The Republican party is proposing to hurt old people, so that once again most old people in the US can be poor, as was the case before Social Security.

The AARP (American Association of Retired People) hampers representation of old people's interests. It convinces most of them to join, for practical benefits, then often lobbies for business causes without calling the members' attention.

Heavy US bombing against PISSI in Raqqa killed a number of civilians.

PISSI shamelessly kills many civilians as a matter of policy. Syrians who choose dispassionately between the US and PISSI will have to conclude that PISSI is much worse. But I don't think many will compare in that way. Some in Raqqa hate PISSI and some are contented.

The people still alive in Raqqa today will only be killed by PISSI for some reason. It might be a vicious and evil reason, but it will be predictable. Most people will assume they can avoid doing the things that would motivate PISSI to kill them. They can't avoid falling foul of a bomb from an airplane.

Egypt is about to make it a crime to publish any disagreement with official statements about terrorism.

The government could say "There is no terrorism" and it would be a crime to report any. This censorship almost reaches the level of North Korea.

The same military government also plans to streamline executions. This in a country where courts sentence people by the dozens or hundreds in a cavalier fashion.

Companies are now 97% accurate at figuring out from use tracking that various computers are mainly used by the same person.

They do this with kinds of personal data that they never get from me. I block them by using Tor and by not identifying myself to sites.

Renewed American tourism in Cuba could destroy the environment there.