_GMO_Corporations_%27Quit_India%27%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/09-9">Thousands
Demand GMO Corporations 'Quit India'.</a>


title: Systematic entrepreneurial corruption
uri: Systematic-entrepreneurial-corruption
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 11_August_2013_(Systematic_entrepreneurial_corruption)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#11_August_2013_%28Systematic_entrepreneurial_corruption%29

content:
<p>
US forfeiture presented as an instance
of <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-07/how-the-lone-star-state-legalized-highway-robbery.html">systematic
entrepreneurial corruption</a>, as found in Russia and Iraq.


title: Urgent: Hold killers of Israel Hernandez accountable
uri: Urgent-Hold-killers-of-Israel-Hernandez-accountable
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Urgent:_Hold_killers_of_Israel_Hernandez_accountable)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Hold_killers_of_Israel_Hernandez_accountable%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://act.presente.org/sign/graffitikilling/">call on 
Miami</a> to hold the killers of Israel Hernandez accountable.


title: Dr Sanjay Gupta calls for legalization of medical marijuana
uri: Dr-Sanjay-Gupta-calls-for-legalization-of-medical-marijuana
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Dr_Sanjay_Gupta_calls_for_legalization_of_medical_marijuana)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Dr_Sanjay_Gupta_calls_for_legalization_of_medical_marijuana%29

content:
<p>
Dr Sanjay Gupta, a prominent opponent of marijuana, calls for
legalization of medical marijuana, because the US
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/health/gupta-changed-mind-marijuana/index.html">banned 
it without scientific evidence</a>.


title: Urgent: Support the Frack Pack bills
uri: Urgent-Support-the-Frack-Pack-bills
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Urgent:_Support_the_Frack_Pack_bills)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_the_Frack_Pack_bills%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your congresscritter to support the Frack Pack
bills to regulate fracking to protect air and water.  Also send a
message through 
<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/676/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14099">this 
page</a>.
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641
and 888-355-3588.


title: Tendency to define sadness as a medical condition
uri: Tendency-to-define-sadness-as-a-medical-condition
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Tendency_to_define_sadness_as_a_medical_condition)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Tendency_to_define_sadness_as_a_medical_condition%29

content:
<p>
Watch out for the tendency to define sadness as a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2013/aug/09/pills-unhappiness-reinforces-sad-human">medical 
condition</a>.


title: Egyptian military privately permits Israel to attack with drones
uri: Egyptian-military-privately-permits-Israel-to-attack-with-drones
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Egyptian_military_privately_permits_Israel_to_attack_with_drones)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Egyptian_military_privately_permits_Israel_to_attack_with_drones%29

content:
<p>
Israel made a drone attack in Egypt, with 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/israeli-drone-strike-suspected-militants-egypt">private 
permission from Egypt's military</a>.
<p>
It is not inherently wrong for Israel to help Egypt against rebels, if
that's what they are and Egypt is fighting them militarily.
Nonetheless, for Egypt to get this help from Israel seems like asking
for trouble, and we can't take Israel's word about who was targeted or
who was actually hit.


title: Movement in Greece reconnects people to electricity
uri: Movement-in-Greece-reconnects-people-to-electricity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Movement_in_Greece_reconnects_people_to_electricity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Movement_in_Greece_reconnects_people_to_electricity%29

content:
<p>
A <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/08-9">large 
movement in Greece</a> reconnects people to electricity whose electric
accounts have been shut off.
<p>
In ordinary circumstances I would not support this.
However, a government of occupation such as the one that rules Greece,
a government that is 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#07_August_2013_(Imprisonment_of_transgender_people_in_Greece)">putting 
undesirables in concentration camps</a> is not entitled to criticize
any form of resistance, as long as it doesn't attack ordinary people.


title: Head of NSA tells us to "get the facts"
uri: Head-of-NSA-tells-us-to-get-the-facts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Head_of_NSA_tells_us_to_get_the_facts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Head_of_NSA_tells_us_to_get_the_facts%29

content:
<p>
The head of the NSA told us to 
"<a href='https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/09-2'>get the 
facts</a>" instead of criticizing massive surveillance.
<p>
Since it is only through Snowden that we get any facts about this,
Obama should pardon him and thank him.


title: No accountability for Lac Megantic train disaster
uri: No-accountability-for-Lac-Megantic-train-disaster
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(No_accountability_for_Lac_Megantic_train_disaster)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28No_accountability_for_Lac_Megantic_train_disaster%29

content:
<p>
The tiny railroad company that caused the Lac Megantic disaster
is bankrupt; its 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/09-5">insurance 
will not cover the damages</a>.
<p>
This company is a piece of a business empire structured as many
corporations with small assets.  The apparent purpose of this
structure is to save the empire as a whole from paying the damages for
accidents such as this.  It limits the liability to one small piece,
which can go bankrupt in order to spare the empire as a whole.  That
this leaves the victims screwed is of no importance to the callous
rich.
<p>
It resembles the strategy used by 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#20_April_2013_(Peabody_Energy_cheating_workers_out_of_medical_care)">Peabody
Energy</a> which spun off a subsidiary containing its retired workers'
pension obligations, so it would go bankrupt and screw those former
workers.
<p>
This practice is lawful due to politicians and parties that have sold
out to business.  If they represented the people instead of the
plutocrats, they would have adopted laws that hold the entire empire
liable.


title: Dubya can be accused of "aiding al Qa'ida"
uri: Dubya-can-be-accused-of-aiding-al-Qa-ida
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Dubya_can_be_accused_of_aiding_al_Qaida)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Dubya_can_be_accused_of_aiding_al_Qaida%29

content:
<p>
Why not accuse Dubya of 
"<a href='http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/09-9'>aiding al 
Qa'ida</a>"?


title: Radioactive material leaking from damaged Fukushima reactors
uri: Radioactive-material-leaking-from-damaged-Fukushima-reactors
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Radioactive_material_leaking_from_damaged_Fukushima_reactors)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Radioactive_material_leaking_from_damaged_Fukushima_reactors%29

content:
<p>
The damaged Fukushima reactors are 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/09-10">leaking 
radioactive material into the Pacific Ocean</a>, and probably have
contaminated the aquifer under the site.
<p>
The contaminated aquifer could contaminate plant life there for
centuries.


title: Musician imprisoned for calling on Tibetans to be united
uri: Musician-imprisoned-for-calling-on-Tibetans-to-be-united
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Musician_imprisoned_for_calling_on_Tibetans_to_be_united)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Musician_imprisoned_for_calling_on_Tibetans_to_be_united%29

content:
<p>
A Tibetan musician was <a href="http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/song-08092013153523.html">imprisoned</a> 
merely for calling on Tibetans to be united and learn and speak
Tibetan.


title: Pirate Party reports IT Minister to police for copyright infringement
uri: Pirate-Party-reports-IT-Minister-to-police-for-copyright-infringement
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Pirate_Party_reports_IT_Minister_to_police_for_copyright_infringement)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Pirate_Party_reports_IT_Minister_to_police_for_copyright_infringement%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-reports-it-minister-to-the-police-for-copyright-infringement-130808/">Pirate Party Reports IT Minister to the Police for Copyright Infringement</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Obamas_jobs_plan)
title: Obama's jobs plan
uri: Obama-s-jobs-plan
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Obamas_jobs_plan%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://socialistworker.org/2013/08/07/jobs-plan-only-business-could-love">A 
Jobs Plan Only Big Business Could Love</a>.


title: Store pressured to stop selling hair ornaments
uri: Store-pressured-to-stop-selling-hair-ornaments
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Store_pressured_to_stop_selling_hair_ornaments)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Store_pressured_to_stop_selling_hair_ornaments%29

content:
<p>
Amerindians in Canada pressured a store to stop selling hair ornaments
which 
"<a href='http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/aug/09/h-and-m-withdraws-offensive-headdresses-canada'>make 
a mockery of their culture.</a>"
<p>
It looks like this is not real mockery, just a resemblance that they
feel they are entitled to own.
<p>
No one has a right to own a style of ornamentation, and these people
should get used to that.  There is no point fighting to continue the
sale accessories that offend someone — they are not important
enough.  But on principle that would be right.


title: Feinstein wants to further weaken press-shield bill
uri: Feinstein-wants-to-further-weaken-press-shield-bill
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Feinstein_wants_to_further_weaken_press-shield_bill)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Feinstein_wants_to_further_weaken_press-shield_bill%29

content:
<p>
Senator Feinstein, militantly pro-surveillance, <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/why-sen-feinstein-wrong-about-whos-real-reporter">wants 
to narrow further</a> a press-shield bill that is already ridiculously
weak.


title: The increase in wildfires in the West
uri: The-increase-in-wildfires-in-the-West
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(The_increase_in_wildfires_in_the_West)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28The_increase_in_wildfires_in_the_West%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/infographic-wildfires-climate-change.html">Quantifying</a> how 
wildfires in the West have increased, and how they are projected to
increase in coming decades.
<p>
This projection is not a certainty.  What really happens could be
less, or more.


title: State will take away children from gays couples
uri: State-will-take-away-children-from-gays-couples
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(State_will_take_away_children_from_gays_couples)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28State_will_take_away_children_from_gays_couples%29

content:
<p>
Masha Gessen, her girlfriend and their children will flee Russia
because
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/11/anti-gay-laws-russia">the
state will take away children from gay couples.</a>


title: Urgent: Oppose plan to attack US Postal Service
uri: Urgent-Oppose-plan-to-attack-US-Postal-Service
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_plan_to_attack_US_Postal_Service)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_plan_to_attack_US_Postal_Service%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: oppose Rep. Issa's plan
to <a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=531">attack
the US Postal Service.</a>


title: What was it that Lavabit was ordered to do
uri: What-was-it-that-Lavabit-was-ordered-to-do
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(What_was_it_that_Lavabit_was_ordered_to_do)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28What_was_it_that_Lavabit_was_ordered_to_do%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/08/the-government-versus-your-secrets.html">What
was it that Lavabit was ordered to do</a>, such that it shut down
instead?


title: Energy investment projected to focus on unconventional oil and gas
uri: Energy-investment-projected-to-focus-on-unconventional-oil-and-gas
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Energy_investment_projected_to_focus_on_unconventional_oil_and_gas)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Energy_investment_projected_to_focus_on_unconventional_oil_and_gas%29

content:
<p>
World energy investment is projected
to <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/08-2">focus
mainly on unconventional oil and gas</a>, that makes more CO2 per
energy delivered than ordinary oil.


title: "Safety Regulations" placed on abortion
uri: Safety-Regulations-placed-on-abortion
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(&quotSafety_Regulations&quot_placed_on_abortion)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28%26quotSafety_Regulations%26quot_placed_on_abortion%29

content:
<p>
A Republican admits that the rash of unsatisfiable "safety
regulations" being placed on abortion providers
is <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/08-6">meant to
make them impossible.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Urgent:_close_the_Guantanamo_prison)
title: Urgent: close the Guantanamo prison
uri: Urgent-close-the-Guantanamo-prison
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_close_the_Guantanamo_prison%29

content:
<p>
US
citizens: <a href="http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1130.php">sign
this petition</a> to close the Guantanamo prison instead of US
embassies.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Make_biogas_from_wastes)
title: Make biogas from wastes
uri: Make-biogas-from-wastes
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Make_biogas_from_wastes%29
content:
<p>
Instead of
fracking, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/09/fracking-blinding-government-greener-energy">make
biogas from wastes.</a>


title: Urgent: Ban neonicotinoid pesticides
uri: Urgent-Ban-neonicotinoid-pesticides
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Urgent:_Ban_neonicotinoid_pesticides)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Ban_neonicotinoid_pesticides%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: Call for
a <a href="http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1131.php">ban on
neonicotinoid pesticides.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Patriarchy_says_'no'_means_'yes')
title: Patriarchy says 'no' means 'yes'
uri: Patriarchy-says-no-means-yes
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Patriarchy_says_%27no%27_means_%27yes%27%29

content:
<p>
The patriarchy
says, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/11/human-rights-student-reporter-award">'no'
means 'yes',</a> and they can ruin people's lives.
<p>
Others endorsed the opposite falsehood, claiming
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/10/eddy-shah-operation-yewtree-sexual-abuse">'yes'
means 'no',</a> and this too can ruin people's lives.
<p>
What part of 'yes', or 'no', don't they understand?


title: "Piracy" filter blocks access to political site
uri: Piracy-filter-blocks-access-to-political-site
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(&quotPiracy&quot_filter_blocks_access_to_political_site)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28%26quotPiracy%26quot_filter_blocks_access_to_political_site%29

content:
<p>
An ISP's "piracy"
filter <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/skys-court-ordered-piracy-filter-blocks-torrentfreak-130809/">blocks
access to the political site torrentfreak.com as well.</a>
<p>
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">Please
don't refer to sharing as "piracy"</a> — that is enemy
propaganda.  Please call it "sharing".  The only case where it's
proper to use the word "pirate" in this context is in the name "Pirate
Party".


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Urgent:_Protection_of_wolves)
title: Urgent: Protection of wolves
uri: Urgent-Protection-of-wolves
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Protection_of_wolves%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the Fish and Wildlife Service
to <a href="https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2627">choose
advisors about protection of wolves based on their expertise</a>, and
not reject them because they objected to previous distortion of their
views.


title: Theocrats accusing Planned Parenthood of medicaid fraud
uri: Theocrats-accusing-Planned-Parenthood-of-medicaid-fraud
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Theocrats_accusing_Planned_Parenthood_of_medicaid_fraud)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Theocrats_accusing_Planned_Parenthood_of_medicaid_fraud%29

content:
<p>
Christian theocrats
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/09/anti-abortion-lawfare-planned-parenthood">accusing
Planned Parenthood of medicaid fraud.</a>  Planned Parenthood says it
isn't true, but defending the cases is so expensive that it has to
settle instead.


title: Trash cans in London track all WiFi-enabled devices
uri: Trash-cans-in-London-track-all-WiFi-enabled-devices
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Trash_cans_in_London_track_all_WiFi-enabled_devices)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Trash_cans_in_London_track_all_WiFi-enabled_devices%29

content:
<p>
Trash cans in
London <a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/08/no-this-isnt-a-scene-from-minority-report-this-trash-can-is-stalking-you/">track
all WiFi-enabled devices as they pass by.</a>
<p>
They do not track my laptop, as its WiFi device is normally turned
off.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(Regional_attack_on_dissidents)
title: Regional attack on dissidents
uri: Regional-attack-on-dissidents
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28Regional_attack_on_dissidents%29
content:
<p>
Bahrain has, in
effect, <a href="http://www.bahrainrights.org/en/node/6297">exiled
Maryam Al-Khawaja</a>, by putting her on a "no fly" list.
<p>
Her father has been sentenced to life in prison there for protesting.
<p>
<a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/08/10/saudi-arabia-continues-to-fight-human-rights-organizations/">Saudi
Arabia Continues to Fight Human Rights Organizations.</a>
<p>
Jordan is
imposing <a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/choked-media-struggles-to-speak-out-in-jordan/">crushing
censorship on the press.</a>
<p>
This is part of
a <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/08/09/control-halt-delete-gulf-states-crack-down-online-critics">regional
attack on dissidents.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 12_August_2013_(The_Failure_of_the_GPL)
title: The Failure of the GPL
uri: The-Failure-of-the-GPL
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#12_August_2013_%28The_Failure_of_the_GPL%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=1390172">The
Failure of the GPL</a>


title: Murdoch orders journalists to bias their writing
uri: Murdoch-orders-journalists-to-bias-their-writing
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Murdoch_orders_journalists_to_bias_their_writing)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Murdoch_orders_journalists_to_bias_their_writing%29

content:
<p>
Murdoch is ordering journalists working for News Corp's Australian to
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/11/anthony-albanese-murdoch-news-corp-labor">bias 
their writing against the Labor government</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Universities_snooping_on_students)
title: Universities snooping on students
uri: Universities-snooping-on-students
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Universities_snooping_on_students%29

content:
<p>
Universities 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/aug/05/electronic-data-trail-huddersfield-loughborough-university">snoop 
more and more on students</a>, making a data base of data such as what
web searches they do, their driving habits, whether they miss
meetings, as well as how they use the library.
<p>
I think libraries should ensure that people's borrowing habits are not
recorded in any permanent data base.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(US_drone_attacks_in_Yemen)
title: US drone attacks in Yemen
uri: US-drone-attacks-in-Yemen
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28US_drone_attacks_in_Yemen%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/11">US Drones
on Yemen: 'al Qaeda's Public Relations Officer'</a>.


title: Why World Bank shies from energy efficiency
uri: Why-World-Bank-shies-from-energy-efficiency
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Why_World_Bank_shies_from_energy_efficiency)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Why_World_Bank_shies_from_energy_efficiency%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/11-4">Why the World
Bank Shies Away From Energy Efficiency</a>.


title: US does not recognize use of Agent Orange as war crime
uri: US-does-not-recognize-use-of-Agent-Orange-as-war-crime
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(US_does_not_recognize_use_of_Agent_Orange_as_war_crime)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28US_does_not_recognize_use_of_Agent_Orange_as_war_crime%29

content:
<p>
The US does not recognize that use of toxic Agent Orange was a war
crime, and offers 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/10-3">no
compensation to millions of Vietnamese who were affected</a>.


title: President of Purdue tried to ban book from Indiana schools
uri: President-of-Purdue-tried-to-ban-book-from-Indiana-schools
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(President_of_Purdue_tried_to_ban_book_from_Indiana_schools)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28President_of_Purdue_tried_to_ban_book_from_Indiana_schools%29

content:
<p>
The President of Purdue University, when previously Governor of
Indiana, 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/07-3">tried to ban
Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the US"</a> from schools in that
state.


title: Sending "child" pornography to journalists to get them imprisoned
uri: Sending-child-pornography-to-journalists-to-get-them-imprisoned
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Sending_child_pornography_to_journalists_to_get_them_imprisoned)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Sending_child_pornography_to_journalists_to_get_them_imprisoned%29

content:
<p>
A new method for attacking dissident US journalists: send them a
"leak" which is really "child" pornography, and
<a href="http://nextnewsnetwork.com/news/beware-anomalous-e-mail-attachments-it-may-be-a-setup/">get 
them imprisoned when they look</a>.
<p>
To criminalize possession of <em>any</em> kind of digital material is
an injustice, and endangers all other human rights.


title: Proposed ban for US firms that don't abide privacy laws
uri: Proposed-ban-for-US-firms-that-don-t-abide-privacy-laws
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Proposed_ban_for_US_firms_that_dont_abide_privacy_laws)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Proposed_ban_for_US_firms_that_dont_abide_privacy_laws%29

content:
<p>
German justice minister proposes 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/german-justice-minister-proposes-ban-for-us-firms-that-dont-abide-privacy-laws/">ban 
for US firms that don't abide privacy laws</a>.
<p>
Meanwhile, the German spy agency (BND) is passing metadata on to the
NSA.


title: Teachers in deregulated schools pressured to inflate grades
uri: Teachers-in-deregulated-schools-pressured-to-inflate-grades
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Teachers_in_deregulated_schools_pressured_to_inflate_grades)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Teachers_in_deregulated_schools_pressured_to_inflate_grades%29

content:
<p>
Teachers in the UK's deregulated "academy" schools report 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/aug/11/academy-schools-teachers-grade-inflation">pressure
from their managers to inflate grades</a>.
<p>
This is a natural consequence of "grading" schools by the average grades
of students.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Barnhart_Texas_runs_out_of_water)
title: Barnhart, Texas, runs out of water
uri: Barnhart-Texas-runs-out-of-water
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Barnhart_Texas_runs_out_of_water%29

content:
<p>
Thanks to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water">fracking</a>, 
the town of Barnhart, Texas, ran out of water.
<p>
Fracking adds to many other forms of overuse, which are running headlong
into reduced rainfall caused by global heating.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Drone_attack_targeting_rescuers)
title: Drone attack targeting rescuers
uri: Drone-attack-targeting-rescuers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Drone_attack_targeting_rescuers%29
content:
<p>
During 2012, CIA repeatedly followed one drone attack with a second
drone
attack, <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/01-4">targeting
rescuers looking for wounded from the first attack.</a> This tactic is
a war crime.
<p>
It was <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/29/AR2005042900185_pf.html">used 
by Iraqi resistance fighters</a>; maybe the US learned it from them.


title: Partially resisting surveillance is not enough
uri: Partially-resisting-surveillance-is-not-enough
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Partially_resisting_surveillance_is_not_enough)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Partially_resisting_surveillance_is_not_enough%29

content:
<p>
Recommending computing practices that partially resist surveillance
is <a href="http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/08/yah-surveillance-sucks-but-technology-isnt-the-only-solution/">not
enough to count as a solution to the surveillance problem</a>.  We
need to make privacy safe for ordinary users.


title: US Could Exploit Trade Deal to Expand Spying
uri: US-Could-Exploit-Trade-Deal-to-Expand-Spying
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(US_Could_Exploit_Trade_Deal_to_Expand_Spying)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28US_Could_Exploit_Trade_Deal_to_Expand_Spying%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.dw.de/us-could-exploit-trade-deal-to-expand-spying/a-17013629">US
Could Exploit Trade Deal to Expand Spying.</a>
<p>
The "trade" deal in question, which is more about giving business more
power than about trade in the usual sense, is TAFTA: Turn All Freedom
To Ashes.


title: Criminal charges for reporting on blood diamonds
uri: Criminal-charges-for-reporting-on-blood-diamonds
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Criminal_charges_for_reporting_on_blood_diamonds)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Criminal_charges_for_reporting_on_blood_diamonds%29

content:
<p>
Angola's principal investigative reporter, Rafael Marques de Morais,
<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/08/12/angola-defamation-laws-silence-journalists">faces
criminal charges for reporting on blood diamonds.</a>


title: Ethiopia is systematically kicking certain ethnic groups off their land
uri: Ethiopia-is-systematically-kicking-certain-ethnic-groups-off-their-lan
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Ethiopia_is_systematically_kicking_certain_ethnic_groups_off_their_land)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Ethiopia_is_systematically_kicking_certain_ethnic_groups_off_their_land%29

content:
<p>
The government of Ethiopia
is <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18109-ethiopia-lives-for-land-in-gambella">systematically
kicking certain ethnic groups off their land</a>, forcing them to
settle in villages were they have no life, no farms and no future, in
order to sell their land to foreign plantations.
<p>
When they object, they are tortured.  Ethiopia's government has a
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-mar-jun.html#20_May_2012_(Ethiopian_government_aid)">close
relationship with the US</a>, and invaded Somalia for the US a few
years ago.
<p>
I don't think the victims of this violence have any obligation to
refrain from responding with violence.
<p>
Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/news/nigeria-lagos-state-government-must-stop-wave-devastating-forced-evictions-2013-08-12">Nigeria
plans to evict tens of thousands of people from urban areas</a>,
destroying their homes, for "redevelopment".
<p>
One of the causes of land conflicts like these is world population
growth.  Offering gratis contraception and abortion to all women will
help to avoid some future conflicts.


title: Prisoners in Iran remain a political influence
uri: Prisoners-in-Iran-remain-a-political-influence
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Prisoners_in_Iran_remain_a_political_influence)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Prisoners_in_Iran_remain_a_political_influence%29

content:
<p>
Political prisoners in
Iran <a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/op-ed-political-prisoners-a-strong-voice-in-iranian-politics/">remain
a political influence.</a>


title: "Ninja Journalists" in Brazil
uri: Ninja-Journalists-in-Brazil
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(&quotNinja_Journalists&quot_in_Brazil)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28%26quotNinja_Journalists%26quot_in_Brazil%29

content:
<p>
"Ninja
journalists" <a href="http://www.dw.de/citizen-journalists-take-on-brazils-media/a-16993946">cover
what Brazil's concentrated mainstream media ignore.</a>


title: Torrent trackers should stop tracking their users
uri: Torrent-trackers-should-stop-tracking-their-users
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Torrent_trackers_should_stop_tracking_their_users)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Torrent_trackers_should_stop_tracking_their_users%29

content:
<p>
Torrent trackers
should <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/downloading-the-databases-that-store-everything-you-do-130811/">stop
tracking their users.</a>
<p>
The same applies to network services in general, I think.


title: Obama regime asked mole to investigate reporter
uri: Obama-regime-asked-mole-to-investigate-reporter
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Obama_regime_asked_mole_to_investigate_reporter)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Obama_regime_asked_mole_to_investigate_reporter%29

content:
<p>
Why did the Obama regime ask its Wikileaks mole
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/12/eric-holder-prosecute-reporters-fbi">investigate
Guardian reporter James Ball?</a>
<p>
He asks this question because it seems to illustrate a policy that
threatens journalists in general.


title: Yemen al-Qa'ida organization seems to be getting stronger
uri: Yemen-al-Qa-ida-organization-seems-to-be-getting-stronger
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Yemen_al-Qa'ida_organization_seems_to_be_getting_stronger)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Yemen_al-Qa%27ida_organization_seems_to_be_getting_stronger%29

content:
<p>
Despite a big increase in drone attacks in Yemen,
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/12/yemen-drone-strikes-us-policy">local
al-Qa'ida organization seems to be getting stronger.</a>
<p>
This is not surprising, because a guerrilla organization's strength is
typically limited by its ability to recruit.


title: Thugs infiltrated tar sands resistance camp
uri: Thugs-infiltrated-tar-sands-resistance-camp
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Thugs_infiltrated_tar_sands_resistance_camp)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Thugs_infiltrated_tar_sands_resistance_camp%29

content:
<p>
Undercover
thugs <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/12-4">infiltrated
a tar sands resistance camp and sabotaged a civil disobedience
action.</a>


title: Mainstream media present Michael Hayden as trustworthy authority
uri: Mainstream-media-present-Michael-Hayden-as-trustworthy-authority
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Mainstream_media_present_Michael_Hayden_as_trustworthy_authority)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Mainstream_media_present_Michael_Hayden_as_trustworthy_authority%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/12/michael-hayden-nsa-media-reverence">mainstream
media present ex-officials such as Michael Hayden as trustworthy
authorities</a>, burying the fact that they misled us before and have
commercial interests in distorting issues now.


title: New York Thug Department practicing discrimination
uri: New-York-Thug-Department-practicing-discrimination
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(New_York_Thug_Department_practicing_discrimination)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28New_York_Thug_Department_practicing_discrimination%29

content:
<p>
A judge ruled that the New York Thug Department
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/12/new-york-stop-and-frisk-unconstitutional-judge">practicing
racial discrimination</a> when it searches people on the street based
on no evidence.
<p>
I think the question of discrimination is a side issue.  Whether they
search you because they don't like your skin color, or because they
don't like your face, it is equally wrong.


title: The President Treated Us Like Five-Year-Olds
uri: The-President-Treated-Us-Like-Five-Year-Olds
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(The_President_Treated_Us_Like_Five-Year-Olds)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28The_President_Treated_Us_Like_Five-Year-Olds%29

content:
<p>
On
Friday, <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/08/obama-nsa-surveillance-speech">the
President Treated Us Like Five-Year-Olds.</a>
<p>
Liepman's claim, that the government is only listening to terrorists,
is now known to be false.  And it's not only drug dealers, either.
Recall that "terrorist", for the US government, includes dissidents
and whistleblowers.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Urgent:_Resist_Texas_Taliban)
title: Urgent: Resist Texas Taliban
uri: Urgent-Resist-Texas-Taliban
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Resist_Texas_Taliban%29
content:
<p>
In the US: call on textbook publishers
to <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/texas_taliban/">publish
real science and resist the Texas Taliban.</a>


title: Banksters paid a pittance over the homes they foreclosed fraudulently
uri: Banksters-paid-a-pittance-over-the-homes-they-foreclosed-fraudulently
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 13_August_2013_(Banksters_paid_a_pittance_over_the_homes_they_foreclosed_fraudulently)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_%28Banksters_paid_a_pittance_over_the_homes_they_foreclosed_fraudulently%29

content:
<p>
Banksters paid a pittance
to <a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/08/12/unsealed-court-settlement-docu.html">settle
the US lawsuit over the homes that they foreclosed fraudulently</a>.
Now homeowners are suing, and we can see that they stole trillions of
dollars.


title: Bangladeshi human rights leader arrested
uri: Bangladeshi-human-rights-leader-arrested
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Bangladeshi_human_rights_leader_arrested)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Bangladeshi_human_rights_leader_arrested%29

content:
<p>
A Bangladeshi human rights leader has been arrested for "fabricating
information" about 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/11/bangladesh-arrest-activist-fabricating-information-atrocities">atrocities 
by government suppression forces</a>.
<p>
It's normal thug behavior to lie and cover up their brutality.  Thus, if
a government is minded to arrest the people who reported it, it can easily
find witnesses to 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2004-may-aug.html#06%20July%202004%20(Police%20Tyrants)">testilie</a> 
that they must have "fabricated" the reports.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Snowden_validated_as_whistleblower)
title: Snowden validated as whistleblower
uri: Snowden-validated-as-whistleblower
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Snowden_validated_as_whistleblower%29

content:
<p>
Obama's <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/13">announced
review of surveillance</a>, in response to Snowden's revelations,
validates Snowden as a whistleblower.
<p>
Those who betrayed the US are its leaders who have ignored their
oath to defend the Constitution.


title: Urgent: Oppose plan to allow mining of publicly-owned coal
uri: Urgent-Oppose-plan-to-allow-mining-of-publicly-owned-coal
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_plan_to_allow_mining_of_publicly-owned_coal)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_plan_to_allow_mining_of_publicly-owned_coal%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://us.greenpeace.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=34001.0">phone 
the Department of the Interior</a> to object to the plan to allow
mining of millions of tons of publicly-owned coal.


title: Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden talk
uri: Laura-Poitras-Glenn-Greenwald-and-Edward-Snowden-talk
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Laura_Poitras_Glenn_Greenwald_and_Edward_Snowden_talk)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Laura_Poitras_Glenn_Greenwald_and_Edward_Snowden_talk%29

content:
<p>
Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden talk about 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/snowden-maass-transcript.html">how
their cooperation started and how it proceeded</a>.


title: Israel's cabinet votes to expand its colonies
uri: Israel-s-cabinet-votes-to-expand-its-colonies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Israels_cabinet_votes_to_expand_its_colonies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Israels_cabinet_votes_to_expand_its_colonies%29

content:
<p>
Israel's cabinet spat on peace negotiations by 
<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201384153417243957.html">voting 
to expand its colonies in Palestinian territory</a>.


title: Three journalists killed by Islamists in Banghazi
uri: Three-journalists-killed-by-Islamists-in-Banghazi
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Three_journalists_killed_by_Islamists_in_Banghazi)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Three_journalists_killed_by_Islamists_in_Banghazi%29

content:
<p>
Islamists in Banghazi have 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/13/libyan-journalist-shot-militants-benghazi">killed 
three journalists</a> in the last four days.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(The_Moral_Imperative_of_Activism)
title: The Moral Imperative of Activism
uri: The-Moral-Imperative-of-Activism
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28The_Moral_Imperative_of_Activism%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/12-8">The Moral
Imperative of Activism</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(WiFi-tracking_trash_cans_in_London)
title: WiFi-tracking trash cans in London
uri: WiFi-tracking-trash-cans-in-London
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28WiFi-tracking_trash_cans_in_London%29

content:
<p>
The WiFi-tracking trash cans have been 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/08/street-side-trashcans-that-track-your-smartphone-banished-from-london/">deinstalled 
from a part of London</a>.
<p>
However, the phone company continues tracking phones and recording
their movements.


title: LA thugs arrest photographer for photographing them
uri: LA-thugs-arrest-photographer-for-photographing-them
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(LA_thugs_arrest_photographer_for_photographing_them)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28LA_thugs_arrest_photographer_for_photographing_them%29

content:
<p>
LA thugs arrested a photographer for "interfering" with them by
photographing them from 
<a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130808/12410424112/lapd-detains-photographer-interfering-with-police-investigation-90-feet-away.shtml">90 
feet away</a> (30 meters).
<p>
This is typical thug behavior, documented dozens of times in earlier
political notes.


title: British Library's filtering software blocks Hamlet
uri: British-Library-s-filtering-software-blocks-Hamlet
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(British_Librarys_filtering_software_blocks_Hamlet)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28British_Librarys_filtering_software_blocks_Hamlet%29

content:
<p>
The British Library's filtering software blocked access to the text of
Hamlet, calling it
"<a href='http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130812/06393424143/british-library-network-blocks-hamlet-violent-content.shtml'>violent 
content</a>".
<p>
It is insulting to refer to Shakespeare's plays, or any works of
authorship, as 
"<a href='http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content'>content</a>".
Please join me in rejecting that term.
<p>
Calling Hamlet "violent", however, is accurate, and the example shows why
blocking access to violent works (or any works) is wrong.


title: Most members of Congress kept in the dark about massive surveillance
uri: Most-members-of-Congress-kept-in-the-dark-about-massive-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Most_members_of_Congress_kept_in_the_dark_about_massive_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Most_members_of_Congress_kept_in_the_dark_about_massive_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
The Obama regime and congressional leaders kept most members of
Congress in the dark about massive surveillance 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/12/intelligence-committee-nsa-vote-justin-amash">when 
they had to vote on it</a>.


title: Small step towards ending the War on Drugs
uri: Small-step-towards-ending-the-War-on-Drugs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Small_step_towards_ending_the_War_on_Drugs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Small_step_towards_ending_the_War_on_Drugs%29

content:
<p>
Holder plans to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/12/eric-holder-prison-reform-mandatory-minimums">stop 
charging "low-level drug offenders" with crimes that require a prison
sentence</a>.
<p>
It is a small step towards what must be done: ending the War on Drugs.


title: High levels of strontium-90 in groundwater near Fukushima plants
uri: High-levels-of-strontium-90-in-groundwater-near-Fukushima-plants
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(High_levels_of_strontium-90_in_groundwater_near_Fukushima_plants)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28High_levels_of_strontium-90_in_groundwater_near_Fukushima_plants%29

content:
<p>
The groundwater near the Fukushima plants has so much 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/10-0">strontium-90</a>
that drinking it for a year would surely give a person cancer.  When
it gets into the ocean, it accumulates in algae and in fish, so the
marine life in that region will be contaminated for a long time.
<p>
It would be interesting to see a comparison between the quantities of
strontium-90 leaking from the Fukushima plants today and the amount
released by above ground nuclear weapons tests in the 50s and early
60s.


title: John Grisham writes about innocent Guantanamo prisoner
uri: John-Grisham-writes-about-innocent-Guantanamo-prisoner
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(John_Grisham_writes_about_innocent_Guantanamo_prisoner)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28John_Grisham_writes_about_innocent_Guantanamo_prisoner%29

content:
<p>
John Grisham, whose books are 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/opinion/sunday/after-guantanamo-another-injustice.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1">banned 
in Guantanamo</a>, writes about an innocent prisoner who may finally
be freed — and sent to a country where he knows nobody.


title: Australian gov't taking aboriginal children away from parents
uri: Australian-gov-t-taking-aboriginal-children-away-from-parents
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Australian_govt_taking_aboriginal_children_away_from_parents)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Australian_govt_taking_aboriginal_children_away_from_parents%29

content:
<p>
The Australian government is 
<a href="http://www.solidarity.net.au/highlights/aboriginal-child-removal-rates-skyrocket-a-new-stolen-generation/">taking 
many aboriginal children away from their parents</a> because of
problems that are caused by poverty.  Meanwhile, it cuts the
assistance that would help aboriginal families cope.
<p>
At one point during 2012, 
<a href="media/b8b9f5f1.AIHW_ChildProtection2011-2012_March2013.pdf" data-original-source="http://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/docs/AIHW_ChildProtection2011-2012_March2013.pdf">13,299 
aboriginal children</a> had been removed from
their families.
<p>
These statistics say that about 2/3 are placed with relatives or indigenous
people, but it is still a large rate of taking children away.


title: Turkish journalists sentenced to long prison terms
uri: Turkish-journalists-sentenced-to-long-prison-terms
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Turkish_journalists_sentenced_to_long_prison_terms)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Turkish_journalists_sentenced_to_long_prison_terms%29

content:
<p>
Turkish journalists were 
<a href="http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ergenekon-a-trial-against-democracy-and-freedom-of-expression">sentenced 
to long prison terms</a> for supposed participation in a conspiracy
for a military coup.
<p>
It is not implausible, a priori, that Turkish generals were planning a
coup.  Turkey has seen such coups before.  To claim journalists were
involved in the conspiracy makes it implausible.


title: Zimbabwe women report interference with their voting
uri: Zimbabwe-women-report-interference-with-their-voting
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Zimbabwe_women_report_interference_with_their_voting)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Zimbabwe_women_report_interference_with_their_voting%29

content:
<p>
Zimbabwe women report interference with their voting, and 
<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/zimbabwe-women-forced-flee-their-homes-refusing-reveal-their-vote-2013-08-06">threats</a>.


title: No scientific reason for killing whales
uri: No-scientific-reason-for-killing-whales
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(No_scientific_reason_for_killing_whales)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28No_scientific_reason_for_killing_whales%29

content:
<p>
There is no scientific reason for killing whales — the same information
can be obtained through 
<a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/10/national/in-science-terms-japan-has-no-need-at-all-to-kill-whales/">methods 
that don't hurt them</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(The_surveillance_state)
title: The surveillance state
uri: The-surveillance-state
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28The_surveillance_state%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/vitka20130810">The 
Surveillance State, You, and the Time Traveling Detectives</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Obama_ignores_petitions)
title: Obama ignores petitions
uri: Obama-ignores-petitions
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Obama_ignores_petitions%29
content:
<p>
Obama set up a web site and promised to respond to petitions, but
he <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/14-2">ignores
some of the sharpest ones.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(&quotBee-friendly_plants")
title: "Bee-friendly" plants
uri: Bee-friendly-plants
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28%26quotBee-friendly_plants%26quot%29

content:
<p>
"Bee-friendly" plants for sale in major US chain
stores <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/08/14-1">contain
neonicotinoid pesticides.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Koch-funded_Franklin_Center)
title: Koch-funded Franklin Center
uri: Koch-funded-Franklin-Center
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Koch-funded_Franklin_Center%29
content:
<p>
The Koch-funded Franklin
Center <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12161/koch-funded-franklin-center-watchdogs-infiltrate-state-capitols">generates
right-wing "journalism"</a> so newspapers don't need to employ
reporters any more.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Details_of_Hungarian_gov't_policies)
title: Details of Hungarian gov't policies
uri: Details-of-Hungarian-gov-t-policies
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Details_of_Hungarian_gov%27t_policies%29

content:
<p>
More details of the Hungarian government's policies
that <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/austerity-and-its-discontents/2013/04/hungary-no-longer-democracy">undermine
democracy.</a>


title: Several state governments subsidize ALEC
uri: Several-state-governments-subsidize-ALEC
content: <p> <a href="HTTP://WWW.PRWATCH.ORG/NODE/12200">Several state governments subsidize ALEC.</a>
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Several_state_governments_subsidize_ALEC)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Several_state_governments_subsidize_ALEC%29


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Guatemala_may_face_trade_sanctions)
title: Guatemala may face trade sanctions
uri: Guatemala-may-face-trade-sanctions
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Guatemala_may_face_trade_sanctions%29

content:
<p>
Guatemala may face trade
sanctions <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/14/guatemala-trade-unionist-murders">if
it does not end the murders of union organizers.</a>
<p>
Some of these murders are connected to Coca Cola Company, which is
part of the motive for the world-wide boycott of that company.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Nidal_Hasan)
title: Nidal Hasan
uri: Nidal-Hasan
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Nidal_Hasan%29
content:
<p>
Why it would
be <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/fort-hood-shooter-terrorist-justice">impossible,
pointless and misguided to charge Nidal Hasan with "terrorism".</a>


title: Refusing to allow food workers paid days off spreads illness
uri: Refusing-to-allow-food-workers-paid-days-off-spreads-illness
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Refusing_to_allow_food_workers_paid_days_off_spreads_illness)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Refusing_to_allow_food_workers_paid_days_off_spreads_illness%29

content:
<p>
Corporate greed, refusing to allow food workers paid days off,
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/14-4">spreads
illness to their customers.</a>
<p>
But hey, the plutocrats have their own cooks.


title: Charged for bombing of Jewish institution
uri: Charged-for-bombing-of-Jewish-institution
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Charged_for_bombing_of_Jewish_institution)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Charged_for_bombing_of_Jewish_institution%29

content:
<p>
When Argentine prosecutors charged Iranian officials for the bombing
of a Jewish
institution, <a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/indictment-of-iran-for-94-terror-bombing-relied-on-mek/">the
only link connecting them to it came from the armed opposition (and
sometime terrorist) group Mujahedin-E Khalq.</a>
<p>
This is not a reliable enough basis to accuse anyone.
<p>
See previous notes for how the MEK got itself removed from the US list
of "terrorist" groups.


title: Egyptian suppression forces attacked Morsi supporters' protest camps
uri: Egyptian-suppression-forces-attacked-Morsi-supporters-protest-camps
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Egyptian_suppression_forces_attacked_Morsi_supporters'_protest_camps)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Egyptian_suppression_forces_attacked_Morsi_supporters%27_protest_camps%29

content:
<p>
Egyptian suppression
forces <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/14/egypt-security-forces-decisive-assault-cairo">attacked
the Morsi supporters' protest camps, killing dozens of them.</a>
<p>
300 protesters had been killed in previous attacks.
<p>
A British cameraman
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/aug/14/sky-news-egypt">shot
dead as he covered the attack</a>.
<p>
Assuming he was shot by the suppression forces, that shows they were
shooting at people who were offering them no violence.
<p>
The coup has a lot of popular support, but that doesn't justify
repressing the people who oppose it.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Algorithms_trained_from_data)
title: Algorithms trained from data
uri: Algorithms-trained-from-data
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Algorithms_trained_from_data%29
content:
<p>
Algorithms trained from
data <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/aug/14/problem-with-algorithms-magnifying-misbehaviour">can
encode prejudice in a form that is hard to spot.</a>


title: The hypothetical "grand solar minimum"
uri: The-hypothetical-grand-solar-minimum
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(&quotThe_hypothetical_grand_solar_minimum")

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28%26quotThe_hypothetical_grand_solar_minimum%26quot%29

content:
<p>
The hypothetical "grand solar minimum", even if it happens, would
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/aug/14/global-warming-solar-minimum-barely-dent">probably
cool the Earth far less than we have already heated it up.</a>


title: Urgent: Sign the initiative for an unconditional basic income
uri: Urgent-Sign-the-initiative-for-an-unconditional-basic-income
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Urgent:_Sign_the_initiative_for_an_unconditional_basic_income)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Sign_the_initiative_for_an_unconditional_basic_income%29

content:
<p>
EU citizens: <a href="http://basicincome2013.eu/ubi/">sign the
initiative for an unconditional basic income.</a>


title: Nuclear waste dump in aborignal territory
uri: Nuclear-waste-dump-in-aborignal-territory
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Nuclear_waste_dump_in_aborignal_territory)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Nuclear_waste_dump_in_aborignal_territory%29

content:
<p>
Australia plans
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/14/test-nuclear-waste-nova-peris">nuclear
waste dump in aborignal territory</a> without the consent of the
aboriginal people that live there.


title: Urgent: Increase social security benefits
uri: Urgent-Increase-social-security-benefits
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Urgent:_Increase_social_security_benefits)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Increase_social_security_benefits%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call
for <a href="http://other98.com/happy-birthday-social-security-now-lets-finally-give-you-a-raise/">increasing
social security benefits and remove the cap on social security tax for
the rich.</a>


title: Urgent: Don't let NSA open its new Utah data center
uri: Urgent-Don-t-let-NSA-open-its-new-Utah-data-center
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Urgent:_Don't_let_NSA_open_its_new_Utah_data_center)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Don%27t_let_NSA_open_its_new_Utah_data_center%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on elected
officials <a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8309">not
to let the NSA open its new Utah data center.</a>
<p>
The NSA already stores too much data about all of us; if storage
limitations force it to be selective, that will crimp its excesses.
Obviously, this is not a full or elegant solution, but it is a step
forward.


title: Australia plans to let mines pollute as much as they like
uri: Australia-plans-to-let-mines-pollute-as-much-as-they-like
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Australia_plans_to_let_mines_pollute_as_much_as_they_like)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Australia_plans_to_let_mines_pollute_as_much_as_they_like%29

content:
<p>
Part of Australia plans
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/13/doctors-pollution-health-mining-environment">let
mines pollute as much as they like at any given time</a>, as long as
the yearly average stays under a certain level.


title: CIA said it had no file on Noam Chomsky
uri: CIA-said-it-had-no-file-on-Noam-Chomsky
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(CIA_said_it_had_no_file_on_Noam_Chomsky)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28CIA_said_it_had_no_file_on_Noam_Chomsky%29

content:
<p>
The CIA said it had no file on Noam Chomsky, but it 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/13-12">had one
in 1970</a>.


title: Israel releases prisoners who killed civilians
uri: Israel-releases-prisoners-who-killed-civilians
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Israel_releases_prisoners_who_killed_civilians)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Israel_releases_prisoners_who_killed_civilians%29

content:
<p>
Israel has released 26 Palestinian prisoners, mostly 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/13/israel-prisoner-release-middle-east-peace-talks">people
who killed civilians</a>.
<p>
Can anyone tell me how these prisoners were chosen?
Why not release the people who have been imprisoned without charges
rather than prisoners convicted of something?


title: Compensation for innocent Yemenis killed by drones
uri: Compensation-for-innocent-Yemenis-killed-by-drones
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Compensation_for_innocent_Yemenis_killed_by_drones)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Compensation_for_innocent_Yemenis_killed_by_drones%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/13-2">Does the
US Pay Families When Drones Kill Innocent Yemenis?</a>


title: Urgent: Oppose appointing NY Thug Commissioner Kelly
uri: Urgent-Oppose-appointing-NY-Thug-Commissioner-Kelly
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_appointing_NY_Thug_Commissioner_Kelly)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_appointing_NY_Thug_Commissioner_Kelly%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone senators to oppose appointing New York Thug Commissioner
Kelly to <a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/kelly-sen-call">head 
the Department of Homeland Suppression</a>.
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 
and 888-355-3588.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Rhino_and_elephant_poaching)
title: Rhino and elephant poaching
uri: Rhino-and-elephant-poaching
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Rhino_and_elephant_poaching%29
content:
<p>
Escalating military responses to rhino and elephant poaching are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/13/war-african-poaching-militarisation-fail">failing</a>,
just as they failed to stop drug trafficking, but efforts to convince people
to stop buying them might work.
<p>
The big differences between poaching and drug trafficking are (1)
legalization of hunting rhinos and elephants would not solve the
problem, and (2) rhino and elephant horn have no physiological effect
on their users.


title: NSA says it "touches" Internet traffic
uri: NSA-says-it-touches-Internet-traffic
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(NSA_says_it_touches_Internet_traffic)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28NSA_says_it_touches_Internet_traffic%29

content:
<p>
Another NSA snowjob: it "touches" only 1.6% of all Internet traffic,
but communication is only
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/13/nsa-internet-traffic-surveillance">2.9% 
of all Internet traffic</a>, so maybe the NSA looks at "only" 55% of
all Internet communication.
<p>
Or maybe the number means nothing because we don't know their meaning
of "touches".


title: Eastern European Autocrats Post New Test for Democracy
uri: Eastern-European-Autocrats-Post-New-Test-for-Democracy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Eastern_European_Autocrats_Post_New_Test_for_Democracy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Eastern_European_Autocrats_Post_New_Test_for_Democracy%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/13/eastern-europe-autocrats-return-test-democracy">Eastern 
European Autocrats Pose New Test for Democracy</a>.
<p>
A Hungarian friend tells me that Orbán has chipped away at democracy
and civil society to the extent that it is nearly impossible to
challenge his power, but has avoided the sort of harsh measures that
would make lots of Hungarians wish to try.  So it is a nondemocratic
regime, but not actively oppressive.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Responsibility_for_war_crimes)
title: Responsibility for war crimes
uri: Responsibility-for-war-crimes
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Responsibility_for_war_crimes%29
content:
<p>
War crimes tribunals have set a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/aug/13/hague-war-crimes-ruling-prosecutions-serb">high 
bar</a> for proving that high officials are responsible for war crimes
carried out when they were not present.
<p>
There will be times that underlings commit war crimes that their
superiors did not approve, or would not have approved.  It would be
unjust to hold the superiors responsible for that.  However, they can
be held responsible for not taking action against the perpetrators.


title: Bahrain threatens violence on anniversary of 2011 protests
uri: Bahrain-threatens-violence-on-anniversary-of-2011-protests
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Bahrain_threatens_violence_on_anniversary_of_2011_protests)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Bahrain_threatens_violence_on_anniversary_of_2011_protests%29

content:
<p>
The Bahrain tyranny threatens 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/13/bahrain-warns-protesters-force">violence 
against those who commemorate</a> the anniversary of 2011 protests.
<p>
This tyranny receives the 
<a haref="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-jul-oct.html#13_October_2012_(US_support_for_Bahrains_repression)">firm 
support of the US government</a> and its tyrannical regional allies.


title: UK agency rules against license plate recognition cameras
uri: UK-agency-rules-against-license-plate-recognition-cameras
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(UK_agency_rules_against_license_plate_recognition_cameras)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28UK_agency_rules_against_license_plate_recognition_cameras%29

content:
<p>
A UK agency ruled against 
<a href="http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number11.15/uk-vehicle-recognition-system-ruled-illegal">placing 
license plate recognition cameras on all roads leading to the town of
Royston</a>.
<p>
However, there is no sign of any plan to limit the network that 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#09_February_2013_(UKs_car-tracking_system)">tracks
car travel around the UK</a>.


title: Tea Party split between grassroots and Koch brothers
uri: Tea-Party-split-between-grassroots-and-Koch-brothers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Tea_Party_split_between_grassroots_and_Koch_brothers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Tea_Party_split_between_grassroots_and_Koch_brothers%29

content:
<p>
The Tea Party is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/13/solar-panels-far-right">being 
split</a> between grassroots that support home solar power and the
business-funded part that obeys the Koch brothers.


title: Obama rebuked for thwarting open debate about surveillance
uri: Obama-rebuked-for-thwarting-open-debate-about-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Obama_rebuked_for_thwarting_open_debate_about_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Obama_rebuked_for_thwarting_open_debate_about_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
A former aide to Senator Wyden rebukes Obama for thwarting an open
debate about massive surveillance 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/13/obama-open-debate-nsa-spying"><em>in Congress</em></a> 
for so long.


title: US gov't opposes a merger between giant companies
uri: US-gov-t-opposes-a-merger-between-giant-companies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(US_govt_opposes_a_merger_between_giant_companies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28US_govt_opposes_a_merger_between_giant_companies%29

content:
<p>
Finally, the US government 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/13/justice-department-american-airlines-us-airways-merger">opposes 
a merger between giant companies</a>.
<p>
All such mergers should be blocked as standard practice.


title: Nuclear waste dump in aboriginal territory
uri: Nuclear-waste-dump-in-aboriginal-territory
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 14_August_2013_(Nuclear_waste_dump_in_aboriginal_territory)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#14_August_2013_%28Nuclear_waste_dump_in_aboriginal_territory%29

content:
<p>
Australia plans
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/14/test-nuclear-waste-nova-peris">nuclear
waste dump in aboriginal territory</a> without the consent of the
aboriginal people that live there.


title: Transplanting organs from victims of execution
uri: Transplanting-organs-from-victims-of-execution
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Transplanting_organs_from_victims_of_execution)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Transplanting_organs_from_victims_of_execution%29

content:
<p>
China will stop the official practice
of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/15/china-organs-prisoners-transplants">transplanting
organs from victims of execution.</a>


title: Egyptian suppression forces killed over 500 protesters
uri: Egyptian-suppression-forces-killed-over-500-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Egyptian_suppression_forces_killed_over_500_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Egyptian_suppression_forces_killed_over_500_protesters%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/15/egyptian-pm-defends-cairo-crackdown">Egyptian
suppression forces killed over 500 protesters.</a>
<p>
Secular Egyptians mostly seem to support the military; I received mail
from one that accused the Muslim Brotherhood of "terrorism".  There
has been some minor terrorism, specifically attacks against Christian
churches (but not people, from what I've read), but as far as I know
the Muslim Brotherhood does not advocate this.  It might well have
violated the human rights of women and non-Muslims, and maybe Muslims
too (by forbidding them to stop being Muslims), but that is not the
same thing as terrorism.


title: Egyptian thugs killed over 270 protesters
uri: Egyptian-thugs-killed-over-270-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Egyptian_thugs_killed_over_270_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Egyptian_thugs_killed_over_270_protesters%29

content:
<p>
Egyptian
thugs <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/14/cairo-doctors-morsi-hospitals">killed
over 270 pro-Morsi protesters,</a> and eventually drove the doctors
out of the protest camp field hospital by shooting tear gas at it.  I
wonder if the wounded protesters will turn up dead.
<p>
This
means <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/egypt-military-crackdown-muslim-brotherhood-protestors">Egypt
has turned to naked military rule.</a> Will it be as repressive and
persistent as it was under Mubarak?  One can hope not, but the return
of Mubarak's "emergency" law suggests the worst.
<p>
Mild criticism with zero firmness is how the US typically treats a
repressive regime that it supports.  I think it means that the US
really supports the Egyptian military's repression and only pretends
to disapprove.


title: Oil companies trying to destroy mandates for using ethanol in fuel
uri: Oil-companies-trying-to-destroy-mandates-for-using-ethanol-in-fuel
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Oil_companies_trying_to_destroy_mandates_for_using_ethanol_in_fuel)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Oil_companies_trying_to_destroy_mandates_for_using_ethanol_in_fuel%29

content:
<p>
Sustainable biofuel, not made using resources needed for making food,
is now being developed, so the oil companies are trying
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/big-oil-attacks-ethanol-industry">destroy
the mandates for using ethanol in fuel.</a>
<p>
The mandates should be changed so that they require ethanol made in
sustainable ways.


title: The United Arab Emirates trying to close German server
uri: The-United-Arab-Emirates-trying-to-close-German-server
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(The_United_Arab_Emirates_trying_to_close_German_server)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28The_United_Arab_Emirates_trying_to_close_German_server%29

content:
<p>
The United Arab Emirates is trying
to <a href="http://www.ifex.org/united_arab_emirates/2013/08/13/news_site_targeted/">close
the German server of a news site that criticizes oppression in the
UAE.</a>


title: Sentenced to 12 Years in Jail for "Terrorism"
uri: Sentenced-to-12-Years-in-Jail-for-Terrorism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Sentenced_to_12_Years_in_Jail_for_"Terrorism")

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Sentenced_to_12_Years_in_Jail_for_%26quot%3BTerrorism%26quot%3B%29

content:
<p>
In Ecuador, Indigenous
Leaders <a href="http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2013/08/14/lider_indigena/">Sentenced
to 12 Years in Jail for "Terrorism".</a>


title: Urgent: Stop biasing surveillance debate
uri: Urgent-Stop-biasing-surveillance-debate
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_biasing_surveillance_debate)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_biasing_surveillance_debate%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on CBS
to <a href="http://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/little-nsa-debate-at-cbs/">stop
biasing the surveillance debate in favor of surveillance.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Tortured_victims_sued)
title: Tortured victims sued
uri: Tortured-victims-sued
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Tortured_victims_sued%29
content:
<p>
'Defense' contractor CACI International
has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/14-3">sued
the victims that its employees tortured.</a>


title: Surge of Interest in Zinn's 'People's History'
uri: Surge-of-Interest-in-Zinn-s-People-s-History
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Surge_of_Interest_in_Zinn's_'People's_History')

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Surge_of_Interest_in_Zinn%27s_%27People%27s_History%27%29

content:
<p>
Censorship
Backfire: <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/14-4">Surge
of Interest in Zinn's 'People's History'</a>


title: Longlines Killing Pacific Seabirds at Record Rate
uri: Longlines-Killing-Pacific-Seabirds-at-Record-Rate
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Longlines_Killing_Pacific_Seabirds_at_Record_Rate)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Longlines_Killing_Pacific_Seabirds_at_Record_Rate%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/08/14-3">Longlines
Killing Pacific Seabirds at Record Rate.</a>


title: Endangered species protection proposed for Florida butterfly
uri: Endangered-species-protection-proposed-for-Florida-butterfly
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Endangered_species_protection_proposed_for_Florida_butterfly)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Endangered_species_protection_proposed_for_Florida_butterfly%29

content:
<p>
Endangered species protection has been proposed for
a <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/08/14-4">Florida
butterfly,</a> but if we don't stop pumping out CO2, it will be
drowned with the rest of South Florida.


title: Brazil demands clarifications on NSA surveillance
uri: Brazil-demands-clarifications-on-NSA-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Brazil_demands_clarifications_on_NSA_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Brazil_demands_clarifications_on_NSA_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2013-08-brazil-demands-clarifications-nsa-surveillance.html">Brazil 
demands clarifications on NSA surveillance</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(US_schools_resembling_prisons)
title: US schools resembling prisons
uri: US-schools-resembling-prisons
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28US_schools_resembling_prisons%29
content:
<p>
US schools have come to 
<a href="http://www.constitutioncampaign.org/blog/?p=14565">resemble 
prisons</a>, physically and in the police state mentality applied to
their inmates.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Censorship_of_Venezuelan_newspapers)
title: Censorship of Venezuelan newspapers
uri: Censorship-of-Venezuelan-newspapers
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Censorship_of_Venezuelan_newspapers%29

content:
<p>
Two Venezuelan newspapers were fined for 
<a href="http://www.cpj.org/2013/08/two-venezuelan-dailies-sanctioned-for-graphic-phot.php">publishing 
photos of violent crime scenes</a>.
<p>
I hope people who find this censorship ridiculous will also question
the censorship plans of other countries such as the UK.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Shutdown_of_Indian_TV_stations)
title: Shutdown of Indian TV stations
uri: Shutdown-of-Indian-TV-stations
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Shutdown_of_Indian_TV_stations%29
content:
<p>
Indian TV stations have been shut down for broadcasting coverage of a
<a href="http://www.cpj.org/2013/08/cable-tv-outlets-shut-down-amid-push-for-statehood.php">local 
autonomy movement</a>.


title: Repression of nonviolent Islamists in Egypt
uri: Repression-of-nonviolent-Islamists-in-Egypt
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Repression_of_nonviolent_Islamists_in_Egypt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Repression_of_nonviolent_Islamists_in_Egypt%29

content:
<p>
The repression of the nonviolent Islamists in Egypt is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/14/egypt-muslim-brotherhood">likely 
to boost support for violent Islamists</a>, who can now argue that
peaceful methods won't be allowed to win.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Egyptian_thugs_targeted_reporters)
title: Egyptian thugs targeted reporters
uri: Egyptian-thugs-targeted-reporters
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Egyptian_thugs_targeted_reporters%29

content:
<p>
It appears that Egyptian thugs 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/14/egypt-media-cameraman-muslim-brotherhood">intentionally</a> 
targeted reporters.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(450_disappeared_people_in_Pakistan)
title: 450 disappeared people in Pakistan
uri: 450-disappeared-people-in-Pakistan
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28450_disappeared_people_in_Pakistan%29

content:
<p>
Pakistan has disappeared 450 people, and their relatives are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/14/pakistan-disappeared-compensation-military-spies">trying 
to find out what happened to them</a>.


title: Urgent: Oppose prosecution of Anonymous leaker
uri: Urgent-Oppose-prosecution-of-Anonymous-leaker
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_prosecution_of_Anonymous_leaker)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_prosecution_of_Anonymous_leaker%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: sign 
<a href="http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/3270">this petition</a> 
calling for no prosecution of the Anonymous leaker whose leaks led to
the prosecution of the Steubenville rapists.


title: Brazilian thugs ban showing of documentary
uri: Brazilian-thugs-ban-showing-of-documentary
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Brazilian_thugs_ban_showing_of_documentary)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Brazilian_thugs_ban_showing_of_documentary%29

content:
<p>
Brazilian thugs 
<a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/08/13/police-censor-film-screening-in-brazilian-neighbourhood/">banned 
showing a documentary</a> in a poor neighborhood because it might make
them hate the thugs.
<p>
There is good reason it might, since the documentary shows how
children in that very neighborhood got killed in some sort of run-in
with the thugs.


title: Urgent: Support amendments to reverse Corporations United decision
uri: Urgent-Support-amendments-to-reverse-Corporations-United-decision
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Urgent:_Support_amendments_to_reverse_Corporations_United_decision)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_amendments_to_reverse_Corporations_United_decision%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=vhy07VK_H79OdCJEa__WTw">call on 
your elected representatives</a> to support constitutional amendments
to reverse the Corporations United decision.  It's important to do
this again even if you've done it before.


title: Failure to protect the atmospheric commons
uri: Failure-to-protect-the-atmospheric-commons
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 15_August_2013_(Failure_to_protect_the_atmospheric_commons)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#15_August_2013_%28Failure_to_protect_the_atmospheric_commons%29

content:
<p>
Governments that prosecute global heating civil disobedience
are coming to court with dirty hands because they 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/14-6">failed 
to protect the atmospheric commons</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(No_Tanks)
title: No Tanks
uri: No-Tanks)-No-Tanks-Let-s-Not-Kid-About-It-the-Government-Is-Afraid
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28No_Tanks%29
content:
<p>
No Tanks: Let's Not Kid About It, the Government <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/further/2013/08/15">
Is Afraid of Its Own
Citizens.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Corruption)
title: Corruption
uri: Corruption
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Corruption%29
content:
<p>
Corruption from Siemens is partly to blame for high bus fares <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/15-5">
in Sao
Paulo
that led to protests.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Egypt)
title: Egypt
uri: Egypt
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Egypt%29
content:
<p>Supporters of Morsi are now attacking <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/15/egypt-violence-brotherhood-supporters-crackdown">
government buildings in
Egypt.</a></p>
<p>It is understandable they would do so after so many of them were
killed.</p>
<p>Many Christian churches have been burnt, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/15/egypt-coptic-christians-attacks-churches">
and one Christian was shot
dead.
</a></p>
<p>There is no excuse for this.  However, it is invalid for the
government to cite this violence as an excuse for the attacks which
sparked it.
</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Coffee)
title: Coffee
uri: Coffe
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Coffee%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>In the US, drinking over four cups of coffee correlates <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/15/coffee-drinkers-risk-death-rate">
with a much
higher death rate.</a></p>
<p>I'm not convinced this study shows that coffee is the cause of the
higher
death rate.  Maybe people drink more coffee because of some condition
that also makes them more likely to die young.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Obama_Weak_Response)
title: Obama Weak Response
uri: Obama-Weak-Response
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Obama_Weak_Response%29
content:
<p>
Obama's weak response to Egypt's bloody crackdown is tantamount <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/15/obama-cut-aid-egypt-protesters-blood">
to
support.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(The_UK_Crime)
title: The UK Crime
uri: The-UK-Crime
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28The_UK_Crime%29
content:
<p>
One of the Greenpeace protesters who climbed a London skyscraper faces
the threat of a long jail term <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/15/shard-greenpeace-protester-charged-aggravated-trespass">
for "aggravated trespass".
</a>
</p>
<p>The UK crime of "aggravated trespass" was invented as an excuse to
punish protesters that didn't injure anyone or destroy property.  In
other words, it is an explicit and intentional attack against
democracy.</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Afghan_Woman)
title: Afghan Woman
uri: Afghan-Woman
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Afghan_Woman%29
content:
<p>An Afghan woman MP has been kidnaped <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/15/female-afghan-mp-kidnapped">
by the Taliban.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(South_Africa)
title: South Africa
uri: South-Africa
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28South_Africa%29
content:
<p>
Dozens of high ranking thugs in South Africa have been convicted of
serious crimes <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/15/south-african-police-convicted-criminals">
(up to murder) and are not even fired.
</a></p>


title: Urgent: Move the 2014 Winter Olympics out of Russia
uri: Urgent-Move-the-2014-Winter-Olympics-out-of-Russia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Urgent:_Move_the_2014_Winter_Olympics_out_of_Russia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Move_the_2014_Winter_Olympics_out_of_Russia%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call for 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/move_olympics/">moving 
the 2014 Winter Olympics out of Russia</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Meritocracy_in_California)
title: Meritocracy in California
uri: Meritocracy-in-California
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Meritocracy_in_California%29
content:
<p>
Whites in California defend meritocracy 
<a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/13/white-definitions-merit-and-admissions-change-when-they-think-about-asian-americans">except
when they have to compete with people of Asian origin</a>, who seem to
have lots of merit.


title: Wikipedia refuses to participate in China's censorship
uri: Wikipedia-refuses-to-participate-in-China-s-censorship
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Wikipedia_refuses_to_participate_in_Chinas_censorship)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Wikipedia_refuses_to_participate_in_Chinas_censorship%29

content:
<p>
Wikipedia <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/09/wikipedia-co-founder-refuses-to-comply-with-chinas-censorhip/">refuses 
to participate in China's censorship</a>.


title: Myhrvold's patent troll company hits small setback
uri: Myhrvold-s-patent-troll-company-hits-small-setback
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Myhrvolds_patent_troll_company_hits_small_setback)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Myhrvolds_patent_troll_company_hits_small_setback%29

content:
<p>
A tentacle of Myhrvold's patent troll company, Intellectual Ventures, 
has hit a 
<a href="http://www.marco.org/2013/08/08/lodsys-honest-headline">small
setback</a>, but it isn't a defeat.


title: Nova Scotia criminalizes statements that hurt feelings
uri: Nova-Scotia-criminalizes-statements-that-hurt-feelings
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Nova_Scotia_criminalizes_statements_that_hurt_feelings)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Nova_Scotia_criminalizes_statements_that_hurt_feelings%29

content:
<p>
Nova Scotia has passed a draconian law defining any communication that
seems likely to hurt someone's self-esteem as
"<a href='http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/08/08/nova-scotias-awful-cyber-abuse-law-makes-bullies-of-us-all/'>cyberbullying</a>",
with harsh punishments.
<p>
The practice of criminalizing statements that hurt someone's feelings
is a plague that affects most of the world.


title: Lunatic "zero tolerance" policies in schools
uri: Lunatic-zero-tolerance-policies-in-schools
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Lunatic_zero_tolerance_policies_in_schools)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Lunatic_zero_tolerance_policies_in_schools%29

content:
<p>
A bill has been introduced in Congress to stop schools from 
<a href="http://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/08/bill-would-protect-students-right-to-carry-pastry-guns.html">punishing 
students for wielding pastries in the shape of a gun</a>, or drawing a
gun on paper, etc.
<p>
I support it, but it does not go far enough.  We need to reverse the factors
that pressure schools to adopt lunatic "zero tolerance" policies.


title: Brazil sues Samsung for operating a sweatshop
uri: Brazil-sues-Samsung-for-operating-a-sweatshop
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Brazil_sues_Samsung_for_operating_a_sweatshop)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Brazil_sues_Samsung_for_operating_a_sweatshop%29

content:
<p>
Brazil has sued Samsung for operating a 
<a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1296759/brazil-sues-samsung-over-conditions-factory">sweatshop</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(NSA_language-twisting)
title: NSA language-twisting
uri: NSA-language-twisting
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28NSA_language-twisting%29
content:
<p>
More NSA language-twisting: they can search your email but it isn't
"<a href='https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/15'>collected</a>".


title: Urgent: Move political prisoner out of solitary confinement
uri: Urgent-Move-political-prisoner-out-of-solitary-confinement
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Urgent:_Move_political_prisoner_out_of_solitary_confinement)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Move_political_prisoner_out_of_solitary_confinement%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Kazakhstan
to <a href="http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2013/08/13/solitary_atabek/">move
political prisoner Aron Atabek out of solitary confinement.</a>


title: "Terrorism" charges for posting a video
uri: Terrorism-charges-for-posting-a-video
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(&quotTerrorism&quot_charges_for_posting_a_video)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28%26quotTerrorism%26quot_charges_for_posting_a_video%29

content:
<p>
Two Londoners
face <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/16/lee-rigby-murder-two-court-terror-charges">"terrorism"
charges for posting a video.</a>
<p>
The video they made involves gloating over the killing of a British
soldier in London.  They had nothing to do with carrying it out; they
only expressed an opinion.  I don't like the opinion, and maybe you
don't either; but freedom of speech includes the freedom to express
opinions we don't like.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Deadly_heat_waves_will_be_common)
title: Deadly heat waves will be common
uri: Deadly-heat-waves-will-be-common
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Deadly_heat_waves_will_be_common%29

content:
<p>
By 2040, deadly heat waves such as almost never seen
today <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/15-2">will
be fairly common.</a>


title: Extinction of large animals starving forest of nutrients
uri: Extinction-of-large-animals-starving-forest-of-nutrients
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Extinction_of_large_animals_starving_forest_of_nutrients)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Extinction_of_large_animals_starving_forest_of_nutrients%29

content:
<p>
The extinction of large animals, 12,000 years ago in South America,
started a
process <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813222701.htm">starving
the forest of nutrients that is still getting worse.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Imaginary_economy_of_banks)
title: Imaginary economy of banks
uri: Imaginary-economy-of-banks
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Imaginary_economy_of_banks%29
content:
<p>
The Bankization of America:
the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/16">imaginary
economy of banks</a> drives the real economy down.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(NSA_breaks_rules)
title: NSA breaks rules
uri: NSA-breaks-rules
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28NSA_breaks_rules%29
content:
<p>
The NSA's official rules on surveillance mean little, since
it <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/16">breaks
those rules thousands of times every year.</a>


title: Urgent: Dismiss ERM from evaluating environmental impact
uri: Urgent-Dismiss-ERM-from-evaluating-environmental-impact
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Urgent:_Dismiss_ERM_from_evaluating_environmental_impact)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Dismiss_ERM_from_evaluating_environmental_impact%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the State Department
to <a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/fire-erm/2/2/?akid=2061.881131.Y4zZSb&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1001">dismiss
ERM from evaluating the environmental impact of the Keystone XL
planet-roaster pipeline</a>.
<p>
ERM concealed a conflict of interest: a business tie to Transcanada.


title: Urgent: Take action against global heating
uri: Urgent-Take-action-against-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Urgent:_Take_action_against_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Take_action_against_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the senate
to <a href="http://climatechangeactionnow.com/?code=Merkley">take
action against global heating.</a>


title: Companies and pressure groups that sponsored ALEC meeting
uri: Companies-and-pressure-groups-that-sponsored-ALEC-meeting
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Companies_and_pressure_groups_that_sponsored_ALEC_meeting)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Companies_and_pressure_groups_that_sponsored_ALEC_meeting%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver">Here's
a list of companies and pressure groups</a> that sponsored the latest
ALEC meeting.
<p>
ExxonMobil, Wells Fargo and UPS would be easy to boycott.  People in
the computer field could put pressure on SAP.


title: South African gov't continues to stonewall
uri: South-African-gov-t-continues-to-stonewall
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(South_African_gov't_continues_to_stonewall)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28South_African_gov%27t_continues_to_stonewall%29

content:
<p>
A year after South African thugs massacred 34 striking miners,
apparently as part of a plan,
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/16/south-africa-marikana-first-anniversary">government
continues to stonewall.</a>
<p>
I am in favor of nationalizing the mines; compensation is unnecessary,
given how much the owners have profited and how much they ought to owe
to their past and present workers.  However, merely changing the
identity of the owner won't by itself result in decent treatment for
miners, or the poor in general.


title: Ecuador abandoned plan to keep oil in ground
uri: Ecuador-abandoned-plan-to-keep-oil-in-ground
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 16_August_2013_(Ecuador_abandoned_plan_to_keep_oil_in_ground)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_%28Ecuador_abandoned_plan_to_keep_oil_in_ground%29

content:
<p>
Ecuador
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/16/ecuador-abandons-yasuni-amazon-drilling">abandoned
a plan to keep oil in the ground</a> in exchange for foreign
compensation.
<p>
Correa asked for half what ten years of oil drilling would have
brought in, but received only a tiny fraction.


title: Government's perpetual lies about massive surveillance
uri: Government-s-perpetual-lies-about-massive-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Governments_perpetual_lies_about_massive_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Governments_perpetual_lies_about_massive_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
First they came for the terrorists and the foreigners, and no one did
anything. Then they came for the drug dealers. Then the tax
cheats. Then the journalists. And that's just what we know about. How
much worse does it have to get before we say 
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennifergranick/2013/08/14/nsa-dea-irs-lie-about-fact-that-americans-are-routinely-spied-on-by-our-government-time-for-a-special-prosecutor-2/">enough 
is enough</a>?


title: Tech company executives must fight government surveillance
uri: Tech-company-executives-must-fight-government-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Tech_company_executives_must_fight_government_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Tech_company_executives_must_fight_government_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Tech company executives: 
<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/the-nsa-is-commandeering-the-internet/278572/">fight 
government surveillance</a>, or users will find out you didn't.
<p>
They are not limited to fighting in court.  They can lobby, too.


title: Apple gets patent on phone back door
uri: Apple-gets-patent-on-phone-back-door
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Apple_gets_patent_on_phone_back_door)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Apple_gets_patent_on_phone_back_door%29

content:
<p>
Apple has got a patent on a phone or camera back door that 
<a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/08/12/apple-patents-tech-that-lets-g.html">would
let Big Brother's men disable functions</a> such as photography.
<p>
Actually implementing the idea would be a vicious attack on human
rights, and would leave people vulnerable to the persistent abuse and
lies of the state's forces.
<p>
Patenting the idea has no direct effect on users.  It means that
others would have to get permission from Apple if they wanted to
implement this.  But it shows Apple is at least thinking about trying
to do this to us.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Barrett_Brown)
title: Barrett Brown
uri: Barrett-Brown
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Barrett_Brown%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vivien-lesnik-weisman/the-strange-case-of-barre_b_3738448.html">The 
Strange Case of Barrett Brown</a> Just Got Stranger.
<p>
Explaining all the 
<a href="http://www.dmlp.org/blog/2013/adding-105-charges-against-barrett-brown">charges 
against Barrett Brown</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Human_rights_case_against_Cisco)
title: Human rights case against Cisco
uri: Human-rights-case-against-Cisco
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Human_rights_case_against_Cisco%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/eff-supports-human-rights-case">EFF 
Supports Human Rights Case Against Cisco for Selling Surveillance
Technologies to China</a>.
<p>
I think it is wrong to sell them to the US government, too.


title: FISA court says it can not control NSA
uri: FISA-court-says-it-can-not-control-NSA
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(FISA_court_says_it_can_not_control_NSA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28FISA_court_says_it_can_not_control_NSA%29

content:
<p>
The FISA court says it really 
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/court-ability-to-police-us-spying-program-limited/2013/08/15/4a8c8c44-05cd-11e3-a07f-49ddc7417125_print.html">has 
no ability to control the NSA</a>. So the rare occasions when it says
"no", that may not have much effect.
<p>
Obama said that there were 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/nsa-spying-three-pillars-government-trust-have-fallen">three 
pillars of oversight</a> of NSA mass surveillance, but all three turn
out to be empty.


title: News organizations use copyright to hush embarrassments
uri: News-organizations-use-copyright-to-hush-embarrassments
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(News_organizations_use_copyright_to_hush_embarrassments)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28News_organizations_use_copyright_to_hush_embarrassments%29

content:
<p>
News organizations are using copyright to 
<a href="http://www.dmlp.org/blog/2013/after-air-mishaps-embarrassed-newscasters-turn-copyright-law">hush 
up their embarrassments</a>.


title: Coal mines in Australia making people sick
uri: Coal-mines-in-Australia-making-people-sick
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Coal_mines_in_Australia_making_people_sick)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Coal_mines_in_Australia_making_people_sick%29

content:
<p>
Coal mines in Australia are making people sick.  In one area, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/16/senate-inquiry-coalmine-buffer-zones">40% 
of the children have asthma</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Bradley_Mannings_statement)
title: Bradley Manning's statement
uri: Bradley-Manning-s-statement
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Bradley_Mannings_statement%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.countercurrents.org/london150813.htm">Bradley 
Manning's Statement: A Forced "Confession" Concludes A Drumhead
Tribunal</a>.
<p>
The defense witnesses 
<a href="http://www.countercurrents.org/swanson150813.htm">tried to
show that his heroic leaks were an error</a> that he made because he
was unable to think clearly.


title: Four questions for the next chairman of the Federal Reserve
uri: Four-questions-for-the-next-chairman-of-the-Federal-Reserve
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Four_questions_for_the_next_chairman_of_the_Federal_Reserve)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Four_questions_for_the_next_chairman_of_the_Federal_Reserve%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=dbb084b8-c4cd-4041-a4a4-966e09cba918">Four 
questions</a> the next chairman of the Federal Reserve should have to
answer.


title: Bloomberg wants electronic locks on NYC public housing
uri: Bloomberg-wants-electronic-locks-on-NYC-public-housing
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Bloomberg_wants_electronic_locks_on_NYC_public_housing)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Bloomberg_wants_electronic_locks_on_NYC_public_housing%29

content:
<p>
Bloomberg wants
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/17/michael-bloomberg-fingerprints-public-housing-tenants">install
electronic locks on New York City public housing.</a> This means that
the doors will record who enters and when, and deliver this info to
the state.
<p>
Oh, he also proposed fingerprinting the residents.


title: Law that would really curb global heating
uri: Law-that-would-really-curb-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Law_that_would_really_curb_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Law_that_would_really_curb_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Senators Sanders and
Boxer <a href="media/40a15b4b.021413-2pager.pdf" data-original-source="http://www.sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/021413-2pager.pdf">propose
a law</a> that would really do something to curb global heating.


title: NYC Comptroller proposes legalization and regulated sale of marijuana
uri: NYC-Comptroller-proposes-legalization-and-regulated-sale-of-marijuana
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(NYC_Comptroller_proposes_legalization_and_regulated_sale_of_marijuana)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28NYC_Comptroller_proposes_legalization_and_regulated_sale_of_marijuana%29

content:
<p>
New York City Comptroller
Liu <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/17/legalise-marijuana-tax-nyc">proposes
legalization and regulated sale of marijuana.</a>
<p>
<a href="media/f60c2af1.NYC_RegulateMarijReport.pdf" data-original-source="https://comptroller.nyc.gov/wp-content/uploads/documents/NYC_RegulateMarijReport.pdf">His
report</a> estimates the city could save $31 million a year by
legalizing sale of marijuana, and bring in $400 million a year by
taxing it to keep the price the same.
<p>
That's without counting all the other benefits, in the form of
decreased repression and lives not ruined.


title: Young Dalit women taking lead to campaign against rapes and murders
uri: Young-Dalit-women-taking-lead-to-campaign-against-rapes-and-murders
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Young_Dalit_women_taking_lead_to_campaign_against_rapes_and_murders)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Young_Dalit_women_taking_lead_to_campaign_against_rapes_and_murders%29

content:
<p>
Young Dalit women
are <a href="http://www.tehelka.com/silence-is-not-an-option/">taking
the lead to campaign against the rapes and murders</a> carried out by
upper-cast people to keep them down.
<p>
The perpetrators' first line of defense are the thugs, who refuse to
take reports of these crimes, and even conspire with the perpetrators,
who have the support of their caste-mates.
<p>
This calls to mind
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#13_August_2013_(New_York_Thug_Department_practicing_discrimination)">racist
arbitrary searches of people on the street in New York City.</a> I
think the fact that they are arbitrary already makes them wrong, but
the racist application of arbitrariness is part of a broader pattern.
<p>
In several cases listed, Dalit victims committed suicide.  Suicide
sometimes works as a protest, but if you do it in private, it only
gives the oppressor a further victory.  If you are ready to die
because you can't bear the oppression, you may as well go down
fighting.


title: The U.S. Behaves Nothing Like a Democracy
uri: The-U-S-Behaves-Nothing-Like-a-Democracy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(The_U.S._Behaves_Nothing_Like_a_Democracy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28The_U.S._Behaves_Nothing_Like_a_Democracy%29

content:
<p>
Chomsky: <a href="http://www.alternet.org/visions/chomsky-us-poses-number-threats-future-humanity-our-youll-never-hear-about-it-our-free-press?paging=off">The
U.S. Behaves Nothing Like a Democracy</a>, But You'll Never Hear About
It in Our 'Free Press'.


title: UK gov't treats NHS hospitals like failing banks
uri: UK-gov-t-treats-NHS-hospitals-like-failing-banks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(UK_gov't_treats_NHS_hospitals_like_failing_banks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28UK_gov%27t_treats_NHS_hospitals_like_failing_banks%29

content:
<p>
The Lancet says that
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/16/government-nhs-failing-bank-lancet">UK
government treats NHS hospitals like failing banks</a>, seeking to
close them, and never mind health care.


title: NSA "errors" "the tip of the iceberg"
uri: NSA-errors-the-tip-of-the-iceberg
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(NSA_"errors"_"the_tip_of_the_iceberg")

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28NSA_%26quot%3Berrors%26quot%3B_%26quot%3Bthe_tip_of_the_iceberg%26quot%3B%29

content:
<p>
The thousands of "errors" per year that the NSA has confessed to
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/16/nsa-revelations-privacy-breaches-udall-wyden">"the
tip of the iceberg"</a>, according to Senators Wyden and Udall.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(60_more_Egyptians_were_killed_today)
title: 60 more Egyptians were killed today
uri: 60-more-Egyptians-were-killed-today
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%2860_more_Egyptians_were_killed_today%29

content:
<p>
At <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/16/egypt-scores-killed-day-rage">60
more Egyptians were killed today as Morsi supporters protested</a>.
<p>
Random violence plays into the hands of the military, which will use
it as an excuse to condemn Morsi supporters.  Therefore, I suspect
that the unidentified gunmen who shot at passersby on the bridge in
Cairo were from the military.
<p>
It seems there were armed men among the protesters, but they did not
start the firing.  Thugs seemed to
be <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/16/egypt-massacre-morsi-clashes-mosques">out
to kill protesters for the sake of killing.</a>


title: Zimbabwe opposition dropped court challenge to election
uri: Zimbabwe-opposition-dropped-court-challenge-to-election
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Zimbabwe_opposition_dropped_court_challenge_to_election)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Zimbabwe_opposition_dropped_court_challenge_to_election%29

content:
<p>
The Zimbabwe
opposition <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/16/zimbabwe-mdc-party-court-mugabe">dropped
its court challenge to the election</a>, saying this is because the
government refused to reveal crucial information about the vote.
<p>
It is not clear what information this was.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(SWAT_teams_for_noise_complaints)
title: SWAT teams for noise complaints
uri: SWAT-teams-for-noise-complaints
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28SWAT_teams_for_noise_complaints%29
content:
<p>
US cities are
sending <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18225-why-are-swat-teams-answering-routine-police-calls">SWAT
teams for noise complaints</a> and other matters where violence is not
particularly likely.
<p>
That tends to cause violence.


title: 4000 US women were forced to have babies
uri: 4000-US-women-were-forced-to-have-babies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(4000_US_women_were_forced_to_have_babies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%284000_US_women_were_forced_to_have_babies%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/08/16/2479431/low-income-women-denied-abortion/">4000
US women were forced to have babies in 2008</a> because they could not
scrape together the money for an abortion until it was too late.
<p>
The figure will have risen since then because so many more Americans
have become poor.
<p>
Women who cannot afford an
abortion <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/15/2471981/cost-of-raising-a-child/">can't
afford to raise children either.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 17_August_2013_(Beyond_Keystone_XL)
title: Beyond Keystone XL
uri: Beyond-Keystone-XL
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#17_August_2013_%28Beyond_Keystone_XL%29
content:
<p>
Beyond Keystone
XL: <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/16/2449421/beyond-keystone-3-pipelines/">three
other controversial pipelines.</a>


title: Ladar Levison may face prosecution for shutting down Lavabit
uri: Ladar-Levison-may-face-prosecution-for-shutting-down-Lavabit
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Ladar_Levison_may_face_prosecution_for_shutting_down_Lavabit)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Ladar_Levison_may_face_prosecution_for_shutting_down_Lavabit%29

content:
<p>
Ladar Levison says he may face 
<a href="http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/13/20008036-lavabitcom-owner-i-could-be-arrested-for-resisting-surveillance-order?lite">prosecution 
for shutting down Lavabit</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Washington_Posts_new_owner)
title: Washington Post's new owner
uri: 2013-08-18-Washington-Post-s-new-owner
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Washington_Posts_new_owner%29
content:
<p>
Will Bezos, as owner of the Washington Post, stand up to US pressure
to conceal government wrongdoing?  
<a href="http://pressthink.org/2013/08/edward-snowden-meet-jeff-bezos/">Not 
if Amazon is any guide</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Urgent:_Thank_Richard_Pelletier)
title: Urgent: Thank Richard Pelletier
uri: Urgent-Thank-Richard-Pelletier
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Thank_Richard_Pelletier%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12287">thank 
EPA official Richard Pelletier</a>, who refused to lift Billionaire
Polluter's suspension from bidding for US government contracts.
<p>
BP has not been punished enough to teach it or other oil companies a
lesson.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(US_arms_aid_to_Egypt)
title: US arms aid to Egypt
uri: US-arms-aid-to-Egypt
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28US_arms_aid_to_Egypt%29
content:
<p>
One reason the US doesn't cut off arms aid to Egypt is that 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/17-0">the aid
really goes to US arms companies</a>.


title: Médecins Sans Frontiéres withdraws from Somalia
uri: Médecins-Sans-Frontiéres-withdraws-from-Somalia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Medecins_Sans_Frontieres_withdraws_from_Somalia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Medecins_Sans_Frontieres_withdraws_from_Somalia%29

content:
<p>
Médecins Sans Frontiéres has 
<a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/somali-officials-back-terrorists-against-aid/">withdrawn 
from Somalia</a> because gangs and militias, some of them allied with
the government, are killing aid workers and kidnaping them for ransom.


title: Israel to pay students to post pro-Israel statements
uri: Israel-to-pay-students-to-post-pro-Israel-statements
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Israel_to_pay_students_to_post_pro-Israel_statements)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Israel_to_pay_students_to_post_pro-Israel_statements%29

content:
<p>
Israel 
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/students-offered-grants-if-they-tweet-proisraeli-propaganda-8760142.html">plans 
to pay hundreds of students</a> to post pro-Israel statements on
Twitter and Facebook.


title: Great Divestiture coupled with Great Risk Shift
uri: Great-Divestiture-coupled-with-Great-Risk-Shift
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Great_Divestiture_coupled_with_Great_Risk_Shift)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Great_Divestiture_coupled_with_Great_Risk_Shift%29

content:
<p>
The Great Divestiture (privatization state services to human beings)
has been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/16/george-osborne-economy-force-nature">coupled</a> 
with the Great Risk Shift (employers dumping various responsibilities
onto individuals).
<p>
What we need is not "economic recovery" but reversal of those two changes.
We must nationalize; we must reregulate.  And, as the article says, we must
aid and encourage unions.


title: Obama's unmet promise to give us transparency about drone attacks
uri: Obama-s-unmet-promise-to-give-us-transparency-about-drone-attacks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Obamas_unmet_promise_to_give_us_transparency_about_drone_attacks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Obamas_unmet_promise_to_give_us_transparency_about_drone_attacks%29

content:
<p>
In May, Obama 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/17/obama-promise-transparency-drone-killing">promised 
to give us transparency about drone attacks</a>.  He has done none of
that.
<p>
<a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/08/12/who-dies-in-yemen-drone-strikes/">Who 
Dies in Yemen Drone Strikes?</a>
<p>
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/world/5-big-myths-used-justify-death-drone-and-americas-imperial-assassination-policy">5 
Myths Used to Justify Death By Drone and America's Assassination
Policy</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Mugabe_Script_with_a_Different_Cast)
title: Mugabe Script with a Different Cast
uri: Mugabe-Script-with-a-Different-Cast
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Mugabe_Script_with_a_Different_Cast%29

content:
<p>
Uganda: Rigged Elections And Mysterious Killings: It's
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/uganda-yoweri-museveni">Mugabe
Script with a Different Cast.</a>


title: Muslim Brotherhood and military supporters accusing US of supporting other side
uri: Muslim-Brotherhood-and-military-supporters-accusing-US-of-supporting-o
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Muslim_Brotherhood_and_military_supporters_accusing_US_of_supporting_other_side)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Muslim_Brotherhood_and_military_supporters_accusing_US_of_supporting_other_side%29

content:
<p>
In Egypt, both the Muslim Brotherhood and the supporters of the
military
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/us-britain-israel-plotting-egypt">accusing
the US of supporting the other side.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_("Smart"_meters_are_sabotage_devices)
title: "Smart" meters are sabotage devices
uri: Smart-meters-are-sabotage-devices
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28%26quot%3BSmart%26quot%3B_meters_are_sabotage_devices%29

content:
<p>
"Smart" electricity meters are not only surveillance devices, but
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/18/smart-meters-uk-hacking-electricity">sabotage
devices too.</a>
<p>
It is most likely that crackers from China could turn off your
electric supply at will.  It is certain that agents from your own
unjust and lawless state could do so.


title: Why Isn't Beirut Bombing Called "Terrorist"?
uri: Why-Isn-t-Beirut-Bombing-Called-Terrorist
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Why_Isn't_Beirut_Bombing_Called_"Terrorist"_)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Why_Isn%27t_Beirut_Bombing_Called_%26quot%3BTerrorist%26quot%3B_%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/08/16">Why Isn't
Beirut Bombing Called "Terrorist"?</a>


title: Bloodbaths Are Now a Daily Occurrence
uri: Bloodbaths-Are-Now-a-Daily-Occurrence
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Bloodbaths_Are_Now_a_Daily_Occurrence)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Bloodbaths_Are_Now_a_Daily_Occurrence%29

content:
<p>
The Police Keep Firing; The Bodies Pile Up. In
Cairo, <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/17-4">Bloodbaths
Are Now a Daily Occurrence.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Egypt:_a_coup_is_a_coup)
title: Egypt: a coup is a coup
uri: Egypt-a-coup-is-a-coup
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Egypt%3A_a_coup_is_a_coup%29
content:
<p>
Egypt: we may despise the Muslim
Brotherhood, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/17/egypt-unrest-west-response">but
a coup is a coup.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Suing_Dubya_for_war_crimes)
title: Suing Dubya for war crimes
uri: Suing-Dubya-for-war-crimes
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Suing_Dubya_for_war_crimes%29
content:
<p>
Sundus Shaker Saleh, an Iraqi,
is <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/17-7">suing
Dubya for war crimes.</a>


title: US nuclear power plants are sitting ducks for terrorist attacks
uri: US-nuclear-power-plants-are-sitting-ducks-for-terrorist-attacks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(US_nuclear_power_plants_are_sitting_ducks_for_terrorist_attacks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28US_nuclear_power_plants_are_sitting_ducks_for_terrorist_attacks%29

content:
<p>
US nuclear power plants
are <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/17-1">sitting
ducks for terrorist attacks.</a> Essentially nothing has been done to
protect them since 2001.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(UK_working_people_use_food_banks)
title: UK working people use food banks
uri: UK-working-people-use-food-banks
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28UK_working_people_use_food_banks%29

content:
<p>
The UK government's plutocratic policies
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/17/food-banks-inquiries-poverty-cuts-wages">pushing
even working people to use food banks.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Egyptian_soldiers_attacked_a_mosque)
title: Egyptian soldiers attacked a mosque
uri: Egyptian-soldiers-attacked-a-mosque
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Egyptian_soldiers_attacked_a_mosque%29

content:
<p>
Egyptian
soldiers <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/17/egypt-army-attack-mosque">attacked
a mosque occupied by pro-Morsi protesters.</a> Armed men fired from the
minaret.  The protesters say that
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/17/egypt-cairo-mosque-muslim-brotherhood">doors
to the minaret were controlled by the thugs,</a> which would suggest
that this was a false flag operation meant to create an excuse to
attack the protesters.  But even if they were real Morsi-supporters
shooting at the soldiers, after being victims of a massacre while
unarmed, they can't be blamed for fighting back.
<p>
Most Egyptians seem to be glad that the Muslim Brotherhood is out of
power.  I too would be glad of that if I were Egyptian.  But banning
the Muslim Brotherhood means excluding a large part of society from
democracy.  This is a recipe for inspiring an armed Islamic terrorist
movement to replace the nonviolent movement that has just been
defeated.
<p>
Fighting that will require long-term repression.  How can there be
room for democracy alongside that?  I think the military are planning
not to allow democracy.


title: Bahrainis have launched a renewed push for freedom
uri: Bahrainis-have-launched-a-renewed-push-for-freedom
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Bahrainis_have_launched_a_renewed_push_for_freedom)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Bahrainis_have_launched_a_renewed_push_for_freedom%29

content:
<p>
Bahrainis
have <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/12/bahrain-silent-witness-crackdown-bahrain">launched
a renewed push for freedom</a> despite laws more repressive than ever.
Will the US support the repression because a fleet is based there?


title: A cute video can put a species in danger
uri: A-cute-video-can-put-a-species-in-danger
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(A_cute_video_can_put_a_species_in_danger)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28A_cute_video_can_put_a_species_in_danger%29

content:
<p>
A cute video
can <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2013/aug/12/slow-loris-tickling-endangered-species-online">put
a species in danger.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Cruelty_on_the_Internet)
title: Cruelty on the Internet
uri: Cruelty-on-the-Internet
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Cruelty_on_the_Internet%29
content:
<p>
Psychotherapy
can <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2013/aug/12/psychology-trolling-online-abuse">teach
people to refrain from cruelty on the Internet.</a>


title: E-book publishers plan to use watermarks
uri: E-book-publishers-plan-to-use-watermarks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(E-book_publishers_plan_to_use_watermarks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28E-book_publishers_plan_to_use_watermarks%29

content:
<p>
E-book publishers plan to
use <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/down-torrent-pirates-130813/">watermarks
to identify who purchased a copy.</a>
<p>
This is a further reason not to buy any e-book in a way that
identifies you.


title: Prisoners with mental illness and solitary confinement
uri: Prisoners-with-mental-illness-and-solitary-confinement
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Prisoners_with_mental_illness_and_solitary_confinement)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Prisoners_with_mental_illness_and_solitary_confinement%29

content:
<p>
Ever since New York State was ordered to stop keeping prisoners in
solitary confinement if they had serious mental illness, there has
been
a <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-promised-help-for-mentally-ill-inmates-but-still-sticks-many-in-so">mysterious
trend to diagnose prisoners with mild mental illness</a> instead.  At
least one seriously ill prisoner was driven to suicide by solitary
confinement.
<p>
I have no easy answer for what to do with people like Amir Hall.
However, any solution probably involves spending more money.  If we
end the war on drugs, and free lots of prisoners that shouldn't have
been imprisoned in the first place, we could afford to care properly
for those that we do need to imprison.


title: Merger between two large airlines in the US is being blocked
uri: Merger-between-two-large-airlines-in-the-US-is-being-blocked
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Merger_between_two_large_airlines_in_the_US_is_being_blocked)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Merger_between_two_large_airlines_in_the_US_is_being_blocked%29

content:
<p>
A merger between two large airlines in the US is being blocked because
an <a href="http://consumerist.com/2013/08/14/past-statements-about-moneymaking-mergers-returning-to-bite-airline-execs-in-the-behind/">executive
admitted the goal was to raise fares.</a>
<p>
We are fortunate that these executives confessed the truth of their
merger scheme, but in the future there will be other executives and
they will learn from this mistake.  We must not depend on such
confessions in order to thwart them.
<p>
Oligopoly (just a few major sellers) starts to cause some of the same
harms as monopoly (one single seller).  Therefore, any merger that
would create a company having over 8% of some market should be blocked
automatically; and if it would have more than 4% of some market, it
should face stiff disincentives.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Africa's_richest_woman)
title: Africa's richest woman
uri: Africa-s-richest-woman
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Africa%27s_richest_woman%29
content:
<p>
Africa's richest woman is
the <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2013/08/14/how-isabel-dos-santos-took-the-short-route-to-become-africas-richest-woman/2/">daughter
of the dictator of Angola</a> — and not by coincidence.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(Saudi_prince_has_defected)
title: Saudi prince has defected
uri: Saudi-prince-has-defected
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28Saudi_prince_has_defected%29
content:
<p>
A Saudi prince has defected and describes how
the <a href="http://rt.com/news/saudi-arabia-opposition-prince-374/">regime
persecutes anyone that calls for human rights.</a>


title: America's cheering millions of high school graduates toward college
uri: America-s-cheering-millions-of-high-school-graduates-toward-college
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 18_August_2013_(America's_cheering_millions_of_high_school_graduates_toward_college)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_%28America%27s_cheering_millions_of_high_school_graduates_toward_college%29

content:
<p>
America's cheering millions of high school graduates toward college
every
year, <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/15-8">feeding
them into the debt grinder under the banner of increased
opportunity</a>, when full disclosure would require admitting that
there isn't a hell of a lot waiting for them on the other side, where
the middle class has nearly vanished and full employment is going the
way of the dodo.


title: Urgent: Call on Herakles Farms not to cut down rainforest
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Herakles-Farms-not-to-cut-down-rainforest
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_Herakles_Farms_not_to_cut_down_rainforest)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Herakles_Farms_not_to_cut_down_rainforest%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://us.greenpeace.org/site/R?i=JMgesWCbOz-Yl7NQlPObbA">call 
on Herakles Farms</a> not to cut down 300 square miles of rainforest
in Cameroon, which is habitat for chimpanzees and other threatened
species.


title: Urgent: Oppose appointing Summers as head of Federal Reserve
uri: 2013-08-19-Urgent-Oppose-appointing-Summers-as-head-of-Federal-Reserve
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_appointing_Summers_as_head_of_Federal_Reserve)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_appointing_Summers_as_head_of_Federal_Reserve%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: sign 
<a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=502">this 
petition</a> against appointing Larry Summers as head of the Federal
Reserve.
<p>
This is a different petition; if you signed the other, please sign
this too.


title: What's Lost When Everything Is Recorded
uri: What-s-Lost-When-Everything-Is-Recorded
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(What's_Lost_When_Everything_Is_Recorded)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28What%27s_Lost_When_Everything_Is_Recorded%29

content:
<p>
Technology to record all conversations could turn life into 
<a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/whats-lost-when-everything-is-recorded/">something
unrecognizable</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Russia_plans_to_ban_Tor)
title: Russia plans to ban Tor
uri: Russia-plans-to-ban-Tor
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Russia_plans_to_ban_Tor%29
content:
<p>
Russia 
<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/should-authorities-decrypt-vpns-and-tor-or-ban-them-altogether-130817/">plans 
to ban Tor</a>, demonstrating how essential Tor is for resisting
tyranny.
<p>
If the state has grounds to suspect that a person is committing
crimes, it has many other ways to investigate, including planting
microphones where that person lives and works.  These take some
effort, however, which is as it should be.


title: NSA's 2776 "accidental" violations of its own rules
uri: NSA-s-2776-accidental-violations-of-its-own-rules
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(NSAs_2776_accidental_violations_of_its_own_rules)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28NSAs_2776_accidental_violations_of_its_own_rules%29

content:
<p>
The NSA's 2776 "accidental" violations of its own rules in a 12-month
period covered just the NSA headquarters.  And the NSA 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/key-takeaways-washington-post-report-detailing-thousands-privacy-violations-nsa">concealed 
this report from the Senate Intelligence Committee</a> until the
committee saw the leak and asked for it.


title: Time Magazine writer says he wants to see US assassinate Julian Assange
uri: Time-Magazine-writer-says-he-wants-to-see-US-assassinate-Julian-Assang
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Time_Magazine_writer_says_he_wants_to_see_US_assassinate_Julian_Assange)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Time_Magazine_writer_says_he_wants_to_see_US_assassinate_Julian_Assange%29

content:
<p>
A <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/18">Time 
Magazine writer</a> said he wants to see the US assassinate Julian
Assange.


title: Schools ban manga showing atrocities committed by Japanese troops
uri: Schools-ban-manga-showing-atrocities-committed-by-Japanese-troops
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Schools_ban_manga_showing_atrocities_committed_by_Japanese_troops)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Schools_ban_manga_showing_atrocities_committed_by_Japanese_troops%29

content:
<p>
Some Japanese schools 
<a href="http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201308170055">won't 
let students read a famous manga book</a> because it shows some of the
atrocities that Japanese troops committed during the occupation of
other countries.
<p>
One kind of atrocity they committed was waterboarding.  The US <a
href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2008-jan-apr.html#26%20February%202008%20(US%20sentenced%20Japanese%20soldiers%20to%20death%20for%20waterboarding%20Americans)">executed
some Japanese soldiers for this</a>. However, the US has 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-jul-oct.html#29_October_2012_(Jailing_of_whistleblower_Kiriakou)">done
nothing to punish the Americans responsible</a> for committing the
same brutal act.
<p>
It's clear that the Japanese officials who imposed this censorship
care more about whether Japan looks good than whether Japan is good.
You can see the same behavior pattern in officials in other countries.
<p>
The capacity to commit atrocities exists in every nation.  Thus, all
governments must do their best to prevent atrocities by holding
perpetrators responsible.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Uri_Avnery_on_Israels_chutzpah)
title: Uri Avnery on Israel's chutzpah
uri: Uri-Avnery-on-Israel-s-chutzpah
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Uri_Avnery_on_Israels_chutzpah%29
content:
<p>
Uri Avnery: <a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1376668422/">Israel 
deserves the Guinness record for chutzpah</a>, for condemning
Palestinian "provocations" that are dwarfed by Israel's own
provocations.


title: Salmon farm companies trying to take water needed by wild salmon
uri: Salmon-farm-companies-trying-to-take-water-needed-by-wild-salmon
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Salmon_farm_companies_trying_to_take_water_needed_by_wild_salmon)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Salmon_farm_companies_trying_to_take_water_needed_by_wild_salmon%29

content:
<p>
Companies running salmon farms on the US west coast are 
<a href="http://earthjustice.org/blog/2013-august/crisis-in-court-mega-farms-trying-to-seize-salmon-water">trying 
to take water</a> that needs to be released to rivers so that wild
salmon can survive.


title: Statement from Government Accountability Project
uri: Statement-from-Government-Accountability-Project
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Statement_from_Government_Accountability_Project)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Statement_from_Government_Accountability_Project%29

content:
<p>
Government Accountability Project: 
<a href="http://www.whistleblower.org/blog/44-2013/2760-gap-statement-on-edward-snowden-a-nsa-domestic-surveillance">Statement 
on Edward Snowden & NSA Domestic Surveillance</a>.


title: Whistleblower Protection Act wouldn't have applied to Snowden
uri: Whistleblower-Protection-Act-wouldn-t-have-applied-to-Snowden
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Whistleblower_Protection_Act_wouldnt_have_applied_to_Snowden)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Whistleblower_Protection_Act_wouldnt_have_applied_to_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
Obama <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130809/12594124128/obamas-simply-wrong-whistleblower-protections-would-not-have-applied-to-snowden.shtml">claimed</a>
that Snowden should have taken advantage of the protections in the
Whistleblower Protection Act.  But they didn't apply to him, since he
employed by a contractor, not by the US government.
<p>
Even if that law had applied to him, 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html#19_August_2012_(War_on_Whistleblowers)">other 
examples</a> show he would have been a fool to try to depend on it.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(US-run_international_aid_for_Haiti)
title: US-run international "aid" for Haiti
uri: US-run-international-aid-for-Haiti
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28US-run_international_aid_for_Haiti%29

content:
<p>
The US runs international "aid" for Haiti so that it goes to create
resorts, mines and sweatshops 
<a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/haiti-reconstruction-luxury-hotels-sweat-shops-and-deregulation-for-the-foreign-corporate-elite">owned
by foreigners</a> — while doing little for the Haitians who have
been homeless for three years.


title: Why massive surveillance is a threat to you
uri: Why-massive-surveillance-is-a-threat-to-you
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Why_massive_surveillance_is_a_threat_to_you)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Why_massive_surveillance_is_a_threat_to_you%29

content:
<p>
Why the massive surveillance that Snowden showed to us is a threat to
you … 
<a href="http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~unger/articles/snowden.html">no 
matter who you are or what you do</a>.


title: UK law professor suggests prison is wrong punishment for thieves
uri: UK-law-professor-suggests-prison-is-wrong-punishment-for-thieves
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(UK_law_professor_suggests_prison_is_wrong_punishment_for_thieves)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28UK_law_professor_suggests_prison_is_wrong_punishment_for_thieves%29

content:
<p>
A UK law professor suggests that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/14/thieves-not-jailed-law-expert">prison 
is the wrong punishment for thieves</a>.


title: Al Qa'ida too small to qualify as enemy to be at war with
uri: Al-Qa-ida-too-small-to-qualify-as-enemy-to-be-at-war-with
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Al_Qaida_too_small_to_qualify_as_enemy_to_be_at_war_with)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Al_Qaida_too_small_to_qualify_as_enemy_to_be_at_war_with%29

content:
<p>
Under the standards of international law, al Qa'ida is 
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-war-against-al-qaeda-is-over/2013/08/02/3887af74-f975-11e2-b018-5b8251f0c56e_story.html">too 
puny to qualify</a> as an enemy to be at war with.  It is unable to
carry out military operations.
<p>
Thus, the US should stop treating this as a war.
<p>
Obama misused the word "decimated", which means to kill 1/10 of the
soldiers in a military unit.  (It was a Roman punishment for mutiny.)
Al Qa'ida has been far more than decimated.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Statesman_John_Kerry)
title: "Statesman" John Kerry
uri: Statesman-John-Kerry
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Statesman_John_Kerry%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/14-2">Any Other
'Statesman' Who Negotiated Peace Like John Kerry Would Be Treated as a
Thief</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(UK_housing_bubble)
title: UK housing bubble
uri: UK-housing-bubble
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28UK_housing_bubble%29
content:
<p>
The UK had a housing bubble, fueled, like the US housing bubble, by
enticing people into predatory mortgages, for which the capital was
obtained by mortgage-backed securities.  This article explains 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/18/default-line-extract-faisal-islam-housing">the
whole process</a> clearly.
<p>
In the US, the bubble popped and mortgage-backed securities lead to
the <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html#1_February_2012_(Foreclosure_Fraud)">systematic
foreclosure fraud</a>.
<p>
In the UK, according to this article, the bubble didn't stay popped;
rather, the government patched it up and is blowing more mortgage
funds into it.
<p>
Without the bubble's high prices, there would have been no need for so
much money to pour into mortgages.  Thus, I think mortgage-backed
securities should be banned entirely.
<p>
However, the low rate of housing construction in the UK is also
responsible.


title: Action by Hong Kong gov't suggests plan to repress protest
uri: Action-by-Hong-Kong-gov-t-suggests-plan-to-repress-protest
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 19_August_2013_(Action_by_Hong_Kong_govt_suggests_plan_to_repress_protest)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_August_2013_%28Action_by_Hong_Kong_govt_suggests_plan_to_repress_protest%29

content:
<p>
Hong Kong's government is asking high-ranking thugs who are due to
retire soon to 
<a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1297514/senior-police-officers-asked-delay-retiring-amid-manpower-fears-over">stay 
on the job an extra 90 days</a>, because of a planned Occupy protest.
<p>
This suggests to me that Hong Kong plans to repress the protest camp,
as the 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-jan-apr.html#30_March_2012_(Police_Brutality)">US</a>, 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/2011-jan-apr.html#25_April_2011_(Police_Raid_Triggers_Protest)">UK</a>, 
and other countries have done.


title: US cooperates with Egyptian military
uri: US-cooperates-with-Egyptian-military
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(US_cooperates_with_Egyptian_military)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28US_cooperates_with_Egyptian_military%29

content:
<p>
The US cooperates with the Egyptian military in return
for <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/19-9">convenience
in attacking other countries.</a>
<p>
Note how the New York Times headline, "Ties With Egypt Army Constrain
Washington," presumes that the US <em>could not possibly</em> forfeit
Egypt's military cooperation — a considerable exaggeration
compared with the facts stated.


title: UK gov't forced The Guardian to delete all of Snowden's material
uri: UK-gov-t-forced-The-Guardian-to-delete-all-of-Snowden-s-material
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(UK_gov't_forced_The_Guardian_to_delete_all_of_Snowden's_material)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28UK_gov%27t_forced_The_Guardian_to_delete_all_of_Snowden%27s_material%29

content:
<p>
The UK government forced the Guardian's London office
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/19/david-miranda-schedule7-danger-reporters">delete
all of Snowden's material, on threat of seizing it.</a>
<p>
Fortunately there were copies elsewhere, but this illustrates the fact
that the UK and US governments will go to any lengths of lies and
abuse to crush journalism that investigates their nastiest secrets.
<p>
It won't remain limited to those issues, because the plutocratic state
is in cahoots with corporations that endanger our lives, health, and
liberty.  We have seen
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_(UK)">UK
thugs help businesses blacklist workers,</a> while in the
US, <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-sep-dec.html#24_December_2011_(Factory_Farms)">investigating
factory farms is now a crime</a> in many states.
<p>
These examples demonstrate that the US or UK will use its repressive
power against any journalism that business finds annoying — not
that different from China.


title: David Miranda describes interrogation
uri: David-Miranda-describes-interrogation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(David_Miranda_describes_interrogation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28David_Miranda_describes_interrogation%29

content:
<p>
David
Miranda <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/david-miranda-interview-detention-heathrow">describes
his nine-hour interrogation.</a>
<p>
Using the "anti-terror" law
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/scandal-abuse-uk-terror-laws">interrogate
dissidents entering the UK is standard practice.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Egyptian_thugs_killed_36_prisoners)
title: Egyptian thugs killed 36 prisoners
uri: Egyptian-thugs-killed-36-prisoners
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Egyptian_thugs_killed_36_prisoners%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/egypt-police-massacre-al-qaida">Egyptian
thugs killed 36 prisoners</a>.  The thugs said they were shot (with
teargas) while trying to escape.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Email_is_inherently_unsafe)
title: Email is inherently unsafe
uri: Email-is-inherently-unsafe
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Email_is_inherently_unsafe%29
content:
<p>
If you are a journalist, or anyone else that must fear a repressive
state, email is inherently unsafe,
because <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/19/silent-circle-email-not-secure">you
can't hide who you are talking with (i.e., metadata).</a>
<p>
The article refers to trade secrets as "intellectual property", which
is a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html">gratuitous
confusion because it conflates them with unrelated issues</a> such as
copyrights and patents.  Every time the term "intellectual property"
is used, it causes confusion — please join me in avoiding that
term.


title: Urgent: Implore Tribune Company not to sell to Koch
uri: Urgent-Implore-Tribune-Company-not-to-sell-to-Koch
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Urgent:_Implore_Tribune_Company_not_to_sell_to_Koch)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Implore_Tribune_Company_not_to_sell_to_Koch%29

content:
<p>
In the US: implore the Tribune
Company <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=3787">not
to sell its newspapers to the Koch brothers.</a>


title: Urgent: Support the Save America's Pollinators Act
uri: Urgent-Support-the-Save-America-s-Pollinators-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Urgent:_Support_the_Save_America's_Pollinators_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_the_Save_America%27s_Pollinators_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your congresscritter
to <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/call/save_americas_pollinators/">support
the Save America's Pollinators Act.</a>
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641
and 888-355-3588.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Floods_in_coastal_cities)
title: Floods in coastal cities
uri: Floods-in-coastal-cities
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Floods_in_coastal_cities%29
content:
<p>
By 2050, floods in coastal cities will cause
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/19/coastal-cities-trillion-floods-2050">trillion
dollars of damage per year.</a>
<p>
In the US, Miami, New York and New Orleans are at high risk.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(UK_won't_let_people_block_fracking)
title: UK won't let people block fracking
uri: UK-won-t-let-people-block-fracking
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28UK_won%27t_let_people_block_fracking%29

content:
<p>
The UK helps people block wind farms even miles away from their homes,
but <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/19/david-cameron-fracking-mania-machismo">won't
let people block fracking even 10 feet away</a>.  Why this
inconsistency?  George Monbiot says he thinks that extraction is more
macho.
<p>
He could be partly right, but I suspect that the extractors offer more
money to corrupt the politicians.
<p>
Fracking
debate: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/19/fracking-debate-lead-petrol-harmful">what
does the battle for lead-free air teach us?</a>


title: Thousands protested against fracking in England
uri: Thousands-protested-against-fracking-in-England
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Thousands_protested_against_fracking_in_England)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Thousands_protested_against_fracking_in_England%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/19/caroline-lucas-arrest-balcombe-anti-fracking">Thousands
protested against fracking in England.</a>


title: Urgent: Call on Kerry to prove he is serious about peace negotiations
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Kerry-to-prove-he-is-serious-about-peace-negotiations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_Kerry_to_prove_he_is_serious_about_peace_negotiations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Kerry_to_prove_he_is_serious_about_peace_negotiations%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Kerry to prove he is serious about peace
negotiations
by <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/301/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14131">demanding
that Israel cease expanding its colonies in Palestinian territory.</a>


title: Urgent: Block USDA from letting poultry companies inspect themselves
uri: Urgent-Block-USDA-from-letting-poultry-companies-inspect-themselves
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Urgent:_Block_USDA_from_letting_poultry_companies_inspect_themselves)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Block_USDA_from_letting_poultry_companies_inspect_themselves%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on Obama
to <a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/usda-chicken/2/3/?akid=2068.881131.FNd6RY&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1001">block
the USDA from letting poultry companies inspect themselves, and
increase the contamination that's permitted.</a>
<p>
Letting these companies "police themselves" is worse than letting
teenage street gang members do so, because the companies have worse
morals and are less trustworthy.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Propaganda)
title: Propaganda
uri: Propaganda
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Propaganda%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>US propaganda presents officials as "idealists" who wish they could
make a better world — <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/19-5">
with no resemblance to the truth about
them.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Karzai)
title: Karzai
uri: Karzai
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Karzai%29
content:
<p>Karzai fired a cabinet minister for meeting <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/afghanistan-attorney-general-sacked-karzai-taliban">
with Taliban
negotiators.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Egypt)
title: Egypt
uri: 2013-08-20-Egypt
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Egypt%29
content:
<p>The Muslim Brotherhood held protest marches, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/muslim-brotherhood-fresh-protests-egypt-crackdown">
which were not
attacked.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(David_Miranda)
title: David Miranda
uri: David-Miranda
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28David_Miranda%29
content:
<p>The UK confiscated journalist David Miranda's computers and memories
as he passed through Heathrow Airport, using powers supposedly <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald-guardian-partner-detained-heathrow">
meant
for dealing with terrorists.</a></p>
<p>When the government says "terrorists", it means dissidents and
journalists, or anyone that stands in the way of its abuse of power.
If occasionally a would-be terrorist gets caught up in the net, they
consider that a bonus.</p>
<p>David Miranda is Glenn Greenwald's mate, and this appears to be an
attempt to intimidate Greenwald.  <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/18/david-miranda-detained-uk-nsa">
But Greenwald is not
intimidated.</a></p>
<p>If the UK regime still fears public disapproval, Greenwald will make
it regret this.</p>
<p></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Education_Standards)
title: Education Standards
uri: Education-Standards
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Education_Standards%29
content:
<p>The "Common Core" education standards, imposed on the US by the Gates
Foundation, threaten to turn out to be the next stage in using
standardized
tests <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/26-2">to declare children and public schools "failures".</a>
</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(US)
title: US
uri: 2013-08-20-US
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28US%29
content:
<p>The military grip <a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/opensecurity/ali-winston/military-grip-on-us-policing">
on US policing.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Obama's_Speech)
title: Obama's Speech
uri: Obama-s-Speech
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Obama%27s_Speech%29
content:
<p>
Obama's speech about surveillance shows he wants to lull the public
<a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130809/16425224132/obamas-response-to-nsa-was-to-appease-public-not-reduce-spying.shtml">
into forgetting about the problem, not correct it.
</a></p>
<p>He also wants us to believe that his willingness to even pretend to
discuss <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130809/16532124133/dont-insult-our-intelligence-mr-president-this-debate-wouldnt-be-happening-without-ed-snowden.shtml">
the issue is not due to Snowden.
</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Texas)
title: Texas
uri: Texas
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Texas%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>On two occasions recently, Texas thugs performed body cavity searches
for no obvious reason on <a href="http://observers.france24.com/content/20130814-videos-show-texan-police-cavity-search-women-roadsides-intimate-private-brazoria-county">
women stopped for speeding or littering</a>  
(though the women deny those accusations).</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Claim)
title: Claim
uri: Claim
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Claim%29
content:
<p>Ways to respond to the claim that <a href="http://falkvinge.net/2013/08/17/talking-back-lessons-copying-is-stealing/">
"copying is stealing".</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(US_Government)
title: US Government
uri: 2013-08-20-US-Government
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28US_Government%29
content:
<p>The US government is making lots of money from Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac,
<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/08/fannie_mae_and_freddie_mac_dividends_pay_to_the_public_not_the_treasury.html">
but it is unable to do anything useful with the money.
</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Idaho)
title: Idaho
uri: Idaho
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Idaho%29
content:
<p>Two wildfires in Idaho have burned <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/idaho-battle-wildfire-threatening-sun-valley">
almost 400 square miles.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Protest)
title: Protest
uri: 2013-08-20-Protest
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Protest%29
content:
<p>Over 2000 marched against <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/18/fracking-protesters-march-sussex-balcombe-drilling">
fracking in the UK.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(UK)
title: UK
uri: UK
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28UK%29
content:
<p>
UK thugs investigated anti-fascist campaigners so as to blacklist them
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/18/police-activists-blacklisting-agency-alleged">
so they could not work.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Refugees)
title: Refugees
uri: Refugees
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Refugees%29
content:
<p>
Jihadis in Syria attacked the Syrian Kurds, so 20,000 refugees have fled
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/syrian-kurds-refugees-iraq">
to the Kurdish part of Iraq.
</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Droughts)
title: Droughts
uri: Droughts
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Droughts%29
content:
<p>
A heat wave and drought are destroying the crops in <a href="http://www.dw.de/drought-shrivels-harvest-in-central-europe/a-17024436">
Austria and
Hungary.</a></p>
<p>We get droughts like this every year (though not always in the same
place).
And this is just the beginning.
</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Astraulian_Aboriginals)
title: Astraulian Aboriginals
uri: Astraulian-Aboriginals
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Astraulian_Aboriginals%29
content:
<p>Australian aboriginals have a very high rate of problem drinking, but
is jailing them if they don't go for rehabilitation <a href="http://www.dw.de/new-rehab-law-targets-australias-aborigines/a-17014231">
a good solution?
</a>
</p>
<p>If rehabilitation were a reliable treatment, perhaps no one would
refuse it.  But as far as I know, for alcoholics to stay sober
requires a deep commitment.  The threat of jail can make someone go to
an activity, but can't give someone that kind of commitment.  So I
don't see how this can achieve its goal.</p>
<p>There is surely a relationship between the high consumption of
alcohol and the way aboriginals were kicked off their land and
continue to be downtrodden.  Changing that may be the only way
to correct this (though it will take decades).</p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Portugal)
title: Portugal
uri: Portugal
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Portugal%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>Retired people in Portugal are protesting daily <a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/protests-in-portugal-going-grey/">
against the plan
to cut their pensions to the bone.</a></p>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 20_August_2013_(Martin_Manley)
title: Martin Manley
uri: Martin-Manley
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_August_2013_%28Martin_Manley%29
content:
<p></p>
<p>Martin Manley set up a web site to represent him after his suicide,
but <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/18/martin_manley_s_sister_asks_yahoo_to_put_his_suicide_website_back_up.html">
Yahoo arbitrarily took it down.</a></p>
<p>His sister say Yahoo should put it back because Manley did not
advocate suicide for others.  But what if he had?  That is no reason
for censorship.</p>


title: Guantanamo guards did not allow Solzhenistsyn's Gulag Archipelago
uri: Guantanamo-guards-did-not-allow-Solzhenistsyn-s-Gulag-Archipelago
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Guantanamo_guards_did_not_allow_Solzhenistsyn's_Gulag_Archipelago)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Guantanamo_guards_did_not_allow_Solzhenistsyn%27s_Gulag_Archipelago%29

content:
<p>
The Guantanamo prison
guards <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/08/20">did
not allow a prisoner to get a copy of Solzhenitsyn's Gulag
Archipelago.</a>
<p>
Perhaps the guards are afraid the prisoners will see some similarity
to their own lives.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(UK_thug_whistleblower_threatened)
title: UK thug whistleblower threatened
uri: UK-thug-whistleblower-threatened
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28UK_thug_whistleblower_threatened%29

content:
<p>
UK thug whistleblower Peter Francis
says <a href="Http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/20/whistleblower-police-spy-inquiry-peter-francis">the
thugs are threatening to prosecute him for revealing the dirty work he
did for them</a>.  He refuses to speak to the official inquiry because
he suspects they will use his testimony to punish him.


title: The Guardian destroyed its London copies of Snowden's revelations
uri: The-Guardian-destroyed-its-London-copies-of-Snowden-s-revelations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(The_Guardian_destroyed_its_London_copies_of_Snowden's_revelations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28The_Guardian_destroyed_its_London_copies_of_Snowden%27s_revelations%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/nsa-snowden-files-drives-destroyed-london">The
Guardian destroyed its London copies of Snowden's revelations</a> to
avoid the damage that would have been done by handing them to the
regime, or being legally banned from talking about them at all.


title: Terror threat has become the excuse to curtail our rights
uri: Terror-threat-has-become-the-excuse-to-curtail-our-rights
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Terror_threat_has_become_the_excuse_to_curtail_our_rights)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Terror_threat_has_become_the_excuse_to_curtail_our_rights%29

content:
<p>
"As in Russia,
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/20/russia-terror-excuse-curtail-rights">terror
threat has become the excuse to curtail our rights".</a>
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/egypts-cruellest-week-muslim-brotherhood">And
in Egypt too.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Oswaldo_Paya's_relatives_have_sued)
title: Oswaldo Paya's relatives have sued
uri: Oswaldo-Paya-s-relatives-have-sued
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Oswaldo_Paya%27s_relatives_have_sued%29

content:
<p>
Oswaldo Paya's relatives
have <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/oswaldo-paya-family-sue-cuba-spain">sued
Cuban officials for killing him.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Today_is_Earth_Overshoot_Day)
title: Today is Earth Overshoot Day
uri: Today-is-Earth-Overshoot-Day
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Today_is_Earth_Overshoot_Day%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/20/earth-overshoot-day-environmental-deficit">Today
is Earth Overshoot Day</a>, when humanity has consumed more natural
resources since January 1 than our biosphere can replace in the whole
year.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Low_wages_in_US)
title: Low wages in US
uri: Low-wages-in-US
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Low_wages_in_US%29
content:
<p>
The low wages allowed in the
US <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/20-2">hurt and
cost everyone (except the plutocrats).</a>


title: The Moment the US Ended Iran's Brief Experiment in Democracy
uri: The-Moment-the-US-Ended-Iran-s-Brief-Experiment-in-Democracy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(The_Moment_the_US_Ended_Iran's_Brief_Experiment_in_Democracy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28The_Moment_the_US_Ended_Iran%27s_Brief_Experiment_in_Democracy%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/20-0">The Moment
the US Ended Iran's Brief Experiment in Democracy.</a>


title: Libya is on the verge of disintegration
uri: Libya-is-on-the-verge-of-disintegration
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Libya_is_on_the_verge_of_disintegration)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Libya_is_on_the_verge_of_disintegration%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/libya-rebels-muslim-brotherhood-blockade">Libya
is on the verge of disintegration.</a>


title: UK gov't said it interrogated Miranda because he was carrying "stolen documents"
uri: UK-gov-t-said-it-interrogated-Miranda-because-he-was-carrying-stolen
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(UK_gov't_said_it_interrogated_Miranda_because_he_was_carrying_stolen_documents)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28UK_gov%27t_said_it_interrogated_Miranda_because_he_was_carrying_stolen_documents%29

content:
<p>
The UK government
said <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/david-miranda-sensitive-stolen-information">it
interrogated David Miranda because he was carrying "stolen
documents"</a> — which could only refer to the information
Snowden gave to Glenn Greenwald.
<p>
This claim is both absurd and outrageous.  The absurdity is that
Greenwald already has copies of all that material, so if Miranda was
carrying more copies, it was irrelevant.  The only significant thing
Miranda might have had would be their journalistic work, which was not
stolen from anyone.
<p>
The outrage is that the state has now declared its intention to wage
unrestricted war against journalists.  This is the UK's Putin moment,
it shifts from trying to cover up its tyrannical deeds to proudly
announcing them.


title: UK needs deep public inquiry into thugs' infiltration
uri: UK-needs-deep-public-inquiry-into-thugs-infiltration
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(UK_needs_deep_public_inquiry_into_thugs'_infiltration)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28UK_needs_deep_public_inquiry_into_thugs%27_infiltration%29

content:
<p>
The UK needs
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/20/blacklisting-activists-human-rights-inquiry">deep
public inquiry into the thugs' infiltration of anti-fascist groups</a>
and aid to construction blacklists.
<p>
This is also one of the reasons why massive surveillance is dangerous.


title: Manicurists in UK have been trafficked
uri: Manicurists-in-UK-have-been-trafficked
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Manicurists_in_UK_have_been_trafficked)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Manicurists_in_UK_have_been_trafficked%29

content:
<p>
100,000 manicurists in the UK are Vietnamese,
and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/20/nail-bars-slavery-trafficking-vietnam">most
of them have been trafficked.</a>
<p>
The crucial questions are, how did they get there, and what keeps them
there?  If they are there involuntarily, what stops them from
escaping?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Don't_pathologize_heroism)
title: Don't pathologize heroism
uri: Don-t-pathologize-heroism
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Don%27t_pathologize_heroism%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/20/whistleblower-mad-moral-courage">Don't
pathologize heroism</a>, warns a soldier who confesses his cowardice,
in failing to blow the whistle on the gratuitous violence his unit
carried out against Iraqis.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Groklaw_has_shut_down)
title: Groklaw has shut down
uri: Groklaw-has-shut-down
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Groklaw_has_shut_down%29
content:
<p>
Groklaw has shut down
because <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/20/groklaw-shuts-nsa-surveillance">it
can no longer protect its sources due to massive surveillance.</a>
<p>
<a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130818120421175">Here's
Pamela Jones' statement.</a>


title: Musharraf faces charges of murdering Benazir Bhutto
uri: Musharraf-faces-charges-of-murdering-Benazir-Bhutto
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Musharraf_faces_charges_of_murdering_Benazir_Bhutto)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Musharraf_faces_charges_of_murdering_Benazir_Bhutto%29

content:
<p>
Former Pakistani
dictator <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/pervez-musharraf-indicted-bhutto-murder">Musharraf
faces charges of murdering Benazir Bhutto</a>, on the grounds that he
took away her bodyguards when she was receiving death threats.


title: Urgent: Stop attacking and intimidating journalists
uri: Urgent-Stop-attacking-and-intimidating-journalists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_attacking_and_intimidating_journalists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_attacking_and_intimidating_journalists%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: tell the US and UK
to <a href="http://act.freepress.net/sign/journ_press_intimidation/?akid=4401.9489429.FC4KYj&rd=1&t=1001">stop
attacking and intimidating journalists.</a>


title: Court allows California thugs to force-feed prisoners
uri: Court-allows-California-thugs-to-force-feed-prisoners
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Court_allows_California_thugs_to_force-feed_prisoners)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Court_allows_California_thugs_to_force-feed_prisoners%29

content:
<p>
A court 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/california-hunger-strike-force-feeding">ruled 
that thugs can force-feed prisoners</a> on hunger strike who signed
papers saying to let them die.
<p>
Many of these prisoners have been put in solitary for a long time
after they were 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-sep-dec.html#23_October_2012_(Solitary_confinement_in_California)">falsely 
declared gang members based on coincidences</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(The_American_Dream)
title: The American Dream
uri: The-American-Dream
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28The_American_Dream%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/21/american-dream-rewards-few-enslaves-millions">The American Dream Rewards Few, Enslaves Millions</a>.
<p>
Only through collective action against the plutocracy can most
Americans make their lives better.


title: The increasing frequency of severe heat waves
uri: The-increasing-frequency-of-severe-heat-waves
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(The_increasing_frequency_of_severe_heat_waves)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28The_increasing_frequency_of_severe_heat_waves%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/aug/21/climate-change-extreme-heat">More
detail</a> about the increasing frequency of severe heat waves, the
damage they to do people and to agriculture, and how ceasing or
continuing to emit greenhouse gases will affect the outcome.


title: Syrian rebels claim regime's troops fired poison gas missiles
uri: Syrian-rebels-claim-regime-s-troops-fired-poison-gas-missiles
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Syrian_rebels_claim_regimes_troops_fired_poison_gas_missiles)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Syrian_rebels_claim_regimes_troops_fired_poison_gas_missiles%29

content:
<p>
Syrian rebels claim the regime's troops fired poison gas missiles that
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/syria-poisonous-gas-attack-claim">killed 
over 200 people</a>.


title: Leak from tank of contaminated water at Fukushima
uri: Leak-from-tank-of-contaminated-water-at-Fukushima
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Leak_from_tank_of_contaminated_water_at_Fukushima)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Leak_from_tank_of_contaminated_water_at_Fukushima%29

content:
<p>
A tank of contaminated water at Fukushima has leaked, and the area
around it is now
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/21/leap-fukushima-danger-ranking">dangerously 
radioactive</a>.


title: Egyptian army and thugs' disregard for human life
uri: Egyptian-army-and-thugs-disregard-for-human-life
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Egyptian_army_and_thugs_disregard_for_human_life)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Egyptian_army_and_thugs_disregard_for_human_life%29

content:
<p>
Amnesty International condemned the Egyptian army and thugs'
"<a href='https://www.amnesty.org/en/news/egypt-s-disastrous-bloodshed-requires-urgent-impartial-investigations-2013-08-16'>blatant
disregard for human life</a>", and calls for 
<a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/news/recent-bloodshed-underscores-urgent-need-halt-arms-transfers-egypt-2013-08-20">cutting
off arms supplies</a> to the government of Egypt.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Heavy_use_of_Facebook)
title: Heavy use of Facebook
uri: Heavy-use-of-Facebook
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Heavy_use_of_Facebook%29
content:
<p>
A study found that heavy use of Facebook 
<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-making-sad-/print?id=19975348">tends
to make people sad</a>, independent of how the users felt at the start
of the study.
<p>
The study 
<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0069841#s2">eliminated
the hypothesis that people used Facebook more because they were sadder
to begin with</a>.
<p>
This is not yet proof, but given so many other reasons to avoid
Facebook, why not take this precaution?


title: Israel designates almost 1/5 of West Bank as "military firing zones"
uri: Israel-designates-almost-1-5-of-West-Bank-as-military-firing-zones
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Israel_designates_almost_one-fifth_of_West_Bank_as_military_firing_zones)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Israel_designates_almost_one-fifth_of_West_Bank_as_military_firing_zones%29

content:
<p>
Israel has designated 
<a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=60677">almost 
1/5 of the West Bank</a> as "military firing zones" as an excuse to
kick Palestinians off their land.


title: Israel forces Palestinian to pay to demolish his own home
uri: Israel-forces-Palestinian-to-pay-to-demolish-his-own-home
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Israel_forces_Palestinian_to_pay_to_demolish_his_own_home)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Israel_forces_Palestinian_to_pay_to_demolish_his_own_home%29

content:
<p>
Israel forced a Palestinian to 
<a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=621823">pay 
to demolish his own home</a> in Jerusalem.


title: Undercover infiltration of dissident movements
uri: Undercover-infiltration-of-dissident-movements
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Undercover_infiltration_of_dissident_movements)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Undercover_infiltration_of_dissident_movements%29

content:
<p>
The UK undercover thugs that infiltrated dissident movements seem to
be part of an organized plan including all European governments, the
US, and other countries.  The 
<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/opensecurity/merrick-badger/on-trail-of-britains-undercover-police">governments 
involved refuse to investigate</a>.
<p>
In the US, we have been unable to get it to become a scandal.  Perhaps
because the mainstream media have stayed away from it.


title: The kind of biofuel that oil companies promote
uri: The-kind-of-biofuel-that-oil-companies-promote
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(The_kind_of_biofuel_that_oil_companies_promote)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28The_kind_of_biofuel_that_oil_companies_promote%29

content:
<p>
When oil companies promote biofuel, it's the kind of biofuel made by
<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/ross-heard/great-biofuel-greenwash">diverting 
land, water and chemical fertilizer that could have grown food</a>.
So it is a kind of greenwashing.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Why_did_Putin_release_Navalny)
title: Why did Putin release Navalny?
uri: Why-did-Putin-release-Navalny
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Why_did_Putin_release_Navalny%29
content:
<p>
Conjecture: Alexei Navalny has been groomed by Putin
to 
<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/daniil-kotsyubinsky/messiah-or-false-prophet">divide 
opposition</a> and lead it nowhere.


title: UK makes single parents jump through arbitrary hoops to get welfare
uri: UK-makes-single-parents-jump-through-arbitrary-hoops-to-get-welfare
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(UK_makes_single_parents_jump_through_arbitrary_hoops_to_get_welfare)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28UK_makes_single_parents_jump_through_arbitrary_hoops_to_get_welfare%29

content:
<p>
The UK treats single parents as unemployed people, and makes them jump
through 
<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/rebecca-omonira-oyekanmi/lone-parent-trap">many 
arbitrary hoops</a> to get welfare payments.  If they fail to get all
the hoops — perhaps because they are taking care of their kids
— then the state cuts off their money and says it's their fault.
<p>
This is the face of plutocracy.  The people who set up this scheme
deserve no mercy, and those who carry it out deserve none either
unless they quit.


title: Urgent: Condemn the detention of David Miranda
uri: Urgent-Condemn-the-detention-of-David-Miranda
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Urgent:_Condemn_the_detention_of_David_Miranda)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Condemn_the_detention_of_David_Miranda%29

content:
<p>
US citizens:
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/war_on_journalists">tell the
UK</a> we condemn the detention of David Miranda.


title: Homeless people to face choice of jail or jail-like "shelter"
uri: Homeless-people-to-face-choice-of-jail-or-jail-like-shelter
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Homeless_people_to_face_choice_of_jail_or_jail-like_shelter)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Homeless_people_to_face_choice_of_jail_or_jail-like_shelter%29

content:
<p>
Columbia, South Carolina, will give homeless people a choice between
real jail and a 
"<a href='http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/20/2496741/columbia-criminalize-homeless/'>shelter</a>" 
that is much like a jail.


title: Changing IP address to access public sites ruled a crime
uri: Changing-IP-address-to-access-public-sites-ruled-a-crime
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(Changing_IP_address_to_access_public_sites_ruled_a_crime)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28Changing_IP_address_to_access_public_sites_ruled_a_crime%29

content:
<p>
A court ruled that changing your machine's IP address to get access to
a public web site is a crime 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/changing-ip-address-to-access-public-website-ruled-violation-of-us-law/">under 
the CFAA</a>.
<p>
This absurd result adds to the need to reform the CFAA.


title: US full-time jobs converted into part-time subsistence jobs
uri: US-full-time-jobs-converted-into-part-time-subsistence-jobs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 21_August_2013_(US_full-time_jobs_converted_into_part-time_subsistence_jobs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#21_August_2013_%28US_full-time_jobs_converted_into_part-time_subsistence_jobs%29

content:
<p>
Under the shadow of the recession, US companies have 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/20-3">massively
converted</a> well-paid full-time jobs into part-time subsistence jobs.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Corporate_America's_Greatest_Weapon)
title: Corporate America's Greatest Weapon
uri: Corporate-America-s-Greatest-Weapon
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Corporate_America%27s_Greatest_Weapon%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/22-4">Cynicism is
Corporate America's Greatest Weapon: Disarm It.</a>


title: Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison
uri: Manning-sentenced-to-35-years-in-prison
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Manning_sentenced_to_35_years_in_prison)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Manning_sentenced_to_35_years_in_prison%29

content:
<p>
Manning
was <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/22-0">sentenced
to 35 years in prison for revealing US crimes</a>.  When will we
prosecute the ones who committed those crimes?


title: Fukushima could be much worse then "authorities" admit
uri: Fukushima-could-be-much-worse-then-authorities-admit
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Fukushima_could_be_much_worse_then_authorities_admit)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Fukushima_could_be_much_worse_then_authorities_admit%29

content:
<p>
Some nuclear experts warn that the situation in Fukushima
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23779561
">could be much worse than the "authorities" admit.</a>


title: Urgent: Demand that next Fed chairman answer crucial questions
uri: Urgent-Demand-that-next-Fed-chairman-answer-crucial-questions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Urgent:_Demand_that_next_Fed_chairman_answer_crucial_questions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Demand_that_next_Fed_chairman_answer_crucial_questions%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: demand that the next chairman of the Federal Reserve
<a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=537&tag=dke1">answer
some crucial questions.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Plutocrats_aim_to_inflame_public)
title: Plutocrats aim to inflame public
uri: Plutocrats-aim-to-inflame-public
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Plutocrats_aim_to_inflame_public%29

content:
<p>
Plutocratic politicians in
ALEC <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12216/top-quotes-alecs-40th-birthday-party-chicago">aim
to inflame the public against people who are oppressed</a> a little
less than they.
<p>
Of course, the ones you ought to hate are the plutocrats that fund and
direct ALEC.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Militarization_of_thugs_in_the_US)
title: Militarization of thugs in the US
uri: Militarization-of-thugs-in-the-US
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Militarization_of_thugs_in_the_US%29

content:
<p>
The ACLU on the <a href="https://www.aclu.org/militarization">steady
militarization of thugs in the US.</a>


title: US director of "national security" started blog
uri: US-director-of-national-security-started-blog
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(US_director_of_national_security_started_blog)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28US_director_of_national_security_started_blog%29

content:
<p>
The US director of "national security"
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/22/us-intelligence-community-tumblr-surveillance">started
a blog with the aim of "more transparency".</a>
<p>
This reflects his persistent campaign to make our activities and
conversations more transparent to them.


title: Ladar Levison can't talk about court battle for privacy rights
uri: Ladar-Levison-can-t-talk-about-court-battle-for-privacy-rights
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Ladar_Levison_can't_talk_about_court_battle_for_privacy_rights)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Ladar_Levison_can%27t_talk_about_court_battle_for_privacy_rights%29

content:
<p>
Ladar
Levison <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/22/lavabit-founder-us-surveillance-snowden">can't
talk about his court battle for our privacy rights</a>, but he's
drawing a lot of attention to the issue.


title: Inadequate measures to encourage universities to compete
uri: Inadequate-measures-to-encourage-universities-to-compete
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Inadequate_measures_to_encourage_universities_to_compete)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Inadequate_measures_to_encourage_universities_to_compete%29

content:
<p>
Obama
proposes <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/22/obama-new-college-ranking-system-student-debt">totally
inadequate measures to encourage universities to compete on
tuition.</a>


title: Children in Pakistan getting sick with polio
uri: Children-in-Pakistan-getting-sick-with-polio
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Children_in_Pakistan_getting_sick_with_polio)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Children_in_Pakistan_getting_sick_with_polio%29

content:
<p>
Children in Pakistan
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/aug/22/pakistan-israel-polio-vaccinations">getting
sick with polio</a>: perhaps this will convince the religious crazies
to allow vaccination.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Mubarak_released_from_prison)
title: Mubarak released from prison
uri: Mubarak-released-from-prison
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Mubarak_released_from_prison%29
content:
<p>
Former dictator Mubarak
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/22/hosni-mubarak-released-prison1">released
from prison</a> but will be held under house arrest.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(UK_should_renationalize_railroads)
title: UK should renationalize railroads
uri: UK-should-renationalize-railroads
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28UK_should_renationalize_railroads%29

content:
<p>
The UK
should <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/22/privatising-railways-disaster-renationalise-labour">renationalize
its railroads.</a>


title: Correction: Clegg has not endorsed interrogation of David Miranda
uri: Correction-Clegg-has-not-endorsed-interrogation-of-David-Miranda
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Correction:_Clegg_has_not_endorsed_interrogation_of_David_Miranda)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Correction%3A_Clegg_has_not_endorsed_interrogation_of_David_Miranda%29

content:
<p>
Correction: Clegg, head of the Lib
Dems, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/22/terror-law-watchdog-report-david-miranda">has <em>not</em>
endorsed the interrogation of David Miranda and seizure of his
computer data.</a>
<p>
Miranda's lawyers have won a symbolic victory with the court order for
the state not to touch Miranda's memories "unless it is for the
purpose of ensuring the protection [of] national security or for
investigating whether Miranda is himself involved in the commission,
instigation or preparation of an act of terrorism".
<p>
At present, it is only symbolic.  Whatever they wish to do, they will
do it anyway and say it is "protection of national security".
Besides, they have surely given copies to the NSA, which will not be
affected by this court order.  In other words, they will continue
playing the court, and the people, for fools.


title: Federal employees can be fired or punished arbitrarily
uri: Federal-employees-can-be-fired-or-punished-arbitrarily
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Federal_employees_can_be_fired_or_punished_arbitrarily)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Federal_employees_can_be_fired_or_punished_arbitrarily%29

content:
<p>
A US court ruled that federal employees in "national security
sensitive" positions can be 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/08/21-10">fired 
or punished arbitrarily</a>.
<p>
The next step will be for the government to drive them to suicide, to
make sure they can't flee and start revealing dirty government
secrets.


title: Over 50 large wildfires burning in western US
uri: Over-50-large-wildfires-burning-in-western-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Over_50_large_wildfires_burning_in_western_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Over_50_large_wildfires_burning_in_western_US%29

content:
<p>
Over 50 <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/50-wildfires-burn-western-us">large 
wildfires</a> are burning in the western US.


title: Air pollution monitoring stations face closure
uri: Air-pollution-monitoring-stations-face-closure
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Air_pollution_monitoring_stations_face_closure)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Air_pollution_monitoring_stations_face_closure%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/22/air-pollution-monitoring-stations-shut">cheap 
solution to air pollution</a>: stop measuring it.


title: Force-feeding of prisoners prepared to fast to death
uri: Force-feeding-of-prisoners-prepared-to-fast-to-death
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Force-feeding_of_prisoners_prepared_to_fast_to_death)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Force-feeding_of_prisoners_prepared_to_fast_to_death%29

content:
<p>
Force-feeding prisoners who are prepared to fast to death 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/22/california-prison-hunger-strike-force-feed">solves 
nothing</a>.
<p>
If they doubt whether prisoners really meant to order "don't feed me",
why not just ask them now?


title: Thousands of prisoners killed by British thugs since 1969
uri: Thousands-of-prisoners-killed-by-British-thugs-since-1969
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Thousands_of_prisoners_killed_by_British_thugs_since_1969)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Thousands_of_prisoners_killed_by_British_thugs_since_1969%29

content:
<p>
British thugs have 
<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/opensecurity/koos-couv%C3%A9e/british-police-getting-away-with-murder-since-1969">killed 
thousands of prisoners</a> since 1969, the last time a thug was
punished for doing that.
<p>
Worse, relatives of the victims who campaigned for justice were
subject to secret surveillance by thugs defending their buddies.  But
they still say, "if you're innocent, you have nothing to fear."


title: Declassified court document from 2011 about NSA's spying on Americans
uri: Declassified-court-document-from-2011-about-NSA-s-spying-on-Americans
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Declassified_court_document_from_2011_about_NSAs_spying_on_Americans)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Declassified_court_document_from_2011_about_NSAs_spying_on_Americans%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-gathered-thousands-of-americans-e-mails-before-court-struck-down-program/2013/08/21/146ba4b6-0a90-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html">NSA
gathered thousands of Americans' e-mails before court ordered it to
revise its tactics</a>.


title: Implications of Assad's apparent poison gas attack
uri: Implications-of-Assad-s-apparent-poison-gas-attack
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Implications_of_Assads_apparent_poison_gas_attack)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Implications_of_Assads_apparent_poison_gas_attack%29

content:
<p>
On the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/syria-chemical-attack-assad-report">implications</a> 
of Assad's apparent poison gas attack.
<p>
The fact that jihadis are fighting Assad makes it hard to see a way to
help the rebels without potentially bringing to power those who are
worse.


title: Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years imprisonment
uri: Bradley-Manning-sentenced-to-35-years-imprisonment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Bradley_Manning_sentenced_to_35_years_imprisonment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Bradley_Manning_sentenced_to_35_years_imprisonment%29

content:
<p>
Bradley Manning was sentenced to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/bradley-manning-35-years-prison-wikileaks-sentence">35 
years</a> imprisonment.
<p>
He got a far longer sentence than others convicted of espionage;
perhaps because Manning gave information, not secretly to an enemy,
but publicly to the people that the US government betrays every day.


title: Release of former Egyptian dictator Mubarak from prison
uri: Release-of-former-Egyptian-dictator-Mubarak-from-prison
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Release_of_former_Egyptian_dictator_Mubarak_from_prison)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Release_of_former_Egyptian_dictator_Mubarak_from_prison%29

content:
<p>
Former Egyptian dictator Mubarak will be 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/egyptian-court-hosni-mubarak-release-prison">released 
from prison</a>.
<p>
Will he be put back in power?


title: New Zealand votes to legalize more spying on everyone
uri: New-Zealand-votes-to-legalize-more-spying-on-everyone
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(New_Zealand_votes_to_legalize_more_spying_on_everyone)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28New_Zealand_votes_to_legalize_more_spying_on_everyone%29

content:
<p>
Another defeat for freedom: New Zealand voted to legalize 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/new-zealand-parliament-spying-bill">more 
spying on everyone</a>.


title: NSA collects 75% of US Internet traffic
uri: NSA-collects-75-of-US-Internet-traffic
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(NSA_collects_75_percent_of_US_Internet_traffic)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28NSA_collects_75_percent_of_US_Internet_traffic%29

content:
<p>
The NSA collects 
<a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/317971-nsa-surveillance-said-to-be-broader-than-initially-believed">75% 
of US Internet traffic</a>.


title: Comcast threatens to sue Torrentfreak for publishing subpoena
uri: Comcast-threatens-to-sue-Torrentfreak-for-publishing-subpoena
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Comcast_threatens_to_sue_Torrentfreak_for_publishing_subpoena)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Comcast_threatens_to_sue_Torrentfreak_for_publishing_subpoena%29

content:
<p>
Comcast threatened to sue Torrentfreak for 
<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-threatens-to-sue-torrentfreak-for-copyright-infringement-130821/">copyright
infringement over publication of a subpoena</a>, a court document in
the public domain.


title: Six questions journalists should ask Obama
uri: Six-questions-journalists-should-ask-Obama
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Six_questions_journalists_should_ask_Obama)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Six_questions_journalists_should_ask_Obama%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/20-4">Six 
Questions Journalists Should Ask Barack Obama When He Visits (Enter
Your Country Name Here)</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Mirandas_Rights)
title: Miranda's Rights
uri: Miranda-s-Rights
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Mirandas_Rights%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/20-8">Miranda's 
Rights: How Europe Can Learn from Latin America's Independence</a>.


title: NFL cracks down on fans with prohibitions
uri: NFL-cracks-down-on-fans-with-prohibitions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(NFL_cracks_down_on_fans_with_prohibitions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28NFL_cracks_down_on_fans_with_prohibitions%29

content:
<p>
Using the Boston bombings as a pretext, the National Football League
now prohibits fans from bringing in
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/08/paranoia-state-gets-cranked-another-notch">suitcases,
fanny packs, even a thermos</a>.
<p>
If I couldn't bring my computer in, that rules me out.
<p>
I'd never want to go to a football game, so this does not affect me,
not directly.  But the dangerous current will threaten everyone.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Government)
title: Government
uri: Government
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Government%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/21">Government Works
Fine, Just Not For You</a> (i.e., non-plutocrats).


title: Interrogation of David Miranda ordered by UK prime minister
uri: Interrogation-of-David-Miranda-ordered-by-UK-prime-minister
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Interrogation_of_David_Miranda_ordered_by_UK_prime_minister)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Interrogation_of_David_Miranda_ordered_by_UK_prime_minister%29

content:
<p>
The UK prime minister 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/21/nsa-nick-clegg-guardian-leaked-files">directly 
ordered</a> the interrogation of David Miranda.
<p>
Even more horrible, the head of the Liberal Democrats supported
the pretext for destroying the Guardian's disk drives.


title: Russia blocks Greenpeace icebreaker from entering Arctic sea
uri: Russia-blocks-Greenpeace-icebreaker-from-entering-Arctic-sea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 22_August_2013_(Russia_blocks_Greenpeace_icebreaker_from_entering_Arctic_sea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#22_August_2013_%28Russia_blocks_Greenpeace_icebreaker_from_entering_Arctic_sea%29

content:
<p>
Russia 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/21/russia-blocks-greenpeace-ship-arctic">blocked
a Greenpeace icebreaker from entering the Arctic sea</a>, on the
peculiar grounds that it isn't strong enough to deal with the little
remaining ice.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Did_US_or_UK_make_damaging_leak)
title: Did US or UK make damaging leak
uri: Did-US-or-UK-make-damaging-leak
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Did_US_or_UK_make_damaging_leak%29
content:
<p>
Did the US or UK make a damaging
leak <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/23/uk-government-independent-military-base">pretending
it came from Snowden?</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Journalist_hit_on_head_with_crowbar)
title: Journalist hit on head with crowbar
uri: Journalist-hit-on-head-with-crowbar
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Journalist_hit_on_head_with_crowbar%29

content:
<p>
A journalist in Kazakhstan
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/aug/23/journalist-safety-kazakhstan">hit
on the head with a crowbar.</a>
<p>
In the US they just
get <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#20_July_2013_(NSA)">threatened
with imprisonment.</a>


title: Apple designing new surveillance product
uri: Apple-designing-new-surveillance-product
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Apple_designing_new_surveillance_product)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Apple_designing_new_surveillance_product%29

content:
<p>
Apple is designing a new product to
do <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/biometric-data-sustainable-cities-smart">surveillance
on people's movements even more than mobile phones.</a>
<p>
The idea of a "trust" to protect the use of the data is ridiculous.
It won't be able to withhold anything from the NSA or GCHQ.  It would
be hard pressed to withhold anything from subpoenas for private
lawsuits.  Digital toll collection records are often subpoena'd.


title: Summarizing the NSA's series of lies
uri: Summarizing-the-NSA-s-series-of-lies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Summarizing_the_NSA's_series_of_lies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Summarizing_the_NSA%27s_series_of_lies%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/23-1">Summarizing
the NSA's series of lies.</a>


title: Refuting lies about Washington's GMO-labeling initiative
uri: Refuting-lies-about-Washington-s-GMO-labeling-initiative
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Refuting_lies_about_Washington's_GMO-labeling_initiative)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Refuting_lies_about_Washington%27s_GMO-labeling_initiative%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_28148.cfm">Refuting
lies about Washington's GMO-labeling initiative.</a>


title: Urgent: Dump Sallie Mae for predatory behavior
uri: Urgent-Dump-Sallie-Mae-for-predatory-behavior
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Urgent:_Dump_Sallie_Mae_for_predatory_behavior)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Dump_Sallie_Mae_for_predatory_behavior%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the Department of Education
to <a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4023/c/33/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=7039&track=20130822_adv_salliemaeed_e">dump
Sallie Mae for predatory behavior</a> that violated its contract.


title: Urgent: Negotiate with new president of Iran
uri: Urgent-Negotiate-with-new-president-of-Iran
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Urgent:_Negotiate_with_new_president_of_Iran)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Negotiate_with_new_president_of_Iran%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Obama
to <a href="http://livableworld.org/iran2013/">negotiate with the new
president of Iran.</a>


title: Urgent: Sign petition in support of Justin Carter
uri: Urgent-Sign-petition-in-support-of-Justin-Carter
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Urgent:_Sign_petition_in_support_of_Justin_Carter)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Sign_petition_in_support_of_Justin_Carter%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: <a href="http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/3554">sign
this petition in support of Justin Carter</a>, facing 8 years in
prison for a joke threat that he said was a joke.
<p>
It's not wise to make joke threats on the Internet.  Carter should get
a warning from the judge: "Remember, when you're on the Internet, lots
of strangers are see or hear everything you say.  You can't joke
around as if you were among friends."  I am sure he would learn that
lesson.
<p>
I expect that the judge knows this, but takes pleasure in applying
perverse "zero tolerance".


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Taxing_churches)
title: Taxing churches
uri: Taxing-churches
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Taxing_churches%29
content:
<p>
In favor
of <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/08/22/churches_should_be_taxed_then_everyone_can_speak.html">taxing
churches — all of them.</a>


title: Malaysia's gov't plans to extend snooping
uri: Malaysia-s-gov-t-plans-to-extend-snooping
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Malaysia's_gov't_plans_to_extend_snooping)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Malaysia%27s_gov%27t_plans_to_extend_snooping%29

content:
<p>
With the US morally compromised, now Malaysia's
government <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-21/amid-uproar-over-nsa-s-surveillance-malaysia-wants-to-expand-its-spying-powers.html">plans
to extend its snooping powers.</a>


title: Mathematicians, why are you not speaking out?
uri: Mathematicians-why-are-you-not-speaking-out
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Mathematicians,_why_are_you_not_speaking_out_)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Mathematicians%2C_why_are_you_not_speaking_out_%29

content:
<p>
An Open Letter to My Former NSA Colleagues:
<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/08/nsa_domestic_spying_mathematicians_should_speak_out.html">Mathematicians,
why are you not speaking out?</a>


title: Royalties from oil drilling go to health care
uri: Royalties-from-oil-drilling-go-to-health-care
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Royalties_from_oil_drilling_go_to_health_care)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Royalties_from_oil_drilling_go_to_health_care%29

content:
<p>
Brazil will pass a law that
requires <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/economics/brazil-pledges-all-oil-royalties-health-care-and-education.html">all
royalties from oil drilling to go to health care</a>.  This has good
and bad sides.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Rape_victim_will_not_be_flogged)
title: Rape victim will not be flogged
uri: Rape-victim-will-not-be-flogged
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Rape_victim_will_not_be_flogged%29
content:
<p>
A teenager in the Maldive
Islands <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/maldives-girl-rape-victim-be-spared-outrageous-flogging-sentence-2013-08-21">will
not be flogged for having been raped.</a>
<p>
This is a step forward, but they must do more: people who have sex
voluntarily should not be punished either.
<p>
Can you guess which religion dominates the Maldive Islands?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Outing_Corporate_Evil_protests)
title: 'Outing Corporate Evil' protests
uri: Outing-Corporate-Evil-protests
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Outing_Corporate_Evil_protests%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/22-7">'Outing Corporate Evil,' One City at a Time</a>.


title: Making thugs wear cameras makes them less thuggish
uri: Making-thugs-wear-cameras-makes-them-less-thuggish
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Making_thugs_wear_cameras_makes_them_less_thuggish)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Making_thugs_wear_cameras_makes_them_less_thuggish%29

content:
<p>
Making all thugs wear cameras makes them 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/08/ubiquitous-surveillance-police-edition">considerably 
less thuggish</a>.
<p>
People working for the state are not entitled to the same rights of
privacy that everyone else deserves, and if there's anyone for whom
surveillance is necessary, it's the thugs.  So I am mostly in favor of
this.  However, this could lead to 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-jan-apr.html#23_February_2012_(Head-Mounted_Cameras)">intrusive surveillance</a> too.


title: Global heating: risk management failure
uri: Global-heating-risk-management-failure
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Global_heating_risk_management_failure)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Global_heating_risk_management_failure%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/aug/23/climate-change-greatest-risk-management-failure">Global
heating seen as humanity's greatest-ever risk management failure</a>.


title: Seabirds threatened by global heating
uri: Seabirds-threatened-by-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Seabirds_threatened_by_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Seabirds_threatened_by_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Seabirds are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/23/fears-seabirds-global-warming-affects-coastline">threatened 
by global heating</a>.
<p>
The world's general slow rise in sea level paused during 2010 and 2011
because the water was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/23/australian-floods-global-sea-level">piled 
on parts of Australia</a> instead.


title: Kucinich says Snowden should get a parade and NSA should be abolished
uri: Kucinich-says-Snowden-should-get-a-parade-and-NSA-should-be-abolished
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 23_August_2013_(Kucinich_says_Snowden_should_get_a_parade_and_NSA_should_be_abolished)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#23_August_2013_%28Kucinich_says_Snowden_should_get_a_parade_and_NSA_should_be_abolished%29

content:
<p>
Kucinich says, give Snowden a ticker-tape parade and 
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/20/dennis-kucinich-nsa_n_3786071.html">abolish 
the NSA</a>.
<p>
I broadly sympathize, but given how badly the banksters have mauled
our country, I am not sure a ticker-tape parade is appropriate
treatment for a hero.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(FISA_rebuked_NSA)
title: FISA rebuked NSA
uri: FISA-rebuked-NSA
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28FISA_rebuked_NSA%29
content:
<p>
A 2011 FISA court decision, published in fragmentary
form, <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/08/nsa-tapping-internet/">rebuked
the NSA for unconstitutionally stretching its surveillance powers.</a>


title: Manning has asked Obama for a pardon
uri: Manning-has-asked-Obama-for-a-pardon
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Manning_has_asked_Obama_for_a_pardon)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Manning_has_asked_Obama_for_a_pardon%29

content:
<p>
Manning
has <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/21-7">asked
Obama for a pardon, </a> and in the process,
has <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#16_August_2013_(Bradley_Manning_Apology)">taken
back the ill-conceived apology.</a>
<p>
Amnesty International says Obama
should <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/usa-commute-bradley-manning-s-sentence-and-investigate-abuses-he-exposed-2013-08-21">commute
Manning's sentence and investigate the abuses he exposed.</a>
<p>
I think Amnesty's stand is too weak.  It should ask for a pardon, not
a commutation.


title: Some NSA agents snoop on people they are attracted to
uri: Some-NSA-agents-snoop-on-people-they-are-attracted-to
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Some_NSA_agents_snoop_on_people_they_are_attracted_to)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Some_NSA_agents_snoop_on_people_they_are_attracted_to%29

content:
<p>
Some NSA
agents <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/24/nsa-analysts-abused-surveillance-systems">snoop
on people they are attracted to.</a>
<p>
Thugs have done this for ages
(<a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/archive-2002.html#plate-for-date">"running
a plate for a date"</a>), so it does not surprise me at all that NSA
agents do it too.  The crucial point is that there is nothing in the
system to stop them from snooping on anyone they wish.
<p>
This validates Snowden's point that he could snoop on anyone.  He
wasn't "authorized" to do so, but he could do it.
<p>
The NSA staff call it "loveint", and the NSA punishes it, but only
when it finds out.  If a few cases have been discovered, there were
probably many more that the NSA doesn't know about.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Urgent:_Fast_Track_for_the_TPP)
title: Urgent: "Fast Track" for the TPP
uri: Urgent-Fast-Track-for-the-TPP
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Fast_Track_for_the_TPP%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on Congress not to
allow <a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12263">"fast
track" for the TPP.</a>


title: Urgent: Stop equating journalism with terrorism
uri: Urgent-Stop-equating-journalism-with-terrorism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_equating_journalism_with_terrorism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_equating_journalism_with_terrorism%29

content:
<p>
In the US: tell the US and UK to 
<a href="http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/miranda/">stop
equating journalism with terrorism.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Urgent:_Treat_workers_decently)
title: Urgent: Treat workers decently
uri: Urgent-Treat-workers-decently
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Treat_workers_decently%29

content:
<p>
In the US: tell Forever 21
you <a href="http://youpower.democracyforamerica.com/petitions/forever-21-pay-fair-or-we-won-t-wear">insist
it treat workers decently.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Big_Data_often_means_Big_Intrusion)
title: "Big Data" often means "Big Intrusion".
uri: Big-Data-often-means-Big-Intrusion
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Big_Data_often_means_Big_Intrusion%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.privacyinternational.org/blog/data-for-development-the-new-conflict-resource">"Big
Data" often means "Big Intrusion".</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(US_selling_cluster_bombs)
title: US selling cluster bombs
uri: US-selling-cluster-bombs
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28US_selling_cluster_bombs%29
content:
<p>
The US
is <a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/u-s-selling-cluster-bombs-worth-641-million-to-saudi-arabia/">selling
1300 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia.</a>
<p>
When cluster bombs are
used, <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2006-sep-dec.html#08
 November 2006 (Cluster bombs)">they kill children long after the war
is over.</a>


title: Global heating is good for some things
uri: Global-heating-is-good-for-some-things
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Global_heating_is_good_for_some_things)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Global_heating_is_good_for_some_things%29

content:
<p>
Global heating is good for some things, such as
the <a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/higher-temperatures-more-dengue/">mosquito
that spreads Dengue fever.</a>


title: Urgent: Decent wage for Walmart workers
uri: Urgent-Decent-wage-for-Walmart-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Urgent:_Decent_wage_for_Walmart_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Decent_wage_for_Walmart_workers%29

content:
<p>
In countries where Walmart operates: 
<a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=544">tell
Walmart</a> to respect their workers and pay a decent wage.


title: Urgent: Funds transfers to China Labor Watch investigators
uri: Urgent-Funds-transfers-to-China-Labor-Watch-investigators
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Urgent:_Funds_transfers_to_China_Labor_Watch_investigators)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Funds_transfers_to_China_Labor_Watch_investigators%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/china_labor_watch/">Call on
Western Union</a> to stop blocking funds transfers to China Labor
Watch investigators that expose sweatshop practices in China.


title: Obama viewed against background of 1963 March on Washington
uri: Obama-viewed-against-background-of-1963-March-on-Washington
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Obama_viewed_against_background_of_1963_March_on_Washington)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Obama_viewed_against_background_of_1963_March_on_Washington%29

content:
<p>
Obama viewed against the background of the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/24/march-on-washington-anniversary-martin-luther-king">March
on Washington</a> 50 years ago.


title: Xu Zhiyong imprisoned for suggesting political discussions
uri: Xu-Zhiyong-imprisoned-for-suggesting-political-discussions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Xu_Zhiyong_imprisoned_for_suggesting_political_discussions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Xu_Zhiyong_imprisoned_for_suggesting_political_discussions%29

content:
<p>
Xu Zhiyong has been 
<a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1298888/citizens-movement-leader-xu-zhiyong-arrested">imprisoned</a>
for suggesting that Chinese have dinner parties to discuss political
issues.


title: Trance Pacific Partnership negotiations
uri: Trance-Pacific-Partnership-negotiations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Trance_Pacific_Partnership_negotiations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Trance_Pacific_Partnership_negotiations%29

content:
<p>
The US is running into 
<a href="http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/08/final-tpp-round-not-final-are-even-more-secretive-talks-ahead.html">stiff
opposition</a> in the Trance Pacific Partnership negotiations.
<p>
Apparently the other countries' negotiators are not entirely 
<a href="media/a0fed06f.trance-pacific-partnership.en.jpg" data-original-source="http://stallman.org/images/trance-pacific-partnership.en.jpg">in
a trance</a> yet.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(The_lesson_of_Fukushima)
title: The lesson of Fukushima
uri: The-lesson-of-Fukushima
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28The_lesson_of_Fukushima%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/statements/fukushima-horror-will-be-visited-us-unless-we-shift-100-renewable-energy">The 
lesson of Fukushima: nuclear reactors can explode</a>.  And there are
dozens of reactors in the US which use the same design.


title: The UK government's demand to destroy the Guardian's files
uri: The-UK-government-s-demand-to-destroy-the-Guardian-s-files
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(The_UK_governments_demand_to_destroy_the_Guardians_files)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28The_UK_governments_demand_to_destroy_the_Guardians_files%29

content:
<p>
The UK government's demand to destroy the Guardian's files was a
direct attack against the foundation of democracy: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/23/surveillance-state-debate-goes-on">freedom 
of the press to report how the state treats the people</a>.


title: Forest fire threatens San Francisco water and electricity
uri: Forest-fire-threatens-San-Francisco-water-and-electricity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Forest_fire_threatens_San_Francisco_water_and_electricity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Forest_fire_threatens_San_Francisco_water_and_electricity%29

content:
<p>
A <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/24/yosemite-wildfire-san-francisco-state-emergency">165-sq-mile 
forest fire</a> in California is threatening to contaminate a
reservoir for San Francisco as well as to destroy power lines that
bring electricity there.


title: Saudi censorship suppressing knowledge about MERS
uri: Saudi-censorship-suppressing-knowledge-about-MERS
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Saudi_censorship_suppressing_knowledge_about_MERS)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Saudi_censorship_suppressing_knowledge_about_MERS%29

content:
<p>
Saudi censorship is 
<a href="http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/08/ap_mers/">suppressing 
knowledge about MERS</a>, which has killed half the people known to
have contracted it.  As a result, 3 million pilgrims to Mecca could
get exposed to it and take it home with them.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Egypt_after_the_revolution)
title: Egypt after the revolution
uri: Egypt-after-the-revolution
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Egypt_after_the_revolution%29
content:
<p>
Egypt after the revolution: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/23/egypt-after-revolution-curfew-days">curfew 
nights and blood-stained days</a>.


title: Koch brothers give up trying to buy Los Angeles Times
uri: Koch-brothers-give-up-trying-to-buy-Los-Angeles-Times
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 24_August_2013_(Koch_brothers_give_up_trying_to_buy_Los_Angeles_Times)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#24_August_2013_%28Koch_brothers_give_up_trying_to_buy_Los_Angeles_Times%29

content:
<p>
The Koch brothers have reportedly 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/08/22-6">given 
up</a> on trying to buy the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers.
<p>
This avoided an immediate defeat but may not be a lasting victory.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 26_August_2013_(Power_of_NSA_in_1983)
title: Power of NSA in 1983
uri: Power-of-NSA-in-1983
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#26_August_2013_%28Power_of_NSA_in_1983%29
content:
<p>
1983:
the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/27/magazine/the-silent-power-of-the-nsa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all">power
of the NSA was already dangerous.</a>


title: Religious fanatics attacked Pastafarians
uri: Religious-fanatics-attacked-Pastafarians
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 26_August_2013_(Religious_fanatics_attacked_Pastafarians)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#26_August_2013_%28Religious_fanatics_attacked_Pastafarians%29

content:
<p>
Religious fanatics in Russia, encouraged by the
dictatorship, <a href="http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130817/182823785/8-Pastafarians-Detained-in-Moscow-During-Pasta-Procession.html">attacked
a small parade of Pastafarians.</a>


title: Ecuador considering law to ban publication of secret documents
uri: Ecuador-considering-law-to-ban-publication-of-secret-documents
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 26_August_2013_(Ecuador_considering_law_to_ban_publication_of_secret_documents)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#26_August_2013_%28Ecuador_considering_law_to_ban_publication_of_secret_documents%29

content:
<p>
Ecuador is considering a law
to <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/ecuador-seeks-to-criminalize-publishing-classified-documents">ban
publication of secret documents,</a> even if they have been published
elsewhere.
<p>
The Obama regime makes itself a laughingstock for pretending that
Wikileaks and Snowden material are still secrets; this law would do
the same.


title: Jet Blue refused to let Hindu man board
uri: Jet-Blue-refused-to-let-Hindu-man-board
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 26_August_2013_(Jet_Blue_refused_to_let_Hindu_man_board)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#26_August_2013_%28Jet_Blue_refused_to_let_Hindu_man_board%29

content:
<p>
A Hindu man was taken for Muslim after he (not knowing why) set off
the explosive detector in an airport, and his answers were
misunderstood.  But even after the TSA cleared him to
fly, <a href="http://varnull.adityamukerjee.net/post/59021412512/dont-fly-during-ramadan">Jet
Blue still refused to let him board.</a>
<p>
Apparently someone on the flight crew exercised the despotic power
kick anyone off, for no reason.
<p>
He thinks his home was subsequently searched and a photograph stolen.


title: Teens do care about being tracked through phones
uri: Teens-do-care-about-being-tracked-through-phones
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 26_August_2013_(Teens_do_care_about_being_tracked_through_phones)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#26_August_2013_%28Teens_do_care_about_being_tracked_through_phones%29

content:
<p>
American
teens <a href="http://www.darkreading.com/privacy/report-teens-actually-do-care-about-onli/240160345">do
care about being tracked through portable phones.</a>  Over half of
teenage girls have turned off location tracking — by their
parents.
<p>
However, there is no way to stop Big Brother from tracking them,
except to take the batteries out.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 25_August_2013_(Beyond_Intimidation)
title: Beyond Intimidation
uri: Beyond-Intimidation
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_August_2013_%28Beyond_Intimidation%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://stallman.org/articles/beyond-intimidation.html">Beyond Intimidation
of Journalists</a>
</p>


title: Internet companies got paid to put users in PRISM
uri: Internet-companies-got-paid-to-put-users-in-PRISM
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 25_August_2013_(Internet_companies_got_paid_to_put_users_in_PRISM)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_August_2013_%28Internet_companies_got_paid_to_put_users_in_PRISM%29

content:
<p>
Internet companies that put their users in PRISM did so knowingly and
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/23-2">got paid
for the work</a>.


title: Archeologists use drones to detect looting of ancient ruins
uri: Archeologists-use-drones-to-detect-looting-of-ancient-ruins
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 25_August_2013_(Archeologists_use_drones_to_detect_looting_of_ancient_ruins)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_August_2013_%28Archeologists_use_drones_to_detect_looting_of_ancient_ruins%29

content:
<p>
Archeologists are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/25/peru-archaeologists-drones-ancient-ruins">using
drones to detect looting</a> of ancient ruins in Peru.


title: Medecins Sans Frontieres urges countries to oppose TPP
uri: Medecins-Sans-Frontieres-urges-countries-to-oppose-TPP
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 25_August_2013_(Medecins_Sans_Frontieres_urges_countries_to_oppose_TPP)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_August_2013_%28Medecins_Sans_Frontieres_urges_countries_to_oppose_TPP%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/08/23-1">Medecins
Sans Frontieres Urges Countries Not to Trade Away Health as
Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Negotiations Intensify</a>.
<p>
A treaty like this can't do anything good, except for the plutocrats.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 25_August_2013_(MLK_vs_Obama)
title: MLK vs Obama
uri: MLK-vs-Obama
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_August_2013_%28MLK_vs_Obama%29
content:
<p>
Having Obama speak at the anniversary of MLK's March on Washington is
a <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/08/23-0">sacrilege</a>.


title: UK imprisons Syrian dissident seeking asylum
uri: UK-imprisons-Syrian-dissident-seeking-asylum
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 25_August_2013_(UK_imprisons_Syrian_dissident_seeking_asylum)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_August_2013_%28UK_imprisons_Syrian_dissident_seeking_asylum%29

content:
<p>
The UK imprisoned Syrian dissident Roudi Chikhi for using false papers
to flee Syria to ask for asylum, and
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/24/syrian-refugee-jailed-uk">stole 
all his money</a> too.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 25_August_2013_(Progress_in_solar-powered_vehicles)
title: Progress in solar-powered vehicles
uri: Progress-in-solar-powered-vehicles
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_August_2013_%28Progress_in_solar-powered_vehicles%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/25/solar-power-transport-travel-technology">Progress 
in solar-powered vehicles</a> demonstrates that we ought to be putting
hundreds of millions into research, rather than leaving the matter to
a few enthusiasts.


title: Growing up in poverty tends to stunt children's development
uri: Growing-up-in-poverty-tends-to-stunt-children-s-development
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 25_August_2013_(Growing_up_in_poverty_tends_to_stunt_childrens_development)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_August_2013_%28Growing_up_in_poverty_tends_to_stunt_childrens_development%29

content:
<p>
Growing up in poverty tends to stunt children's development
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/24/child-poverty-social-apartheid-ncb">permanently</a>.
<p>
I'm sure it is true in the US too, though I don't have a study to
point to.  This is why we need a strong welfare system that lifts
children out of poverty, not one that does only the bare minimum
such as Clinton gave the US.
<p>
Of course, we also need to make it easy for poor people to avoid
having children they can't afford to raise, by providing reliable
contraception and abortion gratis to all women.


title: UN investigation of chemical weapons use in Syria
uri: UN-investigation-of-chemical-weapons-use-in-Syria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 25_August_2013_(UN_investigation_of_chemical_weapons_use_in_Syria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_August_2013_%28UN_investigation_of_chemical_weapons_use_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
Assad has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/25/syria-united-nations-inspectors">agreed
to cooperate</a> with UN inspectors who are investigating use of
chemical weapons.
<p>
If it is too late to detect the gas on the site, maybe autopsies can
confirm that gas was used.  The crucial question is who used it, and
maybe some evidence about that can be found.
<p>
Assad and his supporters claim it was a false-flag operation by the
rebels.  I can't put it past them, but I think it is more likely that
Assad's forces attacked with gas.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 25_August_2013_(Obama_hates_our_freedoms)
title: Obama hates our freedoms
uri: Obama-hates-our-freedoms
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_August_2013_%28Obama_hates_our_freedoms%29
content:
<p>
Obama hates our freedoms — he wants the Supreme Court to rule
that thugs can 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/20-3">search
people's phones without a warrant</a>.


title: Evidence of environmental harms from fracking buried by EPA
uri: Evidence-of-environmental-harms-from-fracking-buried-by-EPA
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 25_August_2013_(Evidence_of_environmental_harms_from_fracking_buried_by_EPA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_August_2013_%28Evidence_of_environmental_harms_from_fracking_buried_by_EPA%29

content:
<p>
The EPA <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/23-0">buried
its own evidence</a> that fracking was dangerous, and Americans are
increasingly organizing to block it — and now it turns out that
the amount of gas that can be retrieved is much less than was thought.
<p>
In other words, we have to launch a massive program for renewable
energy.


title: California considers putting RFIDs into drivers' licenses
uri: California-considers-putting-RFIDs-into-drivers-licenses
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 26_August_2013_(California_considers_putting_RFIDs_into_drivers_licenses)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#26_August_2013_%28California_considers_putting_RFIDs_into_drivers_licenses%29

content:
<p>
California is considering putting 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/california-bill-rfid-chip-personal-information">RFIDs
for tracking</a> into drivers' licenses.


title: The elimination of 165 countries' equivalents of Glass-Steagall
uri: The-elimination-of-165-countries-equivalents-of-Glass-Steagall
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html 26_August_2013_(The_elimination_of_165_countries_equivalents_of_Glass-Steagall)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#26_August_2013_%28The_elimination_of_165_countries_equivalents_of_Glass-Steagall%29

content:
<p>
Greg Palast: 
<a href="http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/larry-summers-and-the-secret-end-game-memo">How 
Larry Summers and Geithner bullied 165 countries</a> into eliminating
their equivalents of Glass-Steagall through the WTO.
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And Obama is closely connected to their gang.


