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Nothing to hide, something to fear

samedi 19 septembre 2015 à 02:00

The arrest of Ahmed Mohamed illustrates one reason why people with nothing to hide do have something to fear.

Here are some more reasons.

Nixon's election

samedi 19 septembre 2015 à 02:00

Nixon arranged to sabotage Vietnam peace talks in order to get elected president in 1968. The evidence comes from an official whose secret report is still secret.

LBJ privately called it "treason". Whether it is literally treason, I don't know, but it is clear Nixon betrayed his country to gain control of it. And the following elected Republican president did likewise.

Urgent: republication of orphan works

vendredi 18 septembre 2015 à 02:00

US citizens: tell the Register of Copyrights you want a serious plan to allow republication of orphan works.

Since orphan works are not the only ones for which copyright is too restrictive, I also suggested that the best thing to do is to legalize noncommercial redistribution of all published works. I also suggested http://stallman.org/articles/internet-sharing-license.en.html as a way to distribute any money people must pay as licenses for the scheme.

Fast food

vendredi 18 septembre 2015 à 02:00

Each day, 1/3 of US children eat fast food.

I would guess that they include many poor children, whose parents have trouble paying for fast food but can't provide anything else, because they are working long hours, because they have no cooking facilities, or because nothing else is available in their "food desert".

Trump's speaking technique

vendredi 18 septembre 2015 à 02:00

Donald Trump's speaking technique is a form of "negging" — meant to pressure the American people into bed with him.