# articles

feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(Criminalising_possession_of_porn)
title: Criminalising possession of porn
uri: Criminalising-possession-of-porn
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28Criminalising_possession_of_porn%29

content:
<p>
Illustrating the evil of making it a crime to possess pornography, a
man in the UK was 
<a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/two-men-convicted-keeping-truly-3949241">convicted
of the crime of not knowing how to delete all copies of a disgusting
video sent to him by a stranger</a>.
<p>
I don't understand the pretext for banning pornography involving
animals.  If extreme animal rights activists demanded that, at least
there would be some sense in it.
<p>
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2012-sep-dec.html#15_September_2012_(Censorship_of_child_pornography)">"Child
pornography" should not be illegal either</a>.
<p>
I wonder how long it will take for thugs to start carrying around kids
they can fondle as they arrest people and beat them up.  Then any
photos of the brutality would be "child pornography", and the
photographer would be sent to prison.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(Urgent:_Block_Pebble_Mine)
title: Urgent: Block Pebble Mine
uri: Urgent-Block-Pebble-Mine
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Block_Pebble_Mine%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3553">tell
the EPA</a> you support its decision to block Pebble Mine.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(Urgent:_Protect_wild_bighorn_sheep)
title: Urgent: Protect wild bighorn sheep
uri: Urgent-Protect-wild-bighorn-sheep
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Protect_wild_bighorn_sheep%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.wilderness.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2719">call
for continued protection</a> of wild bighorn sheep from the danger of
disease transmitted by domestic sheep.


title: Urgent: Action to reduce CO2 emissions
uri: Urgent-Action-to-reduce-CO2-emissions
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(Urgent:_Action_to_reduce_CO2_emissions)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Action_to_reduce_CO2_emissions%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=13859">tell
the EPA</a> that Americans are ready for strong action to reduce 
CO<sub>2</sub> emissions.


title: Guantanamo prisoner approved for release
uri: Guantanamo-prisoner-approved-for-release
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(Guantanamo_prisoner_approved_for_release)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28Guantanamo_prisoner_approved_for_release%29

content:
<p>
Abu Wa'el Dhiab, a prisoner in Guantanamo, has been approved for release
to Uruguay, but since that might not happen for years, he is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/05/guantanamo-bay-prisoner-hunger-strike-force-feeding">hunger
striking basically to death and suing to end force-feeding</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(Market-driven_world)
title: Market-driven world
uri: Market-driven-world
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28Market-driven_world%29
content:
<p>
If you are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/05/neoliberalism-mental-health-rich-poverty-economy">sick
of a market-driven world</a>, maybe you still have some values that
aren't aligned with plutocracy.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(Right-wing_militias_in_Ukraine)
title: Right-wing militias in Ukraine
uri: Right-wing-militias-in-Ukraine
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28Right-wing_militias_in_Ukraine%29
content:
<p>
Right-wing militias now helping Ukraine's army fight rebels 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/05/ukraine-revolution-dream-stalling-war-east">might
become dangerous</a> once that is over</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(Call_for_end_to_siege_of_Gaza)
title: Call for end to siege of Gaza
uri: Call-for-end-to-siege-of-Gaza
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28Call_for_end_to_siege_of_Gaza%29
content:
<p>
Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/05/gaza-blockade-must-end-un-first-step-settlement">call
for the UN to order an end to the siege of Gaza</a>.
<p>
There is a 72-hour cease fire at present, but converting that into
peace will be 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/05/gaza-ceasefire-first-step-intractable-problems">difficult</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(Infectious_diseases_in_the_US)
title: Infectious diseases in the US
uri: Infectious-diseases-in-the-US
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28Infectious_diseases_in_the_US%29
content:
<p>
5 infectious diseases that are 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/08/5-diseases-are-scarier-ebola">more
dangerous in the US than Ebola</a>, in terms of how likely it is that
you will get one and die of it.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(India_blocks_proposed_trade_treaty)
title: India blocks proposed trade treaty
uri: India-blocks-proposed-trade-treaty
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28India_blocks_proposed_trade_treaty%29

content:
<p>
India blocked a proposed trade treaty because it 
<a href="http://commondreams.org/views/2014/08/04/ten-reasons-saying-no-north-over-trade">threatens
food security for poor countries</a>.
<p>
The argument that a "free trade" treaty would good because it "adds to
the world's wealth" is fallacious even if it really does add to total
wealth: these treaties, in today's plutocratic system, assure that all
the increment goes to the plutocrats.  It's another form of the
"trickle-down" swindle.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(Obamas_threat_to_imprison_Risen)
title: Obama's threat to imprison Risen
uri: Obama-s-threat-to-imprison-Risen
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28Obamas_threat_to_imprison_Risen%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://commondreams.org/views/2014/08/04/obamas-war-journalism-coming-head">Democracy
is at stake</a> in Obama's threat to imprison reporter James Risen.
<p>
You can still 
<a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9775">sign
the petition</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(SWAT_sent_to_disarm_grandmother)
title: SWAT sent to disarm grandmother
uri: SWAT-sent-to-disarm-grandmother
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28SWAT_sent_to_disarm_grandmother%29

content:
<p>
Why was a SWAT team sent to disarm a 
<a href="http://www.loweringthebar.net/2014/08/swat-team-grandma.html">Texas
grandmother with a shotgun</a>?


title: Group makes news site delete article
uri: Group-makes-news-site-delete-article
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 06_August_2014_(Group_makes_news_site_delete_article)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#06_August_2014_%28Group_makes_news_site_delete_article%29

content:
<p>
A news site indirectly owned by Comcast deleted an article about
<a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140802/07022828089/minority-astroturf-group-gets-comcast-affiliated-news-site-to-remove-article-about-minority-astroturfing-net-neutrality.shtml">Comcast-funded
astroturf organizing against network neutrality</a>.


title: Snowden allowed three more years in Russia
uri: Snowden-allowed-three-more-years-in-Russia
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 07_August_2014_(Snowden_allowed_three_more_years_in_Russia)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#07_August_2014_%28Snowden_allowed_three_more_years_in_Russia%29

content:
<p>
Edward Snowden will be allowed to stay in Russia 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/edward-snowden-permission-stay-in-russia-three-years">three
more years</a>.
<p>
I am sure he would rather be in Bolivia, but the US wants him to be in
Russia.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 07_August_2014_(Illegal_coal_mines_in_China)
title: Illegal coal mines in China
uri: Illegal-coal-mines-in-China
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#07_August_2014_%28Illegal_coal_mines_in_China%29
content:
<p>
A giant coal mine in China is illegally 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/07/illegal-coal-mine-nature-reserve-china">eating
up a nature reserve</a>.
<p>
To make sure Chinese people can't complain about this, China is
imposing 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/china-intensifies-social-media-crackdown-curbs-instanrt-messaging">tight
control on all Internet communications</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 07_August_2014_(Wikipedia_edits_made_by_UK_gov't)
title: Wikipedia edits made by UK gov't
uri: Wikipedia-edits-made-by-UK-gov-t
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#07_August_2014_%28Wikipedia_edits_made_by_UK_gov%27t%29

content:
<p>
The UK government edited Wikipedia to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/07/wikipedia-edits-government-high-profile-killings">downplay
cases where UK thugs shot people dead</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 07_August_2014_(Walgreens_to_stay_in_the_US)
title: Walgreens to stay in the US
uri: Walgreens-to-stay-in-the-US
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#07_August_2014_%28Walgreens_to_stay_in_the_US%29
content:
<p>
Walgreens gave way to the pressure campaign and 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/aug/06/walgreens-buys-alliance-boots-9bn-pounds">decided
to keep its headquarters in Chicago</a>.
<p>
One factor that may tend to encourage US companies to move their
headquarters elsewhere is to take advantage of 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#27_October_2013_(Companies_are_now_exercising_investor-state_provisions)">"investor-state"
lawsuit provisions</a> in existing and 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#05_May_2014_(Obama_compares_opponents_of_the_TPP_to_conspiracy_theorists)">proposed</a> 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2010-nov-feb.html#01%20February%202011%20(Free%20exploitation%20treaties)">free
exploitation treaties</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 07_August_2014_(US_list_of_terrorist_suspects)
title: US list of terrorist suspects
uri: US-list-of-terrorist-suspects
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#07_August_2014_%28US_list_of_terrorist_suspects%29
content:
<p>
Almost half the people in the US list of terrorist suspects
have 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/05/classified-documents-show-us-governments-flawed-secret-terrorist-tracking-system">no
connection to any known terrorist group</a>.
<p>
Since that the US designates groups as "terrorist" arbitrarily,
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#10_November_2013_(Sheik_declared_terrorist_without_trial)">without
a trial</a>, some "known terrorist" groups may not really be terrorist
groups.


title: US corporations planning to dodge taxes
uri: US-corporations-planning-to-dodge-taxes
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 07_August_2014_(US_corporations_planning_to_dodge_taxes)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#07_August_2014_%28US_corporations_planning_to_dodge_taxes%29

content:
<p>
Dozens of major US corporations are 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/06/huge-number-tax-dodging-corporations-preparing-expatriate">planning
to move overseas to dodge taxes</a>.
<p>
Any politician who refuses to change laws to undo the effects of this
is working for those corporations — which is treason.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 07_August_2014_(CIA_torture_report_unreadable)
title: CIA torture report unreadable
uri: CIA-torture-report-unreadable
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#07_August_2014_%28CIA_torture_report_unreadable%29
content:
<p>
The Obama regime crossed out so much text in the Senate's CIA torture
report that it becomes 
<a href="http://commondreams.org/news/2014/08/05/obama-administration-redactions-torture-report-render-it-impossible-understand">unreadable</a>.
<p>
Senator Feinstein threatens to punish the CIA by 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/05/top-senator-rejects-cia-torture-report-redactions-ahead-of-release">not
publishing the report</a>?!?
<p>
Isn't that exactly what the CIA would prefer?
<p>
If the senate is serious, it should stick an amendment into some
must-pass legislation giving the senate full control over what it
publishes in this report.


title: Kidnaped children of Argentine dissidents
uri: Kidnaped-children-of-Argentine-dissidents
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 07_August_2014_(Kidnaped_children_of_Argentine_dissidents)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#07_August_2014_%28Kidnaped_children_of_Argentine_dissidents%29

content:
<p>
Mothers of murdered Argentine dissidents are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/06/argentine-grandmothers-plaza-mayo-kercher-grandson-guido-disappeared">finding
some of their kidnaped grandchildren</a>.


title: Death threats against Israeli dissident
uri: Death-threats-against-Israeli-dissident
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 07_August_2014_(Death_threats_against_Israeli_dissident)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#07_August_2014_%28Death_threats_against_Israeli_dissident%29

content:
<p>
Israeli dissident Gideon Levy, who criticized the Israeli air force
for callously bombing civilians, is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/06/gaza-israel-movement-that-dare-not-speak-its-name">receiving
death threats from powerful right-wing politicians</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 07_August_2014_(Mercury_pollution)
title: Mercury pollution
uri: Mercury-pollution
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#07_August_2014_%28Mercury_pollution%29
content:
<p>
Mercury pollution from industry and burning coal 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/06/pollution-triples-mercury-levels-oceans">accumulates
in the oceans</a> near the surface and gradually poisons marine life.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Opponents_of_abortion_rights)
title: Opponents of abortion rights
uri: Opponents-of-abortion-rights
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Opponents_of_abortion_rights%29
content:
<p>
Even opponents of abortion
rights <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/08/how-many-people-really-truly-believe-abortion-murder">don't
really believe that abortion is murder</a>.
<p>
They use the slogan to talk themselves into a frenzy so they can
aggress against women's rights.


title: Smothering overprotection of children
uri: Smothering-overprotection-of-children
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Smothering_overprotection_of_children)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Smothering_overprotection_of_children%29

content:
<p>
Americans
should <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/parents-arrested-leaving-kids-alone-cars">stop
freaking out when they see children in parked cars</a>.
<p>
The US has a general pattern
of <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#01_July_2014_%28Overprotection_of_children%29">smothering
overprotection of children</a>.
<p>
It is normal for children to leave the house and play together without
adults.  It used to be normal in the US for children to walk some
miles to school by themselves.


title: Malaysia flight 17 attacked by cannon fire
uri: Malaysia-flight-17-attacked-by-cannon-fire
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Malaysia_flight_17_attacked_by_cannon_fire)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Malaysia_flight_17_attacked_by_cannon_fire%29

content:
<p>
Reports of evidence
that <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/node/20925">Malaysia flight 17 was
attacked by cannon fire from fighter planes</a>.
<p>
I have not seen these claims anywhere else.  If they are confirmed, it
would change everything about the issue.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Wisconsin's_supreme_court)
title: Wisconsin's supreme court
uri: Wisconsin-s-supreme-court
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Wisconsin%27s_supreme_court%29
content:
<p>
Wisconsin's supreme court is not
conservative, <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/08/12560/wisconsin-supreme-court-not-conservative">it's
right-wing radical</a>.


title: Isis is conquering parts of Kurdistan
uri: Isis-is-conquering-parts-of-Kurdistan
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Isis_is_conquering_parts_of_Kurdistan)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Isis_is_conquering_parts_of_Kurdistan%29

content:
<p>
Isis
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/obama-options-iraq-isis-incursion-yazidi">conquering
parts of Kurdistan</a> with the help of heavy US weapons captured from
the disintegrating Iraqi army.
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/who-yazidi-isis-iraq-religion-ethnicity-mountains">Who
Are the Yazidis And Why Is Isis Hunting Them?</a>
<p>
Obama announced he
will <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/08/obama-authorises-iraq-air-strikes-against-isis">launch
air strikes to prevent genocide</a>.
<p>
That is a valid reason for war, and supporting Iraq in defense makes
it legal as far as I know.
<p>
I worry, however, that this US intervention will backfire just like
the last one.  In the long term, it would make more sense to give
heavy weapons to the Kurds.  They probably can be relied on not to
lose those weapons to Isis.


title: Abortion better than a woman's suicide
uri: Abortion-better-than-a-woman-s-suicide
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Abortion_better_than_a_woman's_suicide)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Abortion_better_than_a_woman%27s_suicide%29

content:
<p>
Ireland formally accepted
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/pregnant-women-ireland-abortion-ban-suicide">an
abortion is better than a woman's suicide, but seems to be trying to
take it back</a>.


title: Hopelessness of survival after a nuclear war
uri: Hopelessness-of-survival-after-a-nuclear-war
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Hopelessness_of_survival_after_a_nuclear_war)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Hopelessness_of_survival_after_a_nuclear_war%29

content:
<p>
Making
palpable <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/07/brother-in-the-land-robert-swindells-book-that-changed-me">the
hopelessness of survival after a nuclear war</a>.
<p>
What could possibly have
excused <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/07/war-crimes-nuclear-weaponry">dropping
a nuclear weapon on Nagasaki?</a>


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Israeli_troops)
title: Israeli troops
uri: Israeli-troops
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Israeli_troops%29
content:
<p>
Israeli
troops <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/palestinians-return-home-israeli-troops-faeces-graffiti">left
shit and words of hatred in Ahmed Owedat's home</a> after destroying
the appliances and stealing his life savings.
<p>
They did similar things in a girl's school while occupying it as a
base to destroy houses all around.
<p>
These acts fit
the <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_July_2014_%28Israeli_peace_movement%29">general
hatred of Arabs expressed by Israelis today</a>.


title: Demand in China for shark's fin has crashed
uri: Demand-in-China-for-shark-s-fin-has-crashed
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Demand_in_China_for_shark's_fin_has_crashed)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Demand_in_China_for_shark%27s_fin_has_crashed%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/chinas-choice/2014/aug/08/sales-of-shark-fin-china-drop-70">Demand
in China for shark's fin has crashed</a>, as many Chinese refuse to
eat it out of concern for the danger of driving sharks to extinction.
<p>
Maybe similar education campaigns could end the demand for tiger bone
and rhino horn.


title: Obama could save Argentina from the vultures
uri: Obama-could-save-Argentina-from-the-vultures
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Obama_could_save_Argentina_from_the_vultures)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Obama_could_save_Argentina_from_the_vultures%29

content:
<p>
Obama could save Argentina from the vultures with a simple order,
but <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2014/aug/07/argentina-debt-crisis-barack-obama-paul-singer-vulture-funds">he
has already capitulated to them</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Urgent_need_for_secularism)
title: Urgent need for secularism
uri: Urgent-need-for-secularism
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Urgent_need_for_secularism%29
content:
<p>
What the world needs now is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/aug/08/zoe-williams-world-humanist-congress">secularism</a>,
and urgently.


title: Obama undermines law against torture
uri: Obama-undermines-law-against-torture
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Obama_undermines_law_against_torture)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Obama_undermines_law_against_torture%29

content:
<p>
When Obama 
<a href="https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2014/08/dont-cheer-obamas-ban-torture">talks
about "banning" torture</a>, which is illegal, and fails to prosecute
torturers, the effect is to undermine the law against torture and make
torture a mere matter of policy.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Insecurity_of_Apple_computers)
title: Insecurity of Apple computers
uri: Insecurity-of-Apple-computers
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Insecurity_of_Apple_computers%29
content:
<p>
China has excluded some Apple computers from the list approved for
government purchases, on grounds of 
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-06/china-said-to-exclude-apple-from-procurement-list.html">insecurity</a>.
<p>
This is very wise.  Apple computers have 
<a href="http://gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary/malware-apple.html">no
security against Apple itself</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Vicious_US_Christians)
title: Vicious US Christians
uri: Vicious-US-Christians
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Vicious_US_Christians%29
content:
<p>
Some US Christians are 
<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/07/christian-broadcaster-ebola-could-cleanse-us-of-atheists-gay-people-and-sluts/">as
vicious as ISIS</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Slot_machines)
title: Slot machines
uri: Slot-machines
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Slot_machines%29
content:
<p>
US casinos get most of their money from slot machines made 
<a href="http://www.vox.com/2014/8/7/5976927/slot-machines-casinos-addiction-by-design">so
addictive and "smooth" that people can get lost in them for hours or
days</a>.
<p>
I have sometimes wanted to get lost in playing a machine.  Rather than
going to a casino, I played a game on a computer — that cost me
nothing.  Free software games are available for this.
<p>
The idea of raising money for a state by legalizing casinos and taxing
them made some rational sense for the first few states to do it.
People from other states came there and spent money.  Now that most US
states have legalized casinos, this effect has disappeared; the result
is that people spend money on casinos instead of some other business
that also pays taxes.
<p>
It's amazing how shortsighted politicians can be when that enables a
business to make money.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Legalized_marijuana)
title: Legalized marijuana
uri: Legalized-marijuana
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Legalized_marijuana%29
content:
<p>
Since Colorado legalized marijuana, the 
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/08/05/since-marijuana-legalization-highway-fatalities-in-colorado-are-at-near-historic-lows/">rate
of car accidents has continued its general downward trend</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(US_allies_funding_ISIS)
title: US "allies" funding ISIS
uri: US-allies-funding-ISIS
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28US_allies_funding_ISIS%29
content:
<p>
ISIS 
<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/14/america-s-allies-are-funding-isis.html">gets
its funding from US "allies"</a>: Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait.
<p>
This seems to have been going on for longer than the article says: it
seems that some of them were behind the start of the armed uprising in
Syria, back when Syrians where still holding nonviolent protests for
democracy.


title: Attacks on medical facilities in Gaza
uri: Attacks-on-medical-facilities-in-Gaza
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Attacks_on_medical_facilities_in_Gaza)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Attacks_on_medical_facilities_in_Gaza%29

content:
<p>
Amnesty International says there is 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/08/07/mounting-evidence-deliberate-attacks-gaza-health-workers-israeli-army">mounting
evidence</a> of intentional Israeli attacks on medical facilities and
workers in Gaza.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Security_vs_National_Security)
title: Security vs National Security
uri: Security-vs-National-Security
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Security_vs_National_Security%29
content:
<p>
The US has repeatedly 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/05/why-national-security-has-nothing-do-security">squandered
opportunities</a> to make the world less vulnerable to nuclear
destruction.
<p>
The article has a certain one-sidedness, as is often found in articles
whose main point is to criticize the US.  For instance, it tries to
suggest that the US was in the wrong in planning for war with Japan in
1941 (though nothing forced Japan to start that war).  Japan in 1941
was in the process of conquering China by means of a stream of
<a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#02_August_2014_(Whitewash_by_Yushukan_war_museum)">atrocities</a>;
that's why the US stopped selling Japan the materials Japan needed in
order to continue that conquest.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Censored_computing_services)
title: Censored computing services
uri: Censored-computing-services
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Censored_computing_services%29
content:
<p>
Chinese companies now offer censored computing services 
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140803172443/http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/02/chinese-communist-party-backed-tech-giants-bring-censorship-to-the-global-stage/">to
people outside China</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Egypt_bans_a_political_party)
title: Egypt bans a political party
uri: Egypt-bans-a-political-party
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Egypt_bans_a_political_party%29
content:
<p>
Egypt 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/09/egyptian-court-muslim-brotherhood-freedom-and-justice-party">banned
the Muslim Brotherhood's political party</a>.
<p>
I would hardly agree with that party on anything, but banning a party
is an act of tyranny.


title: Urgent: Block corporate tax-deserters
uri: Urgent-Block-corporate-tax-deserters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Urgent:_Block_corporate_tax-deserters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Block_corporate_tax-deserters%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.dontdesertamerica.com/dfa/">call on Obama</a> to
block corporate tax-deserters.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Urgent:_Peoples_Climate_March)
title: Urgent: People's Climate March
uri: Urgent-People-s-Climate-March
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Peoples_Climate_March%29

content:
<p>
In the US: join or support the 
<a href="http://peoplesclimate.org/march/">People's Climate March</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Mexico_to_privatize_oil_extraction)
title: Mexico to privatize oil extraction
uri: Mexico-to-privatize-oil-extraction
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Mexico_to_privatize_oil_extraction%29

content:
<p>
Mexico has made the 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/07/mexico-opens-door-oil-privatization">disastrous
decision</a> to privatize oil extraction.
<p>
If this needs "investment", I am sure the Mexican state would come out
better by doing the investment itself.  This sort of claim is the
basis for most privatizations, and nearly all of them do 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#17_February_2014_(Privatization_is_costly_and_harmful)">harm
to all but their investors</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Reactor_3_at_Fukushima)
title: Reactor 3 at Fukushima
uri: Reactor-3-at-Fukushima
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Reactor_3_at_Fukushima%29
content:
<p>
Decommissioning reactor 3 at Fukushima will be more difficult than
supposed, because it appears that 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/07/fukushima-meltdown-worse-previous-estimates-tepco">nearly
all the fuel rods melted down</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Network_neutrality_violation)
title: Network neutrality violation
uri: Network-neutrality-violation
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Network_neutrality_violation%29
content:
<p>
The four main US ISPs are accused of
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/07/all-four-internet-service-giants-allegedly-violated-last-remaining-net-neutrality">violating
the one network neutrality rule that remains in effect</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Ukraine_missiles_kill_civilians)
title: Ukraine missiles kill civilians
uri: Ukraine-missiles-kill-civilians
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Ukraine_missiles_kill_civilians%29

content:
<p>
Ukraine fired inaccurate missiles at a rebel missile launcher
operating near civilians, and this 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/08/civilians-killed-injured-donetsk-ukraine-shelling">killed
civilians</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Drugs_winding_up_in_waterways)
title: Drugs winding up in waterways
uri: Drugs-winding-up-in-waterways
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Drugs_winding_up_in_waterways%29
content:
<p>
Drugs that many humans take, and excrete, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/aug/08/drugs-toilet-pharmaceutical-pollution">wind
up in waterways and harm wildlife</a>.  Perhaps we should choose drugs
with a view towards reducing these effects.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Airline_prices)
title: Airline prices
uri: Airline-prices
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Airline_prices%29
content:
<p>
Airline prices are falling and this 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/08/air-traffic-growth-emission-reductions">will
cause an increase in CO<sub>2</sub> emissions caused by flights</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Hamas_demands_end_of_siege)
title: Hamas demands end of siege
uri: Hamas-demands-end-of-siege
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Hamas_demands_end_of_siege%29
content:
<p>
Hamas 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/08/israel-air-strikes-rockets-gaza-ceasefire-ends">refused
to extend the temporary cease fire</a>, demanding an end to the siege
of Gaza.
<p>
A siege is an act of war, just as much as firing a rocket or dropping
a bomb.  Declaring a free-fire zone inside Gaza and shooting at anyone
who goes there is also an act of war.  If Israel wants a buffer zone,
it should create that buffer zone inside Israel's borders.
<p>
The tunnels built by Hamas <em>could</em> be used to attack civilians
or soldiers, but Hamas uses them to attack soldiers.  And taking
soldiers prisoner is not "kidnapping".  However, the rockets launched
by Hamas against civilians are war crimes.
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/08/gaza-israel-language-modern-war-steven-poole">More
about the dishonest terminology</a> used by Israel and Hamas.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Bangladeshi_clothing_workers)
title: Bangladeshi clothing workers
uri: Bangladeshi-clothing-workers
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Bangladeshi_clothing_workers%29
content:
<p>
1600 Bangladeshi clothing workers occupied their factories because
they 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/08/when-will-the-west-stop-clothing-itself-in-bangladeshs-suffering">have
not been paid for months</a>.
<p>
The thugs are 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/07/bangladesh-police-unleash-rubber-bullets-teargas-hunger-striking-workers">on
the company's side</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Walmart_in_Africa)
title: Walmart in Africa
uri: Walmart-in-Africa
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Walmart_in_Africa%29
content:
<p>
The US is 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/usaid-walmart-africa-food-chain-supermarket">trying
to subject parts of Africa to Walmart domination</a>.
<p>
This generally results in lower prices paid to farmers and other
producers because they have to accept what Walmart is willing to pay
them.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Right-wing_verbal_tactics)
title: Right-wing verbal tactics
uri: Right-wing-verbal-tactics
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Right-wing_verbal_tactics%29
content:
<p>
The 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/08/eric-abetzs-abortion-backtrack-an-opportunity-to-study-liberal-spin-in-its-natural-habitat">verbal
tactics</a> right-wing politicians use when an aggressive falsehood is
caught out.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Response_to_Israels_aggressions)
title: Response to Israel's aggressions
uri: Response-to-Israel-s-aggressions
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Response_to_Israels_aggressions%29

content:
<p>
Many Europeans are responding to Israel's repeated aggressions by
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/07/antisemitism-rise-europe-worst-since-nazis">hating
all Jews</a>.
<p>
Antisemitism was suppressed for decades because it was condemned by a
large part of society, in response to Nazi genocide.  My mother told
me about the regular antisemitism she experienced in New York in the
1930s, but I have almost never encountered it.  (I am Jewish by
ethnicity, and the fact that I am an Atheist would not make
antisemites forgive me for that.)  Now it seems that suppression has
ended, antisemitism has come back.  Israel's actions are to blame.
<p>
It is not rational to condemn all Jews for Israeli aggression.  When
people with a valid cause attack an illegitimate target, it makes the
situation worse.  Israel's killing of Arab civilians did that, and
antisemitism will do it again.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 10_August_2014_(Obama_defends_CIA_chief)
title: Obama defends CIA chief
uri: Obama-defends-CIA-chief
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_August_2014_%28Obama_defends_CIA_chief%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/06/obama-defends-cia-chief-john-brennan-amid-resignation-demands">Obama
Defends CIA Chief John Brennan Amid Resignation Demands</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Max_Schrems_fights_Facebook)
title: Max Schrems fights Facebook
uri: Max-Schrems-fights-Facebook
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Max_Schrems_fights_Facebook%29
content:
<p>
Max Schrems' persistent 
<a href="http://m.bbc.com/news/technology-28677667">fight against 
Facebook's monstrous surveillance engine</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 09_August_2014_(Professors_doing_false_research)
title: Professors doing false research
uri: Professors-doing-false-research
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_August_2014_%28Professors_doing_false_research%29

content:
<p>
Temple University distanced itself from the 
<a href="http://www.theverge.com/policy/2014/8/6/5968979/corporations-are-using-dubious-research-to-take-over-prisons">bogus
study that found false "savings" from private prisons</a>.  That's not
enough — universities must not allow their professors to do
false research for pay.


title: Australian Liberal Party registered domain names that use "Abbott lies"
uri: Australian-Liberal-Party-registered-domain-names-that-use-Abbott-lies
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(Australian_Liberal_Party_registered_domain_names_that_use_Abbott_lies)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28Australian_Liberal_Party_registered_domain_names_that_use_Abbott_lies%29

content:
<p>
The Australian Liberal
Party <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/10/abbott-lies-web-domain-names-registered-in-liberal-party-name">registered
domain names that use "Abbott lies"</a>, acting like the "pregnancy
counselors" that try to distract women away from abortion clinics.


title: Thug shot an unarmed black teenager
uri: Thug-shot-an-unarmed-black-teenager
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(Thug_shot_an_unarmed_black_teenager)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28Thug_shot_an_unarmed_black_teenager%29

content:
<p>
A thug in St Louis shot an unarmed black teenager for no obvious
reason,
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/10/police-fatal-shooting-black-teenager-angry-crowd-st-louis-suburb">triggering
a big protest in his neighborhood</a>.


title: Indigenous women organize to fight extractive industries
uri: Indigenous-women-organize-to-fight-extractive-industries
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(Indigenous_women_organize_to_fight_extractive_industries)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28Indigenous_women_organize_to_fight_extractive_industries%29

content:
<p>
Indigenous women organize
to <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/09/women-warriors-take-environmental-protection-their-own-hands">fight
extractive industries promoted by governments that have sold out</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(Boycotting_Israel)
title: Boycotting Israel
uri: Boycotting-Israel
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28Boycotting_Israel%29
content:
<p>
Don't lump boycotting
Israel <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/10/cultural-boycotts-rise-of-antisemitism">together
with antisemitism</a>.


title: Pakistan's gov't banned an opposition protest march
uri: Pakistan-s-gov-t-banned-an-opposition-protest-march
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(Pakistan's_gov't_banned_an_opposition_protest_march)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28Pakistan%27s_gov%27t_banned_an_opposition_protest_march%29

content:
<p>
Pakistan's government
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/10/pakistan-protests-islamabad-nawaz-sharif-imran-khan-qadri">banned
an opposition protest march</a>.


title: UK censored a report on house prices
uri: UK-censored-a-report-on-house-prices
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(UK_censored_a_report_on_house_prices)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28UK_censored_a_report_on_house_prices%29

content:
<p>
The UK censored a report on house prices, apparently
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/10/fracking-censored-house-price-report">cover
up the effect of fracking</a>.
<p>
The UK government is not as blatant in its support of fossil fuels
as <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#28_July_2014_%28Australia_approves_new_coal_mine%29">the
Australian</a>
and <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-mar-jun.html#29_May_2014_%28Canada_attacks_science%29">Canadian</a>
governments, but it is persistent.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(Racism_in_the_US)
title: Racism in the US
uri: Racism-in-the-US
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28Racism_in_the_US%29
content:
<p>
Racism still exists the US, but
people <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/10/innocent-until-proven-racist-society">grasp
at straws to argue it isn't really racism</a>.


title: Facebook tracks everyone's browsing through "Like" buttons
uri: Facebook-tracks-everyone-s-browsing-through-Like-buttons
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(Facebook_tracks_everyone's_browsing_through_Like_buttons)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28Facebook_tracks_everyone%27s_browsing_through_Like_buttons%29

content:
<p>
Facebook tracks everyone's browsing through "Like" buttons.  A scandal
has erupted because Facebook says it
will <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/06/12/privacy-experts-say-facebook-changes-open-up-unprecedented-data-collection/">use that data to choose what ads to show people.</a>
<p>
How Facebook uses that data is a distracting side issue.  The real
injustice is that Facebook (and other companies) collect this data at
all.  That practice should be prohibited by law.
<p>
You can protect yourself from this particular surveillance mechanism
by using a browser such as <a href="http://gnu.org/software/icecat">
IceCat</a> that blocks the things that do the surveillance.


title: New York Times recognizes that torture is really torture
uri: New-York-Times-recognizes-that-torture-is-really-torture
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(New_York_Times_recognizes_that_torture_is_really_torture)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28New_York_Times_recognizes_that_torture_is_really_torture%29

content:
<p>
10 years later, the New York
Times <a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/08/08/ny-times-and-torture-a-decade-too-late/">recognizes
that torture is really torture even if committed by the US
government.</a>


title: All users of internet cafes to show their identity
uri: All-users-of-internet-cafes-to-show-their-identity
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(All_users_of_internet_cafes_to_show_their_identity)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28All_users_of_internet_cafes_to_show_their_identity%29

content:
<p>
Russia has joined China
in <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/08/us-russia-internet-idUSKBN0G81RV20140808">requiring
all users of internet cafes to show their identity</a>. This policy is
part of repressing dissent.
<p>
If you are in Russia, you can help resist Putin's repression by
leaving your own wifi network unencrypted.
<p>
The EFF is developing a system that allows you to have your private
encrypted wifi network plus
a <a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/06/eff-open-wireless-router/">secondary
unencrypted one for anyone passing by</a>.
<p>
I am somewhat unhappy that they call it "open", but it's a good
project despite the name.


title: Hamas threatened to increase its ineffective rocket attacks
uri: Hamas-threatened-to-increase-its-ineffective-rocket-attacks
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(Hamas_threatened_to_increase_its_ineffective_rocket_attacks)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28Hamas_threatened_to_increase_its_ineffective_rocket_attacks%29

content:
<p>
Hamas threatened
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/09/gaza-hamas-threatens-escalation-rocket-strikes-israel">increase
its ineffective rocket attacks on Israel unless the siege is
ended</a>.
<p>
It suits both Hamas and Israel to treat these rocket attacks as a big
danger.


title: Our Economic Model Is at War with Life on Earth
uri: Our-Economic-Model-Is-at-War-with-Life-on-Earth
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(Our_Economic_Model_Is_at_War_with_Life_on_Earth)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28Our_Economic_Model_Is_at_War_with_Life_on_Earth%29

content:
<p>
Naomi
Klein: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/08/naomi-klein-our-economic-model-war-life-earth">'Our
Economic Model Is at War with Life on Earth'.</a>


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 11_August_2014_(Besieged_Yazidis_escaped)
title: Besieged Yazidis escaped
uri: Besieged-Yazidis-escaped
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28Besieged_Yazidis_escaped%29
content:
<p>
20,000 or more besieged
Yazidis <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/10/iraq-yazidi-isis-jihadists-islamic-state-kurds">escaped
from Isis encirclement</a>.
<p>
It is not clear whether US attacks helped make this possible.


title: Urgent: Reject 2,4-D resistant corn
uri: Urgent-Reject-2-4-D-resistant-corn
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Urgent:_Reject_2,4-D_resistant_corn)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Reject_2%2C4-D_resistant_corn%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/fww/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1552">Tell
the USDA</a> not to allow 2,4-D resistant corn.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Long_spells_of_heat_or_rain)
title: Long spells of heat or rain
uri: Long-spells-of-heat-or-rain
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Long_spells_of_heat_or_rain%29
content:
<p>
Spells of heat or rain that lasts for weeks have become 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/11/extreme-weather-common-blocking-patterns">twice
as common since 2000</a>, due to measurable changes in the behavior of
the jet streams.
<p>
All this is due to global heating.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Ukrainian_Neo-Nazis)
title: Ukrainian Neo-Nazis
uri: Ukrainian-Neo-Nazis
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Ukrainian_Neo-Nazis%29
content:
<p>
Ukrainian Neo-Nazis, organized as militia units, are 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/11/nyt-discovers-ukraines-neo-nazis-war">leading
the attack against pro-Russian rebels</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Bullying)
title: Bullying
uri: Bullying
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Bullying%29
content:
<p>
Bullying is bullying, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/11/self-harm-bullying-blaming-technology-too-easy">on
the internet or off it</a>.
<p>
Perhaps teenagers would self-harm less if our society did not make
life so precarious.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Who_does_the_US_save)
title: Who does the US save?
uri: Who-does-the-US-save
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Who_does_the_US_save%29
content:
<p>
Who does the US save, and 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/11/iraq-west-hypocrisy-middle-east-yazidi-people">who
does the US allow to be oppressed</a>?


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Over_65000_Gazans_made_homeless)
title: Over 65,000 Gazans made homeless
uri: Over-65-000-Gazans-made-homeless
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Over_65000_Gazans_made_homeless%29

content:
<p>
More than 65,000 people in Gaza are homeless because 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/damage-gaza-homes-israel-hamas-conflict">their
homes were destroyed</a>.


title: Statements by Clinton and Netanyahu
uri: Statements-by-Clinton-and-Netanyahu
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Statements_by_Clinton_and_Netanyahu)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Statements_by_Clinton_and_Netanyahu%29

content:
<p>
Can you tell 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3414">which statements
were made by Clinton and which by Netanyahu</a>?


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Making_it_illegal_to_be_homeless)
title: Making it illegal to be homeless
uri: Making-it-illegal-to-be-homeless
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Making_it_illegal_to_be_homeless%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/11/no-safe-place-how-cities-are-making-it-illegal-be-homeless">No
Safe Place: How [US] Cities Are Making It Illegal to be Homeless</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Iran_bans_sterilization)
title: Iran bans sterilization
uri: Iran-bans-sterilization
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Iran_bans_sterilization%29
content:
<p>
Iran has banned sterilization in a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/iran-ban-permanent-contraception-population-growth">campaign
to pressure people to have more children</a>.  It will fall most
heavily on those who can't afford to travel abroad for an operation.
<p>
I can understand that people would not want to have children in Iran.
What if they are daughters?


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Antisemitism_boosted_by_occupation)
title: Antisemitism boosted by occupation
uri: Antisemitism-boosted-by-occupation
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Antisemitism_boosted_by_occupation%29

content:
<p>
Israel's identification of criticism of the occupation of Palestine
with antisemitism was meant to suppress the former using the odium of
the latter.  It worked for a while, but now it has backfired: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/11/anti-jewish-hatred-rising-antisemitism-meaning">the
odium of the occupation is boosting antisemitism</a>.


title: Emissions estimates for Keystone XL
uri: Emissions-estimates-for-Keystone-XL
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Emissions_estimates_for_Keystone_XL)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Emissions_estimates_for_Keystone_XL%29

content:
<p>
A new analysis estimates that the Keystone XL planet-roaster pipeline
will result in 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/11/keystone-xl-carbon-emissions-would-be-four-times-higher-than-us-thought">120
million tons of extra annual CO<sub>2</sub> emissions</a>, not merely
30 million.
<p>
This is because it would result in a lower price for oil, which would
encourage users to burn oil rather than invest in alternatives.
<p>
Although this is a small fraction of what the human world emits, it is
an investment in increasing the emissions, when what we need to do is
invest in decreasing them.  We must also end the subsidies for oil.
Better an increase in price now, than a big jump in price in 5 years.


title: US whitewash of killings of civilians
uri: US-whitewash-of-killings-of-civilians
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(US_whitewash_of_killings_of_civilians)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28US_whitewash_of_killings_of_civilians%29

content:
<p>
Amnesty International criticizes the US for 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/amnesty-international-justice-afghan-civilians-killed-us-soldiers">whitewashing
killings of Afghan civilians</a>.
<p>
That the Taliban are even worse is no excuse, because they are no
standard of comparison.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Bottle_water_from_California)
title: Bottle water from California
uri: Bottle-water-from-California
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Bottle_water_from_California%29
content:
<p>
A large part of US bottle water is 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/08/bottled-water-california-drought">shipped
from California</a>, which has a severe drought.
<p>
I just about never buy a bottle of water in the US or other countries
where tap water is potable.  Why pollute the environment by being a
sucker?


title: Media coverage of climate scientists
uri: Media-coverage-of-climate-scientists
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Media_coverage_of_climate_scientists)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Media_coverage_of_climate_scientists%29

content:
<p>
The tiny fraction of climate scientists who deny that human activities
cause global heating report 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/aug/11/fringe-global-warming-contrarians-disproportionate-media">much
more media coverage than the ones who agree with the consensus</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Iraq_under_Maliki_wont_work)
title: Iraq under Maliki won't work
uri: Iraq-under-Maliki-won-t-work
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Iraq_under_Maliki_wont_work%29
content:
<p>
Obama tried persistently to unite Iraq under Maliki's government, but
he has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/11/isis-obama-friends-iraq-kurds-islamic-state">recognized
that this won't work</a>.
<p>
Kurdistan makes a much better ally, since it is a nation and has an
army that will fight for something other than pay or hatred.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Striking_Bangladeshi_workers_paid)
title: Striking Bangladeshi workers paid
uri: Striking-Bangladeshi-workers-paid
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Striking_Bangladeshi_workers_paid%29

content:
<p>
The Bangladeshi workers on hunger strike 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/aug/11/bangladeshi-garment-workers-receive-overdue-pay">received
their back pay</a>.
<p>
The article does not mention one of the reasons these workers are
mistreated so much: the "flexible" system of subcontracting that makes
it easy to move production from one subcontractor to another.  We must
make the shell companies that put their names on these goods
responsible for the actions of their supply chain.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Russias_humanitarian_aid_convoy)
title: Russia's "humanitarian aid" convoy
uri: Russia-s-humanitarian-aid-convoy
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Russias_humanitarian_aid_convoy%29

content:
<p>
Ukraine says that Russia's "humanitarian aid" convoy 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/12/ukraine-will-admit-russian-aid-convoy-despite-trojan-horse-fears">will
be allowed into Ukraine if the Red Cross inspects and approves its
contents</a>.


title: Authoritarian wins Turkish election
uri: Authoritarian-wins-Turkish-election
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Authoritarian_wins_Turkish_election)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Authoritarian_wins_Turkish_election%29

content:
<p>
Authoritarian Erdogan 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/12/erdogan-turkey-president-surprising-rise-new-left">won
the election for president of Turkey</a>, by less than was expected.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Seed_library)
title: Seed library
uri: Seed-library
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Seed_library%29
content:
<p>
The seed library in Pennsylvania may in fact be legal, but 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/11/setting-record-straight-legality-seed-libraries">these
laws need to be changed to protect sharing of nonpatented seeds</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Being_black_or_Latino_in_the_US)
title: Being black or Latino in the US
uri: Being-black-or-Latino-in-the-US
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Being_black_or_Latino_in_the_US%29

content:
<p>
In the US today, if you're black or Latino, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/12/mike-brown-ferguson-shooting-police-black">having
a thug assume you're committing a crime is a rite of passage</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(CIA_and_NSA-funded_report)
title: CIA and NSA-funded report
uri: CIA-and-NSA-funded-report
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28CIA_and_NSA-funded_report%29
content:
<p>
A CIA and NSA-funded company made a report claiming that al Qa'ida
learned about resisting tracking from the Snowden revelations, though
in fact it was developing countermeasures 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3295">years before</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Curfew_in_Baltimore)
title: Curfew in Baltimore
uri: Curfew-in-Baltimore
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Curfew_in_Baltimore%29
content:
<p>
A 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/12/-sp-baltimore-city-council-youth-curfew">curfew
in Baltimore</a> seems to presume that anyone under 16 who is out at
night is being neglected by her parents.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(UK_welfare_reform)
title: UK welfare "reform"
uri: UK-welfare-reform
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28UK_welfare_reform%29
content:
<p>
The UK government is firmly determined to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/12/iain-duncan-smith-welfare-reform-benefits">"reform"
welfare to the point where the poor will starve</a>, and claims that
they are great for the poor.


title: US deaths from lack of medical care
uri: US-deaths-from-lack-of-medical-care
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(US_deaths_from_lack_of_medical_care)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28US_deaths_from_lack_of_medical_care%29

content:
<p>
1.3 Americans have died per day from fighting wars, since 2001.  
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/11/our-health-care-dead-matter-less-war-dead">120
die per day from lack of medical care</a>.  Why don't the latter get
as much concern?


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(The_thug_that_shot_Michael_Brown)
title: The thug that shot Michael Brown
uri: The-thug-that-shot-Michael-Brown
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28The_thug_that_shot_Michael_Brown%29

content:
<p>
The thug that shot Michael Brown seems to have fabricated a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/12/ferguson-missouri-shooting-michael-brown-civil-rights-police-brutality">false
accusation as an excuse</a>.
<p>
Police officers are simply not credible witnesses about such events,
because they are accustomed to 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#07_February_2013_(Testilying_thugs)">lying
in court</a>.
<p>
Ferguson thugs shot protesters and bystanders with 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/12/missouri-police-wooden-bullets-protest-michael-brown">wooden
bullets</a> that wound people.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(UKs_arms_exports_to_Israel)
title: UK's arms exports to Israel
uri: UK-s-arms-exports-to-Israel
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28UKs_arms_exports_to_Israel%29
content:
<p>
The UK 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/12/british-arms-exports-israel-gaza-block-suspension">says
it will suspend some arms exports</a> to Israel if Israel resumes
fighting in Gaza.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Man_burnt_alive_by_thugs)
title: Man burnt alive by thugs
uri: Man-burnt-alive-by-thugs
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Man_burnt_alive_by_thugs%29
content:
<p>
At the Goldcorp (Canadian) mine in Guatemala, a local man who tried to
complain was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2014/aug/12/guatemala-gold-mine-protester-beaten-burnt-alive">burnt alive by the company thugs</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 12_August_2014_(Porpoise_species_facing_extinction)
title: Porpoise species facing extinction
uri: Porpoise-species-facing-extinction
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#12_August_2014_%28Porpoise_species_facing_extinction%29

content:
<p>
The smallest porpoise species, found in the Sea of California, is
facing extinction due to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/12/mexico-act-smallest-porpoise-vaquita-marina">gill
netting</a>.


title: Water vapor in the upper troposphere has increased
uri: Water-vapor-in-the-upper-troposphere-has-increased
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Water_vapor_in_the_upper_troposphere_has_increased)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Water_vapor_in_the_upper_troposphere_has_increased%29

content:
<p>
Satellite observations find that the amount of water vapor in the
upper
troposphere <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/aug/13/global-warming-moistening-the-atmosphere">has
increased over 30 years, as climate models predict global heating to
cause.</a>


title: Urgent: Object letting company reps choose staff
uri: Urgent-Object-letting-company-reps-choose-staff
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Urgent:_Object_letting_company_reps_choose_staff)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Object_letting_company_reps_choose_staff%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: Tell Congress
you <a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12550">object
to letting company reps choose their staff.</a>


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Putin's_rebellion)
title: Putin's rebellion
uri: Putin-s-rebellion
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Putin%27s_rebellion%29
content:
<p>
It occurs to me that Putin may have provoked the rebellion in eastern
Ukraine with the goal of firing up Russians to support him while he
imposes <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_August_2014_%28All_users_of_internet_cafes_to_show_their_identity%29">Chinese-style
censorship on the internet in Russia</a>.


title: Netanyahu deserves to face the International Court
uri: Netanyahu-deserves-to-face-the-International-Court
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Netanyahu_deserves_to_face_the_International_Court)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Netanyahu_deserves_to_face_the_International_Court%29

content:
<p>
Professor Schabas, appointed to lead a UN investigation of war crimes
in Gaza, has said
that <a href="http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=19405">Netanyahu
deserves to face the International Court</a>.
<p>
The information given does not justify the conclusion that Schabas is
anti-Israel, but does suggest he has a preconceived view of the issue
to be investigated.  I agree with view, but his having it in advance
may mean the investigation is biased.


title: Nixon and Kissenger sabotaged a cease-fire in Vietnam
uri: Nixon-and-Kissenger-sabotaged-a-cease-fire-in-Vietnam
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Nixon_and_Kissenger_sabotaged_a_cease-fire_in_Vietnam)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Nixon_and_Kissenger_sabotaged_a_cease-fire_in_Vietnam%29

content:
<p>
Confirmation: Nixon and
Kissenger <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/12/george-will-confirms-nixons-vietnam-treason">sabotaged
a cease-fire in Vietnam in order for Nixon to win the presidential
election of 1968</a>.
<p>
Whether this literally constitutes treason, or just a betrayal, I am
not sure.
<p>
I've seen accusations that Reagan's men sabotaged an agreement with
Iran to free the US hostages in 1980 so that he would win the
presidential election that year.  I don't know whether this is true,
but he certainly betrayed his country later by ransoming hostages
Iran-supported Lebanese kidnapers by selling arms to Iran.


title: Israel represses both Jews and Arabs that oppose the war
uri: Israel-represses-both-Jews-and-Arabs-that-oppose-the-war
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Israel_represses_both_Jews_and_Arabs_that_oppose_the_war)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Israel_represses_both_Jews_and_Arabs_that_oppose_the_war%29

content:
<p>
More than ever
before, <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/11/midst-war-israel-clamps-down-internal-dissent">Israel
represses both Jews and Arabs that oppose the war</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Gaza_tunnels)
title: Gaza tunnels
uri: Gaza-tunnels
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Gaza_tunnels%29
content:
<p>
Hamas has
always <a href="http://972mag.com/were-gaza-tunnels-built-to-harm-israeli-civilians/95279/">used
its tunnels against Israeli soldiers, not against civilians</a>.
<p>
The article also mentions several Israeli claims about the tunnels
that were erroneous or fabricated.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Right_wing_demonstrators_in_Israel)
title: Right wing demonstrators in Israel
uri: Right-wing-demonstrators-in-Israel
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Right_wing_demonstrators_in_Israel%29

content:
<p>
Right wing demonstrators in
Israel <a href="http://freehaifa.wordpress.com/2014/08/10/zionist-demo-in-haifa-in-gaza-there-is-no-studying-there-are-no-children-left/">boast
of killing all the children in Gaza</a>. (That is not in fact the
case, but apparently they wish it were.)
<p>
A peace demonstration was
banned, <a href="http://972mag.com/nstt_feeditem/hundreds-in-tel-aviv-defy-police-ban-to-protest-gaza-war/">but
hundreds came anyway.</a>


title: DEA bribed an Amtrak secretary for 20 years
uri: DEA-bribed-an-Amtrak-secretary-for-20-years
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(DEA_bribed_an_Amtrak_secretary_for_20_years_)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28DEA_bribed_an_Amtrak_secretary_for_20_years_%29

content:
<p>
The
DEA <a href="http://www.whittierdailynews.com/general-news/20140811/dea-improperly-paid-854460-for-amtrak-passenger-lists">bribed
an Amtrak secretary for 20 years to get passenger name records</a>
rather than try to subpoena them.
<p>
I refuse to take Amtrak because it demands passengers show ID.  Please
join me in taking buses that don't demand ID instead of Amtrak for the
distances for which ground transport is possible.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Gaza_a_seaport)
title: Gaza a seaport
uri: Gaza-a-seaport
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Gaza_a_seaport%29
content:
<p>
Israel agreed to allow Gaza a seaport, but
has <a href="http://972mag.com/why-the-gaza-port-matters/95239/">violated
the agreement thus far.</a>
<p>
Maybe EU control of shipping offers a compromise to open commerce and
travel by sea.


title: A computer system to detect people who are feeling stress
uri: A-computer-system-to-detect-people-who-are-feeling-stress
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(A_computer_system_to_detect_people_who_are_feeling_stress)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28A_computer_system_to_detect_people_who_are_feeling_stress%29

content:
<p>
Chinese research seeks to develop a computer system
to <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chinese-scientists-invent-mini-camera-that-scans-crowds-possible-terrorists-1460782">detect
people who are feeling stress, so as to arrest them.</a>
<p>
Knowing about this system of surveillance will make some people feel
stressed.


title: Urgent: Tighten power plant CO2 rules
uri: Urgent-Tighten-power-plant-CO2-rules
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 13_August_2014_(Urgent:_Tighten_power_plant_CO2_rules)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#13_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tighten_power_plant_CO2_rules%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16222">call
on the EPA</a> to make power plant CO<sub>2</sub> rules tighter.


title: Urgent: Corporate political spending rule
uri: Urgent-Corporate-political-spending-rule
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 13_August_2014_(Urgent:_Corporate_political_spending_rule)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#13_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Corporate_political_spending_rule%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://vk.rootstrikers.org/petitions/36?n=1598962.394FAb">call
on the SEC</a> to adopt the rule to make publicly traded corporations
declare political spending.


title: Urgent: Stop private prison transfers
uri: Urgent-Stop-private-prison-transfers
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 13_August_2014_(Urgent:_Stop_private_prison_transfers)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#13_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_private_prison_transfers%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/prison-transfers">call
on state governors</a> to stop transferring prisoners to private
prisons out of state.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 13_August_2014_(UK_and_US_torture_collusion)
title: UK and US torture collusion
uri: UK-and-US-torture-collusion
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#13_August_2014_%28UK_and_US_torture_collusion%29
content:
<p>
The UK government quashed torture lawsuits by saying that admitting
the facts would embarrass the US.  Then it began 
<a href="http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2014/04/uk-moves-to-block-us-senate-report-to-protect-blair-straw-and-dearlove/">lobbying
the CIA to stop the US Senate from acknowledging the torture</a>,
because if it did, that would pull the rug out from under the UK's
self-serving argument.


title: The massacre of protesters in Egypt
uri: The-massacre-of-protesters-in-Egypt
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 13_August_2014_(The_massacre_of_protesters_in_Egypt)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#13_August_2014_%28The_massacre_of_protesters_in_Egypt%29

content:
<p>
Human Rights Watch accuses the Egyptian army of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/12/egypt-massacre-rabaa-intentional-human-rights-watch">intentionally
massacring protesting Morsi supporters</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 13_August_2014_(Businesses_allowed_to_vote)
title: Businesses allowed to vote
uri: Businesses-allowed-to-vote
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#13_August_2014_%28Businesses_allowed_to_vote%29
content:
<p>
Some Australian cities 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/12/sydney-rife-with-corruption-if-business-more-votes">allow
businesses to vote in local elections</a>.
<p>
This is the logical progression from the Corporations United
decision<a href="#corporations_united">*</a>.  In fact, why allow mere
humans to vote at all?  Allowing businesses to appoint officials
directly is the logical end of plutocracy.
<p id="corporations_united">
<sup>*</sup> The organization is officially called "Citizens United",
but I prefer to call it what it is rather than repeat its
falsehood.</p>


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 13_August_2014_(Undocumented_migrants_in_prison)
title: Undocumented migrants in prison
uri: Undocumented-migrants-in-prison
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#13_August_2014_%28Undocumented_migrants_in_prison%29

content:
<p>
The Obama regime is citing the supposed "threat of terrorism" as a
reason to keep undocumented migrants in prison rather than release
them 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/08/12563/obama-moms-and-kids-are-national-security-threat-because-911">while
their cases are heard</a>.
<p>
Because I believe in equal rights, I don't think that this is even
worse for being applied to women and children.  It is equally bad to
do this to men.


title: War between Israel and Hamas a draw
uri: War-between-Israel-and-Hamas-a-draw
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 13_August_2014_(War_between_Israel_and_Hamas_a_draw)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#13_August_2014_%28War_between_Israel_and_Hamas_a_draw%29

content:
<p>
Uri Avnery: the war between Israel and Hamas has come out a draw, and
now Israel 
<a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1407502014/">has
to negotiate with Hamas</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Cops_are_the_'Terrorists')
title: Cops are the 'Terrorists'
uri: Cops-are-the-Terrorists
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Cops_are_the_%27Terrorists%27%29
content:
<p>
In Many US
Communities, <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/14/many-us-communities-cops-are-terrorists">Cops
are the 'Terrorists'</a>.


title: US won't make effort to prepare vegetables for school children
uri: US-won-t-make-effort-to-prepare-vegetables-for-school-children
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(US_won't_make_effort_to_prepare_vegetables_for_school_children)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28US_won%27t_make_effort_to_prepare_vegetables_for_school_children%29

content:
<p>
The US wants school children to eat vegetables,
but <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/14/no-appetite-fixing-school-lunch">won't
make the effort needed to prepare them to be edible</a>.


title: Shipping lots of oil by train is dangerous
uri: Shipping-lots-of-oil-by-train-is-dangerous
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Shipping_lots_of_oil_by_train_is_dangerous)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Shipping_lots_of_oil_by_train_is_dangerous%29

content:
<p>
Shipping lots of oil by train is dangerous even at low speed,
but <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/14/rail-ceos-investors-bomb-trains-safe-almost-any-speed">US
railroads want the trains to travel at 60mph.</a>


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(The_culture_of_poverty)
title: The "culture of poverty"
uri: The-culture-of-poverty
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28The_culture_of_poverty%29
content:
<p>
Poor people have cultural patterns, but the "culture of poverty" is a
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/14/culture-poverty-poor-power-welfare-sanctions-cuts">fabrication
designed to prove that poverty is caused by bad habits</a>.


title: Exposing Walmart spin about its economic power
uri: Exposing-Walmart-spin-about-its-economic-power
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Exposing_Walmart_spin_about_its_economic_power)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Exposing_Walmart_spin_about_its_economic_power%29

content:
<p>
Exposing Walmart
spin <a href="HTTP://WWW.PRWATCH.ORG/NODE/12566">about its economic
power</a>.


title: Musical recordings released solely under iTune
uri: Musical-recordings-released-solely-under-iTune
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Musical_recordings_released_solely_under_iTune)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Musical_recordings_released_solely_under_iTune%29

content:
<p>
When a musical recording is released solely under
iTunes, <a href="http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2014/07/28/planning-for-musical-obsolescence/">it
is off limits to libraries</a>…
and <a href="https://stallman.org/internet-music.html">oppressive for
individuals too</a>.
<p>
The only way you should ever accept copy of that recording is by
file-sharing, so that you do not agree to their unjust contract.


title: NSA's automatic counterattack device
uri: NSA-s-automatic-counterattack-device
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(NSA's_automatic_counterattack_device)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28NSA%27s_automatic_counterattack_device%29

content:
<p>
The NSA's automatic counterattack device presumes that the NSA
is <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/13/snowden-reveals-nsa-program-described-last-straw-leak">intercepting
all internet traffic into the US</a>.


title: Comcast and Time Warner "honoring" the FCC commissioner
uri: Comcast-and-Time-Warner-honoring-the-FCC-commissioner
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Comcast_and_Time_Warner_honoring_the_FCC_commissioner)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Comcast_and_Time_Warner_honoring_the_FCC_commissioner%29

content:
<p>
Comcast and Time Warner
are <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140812/06363528189/comcast-time-warner-cable-spend-big-to-honor-fcc-commissioner-overseeing-their-merger-review.shtml">putting
lots of money into "honoring" the FCC commissioner in charge of
reviewing their merger</a>.
<p>
To such large companies in the same field should never be allowed to
merge.  That ought to be a no-brainer.


title: Child Asylum Seekers' Rights on Nauru
uri: Child-Asylum-Seekers-Rights-on-Nauru
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Child_Asylum_Seekers'_Rights_on_Nauru)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Child_Asylum_Seekers%27_Rights_on_Nauru%29

content:
<p>
Child Asylum Seekers' Rights on
Nauru <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/child-asylum-seekers-rights-on-nauru-systematically-violated-inquiry-told">'Systematically
Violated'</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(We_may_be_able_to_stop_the_TPP)
title: We may be able to stop the TPP
uri: We-may-be-able-to-stop-the-TPP
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28We_may_be_able_to_stop_the_TPP%29
content:
<p>
We may be able
to <a href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/statements/critical-moment-stop-tpp-other-rigged-trade-agreements">stop
the TPP, but we must reject Democratic pressure to "give Obama a
victory"</a> which would be a defeat for the American people.


title: Russian military vehicles seen crossing border into Ukraine
uri: Russian-military-vehicles-seen-crossing-border-into-Ukraine
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Russian_military_vehicles_seen_crossing_border_into_Ukraine)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Russian_military_vehicles_seen_crossing_border_into_Ukraine%29

content:
<p>
Russian military vehicles were
seen <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/russian-military-vehicles-enter-ukraine-aid-convoy-stops-short-border">crossing
the border into Ukraine</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(The_occupation_of_Ferguson)
title: The occupation of Ferguson
uri: The-occupation-of-Ferguson
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28The_occupation_of_Ferguson%29
content:
<p>
Appeals for "calm" are not enough;
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/14/ferguson-occupation-peace-calm">occupation
of Ferguson and other parts of the US by armed thugs must be
ended</a>.
<p>
Police Brutality Must Be Punished If We
Want <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/14/police-brutality-punished-justice-for-michael-brown-ferguson">Real
Justice for Michael Brown.</a>
<p>
We need to unmilitarize the thugs, too.


title: Urgent: Investigate thugs of Ferguson
uri: Urgent-Investigate-thugs-of-Ferguson
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Urgent:_Investigate_thugs_of_Ferguson)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Investigate_thugs_of_Ferguson%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on the Justice Department
to <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/mike_brown_justice">investigate
the thugs of Ferguson.</a>


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Urgent:_Avoid_killing_sharks)
title: Urgent: Avoid killing sharks
uri: Urgent-Avoid-killing-sharks
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Avoid_killing_sharks%29
content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1675">call
on Bumble Bee</a> to take positive action to avoid killing sharks when
it catches tuna.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Urgent:_Ban_fracking)
title: Urgent: Ban fracking
uri: Urgent-Ban-fracking
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Ban_fracking%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/fww/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=241">call
on Congress</a> to ban fracking.


title: Tyranny in Egypt backed by the West
uri: Tyranny-in-Egypt-backed-by-the-West
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Tyranny_in_Egypt_backed_by_the_West)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Tyranny_in_Egypt_backed_by_the_West%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/13/egypt-violent-tyranny-bloodshed-west-complicit">Egypt
Is in the Grip of a Violent Tyranny — with the West's
Backing</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Nitrous_oxide)
title: Nitrous oxide
uri: Nitrous-oxide
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Nitrous_oxide%29
content:
<p>
Nitrous oxide, as sold on the street, is hardly dangerous at all, so
why 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/13/brick-lane-is-the-uks-laughing-gas-megastore-but-for-how-long">so
much effort to get rid of it</a>?
<p>
Perhaps it is unsightly, like a hungry homeless person.  Cities try to
ban them, too.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Syrias_disconnection_from_internet)
title: Syria's disconnection from internet
uri: Syria-s-disconnection-from-internet
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Syrias_disconnection_from_internet%29

content:
<p>
Snowden says that Syria's disconnection from the internet was due to a
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/13/snowden-nsa-syria-internet-outage-civil-war">mistake
that the NSA made while trying to install spy software</a>.


title: Guatemalan president hires US lobbyist
uri: Guatemalan-president-hires-US-lobbyist
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Guatemalan_president_hires_US_lobbyist)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Guatemalan_president_hires_US_lobbyist%29

content:
<p>
Guatemala's president, formerly a general who implemented US-backed
repression has 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/13/cold-warrior-criticizes-cold-war-and-drug-war-hires-cold-warrior-promote-drug-war">hired
a US lobbyist to get more military "aid" from the US</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 14_August_2014_(Ebola_virus_outbreak)
title: Ebola virus outbreak
uri: Ebola-virus-outbreak
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Ebola_virus_outbreak%29
content:
<p>
The current outbreak of Ebola virus continues spreading because of
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/aug/13/ebola-epidemic-poor-facilities-distrust-healthcare">fundamental
problems in the medical system in Sierra Leone</a> which result in
lots of avoidable deaths from less exotic diseases.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Urgent:_CEO_of_Market_Basket)
title: Urgent: CEO of Market Basket
uri: Urgent-CEO-of-Market-Basket
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_CEO_of_Market_Basket%29
content:
<p>
Customers of Market Basket: 
<a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/market-basket-customer">demand
restoration</a> of the CEO that treated workers and customers
decently.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Treaty_against_weapons_in_space)
title: Treaty against weapons in space
uri: Treaty-against-weapons-in-space
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Treaty_against_weapons_in_space%29

content:
<p>
The US 
<a href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/statements/us-continues-block-chinese-russian-proposal-ban-weapons-space">continues
to oppose</a> the proposed treaty against weapons in space.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Ferguson_city_government)
title: Ferguson city government
uri: Ferguson-city-government
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Ferguson_city_government%29
content:
<p>
The black residents of Ferguson report that the city government is
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/13/michael-brown-ferguson-murder-race-relations-white-police">controlled
by whites that persistently oppress them</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Abbotts_business_adviser)
title: Abbott's business adviser
uri: Abbott-s-business-adviser
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Abbotts_business_adviser%29
content:
<p>
Abbott's business adviser prominently called climate science a hoax
and 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/14/tony-abbott-adviser-warns-of-threat-of-global-cooling">warns
of an imaginary threat of global cooling</a>.
<p>
I suspect he is being paid somehow to do this by the coal industry.  I
wonder if he has ties to those suppositories of all climate folly, the
Koch brothers.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Attack_by_thugs_in_Ferguson)
title: Attack by thugs in Ferguson
uri: Attack-by-thugs-in-Ferguson
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Attack_by_thugs_in_Ferguson%29
content:
<p>
Thugs, some armed with assault rifles, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/ferguson-police-teargas-rubber-bullets-michael-brown">attacked
protesters and journalists</a> in Ferguson.
<p>
The thugs fired rubber-coated steel bullets at a protester with his
arms in the air, and at journalists.  They arrested journalists too.
<p>
Firing tear gas canisters at people's bodies is a tactic well known
from Palestine, where soldiers sometimes succeed in 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_September_2013_(Israel_closes_inquiry_into_death_of_protester_killed_by_soldier)">killing
people with these "nonlethal" weapons that way</a>.  That's not how
tear gas canisters are supposed to be used, but try telling thugs
that.
<p>
The repression in Ferguson highlights the effect of the general
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/14/ferguson-cops-military-weapons-michael-brown-shooting-protests">militarization
of US thugs</a> since 2001.
<p>
Thugs with military weapons now 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3471">create a war-zone
atmosphere at protests they wish to repress</a>.
<p>
The thug in Ferguson who arrested a reporter, and bashed his head
against a car window, was wearing armor that prevented identifying
him.  Handy, if you want to hurt and injure people and get away with
it.
<p>
These thugs are the nascent occupying army of the plutocratic state.
As the state imposes 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_February_2014_(Free_trade_agreements_block_vital_regulations_on_banks)">more
"free trade" treaties to cement the power of big business and serve
the interests of the 1%</a>, it needs to repress the people somehow.
Just 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_June_2013_(Disenfranchising_minority_group_voters_now_much_easier)">stopping
poor and minorities from voting</a> may not be enough.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Research_ethics)
title: Research ethics
uri: Research-ethics
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Research_ethics%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/14/ebola-epidemic-research-ethics">Why
research ethics are necessary</a> even in the midst of an epidemic.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Social_media)
title: "Social media"
uri: Social-media
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Social_media%29
content:
<p>
"Social media" seem to make many people more 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2014/mar/13/selfie-social-media-love-digital-narcassism">narcissistic</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Comcast)
title: Comcast
uri: Comcast
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Comcast%29
content:
<p>
Comcast seems to have a systematic practice of telling customers that
some repair will be gratis, then charging for it anyway — 
<a href="http://consumerist.com/2014/08/10/comcast-tells-customer-the-only-reason-hes-getting-bogus-charges-refunded-is-because-he-recorded-call/">unless
the customer has a recording to prove it</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Enslaved_workers_in_Abu_Dhabi)
title: Enslaved workers in Abu Dhabi
uri: Enslaved-workers-in-Abu-Dhabi
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Enslaved_workers_in_Abu_Dhabi%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.vice.com/read/slaves-of-happiness-island-0000412-v21n8">Interviews</a>
with the enslaved foreign workers building Abu Dhabi's branches of the
Louvre, the Guggenheim Museum and New York University.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(UK_govt_blocks_wind_energy_co-ops)
title: UK gov't blocks wind energy co-ops
uri: UK-gov-t-blocks-wind-energy-co-ops
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28UK_govt_blocks_wind_energy_co-ops%29

content:
<p>
The UK government talks up community wind energy co-ops but has
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/15/green-energy-co-ops-blocked-by-government-regulator">tightened
the rules</a>, blocking new ones.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(SeaWorld_agrees_to_some_changes)
title: SeaWorld agrees to some changes
uri: SeaWorld-agrees-to-some-changes
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28SeaWorld_agrees_to_some_changes%29

content:
<p>
Public pressure, criticizing cruelty to whales, has made SeaWorld
agree to change 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/aug/14/sea-world-killer-whales-changes-habitats-wall-street">some
practices</a>.  Will it do enough?


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Ferguson_thugs_attacked_TV_crews)
title: Ferguson thugs attacked TV crews
uri: Ferguson-thugs-attacked-TV-crews
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Ferguson_thugs_attacked_TV_crews%29

content:
<p>
How the thugs in Ferguson 
<a href="http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/08/14/crews-hit-with-bean-bags-tear-gas/14042747/">intentionally
attacked TV crews</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Human_rights_activists_arrested)
title: Human rights activists arrested
uri: Human-rights-activists-arrested
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Human_rights_activists_arrested%29

content:
<p>
Azerbaijan's tyrant has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/azerbaijan-detains-human-rights-activists-fresh-crackdown">arrested
human rights activists</a>.
<p>
The excuse about NGO funding has been used to suppress civil society
in several other countries, most recently 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html#24_July_2012_(Human_rights_in_Russia)">Russia</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(New_Ferguson_thug_commander)
title: New Ferguson thug commander
uri: New-Ferguson-thug-commander
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28New_Ferguson_thug_commander%29
content:
<p>
A new commander convinced the thugs in Ferguson to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/ferguson-disarming-tactics-of-highway-patrol-pay-dividends-as-calm-descends">stop
attacking the protesters</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 15_August_2014_(Stand_your_ground_laws)
title: "Stand your ground" laws
uri: 2014-08-16-Stand-your-ground-laws
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Stand_your_ground_laws%29
content:
<p>
"Stand your ground" laws have lead to an 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/14/stand-your-ground-laws-linked-rise-homicides-extreme-racial-bias-study">increase
in number of killings</a>, and in a racially biased way.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Criminalizing_journalism)
title: Criminalizing journalism
uri: Criminalizing-journalism
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Criminalizing_journalism%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/australias-national-security-proposals-will-criminalise-journalists-says-union">Australia's
National Security Proposals Will Criminalise Journalists, Says
Union</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Australias_plan_for_asylum_seekers)
title: Australia's plan for asylum seekers
uri: Australia-s-plan-for-asylum-seekers
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Australias_plan_for_asylum_seekers%29

content:
<p>
Australia plans to tell asylum seekers they should 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/12/australia-close-to-refugee-resettlement-deal-with-cambodia-reports-claim">go
to Cambodia instead</a>.
<p>
It might be a valid response, except that Cambodia treats asylum
seekers almost as badly as Australia does.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Israels_Hannibal_Directive)
title: Israel's "Hannibal Directive"
uri: Israel-s-Hannibal-Directive
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Israels_Hannibal_Directive%29
content:
<p>
The widely acknowledged (though not officially) "Hannibal Directive",
by which the Israeli army 
<a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4557951,00.html">risks
killing its own soldiers to make sure they are not taken prisoner</a>,
means that the Israeli government will kill Israelis to avoid annoying
negotiations.
<p>
When you get accustomed to dehumanizing the enemy, you tend to
dehumanize your friends too by force of habit.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(US_frackers_injecting_diesel)
title: US frackers injecting diesel
uri: US-frackers-injecting-diesel
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28US_frackers_injecting_diesel%29
content:
<p>
US frackers continue 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/14/fracking-operators-illegally-injecting-diesel-fuel-study-finds">injecting
diesel fuel</a> even though it is illegal.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Gouging_uninsured_people)
title: Gouging uninsured people
uri: Gouging-uninsured-people
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Gouging_uninsured_people%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/08/california-hospital-charged-10000-cholesterol-test">A
California Hospital Charged $10,000 for a Cholesterol Test</a>.
<p>
This is an extreme case of a standard practice of 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_May_2014_(Obama_allowed_medical_insurance_plans_to_limit_what_they_will_pay)">gouging
people who don't have an insurance company to push for a lower
price</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Israel_punishes_peace_advocacy)
title: Israel punishes peace advocacy
uri: Israel-punishes-peace-advocacy
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Israel_punishes_peace_advocacy%29
content:
<p>
The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, which monitors violations of
Palestinians' human rights and called for peace in Gaza, has been
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/israel-btselem-service-aid-gaza-human-rights">singled
out for punishment by the state</a> because of its peace advocacy.
<p>
This fits into the general pattern in Israel of repression of those
that oppose the occupation.  Israel boasted of being the only free
society in the Middle East, but it isn't much of a free society any
more.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Militarization_of_US_thugs)
title: Militarization of US thugs
uri: Militarization-of-US-thugs
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Militarization_of_US_thugs%29
content:
<p>
Due to militarization of US thugs, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/15/ferguson-iraq-politicans-missouri-highway-patrol">Ferguson
looks like Iraq</a>.
<p>
For US blacks, being killed by thugs is not unusual, and being
harassed by thugs is an 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/15/michael-brown-ferguson-america-racism">everyday
occurrence</a>.
<p>
However, while racial profiling is unfair, that's not the central
issue here.  It's a fact that the people killed by thugs for no reason
tend to belong to certain minority groups, but that's not what makes
these killings wrong.  The killing of Michael Brown would have been
equally wrong if he were of some other ethnic group.
<p>
The unjustified violence of thugs, exacerbated by their
militarization, is the central issue.


title: Australia to push more into poverty
uri: Australia-to-push-more-into-poverty
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Australia_to_push_more_into_poverty)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Australia_to_push_more_into_poverty%29

content:
<p>
The Australian government hopes a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/joe-hockey-apology-welfare-budget-poor-people">meaningless
apology</a> will mollify those it intends to push into poverty on the
street.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Making_thugs_wear_cameras)
title: Making thugs wear cameras
uri: Making-thugs-wear-cameras
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Making_thugs_wear_cameras%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/15/police-body-worn-cameras-liberal-democrats-proposals-policies">Making
thugs wear cameras</a> is just part of what is needed to curb their
violence.
<p>
These cameras won't stop other abuses, such as searching people
without grounds.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Canada-EU_free_exploitation_treaty)
title: Canada-EU free exploitation treaty
uri: Canada-EU-free-exploitation-treaty
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Canada-EU_free_exploitation_treaty%29

content:
<p>
A leak shows that the secret proposed Canada-EU free exploitation
treaty, CETA, has 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/14/leaked-doc-puts-spotlight-corporate-friendly-trade-deal">investor-state
injustice</a> comparable to TPP and TTIP.
<p>
For instance, if a city privatizes its water, it would be unable to
make the water public again.
<p>
We should not be distracted by precisely where lines are drawn.  All
such treaties are fundamentally inimical to democracy, and we must
abolish them, not sign more.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(NYC_worker-owned_co-ops)
title: NYC worker-owned co-ops
uri: NYC-worker-owned-co-ops
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28NYC_worker-owned_co-ops%29
content:
<p>
New York City is 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/15/how-americas-largest-worker-owned-co-op-lifts-people-out-poverty">directing
some of its spending towards worker-owned co-ops</a> instead of
businesses that profit mainly the boss.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Govt_malware_web_pages)
title: Gov't malware web pages
uri: Gov-t-malware-web-pages
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Govt_malware_web_pages%29
content:
<p>
Even if the page you visit isn't malware, various governments 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3513">can replace it
with malware</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Iraqs_new_prime_minister)
title: Iraq's new prime minister
uri: Iraq-s-new-prime-minister
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Iraqs_new_prime_minister%29
content:
<p>
Iraq has a new prime minister, Haidar al-Abadi, but is there any chance
he can 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/iraq-doomed-if-prime-minister-fails-unite-factions-haidar-al-abadi">win
support from all sectors of the country</a>?
<p>
The US proved it is possible to buy the support Sunni clan leaders,
but it's not enough to pay them for a couple of years; one needs to
keep paying them permanently.  That may be worth the price.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Impunity_of_thugs)
title: Impunity of thugs
uri: Impunity-of-thugs
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Impunity_of_thugs%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/15/michael-brown-death-black-americans-police">Michael
Brown's Death Was No Anomaly. We Cannot Stay Silent</a>.
<p>
We must somehow end the impunity of thugs that attack citizens.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Verizon_harassing_customers)
title: Verizon harassing customers
uri: Verizon-harassing-customers
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Verizon_harassing_customers%29
content:
<p>
Verizon is 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/08/why-verizon-is-trying-very-hard-to-force-fiber-on-its-customers/">harassing
phone customers</a> to make them switch from copper lines to fiber
cables that will be useless in a protracted emergency.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Modi_speech_condemns_rape_in_India)
title: Modi speech condemns rape in India
uri: Modi-speech-condemns-rape-in-India
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Modi_speech_condemns_rape_in_India%29

content:
<p>
Modi focused a speech on condemnation of rape in India and 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/india-shamed-sexual-violence-narendra-modi-prime-minister-independence-day">calling
for better treatment of girls</a>.


title: Urgent: Disclose frack well chemicals
uri: Urgent-Disclose-frack-well-chemicals
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Urgent:_Disclose_frack_well_chemicals)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Disclose_frack_well_chemicals%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://democrats.com/disclose-fracking-chemicals">call on the
EPA</a> to require disclosure of the chemicals used in each frack
well.


title: Urgent: Detroit water affordability
uri: Urgent-Detroit-water-affordability
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Urgent:_Detroit_water_affordability)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Detroit_water_affordability%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://turnthewateron.dailykos.com/?code=WFO">call on
Detroit</a> to implement the 2005 water affordability plan and switch
on everyone's water.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Privatization_of_NHS)
title: Privatization of NHS
uri: Privatization-of-NHS
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Privatization_of_NHS%29
content:
<p>
Creeping privatization of Britain's National Health Service is
resulting in 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/15/nhs-privatisation-failing-patients-warnings">corruption,
waste, and injuries to patients</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Bullying)
title: Bullying
uri: 2014-08-17-Bullying
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Bullying%29
content:
<p>
Children are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/15/online-safety-internet-sexting-cyberbullying-children">more
likely to encounter bullying and harm while at school than on the
internet</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Soccer_world_cup)
title: Soccer world cup
uri: 2014-08-17-Soccer-world-cup
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Soccer_world_cup%29
content:
<p>
Busted: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/germany-world-cup-triumph-fails-net-economic-rewards">the
myth</a> that winning the soccer world cup leads to some economic
benefit for a country.
<p>
Even if that were true, this would be a lousy way to make most people
better off, since only one country can win.  There are lots of better
ways to use that same amount of money for the general good.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 16_August_2014_(Glacial_shrinkage)
title: Glacial shrinkage
uri: Glacial-shrinkage
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Glacial_shrinkage%29
content:
<p>
The main cause of glacial shrinkage nowadays is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/15/humans-now-strongest-driver-of-glaciers-melting-study-finds">human
activity</a>.
<p>
Way to go, homo sap!  This will lead to growing scarcity of fresh
water in the areas that get their water from glacial runoff, such as
California and northern India.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(The_Rabaa_massacre)
title: The Rabaa massacre
uri: The-Rabaa-massacre
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28The_Rabaa_massacre%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/rabaa-massacre-egypt-human-rights-watch">The
Rabaa massacre, one year later</a>.


title: Michael Brown accused of stealing cigars
uri: Michael-Brown-accused-of-stealing-cigars
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Michael_Brown_accused_of_stealing_cigars)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Michael_Brown_accused_of_stealing_cigars%29

content:
<p>
Michael Brown has been accused
of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/ferguson-police-michael-brown-protesters">stealing
cigars from a store shortly before he was killed</a>. The thugs have
given conflicting stories about whether his killer knew about that.
<p>
The news of this ended the temporary peace between the thugs and the
people of Ferguson, as the people took this as an attempt to smear the
victim.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Ferguson's_Days_of_Unrest)
title: Ferguson's Days of Unrest
uri: Ferguson-s-Days-of-Unrest
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Ferguson%27s_Days_of_Unrest%29
content:
<p>
Ferguson's Days of Unrest
Expose <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/ferguson-michael-brown-unrest-reality-segregated-society">Stark
Reality of a Segregated Society</a>.
<p>
One white resident says about black drivers who get stopped: "Tires
gone, lights out, no insurance, pieces of junk, that's why."
<p>
Perhaps it is true that black residents of Ferguson tend to have cars
that are nearly junk, and leave things unrepaired.  I wonder why.
Perhaps because they don't get enough work, or
their <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#20_December_2013_%28The_unemployment_rate%29">unemployment
benefits were cut off</a>, or they get paid minimum wage which
is <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html#30_June_2012_%28Republicans_want_minimum_wage_reduction%29">worth
less and less</a>, or they
were <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2010-jul-oct.html#22%20October%202010%20%28Caught%20pants%20down%29">victims
of fraudulent foreclosure</a>. Or their relatives have these problems,
and they have to help their relatives rather than get a nice new car.


title: Obama threatens freedom of the press in the US
uri: Obama-threatens-freedom-of-the-press-in-the-US
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Obama_threatens_freedom_of_the_press_in_the_US)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Obama_threatens_freedom_of_the_press_in_the_US%29

content:
<p>
James Risen is epitome of how Obama (continuing Dubya's policy)
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/15/james-risen-surveillance-and-obamas-threat-journalism">threatens
freedom of the press in the US</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Yazidis)
title: Yazidis
uri: Yazidis
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Yazidis%29
content:
<p>
The main group of Yazidis, on Mt Sinjar, escaped the siege of
genocidal ISIS,
but <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/iraq-air-strikes-target-islamic-state-fighters-near-key-dam">smaller
groups caught in villages are being massacred</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Fracking_under_the_sea)
title: Fracking under the sea
uri: Fracking-under-the-sea
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Fracking_under_the_sea%29
content:
<p>
Fracking under the
sea <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/15/stop-fracking-our-oceans-californians-say">threatens
coastal ecosystems</a>.


title: Threatening to jail for "liking" a Facebook post
uri: Threatening-to-jail-for-liking-a-Facebook-post
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Threatening_to_jail_for_liking_a_Facebook_post)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Threatening_to_jail_for_liking_a_Facebook_post%29

content:
<p>
Malaysia demonstrated contempt for human rights by threatening to jail
a citizen for three years
for <a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1573819/teen-who-liked-pro-israel-facebook-page-probed-sedition-malaysia">"liking"
a Facebook post that praises Israel.</a>
<p>
Being a <a href="https://stallman.org/facebook.html">used of Facebook
is foolish</a>, but expressing opinions there should not be a crime.


title: Facebook's filtering algorithm suppressed news about thug riot
uri: Facebook-s-filtering-algorithm-suppressed-news-about-thug-riot
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Facebook's_filtering_algorithm_suppressed_news_about_thug_riot)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Facebook%27s_filtering_algorithm_suppressed_news_about_thug_riot%29

content:
<p>
Algorithmic filtering can affect history, not just hide history.
Facebook's filtering
algorithm <a href="https://medium.com/message/ferguson-is-also-a-net-neutrality-issue-6d2f3db51eb0">suppressed
news about the thug riot in Ferguson until after it became national
news.</a>


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(UK_gov't_blocked_publication)
title: UK gov't blocked publication
uri: UK-gov-t-blocked-publication
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28UK_gov%27t_blocked_publication%29
content:
<p>
The UK government
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/15/official-report-horsemeat-scandal-delayed-new-food-safety-fears">blocked
publication of the report into the cause of horsemeat in the
"beef"</a>, because it will point the finger at the government's cuts
in inspecting food.
<p>
The deeper cause, which the report may not mention, is the EU's
deregulation that makes it easy to ship meat from one company to
another, in different countries, in a long sequence.  Make the supply
chain long enough, and there is sure to be a cheater in it at some
point.
<p>
The US wants to do both of these
things: <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#01_May_2014_%28Plans_to_end_chicken_inspection%29">undermine
inspections</a> and
deregulate <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_June_2014_%28Meats_imported_into_the_US%29">meat
imports</a>.
<p>
Fraud is profitable, so when business determines the laws, it often
legislates for fraud.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Ferguson_thugs'_previous_caper)
title: Ferguson thugs' previous caper
uri: Ferguson-thugs-previous-caper
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Ferguson_thugs%27_previous_caper%29

content:
<p>
Ferguson thugs' previous caper: they arrested the wrong man, jailed
him even after they became aware of this, kicked him in the head, then
<a href="http://www.loweringthebar.net/2014/08/ferguson-cops.html">charged
him with the crime of damaging thug department property (bleeding on
their uniforms).</a>
<p>
Maybe he didn't bleed on their uniforms at all — the thugs later
said they had made it up.
<p>
These thugs committed perjury.  Why are they not in prison for that?


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Eyeless_in_Gaza)
title: Eyeless in Gaza
uri: Eyeless-in-Gaza
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Eyeless_in_Gaza%29
content:
<p>
Uri
Avnery: <a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1408109792/">Eyeless
in Gaza</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Big_spill_of_mine_waste_in_Canada)
title: Big spill of mine waste in Canada
uri: Big-spill-of-mine-waste-in-Canada
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Big_spill_of_mine_waste_in_Canada%29

content:
<p>
A big spill of mine waste in Canada
has <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/15/fallout-canadian-mining-disaster-continues-first-nation-delivers-eviction-notice">led
to repercussions against the mine</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(We_dont_talk_with_terrorists)
title: "We don't talk with terrorists"
uri: We-don-t-talk-with-terrorists
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28We_dont_talk_with_terrorists%29
content:
<p>
The slogan "We don't talk with terrorists" is often an 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2014/aug/15/good-to-talk-terrorists">excuse
to continue war</a>.
<p>
Negotiating ransom with terrorists is what one should never do.
Negotiating peace, that's different.


title: Urgent: Protect farm workers from dangerous pesticides
uri: Urgent-Protect-farm-workers-from-dangerous-pesticides
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Urgent:_Protect_farm_workers_from_dangerous_pesticides)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Protect_farm_workers_from_dangerous_pesticides%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the EPA
to <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/dont-poison-farmworkers?t=1004&akid=11428.1183552.GIEOLU">protect
farm workers from dangerous pesticides.</a>


title: Ferguson Won't Be The Last Flash Point
uri: Ferguson-Won-t-Be-The-Last-Flash-Point
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Ferguson_Won't_Be_The_Last_Flash_Point)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Ferguson_Won%27t_Be_The_Last_Flash_Point%29

content:
<p>
On Race, America Has Far to
Go.  <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/17/barack-obama-race-strategy-protests-ferguson-mike-brown">Ferguson
Won't Be The Last Flash Point</a>.


title: Union activists blocked an Israeli ship from docking in Oakland
uri: Union-activists-blocked-an-Israeli-ship-from-docking-in-Oakland
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Union_activists_blocked_an_Israeli_ship_from_docking_in_Oakland)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Union_activists_blocked_an_Israeli_ship_from_docking_in_Oakland%29

content:
<p>
Union activists blocked an Israeli ship from docking in Oakland as
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/israeli-ship-remains-at-sea-thousands-protesters-gather">protest
against the bombardment of Gaza</a>.
<p>
Australian thugs are trying
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/nsw-police-try-to-stop-pro-palestinian-protest-at-israeli-film-festival">arbitrarily
ban a protest against an Israeli film festival in Australia</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Urgent:_Stop_militarizing_US_thugs)
title: Urgent: Stop militarizing US thugs
uri: Urgent-Stop-militarizing-US-thugs
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_militarizing_US_thugs%29

content:
<p>
US citizens:
sign <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/161/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16312">these
two petitions</a>
to <a href="http://act.democracyforamerica.com/sign/demilitarizethepolice/?t=1001&akid=5140.1906019.RaHjU-bcc:">stop
militarizing US thugs</a>.


title: Require supermarkets to donate unsold but still edible food
uri: Require-supermarkets-to-donate-unsold-but-still-edible-food
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Require_supermarkets_to_donate_unsold_but_still_edible_food)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Require_supermarkets_to_donate_unsold_but_still_edible_food%29

content:
<p>
French MPs propose
to <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11018960/French-MPs-propose-forcing-supermarkets-to-hand-over-all-unsold-food-to-charity.html">require
supermarkets to donate unsold but still edible food to charities</a>.
<p>
In principle, the idea seems good.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Poisonous_algae_in_Lake_Erie)
title: Poisonous algae in Lake Erie
uri: Poisonous-algae-in-Lake-Erie
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Poisonous_algae_in_Lake_Erie%29
content:
<p>
Poisonous algae in Lake Erie seem to result
from <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/03/toledo-water-pollution-farming-practices-lake-erie-phosphorus">a
change in the form of phosphorus used in fertilizer</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Afghan_thugs_raided_a_coffee_shop)
title: Afghan thugs raided a coffee shop
uri: Afghan-thugs-raided-a-coffee-shop
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Afghan_thugs_raided_a_coffee_shop%29

content:
<p>
Afghan thugs raided a coffee shop
because <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/kabul-cafe-raid-young-afghans">women
and men were allowed to sit and talk there</a>.


title: Question Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy
uri: Question-Assange-in-the-Ecuadorian-embassy
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Question_Assange_in_the_Ecuadorian_embassy)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Question_Assange_in_the_Ecuadorian_embassy%29

content:
<p>
Ecuador's foreign minister asks why the Swedish government fails to
use the opportunity
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/17/julian-assange-ecuador-political-asylum-stalemate">question
Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy</a>, and thus denies justice both to
Assange and to the women who made a complaint against him.
<p>
Of course, we can infer the answer easily.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(California_Kill_Switch_Bill)
title: California "Kill Switch" Bill
uri: California-Kill-Switch-Bill
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28California_Kill_Switch_Bill%29
content:
<p>
California "Kill Switch"
Bill <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/17/california-kill-switch-bill-could-be-used-disrupt-protests">Could
Be Used to Disrupt Protests</a>.


title: Advocates of greater regional autonomy in Russia
uri: Advocates-of-greater-regional-autonomy-in-Russia
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Advocates_of_greater_regional_autonomy_in_Russia)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Advocates_of_greater_regional_autonomy_in_Russia%29

content:
<p>
Advocates of greater regional autonomy in Russia have
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/pro-federalism-protests-banned-siberia-russia-nine-activists-held">arrested
and their demonstrations banned</a>.
<p>
I think it is proper for wealthier regions to support the development
of poorer regions; thus, I disagree with demands for independence from
the wealthier regions based on objection to this; for example, in
Catalunya because its taxes help poorer parts of Spain.
<p>
If Siberia is proportionally richer than other parts of Russia, I
would object likewise in Siberia's case.  But I don't know whether
that is so, and I don't know what Putin is doing with the tax money.


title: Greatest Enemy of Press Freedom in a Generation
uri: Greatest-Enemy-of-Press-Freedom-in-a-Generation
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Greatest_Enemy_of_Press_Freedom_in_a_Generation)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Greatest_Enemy_of_Press_Freedom_in_a_Generation%29

content:
<p>
James Risen Calls
Obama <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/james-risen-obama-greatest-enemy-press-freedom-generation">'Greatest
Enemy of Press Freedom in a Generation'</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Urgent:_Thank_Obama)
title: Very urgent: Thank Obama
uri: Very-urgent-Thank-Obama
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Thank_Obama%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/301/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16310">thank
Obama</a> for rethinking weapons deliveries to Israel.


title: Urgent: Disincentivize tax avoidance
uri: Urgent-Disincentivize-tax-avoidance
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Urgent:_Disincentivize_tax_avoidance)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Disincentivize_tax_avoidance%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/stop_tax_inversions/">call on
Obama</a> to eliminate the tax incentives for companies to move their
headquarters outside the US.


title: UK thugs want people's medical records
uri: UK-thugs-want-people-s-medical-records
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(UK_thugs_want_peoples_medical_records)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28UK_thugs_want_peoples_medical_records%29

content:
<p>
UK thugs want to be allowed to look at people's confidential medical
records 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/10/police-right-to-see-medical-records">without
getting a warrant (let alone permission)</a>.  They cite "vulnerable"
people as an excuse, but the loss of rights would apply to everyone.
<p>
Perhaps it is, in a sense, about vulnerable people.  When undercover
thugs infiltrate a dissident group, if they could check the medical
records of everyone in the group, they could quickly find which ones
are 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-mar-jun.html#18_March_2014_(Failure_to_ban_undercover_thug_seduction_tactics_in_the_UK)">vulnerable
to being pressured into a sexual relationship</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(US_media_spin_on_Gazan_casualties)
title: US media spin on Gazan casualties
uri: US-media-spin-on-Gazan-casualties
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28US_media_spin_on_Gazan_casualties%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/08/12/death-in-gaza-some-counts-more-controversial-than-others/">How
US media spin the civilian casualties in Gaza</a> — including
claiming that civilians working for Hamas in non-military roles count
as combatants.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(iThing_users_data_in_China)
title: iThing users' data in China
uri: iThing-users-data-in-China
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28iThing_users_data_in_China%29
content:
<p>
Apple is storing the data of iThing users in China 
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/15/us-apple-data-china-idUSKBN0GF0N720140815">on
servers in China</a>.
<p>
Since Apple can 
<a href="http://gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary/malware-apple.html">extract
lots of personal data from an iThing remotely</a>, I think Apple will
have great difficulty refusing when China demands that it do so.


title: Human rights lawyer tortured in China
uri: Human-rights-lawyer-tortured-in-China
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Human_rights_lawyer_tortured_in_China)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Human_rights_lawyer_tortured_in_China%29

content:
<p>
China released human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng from prison, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/chinese-human-rights-lawyer-starved-solitary-confinement">starved
and with smashed teeth</a>.
<p>
His teeth fell out because he was given limited food.  He was 
<a href="http://www.freedom-now.org/news/media-release-gao-zhisheng-tortured-in-custody-wife-pleads-for-u-s-help-to-get-him-urgent-medical-care/">tortured
both physically and mentally</a>.  Now he can hardly speak.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Ferguson_protests)
title: Ferguson protests
uri: Ferguson-protests
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Ferguson_protests%29
content:
<p>
Al Sharpton 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/sharpton-ferguson-protesters-smear-campaign-rioting">exhorted
Ferguson protesters</a> to avoid weakening their case by engaging in
crimes such as looting.
<p>
This is wise advice: blacks of the 60s won advances in civil rights
through discipline, and protesters today need discipline too.
<p>
Since then, a curfew has been imposed.  I don't expect the protesters
to disperse quietly just because someone told them to.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Ukrainian_rebel_soldiers)
title: Ukrainian rebel soldiers
uri: Ukrainian-rebel-soldiers
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Ukrainian_rebel_soldiers%29
content:
<p>
A Ukrainian rebel leader 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/ukraine-fighters-russia-top-rebel-leader">claims
to have 1200 soldiers who were trained in Russia</a>, as well as 30
tanks.
<p>
They could not have captured 30 tanks from the Ukrainian army in that
area.  If the claim is true, most of those tanks must have come from
Russia.  Perhaps Russia captured Ukrainian tanks in the Crimea and
sent them to Ukraine.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Poverty_in_the_US)
title: Poverty in the US
uri: 2014-08-18-Poverty-in-the-US
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Poverty_in_the_US%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/16/communities-individuals-and-long-fight-against-poverty">Communities,
Individuals, and the Long Fight Against Poverty [in the US]</a>.
<p>
This fight would not be nearly so long if not for the rich that defend
poverty for everyone else.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Hillary-The-Hawk_Flies_Again)
title: Hillary-The-Hawk Flies Again
uri: Hillary-The-Hawk-Flies-Again
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Hillary-The-Hawk_Flies_Again%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/16/hillary-hawk-flies-again">Hillary-The-Hawk
Flies Again</a>.


title: Urgent: Reverse Corporations United
uri: 2014-08-18-Urgent-Reverse-Corporations-United
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 17_August_2014_(Urgent:_Reverse_Corporations_United)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Reverse_Corporations_United%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: Call for approval of the 
<a href="http://action.usaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=651">constitutional
amendment to reverse the Corporations United decision</a> (to call
them what they are, not what they pretended to be).


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(The_background_of_ISIS)
title: The background of ISIS
uri: The-background-of-ISIS
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28The_background_of_ISIS%29
content:
<p>
Explaining the background of ISIS in 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/isis-salafi-menace-jihadist-homeland-syria">radicalization
of Sunnis</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(10,000_Israelis_protest_for_peace)
title: 10,000 Israelis protest for peace
uri: 10-000-Israelis-protest-for-peace
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%2810%2C000_Israelis_protest_for_peace%29

content:
<p>
10,000 Israelis
<a href="http://972mag.com/10000-protest-in-tel-aviv-for-a-just-peace-end-to-occupation/95569/">demonstrated
for peace with Gaza</a>.
<p>
It was a good try, but I think it will take more than 10,000 to
influence the government, and the Arab-hating people.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Western_medias_superficial_view)
title: Western media's superficial view
uri: Western-media-s-superficial-view
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Western_medias_superficial_view%29

content:
<p>
Western news media have a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/17/congo-reporting-media-war-anjan-sundaram">superficial
view of many countries</a>, because reporters nowadays don't stay in a
place long enough to know what's what.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Curfew_in_Ferguson)
title: Curfew in Ferguson
uri: Curfew-in-Ferguson
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Curfew_in_Ferguson%29
content:
<p>
The curfew in Ferguson was obeyed by recognized leaders and
organizers, but 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/ferguson-curfew-protesters-looting-michael-brown">hundreds
of people stayed past midnight in pouring rain</a> rather than let
thugs chase them out of their town.
<p>
This article says the thugs did use tear gas.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(SWAT_raids_in_the_US)
title: SWAT raids in the US
uri: SWAT-raids-in-the-US
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28SWAT_raids_in_the_US%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/14/terrify-and-occupy">Over
100 SWAT raids occur each day</a> in the US, and most of them are for
nothing more serious than searching a house for drugs.
<p>
This is accompanied by training thugs to act like an occupying army.
If they expect to shoot people down, they will find opportunities to
do it.
<p>
Here is 
<a href="https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2014/aug/15/we-have-pentagon-1033-program-data/">data
about the military equipment</a> that the US has given to thugs.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Facebook_forcing_app_on_users)
title: Facebook forcing app on users
uri: Facebook-forcing-app-on-users
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Facebook_forcing_app_on_users%29
content:
<p>
Facebook is 
<a href="http://mashable.com/2014/07/29/facebook-messenger-switch/">ordering
users to switch to a different Messenger app</a> which demands access
to lots of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/17/tony-abbotts-push-to-ditch-renewables-could-hand-coal-and-gas-industry-10bn">personal
information</a>.
<p>
It's proprietary software, thus inherently 
<a href="http://gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html
">untrustworthy</a>, so using it is an act of folly.  The same is true
of Facebook's main app, and the nonfree program (in either iThings or
Android) for accessing the app store where it is released.
<p>
In Android, that program is called 
<a href="http://gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html">Google
Play</a>, and it has a back door that is more or less universal.
<p>
Of course, you shouldn't be used by 
<a href="https://stallman.org/facebook.html">Facebook</a> at all,
because it extracts personal data that nobody ought to know.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Mob_drives_out_Ebola_patients)
title: Mob drives out Ebola patients
uri: Mob-drives-out-Ebola-patients
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Mob_drives_out_Ebola_patients%29
content:
<p>
A mob attacked a clinic in Liberia and drove out 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/17/ebola-liberia-clinic-raided">29
people infected with Ebola</a>.
<p>
Now they are likely to infect other people.  Way to go, idiots!
<p>
The patients have been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/19/missing-ebola-patients-found-liberia">found 
and brought to another clinic</a>.


title: Abbott serving fossil fuel companies
uri: Abbott-serving-fossil-fuel-companies
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Abbott_serving_fossil_fuel_companies)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Abbott_serving_fossil_fuel_companies%29

content:
<p>
Australian PM Abbott's plan to stop promoting renewable energy would
amount to a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/17/tony-abbotts-push-to-ditch-renewables-could-hand-coal-and-gas-industry-10bn">10
billion dollar gift to the fossil fuel companies he serves</a>.  And
without even achieving the promised insignificant side benefit of a
reduction in electricity prices.


title: Racist response to wedding in Israel
uri: Racist-response-to-wedding-in-Israel
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Racist_response_to_wedding_in_Israel)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Racist_response_to_wedding_in_Israel%29

content:
<p>
A Jewish Israeli woman converted to Islam and is marrying an Arab.
This has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/israeli-court-protesters-picket-palestinian-jewish-wedding">brought
out various sorts of racists</a>.
<p>
I find it hard to imagine a greater folly than for a woman to convert
to Islam.  But she has a right to do it, and a right to get married.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Cesarean_section_forced_on_woman)
title: Cesarean section forced on woman
uri: Cesarean-section-forced-on-woman
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Cesarean_section_forced_on_woman%29

content:
<p>
A desperate woman in Ireland was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/ireland-woman-forced-birth-denied-abortion">forced
to have a cesarean section</a>, when she threatened to starve herself
after being denied an abortion.
<p>
She was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/ireland-woman-forced-caesarean-pregnant-rape-friend">pregnant
because of a rape</a> committed before she reached Ireland.
<p>
Abortion is a basic right.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Torture_of_suspects)
title: Torture of suspects
uri: Torture-of-suspects
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Torture_of_suspects%29
content:
<p>
A US woman accused in Indonesia of murdering her mother says that
thugs are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/chicago-teenager-accused-mother-bali-abused-by-police">beating
her and threatening to deny her water unless she confesses</a>.
<p>
I have no opinion about whether she is guilty of those charges.  There
may be valid reasons to prosecute her, but suspects should not be
tortured.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Iraqi_Kurds_recapture_Mosul_dam)
title: Iraqi Kurds recapture Mosul dam
uri: Iraqi-Kurds-recapture-Mosul-dam
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Iraqi_Kurds_recapture_Mosul_dam%29

content:
<p>
The Iraqi Kurds 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/iraqi-kurdish-forces-recapture-mosul-dam-isis">recaptured
the Mosul dam</a>, with US air support.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Michael_Browns_autopsy_report)
title: Michael Brown's autopsy report
uri: Michael-Brown-s-autopsy-report
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Michael_Browns_autopsy_report%29
content:
<p>
Michael Brown's autopsy report says he was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/ferguson-michael-brown-shot-multiple-times-autopsy-shows-including-in-head">shot
6 times, all from the front</a>.
<p>
Even if the thug's actions after stopping Brown were not wrong, it
seems clear he would not have stopped a white man.
<p>
US thugs will let you walk around with a weapon (in some states)
… if you're white.  If you're black, they order you to drop it,
and shoot you before you have a chance to comply, 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/08/1320164/-Why-Black-Men-Don-t-Open-Carry">even
if it's a toy</a>.
<p>
In other words, "open carry" laws potentiate the effect of racist
attitudes.


title: Cost of filing worker complaint in UK
uri: Cost-of-filing-worker-complaint-in-UK
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Cost_of_filing_worker_complaint_in_UK)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Cost_of_filing_worker_complaint_in_UK%29

content:
<p>
Now that the UK charges workers 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/aug/17/workers-cant-fight-employment-tribunals">almost
$2000</a> for filing a discrimination case, complaints have gone down
by 80%.  Only well-paid workers can afford to complain.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(EPA_fails_to_make_polluters_pay)
title: EPA fails to make polluters pay
uri: EPA-fails-to-make-polluters-pay
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28EPA_fails_to_make_polluters_pay%29

content:
<p>
The EPA has 
<a href="http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2014/groups-sue-epa-for-letting-polluters-pass-the-bill-for-their-spills-to-the-public">failed
for 30 years to issue legally required rules</a> to make polluters pay 
to clean up their pollution.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Coal_ash_and_asthma)
title: Coal ash and asthma
uri: Coal-ash-and-asthma
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Coal_ash_and_asthma%29
content:
<p>
Just living near a place where coal ash is handled or dumped 
<a href="http://earthjustice.org/blog/2014-july/ash-in-lungs-how-breathing-coal-ash-is-hazardous-to-your-health">can
give people asthma</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(US_pressure_against_Gaza_inquiry)
title: US pressure against Gaza inquiry
uri: US-pressure-against-Gaza-inquiry
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28US_pressure_against_Gaza_inquiry%29

content:
<p>
The US is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/aug/18/hague-court-western-pressure-gaza-inquiry">pressuring
the ICC and Mahmoud Abbas</a> not to request an investigation into
Israeli and Palestinian war crimes.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 18_August_2014_(Australias_renewable_energy_target)
title: Australia's renewable energy target
uri: Australia-s-renewable-energy-target
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Australias_renewable_energy_target%29

content:
<p>
Australia's government said it would maintain the renewable energy
target but is clearly 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2014/aug/18/renewable-energy-target-abolish-abbott-hunt-warburton">making
plans to create an excuse to eliminate it</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 19_August_2014_(On_Hacking_updates)
title: On Hacking updates
uri: On-Hacking-updates
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#19_August_2014_%28On_Hacking_updates%29
content:
<p>
Update to <a href="https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html">On
Hacking</a>
to recognize that "hacking" is not supposed to cover wit and art.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Whipped_for_criticizing_book)
title: Whipped for criticizing book
uri: Whipped-for-criticizing-book
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Whipped_for_criticizing_book%29
content:
<p>
Two Iranians 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/iranian-photographers-face-lash-criticising-officials-book">will
be whipped for criticizing a book</a> published by a local official on
artistic grounds.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Language_of_the_unheard)
title: Language of the unheard
uri: Language-of-the-unheard
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Language_of_the_unheard%29
content:
<p>
M. L. King: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/18/ferguson-violence-martin-luther-king-michael-brown">A
riot is the language of the unheard</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Civilians_in_convoy_hit_by_rockets)
title: Civilians in convoy hit by rockets
uri: Civilians-in-convoy-hit-by-rockets
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Civilians_in_convoy_hit_by_rockets%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/ukraine-refugees-die-as-convoy-hit-by-rockets">Ukraine
and rebels accuse each other</a> of firing rockets at a convoy that
was evacuating civilians.
<p>
I expect that neither side attacked them intentionally, but this is
the sort of thing that happens in war, and even more so when care is
not taken.
<p>
However, firing the inaccurate Grad rockets into urban areas is a war
crime, and I have seen accusations that Ukraine regularly does that.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Ferguson_thug_violence_facts)
title: Ferguson thug violence facts
uri: Ferguson-thug-violence-facts
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Ferguson_thug_violence_facts%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/18/ten-facts-about-police-violence-ferguson-sunday-night">Ten
Facts About Police Violence in Ferguson Sunday Night</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Militarization_of_US_thugs)
title: Militarization of US thugs
uri: 2014-08-20-Militarization-of-US-thugs
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Militarization_of_US_thugs%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/08/how-defense-industry-made-room-militarized-police-today">Arms
companies have effectively paid Congress</a> to support militarization
of US thugs.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Failure_to_coexist)
title: Failure to coexist
uri: Failure-to-coexist
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Failure_to_coexist%29
content:
<p>
The 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/18/towards-new-co-existence-reframing-our-ecological-crises">pollution
and resource scarcity problems</a> that humanity is creating can be
seen as a failure in coexistence with the natural world.


title: New "counter-terrorism" proposals in Australia
uri: New-counter-terrorism-proposals-in-Australia
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(New_counter-terrorism_proposals_in_Australia)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28New_counter-terrorism_proposals_in_Australia%29

content:
<p>
Civil liberties organizations in Australia warn
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/counter-terrorism-proposals-greatly-concerning-say-civil-liberties-groups">human
rights are threatened by the new "counter-terrorism" proposals</a>.
<p>
There is very little danger of terrorism in Australia.  It's just an
excuse to attack human rights.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Extreme_capitalism)
title: Extreme capitalism
uri: Extreme-capitalism
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Extreme_capitalism%29
content:
<p>
Extreme capitalism is the idea
that <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/18/carnage-capitalism">every
aspect of society has to be run as a business</a>.  This is a major
cause of what's wrong in US education and health care.


title: Urgent: Respect the rights of peaceful protesters
uri: Urgent-Respect-the-rights-of-peaceful-protesters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Urgent:_Respect_the_rights_of_peaceful_protesters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Respect_the_rights_of_peaceful_protesters%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: support Amnesty International's call for the Ferguson
thug chief to <a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/W1408EAIAR1">respect
the rights of peaceful protesters</a>.


title: Republicans blocking funds for processing "rape kits"
uri: Republicans-blocking-funds-for-processing-rape-kits
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Republicans_blocking_funds_for_processing_rape_kits)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Republicans_blocking_funds_for_processing_rape_kits%29

content:
<p>
Republicans
are <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/08/1320110/-Senate-Republicans-hold-up-money-to-test-evidence-in-rape-cases?detail=email">blocking
federal funds for processing the backlog of "rape kits"</a> containing
evidence from complaints of rape.
<p>
Those right-wingers don't care much about any sort of rights if they
are for women.


title: Undermining Constitution with illegal spying and dirty tricks
uri: Undermining-Constitution-with-illegal-spying-and-dirty-tricks
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Undermining_Constitution_with_illegal_spying_and_dirty_tricks)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Undermining_Constitution_with_illegal_spying_and_dirty_tricks%29

content:
<p>
Richard Nixon faced impeachment
for <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/08/richard-nixon-honk-if-you-think-he-was-guilty">undermining
the Constitution with illegal spying and dirty tricks</a>.  Under
Bushbama it's even worse.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Earth_Overshoot_Day)
title: Earth Overshoot Day
uri: Earth-Overshoot-Day
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Earth_Overshoot_Day%29
content:
<p>
Aug 19
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/19/earth-ecological-debt-earlier">"Earth
Overshoot Day"</a>, the day when we've used, since the beginning of
the year, as much resources as the Earth can sustain for the whole
year.
<p>
Just 14 years ago, that point was reached in October.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Irom_Sharmila_ordered_for_release)
title: Irom Sharmila ordered for release
uri: Irom-Sharmila-ordered-for-release
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Irom_Sharmila_ordered_for_release%29

content:
<p>
Irom Sharmila has been in prison and on hunger strike for 14 years
after witnessing a massacre by the Indian Army.
<p>
I think she was never given a trial, but
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/indian-court-release-woman-hunger-strike-irom-sharmila">court
now ordered her release.</a>


title: You don't control your mobile phone
uri: You-don-t-control-your-mobile-phone
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(You_don't_control_your_mobile_phone)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28You_don%27t_control_your_mobile_phone%29

content:
<p>
Bringing home the fact that you don't control your mobile phone,
there's an app
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2014/aug/18/app-forces-teenagers-to-call-parents">give
someone else remote control over it</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Obama_is_stretching_the_facts)
title: Obama is stretching the facts
uri: Obama-is-stretching-the-facts
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Obama_is_stretching_the_facts%29
content:
<p>
Obama is stretching the facts
to <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/08/humanitarian-emergency-does-not-suspend-constitution-war-powers">avoid
asking Congress for authorization to use military force in Iraq</a>.
<p>
Congress should not accept this stretching.  What's at stake is the US
Constitution.


title: Urgent: Defend the rights of the Tibetan people
uri: Urgent-Defend-the-rights-of-the-Tibetan-people
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Urgent:_Defend_the_rights_of_the_Tibetan_people)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Defend_the_rights_of_the_Tibetan_people%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call for your country
to <a href="http://freetibet.org/email_targets/1810?utm_source=Free+Tibet+email+updates&utm_campaign=295a7b1e86-News_update_China_spam&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8b3b75e260-295a7b1e86-39199397">defend
the rights of the Tibetan people under repression</a>.
<p>
When 100 Tibetans
protested, <a href="http://freetibet.org/news-media/na/two-tibetans-dead-whilst-chinese-custody?utm_source=Free+Tibet+email+updates&utm_campaign=295a7b1e86-News_update_China_spam&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8b3b75e260-295a7b1e86-39199397">Chinese
thugs shot several, then arrested them and denied them medical
treatment</a>.  Some died from this.


title: We can switch entirely to renewable energy
uri: We-can-switch-entirely-to-renewable-energy
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(We_can_switch_entirely_to_renewable_energy)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28We_can_switch_entirely_to_renewable_energy%29

content:
<p>
Amory Lovins claims we can switch entirely to renewable energy without
on-grid storage
by <a href="http://www.engineering.com/ElectronicsDesign/ElectronicsDesignArticles/ArticleID/8272/Is-Storage-Necessary-for-Renewable-Energy.aspx">using
time-shifting to make demand fit the momentary supply.</a>
<p>
We need to be careful to set up these systems so that they don't
collect information about what systems we are using.
<p>
For instance, if the goal is to tell 1/4 of the air conditioning
systems in a substantial area to shut off, it isn't necessary to find
out which ones happen to be on at the moment.  Statistically, the
result would be roughly the same if you make the decision based on
which houses have such air conditioning.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Urgent:_Tighten_rules_on_ivory)
title: Urgent: Tighten rules on ivory
uri: Urgent-Tighten-rules-on-ivory
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tighten_rules_on_ivory%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call for the US
to <a href="https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3563">tighten
rules on ivory, to protect elephants</a>.


title: Artist/Hackers who put white flags on Brooklyn Bridge
uri: Artist-Hackers-who-put-white-flags-on-Brooklyn-Bridge
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Artist%2FHackers_who_put_white_flags_on_Brooklyn_Bridge)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Artist%252FHackers_who_put_white_flags_on_Brooklyn_Bridge%29

content:
<p>
Two artist/hackers who put white flags on the Brooklyn
Bridge <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/german-artists-brooklyn-bridge-white-flag">fear
they will be permanently excluded from the US</a>.
<p>
It sure looks like the US has no sense of humor.


title: Iraqi gov't failed in an attempt to retake Tikrit
uri: Iraqi-gov-t-failed-in-an-attempt-to-retake-Tikrit
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Iraqi_gov't_failed_in_an_attempt_to_retake_Tikrit)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Iraqi_gov%27t_failed_in_an_attempt_to_retake_Tikrit%29

content:
<p>
The Iraqi
government <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/isis-fighters-iraq-army-fails-tikrit">failed
in an attempt to retake Tikrit</a>; Isis soldiers gave hard
resistance.
<p>
US air strikes are easy and effective in open country, but not in
cities.
<p>
If Tikrit is indeed controlled by Baathists and Sunni militants, as
the article says, it should be possible to make a peace with them.
They can't be very happy with Isis; they must regard it as a last
resort to get out from under the Maliki's sectarian rule.  The
challenge will be to convince them that a new Iraqi government won't
be equally bad.


title: Urgent: Protect Americans from oil trains
uri: Urgent-Protect-Americans-from-oil-trains
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Urgent:_Protect_Americans_from_oil_trains)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Protect_Americans_from_oil_trains%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the DOT
to <a href="https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=14253">protect
Americans from oil trains</a>.


title: Australia forcing Syrian refugees back to Syria
uri: Australia-forcing-Syrian-refugees-back-to-Syria
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Australia_forcing_Syrian_refugees_back_to_Syria)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Australia_forcing_Syrian_refugees_back_to_Syria%29

content:
<p>
Australia is going to "unthinkable" lengths
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/australia-going-to-unthinkable-lengths-to-return-syria-detainees-emails-show">force
Syrian refugees back to Syria</a>, where they face torture or death.


title: Australian state proposes guilty-until-proven-innocent
uri: Australian-state-proposes-guilty-until-proven-innocent
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Australian_state_proposes_guilty-until-proven-innocent)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Australian_state_proposes_guilty-until-proven-innocent%29

content:
<p>
The Australian state of Victoria proposes
US-style <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/denis-napthines-law-and-order-drive-is-making-no-difference-to">seizure
of possessions on a system of guilty-until-proven-innocent</a>.


title: ICANN considering giving gov'ts total power
uri: ICANN-considering-giving-gov-ts-total-power
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(ICANN_considering_giving_gov'ts_total_power)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28ICANN_considering_giving_gov%27ts_total_power%29

content:
<p>
ICANN is considering giving governments
almost <a href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2014/08/government-control-internet-governance-icann-proposes-giving-gac-increased-power-board-decisions/">total
power over its decisions</a>.


title: Journalist reports on his arrest in Ferguson
uri: Journalist-reports-on-his-arrest-in-Ferguson
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Journalist_reports_on_his_arrest_in_Ferguson)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Journalist_reports_on_his_arrest_in_Ferguson%29

content:
<p>
A
journalist <a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3610">reports
on his arrest in Ferguson</a>.  Thugs shot him first.  They did not
really care why he was there; they were arresting anyone who could be
found.
<p>
Note the sleazy excuse for denying the journalist the right to phone
his lawyer.  Just the sort of behavior I'd expect from a thug.
<p>
Then a press photographer was arrested,
for <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/ferguson-police-arrest-photographer-scott-olsen">not
standing where the thugs wanted photographers to stand</a>. These
thugs think they are entitled to control protests and control the
press.
<p>
I am glad that some of the protesters tried to control random violence
by other protesters.  That sort of indiscipline leads to defeat.
While it is less serious, intrinsically, than the thugs' violence, it
gives the thugs an excuse to pretend that they are protecting the town
rather than occupying it.
<p>
Some suspect that
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/ferguson-outsiders-protesters-riots-peaceful-unrest">few
violent protesters are outsiders</a>.
<p>
The next night,
they <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/ferguson-call-quiet-78-arrests-protests-clashes">arrested
78 people, protesters and bystanders and journalists I suppose</a>.


title: Countries that trample human rights given opportunity to retort
uri: Countries-that-trample-human-rights-given-opportunity-to-retort
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Countries_that_trample_human_rights_given_opportunity_to_retort)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Countries_that_trample_human_rights_given_opportunity_to_retort%29

content:
<p>
Other countries that trample human rights more than the
US <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/aug/19/americas-foes-using-ferguson-to-troll-on-twitter-egypt">find
in Ferguson an opportunity to retort</a>.
<p>
I wish the US would clean up its act so it could criticize oppression
without making people laugh.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Arrests_of_Reporters_in_Ferguson)
title: Arrests of Reporters in Ferguson
uri: Arrests-of-Reporters-in-Ferguson
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Arrests_of_Reporters_in_Ferguson%29

content:
<p>
The Committee to Protect
Journalists <a href="http://www.cpj.org/2014/08/cpj-condemns-ongoing-harassment-arrests-of-reporte.php">Condemns
Ongoing Harassment, Arrests of Reporters in Ferguson.</a>


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Guatemala's_New_DC_Lobbyist)
title: Guatemala's New DC Lobbyist
uri: Guatemala-s-New-DC-Lobbyist
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Guatemala%27s_New_DC_Lobbyist%29
content:
<p>
The Man Who Ran Contra Propaganda for Reagan
Is <a href="http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/08/guatemala-lobbyist-otto-reich-reagan-contras-propaganda">Guatemala's
New DC Lobbyist</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Urgent:_Union_organizing_bill)
title: Urgent: Union organizing bill
uri: Urgent-Union-organizing-bill
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Union_organizing_bill%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://youpower.democracyforamerica.com/petitions/union-organizing-a-civil-right">support
the bill</a> to make firing union organizers a matter of
discrimination.
<p>
It's already forbidden, but this would make it easier and faster to
enforce the ban.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Lobbying_by_UK_environmental_dept)
title: Lobbying by UK environmental dept
uri: Lobbying-by-UK-environmental-dept
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Lobbying_by_UK_environmental_dept%29

content:
<p>
The UK's environmental department is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/19/uk-lobbying-to-keep-open-one-of-europes-dirtiest-coal-power-stations">lobbying
the EU to keep a very dirty coal power plant running</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(City_councilor_of_Ferguson)
title: City councilor of Ferguson
uri: City-councilor-of-Ferguson
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28City_councilor_of_Ferguson%29
content:
<p>
One of the thugs who 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/ferguson-cop-who-charged-suspect-bleeding-her-uniform-now-city-councilwoman">accused
Henry Davis of "destruction of property" for bleeding on their
uniforms</a> is now a city councilor in Ferguson.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Wealth_of_the_1-percent)
title: Wealth of the 1%
uri: Wealth-of-the-1
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Wealth_of_the_1-percent%29
content:
<p>
The wealth of the 1% is 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/08/1319980/-The-1-are-wealthy-beyond-measure">literally
beyond measure</a>, because they hide so much of it.  What they
sequester has prevented economic recovery for the rest.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(UKs_complicity_in_CIA_torture)
title: UK's complicity in CIA torture
uri: UK-s-complicity-in-CIA-torture
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28UKs_complicity_in_CIA_torture%29
content:
<p>
The UK ambassador to the US has been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/uk-ambassador-senators-hide-diego-garcia-rendition-cia">lobbying
the US Senate since 2012 to conceal the UK's complicity</a> in CIA
torture.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 20_August_2014_(Gang_of_thugs)
title: Gang of thugs
uri: Gang-of-thugs
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Gang_of_thugs%29
content:
<p>
A gang of thugs (not cops this time)
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/sudan-newspaper-editor-attacked-by-armed-men">
attacked an editor in Sudan</a> that
had advocated normalizing relations with Israel, and trashed the
newspaper office.


title: Urgent: Stop choosing McCain as a pundit
uri: Urgent-Stop-choosing-McCain-as-a-pundit
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 21_August_2014_(Urgent:_Stop_choosing_McCain_as_a_pundit)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_choosing_McCain_as_a_pundit%29

content:
<p>
In the US, or where US TV networks are available: Call on TV networks
to <a href="http://action.votevets.org/mccain">stop choosing McCain as
a pundit</a>.


title: Override state laws purchased by ISPs
uri: Override-state-laws-purchased-by-ISPs
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 21_August_2014_(Override_state_laws_purchased_by_ISPs)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Override_state_laws_purchased_by_ISPs%29

content:
<p>
US cities, and senators, are asking the FCC
to <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/lawmakers-ask-fcc-to-preempt-states-on-municipal-broadband">override
state laws purchased by ISPs that ban municipal broadband
networks</a>.


title: Saudi Arabia's role in creating ISIS
uri: Saudi-Arabia-s-role-in-creating-ISIS
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 21_August_2014_(Saudi_Arabia's_role_in_creating_ISIS)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Saudi_Arabia%27s_role_in_creating_ISIS%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/iraq-crisis-how-saudi-arabia-helped-isis-take-over-the-north-of-the-country-9602312.html">Saudi
Arabia's role in creating ISIS</a>, the monster that it can no longer
control.


title: Someone in Gaza fired rockets at Israel
uri: Someone-in-Gaza-fired-rockets-at-Israel
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 21_August_2014_(Someone_in_Gaza_fired_rockets_at_Israel)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Someone_in_Gaza_fired_rockets_at_Israel%29

content:
<p>
Someone in
Gaza <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/20/gaza-war-resumes-as-talks-break-down">fired
rockets at Israel, breaking the cease fire</a>.  Israel responded by
killing the family of a Hamas leader, and another family.


title: US thugs keep on killing unarmed black men
uri: US-thugs-keep-on-killing-unarmed-black-men
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 21_August_2014_(US_thugs_keep_on_killing_unarmed_black_men)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28US_thugs_keep_on_killing_unarmed_black_men%29

content:
<p>
US
thugs <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/3-unarmed-black-african-american-men-killed-police">keep
on killing unarmed black men, then fabricating excuses</a>.
<p>
Here's <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/darren-wilson-ferguson-police-officers-shoot-unarmed-black-men">What
Happens to Police Officers Who Shoot Unarmed Black Men</a>.
<p>
White Supremacy Is
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/20/white-supremacy-ferguson-black-excuses">Real
Culprit in Ferguson</a>.  The Excuses Just Prove It.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 21_August_2014_(Undo_militarization_of_US_thugs)
title: Undo militarization of US thugs
uri: Undo-militarization-of-US-thugs
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Undo_militarization_of_US_thugs%29

content:
<p>
Dennis Kucinich explains what is needed
to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-j-kucinich/police-militarization_b_5687598.html">undo
militarization of US thugs</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 21_August_2014_(Israel_kills_Gazans_all_the_time)
title: Israel kills Gazans all the time
uri: Israel-kills-Gazans-all-the-time
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Israel_kills_Gazans_all_the_time%29

content:
<p>
Israel <a href="http://972mag.com/how-journalists-become-complicit-in-gazas-suffering/95393/">kills
Gazans all the time</a>, not just when there is a war.


title: Israel campaigning to undermine international humanitarian law
uri: Israel-campaigning-to-undermine-international-humanitarian-law
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 21_August_2014_(Israel_campaigning_to_undermine_international_humanitarian_law)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Israel_campaigning_to_undermine_international_humanitarian_law%29

content:
<p>
Israel is
systematically <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/08/18/globalizing-gaza/print">campaigning
to undermine international humanitarian law</a> — the treaties
about war crimes which Israel has been condemned for violating.


title: Israeli soldiers arrested 64 Palestinian
uri: Israeli-soldiers-arrested-64-Palestinian
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 21_August_2014_(Israeli_soldiers_arrested_64_Palestinian)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Israeli_soldiers_arrested_64_Palestinian%29

content:
<p>
Israeli soldiers <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/68848">arrested
64 Palestinians from the West Bank</a>, clearly for political reasons.
<p>
Israeli
soldiers <a href="http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=26288">demolished
a Palestinian home in Jerusalem without warning</a>, and did not allow
the inhabitants to take out any of their property.


title: Israeli sociologist tries to explain psychology of fear
uri: Israeli-sociologist-tries-to-explain-psychology-of-fear
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 21_August_2014_(Israeli_sociologist_tries_to_explain_psychology_of_fear)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Israeli_sociologist_tries_to_explain_psychology_of_fear%29

content:
<p>
An Israeli sociologist tries to explain the psychology of fear that
enables Israelis
to <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-sociologist-eva-illouz-about-gaza-and-israeli-society-a-984536.html">see
themselves as humane while dehumanizing Palestinians</a>.
<p>
The article also offers explanations for how Israel became almost
entirely hawkish, racist and right-wing.
<p>
If 40% of Israelis wish to emigrate, I suspect that it's because those
who are more or less secular expect the religious fanatics to take
over and oppress them.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 21_August_2014_(ISIS_advancing_in_Syria)
title: ISIS advancing in Syria
uri: ISIS-advancing-in-Syria
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28ISIS_advancing_in_Syria%29
content:
<p>
ISIS
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/20/islamic-state-isis-foreign-hostages-syria-aleppo">advancing
territory in Syria</a> using weapons captured from the Iraqi army.
<p>
It seems the West must attack ISIS in Syria to protect Assad.
Murderous as he is, letting ISIS defeat him would be even worse.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Urgent:_Help_End_Domestic_Slavery)
title: Urgent: Help End Domestic Slavery
uri: Urgent-Help-End-Domestic-Slavery
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Help_End_Domestic_Slavery%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.walkfree.org/c189/">Help End Domestic Slavery</a>.
<p>
With Javascript disabled, this page does work
even though it appears to have failed.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Investigators_barred_from_Gaza)
title: Investigators barred from Gaza
uri: Investigators-barred-from-Gaza
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Investigators_barred_from_Gaza%29
content:
<p>
Israel is 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/18/israel-bars-amnesty-human-rights-watch-workers-gaza">blocking
the staff of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch</a> from
going to Gaza to investigate war crimes.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Rising_sea_level)
title: Rising sea level
uri: 2014-08-22-Rising-sea-level
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Rising_sea_level%29
content:
<p>
A town in the Solomon Islands 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/18/facing-rising-ocean-pacific-island-town-must-relocate">has
to move to higher ground</a> as sea level rises.
<p>
The US must start planning to move parts of Boston, parts of New York
City, parts of Washington DC, and all of Florida.  This move won't be
needed for some decades, but it will take decades to do.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Hidden_costs_of_fracking)
title: Hidden costs of fracking
uri: Hidden-costs-of-fracking
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Hidden_costs_of_fracking%29
content:
<p>
The 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2014/aug/18/uk-energy-dependence-five-hidden-costs-fracking">hidden
costs of fracking</a> are tremendous.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Arrested_for_filming_NY_thugs)
title: Arrested for filming NY thugs
uri: Arrested-for-filming-NY-thugs
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Arrested_for_filming_NY_thugs%29
content:
<p>
New York gubernatorial candidate Randy Credico was 
<a href="http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2014/08/14/new-york-governor-candidate-arrested-recording-aggressive-police-behavior/">arrested
and given a little gratuitous torture</a> in New York City for making a
video of thugs' arresting someone else.
<p>
I hope he wins and starts jailing thugs for such conduct.


title: Activist, age 90, arrested in Ferguson
uri: Activist-age-90-arrested-in-Ferguson
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Activist_age_90_arrested_in_Ferguson)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Activist_age_90_arrested_in_Ferguson%29

content:
<p>
Activist Hedy Epstein, age 90, was 
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/18/hedy-epstein-arrested-ferguson-holocaust-_n_5689822.html">arrested
for protesting in Ferguson</a>.
<p>
Her supposed "crime" was simply continuing to protest.
<p>
Thugs in Ferguson repeatedly offered to "help" some reporters by
<a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/domesticpolicy/how-police-are-keeping-journalists-from-doing-their-jobs-in-ferguson-20140814">taking
them far away from the protests</a>, "for their safety".
<p>
Considering that the only danger to them is from the thugs, this is
really half of a threat.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(New_Australian_coal_mine)
title: New Australian coal mine
uri: New-Australian-coal-mine
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28New_Australian_coal_mine%29
content:
<p>
A new Australian coal mine was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/20/criticism-over-great-barrier-reef-deals-for-gina-rineharts-mining-company">allowed
to dicker down the compensation it would have to pay</a> for predicted
damage to the Great Barrier Reef.
<p>
For 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#02_August_2014_(New_coal_mine_will_probably_kill_The_Great_Barrier_Reef)">several
reasons</a>, this mine should not be allowed at all.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(The_Real_Looting_of_Ferguson)
title: The Real Looting of Ferguson
uri: The-Real-Looting-of-Ferguson
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28The_Real_Looting_of_Ferguson%29
content:
<p>
The Real Looting of Ferguson: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/19/ferguson-looting-national-guard-black-citizens-get-by">Its
Black Citizens Never Had a Chance to Get By</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Secrets_exposed_by_James_Risen)
title: Secrets exposed by James Risen
uri: Secrets-exposed-by-James-Risen
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Secrets_exposed_by_James_Risen%29
content:
<p>
Here are the 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/08/james-risen-operation-merlin-jail-cia">embarrassing
secrets</a> for which Obama plans to imprison James Risen.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Civilian_casualties_in_Gaza)
title: Civilian casualties in Gaza
uri: Civilian-casualties-in-Gaza
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Civilian_casualties_in_Gaza%29
content:
<p>
A former Israeli gun crew chief says he 
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/idan-barir/israel-gaza-civilian-deaths_b_5673023.html">does
not believe Israel's claim to have tried to minimize civilian
casualties</a> in Gaza.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Corporations_expect_tax_amnesty)
title: Corporations expect tax amnesty
uri: Corporations-expect-tax-amnesty
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Corporations_expect_tax_amnesty%29

content:
<p>
US corporations 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/08/dont-believe-crocodile-tears-over-high-corporate-tax-rates">claim
that corporation taxes are too high</a>, but really they believe that
since they got one tax amnesty they are entitled to tax amnesties ad
infinitem.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Reading_on_the_Amazon_Swindle)
title: Reading on the Amazon Swindle
uri: Reading-on-the-Amazon-Swindle
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Reading_on_the_Amazon_Swindle%29
content:
<p>
A study found that people who read novels on the Amazon Swindle
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/19/readers-absorb-less-kindles-paper-study-plot-ereader-digitisation">remember
less of the events</a>.
<p>
I think issues like this are less important than the 
<a href="media/3f1e898d.ebooks.pdf" data-original-source="https://stallman.org/ebooks.pdf">injustice of the
Swindle</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(New_military_weapons_for_thugs)
title: New military weapons for thugs
uri: New-military-weapons-for-thugs
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28New_military_weapons_for_thugs%29
content:
<p>
They claim that military weapons and equipment for thugs are
"surplus", but 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/19/real-reason-ferguson-has-military-weapons">1/3
of them are new</a>.
<p>
I think there are multiple motives for it.  Repressing racial
minorities and the poor is one reason.  
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#12_November_2013_(US_funds_unneeded_weapons_but_cuts_programs_to_help_the_poor)">Feeding
the manufacturers is another</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Protests_in_NYC_LA_Oakland)
title: Protests in NYC, LA, Oakland
uri: Protests-in-NYC-LA-Oakland
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Protests_in_NYC_LA_Oakland%29
content:
<p>
Protests have occurred in NYC, Los Angeles, Oakland and elsewhere
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/michael-brown-protests-spread-nationwide-day-of-rage">against
the killing of local people by thugs</a> and in solidarity with
Ferguson.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Russian_humanitarian_aid_convoy)
title: Russian humanitarian aid convoy
uri: Russian-humanitarian-aid-convoy
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Russian_humanitarian_aid_convoy%29

content:
<p>
The Russian humanitarian aid convoy is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/russian-aid-convoy-ukraine-customs-cargo-check">starting
to enter Ukraine</a> after Red Cross inspection.
<p>
Putin could have got all these trucks inspected by the Red Cross
days before, and into Ukraine without conflict, if he had wanted to.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Venezuela_to_use_biometric_card)
title: Venezuela to use biometric card
uri: Venezuela-to-use-biometric-card
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Venezuela_to_use_biometric_card%29

content:
<p>
Venezuela 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/biometric-venezuela-food-shortages-smuggling-fingerprints">plans
to use a biometric card</a> to ration subsidized products so they
won't be smuggled into Colombia and resold.
<p>
Switching to a system like food stamps would solve this problem pretty
well.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Cameras_on_meter_maids)
title: Cameras on meter maids
uri: Cameras-on-meter-maids
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Cameras_on_meter_maids%29
content:
<p>
It's right to make thugs wear cameras in public, but why do that to
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/police-body-cameras-miami-beach-city-workers">meter
maids</a>?


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Twitter_censors_video)
title: Twitter censors video
uri: Twitter-censors-video
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Twitter_censors_video%29
content:
<p>
Twitter undermines its history of respect for freedom of speech by
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/21/twitter-free-speech-champion-selective-censor">censoring
a bloody ISIS propaganda video</a>.
<p>
Operators of Diaspora hosts are reportedly 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/21/islamic-state-isis-social-media-diaspora-twitter-clampdown">threatened
with punishment</a> if people post the ISIS propaganda on their hosts.
<p>
I think this is censorship as dangerous as ISIS.  Your opinions are
next on the list.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Airport_X-ray_scanners)
title: Airport X-ray scanners
uri: Airport-X-ray-scanners
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Airport_X-ray_scanners%29
content:
<p>
Tests prove that many kinds of 
<a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/08/study-shows-how-easily-weapons-can-be-smuggled-past-tsas-x-ray-body-scanners/">weapons
and explosives can be smuggled through the X-ray scanners</a> that
were formerly used, untested, for "security" in airports.
<p>
Even worse, if one of these machines were to break, it could give a person
a 
<a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2011-may-aug.html#27_May_2011_(Rapescanners_Never_Tested_Properly)">dangerous
radiation burn</a>.  Once I learned that, I opted out every time.  I
said, "Please feel me up."


title: Israeli weapons factory in UK shut down
uri: Israeli-weapons-factory-in-UK-shut-down
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Israeli_weapons_factory_in_UK_shut_down)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Israeli_weapons_factory_in_UK_shut_down%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/21/david-cameron-government-gaza-arms-embargo-israel">Protesters
explain why</a> they shut down an Israeli weapons factory in the UK.
<p>
The crime of "aggravated trespass" is a synonym for "annoying
protest".  To accuse anyone of that crime is a sign of an
antidemocratic government.


title: Neighborhood in Liberia quarantined
uri: Neighborhood-in-Liberia-quarantined
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Neighborhood_in_Liberia_quarantined)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Neighborhood_in_Liberia_quarantined%29

content:
<p>
A neighborhood in Liberia has been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/21/ebola-quarantine-violence-west-point-monrovia-liberia">quarantined</a>
to block spread of Ebola.
<p>
I don't know whether this sort of measure is effective enough to
justify the loss of liberty it involves.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Repression_of_Australias_homeless)
title: Repression of Australia's homeless
uri: Repression-of-Australia-s-homeless
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Repression_of_Australias_homeless%29

content:
<p>
Repression of the homeless in Australia: in Melbourne, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/melbourne-police-seizing-begging-bowls-say-social-workers">begging
is a crime</a>.
<p>
As the Australian government proposes to cut the support for the
unemployed, especially those under 30, it will make more homeless
people that will be forced into "crime".


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Aborting_Downs_syndrome_fetuses)
title: Aborting Down's syndrome fetuses
uri: Aborting-Down-s-syndrome-fetuses
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Aborting_Downs_syndrome_fetuses%29

content:
<p>
Richard Dawkins says that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/aug/21/richard-dawkins-immoral-not-to-abort-a-downs-syndrome-foetus">women
have a moral duty to abort a fetus that has Down's syndrome</a>.
<p>
I completely concur.  Having a baby with Down's syndrome does harm to
someone (that baby).  An abortion does no harm to anyone.


title: US military prohibits reading The Intercept
uri: US-military-prohibits-reading-The-Intercept
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(US_military_prohibits_reading_The_Intercept)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28US_military_prohibits_reading_The_Intercept%29

content:
<p>
The US military says that 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3569">employees will be
punished if they read The Intercept</a>.
<p>
This prohibition would be ludicrous if it were not so dangerous.  It
covers millions of people, soldiers and civilians, many of whom will
obey the prohibition.  Then they will base their thoughts on, and
spread, a warped world view which they have taken for truth.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Ferguson_protests)
title: Ferguson protests
uri: 2014-08-23-Ferguson-protests
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Ferguson_protests%29
content:
<p>
Ferguson protests respond to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/20/ferguson-11-days-on-we-are-sitting-on-a-powder-keg">systematic
repression and disenfranchisement</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Ferguson_thugs_raid_church)
title: Ferguson thugs raid church
uri: Ferguson-thugs-raid-church
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Ferguson_thugs_raid_church%29
content:
<p>
Thugs in Ferguson raided a church that was providing 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/20/ferguson-police-raid-church-continue-arrests">medical
care to protesters who were suffering from tear gas</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 22_August_2014_(Another_proposed_oil_pipeline)
title: Another proposed oil pipeline
uri: Another-proposed-oil-pipeline
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_%28Another_proposed_oil_pipeline%29
content:
<p>
Mobilizing Canadians against the 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/19/energy-east-pipeline-ticking-bomb-threatens-canadas-precious-waterways">Atlantic
substitute for the Keystone XL pipeline</a>.


title: Urgent: Reject the Comcast-TWC merger
uri: Urgent-Reject-the-Comcast-TWC-merger
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Urgent:_Reject_the_Comcast-TWC_merger)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Reject_the_Comcast-TWC_merger%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the FCC
to <a href="http://act.presente.org/sign/twcomcast/">reject the
Comcast-TWC merger</a>.


title: Urgent: Reject palm oil made from deforestation
uri: Urgent-Reject-palm-oil-made-from-deforestation
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Urgent:_Reject_palm_oil_made_from_deforestation)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Reject_palm_oil_made_from_deforestation%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on McDonalds
to <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=4257">pledge
to reject palm oil made from deforestation</a>.
<p>
I have never eaten at McDonalds, because I don't need to repeat
someone else's mistake in order to learn from it.  McDonalds makes
fast food — food for not eating.


title: UK gov't planning giveaway of public land
uri: UK-gov-t-planning-giveaway-of-public-land
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(UK_gov't_planning_giveaway_of_public_land)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28UK_gov%27t_planning_giveaway_of_public_land%29

content:
<p>
The UK government is planning
a <a href="http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/FRACK-TO-FRONT/">massive
giveaway of public land</a>, a requirement to extract all fossil
fuels, and abolition of local planning.


title: Thailand made military coup permanent
uri: Thailand-made-military-coup-permanent
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Thailand_made_military_coup_permanent)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Thailand_made_military_coup_permanent%29

content:
<p>
Thailand has made its military coup effectively permanent
by <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/22/army-general-who-led-coup-detat-thailand-named-prime-minister">declaring
the head general to be "prime minister"</a>.


title: Urgent: Don't import apples from China
uri: Urgent-Don-t-import-apples-from-China
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Urgent:_Don't_import_apples_from_China)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Don%27t_import_apples_from_China%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell the
USDA, <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/fww/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1575">don't
import apples from China</a>.


title: Hamas supports Palestine's joining the ICC
uri: Hamas-supports-Palestine-s-joining-the-ICC
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Hamas_supports_Palestine's_joining_the_ICC)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Hamas_supports_Palestine%27s_joining_the_ICC%29

content:
<p>
Hamas <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/23/hamas-back-palestinian-bid-international-criminal-court">supports
Palestine's joining the International Criminal Court</a>. This would
expose Hamas and its agents to war crimes prosecutions, as well as
Israel and its agents.


title: UK immigration prisons paying prisoners a pittance
uri: UK-immigration-prisons-paying-prisoners-a-pittance
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(UK_immigration_prisons_paying_prisoners_a_pittance)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28UK_immigration_prisons_paying_prisoners_a_pittance%29

content:
<p>
UK immigration prisons
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/22/immigrants-cheap-labour-detention-centres-g4s-serco">paying
prisoners a pittance to cook and clean</a>. Ironically, those
prisoners are not allowed to work in the UK outside prison.
<p>
This practice hurts not only the prisoners but all workers in the UK.
Whoever does this work should be paid a decent wage.


title: Green Party condemns injustices in policing
uri: Green-Party-condemns-injustices-in-policing
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Green_Party_condemns_injustices_in_policing)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Green_Party_condemns_injustices_in_policing%29

content:
<p>
The Green
Party <a href="http://gp.org/newsroom/press-releases/details/4/730">condemns
many systematic injustices in the policing of the US</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Corporations_Spy_on_Nonprofits)
title: Corporations Spy on Nonprofits
uri: Corporations-Spy-on-Nonprofits
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Corporations_Spy_on_Nonprofits%29
content:
<p>
Corporations <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/23/corporations-spy-nonprofits-impunity">Spy
on Nonprofits (that criticize them) with Impunity</a> (in the US).


title: Protesters Hold Up Mirrors to Police
uri: Protesters-Hold-Up-Mirrors-to-Police
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Protesters_Hold_Up_Mirrors_to_Police)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Protesters_Hold_Up_Mirrors_to_Police%29

content:
<p>
Oakland
Protesters <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/22/oakland-protesters-hold-mirrors-police-officers-ferguson-solidarity-march">Hold
Up Mirrors to Police Officers in Ferguson Solidarity March</a>.
<p>
Thousands <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/23/new-york-eric-garner-rally-michael-brown">rallied
in New York City</a>.


title: Bank of America agreed to pay a fine for mortgage fraud
uri: Bank-of-America-agreed-to-pay-a-fine-for-mortgage-fraud
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Bank_of_America_agreed_to_pay_a_fine_for_mortgage_fraud)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Bank_of_America_agreed_to_pay_a_fine_for_mortgage_fraud%29

content:
<p>
Bank of America agreed to pay a fine for mortgage fraud,
but <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/22/bank-america-settlement-only-proves-invincibility-wall-street">it's
much smaller than it appears to be</a>.


title: Consult Congress before military interventions
uri: Consult-Congress-before-military-interventions
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Consult_Congress_before_military_interventions)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Consult_Congress_before_military_interventions%29

content:
<p>
Congress should insist that
Obama <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/23/sunset-authorization-use-force-iraq">consult
Congress before military interventions such as the bombing campaign in
Iraq</a>.


title: Insurance coverage of contraception
uri: Insurance-coverage-of-contraception
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Insurance_coverage_of_contraception)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Insurance_coverage_of_contraception%29

content:
<p>
Obama has taken steps
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/obama-administration-birth-control-healthcare-hobby-lobby">protect
insurance coverage of contraception from the Hobby Lobby decision</a>.


title: Very urgent: Oppose Comcast-Time Warner merger
uri: Very-urgent-Oppose-Comcast-Time-Warner-merger
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_Comcast-Time_Warner_merger)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_Comcast-Time_Warner_merger%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/letter/comcast_timewarner_merger/?t=1002">submit 
a comment to the FCC</a> opposing the merger between Comcast and Time
Warner.
<p>
That two companies with such large share of any market should not be
allowed to merge ought to be a no-brainer.  Unfortunately, the US
goverment has been turned into a zombie by businesses, and has trouble
with no-brainers.


title: Urgent: Stop supporting Urban Shield
uri: Urgent-Stop-supporting-Urban-Shield
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(Urgent:_Stop_supporting_Urban_Shield)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_supporting_Urban_Shield%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/marriott-don-t-host-urban-shield">call
on Marriott</a> to stop supporting Urban Shield, the main US event to
promote militarization of thugs.


title: Urgent: Prosecutor for killing of Brown
uri: Urgent-Prosecutor-for-killing-of-Brown
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(Urgent:_Prosecutor_for_killing_of_Brown)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Prosecutor_for_killing_of_Brown%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/appoint-a-special-prosecutor">call
on DA McCulloch</a> to appoint a special prosecutor for the killing of
Michael Brown.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(Sweden_sentences_artist_to_prison)
title: Sweden sentences artist to prison
uri: Sweden-sentences-artist-to-prison
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28Sweden_sentences_artist_to_prison%29

content:
<p>
Sweden sentenced an artist to prison for 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/swedish-artist-sentenced-racist-art-dan-park">"racist"
art</a>.
<p>
I share their disapproval of racism, but censorship threatens
everyone.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(World_Bank_redefining_poverty)
title: World Bank redefining poverty
uri: World-Bank-redefining-poverty
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28World_Bank_redefining_poverty%29
content:
<p>
The World Bank and friends say that they are eliminating poverty,
but it's more like 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/22/exposing-great-poverty-reduction-scandal">redefining
poverty</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(Canadas_attempt_to_gag_professor)
title: Canada's attempt to gag professor
uri: Canada-s-attempt-to-gag-professor
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28Canadas_attempt_to_gag_professor%29

content:
<p>
Canadian professor John Smol 
<a href="http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/5692242">rebuked the
government</a> for trying to gag him from talking about his
measurements of pollution from oil sand strip mining.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(US_war_on_terror)
title: US "war on terror"
uri: US-war-on-terror
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28US_war_on_terror%29
content:
<p>
The US "war on terror" has not only failed, it has 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/21/why-washingtons-war-terror-failed">backfired</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(US_economic_recovery_lopsided)
title: US "economic recovery" lopsided
uri: US-economic-recovery-lopsided
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28US_economic_recovery_lopsided%29
content:
<p>
The US "economic recovery" is lopsided, 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/21/unbalanced-recovery-wages-falling-low-paid-jobs-rising-across-us">leaving
low-paid workers poorer than before</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(Earnings_for_Britons_under_30)
title: Earnings for Britons under 30
uri: Earnings-for-Britons-under-30
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28Earnings_for_Britons_under_30%29
content:
<p>
Earnings for Britons under 30 have 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/aug/22/labour-generation-rent-wages-fall-under-coalition">fallen
around 10% in 4 years</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(UK_censorship_in_politics)
title: UK censorship in politics
uri: UK-censorship-in-politics
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28UK_censorship_in_politics%29
content:
<p>
UK censorship expands to politics with a vengeance; the government
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/20/police-warn-james-foley-video-crime-social-media">threatens
anyone redistributing or even watching an ISIS propaganda video</a>.
<p>
Censorship
"<a href='https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3685'>invariably
starts with the suppression of viewpoints which are so widely hated
that the emotional response they produce drowns out any consideration
of the principle being endorsed.</a>"


title: Withdrawl of National Guard from Ferguson
uri: Withdrawl-of-National-Guard-from-Ferguson
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(Withdrawl_of_National_Guard_from_Ferguson)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28Withdrawl_of_National_Guard_from_Ferguson%29

content:
<p>
The National Guard is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/missouri-governor-stands-down-national-guard-ferguson">being
withdrawn from Ferguson</a>.
<p>
I hope that the protests do not peter out soon.  Nothing fundamental
has been corrected.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(Trial_of_Sharif_Mobley_blocked)
title: Trial of Sharif Mobley blocked
uri: Trial-of-Sharif-Mobley-blocked
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28Trial_of_Sharif_Mobley_blocked%29
content:
<p>
The trial of Sharif Mobley is blocked because the Yemeni government is
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/yemeni-officials-disappeared-american-sharif-mobley">holding
him in a secret prison</a> and won't allow him to see the court or his
lawyers.


title: Right-Wing operative trying to do a hatchet job
uri: Right-Wing-operative-trying-to-do-a-hatchet-job
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Right-Wing_operative_trying_to_do_a_hatchet_job)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Right-Wing_operative_trying_to_do_a_hatchet_job%29

content:
<p>
The Center for Media and Democracy, which often reports on ALEC's
lobbying, believes
that <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/08/12575/cmd-and-target-attack-journalism">a
right-wing operative is trying to do a hatchet job.</a> He's the one
who destroyed ACORN by publishing a misleading video.


title: Urgent: A fair and predictable work week
uri: Urgent-A-fair-and-predictable-work-week
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Urgent:_A_fair_and_predictable_work_week)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_A_fair_and_predictable_work_week%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: tell Starbucks
to <a href="https://www.coworker.org/petitions/starbucks-employees-need-a-fair-workweek">offer
employees a fair and predictable work week</a>.


title: The Lac Mégantic oil train explosion
uri: The-Lac-Mégantic-oil-train-explosion
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(The_Lac_Megantic_oil_train_explosion)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28The_Lac_Megantic_oil_train_explosion%29

content:
<p>
The Lac Mégantic oil train explosion
was <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/20/corporate-profits-trumped-public-safety-lac-megantic">a
disaster waiting to happen</a>, due to weak safety rules granted to
railroad magnates by an evidently corrupted government.


title: The kidnaping and killing of three Israeli teenagers
uri: The-kidnaping-and-killing-of-three-Israeli-teenagers
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(The_kidnaping_and_killing_of_three_Israeli_teenagers)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28The_kidnaping_and_killing_of_three_Israeli_teenagers%29

content:
<p>
A Hamas representative living in Turkey said that Hamas was
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/hamas-kidnapping-three-israeli-teenagers-saleh-al-arouri-qassam-brigades">responsible
for kidnaping and killing three Israeli teenagers</a>.
<p>
However, there are doubts about whether the Hamas leadership really
ordered the kidnaping is not clear.


title: Australia's proposal for increased surveillance
uri: Australia-s-proposal-for-increased-surveillance
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Australia's_proposal_for_increased_surveillance)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Australia%27s_proposal_for_increased_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Australia's proposal for increased surveillance is written so broadly
that the spy agency would
be <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/au/new-powers-could-give-asio-a-warrant-for-the-entire-internet-7000032715/?s_cid=e551&ttag=e551&ftag=TRE7ed2633">allowed
to access any computer on the internet</a>.
<p>
The government says wiping out privacy is supposed to be legitimate
because "we're protecting you".  The usual stupid excuse of tyrants.


title: US compensation for civilians killed in Yemen
uri: US-compensation-for-civilians-killed-in-Yemen
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(US_compensation_for_civilians_killed_in_Yemen)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28US_compensation_for_civilians_killed_in_Yemen%29

content:
<p>
The US may be funding compensation for civilians killed in Yemen
while <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/19/yemeni-governments-payouts-evidence-civilians-killed-us-drone-attack">refusing
to admit killing them</a>.


title: What Britain would have if it had avoided Tony B'liar
uri: What-Britain-would-have-if-it-had-avoided-Tony-B-liar
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(What_Britain_would_have_if_it_had_avoided_Tony_B'liar)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28What_Britain_would_have_if_it_had_avoided_Tony_B%27liar%29

content:
<p>
What Britain would
have <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/24/old-labour-better-new-britain-roy-hattersley-tony-blair">if
it had avoided Tony B'liar</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Ferguson_relates_to_net_neutrality)
title: Ferguson relates to net neutrality
uri: Ferguson-relates-to-net-neutrality
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Ferguson_relates_to_net_neutrality%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/21/fergusons-about-net-neutrality-too">Ferguson
relates to net neutrality</a>, which enables people to spread the word
about what the thugs are doing.
<p>
It also relates to censorship by Facebook
and <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_June_2014_%28Twitter_Is_Censoring_Us%29">now
Twitter too</a>.


title: Ocean cycles coincided in sinking Earth's acquired heat
uri: Ocean-cycles-coincided-in-sinking-Earth-s-acquired-heat
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Ocean_cycles_coincided_in_sinking_Earth's_acquired_heat)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Ocean_cycles_coincided_in_sinking_Earth%27s_acquired_heat%29

content:
<p>
Two different ocean cycles coincided
in <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/21/global-warming-slowdown-answer-lies-in-depths-of-atlantic-study-finds">sinking
Earth's acquired heat for the past decade</a>, so that the atmosphere
didn't warm all that much.


title: Urgent: List the northern long-eared bat as endangered
uri: Urgent-List-the-northern-long-eared-bat-as-endangered
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Urgent:_List_the_northern_long-eared_bat_as_endangered)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_List_the_northern_long-eared_bat_as_endangered%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=2783">list
the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species</a>.


title: Urgent: Support regulation of pollution from oil refineries
uri: Urgent-Support-regulation-of-pollution-from-oil-refineries
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Urgent:_Support_regulation_of_pollution_from_oil_refineries)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_regulation_of_pollution_from_oil_refineries%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: Americans, comment to the EPA
to <a href="https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=14108">support
regulation of pollution from oil refineries</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(UK_must_nationalize_the_trains)
title: UK must nationalize the trains
uri: UK-must-nationalize-the-trains
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28UK_must_nationalize_the_trains%29
content:
<p>
The UK
must <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/24/stop-picking-passengers-pockets-renationalise-britains-trains">nationalize
the trains; privatizing them was wrong</a>.
<p>
Privatization of a government service is generally harmful unless it
allows the public to buy from a free competitive market.  Otherwise,
the private owners increase their profits by shafting the public, the
workers, or both.


title: Urgent: End Google's support for ALEC
uri: Urgent-End-Google-s-support-for-ALEC
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Urgent:_End_Googles_support_for_ALEC)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_End_Googles_support_for_ALEC%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://shpg.org/170/9039">tell Google</a> to stop supporting
ALEC.
<p>
ALEC lobbies for damaging laws in US states and cities, but you don't
need to be a US citizen to put pressure on Google.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Urgent:_No_heavy_weapons_for_thugs)
title: Urgent: No heavy weapons for thugs
uri: Urgent-No-heavy-weapons-for-thugs
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_No_heavy_weapons_for_thugs%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
Sign
<a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=10264">this
petition</a> to stop providing heavy weapons to thugs.


title: Why Israel wants to keep fighting in Gaza
uri: Why-Israel-wants-to-keep-fighting-in-Gaza
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Why_Israel_wants_to_keep_fighting_in_Gaza)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Why_Israel_wants_to_keep_fighting_in_Gaza%29

content:
<p>
Uri Avnery on 
<a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1408715198/">why
Israel wants to keep fighting in Gaza</a>.
<p>
Avnery suspects that the three rockets supposedly launched from
Gaza weren't really launched from Gaza.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Fanatics_attack_mosque_in_Iraq)
title: Fanatics attack mosque in Iraq
uri: Fanatics-attack-mosque-in-Iraq
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Fanatics_attack_mosque_in_Iraq%29
content:
<p>
Shi'ite fanatics attacked a Sunni mosque in Iraq, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/shia-attack-sunni-mosque-iraq">killing
almost 100 people</a>.
<p>
Aside from being an atrocity, this will help ISIS gain support and
commit atrocities.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Hollywood_treatment_of_abortions)
title: Hollywood treatment of abortions
uri: Hollywood-treatment-of-abortions
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Hollywood_treatment_of_abortions%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/22/hollywood-stance-abortion-1980s-liberal-obvious-child">Why
Hollywood treats abortions as shocking and shameful</a> — in
contrast to the 1980s, when it treated them as no big deal.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(US_fighting_in_Iraq)
title: US fighting in Iraq
uri: US-fighting-in-Iraq
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28US_fighting_in_Iraq%29
content:
<p>
The US is 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/21/information-scarce-warnings-mount-us-expands-war-iraq">not
giving much information</a> about its fighting in Iraq.
<p>
Drone weapons turn out to be convenient for suppressing journalism.
In Dubya's invasion of Iraq, the Bush forces pressured nearly all
journalists to "embed", which both limited their movements and
pressured them to bias their coverage.  But there's not even room for
an embedded reporter in a drone.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Privatization_in_Britain)
title: Privatization in Britain
uri: Privatization-in-Britain
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Privatization_in_Britain%29
content:
<p>
Privatization in Britain has followed the path of privatization in
Russia, leading to an 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/22/sale-of-century-privatisation-scam">immense
transfer of wealth to the new owners</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Russian_humanitarian_aid)
title: Russian "humanitarian aid"
uri: Russian-humanitarian-aid
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Russian_humanitarian_aid%29
content:
<p>
Most of the Russian "humanitarian aid" trucks entered Ukraine 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/russian-convoy-crosses-border-ukraine-without-permission">without
inspection</a>.
<p>
Putin would never go to such trouble for humanitarian purposes.  This
must have some harmful motive.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Racists_cheer_killing_of_blacks)
title: Racists cheer killing of blacks
uri: Racists-cheer-killing-of-blacks
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Racists_cheer_killing_of_blacks%29

content:
<p>
US right-wing racists are 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/darren-wilson-donors-racist-ferguson">raising
funds to support the thug that killed Michael Brown</a>, cheering on
the killing of more blacks.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Student_reenactment_of_killings)
title: Student reenactment of killings
uri: Student-reenactment-of-killings
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Student_reenactment_of_killings%29

content:
<p>
A teacher in the US was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/alabama-teacher-michael-brown-trayvon-martin-suspended-students">punished
for allowing students to reenact two controversial killings</a>, which
the students themselves selected as important current events.
<p>
I don't see why students should not learn about these events in that
way.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Mortar_fired_into_town_kills_child)
title: Mortar fired into town kills child
uri: Mortar-fired-into-town-kills-child
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Mortar_fired_into_town_kills_child%29

content:
<p>
A Palestinian mortar rocket 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/bomb-gaza-kills-child-four-israel">killed
an Israeli child</a>.
<p>
Firing mortars at towns is a war crime, just like the Israeli
bombardment of Gaza.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 24_August_2014_(Pranksters_threatened_with_prison)
title: Pranksters threatened with prison
uri: Pranksters-threatened-with-prison
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#24_August_2014_%28Pranksters_threatened_with_prison%29

content:
<p>
Pranksters accused of painting the side of a building in Moscow
are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/four-accused-painting-moscow-building-star-ukraine-colours-face-jail">threatened
with 7 years in prison</a>.
<p>
They say they did not do the painting, but the more important point is
that whoever did the painting should not be imprisoned.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(School-to-prison_pipeline)
title: School-to-prison pipeline
uri: School-to-prison-pipeline
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28School-to-prison_pipeline%29
content:
<p>
The school-to-prison pipeline at work: a student in South Carolina was
suspended from school, then arrested, for writing a 
<a href="http://www.nbc12.com/story/26319685/cops-summerville-high-school-student-arrested-after-writing-threatening-message-on-assignment#.U_TP-L15fAN.twitter">story
about shooting a pet dinosaur</a>.
<p>
The thugs say he was arrested for his reaction when the thugs threatened him.
Of course, being threatened by armed thugs who 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2004-may-aug.html#06%20July%202004%20(Police%20Tyrants)">can 
put you in prison by lying about you</a> is enough to rattle most
anyone.  It takes training and experience to avoid giving them
something they can twist into an excuse to put you in the wrong.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(India_censors_film)
title: India censors film
uri: India-censors-film
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28India_censors_film%29
content:
<p>
India has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/india-indira-gandhi-assassination-film-violent-protest">censored
a film about the assassination of Indira Gandhi</a> because of the
political slant of certain scenes.
<p>
This shows 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_(UK_censorship_in_politics)">where
the UK will get to if it continues down the path of political
censorship</a>.
<p>
A censorship board that does its job "honestly" is a bigger threat to
human rights than one that can be bribed not to censor.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(The_Security_Council_and_Syria)
title: The Security Council and Syria
uri: The-Security-Council-and-Syria
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28The_Security_Council_and_Syria%29
content:
<p>
The UN human rights chief says the Security Council's ineffectiveness
on Syria caused 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/un-human-rights-commissioner-attacks-security-council-syria-navi-pillay">hundreds
of thousands of deaths</a>.
<p>
However, there is was 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2011-jul-oct.html#05_August_2011_(Syrian_Regime)">no 
proper action the Security Council could have taken in regard to
Syria</a>, even if it had not been paralyzed between the US and
Russia.
<p>
The US and UK are now being drawn by necessity into 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/iraqi-kurdish-forces-attacks-recapture-towns-isis">allying
with Assad in Syria against ISIS</a>.
<p>
The only chance for supporting opposition to Assad with good results
was when the opposition was not jihadi.  I think Saudi Arabia and
Qatar are to blame for the 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-mar-jun.html#26_April_2014_(The_overthrow_of_Assad)">jihadists
in Syria</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 23_August_2014_(Public_school_spending_cuts)
title: Public school spending cuts
uri: Public-school-spending-cuts
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28Public_school_spending_cuts%29
content:
<p>
The public school reality that white Americans won't see: cuts in
spending, especially on schools in poor neighborhoods, 
<a href="http://educationopportunitynetwork.org/back-to-schools-white-people-cannot-see/">track
the children (mostly minority groups) into bad lives</a> (or 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#11_June_2014_(Imprisonment_of_US_teenagers)">prison</a>).
<p>
The various "education reform" programs that the US has seen since 2000
in effect pretend to compensate for these cuts with burdensome handwaving.
The result is that poor American children have been forced into what
we might call 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-mar-jun.html#09_April_2014_(US_Common_Core)">"reform
school"</a>.


title: Racist assaults teach justified rage
uri: Racist-assaults-teach-justified-rage
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Racist_assaults_teach_justified_rage)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Racist_assaults_teach_justified_rage%29

content:
<p>
Racist assaults, often by thugs, are frequent occurrences for blacks
in the US,
which <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/24/undercover-white-america-why-black-rage-conscious-justified-and-long-overdue">teach
them a justified rage</a>.
<p>
Learning to control so much justified rage is not easy.  It would help
if they could get justice.


title: Shi'ite militias intend to expel Sunnis
uri: Shi-ite-militias-intend-to-expel-Sunnis
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Shi'ite_militias_intend_to_expel_Sunnis)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Shi%27ite_militias_intend_to_expel_Sunnis%29

content:
<p>
The Shi'ite militias that resist ISIS, where the Iraqi army is
incompetent to do so, hate Sunnis
and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/24/iraq-frontline-shia-fighters-war-isis">intend
to expel them from any areas they capture from ISIS</a>.
<p>
This is likely to force Sunnis to support ISIS even if they detest
ISIS's oppression and cruelty.  Unless they have somewhere else to
turn, and at present they don't.
<p>
US Republicans want the US
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/24/republicans-isis-militants-us-air-strikes">intervene
against ISIS in Syria</a>.
<p>
I don't think the killing of one US journalist, on top of so many
others murdered by ISIS, is particularly important.  I don't think
ISIS is close to attacking the US itself.  Whether this sort of
intervention is right depends mainly on its effects on the region
itself.  I can see the reasons in favor, but I also worry that things
can go wrong in ways we are not likely to anticipate.
<p>
US military support for Kurdistan makes sense because Kurdistan is a
nation fighting a conventional war.  It has an army that is loyal to
something more than its pay.  In addition, Kurdistan is not likely to
fall into brutality comparable to that of ISIS or the Shi'ite
militias.
<p>
The use of drones to attack ISIS poses no special ethical issue
because the targets are military units, typically equipped with
unmistakable military vehicles or heavy weapons — not cars,
houses and groups of people standing around, that might well have
civilians in them.
<p>
Can/will Kurdistan protect Sunni Arabs that wish to join it?  Can it
offer them a way out of support for ISIS?


title: B'liar's business advised dictator of Kazakhstan
uri: B-liar-s-business-advised-dictator-of-Kazakhstan
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(B'liar's_business_advised_dictator_of_Kazakhstan)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28B%27liar%27s_business_advised_dictator_of_Kazakhstan%29

content:
<p>
Tony B'liar's business accepted a lot of money to advise the dictator
of Kazakhstan on how
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/24/tony-blair-advice-kazakh-president-protesters">damp
down the bad publicity he got from shooting a bunch of protesters and
crushing the opposition</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(A_proprietary_World_Wide_Web)
title: A proprietary World Wide Web
uri: A-proprietary-World-Wide-Web
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28A_proprietary_World_Wide_Web%29
content:
<p>
Google seems to be aiming slowly
to <a href="http://robert.ocallahan.org/2014/08/choose-firefox-now-or-later-you-wont.html">make
the World Wide Web effectively its proprietary product</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Liberal_Zionism_among_Jews)
title: Liberal Zionism among Jews
uri: Liberal-Zionism-among-Jews
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Liberal_Zionism_among_Jews%29
content:
<p>
Israel's shift to right-wing racism means
that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/opinion/sunday/israels-move-to-the-right-challenges-diaspora-jews.html?ref=opinion&_r=0">Liberal
Zionism among Jews elsewhere has hit a dead end</a>.
<p>
Liberal Zionism means support for a Liberal Israel which no longer
exists; Israelis who would support it
are <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#07_August_2014_%28Death_threats_against_Israeli_dissident%29">met with intimidation, even repression</a>. No wonder 40% of Israelis
are thinking of emigrating.


title: UK cuts in support for local government
uri: UK-cuts-in-support-for-local-government
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(UK_cuts_in_support_for_local_government)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28UK_cuts_in_support_for_local_government%29

content:
<p>
UK cuts in support for local government
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/25/councils-poorest-areas-biggest-cuts-labour-says">focused
on the poorest areas</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(When_thugs_get_fired)
title: When thugs get fired
uri: When-thugs-get-fired
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28When_thugs_get_fired%29
content:
<p>
When thugs do something violent, and get fired,
they <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/20/1323221/-Ferguson-hired-police-officer-with-horrendous-history-of-violence-against-citizens?detail=email">frequently
move on to some other town that doesn't care</a>.


title: Sugar in foods you would not expect
uri: Sugar-in-foods-you-would-not-expect
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Sugar_in_foods_you_would_not_expect)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Sugar_in_foods_you_would_not_expect%29

content:
<p>
Campaigning against the practice
of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/24/robert-lustig-sugar-poison">putting
sugar in lots of foods where you would not expect it</a>.


title: Thug shot at Michael Brown as he was running away
uri: Thug-shot-at-Michael-Brown-as-he-was-running-away
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Thug_shot_at_Michael_Brown_as_he_was_running_away)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Thug_shot_at_Michael_Brown_as_he_was_running_away%29

content:
<p>
The Ferguson thugs confirm
that <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/20/1323386/-Ferguson-PD-Confirms-Officer-Wilson-Shot-at-Brown-as-He-Ran-Away?detail=email">a
thug shot at Michael Brown as he was running away</a>.
<p>
Apparently that shot did not hit Brown, but that miss is no excuse for
shooting at someone who was no threat.
<p>
After they shot Brown,
the <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/16/1322270/-Nurse-On-Site-Was-Not-Allowed-to-Tend-Mike-Brown?detail=email">thugs
did not allow a nurse to perform CPR</a>.
<p>
That amounts to deliberate murder.


title: Voter registration booths in Ferguson
uri: Voter-registration-booths-in-Ferguson
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Voter_registration_booths_in_Ferguson)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Voter_registration_booths_in_Ferguson%29

content:
<p>
The head of the Missouri Republican Party thinks it
is <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/19/1323015/-Missouri-GOP-Outraged-About-Voter-Registration-Booths-In-Ferguson?detail=email">shameful
that voter registration booths have been set up in Ferguson</a>.
<p>
Republicans can't count
on <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html#19_December_2011_%28Voter-Suppression_Laws%29">voter-suppression
laws</a> to prevent black citizens from voting; some of them will
succeed in voting if they try.


title: India has permitted the entry of GMOs
uri: India-has-permitted-the-entry-of-GMOs
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(India_has_permitted_the_entry_of_GMOs)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28India_has_permitted_the_entry_of_GMOs%29

content:
<p>
The government of India
has <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/24/gmos-monsanto-and-galileo-syndrome">permitted
the entry of GMOs, disregarding its own laws over and over</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Opposition_to_ISIS)
title: Opposition to ISIS
uri: Opposition-to-ISIS
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Opposition_to_ISIS%29
content:
<p>
Various states and parties in the Muslim world are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/24/isis-al-qaida-failure-to-address-extremism">declaring
their opposition to ISIS</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Chinese_film_festival_shut_down)
title: Chinese film festival shut down
uri: Chinese-film-festival-shut-down
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Chinese_film_festival_shut_down%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/24/beijing-independent-film-festival-shut-down-china-freedom">Beijing
Independent Film Festival Shut Down by Chinese Authorities</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Austerity_in_Europe)
title: Austerity in Europe
uri: 2014-08-26-Austerity-in-Europe
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Austerity_in_Europe%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/24/austerity-has-made-europes-depression-longer-1930s">Austerity
Has Made Europe's Depression Longer Than In The 1930s</a>.


title: Economic growth with less energy use
uri: Economic-growth-with-less-energy-use
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Economic_growth_with_less_energy_use)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Economic_growth_with_less_energy_use%29

content:
<p>
Economic growth used to require more energy use, but now it is
possible to invest in energy efficiency leading to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/24/growth-enemy-planet-gdp-burning-fossil-fuels-technology">growth
with less energy use</a>.  Many governments don't do that, because
they have surrendered to the fossil fuel companies, which won't permit
it.


title: No expectation of justice for Brown
uri: No-expectation-of-justice-for-Brown
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(No_expectation_of_justice_for_Brown)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28No_expectation_of_justice_for_Brown%29

content:
<p>
The black citizens of Ferguson 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/24/ferguson-residents-michael-brown-shooting">do
not expect justice for Michael Brown</a>.


title: Israel destroys two large buildings
uri: Israel-destroys-two-large-buildings
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Israel_destroys_two_large_buildings)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Israel_destroys_two_large_buildings%29

content:
<p>
Israel 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/24/israel-airstrikes-destroy-gaza-buildings">completely
destroyed</a> two large buildings in Gaza, saying that Hamas was using
space in them.
<p>
One of them had 44 apartments.  Hamas should not have used one of them
for warlike activities — if indeed it did so; I would not take
Israel's word for that.  But if Hamas did so, that doesn't excuse
destroying the building.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Tripoli_under_Islamist_control)
title: Tripoli under Islamist control
uri: Tripoli-under-Islamist-control
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Tripoli_under_Islamist_control%29
content:
<p>
Islamists took control of Tripoli, bringing about the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/24/libya-capital-under-islamist-control-tripoli-airport-seized-operation-dawn">semipermanent
fracture of Libya</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Racist_repression)
title: Racist repression
uri: Racist-repression
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Racist_repression%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/22/gaza-ferguson-exposing-toolbox-racist-repression">From
Gaza to Ferguson: Exposing the Toolbox of Racist Repression</a>.
<p>
The US has seen cycles of racial segregation and desegregation in
different areas.  Segregated areas for blacks tend to be ruled by
whites, with thugs that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/24/michael-brown-ferguson-race-mission">repress
the black inhabitants on various pretexts</a>.
<p>
Ferguson became poor, where people can barely get by from week to week
and people can't afford education, as a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/ferguson-community-suffers-clashes-jobs-equality">result
of companies' moving manufacturing out of the US</a>.
<p>
Being poor, they are continually harassed by the US legal system,
which in 2013 delivered 
<a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/08/ferguson-and-the-debtors-prison.html">three
warrants per household</a> in the town.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(GE_eucalyptus_trees)
title: GE eucalyptus trees
uri: GE-eucalyptus-trees
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28GE_eucalyptus_trees%29
content:
<p>
Genetically engineered eucalyptus trees won't directly hurt people,
but they have the potential to do 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/21/us-brazil-nearing-approval-genetically-engineered-trees">great
ecological harm</a> and encourage land grabs.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Suspension_of_the_First_Amendment)
title: "Suspension" of the First Amendment
uri: Suspension-of-the-First-Amendment
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Suspension_of_the_First_Amendment%29

content:
<p>
The ACLU says that 
<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/aclu-first-amendment-suspended-ferguson">the
First Amendment was "suspended" in Ferguson</a>; the right to protest,
or report on protest, was loaded with impossible requirements.
<p>
It points out that journalism in the US is 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/21/journalism-under-attack-and-not-just-ferguson">under
general attack</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Unpleasantness_of_Comcast)
title: Unpleasantness of Comcast
uri: Unpleasantness-of-Comcast
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Unpleasantness_of_Comcast%29
content:
<p>
The reason it is so unpleasant to deal with Comcast is that 
<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/19/6028059/training-materials-show-how-comcast-pushes-customer-service-reps-to">call
center staff are under pressure to sell something</a>, regardless of
the purpose of the call.


title: Obama regime argues Nuremberg irrelevant
uri: Obama-regime-argues-Nuremberg-irrelevant
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Obama_regime_argues_Nuremberg_irrelevant)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Obama_regime_argues_Nuremberg_irrelevant%29

content:
<p>
The Obama regime 
<a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/iraq-war-u-s-argues-nuremberg-irrelevant-to-immunity-of-bush-officials/5396665">argues
in court that the Nuremberg trials are legally irrelevant</a> to the
culpability of Bush and his officials for the crime of aggressive war.
<p>
It is easy for US law to define US officials as legally immune
from prosecution for whatever crime it may be.  The moral argument
is harder for them to win.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(US_university_imposes_censorship)
title: US university imposes censorship
uri: US-university-imposes-censorship
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28US_university_imposes_censorship%29

content:
<p>
A lousy US university has imposed 
<a href="http://betabeat.com/2014/08/university-bans-social-medial-political-content-and-wikipedia-pages-on-dorm-wifi/">censorship
on network access</a> for students and others on campus.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Melting_of_ice_sheets)
title: Melting of ice sheets
uri: Melting-of-ice-sheets
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Melting_of_ice_sheets%29
content:
<p>
Satellite observations show that the melting of Greenland and
Antarctic ice sheets has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/24/incredible-polar-ice-loss-cryosat-antarctica-greenland">doubled
since 2009</a>.
<p>
Don't buy land within a few meters of sea level!


title: US thugs want more military weapons
uri: US-thugs-want-more-military-weapons
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(US_thugs_want_more_military_weapons)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28US_thugs_want_more_military_weapons%29

content:
<p>
US thugs are 
<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/21/swat-lobby-takes-a-shot-at-congress.html">campaigning</a>
to continue receiving military weapons and gear.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Ferguson_thug_relieved_of_duty)
title: Ferguson thug "relieved of duty"
uri: Ferguson-thug-relieved-of-duty
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Ferguson_thug_relieved_of_duty%29
content:
<p>
A thug from the vicinity of Ferguson was "relieved of duty" after it
was seen that he had made a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/police-officer-video-relieved-black-people-ferguson-dan-page">bigoted
right-wing speech</a> in an organization primarily of thugs and
soldiers.
<p>
The thug has not been fired.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Abbott_to_push_global_heating)
title: Abbott to push global heating
uri: Abbott-to-push-global-heating
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Abbott_to_push_global_heating%29
content:
<p>
Despite Abbott's mystification, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2014/aug/22/tony-abbott-climate-denial-weathervane-nihilism">his
policies</a> clearly reflect the intention to push global heating to
the max.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 25_August_2014_(Fergusons_black_community)
title: Ferguson's Black community
uri: Ferguson-s-Black-community
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_%28Fergusons_black_community%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/22/ferguson-black-community-justice-elusive-michael-brown">Ferguson's
Black Community Must Not Be Given the Same 'Justice' As Trayvon
Martin</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Russian_soldiers_in_Ukraine)
title: Russian soldiers in Ukraine
uri: Russian-soldiers-in-Ukraine
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Russian_soldiers_in_Ukraine%29
content:
<p>
Ukraine says its army has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/russian-soldiers-captured-pro-moscow-rebels-ukraine">captured
Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine</a> alongside rebels.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Israels_destruction_of_buildings)
title: Israel's destruction of buildings
uri: Israel-s-destruction-of-buildings
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Israels_destruction_of_buildings%29

content:
<p>
Israel's total destruction of tall buildings in Gaza is an 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/israel-bombs-two-gaza-city-tower-blocks">intentional
collective punishment of civilians</a>.  This is proved by the fact
that Israel can, and in the past did, attack particular apartments
without destroying the whole building.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(If_Argentina_surrenders)
title: If Argentina surrenders
uri: If-Argentina-surrenders
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28If_Argentina_surrenders%29
content:
<p>
If Argentina surrenders to the vultures, it may be forced to 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/25/colonization-bankruptcy-high-stakes-chess-match-argentina">surrender
a lot of land to foreign powers</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(UK_govt_fabrications)
title: UK gov't fabrications
uri: UK-gov-t-fabrications
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28UK_govt_fabrications%29
content:
<p>
The UK government is fabricating absurd excuses to evade
responsibility for 
<a href="
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/25/cps-police-spies-sexual-relations-under-cover-women-activists">undercover
thug infiltrators that formed sexual relationships with activists</a>,
much as it is fabricating absurd excuses to evade responsibility for
aiding US torture.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Current_instantiation_of_lynching)
title: Current instantiation of lynching
uri: Current-instantiation-of-lynching
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Current_instantiation_of_lynching%29

content:
<p>
Thugs' shooting black people is the current instantiation of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/25/mike-brown-shooting-jim-crow-lynchings-in-common">lynching</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Guilty_unless_proven_innocent)
title: Guilty unless proven innocent
uri: Guilty-unless-proven-innocent
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Guilty_unless_proven_innocent%29
content:
<p>
A prominent Tory 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/25/boris-johnson-terror-suspects-guilty-britons-iraq-syria">wants
to apply "guilty unless proven innocent"</a> to anyone that goes to
Syria or Iraq.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(NSA_database_of_who_talks_to_whom)
title: NSA database of who talks to whom
uri: NSA-database-of-who-talks-to-whom
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28NSA_database_of_who_talks_to_whom%29

content:
<p>
The NSA maintains a 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?post_type=article&p=3465">huge
database of who talks with whom</a>, including Americans as well as
foreigners, and makes it available to several government agencies for
all sorts of investigations.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Khalida_Jarrar_exiled)
title: Khalida Jarrar exiled
uri: Khalida-Jarrar-exiled
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Khalida_Jarrar_exiled%29
content:
<p>
Khalida Jarrar, a Palestinian human rights defender and feminist and
member of the Palestinian parliament, has been 
<a href="http://samidoun.ca/khalidajarrar#action">arbitrarily exiled
by Israel's army</a> from Ramallah to a distant part of the West Bank.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(ISIS_massacres_Shiite_prisoners)
title: ISIS massacres Shi'ite prisoners
uri: ISIS-massacres-Shi-ite-prisoners
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28ISIS_massacres_Shiite_prisoners%29

content:
<p>
ISIS massacred Shi'ite prisoners in Mosul after 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/25/isis-ethnic-cleansing-shia-prisoners-iraq-mosul">telling
them they were about to be released</a>.  This lie reminds me of the
lies Nazis told to Jews to get them to cooperate with being killed.
<p>
I suspect the purpose of this massacre was to provoke Shi'ite militias
to massacre Sunnis and thus force Sunnis to support ISIS.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Euro-austerity)
title: Euro-austerity
uri: Euro-austerity
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Euro-austerity%29
content:
<p>
Germany may be forced to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/25/objections-austerity-french-government-france-eurozone">allow
euro-austerity to stop</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Diablo_Canyon_nuclear_reactors)
title: Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors
uri: Diablo-Canyon-nuclear-reactors
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Diablo_Canyon_nuclear_reactors%29
content:
<p>
A former Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspector says that the NRC is
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/25/nuclear-plant-diablo-canyon-california-shut-down">ignoring
its safety guidelines</a> regarding the safety of the Diablo Canyon
reactor in case of earthquake.


title: Shutdown of unofficial poll in Macao
uri: Shutdown-of-unofficial-poll-in-Macao
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Shutdown_of_unofficial_poll_in_Macao)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Shutdown_of_unofficial_poll_in_Macao%29

content:
<p>
In Macao, an unofficial poll of citizens satisfaction with the chief
official was shut down forcibly, based on an 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/25/organisers-unofficial-referendum-arrested-macau">absurd
pretext</a> as usual.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(How_harsh_reactions_can_backfire)
title: How harsh reactions can backfire
uri: How-harsh-reactions-can-backfire
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28How_harsh_reactions_can_backfire%29

content:
<p>
Strong and harsh reactions to the spreading of Islamist ideology can 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/25/legislate-isis-soft-power-radicalisation-britons">backfire</a>
(not to mention that they can violate human rights).


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Heating_of_Earths_surface)
title: Heating of Earth's surface
uri: Heating-of-Earth-s-surface
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Heating_of_Earths_surface%29
content:
<p>
Short-term events and cycles explain the short-term discrepancy in
heating of the Earth's surface since 2000, showing that the climate
models were 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/aug/25/unpacking-unpaused-global-warming-climate-models-right">correct
overall for the long term</a>.


title: Cameron wants another "war on terror"
uri: Cameron-wants-another-war-on-terror
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Cameron_wants_another_war_on_terror)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Cameron_wants_another_war_on_terror%29

content:
<p>
Cameron 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/25/david-cameron-isis-conflict-iraq-war-on-terror">wants
to grab at the ISIS provocation</a> to start another open-ended "war
on terror".
<p>
As the article says, this is strategically foolish; but it's a great
excuse to smash what remains of civil liberties with "anti-terrorist"
laws which can then be turned against 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2009-nov-feb.html#23%20November%202009%20(UK%20cops%20database%20license%20plates%20at%20protests)">dissidents</a>,
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2012-jan-apr.html#10_April_2012_(Laura_Poitras)">journalists</a>, and 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#03_November_2013_(The_arrest_and_interrogation_of_David_Miranda)">journalists'
spouses</a>.


title: Faculty offer cancelled due to tweets
uri: Faculty-offer-cancelled-due-to-tweets
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Faculty_offer_cancelled_due_to_tweets)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Faculty_offer_cancelled_due_to_tweets%29

content:
<p>
The University of Illinois confirmed that it 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/23/univ-illinois-admits-pre-emptive-firing-israel-critic-steven-salaita">cancelled
its faculty offer to Steven Salaita</a> because he had criticized on
Twitter the Israeli occupation pf Palestine.
<p>
I asked someone to find me a sample of his tweets; these are what I
received.
<blockquote>
I try my best to remember that we don't just stumble into political
consciousness; it's better to teach than to berate or shame.
<p>
"Hamas" is the biggest red herring in American political discourse
since Saddam's "weapons of mass destruction."
<p>
When will the attack on #Gazaend?  What is left for #Israelto prove?
Who is left for Israel to kill?  This is the logic of genocide.
<p>
Members of the Knesset routinely call for the elimination of
Palestinians, so #Israel can spare us the bullshit about restraint in
#Gaza.
<p>
#Israelgets billions in aid, arms, and financial subsidies from the
US, yet most Americans condemn imaginary Black women for welfare.
<p>
Rednecks need a new slogan.  Instead of "kick their ass and take their
gas," how about "#Gazais a disaster, but Netanyahu is my master"?
<p>
Republicans are such tough guys, eager to kill 4 God and
country. #Israel slaps around the US of A, though, and all they do is
ask for more.
<p>
The dude who wrote the genocide is permissible article has an egg
avatar.  Total hasbara troll.
<p>
I just got an email condemning my "slander of holy Israel." I reckon I
can accept "slander," but "holy" seems a bit out of place.
</blockquote>
I don't see anything here that legitimately justifies taking away a
teacher's job.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(UKs_sham_democracy)
title: UK's sham democracy
uri: UK-s-sham-democracy
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28UKs_sham_democracy%29
content:
<p>
As Scotland votes about independence, one Englishman is envious,
wishing England had the chance to escape from its 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/25/envy-scots-english-democracy-independence-scotland">sham
democracy</a>.
<p>
What this says to me is that independence for Scotland is a side issue.
<em>All</em> of the UK needs to real democracy.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Entrenched_systematic_bigotry)
title: Entrenched systematic bigotry
uri: Entrenched-systematic-bigotry
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Entrenched_systematic_bigotry%29
content:
<p>
Entrenched systematic bigotry means that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/25/white-brother-police-shot-black-man">fatal accidents
systematically happen to the group on the receiving end.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Plastic_fibers_in_harbors)
title: Plastic fibers in harbors
uri: Plastic-fibers-in-harbors
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Plastic_fibers_in_harbors%29
content:
<p>
Harbors around the world have 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/25/sydney-harbours-plastic-pollution-alarming-levels">plastic
fibers in the water</a>, which can harm fish.
<p>
It will take a lot of work to find out how these fibers affect various
species of fish.


title: Rush to approve killing a US citizen
uri: Rush-to-approve-killing-a-US-citizen
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Rush_to_approve_killing_a_US_citizen)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Rush_to_approve_killing_a_US_citizen%29

content:
<p>
David Barron, now Federal Judge Barron, was in an awful rush to
approve 
<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/08/7-pages-that-gave-president-obama-permission-to-kill-americans/378651/">killing
a US citizen with no criminal charges</a> based on nothing but
intelligence reports.
<p>
We know how a president can 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2007-jul-oct.html#25%20July%202007%20(Bushmen%20distorted%20intelligence)">shape
intelligence reports around whatever result he seeks</a>, so this is
little limitation.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Employees_social_media_profiles)
title: Employees' social media profiles
uri: Employees-social-media-profiles
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Employees_social_media_profiles%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/aug/18/social-media-monitoring-employers-rise-pwc">35%
of young Britons</a> would be happy to show their social media
profiles to employers if pressured to do so.
<p>
The report says "in exchange for job security", which sounds like a
benefit; but since employers can reduce job security to zero if they
wish, in practice it means, "If you don't show us, you'll be fired (or
never hired)."
<p>
It should be illegal for employers to even ask.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Outcomes_of_trials_in_Florida)
title: Outcomes of trials in Florida
uri: Outcomes-of-trials-in-Florida
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Outcomes_of_trials_in_Florida%29
content:
<p>
The outcome of trials in Florida is affected by the race of the people
in the jury pool, 
<a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/08/the-impact-of-jury-race-in-criminal-trials.html">in
a strange way</a>.
<p>
If all the jury pool is white, black defendants are more likely to get
convicted than white defendants.  But if at least one black person shows
up for the jury pool, the disparity disappears — even a jury is
made up only of whites.
<p>
I think it would be legitimate to arrange for partial racial balance
in jury pools if that eliminates demonstrated unfairness in trial
outcomes.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Roundup-ready_GMO_corn_study)
title: Roundup-ready GMO corn study
uri: Roundup-ready-GMO-corn-study
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Roundup-ready_GMO_corn_study%29
content:
<p>
The study that found damage in animals that were exposed to Roundup,
or that ate Roundup-ready GMO corn, has been 
<a href="http://commonground.ca/2014/08/gmo-bites-10/">published
again</a>.
<p>
The journal that published it first later 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_December_2013_(GMO_corn_and_cancer)">retracted
it in suspicious circumstances</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 26_August_2014_(Racism)
title: Racism
uri: Racism
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Racism%29
content:
<p>
Thugs killed another black man in St Louis, not far from Ferguson.
Video shows that there was no reason to shoot him, let alone shoot him
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/police-release-video-of-kajieme-powell-shooting-in-st-louis">12
times rapidly without waiting as much as 15 seconds</a>.
<p>
It could well be that those thugs really believed he was threatening
them.  Part of the effect of racism is that it leads people to
perceive a black male as potentially violent.  If the thugs are
allowed to cite this as an excuse for killing someone, their murder
spree will go unchecked.
<p>
Racist thinking is associated with the bad logic of "essentialist"
thinking, but <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/racism-psychology-essentialism-creativity">specific
kinds of experiences can lead people out of such thinking</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Urgent:_Phone_Lisa_Kershner)
title: Urgent: Phone Lisa Kershner
uri: Urgent-Phone-Lisa-Kershner
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Phone_Lisa_Kershner%29
content:
<p>
Everyone: phone Lisa Kershner, General Area Manager of Oakland
Marriott City Center and Oakland Convention Center, at 1-510-466-6410,
and say you object to their support for the "Urban Shield" event which
promotes military weapons for use on US streets and in US homes.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Spanish_women_protest_mayor)
title: Spanish women protest mayor
uri: Spanish-women-protest-mayor
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Spanish_women_protest_mayor%29
content:
<p>
Spanish women are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/valladolid-mayor-rape-comments-bra-protest">protesting
a mayor who warned men that women would make false accusations of
rape</a>.
<p>
The mayor's statement combines two points which don't really fit
together.  The suggestion to be careful where you go at 06:00 is wise,
not just for women, and not just in regard to rape.  There are places
in Cambridge where I hesitate to walk when it is dark or deserted,
because I don't want to be robbed.
<p>
To give this advice for avoiding rape does not excuse rape, any more
than giving this advice for avoiding robbery excuses robbery.  Safety
advice does not inherently involve blaming the victim.
<p>
But sometimes it does.  In the case of that mayor, for instance.  When
the mayor combines safety advice with claims about unlikely false
accusations of rape, it is clear that he intends to attack women and
is looking for pretexts.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Participation_in_Israel_war_crimes)
title: Participation in Israel war crimes
uri: Participation-in-Israel-war-crimes
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Participation_in_Israel_war_crimes%29

content:
<p>
Palestine 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/palestinian-riad-al-malki-investigate-war-crimes-foreign-citizens-israel-army">calls
on various countries to investigate</a> the participation of their
citizens (who are soldiers in the Israeli army) in Israel war crimes.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Dalit_women_face_threats_of_attack)
title: Dalit women face threats of attack
uri: Dalit-women-face-threats-of-attack
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Dalit_women_face_threats_of_attack%29

content:
<p>
Dalit women who refuse to collect toilet waste face 
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/if-you-dont-send-your-women-to-clean-our-toilets-we-will-beat-them-up/article6350683.ece">threats
of attack</a> from higher-caste people who demand this service.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Regulation_of_e-cigarettes)
title: Regulation of e-cigarettes
uri: Regulation-of-e-cigarettes
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Regulation_of_e-cigarettes%29
content:
<p>
WHO calls for 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/26/e-cigarettes-regulation-united-nations-who-report">regulation
of e-cigarettes</a>.


title: Urgent: Wasting money on unnecessary roads
uri: Urgent-Wasting-money-on-unnecessary-roads
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Urgent:_Wasting_money_on_unnecessary_roads)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Wasting_money_on_unnecessary_roads%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the Department of Transportation to recognize
that
Americans <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/engage/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=11763">drive
a little less every year, and stop wasting money on unnecessary
roads</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Detroit_resumes_water_shutoffs)
title: Detroit resumes water shutoffs
uri: Detroit-resumes-water-shutoffs
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Detroit_resumes_water_shutoffs%29
content:
<p>
Detroit has resumed 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/detroit-water-shutoffs-resume-suspension">disconnecting
poor people from water supply</a>.
<p>
Some people have restored their own connections.  Bravo!


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Oil_companies_endanger_New_Orleans)
title: Oil companies endanger New Orleans
uri: Oil-companies-endanger-New-Orleans
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Oil_companies_endanger_New_Orleans%29

content:
<p>
Greg Palast: oil companies destroyed the swamp that protected New
Orleans from hurricanes, and an oil company 
<a href="http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=33e4ec877eed6a43863a4a92e&id=c23b8eb68a&e=8283eff9b8">shut
down the research center that tried to warn people of the danger</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(IPCC_report_on_global_heating)
title: IPCC report on global heating
uri: IPCC-report-on-global-heating
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28IPCC_report_on_global_heating%29
content:
<p>
The IPCC reports that global heating is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/26/global-warming-irreversible-un-panel-report">already
a source of danger</a> and it may be impossible to reverse.


title: Imprisonment for attempting abortion
uri: Imprisonment-for-attempting-abortion
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Imprisonment_for_attempting_abortion)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Imprisonment_for_attempting_abortion%29

content:
<p>
A woman in Indiana 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/indiana-woman-feticide-charge">faces
many years' imprisonment</a> for taking drugs to cause an abortion.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Thyroid_cancer_in_Fukushima_youth)
title: Thyroid cancer in Fukushima youth
uri: Thyroid-cancer-in-Fukushima-youth
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Thyroid_cancer_in_Fukushima_youth%29

content:
<p>
Young people who were in Fukushima at the time of the meltdown show a
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/25/elevated-rates-thyroid-cancer-found-fukushima-youth">high
rate of thyroid cancer</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Bus_deregulation_in_the_UK)
title: Bus deregulation in the UK
uri: Bus-deregulation-in-the-UK
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Bus_deregulation_in_the_UK%29
content:
<p>
Bus deregulation in the UK (outside London) resulted in 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/26/bus-deregulation-outside-london-failure-thinktank">high
fares and bad service</a>.
<p>
This suggests to me that buses need a subsidy, and that deregulation
meant elimination of the subsidy.  Does anyone know?


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(How_the_Brutalized_Become_Brutal)
title: How the Brutalized Become Brutal
uri: How-the-Brutalized-Become-Brutal
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28How_the_Brutalized_Become_Brutal%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/25/how-brutalized-become-brutal">How
the Brutalized Become Brutal</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Portable_phone_tracking)
title: Portable phone tracking
uri: Portable-phone-tracking
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Portable_phone_tracking%29
content:
<p>
Countries and criminals around the world are 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/25/wapo-governments-exploit-cell-phone-technology-track-users-worldwide">tracking
people's movements through portable phones</a>.
<p>
This is why I don't have one.
<p>
The NSA 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#05_December_2013_(NSA_collects_5_billion_cell_phone_locations_per_day)">can 
figure out that two people know each other</a>
by seeing that their cell phones are in close proximity.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Pipeline_protesters_in_Michigan)
title: Pipeline protesters in Michigan
uri: Pipeline-protesters-in-Michigan
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Pipeline_protesters_in_Michigan%29

content:
<p>
Pipeline protesters in Michigan 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/25/defiant-action-pipeline-protesters-lock-themselves-trucks">locked
themselves to trucks</a> to block construction of an oil pipeline.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Thug_attacks_man_in_wheelchair)
title: Thug attacks man in wheelchair
uri: Thug-attacks-man-in-wheelchair
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Thug_attacks_man_in_wheelchair%29
content:
<p>
A Florida thug 
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/13/wheelchair.dumping/">dumped
a mostly paralyzed man onto the floor</a> by tipping his wheelchair.
<p>
This incident is unusual, both for callousness, and because the thug's
superior condemned it and apologized.  It is not a basis for judging
thugs in general.
<p>
But I think it is the extreme manifestation of an attitude that many
thugs have in a less egregious form.


title: AT&T's campaign against net neutrality
uri: AT-T-s-campaign-against-net-neutrality
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(ATTs_campaign_against_net_neutrality)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28ATTs_campaign_against_net_neutrality%29

content:
<p>
How AT&T 
<a href="http://lulac.org/news/pr/Empower_Hispanic_Communities_With_Technology/index.html">buys
the support of grass-roots organizations</a> for its campaign against
net neutrality.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Funds_raised_by_Wisconsin_governor)
title: Funds raised by Wisconsin governor
uri: Funds-raised-by-Wisconsin-governor
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Funds_raised_by_Wisconsin_governor%29

content:
<p>
Wisconsin Governor Walker actively raised funds for supposedly independent
groups that were going to 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/08/12577/walker-solicits-funds-outside-group-win-recalls">use
the funds to promote voting for him</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Russian_soldiers_in_Ukraine)
title: Russian soldiers in Ukraine
uri: 2014-08-28-Russian-soldiers-in-Ukraine
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Russian_soldiers_in_Ukraine%29
content:
<p>
Russia admitted its soldiers were in Ukraine, and reporters trying to
investigate reported secret graves in Russia of Russian soldiers
killed in Ukraine were 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/ukraine-vladimir-putin-petro-poroshenko-summit-solve-conflict">attacked</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 27_August_2014_(Hypersonic_weapons)
title: Hypersonic weapons
uri: Hypersonic-weapons
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#27_August_2014_%28Hypersonic_weapons%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/aug/26/hypersonic-weapons-global-arms-race-us-tested-prototype">Hypersonic
weapons</a> now being developed by the US, China and Russia would put
the world on a hair trigger and could even be mistaken for a nuclear
attack.
<p>
It would be smarter to sign a treaty to ban them, but the US
government generally refuses, assuming it will have the advantage.


title: Urgent: Call on Burger King to drop tax dodging plan
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Burger-King-to-drop-tax-dodging-plan
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_Burger_King_to_drop_tax_dodging_plan)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Burger_King_to_drop_tax_dodging_plan%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Burger King
to <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/burger-king-dont-try">drop
its tax dodging plan</a>.


title: Urgent: Call for protection of monarch butterflies
uri: Urgent-Call-for-protection-of-monarch-butterflies
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Urgent:_Call_for_protection_of_monarch_butterflies)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_for_protection_of_monarch_butterflies%29

content:
<p>
US
citizens: <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-the-us-fish-wildlife?mailing_id=24809&source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=623500">call
for protection of monarch butterflies</a>, whose numbers have fallen
by 90%.
<p>
Please don't distort the formerly useful word "decimate".  It means
killing ten percent of something.  (The Romans used this as a
punishment for military units that mutinied and then surrendered.)
What we have done to the monarch butterflies is far worse than
decimation.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Ban_on_GMOs_in_Kaua'i_overturned)
title: Ban on GMOs in Kaua'i overturned
uri: Ban-on-GMOs-in-Kaua-i-overturned
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Ban_on_GMOs_in_Kaua%27i_overturned%29

content:
<p>
The ban on GMOs in Kaua'i
was <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/08/12579/federal-judge-overturns-kauai-pesticide-and-gmo-law">overturned
in court</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Net_neutrality_is_marxist)
title: Net neutrality is "marxist"
uri: Net-neutrality-is-marxist
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Net_neutrality_is_marxist%29
content:
<p>
A Koch brothers front group claims
that <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/net-neutrality-is-marxist-according-to-this-koch-backed-astroturf-group">net
neutrality is "marxist"</a>.
<p>
The Koch brothers figure that any absurd claim will pass for true if
they get enough organizations to say it often enough.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Three_Vietnamese_activists_jailed)
title: Three Vietnamese activists jailed
uri: Three-Vietnamese-activists-jailed
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Three_Vietnamese_activists_jailed%29

content:
<p>
Three Vietnamese activists who protested for
democracy <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/27/us-alarm-vietnam-democracy-activists-jailed">were
jailed for "obstructing traffic"</a>.
<p>
Did Vietnam bring in thugs from Ferguson?  This sounds awfully like
what they did
to <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Journalist_reports_on_his_arrest_in_Ferguson%29">some
journalists</a>.


title: UN reports on the atrocities in Syria
uri: UN-reports-on-the-atrocities-in-Syria
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(UN_reports_on_the_atrocities_in_Syria)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28UN_reports_on_the_atrocities_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/27/syria-isis-war-crimes-united-nations-un">UN
reports on the atrocities in Syria</a>, committed by Assad's army and
by ISIS.


title: Years-Late apology from thug department
uri: Years-Late-apology-from-thug-department
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Years-Late_apology_from_thug_department)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Years-Late_apology_from_thug_department%29

content:
<p>
Protester Ellie Mae O'Hagan, CS gas sprayed by a wild thug for no
reason says that the years-late apology from the thug department is no
substitute
for <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/27/met-apology-unlawful-cs-spray">holding
thugs accountable for their actions</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(The_War_on_Sharing)
title: The War on Sharing
uri: The-War-on-Sharing
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28The_War_on_Sharing%29
content:
<p>
The City of London has a police force
that <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140824/20040428311/city-london-police-turn-down-torrentfreaks-foia-request-because-it-would-take-too-long-to-fulfill.shtml">fights
the War on Sharing, illegally</a>.
<p>
The City of London is a small part of London that acts as
a <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html#5_November_2011_%28London_Banksters%29">political
arm of the banksters</a>. It is the enemy of democracy.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(UK_social_mobility)
title: UK social mobility
uri: UK-social-mobility
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28UK_social_mobility%29
content:
<p>
The UK has very little no social
mobility.  <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/28/british-society-elitism-privileged-owen-jones">Here
are some of the causes</a>.
<p>
The <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#05_June_2014_%28Study_find_very_little_social_mobility%29">situation
in the US is similar overall</a>.  Social mobility has gone way down
since 50 years ago.


title: Declared a "security risk" for having sign on car
uri: Declared-a-security-risk-for-having-sign-on-car
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 28_August_2014_(Declared_a_security_risk_for_having_sign_on_car)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#28_August_2014_%28Declared_a_security_risk_for_having_sign_on_car%29

content:
<p>
A security guard in Australia
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/27/security-guard-banned-from-brisbane-ports-after-displaying-anti-coal-sign">declared
a "security risk" for having a sign on her car</a> that criticized the
danger of coal dust.
<p>
The greatest irony is that these ports endanger the security of
Australians far more than any individual could.


title: Australia's record-breaking summer heat
uri: Australia-s-record-breaking-summer-heat
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 28_August_2014_(Australia's_record-breaking_summer_heat)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#28_August_2014_%28Australia%27s_record-breaking_summer_heat%29

content:
<p>
Global heating denialists
claim <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/aug/27/climate-sceptics-see-a-conspiracy-in-australias-record-breaking-heat">Australia's
record-breaking summer heat is a lie</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Urgent:_Ditch_ALEC)
title: Urgent: Ditch ALEC
uri: Urgent-Ditch-ALEC
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Ditch_ALEC%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: call on state officials
to <a href="http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ALEC_Lawmakers_USAction">ditch
ALEC</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(US_political_debate_shows)
title: US political "debate" shows
uri: US-political-debate-shows
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28US_political_debate_shows%29
content:
<p>
On US TV, the political "debate"
shows <a href="http://fair.org/take-action/media-advisories/labor-almost-invisible-on-tv-talk/">don't
invite, or even mention, union leaders</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(The_libertarian_ideology)
title: The libertarian ideology
uri: The-libertarian-ideology
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28The_libertarian_ideology%29
content:
<p>
The libertarian ideology
stubbornly <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/aug/29/libertarian-ideology-natural-enemy-science">opposes
all solutions to problems such as public health and global
heating</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(US_sanctions_against_Iran)
title: US sanctions against Iran
uri: US-sanctions-against-Iran
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28US_sanctions_against_Iran%29
content:
<p>
US sanctions against
Iran <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/29/iranian-film-director-attacks-us-sanctions-rakhshan-bani-etemad">continue
to make necessary medicines unavailable there</a>.


title: UK says Russia sent 80 tanks and lots of soldiers into Ukraine
uri: UK-says-Russia-sent-80-tanks-and-lots-of-soldiers-into-Ukraine
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(UK_says_Russia_sent_80_tanks_and_lots_of_soldiers_into_Ukraine)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28UK_says_Russia_sent_80_tanks_and_lots_of_soldiers_into_Ukraine%29

content:
<p>
The UK says
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/29/russia-100-battle-tanks-ukraine-uk-tells-united-nations">Russia
has sent 80 tanks and lots of soldiers into Ukraine</a>.


title: Hong Kong has launched accusations of bribery
uri: Hong-Kong-has-launched-accusations-of-bribery
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Hong_Kong_has_launched_accusations_of_bribery)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Hong_Kong_has_launched_accusations_of_bribery%29

content:
<p>
Hong Kong has launched accusations of
bribery <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/anti-corruption-raid-jimmy-lai-home-media-pro-democracy">against
a media mogul that campaigns for democracy</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Plutocrats_want_socialism_for_them)
title: Plutocrats want socialism for them
uri: Plutocrats-want-socialism-for-them
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Plutocrats_want_socialism_for_them%29

content:
<p>
Plutocrats want the benefits of socialism for them,
plus <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/29/socialism-for-the-rich">"small
government" to strand the rest of us</a>.


title: Number of manatees in Florida has increased greatly
uri: Number-of-manatees-in-Florida-has-increased-greatly
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Number_of_manatees_in_Florida_has_increased_greatly)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Number_of_manatees_in_Florida_has_increased_greatly%29

content:
<p>
The number of manatees in Florida has increased greatly since they
were protected, so the question is whether
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/29/manatees-florida-endangeres-species-review">designate
them as "threatened" rather than "endangered"</a>.
<p>
A species can't survive if its habitat is wiped out.  The US often
protects one endearing endangered species as a way of protecting the
whole ecosystem, including many other species, that it lives in.  It
seems that manatees are an example of this.  The existing restrictions
enable manatees to coexist with human water activities, but this
redesignation would permit land development that could wipe out all of
them.


title: E-Cigarettes Should Be Called 'Nicotine Sticks'
uri: E-Cigarettes-Should-Be-Called-Nicotine-Sticks
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(E-Cigarettes_Should_Be_Called_'Nicotine_Sticks')

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28E-Cigarettes_Should_Be_Called_%27Nicotine_Sticks%27%29

content:
<p>
E-Cigarettes Should Be
Called <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/29/e-cigarettes-nicotine-sticks-curb-appeal">'Nicotine
Sticks' to Curb Appeal</a>, Experts Say.
<p>
I suggest calling them "nicotine inhalers" and designing them to look
like the inhalers for other drugs — totally un-cool.


title: Urgent: Oppose support for Monsanto
uri: Urgent-Oppose-support-for-Monsanto
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_support_for_Monsanto)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_support_for_Monsanto%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/hillary-clinton-its-time">tell
Hillary Clinton</a> to stop supporting Monsanto and GMOs.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(UN_peacekeepers_taken_hostage)
title: UN peacekeepers taken hostage
uri: UN-peacekeepers-taken-hostage
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28UN_peacekeepers_taken_hostage%29
content:
<p>
Syrian rebels have 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/29/syria-rebels-filipino-un-peacekeepers-golan-heights">taken
UN peacekeepers hostage</a>.


title: GMO industry trying to silence criticism
uri: GMO-industry-trying-to-silence-criticism
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(GMO_industry_trying_to_silence_criticism)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28GMO_industry_trying_to_silence_criticism%29

content:
<p>
The GMO industry is 
<a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_30590.cfm">trying
to get Reuters journalist Carey Gillam fired or transferred</a>, part
of a general pattern of trying to silence criticism.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Brain-eating_amoeba)
title: Brain-eating amoeba
uri: Brain-eating-amoeba
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Brain-eating_amoeba%29
content:
<p>
Due to global heating, a brain-eating amoeba is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/louisiana-residents-naegleria-fowleri-water-supply-precaution">spreading
north from Louisiana</a>.
<p>
Getting just one in your nose can be fatal.


title: Senate's torture investigation report
uri: Senate-s-torture-investigation-report
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Senates_torture_investigation_report)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Senates_torture_investigation_report%29

content:
<p>
Victims of US-managed kidnaping and torture 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/us-rendition-obama-torture-report">call
on Obama to release the Senate's torture investigation report</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Captured_soldiers_killed_by_ISIS)
title: Captured soldiers killed by ISIS
uri: Captured-soldiers-killed-by-ISIS
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Captured_soldiers_killed_by_ISIS%29

content:
<p>
ISIS 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/islamic-state-kills-150-captured-troops-syria-activists">killed
200 Syrian soldiers that it had captured</a>, according to its
supporters.
<p>
Even supposing the report is inaccurate, it shows what ISIS would like
to do.


title: Prohibition on cohabitation overturned
uri: Prohibition-on-cohabitation-overturned
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Prohibition_on_cohabitation_overturned)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Prohibition_on_cohabitation_overturned%29

content:
<p>
A prohibition on cohabitation, effectively Mormon polygamous marriages though
not saying so, has been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/utah-strikes-down-polygamy-ban-sister-wives">overturned
in a court</a>.
<p>
There is a secular polyamory community, which I support.  We believe
that polyamorous relationships are legitimate; we know they can be
happy, and don't lead particularly to problems.  I see no valid
grounds for the prohibition that was just overturned.
<p>
However, the critics of Mormon polygamy say it is a system of
oppression of women and children.  Are they right?  If so, how can
those facts be reconciled with secular polyamorous experience?  Are
these relationships bad in a hidden way?  Is there a crucial
difference, that causes secular polyamory to have better results than
Mormon ones?  Is it a matter of different ways of judging whether a
relationship is good or bad?


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Warren_on_Israels_occupation)
title: Warren on Israel's occupation
uri: Warren-on-Israel-s-occupation
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Warren_on_Israels_occupation%29
content:
<p>
Elizabeth Warren is 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3902">right wing</a> in
regard to Israel's occupation of Palestine.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Export_peace_to_Gaza)
title: Export peace to Gaza
uri: Export-peace-to-Gaza
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Export_peace_to_Gaza%29
content:
<p>
Muslim and Jewish leaders in Britain say, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/britain-muslims-jews-export-peace-gaza">let's
export peace to Gaza</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Australias_spending_on_energy)
title: Australia's spending on energy
uri: Australia-s-spending-on-energy
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Australias_spending_on_energy%29
content:
<p>
Australia's next offensive for the fossil fuel companies
is to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/28/renewable-energy-target-review-calls-scheme-closed-new-entrants">eliminate
new spending on conversion to renewable energy</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Market_Baskets_old_CEO_returns)
title: Market Basket's old CEO returns
uri: Market-Basket-s-old-CEO-returns
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Market_Baskets_old_CEO_returns%29
content:
<p>
Market Basket's old CEO, that customers and workers supported, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/market-basket-ceo-supermarket-standoff">has
returned</a>.


title: Estimated emissions from Keystone XL
uri: Estimated-emissions-from-Keystone-XL
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Estimated_emissions_from_Keystone_XL)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Estimated_emissions_from_Keystone_XL%29

content:
<p>
How the US government's 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/aug/28/state-department-underestimates-keystone-carbon-pollution">basic
error</a> leads to underestimating the CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from
Keystone XL.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Renewable_energy)
title: Renewable energy
uri: Renewable-energy
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Renewable_energy%29
content:
<p>
Renewable energy now 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/28/renewable-energy-capacity-grows-fastest-ever-pace">generates
22% of electricity</a>, but politicians are working hard to slow the
growth rate.
<p>
When you compare the cost of renewable energy subsidies with the
damage global heating will do, the former is clearly less.  It's also
much less than the fossil fuel subsidies, which the same politicians
don't complain about.  Clearly that cost is not the real reason.
<p>
I think the reason for this is fossil fuel company money.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Stepping_on_the_downtrodden)
title: Stepping on the downtrodden
uri: Stepping-on-the-downtrodden
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Stepping_on_the_downtrodden%29
content:
<p>
The Australian government's next excuse to step on the downtrodden:
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/abbott-government-bid-tighten-excuses-missing-job-interviews-fails-australia">punishing
those who miss a job interview</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Putins_covert_war_of_conquest)
title: Putin's covert war of conquest
uri: Putin-s-covert-war-of-conquest
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Putins_covert_war_of_conquest%29
content:
<p>
The Ukrainian army says that the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/ukraine-russian-fighting-second-front-mariupol">Russian
army has invaded</a> and is attacking the city of Mariupol, after
weeks of bombardment from Russian territory.
<p>
It appears that Putin has decided on a real covert war of conquest,
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-mar-jun.html#23_March_2014_(Russia_aggrees_to_European_monitoring_mission)">not
the provocation/distraction from Crimea that I thought this was</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Safety_advice_and_victim-blaming)
title: Safety advice and victim-blaming
uri: Safety-advice-and-victim-blaming
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Safety_advice_and_victim-blaming%29

content:
<p>
Not all safety advice constitutes 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/28/culture-rape-victim-blame-too-far">victim-blaming</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Whether_to_intervene_in_Iraq)
title: Whether to intervene in Iraq
uri: Whether-to-intervene-in-Iraq
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Whether_to_intervene_in_Iraq%29
content:
<p>
The question of whether to intervene in Iraq includes questions about
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/debate-over-military-intervention-isis-iraq-too-simplistic">what
sort of intervention it would be, and with what goal</a>.


title: Obama regimes' obedience to banksters
uri: Obama-regimes-obedience-to-banksters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Obama_regimes_obedience_to_banksters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Obama_regimes_obedience_to_banksters%29

content:
<p>
The Obama regime, obedient to the banksters as usual, fined Goldman
Sachs for fraud, but 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/08/27/last-weeks-other-big-bank-settlement-also-shifts-burden-taxpayers">will
allow Goldman Sachs to deduct the fine from its taxes</a> and recover
1/3 of it.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Shaker_Aamer_beaten_for_protesting)
title: Shaker Aamer beaten for protesting
uri: Shaker-Aamer-beaten-for-protesting
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Shaker_Aamer_beaten_for_protesting%29

content:
<p>
Shaker Aamer, held without charges in Guantanamo, is now being 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/08/27/shaker-aamer-beaten-latest-guantanamo-crackdown">beaten
daily by the guards</a> as punishment for protesting his imprisonment.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(US_not_obligated_to_fight_in_Syria)
title: US not obligated to fight in Syria
uri: US-not-obligated-to-fight-in-Syria
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28US_not_obligated_to_fight_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
Suggestion: the US has 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/27/lets-treat-assad-fairly-any-other-pro-west-dictator-middle-east">no
more obligation to fight Assad in Syria than it has to fight the
rulers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, etc.</a>
<p>
When Assad faced a campaign of peaceful protests for human rights,
that campaign merited support on ethical grounds.  Today's situation
is totally different.
<p>
When a violent uprising started in parallel with that campaign, Assad
said it was started by Islamists, and that may have been true.  Once
the fighting started, various Sunni groups, reportedly less fanatical,
joined in; but they have been eclipsed by the jihadi groups funded by
Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
<p>
That the US does not have to fight all these dictators does not mean
it must or should give them strong support, as it does now.
<p>
The reasons the US government has stated for supporting so many Arab
dictators and monarchs are: to oppose the Soviet Union (obsolete), and
to promote stability.  Ironically, this practice has had the effect,
across decades, of enabling Islamist fanatics to win the support of
those who oppose the dictators and monarchs for other reasons.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(The_cease-fire_in_Gaza)
title: The cease-fire in Gaza
uri: The-cease-fire-in-Gaza
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28The_cease-fire_in_Gaza%29
content:
<p>
The indefinite cease-fire in Gaza includes some relaxation of the
siege, but 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/27/ceasefire-ends-bombing-gaza-lasting-peace-has-larger-demands">not
entirely</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(UK_thugs_priorities)
title: UK thugs' priorities
uri: UK-thugs-priorities
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28UK_thugs_priorities%29
content:
<p>
The UK thugs 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/27/the-police-were-spying-on-me-rather-than-looking-for-rickys-killers-sukhdev-reel">didn't
bother investigating the murder of Ricky Reel</a>, apparently for
racist motives, because they were too busy investigating his family as
they campaigned for a proper investigation of the murder.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Universities)
title: Universities
uri: Universities
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Universities%29
content:
<p>
Universities were once considered a way to benefit society by
spreading learning and giving the non-rich a path to advance; now
they 
<a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/john-holmwood/patrimonial-capitalism-and-end-of-liberal-university">mainly
maintain the elite status quo</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(Rate_of_killing_by_US_thugs)
title: Rate of killing by US thugs
uri: Rate-of-killing-by-US-thugs
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28Rate_of_killing_by_US_thugs%29
content:
<p>
The US equivalent of Iraq Body Count has found that US thugs kill
about 3 times as many people as the FBI reports — 
<a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/another-much-higher-count-of-police-homicides/">around
1100 a year</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(War_on_drugs_in_Australia)
title: War on drugs in Australia
uri: War-on-drugs-in-Australia
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28War_on_drugs_in_Australia%29
content:
<p>
In an Australian state, one party 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/27/victorian-election-labor-promises-harsher-crystal-meth-penalties">proposes
to escalate the war on drugs</a>.
<p>
I think it is a bad idea to use methamphetamine, but the war on drugs
does 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2009-mar-jun.html#10%20April%202009%20(Legalizing%20drugs%20would%20save%20billions)">worse 
harm than the drugs</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 29_August_2014_(New_coal_electric_plants_in_Europe)
title: New coal electric plants in Europe
uri: New-coal-electric-plants-in-Europe
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#29_August_2014_%28New_coal_electric_plants_in_Europe%29

content:
<p>
New coal-fired electric plants in Europe threatens to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/27/coal-power-stations-eu-emissions-target">wipe
out all its savings in CO<sub>2</sub> emissions</a>.
<p>
If solar power and more advanced batteries catch on, these plants will
be
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/27/ubs-investors-renewables-revolution">lost
investments</a>.  I suspect that the owners are getting a subsidy to
build them, or a loan from the state that will never be repaid if the
plants become unnecessary.


title: Urgent: End corporate tax write-offs
uri: Urgent-End-corporate-tax-write-offs
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Urgent:_End_corporate_tax_write-offs)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_End_corporate_tax_write-offs%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call for an end to 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/engage/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=11825">tax
write-offs on penalties to corporations</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(US_thugs_plan_to_deploy_drones)
title: US thugs plan to deploy drones
uri: US-thugs-plan-to-deploy-drones
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28US_thugs_plan_to_deploy_drones%29
content:
<p>
Many US thug departments are 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/26/activists-sound-alarm-more-police-departments-consider-using-drones">planning
to deploy drones</a>, perhaps with infrared cameras to see what the
eye could not (such as, whether someone is home).
<p>
We certainly can't trust thugs to follow rules, or laws.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Social_networks_silence_dissenters)
title: Social networks silence dissenters
uri: Social-networks-silence-dissenters
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Social_networks_silence_dissenters%29

content:
<p>
Some major social networks 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/28/the-internet-is-a-cesspit-of-conflict-right-no-its-an-engine-of-consensus">tend
to silence a dissenting few</a>, on any issue.
<p>
This is why it helps us greatly if you insist on calling the GNU/Linux
system "GNU/Linux" and refuse to be intimidated by those who
erroneously call it "Linux".


title: Pakistani TV station driven off air
uri: Pakistani-TV-station-driven-off-air
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Pakistani_TV_station_driven_off_air)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Pakistani_TV_station_driven_off_air%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/29/pakistan-opposition-fights-geo-tv-stationa">Intimidation
by Imran Khan's opposition party</a> is driving a Pakistani TV station
mostly off the air.


title: Investigation of war crimes in Gaza
uri: Investigation-of-war-crimes-in-Gaza
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Investigation_of_war_crimes_in_Gaza)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Investigation_of_war_crimes_in_Gaza%29

content:
<p>
The ICC says that it can investigate war crimes in Gaza 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/29/icc-gaza-hague-court-investigate-war-crimes-palestine">if
it gets a request from the government of Palestine</a>.
<p>
I don't know whether it really needs that request or is passing the
buck.  I am sure the US is putting pressure on Palestine not to give
the ICC jurisdiction.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(ISIS_uses_waterboarding)
title: ISIS uses waterboarding
uri: ISIS-uses-waterboarding
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28ISIS_uses_waterboarding%29
content:
<p>
ISIS uses 
<a href="
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/28/modeling-cia-torture-isis-waterboarded-those-it-captured-report">waterboarding
on prisoners</a>, following the US example.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Overestimation_of_terrorism_danger)
title: Overestimation of terrorism danger
uri: Overestimation-of-terrorism-danger
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Overestimation_of_terrorism_danger%29

content:
<p>
Intelligence agencies 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/29/trust-terror-threat-rating-intelligence-agencies">have
every reason to overestimate</a> the danger of terrorism.
<p>
Not to mention that it provides an excuse to do to us what they want
to do anyway: spy on everyone's communications and movements.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Ferguson_thug_department_sued)
title: Ferguson thug department sued
uri: Ferguson-thug-department-sued
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Ferguson_thug_department_sued%29
content:
<p>
Ferguson protesters and bystanders attacked by thugs have 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/29/ferguson-protesters-lawsuit-police-excessive-force">sued
the thug department for 40 million dollars</a>.
<p>
I hope they win, but if they do, they will only get compensation from
the city.  The guilty won't be punished.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Urgent:_Vermonts_GMO_labeling_law)
title: Urgent: Vermont's GMO labeling law
uri: 2014-08-31-Urgent-Vermont-s-GMO-labeling-law
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Vermonts_GMO_labeling_law%29

content:
<p>
In the US: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/vermont-gmo-lawsuit">petition
major organic dairies</a> to drop out of the organization that is
supporting the lawsuit to overturn Vermont's GMO labeling law.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Expressions_of_emotion)
title: Expressions of emotion
uri: Expressions-of-emotion
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Expressions_of_emotion%29
content:
<p>
Women report that men's verbal confrontation is occasionally followed
by their physical aggression, often enough that the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2014/aug/29/mary-brandon-beaten-groped-notting-hill-carnival">verbal
confrontation makes them scared physical aggression will follow</a>.
<p>
I don't understand those men's attitude towards women.  It seems to be
a mixture of desire, hatred and contempt.  I have never felt that way
towards anyone, but I am compelled by women's testimony to believe
that some men do.
<p>
Nonetheless, expressions of emotion are not physical attacks.  The two
are not morally equivalent.  If some insults lead to an assault, that
doesn't mean an insult is as bad as an assault.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(The_War_for_Nothing)
title: The War for Nothing
uri: The-War-for-Nothing
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28The_War_for_Nothing%29
content:
<p>
Uri Avnery: 
<a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1409319940/">The
War for Nothing</a>.
<p>
It is interesting that the rockets fired from Hamas, although they
rarely injure a person, made life so unpleasant in the farms near the
border of Gaza that people began to move away.
<p>
Israel has no right to order Gazans to stay away from the border on
pain of being shot without warning.  Israel does have the right to
evacuate the land on its own side of the border.  If
Israel wants a buffer zone, that is the legitimate way to make one.


title: Prison sentence for redistributing movie
uri: Prison-sentence-for-redistributing-movie
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Prison_sentence_for_redistributing_movie)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Prison_sentence_for_redistributing_movie%29

content:
<p>
A UK man was 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/british-man-sentenced-to-nearly-three-years-in-prison-for-movie-piracy/">sentenced
to about 3 years in prison</a> for redistributing copies of a movie.
<p>
Someone pointed out that this is as much as the usual penalty for
convicted rapists.
<p>
This redistribution was done commercially.  I don't advocate
legalization of commercial redistribution of copyrighted works without
authorization.  Works made to be used in a practical way should all be
<a href="http://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">free</a> but this was
a work of fiction, not a functional work.  So I don't think what Danks
did has to be legalized.
<p>
However, the companies that the UK government caters to
would have told it to jail him just the same if he had not tried
to make one penny.
<p>
Please don't refer to unauthorized copying with the smear term,
"piracy".  Movie piracy is what you see in Captain Blood.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Foolish_American_overreactions)
title: Foolish American overreactions
uri: Foolish-American-overreactions
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Foolish_American_overreactions%29
content:
<p>
Most Americans want it to be 
<a href="http://reason.com/archives/2014/08/20/helicopter-parenting-run-amok-most-ameri">illegal
to allow children to play outside alone</a>.
<p>
This shows how far the American insanity about children has gone.
<p>
Another foolish overreaction: a foreign tourist who climbed a tower on
the Brooklyn Bridge faces 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/25/russian-tourist-climbs-brooklyn-bridge-arrested-new-york">criminal
charges</a>.  He is likely to be jailed for years before trial.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Canadian_scientists_silenced)
title: Canadian scientists silenced
uri: Canadian-scientists-silenced
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Canadian_scientists_silenced%29
content:
<p>
Canadian scientists are required to get 
<a href="http://www.canada.com/news/Federal+government+puts+polar+briefings/10128511/story.html">9
levels of approval</a> before they can tell the public how much Arctic
ice has melted.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Thugs_knowingly_jail_wrong_person)
title: Thugs knowingly jail wrong person
uri: Thugs-knowingly-jail-wrong-person
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Thugs_knowingly_jail_wrong_person%29

content:
<p>
The thugs knew Shannon Renee McNeal was the wrong person, and so did
the court, but they 
<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/06/insane-case-of-mistaken-identity-woman-arrested-told-shes-actually-dead-jailed-anyway/">insisted
on jailing her anyway</a>.
<p>
Anyone can make a mistake, but there should be zero tolerance for
insisting on mistreating someone based on a mistake that has been
recognized.  All the people who did so should be fired.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Legalized_medical_marijuana)
title: Legalized medical marijuana
uri: Legalized-medical-marijuana
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Legalized_medical_marijuana%29
content:
<p>
States which had legalized medical marijuana, in 2010, had
<a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/281527.php">significantly
fewer deaths from opioid pain-killers</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Money_for_Mugabes_terror_campaign)
title: Money for Mugabe's terror campaign
uri: Money-for-Mugabe-s-terror-campaign
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Money_for_Mugabes_terror_campaign%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/220517-the-hedge-fund-and-the-despot">A
US hedge fund</a> appears to have given Mugabe the money for his
terror campaign that undid the opposition's electoral victory.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Texas_thug_kills_teenager)
title: Texas thug kills teenager
uri: Texas-thug-kills-teenager
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Texas_thug_kills_teenager%29
content:
<p>
A thug in Texas killed a teenager who reasonably 
<a href="http://abc13.com/news/navasota-officer-wont-face-charges-for-fatally-shooting-teen/281936/">thought
the thug was an armed thief and tried to drive away</a>.  The thug
faces no charges.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Executive_Order_12333)
title: Executive Order 12333
uri: Executive-Order-12333
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Executive_Order_12333%29
content:
<p>
An executive order made by President Reagan, which ostensibly allows
spying on foreigners, is 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/a-twisted-history-how-a-reagan-era-executive-order-led-to-mass-spying/">used
today mainly to collect data about Americans</a>.
<p>
The article repeats the absurd nostrum that terrorists such as al
Qa'ida threatened the existence of the US.  This is a ridiculous
exaggeration — what they could directly do was too small to
eliminate the US, and the only way they could do great harm was if the
US reacted self-destructively (which it did).  Since this ridiculous
exaggeration was the excuse for Dubya's attacks on US human rights,
and on Iraq, we must not let it pass as true.  We must refute it even
when someone else mentions it only in passing.
<p>
President Reagan other horrible things.  He betrayed his country by
supplying weapons to terrorists as ransom for the hostages they had
taken.  He attacked the non-rich, setting the US on the path towards
today's plutocracy and expanding poverty.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 30_August_2014_(Republican_loyalty_to_money)
title: Republican loyalty to money
uri: Republican-loyalty-to-money
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#30_August_2014_%28Republican_loyalty_to_money%29
content:
<p>
Republican candidates for the senate met with rich donors and
<a href="http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=B6I6e8oZZZ3t2vkNcPsx-g">confessed
their undying gratitude and loyalty to the money</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 31_August_2014_(Court_orders_censorship_of_app)
title: Court orders censorship of app
uri: Court-orders-censorship-of-app
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#31_August_2014_%28Court_orders_censorship_of_app%29
content:
<p>
A Brazilian court 
<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Brazil-wants-no-Secret-on-app-stores-5701537.php">ordered
Apple, Google and Microsoft to delete the Secret app</a> (and a
similar one) from their app stores.
<p>
Nobody should <em>use</em> that app; it is proprietary software,
so 
<a href="http://gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">the
users don't control it</a> and it may well be malware (as many
<a href="http://gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary/">proprietary
programs</a> are).
<p>
The Apple and Microsoft operating systems are proprietary and full of
malware, too, as is Google Play which is part of 
<a href="http://gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html">Android</a>.
<p>
Notwithstanding that, this court decision is oppression, pure and
simple.  But what makes the decision so damaging is that Apple and
Microsoft have 
<a href="http://gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">built
censorship of apps into their operating systems</a>.  Now Brazil is
using their censorship systems for its own purposes.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 31_August_2014_(Power_of_the_UK_establishment)
title: Power of the UK establishment
uri: Power-of-the-UK-establishment
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#31_August_2014_%28Power_of_the_UK_establishment%29
content:
<p>
In 1950, the UK establishment confronted democracy to maintain its power.
Nowadays, it has achieved such superiority over democracy that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/26/the-establishment-uncovered-how-power-works-in-britain-elites-stranglehold">there
is nothing to restrain its power</a>.
<p>
In the US, the confrontation dated from 1932 to 1980, and some details
of the establishment are different, but the result is the same.
<p>
This is why 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/25/nightmare-renting-westminster-human-kennels-housing-policy">none
of the major parties proposes measures that would give poor Britons
decent housing</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 31_August_2014_(ISIS)
title: ISIS
uri: ISIS
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#31_August_2014_%28ISIS%29
content:
<p>
Kerry 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/30/john-kerry-global-coalition-isis-iraq-syria-nato">called
for a "global coalition" to fight ISIS</a>.
<p>
Fighting ISIS in a way that is effective in the long term is not such
a simple thing.  Previous interventions backfired, and 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/26/isis-apocalyptic-cult-carving-place-in-modern-world">ISIS
is the result</a>.
<p>
Although fighting ISIS can hurt it tactically, in the long term
military 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3867">opposition that
enrages foreign Sunnis is what ISIS thrives on</a>.
<p>
The leaders of ISIS seem to want to encourage a big US intervention,
and that is why they publish provocative videos of real or pretended
beheadings.
<p>
They also 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#25_August_2014_(Shi%27ite_militias_intend_to_expel_Sunnis)">want
to encourage Shi'ite hatred</a> that will frighten Iraqi Sunnis.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html 31_August_2014_(GMOs_get_Clintons_full_support)
title: GMOs get Clinton's full support
uri: GMOs-get-Clinton-s-full-support
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#31_August_2014_%28GMOs_get_Clintons_full_support%29
content:
<p>
Hillary Clinton went to a GMO convention and gave GMOs her full
support, 
<a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_30776.cfm">repeating
the false talking points of the GMO companies</a>.


title: Urgent: Call on the Vatican to divest from fossil fuels
uri: Urgent-Call-on-the-Vatican-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_the_Vatican_to_divest_from_fossil_fuels)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_the_Vatican_to_divest_from_fossil_fuels%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on the Vatican
to <a href="http://act.350.org/sign/divest_vatican/">divest from
fossil fuels</a>.


title: Urgent: Your candidates on abortion rights
uri: Urgent-Your-candidates-on-abortion-rights
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Urgent:_Your_candidates_on_abortion_rights)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Your_candidates_on_abortion_rights%29

content:
<p>
Massachusetts citizens: see how your
candidates <a href="http://www.prochoicemassvotes.org">stand on
abortion rights</a>.


title: Bill requiring students to explicitly ask for sex before doing so
uri: Bill-requiring-students-to-explicitly-ask-for-sex-before-doing-so
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Bill_requiring_students_to_explicitly_ask_for_sex_before_doing_so)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Bill_requiring_students_to_explicitly_ask_for_sex_before_doing_so%29

content:
<p>
California is about to pass a bill that in effect requires college
students
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/30/california-sexual-assault-affirmative-consent-bill">explicitly
ask "Do you want to have sex?" before doing so</a>.
<p>
The article does not make it clear that this law will regulate how
colleges handle accusations of sexual assault — not students
directly.
<p>
However, it is so common for people to have sex without explicitly
asking each other "Do you want to have sex now?" that I fear students
will consider the requirement for "affirmative consent" ridiculous,
and systematically ignore it, so that they will nearly all be
technically guilty if the school ever investigates them.
<p>
Another point in the article, which makes the law seem unreasonable in
a different way, describes it wrong.  The law does not say that
consent is invalid if "given under the influence of alcohol and/or
drugs", as the article put it.  Those words would seem to mean that if
two people meet after drinking alcohol, and then have sex, then
neither of them really consented — if the law said that.  But
the law really says that a person who is "incapacitated" by alcohol
and/or drugs does not consent.  That seems correct to me.


title: Systematic harassment of the poor
uri: Systematic-harassment-of-the-poor
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Systematic_harassment_of_the_poor)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Systematic_harassment_of_the_poor%29

content:
<p>
The high rate of arrest warrants in Ferguson — more than 1.5 per
year per inhabitant — is due
to <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/28/1325453/-In-2013-Ferguson-gave-out-10-000-more-arrest-warrants-than-people-in-Ferguson">systematic
harassment of the poor</a>.
<p>
This
is <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_February_2014_%28Privatized_probation_companies%29">common
across the US</a>, and amounts to an additional tax on the
consequences of poverty.


title: Thousands protested in Australia
uri: Thousands-protested-in-Australia
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Thousands_protested_in_Australia)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Thousands_protested_in_Australia%29

content:
<p>
Thousands in
Australia <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/31/thousands-rally-against-tony-abbott">protested
Abbott's war on children and young people</a>.


title: Decline of wild salmon wiping out orcas
uri: Decline-of-wild-salmon-wiping-out-orcas
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Decline_of_wild_salmon_wiping_out_orcas)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Decline_of_wild_salmon_wiping_out_orcas%29

content:
<p>
The decline of wild salmon populations
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/31/puget-sound-endangered-killer-whales-decline">slowly
wiping out the orcas of Puget Sound</a>.


title: Munitions that reduce the environmental damage of war
uri: Munitions-that-reduce-the-environmental-damage-of-war
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Munitions_that_reduce_the_environmental_damage_of_war)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Munitions_that_reduce_the_environmental_damage_of_war%29

content:
<p>
Designing munitions
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/31/what-is-the-environmental-cost-of-war">reduce
the environmental damage of war</a>.
<p>
This is
the <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#09_November_2013_%28Five_reasons_to_ban_depleted_uranium_from_weapons_and_armor%29">opposite
of depleted uranium munitions</a>.


title: Hong Kong citizens plan a massive protest
uri: Hong-Kong-citizens-plan-a-massive-protest
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Hong_Kong_citizens_plan_a_massive_protest)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Hong_Kong_citizens_plan_a_massive_protest%29

content:
<p>
Hong Kong citizens plan
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/31/hong-kong-activists-open-elections-ruled-out-beijing">massive
protest after China rejected free elections in Hong Kong</a>.


title: Babies are born at the 23rd week of pregnancy
uri: Babies-are-born-at-the-23rd-week-of-pregnancy
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Babies_ae_born_at_the_23rd_week_of_pregnancy)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Babies_ae_born_at_the_23rd_week_of_pregnancy%29

content:
<p>
When babies are born at the 23rd week of pregnancy, out of those that
survive, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/31/abortion-media-reflect-real-world-right-to-choose">almost
90% will have a disability.  Often very serious</a>.
<p>
I think that implies a moral duty to abort these fetuses rather than
let them become disabled babies.


title: Britain Accused of Conniving at Torture
uri: Britain-Accused-of-Conniving-at-Torture
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Britain_Accused_of_Conniving_at_Torture)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Britain_Accused_of_Conniving_at_Torture%29

content:
<p>
Britain Accused
of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/31/britain-accused-conniving-torture-maoists-nepal-civil-war">Conniving
at Torture of Maoists in Nepal's Civil War</a>.


title: Islamist army terrifying residents
uri: Islamist-army-terrifying-residents
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Islamist_army_terrifying_residents)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Islamist_army_terrifying_residents%29

content:
<p>
The Islamist army that conquered Tripoli is also tied to particular
Libyan tribes, and
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/31/tripoli-residents-libya-dawn-islamist-militias">terrifying
residents connected with tribes it considers enemies</a>.


title: NYT endorses not punishing killer thugs
uri: NYT-endorses-not-punishing-killer-thugs
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(NYT_endorses_not_punishing_killer_thugs)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28NYT_endorses_not_punishing_killer_thugs%29

content:
<p>
The New York Times
endorses <a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/08/25/give-killer-cops-a-break-says-nyt/">bending
over backwards not to punish killer thugs</a>.
<p>
The impunity is so complete
that <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/28/courage-disarm">exceptions
are very rare</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 31_August_2014_(Microsoft_dodging_taxes)
title: Microsoft dodging taxes
uri: Microsoft-dodging-taxes
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#31_August_2014_%28Microsoft_dodging_taxes%29
content:
<p>
Microsoft is 
<a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/microsoft-admits-keeping-92-billion-offshore-avoid-paying-29-billion-us-taxes-1665938">playing
the offshore game</a> to dodge lots of taxes.


title: Australian man rejects Australian state
uri: Australian-man-rejects-Australian-state
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 31_August_2014_(Australian_man_rejects_Australian_state)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#31_August_2014_%28Australian_man_rejects_Australian_state%29

content:
<p>
An Australian of aboriginal origin has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/postcolonial/2014/aug/26/-sp-the-man-who-renounced-australia">rejected
the Australian state, its money, its passport, etc.</a>, as a symbolic
act.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 31_August_2014_(Americas_Real_Foreign_Policy)
title: America's Real Foreign Policy
uri: America-s-Real-Foreign-Policy
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#31_August_2014_%28Americas_Real_Foreign_Policy%29
content:
<p>
Noam Chomsky: 
<a href="http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175863/">America's Real
Foreign Policy</a>.
<p>
It aims for security for state and plutocratic power, not for
citizens.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 31_August_2014_(Imposed_poverty_in_the_UK)
title: Imposed poverty in the UK
uri: Imposed-poverty-in-the-UK
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#31_August_2014_%28Imposed_poverty_in_the_UK%29
content:
<p>
Imposed poverty in the UK has reached the point where 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/30/child-poverty-link-malnutrition-rickets">children
suffer from rickets</a>, which is caused by a shortage of minerals or
of vitamin D.
<p>
Vitamin D is made in the skin when it's exposed to sunlight, but the
minerals must come from food.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 31_August_2014_(Pacific_Islands_drowning)
title: Pacific Islands drowning
uri: Pacific-Islands-drowning
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#31_August_2014_%28Pacific_Islands_drowning%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/29/pacific-islands-drowning-samoa-climate-change">The
Pacific Islands Are Drowning, We Need the World's Help</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 31_August_2014_(TTIP_treaty_back_door)
title: TTIP treaty back door
uri: TTIP-treaty-back-door
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#31_August_2014_%28TTIP_treaty_back_door%29
content:
<p>
The proposed TTIP treaty has a 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/28/eu-us-trade-deal-lets-corporate-interests-steamroll-food-safety-groups-warn">back
door</a> which could be used, afterwards, to cancel out food safety
inspection.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 31_August_2014_(Overloading_the_Earth)
title: Overloading the Earth
uri: Overloading-the-Earth
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#31_August_2014_%28Overloading_the_Earth%29
content:
<p>
Even though economic growth is no longer tied strictly to energy use
increases, many human activities are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/28/debunking-chris-huhne-paean-uk-growth">pushing
absolute resource limits</a>.
<p>
Of course, our current way of doing things is 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_(Earth_Overshoot_Day)">not 
sustainable</a>.  But ceasing to overload the Earth does not
inevitably mean we must be poor and deprived.  That depends on whether
the plutocrats take it all.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Urgent:_Vermonts_GMO_labeling_law)
title: Urgent: Vermont's GMO labeling law
uri: 2014-09-01-Urgent-Vermont-s-GMO-labeling-law
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Vermonts_GMO_labeling_law%29

content:
<p>
In the US: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/vermont-gmo-lawsuit">petition
major organic dairies</a> to drop out of the organization that is
supporting the lawsuit to overturn Vermont's GMO labeling law.


title: Prison sentence for redistributing movie
uri: 2014-09-01-Prison-sentence-for-redistributing-movie
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Prison_sentence_for_redistributing_movie)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Prison_sentence_for_redistributing_movie%29

content:
<p>
A UK man was 
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/british-man-sentenced-to-nearly-three-years-in-prison-for-movie-piracy/">sentenced
to about 3 years in prison</a> for redistributing copies of a movie.
<p>
Someone pointed out that this is as much as the usual penalty for
convicted rapists.
<p>
This redistribution was done commercially.  I don't advocate
legalization of commercial redistribution of copyrighted works without
authorization.  Works made to be used in a practical way should all be
<a href="http://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">free</a> but this was
a work of fiction, not a functional work.  So I don't think what Danks
did has to be legalized.
<p>
However, the companies that the UK government caters to
would have told it to jail him just the same if he had not tried
to make one penny.
<p>
Please don't refer to unauthorized copying with the smear term,
"piracy".  Movie piracy is what you see in Captain Blood.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Thugs_knowingly_jail_wrong_person)
title: Thugs knowingly jail wrong person
uri: 2014-09-01-Thugs-knowingly-jail-wrong-person
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Thugs_knowingly_jail_wrong_person%29

content:
<p>
The thugs knew Shannon Renee McNeal was the wrong person, and so did
the court, but they 
<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/06/insane-case-of-mistaken-identity-woman-arrested-told-shes-actually-dead-jailed-anyway/">insisted
on jailing her anyway</a>.
<p>
Anyone can make a mistake, but there should be zero tolerance for
insisting on mistreating someone based on a mistake that has been
recognized.  All the people who did so should be fired.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Money_for_Mugabes_terror_campaign)
title: Money for Mugabe's terror campaign
uri: 2014-09-01-Money-for-Mugabe-s-terror-campaign
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Money_for_Mugabes_terror_campaign%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/220517-the-hedge-fund-and-the-despot">A
US hedge fund</a> appears to have given Mugabe the money for his
terror campaign that undid the opposition's electoral victory.


title: Urgent: End corporate tax write-offs
uri: 2014-09-01-Urgent-End-corporate-tax-write-offs
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Urgent:_End_corporate_tax_write-offs)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_End_corporate_tax_write-offs%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call for an end to 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/engage/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=11825">tax
write-offs on penalties to corporations</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Social_networks_silence_dissenters)
title: Social networks silence dissenters
uri: 2014-09-01-Social-networks-silence-dissenters
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Social_networks_silence_dissenters%29

content:
<p>
Some major social networks 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/28/the-internet-is-a-cesspit-of-conflict-right-no-its-an-engine-of-consensus">tend
to silence a dissenting few</a>, on any issue.
<p>
This is why it helps us greatly if you insist on calling the GNU/Linux
system "GNU/Linux" and refuse to be intimidated by those who
erroneously call it "Linux".


title: Pakistani TV station driven off air
uri: 2014-09-01-Pakistani-TV-station-driven-off-air
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Pakistani_TV_station_driven_off_air)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Pakistani_TV_station_driven_off_air%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/29/pakistan-opposition-fights-geo-tv-stationa">Intimidation
by Imran Khan's opposition party</a> is driving a Pakistani TV station
mostly off the air.


title: Investigation of war crimes in Gaza
uri: 2014-09-01-Investigation-of-war-crimes-in-Gaza
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Investigation_of_war_crimes_in_Gaza)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Investigation_of_war_crimes_in_Gaza%29

content:
<p>
The ICC says that it can investigate war crimes in Gaza 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/29/icc-gaza-hague-court-investigate-war-crimes-palestine">if
it gets a request from the government of Palestine</a>.
<p>
I don't know whether it really needs that request or is passing the
buck.  I am sure the US is putting pressure on Palestine not to give
the ICC jurisdiction.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Overestimation_of_terrorism_danger)
title: Overestimation of terrorism danger
uri: 2014-09-01-Overestimation-of-terrorism-danger
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Overestimation_of_terrorism_danger%29

content:
<p>
Intelligence agencies 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/29/trust-terror-threat-rating-intelligence-agencies">have
every reason to overestimate</a> the danger of terrorism.
<p>
Not to mention that it provides an excuse to do to us what they want
to do anyway: spy on everyone's communications and movements.


title: UK says Russia sent 80 tanks and lots of soldiers into Ukraine
uri: 2014-09-01-UK-says-Russia-sent-80-tanks-and-lots-of-soldiers-into-Ukraine
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(UK_says_Russia_sent_80_tanks_and_lots_of_soldiers_into_Ukraine)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28UK_says_Russia_sent_80_tanks_and_lots_of_soldiers_into_Ukraine%29

content:
<p>
The UK says
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/29/russia-100-battle-tanks-ukraine-uk-tells-united-nations">Russia
has sent 80 tanks and lots of soldiers into Ukraine</a>.


title: Hong Kong has launched accusations of bribery
uri: 2014-09-01-Hong-Kong-has-launched-accusations-of-bribery
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Hong_Kong_has_launched_accusations_of_bribery)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Hong_Kong_has_launched_accusations_of_bribery%29

content:
<p>
Hong Kong has launched accusations of
bribery <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/anti-corruption-raid-jimmy-lai-home-media-pro-democracy">against
a media mogul that campaigns for democracy</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Plutocrats_want_socialism_for_them)
title: Plutocrats want socialism for them
uri: 2014-09-01-Plutocrats-want-socialism-for-them
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Plutocrats_want_socialism_for_them%29

content:
<p>
Plutocrats want the benefits of socialism for them,
plus <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/29/socialism-for-the-rich">"small
government" to strand the rest of us</a>.


title: Number of manatees in Florida has increased greatly
uri: 2014-09-01-Number-of-manatees-in-Florida-has-increased-greatly
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(Number_of_manatees_in_Florida_has_increased_greatly)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28Number_of_manatees_in_Florida_has_increased_greatly%29

content:
<p>
The number of manatees in Florida has increased greatly since they
were protected, so the question is whether
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/29/manatees-florida-endangeres-species-review">designate
them as "threatened" rather than "endangered"</a>.
<p>
A species can't survive if its habitat is wiped out.  The US often
protects one endearing endangered species as a way of protecting the
whole ecosystem, including many other species, that it lives in.  It
seems that manatees are an example of this.  The existing restrictions
enable manatees to coexist with human water activities, but this
redesignation would permit land development that could wipe out all of
them.


title: E-Cigarettes Should Be Called 'Nicotine Sticks'
uri: 2014-09-01-E-Cigarettes-Should-Be-Called-Nicotine-Sticks
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 30_August_2014_(E-Cigarettes_Should_Be_Called_'Nicotine_Sticks')

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_August_2014_%28E-Cigarettes_Should_Be_Called_%27Nicotine_Sticks%27%29

content:
<p>
E-Cigarettes Should Be
Called <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/29/e-cigarettes-nicotine-sticks-curb-appeal">'Nicotine
Sticks' to Curb Appeal</a>, Experts Say.
<p>
I suggest calling them "nicotine inhalers" and designing them to look
like the inhalers for other drugs — totally un-cool.


title: Urgent: Oppose support for Monsanto
uri: 2014-09-01-Urgent-Oppose-support-for-Monsanto
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_support_for_Monsanto)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_support_for_Monsanto%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/hillary-clinton-its-time">tell
Hillary Clinton</a> to stop supporting Monsanto and GMOs.


title: GMO industry trying to silence criticism
uri: 2014-09-01-GMO-industry-trying-to-silence-criticism
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(GMO_industry_trying_to_silence_criticism)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28GMO_industry_trying_to_silence_criticism%29

content:
<p>
The GMO industry is 
<a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_30590.cfm">trying
to get Reuters journalist Carey Gillam fired or transferred</a>, part
of a general pattern of trying to silence criticism.


title: Senate's torture investigation report
uri: 2014-09-01-Senate-s-torture-investigation-report
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Senates_torture_investigation_report)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Senates_torture_investigation_report%29

content:
<p>
Victims of US-managed kidnaping and torture 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/us-rendition-obama-torture-report">call
on Obama to release the Senate's torture investigation report</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Captured_soldiers_killed_by_ISIS)
title: Captured soldiers killed by ISIS
uri: 2014-09-01-Captured-soldiers-killed-by-ISIS
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Captured_soldiers_killed_by_ISIS%29

content:
<p>
ISIS 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/islamic-state-kills-150-captured-troops-syria-activists">killed
200 Syrian soldiers that it had captured</a>, according to its
supporters.
<p>
Even supposing the report is inaccurate, it shows what ISIS would like
to do.


title: Prohibition on cohabitation overturned
uri: 2014-09-01-Prohibition-on-cohabitation-overturned
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Prohibition_on_cohabitation_overturned)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Prohibition_on_cohabitation_overturned%29

content:
<p>
A prohibition on cohabitation, effectively Mormon polygamous marriages though
not saying so, has been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/utah-strikes-down-polygamy-ban-sister-wives">overturned
in a court</a>.
<p>
There is a secular polyamory community, which I support.  We believe
that polyamorous relationships are legitimate; we know they can be
happy, and don't lead particularly to problems.  I see no valid
grounds for the prohibition that was just overturned.
<p>
However, the critics of Mormon polygamy say it is a system of
oppression of women and children.  Are they right?  If so, how can
those facts be reconciled with secular polyamorous experience?  Are
these relationships bad in a hidden way?  Is there a crucial
difference, that causes secular polyamory to have better results than
Mormon ones?  Is it a matter of different ways of judging whether a
relationship is good or bad?


title: Estimated emissions from Keystone XL
uri: 2014-09-01-Estimated-emissions-from-Keystone-XL
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Estimated_emissions_from_Keystone_XL)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Estimated_emissions_from_Keystone_XL%29

content:
<p>
How the US government's 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/aug/28/state-department-underestimates-keystone-carbon-pollution">basic
error</a> leads to underestimating the CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from
Keystone XL.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Safety_advice_and_victim-blaming)
title: Safety advice and victim-blaming
uri: 2014-09-01-Safety-advice-and-victim-blaming
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Safety_advice_and_victim-blaming%29

content:
<p>
Not all safety advice constitutes 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/28/culture-rape-victim-blame-too-far">victim-blaming</a>.


title: Obama regimes' obedience to banksters
uri: 2014-09-01-Obama-regimes-obedience-to-banksters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Obama_regimes_obedience_to_banksters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Obama_regimes_obedience_to_banksters%29

content:
<p>
The Obama regime, obedient to the banksters as usual, fined Goldman
Sachs for fraud, but 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/08/27/last-weeks-other-big-bank-settlement-also-shifts-burden-taxpayers">will
allow Goldman Sachs to deduct the fine from its taxes</a> and recover
1/3 of it.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Shaker_Aamer_beaten_for_protesting)
title: Shaker Aamer beaten for protesting
uri: 2014-09-01-Shaker-Aamer-beaten-for-protesting
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Shaker_Aamer_beaten_for_protesting%29

content:
<p>
Shaker Aamer, held without charges in Guantanamo, is now being 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/08/27/shaker-aamer-beaten-latest-guantanamo-crackdown">beaten
daily by the guards</a> as punishment for protesting his imprisonment.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(US_not_obligated_to_fight_in_Syria)
title: US not obligated to fight in Syria
uri: 2014-09-01-US-not-obligated-to-fight-in-Syria
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28US_not_obligated_to_fight_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
Suggestion: the US has 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/27/lets-treat-assad-fairly-any-other-pro-west-dictator-middle-east">no
more obligation to fight Assad in Syria than it has to fight the
rulers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, etc.</a>
<p>
When Assad faced a campaign of peaceful protests for human rights,
that campaign merited support on ethical grounds.  Today's situation
is totally different.
<p>
When a violent uprising started in parallel with that campaign, Assad
said it was started by Islamists, and that may have been true.  Once
the fighting started, various Sunni groups, reportedly less fanatical,
joined in; but they have been eclipsed by the jihadi groups funded by
Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
<p>
That the US does not have to fight all these dictators does not mean
it must or should give them strong support, as it does now.
<p>
The reasons the US government has stated for supporting so many Arab
dictators and monarchs are: to oppose the Soviet Union (obsolete), and
to promote stability.  Ironically, this practice has had the effect,
across decades, of enabling Islamist fanatics to win the support of
those who oppose the dictators and monarchs for other reasons.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(New_coal_electric_plants_in_Europe)
title: New coal electric plants in Europe
uri: 2014-09-01-New-coal-electric-plants-in-Europe
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28New_coal_electric_plants_in_Europe%29

content:
<p>
New coal-fired electric plants in Europe threatens to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/27/coal-power-stations-eu-emissions-target">wipe
out all its savings in CO<sub>2</sub> emissions</a>.
<p>
If solar power and more advanced batteries catch on, these plants will
be
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/27/ubs-investors-renewables-revolution">lost
investments</a>.  I suspect that the owners are getting a subsidy to
build them, or a loan from the state that will never be repaid if the
plants become unnecessary.


title: Urgent: Call on Burger King to drop tax dodging plan
uri: 2014-09-01-Urgent-Call-on-Burger-King-to-drop-tax-dodging-plan
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_Burger_King_to_drop_tax_dodging_plan)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Burger_King_to_drop_tax_dodging_plan%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Burger King
to <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/burger-king-dont-try">drop
its tax dodging plan</a>.


title: Urgent: Call for protection of monarch butterflies
uri: 2014-09-01-Urgent-Call-for-protection-of-monarch-butterflies
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Urgent:_Call_for_protection_of_monarch_butterflies)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_for_protection_of_monarch_butterflies%29

content:
<p>
US
citizens: <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-the-us-fish-wildlife?mailing_id=24809&source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=623500">call
for protection of monarch butterflies</a>, whose numbers have fallen
by 90%.
<p>
Please don't distort the formerly useful word "decimate".  It means
killing ten percent of something.  (The Romans used this as a
punishment for military units that mutinied and then surrendered.)
What we have done to the monarch butterflies is far worse than
decimation.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Ban_on_GMOs_in_Kaua'i_overturned)
title: Ban on GMOs in Kaua'i overturned
uri: 2014-09-01-Ban-on-GMOs-in-Kaua-i-overturned
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Ban_on_GMOs_in_Kaua%27i_overturned%29

content:
<p>
The ban on GMOs in Kaua'i
was <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/08/12579/federal-judge-overturns-kauai-pesticide-and-gmo-law">overturned
in court</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Three_Vietnamese_activists_jailed)
title: Three Vietnamese activists jailed
uri: 2014-09-01-Three-Vietnamese-activists-jailed
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Three_Vietnamese_activists_jailed%29

content:
<p>
Three Vietnamese activists who protested for
democracy <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/27/us-alarm-vietnam-democracy-activists-jailed">were
jailed for "obstructing traffic"</a>.
<p>
Did Vietnam bring in thugs from Ferguson?  This sounds awfully like
what they did
to <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Journalist_reports_on_his_arrest_in_Ferguson%29">some
journalists</a>.


title: UN reports on the atrocities in Syria
uri: 2014-09-01-UN-reports-on-the-atrocities-in-Syria
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(UN_reports_on_the_atrocities_in_Syria)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28UN_reports_on_the_atrocities_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/27/syria-isis-war-crimes-united-nations-un">UN
reports on the atrocities in Syria</a>, committed by Assad's army and
by ISIS.


title: Years-Late apology from thug department
uri: 2014-09-01-Years-Late-apology-from-thug-department
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 29_August_2014_(Years-Late_apology_from_thug_department)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_August_2014_%28Years-Late_apology_from_thug_department%29

content:
<p>
Protester Ellie Mae O'Hagan, CS gas sprayed by a wild thug for no
reason says that the years-late apology from the thug department is no
substitute
for <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/27/met-apology-unlawful-cs-spray">holding
thugs accountable for their actions</a>.


title: Declared a "security risk" for having sign on car
uri: 2014-09-01-Declared-a-security-risk-for-having-sign-on-car
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 28_August_2014_(Declared_a_security_risk_for_having_sign_on_car)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_August_2014_%28Declared_a_security_risk_for_having_sign_on_car%29

content:
<p>
A security guard in Australia
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/27/security-guard-banned-from-brisbane-ports-after-displaying-anti-coal-sign">declared
a "security risk" for having a sign on her car</a> that criticized the
danger of coal dust.
<p>
The greatest irony is that these ports endanger the security of
Australians far more than any individual could.


title: Australia's record-breaking summer heat
uri: 2014-09-01-Australia-s-record-breaking-summer-heat
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 28_August_2014_(Australia's_record-breaking_summer_heat)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_August_2014_%28Australia%27s_record-breaking_summer_heat%29

content:
<p>
Global heating denialists
claim <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/aug/27/climate-sceptics-see-a-conspiracy-in-australias-record-breaking-heat">Australia's
record-breaking summer heat is a lie</a>.


title: Urgent: Pay workers a living wage
uri: Urgent-Pay-workers-a-living-wage
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Urgent:_Pay_workers_a_living_wage)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Pay_workers_a_living_wage%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Dunkin Donuts
to <a href="http://lowpayisnotok.org/dunkin-donuts/">pay workers a
living wage</a>.


title: Farm guards acquitted of shooting Bangladeshi farm workers
uri: Farm-guards-acquitted-of-shooting-Bangladeshi-farm-workers
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Farm_guards_acquitted_of_shooting_Bangladeshi_farm_workers)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Farm_guards_acquitted_of_shooting_Bangladeshi_farm_workers%29

content:
<p>
Farm guards in Greece
were <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/greece-migrant-fruit-pickers-shot-they-kept-firing">acquitted,
incredibly, of shooting Bangladeshi farm workers who were
protesting</a> that they had been denied their pay.
<p>
The farmer owners exploit these migrant workers rather than pay a
Greek worker decent wages.  I would support the Greek government
completely in deporting the migrant workers — and prosecuting
the farmers for hiring them.  But that is no justification for denying
them their pay, let alone for shooting them.


title: Urgent: End to funding militarization of thugs
uri: Urgent-End-to-funding-militarization-of-thugs
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Urgent:_End_to_funding_militarization_of_thugs)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_End_to_funding_militarization_of_thugs%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call for
an <a href="https://www.aclu.org/secure/communities-warzones">end to
funding militarization of thugs</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Madly_overzealous_UK_thugs)
title: Madly overzealous UK thugs
uri: Madly-overzealous-UK-thugs
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Madly_overzealous_UK_thugs%29
content:
<p>
Madly overzealous UK thugs had the King family arrested in Spain for
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/01/ashya-king-parents-criminalised-caring-neglecting">taking
their sick child out of a hospital</a>, hoping to give him a different
treatment elsewhere.
<p>
It
appears <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/31/ashya-king-hampshire-police-defend-international-hunt">doctors
disagree about whether the proton beam treatment they hope to give
Ashya King might help him</a>. (See the end of the article.)  In any
case, the hospital he was in had given up hope for saving him, so
there was nothing to lose by trying another treatment except what it
would cost.
<p>
The hospitals that say the proton beam treatment is better might have
been exaggerating to get business.  Or it might be true.
<p>
Whether it is true or not, whether it saves Ashya King or not, it is
clear that his parents were acting responsibly to try to care for him.
The accusations of neglect, used to get them arrested in Spain, are
impossible to justify.
<p>
It appears that the European arrest warrant
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/01/ashya-king-hampshire-police-southampton-hospital">issued
without a valid legal basis</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Coal_mining_licenses_in_India)
title: Coal mining licenses in India
uri: Coal-mining-licenses-in-India
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Coal_mining_licenses_in_India%29

content:
<p>
Modi's government wants
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/01/coalgate-india-supreme-court-narendra-modi">preserve
some of the coal mining licenses that were issued corruptly</a>.
<p>
Even if a mine is ready to produce, that is no obstacle to requiring
the mine license to be auctioned properly to buyers.
<p>
There is also the separate and vital environmental issue of whether
India ought to burn so much coal.


title: Thousands of Russian soldiers sent to places near Ukraine
uri: Thousands-of-Russian-soldiers-sent-to-places-near-Ukraine
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Thousands_of_Russian_soldiers_sent_to_places_near_Ukraine)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Thousands_of_Russian_soldiers_sent_to_places_near_Ukraine%29

content:
<p>
Thousands of Russian
soldiers <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/russian-soldiers-ukraine-rights-groups">were
sent to places near Ukraine</a>, then stopped communicating with their
families.
<p>
Hundreds have turned up killed in combat, and the government refuses
to say where they died.
<p>
The only plausible explanation is that they have been sent into
Ukraine to fight.
<p>
I find it amusing that people who (rightly) distrust what the US
government says about its own military operations are willing to
believe what Putin says about his.


title: Don't blame low-paid working mothers
uri: Don-t-blame-low-paid-working-mothers
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Don't_blame_low-paid_working_mothers)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Don%27t_blame_low-paid_working_mothers%29

content:
<p>
Don't blame low-paid working
mothers <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/01/parents-foxtons-child-cleaner-corporations-poor-families">for
bringing along children to help</a>.
<p>
Instead, blame the cruel right-wing politicians that make laws that
make this the best option those mothers have available.


title: Urgent: Call on Dole to intervene to protect Andy Hall
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Dole-to-intervene-to-protect-Andy-Hall
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_Dole_to_intervene_to_protect_Andy_Hall)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Dole_to_intervene_to_protect_Andy_Hall%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Dole
to <a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/protect-human-rights-defenders/">intervene
to protect Andy Hall</a>, who reported on slavery in pineapple
production in Thailand.
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/british-activist-andy-hall-thailand-defamation-trial">Here
is more information</a>.


title: Urgent: An excuse to avoid punishment for rape
uri: Urgent-An-excuse-to-avoid-punishment-for-rape
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Urgent:_An_excuse_to_avoid_punishment_for_rape)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_An_excuse_to_avoid_punishment_for_rape%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Algeria and Tunisia
to <a href="http://act.amnestyusa.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1839&ea.campaign.id=29715">stop
accepting marriage as an excuse to avoid punishment for rape</a>.


title: Erdogan has continued to arrest Turkish thugs
uri: Erdogan-has-continued-to-arrest-Turkish-thugs
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Erdogan_has_continued_to_arrest_Turkish_thugs)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Erdogan_has_continued_to_arrest_Turkish_thugs%29

content:
<p>
Erdogan has continued
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/turkey-police-detained">arrest
the Turkish thugs that are connected with trying to prosecute
ministers for corruption</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Seizure_of_land_near_Bethlehem)
title: Seizure of land near Bethlehem
uri: Seizure-of-land-near-Bethlehem
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Seizure_of_land_near_Bethlehem%29

content:
<p>
The US 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/us-criticises-israel-appropriation-land-settlements">rebuked
Israel</a> for seizing Palestinian land near Bethlehem.
<p>
Israel admits that this seizure of land is meant as a collective
punishment of Palestinians for a crime they have nothing to do with.


title: Dehumanization by Israeli society
uri: Dehumanization-by-Israeli-society
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Dehumanization_by_Israeli_society)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Dehumanization_by_Israeli_society%29

content:
<p>
Israeli society is increasingly flooded with 
<a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=717908">dehumanization
of Palestinians and threats/advocacy of sexual violence</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(Pentagon_cover-ups)
title: Pentagon cover-ups
uri: Pentagon-cover-ups
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28Pentagon_cover-ups%29
content:
<p>
The Pentagon has repeatedly covered up flaws in its weapons, flaws
that kill US troops, and 
<a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23898-moral-robots-for-the-pentagon-let%E2%80%99s-work-on-pentagon-morality-first">punishes
the whistleblowers that reveal them</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 01_September_2014_(ISIS_and_al-Nusras_funding)
title: ISIS and al-Nusra's funding
uri: ISIS-and-al-Nusra-s-funding
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#01_September_2014_%28ISIS_and_al-Nusras_funding%29
content:
<p>
ISIS and al-Nusra continue to get 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/31/combat-terror-end-support-saudi-arabia-dictatorships-fundamentalism">lots
of funding from people in Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia</a>.
<p>
Those states may not be funding them directly, but they permit it to
go on.


title: Urgent: Pass the Voting Rights Amendments Act
uri: Urgent-Pass-the-Voting-Rights-Amendments-Act
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Urgent:_Pass_the_Voting_Rights_Amendments_Act)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Pass_the_Voting_Rights_Amendments_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: Call on Congress
to <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/voting_rights_amendment_act/">pass
the Voting Rights Amendments Act</a>.


title: The winners and the losers of the latest battle in Gaza
uri: The-winners-and-the-losers-of-the-latest-battle-in-Gaza
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(The_winners_and_the_losers_of_the_latest_battle_in_Gaza)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28The_winners_and_the_losers_of_the_latest_battle_in_Gaza%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://972mag.com/the-victors-of-the-gaza-war-were-also-the-losers/96152/">winners
and the losers of the latest battle in Gaza</a>.


title: Israeli soldier shot Palestinian teenager in the head
uri: Israeli-soldier-shot-Palestinian-teenager-in-the-head
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Israeli_soldier_shot_Palestinian_teenager_in_the_head)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Israeli_soldier_shot_Palestinian_teenager_in_the_head%29

content:
<p>
An Israeli
soldier <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=724697">shot
a Palestinian teenager in the head with a rubber-coated steel
bullet</a>, fracturing his skull.
<p>
This does not happen by accident: the soldiers are good shots, and the
teenager was not expecting violence, so he was probably walking in a
steady, predictable way.


title: Israeli army used Palestinian civilian as human shield
uri: Israeli-army-used-Palestinian-civilian-as-human-shield
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Israeli_army_used_Palestinian_civilian_as_human_shield)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Israeli_army_used_Palestinian_civilian_as_human_shield%29

content:
<p>
The Israeli army took a Palestinian civilian hostage, then used him as
a human
shield, <a href="http://www.dci-palestine.org/documents/israeli-forces-use-palestinian-child-human-shield-gaza">forcing
him to search buildings for tunnels</a>.
<p>
Israel repeatedly accuses Hamas of using civilians as human shields
but there is no evidence this ever occurred.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Collusion_and_lying_among_thugs)
title: Collusion and lying among thugs
uri: Collusion-and-lying-among-thugs
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Collusion_and_lying_among_thugs%29

content:
<p>
The UK
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/01/plebgate-report-shows-metropolitan-police-colluded-conceal-truth">exposed
collusion and lying among the thugs</a> that accused an important Tory
politician of calling them "fucking plebs".
<p>
Such collusion and lying is commonplace among thugs, to cover up other
nasty things such as killing an innocent person.  The system is set up
to take it for truth — unless the victim is an important
right-wing politician.


title: Barcelona faces an excess of tourism
uri: Barcelona-faces-an-excess-of-tourism
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Barcelona_faces_an_excess_of_tourism)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Barcelona_faces_an_excess_of_tourism%29

content:
<p>
Barcelona faces the problem
of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/mass-tourism-kill-city-barcelona">an
excess of tourism</a>, which threatens to force the residents out of
the city, as a local consequence of broader problems: corruption and
the debt-collecting government of occupation.


title: Health systems have collapsed in West Africa
uri: Health-systems-have-collapsed-in-West-Africa
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Health_systems_have_collapsed_in_West_Africa)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Health_systems_have_collapsed_in_West_Africa%29

content:
<p>
Medecins Sans Frontieres says military medical teams are needed in
West Africa
because <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/02/ebola-outbreak-call-send-military-curb-epidemic">health
systems have collapsed</a>.  Infectious corpses are rotting in the
streets and treatable diseases are killing people.
<p>
The absence of medical care could kill a lot more people than Ebola is
killing now.  The panic could become worse than a civil war.
<p>
Liberian nurses
have <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/02/ebola-liberian-nurses-strike-lack-protective-equipment">gone
on strike because they don't have proper equipment to protect them
from catching Ebola</a> from their patients.
<p>
Shouldn't the US donate this equipment?


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Collapse_into_global_poverty)
title: Collapse into global poverty
uri: Collapse-into-global-poverty
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Collapse_into_global_poverty%29

content:
<p>
40 years later, data vindicate the Limits to Growth study, suggesting
that civilization
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/limits-to-growth-was-right-new-research-shows-were-nearing-collapse">nearing
the start of a collapse into global poverty</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Easing_Restrictions_on_Gaza)
title: Easing Restrictions on Gaza
uri: Easing-Restrictions-on-Gaza
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Easing_Restrictions_on_Gaza%29
content:
<p>
Easing Restrictions on
Gaza <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.613438">Won't Create
Conditions for Normal Life</a> Or Offer Any Economic Or Diplomatic
Horizon.


title: Governor Walker target of campaign violations investigation
uri: Governor-Walker-target-of-campaign-violations-investigation
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Governor_Walker_target_of_campaign_violations_investigation)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Governor_Walker_target_of_campaign_violations_investigation%29

content:
<p>
Proof that Wisconsin Governor Walker is indeed a target of the
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/08/12582/Walker-Undermine-Criminal-Probe">campaign
violations investigation that a crony judge has halted</a>.


title: Urgent: Employee Empowerment Act
uri: Urgent-Employee-Empowerment-Act
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Urgent:_Employee_Empowerment_Act)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Employee_Empowerment_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/protect_workers_rights">call
on Congress</a> to pass the Employee Empowerment Act, which would make
it illegal to discriminate against employees for trying to organize a
union.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Neural_modulators)
title: Neural modulators
uri: Neural-modulators
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Neural_modulators%29
content:
<p>
The US is developing 
<a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/188908-darpas-tiny-implants-will-hook-directly-into-your-nervous-system-treat-diseases-and-depression-without-medication">tiny
neural modulators</a> as implants to modify the function of particular
nerves in the brain.
<p>
I am suspicious of the idea of using this to treat arthritis.
Arthritis is not a brain condition; it is a disorder of joints.
A neural modulator might alter the sensation of pain from arthritis
but that would not make the joint any better.  It might over time
do just the opposite.


title: Smoothing the way for mining projects
uri: Smoothing-the-way-for-mining-projects
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Smoothing_the_way_for_mining_projects)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Smoothing_the_way_for_mining_projects%29

content:
<p>
Ahead of proposing mining projects in northern Australia, the
Australian government is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/csiro-cuts-to-northern-territory-indigenous-research-concerning">cutting
funds for monitoring environmental damage</a> there.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Weather_forecasts_for_2050)
title: Weather forecasts for 2050
uri: Weather-forecasts-for-2050
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Weather_forecasts_for_2050%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/un-weather-forecasts-2050-climate-change-floods-drought">Sample
weather forecasts for 2050</a> might show people what global heating
means in practice.
<p>
Remember that 2100 will be much worse than 2050.
<p>
Our reality resembles the film, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/sep/01/doomed-earth-science-fiction-climate-reality">The
Day the Earth Caught Fire</a>, though not at the same speed.
<p>
I think the writer doesn't really understand science fiction; he
thinks it is supposed to be a comment on our world.  As a famous
critic (was it Samuel Delaney?) pointed out, people who don't really
understand science fiction tend to perceive it as allegory, a comment
on something else, rather than a fictional world in which the events
described happen.  This is the heart of science fiction.
<p>
I once heard a song on the radio that talked about birds' disappearing
in the sky.  What an alarming idea!  I recall imagining what I'd ask
if I saw that really happen.  Were they being destroyed, or
transported elsewhere?  What's the cause — a natural phenomenon,
a technological accident, a weapon?  Would it get me next?
<p>
Then I realized the song did not mean it literally, only that the
birds were flying off into the distance.  How pedestrian!  Their
disappearance would have been far more interesting.
<p>
This made me realize that I have a science-fictional way of
understanding a story.


title: UN to investigate ISIS atrocities
uri: UN-to-investigate-ISIS-atrocities
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(UN_to_investigate_ISIS_atrocities)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28UN_to_investigate_ISIS_atrocities%29

content:
<p>
The UN 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/un-investigators-iraq-islamic-state-atrocities">will
try to investigate</a> atrocities committed by ISIS, and lesser
atrocities committed by the Iraqi government army.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 02_September_2014_(Hong_Kong_legislators_protest)
title: Hong Kong legislators protest
uri: Hong-Kong-legislators-protest
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_%28Hong_Kong_legislators_protest%29

content:
<p>
Hong Kong legislators protested as China's representative declared
that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/hong-kong-voters-confused-many-candidates">only
submissive candidates would be allowed in Hong Kong</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 04_September_2014_(Therapy_of_LSD)
title: Therapy of LSD
uri: Therapy-of-LSD
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#04_September_2014_%28Therapy_of_LSD%29
content:
<p>
How conservative
prejudice <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2014/sep/02/psychedelic-psychiatry">cut
off the promising therapy of LSD</a>.


title: Help block a pipeline for fracked gas
uri: Help-block-a-pipeline-for-fracked-gas
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 04_September_2014_(Help_block_a_pipeline_for_fracked_gas)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#04_September_2014_%28Help_block_a_pipeline_for_fracked_gas%29

content:
<p>
Citizens of New York State, Connecticut, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts:
<a href="http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/MessageViewer?dlv_id=44962&em_id=38161.0">help
block a pipeline for fracked gas</a>.


title: Israel sabotaged the Palestinian Authority
uri: Israel-sabotaged-the-Palestinian-Authority
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 04_September_2014_(Israel_sabotaged_the_Palestinian_Authority)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#04_September_2014_%28Israel_sabotaged_the_Palestinian_Authority%29

content:
<p>
Israel sabotaged the Palestinian Authority
by <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=724676">not
passing on the tax revenues it collects on the PA's behalf</a>.


title: UK thugs secretly checked a journalist's phone records
uri: UK-thugs-secretly-checked-a-journalist-s-phone-records
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 04_September_2014_(UK_thugs_secretly_checked_a_journalist's_phone_records)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#04_September_2014_%28UK_thugs_secretly_checked_a_journalist%27s_phone_records%29

content:
<p>
UK thugs
secretly <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/02/plebgate-met-phone-records-sun-tom-newton-dunn">checked
a journalist's phone records without a warrant</a>.
<p>
This was
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/03/trust-police-service-scandals-hacking-journalist-phone">identify
a whistleblower in the thug department</a>.
<p>
The
thugs <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/03/met-journalist-phone-records-sun-political-editor-plebgate">refuse
to say how many times they have done this</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 04_September_2014_(Tax_dodging_and_corruption)
title: Tax dodging and corruption
uri: Tax-dodging-and-corruption
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#04_September_2014_%28Tax_dodging_and_corruption%29
content:
<p>
Tax dodging and
corruption <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/sep/03/one-g20-cracking-down-corruption">cost
the world's poorest countries 20 billion dollars in tax revenue</a>,
or maybe more if the tax rate were what it should be.
<p>
The US government (and US
citizens) <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-mar-jun.html#18_June_2014_%28Tax_loophole_to_duck_US_taxes%29">suffer
from this too</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Tasmania_has_permitted_logging)
title: Tasmania has permitted logging
uri: Tasmania-has-permitted-logging
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Tasmania_has_permitted_logging%29

content:
<p>
Tasmania
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/03/tasmanian-government-rips-up-forestry-peace-deal">permitted
logging in 1500 square miles of currently protected forests</a>.
<p>
They claim that this is justified by "creating jobs", which is
standard bullshit for right-wing governments that decide to loot the
environment.  (The same has been said to argue for
the <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2012-sep-dec.html#07_September_2012_%28Lies_about_Keystone_XL_pipeline%29">Keystone
XL pipeline</a>.) Of course, the same right-wing governments destroy
far more jobs through austerity.  Take away a lot, give back a little
while screwing you, and say you should be grateful.
<p>
I do not consider trees sacred.  If most of the Earth's wild forests
were still here, it would make sense to cut parts of them, just not
too much.  But we've already come close to wiping out many ecosystems,
and now it is time to stop.
<p>
As we get closer to catastrophe, the money pressure attacking every
protected area or possible resource will grow.  The plutocrats who
hope to profit will promise trickle-down to some of the masses they
have made desperate, so as to get them to support the looting.  By the
time civilization can no longer support the sort of trade that makes
it profitable to cut down forests and ship the wood across the world,
we may have wiped out every last bit of forest in the final frenzy.
<p>
Mining threatens
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/03/mining-threat-northern-europe-wilderness-finland-sweden-norway">poison
the Scandinavian Arctic</a>.


title: Questions North Carolina thugs must answer
uri: Questions-North-Carolina-thugs-must-answer
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Questions_North_Carolina_thugs_must_answer)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Questions_North_Carolina_thugs_must_answer%29

content:
<p>
Five questions North Carolina
thugs <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/03/inmates-released-30-years-five-questions-police-henry-mccollum-leon-brown">must
answer about the two teenagers they framed for murder</a>.


title: Judge rejects release of torture photos
uri: Judge-rejects-release-of-torture-photos
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Judge_rejects_release_of_torture_photos)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Judge_rejects_release_of_torture_photos%29

content:
<p>
A judge rejected release of photos of Mohammed al-Qahtani, because
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/02/court-september-11-hijacker-photos-classified-torture">seeing
how he was tortured might make people angry at the US</a>.
<p>
Wouldn't all criminals love to be able to use that argument.


title: EU requiring better energy efficiency
uri: EU-requiring-better-energy-efficiency
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(EU_requiring_better_energy_efficiency)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28EU_requiring_better_energy_efficiency%29

content:
<p>
The EU is requiring improved efficiency from electric appliances, and
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/2014/sep/02/threat-to-vacuum-cleaners-daily-mail-energy-efficiency">right-wing
media are trying to make a scandal out of it</a>.


title: TTIP would ban undoing privatization of NHS
uri: TTIP-would-ban-undoing-privatization-of-NHS
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(TTIP_would_ban_undoing_privatization_of_NHS)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28TTIP_would_ban_undoing_privatization_of_NHS%29

content:
<p>
The UK government has had to admit that that the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/eu-us-free-trade-deal-ttip-transatlantic-trade-investment-partnership">TTIP
would ban undoing the privatization of the NHS</a>.  Its whole purpose
is to put companies over the public.
<p>
Is there any major party in the UK that opposes the TTIP?
Please tell me if you know.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Global_heating_tied_to_droughts)
title: Global heating tied to droughts
uri: Global-heating-tied-to-droughts
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Global_heating_tied_to_droughts%29

content:
<p>
Advances in climate modelling have 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/sep/02/global-warming-making-weather-more-extreme">tied
global heating to long droughts</a> including the current drought in
California.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Uber_banned_in_Germany)
title: Uber banned in Germany
uri: Uber-banned-in-Germany
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Uber_banned_in_Germany%29
content:
<p>
In Germany, Uber has been renamed Unter: it is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/02/car-sharing-uber-ban-taxi-germany">banned</a>.  However, not
for the sake of 
<a href="https://stallman.org/uber.html">passengers' privacy</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(False_murder_convictions)
title: False murder convictions
uri: False-murder-convictions
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28False_murder_convictions%29
content:
<p>
Two convicted murderers in North Carolina may be freed now that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/02/dna-evidence-north-carolina-death-mccollum-brown-artis">DNA
evidence shows the real killer was someone else</a>.
<p>
The thugs bullied the teenagers into confessing, then hid evidence
that would have proved their innocence.  Egregiously, the thugs seem
to have actively blocked investigation of the real killer at the time.
(Don't let inconvenient facts get in the way of the preferred theory.)
<p>
It's as if the thugs were out to get those two teenagers, but why?
I don't know, but I can guess a possible explanation.  Is it possible
that the teenagers were black and the real murderer was white?
<p>
Will the detectives that committed this vicious act be put on trial?


title: Curbing long-term global heating
uri: Curbing-long-term-global-heating
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Curbing_long-term_global_heating)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Curbing_long-term_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Some policies to reduce long-term global heating 
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25838-with-this-decades-climate-policy-expect-more-warming-than-if-nothing-was-done-at-all">can
increase short-term global heating</a>.  This is because they reduce
CO<sub>2</sub> emissions but increase methane emissions.
<p>
This issue becomes important if humanity gets its act together to
reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions enough to curb long-term global
heating.  If humanity fails to do so, as now appears likely, then this
issue will only slightly change the timing of disaster.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Traffic_ticket_quota_in_Florida)
title: Traffic ticket quota in Florida
uri: Traffic-ticket-quota-in-Florida
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Traffic_ticket_quota_in_Florida%29

content:
<p>
A few Florida thugs listened to their consciences and reported that
their chief was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/02/florida-traffic-ticket-trap">illegally
giving them a quota for traffic tickets</a>.
<p>
Will the chief be prosecuted?  Will the tickets be refunded
and the license points taken off?


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Global_heating_disaster_meeting)
title: Global heating disaster meeting
uri: Global-heating-disaster-meeting
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Global_heating_disaster_meeting%29

content:
<p>
India and China have announced 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/02/chinese-president-xi-jinping-to-skip-ban-ki-moon-climate-meeting">they
will downgrade their participation</a> in the last-ditch meeting to
try to avoid global heating disaster.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Increased_racism_in_Israel)
title: Increased racism in Israel
uri: Increased-racism-in-Israel
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Increased_racism_in_Israel%29
content:
<p>
A Palestinian citizen of Israel, well accustomed to second-class
citizenship, reports on the 
<a href="http://972mag.com/israels-other-war-silencing-palestinian-citizens/95795/">wave
of increased racism and repression</a>.
<p>
Widely repeated death threats against Arabs go unchecked, while Arabs
that make sober criticism of war get fired or arrested.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Boycott_of_Israeli_products)
title: Boycott of Israeli products
uri: Boycott-of-Israeli-products
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Boycott_of_Israeli_products%29
content:
<p>
The boycott of Israeli products is getting 
<a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=12285">strong
enough to make Israeli businesses pressure the government</a>.


title: Urgent: Reverse the Citizens United decision
uri: Urgent-Reverse-the-Citizens-United-decision
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 05_September_2014_(Urgent:_Reverse_the_Citizens_United_decision)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Reverse_the_Citizens_United_decision%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your senators to urge them to vote for the
constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United decision.
<p>
Although
the <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-mar-jun.html#03_June_2014_%28Constitutional_amendment_to_reverse_Corporations_United%29">amendment
being considered is narrow</a>,and won't abolish the idea
that <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_July_2013_%28Urgent:_Human_rights_for_people,_not_for_corporations%29">corporations
are entitled to human rights</a>, it is important nonetheless.
<p>The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and
888-355-3588.</p>


title: Living from paycheck to paycheck
uri: Living-from-paycheck-to-paycheck
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 05_September_2014_(Living_from_paycheck_to_paycheck)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Living_from_paycheck_to_paycheck%29

content:
<p>
75% of Americans
are <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/24/pf/emergency-savings/">living
from paycheck to paycheck, unable to save any money</a>.
<p>
14% have
had <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/03/us-household-food-security-report">trouble
getting food at some time in the past year</a>.


title: Evidence of Russian troops in Ukraine
uri: Evidence-of-Russian-troops-in-Ukraine
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Evidence_of_Russian_troops_in_Ukraine)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Evidence_of_Russian_troops_in_Ukraine%29

content:
<p>
Some US intelligence whistleblowers say they 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/02/nato-and-ukraine-warning">distrust
the claim that Russian troops are fighting in Ukraine</a>.
<p>
Here is the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/03/ukraine-soldier-youre-better-clueless-because-truth-horrible-moscow-ilovaysk">evidence</a>
I've seen that Russia has sent troops to fight in Ukraine.
<p>
It does not all come from the US or NATO.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Rich_spending_more_on_election)
title: Rich spending more on election
uri: Rich-spending-more-on-election
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Rich_spending_more_on_election%29

content:
<p>
Due to the Supreme Court's "rich people's money is speech" McCutcheon
decision, 300 rich people have already spent 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/02/expected-big-money-flood-grows-bigger-wake-mccutcheon-ruling">11
million dollars more on this year's election than previous limits
permitted</a>.


title: Tories try to hamstring charities
uri: Tories-try-to-hamstring-charities
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Tories_try_to_hamstring_charities)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Tories_try_to_hamstring_charities%29

content:
<p>
The Tories are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/03/charities-knitting-politics-brook-newmark">trying
to hamstring organizations such as Oxfam</a> so they cannot campaign
for hungry people there.


title: Spread of phony abortion counsellors
uri: Spread-of-phony-abortion-counsellors
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Spread_of_phony_abortion_counsellors)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Spread_of_phony_abortion_counsellors%29

content:
<p>
Phony abortion counsellors that give false information have spread
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/03/anti-abortion-websites-masquerade-as-pregnancy-counsellors">from
the US to Australia</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Greenpeace_India_funding)
title: Greenpeace India funding
uri: Greenpeace-India-funding
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Greenpeace_India_funding%29
content:
<p>
The Indian government blocked foreign funding for Greenpeace India,
but a court 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/03/india-court-tells-government-to-unblock-greenpeace-funds">reversed
the decision</a>.
<p>
Evidently Modi's government wants mining companies to trash India.


title: CVS discontinuing sale of cigarettes
uri: CVS-discontinuing-sale-of-cigarettes
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(CVS_discontinuing_sale_of_cigarettes)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28CVS_discontinuing_sale_of_cigarettes%29

content:
<p>
CVS is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/03/cvs-replaces-tobacco-anti-smoking-campaign">discontinuing
sale of cigarettes</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Lobbying_against_GM_labelling)
title: Lobbying against GM labelling
uri: Lobbying-against-GM-labelling
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Lobbying_against_GM_labelling%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/03/genetically-modified-food-labels-lobbying-monsanto-coke">Opponents
of GM Labelling Triple Lobbying Spending in 2014</a>.


title: Worse off today than under Dubya
uri: Worse-off-today-than-under-Dubya
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Worse_off_today_than_under_Dubya)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Worse_off_today_than_under_Dubya%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=4116">In a Lot of Ways,
We're Worse Off Today Than We Were under George W. Bush</a>.


title: Gulf of Maine hit by global heating
uri: Gulf-of-Maine-hit-by-global-heating
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Gulf_of_Maine_hit_by_global_heating)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Gulf_of_Maine_hit_by_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Global heating is hitting the Gulf of Maine hard, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/03/maine-lobster-and-cape-cod-under-threat-from-rapidly-warming-seas">driving
many species northward</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Prison_next_to_coal_ash_dump)
title: Prison next to coal ash dump
uri: Prison-next-to-coal-ash-dump
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Prison_next_to_coal_ash_dump%29

content:
<p>
Pennsylvania put a prison next to a coal ash dump, and the 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/02/no-escape-alarming-cancer-rates-prison-built-next-toxic-coal-dump">prisoners
are getting diseases from that</a>.


title: Great Barrier Reef still threatened
uri: Great-Barrier-Reef-still-threatened
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Great_Barrier_Reef_still_threatened)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Great_Barrier_Reef_still_threatened%29

content:
<p>
Australia has been pressured into cancelling the plan to dump waste
from dredging a new coal port straight into the Great Barrier Reef.
However, the export of coal from that port will 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/02/dumping-plan-scrapped-coal-terminals-threat-great-barrier-reef-remains">still
gravely threaten the reef</a>.


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(What_ATT_wants)
title: What AT&T wants
uri: What-AT-T-wants
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28What_ATT_wants%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/09/att-cities-shouldnt-offer-broadband-where-private-isps-already-do-or-might-later/">AT&T
Wants Tax Incentives <em>And</em> State Laws That Protect It from
Competition</a>.
<p>
Since cables running down the street are a natural monopoly, they
should be be owned either by tightly regulated businesses or directly
by the state.


title: Commenting on a candidate's appearance
uri: Commenting-on-a-candidate-s-appearance
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html 03_September_2014_(Commenting_on_a_candidates_appearance)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_September_2014_%28Commenting_on_a_candidates_appearance%29

content:
<p>
Commenting on a female candidate's appearance, whether positively or
negatively or neutrally, 
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/08/1833511/women-candidates-physical-appearance/">tends
to harm the candidate's success in the race</a>.  Pointing out that
this is a side issue, and what matters is the candidate's politics,
cancels out that effect.
<p>
In this context, it is interesting to note the way other senators
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/08/27/3476562/gillibrand-memoir-body-comments/">commented
disparagingly on the appearance of Senator Gillibrand</a>.


