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Pretending to be Sunni to survive

mercredi 11 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Shi'ite Iraqi Ali Amin Abdullah survived 2 years in Mosul under the rule of PISSI by pretending to be Sunni. He did this so effectively that the Iraqi army put him in prison and his family cannot find him.

There is a rational need to do something to prevent PISSI supporters from remaining underground in Mosul and setting up cells to try to take power again. But it has to be done without terrorizing masses of people because they appear to be Sunnis, or even because they are Sunnis.

NY won't allow Trump Foundation to dissolve

mercredi 11 janvier 2017 à 01:00

New York State will not allow the Trump Foundation to dissolve because it is being investigated for alleged corruption.

President's power to pardon

mercredi 11 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Gingrich argues that the president's power to pardon is so powerful that it permits making anyone whatsoever completely above the law.

He didn't urge the troll to do this; it seems he was rather warning that the troll might do this.

Ever since President Ford pardoned President Nixon, I have believed that we should amend the constitution to reduce the president's power to pardon crimes connected with the federal government.

Specifically, the president should not have the power to pardon crimes that were committed by anyone holding elected or appointed federal office at the time of the crime, or any crime carried out as part of working for the federal government or cooperation with the federal government.

Reindeer

mercredi 11 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Global heating threatens the survival of reindeer. They can dig through dry snow to find food, but they can't break a surface of ice from rain that froze on the ground.

Cheetah numbers

mercredi 11 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Cheetah numbers are dropping fast.