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Nauru

lundi 22 juin 2015 à 14:00

An opposition member of Nauru's parliament was arrested for protesting outside Parliament. The protest was about apparent corruption of the president and the justice minister.

The opposition MP may be imprisoned for ten years for this protest. However, perhaps the government will sentence him to two or three years and claim to be "merciful".

To this sick joke of a government, Abbott, suppository of all misrule, has handed the responsibility for imprisoning people for trying to flee by boat to Australia.

UK social stratification

lundi 22 juin 2015 à 14:00

The UK has returned to social stratification almost impossible for a non-wealthy child to overcome.

I conjecture that part of the cause is that the Labour Party ceased, over 20 years ago, to try to represent the working class. When rich people encouraged changes to ensure their children would dominate other children, no one had the power to prevent it.

However, industrial globalization probably contributed too.

A similar development has occurred in the US, but some details are different. For instance, it is based on wealth rather than class.

Biofuels

lundi 22 juin 2015 à 14:00

Obama put 4 billion dollars towards financing advance in renewable energy.

Unfortunately, this may include biofuels. Biofuel in the US means ethanol made using petrolium-based fertilizer, which is not really renewable and doesn't reduce greenhouse emissions.

Renewable energy competes with fossil fuels. Removing 4 billion dollars of subsidy from fossil fuels would be almost equivalent to 4 billion in support for renewable energy.

Publication of scientific articles

lundi 22 juin 2015 à 14:00

In most scientific fields, five companies control most publication of articles.

We need to get rid of these companies, for the sake of science.

Thugs

lundi 22 juin 2015 à 14:00

Why are there so many thugs, and so few police officers? Because thugs punish anyone that shows concern over killing the innocent.

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