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Totally irrational

mardi 7 février 2017 à 01:00

The troll's executive order to eliminate two regulations for each new one is totally irrational.

Its superficial purpose is to prevent necessary regulations. Its deeper purpose is to convince people irrationally that regulations that protect the public are all bad.

Steve Bannon

mardi 7 février 2017 à 01:00

"Steve Bannon is calling the shots in the White House. That's terrifying."

"America First in pugilism, parochialism and misplaced protectionism."

What We're Witnessing Is a Stress Test of the US Constitution.

Eastern Ukraine

mardi 7 février 2017 à 01:00

Fighting in eastern Ukraine is getting hotter.

The article says it isn't clear which side is escalating, but the fact that the fight is going against Ukraine suggests that Russia is doing so.

Censorship Playbook

mardi 7 février 2017 à 01:00

Trump's Copying the Bush Censorship Playbook. Scientists Aren't Standing for It.

Methane Leaks

mardi 7 février 2017 à 01:00

SCROTUS are preparing to abolish recent regulations to make extractors limit methane leaks and limit harm done by mountaintop removal coal mining.

They are seriously embarking on a course of mass murder and the possible collapse of civiliation.

It would be interesting to make an order of magnitude estimate of how many people are likely to be killed by removing one mountaintop and extracting the coal. Each one kills people both by pollution that makes them sick, and in long term by global heating.