Many bookmakers in the UK systematically close the accounts of bettors that win.

I don't think it is very important whether anyone can bet on horse races, or whether races are held at all. I mention this as an example of how replacement of anonymous cash transactions with digital accounts changes the system to the disadvantage of the customers.

In some cases it leads to not offering everyone the same price.

The second-in-command of Burundi's "president" was killed in an attack with rockets. He was responsible for crushing the protests against the "president"'s seizure of unconstitutional power.

Part of the army rose up against "president" Nkurunziza, but was suppressed. It looks like some in the army have not given up the fight.

Whether the army would defend constitutional principles, or just give someone else the chance to seize power, I can't guess.

US thugs killed 115 people in July, in the deadliest month so far this year.

New training enabled the Philadelphia thug department to kill a lot fewer people.

One region of Germany has required Facebook to drop its "real name" rule.

It isn't clear to me whether this allows one person to get multiple accounts and use them for different purposes.

"The NSA has said it will delete its mountain of private telephone records belonging to millions of Americans — just as soon as people stop suing it for having done so."