US citizens: phone your senators and say, "No new sanctions on Iran; give diplomacy a chance to work."

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

Reporters Without Borders supports the Japanese journalists that are challenging the state secrecy law.

The UK Labour Party endorsed the right-wing goal of eliminating the deficit.

Increasing taxes on companies and the rich would have the effect of reducing the deficit, but making the latter the goal would encourage doing it by abandoning the poor and helpless.

The Mexican federal thugs in Iguala were informed about the attack on protesting students as it started, and monitored it as it occurred.

The thug who shot Tamir Rice, age 12, never ordered him to put his (toy) gun down. He shot Rice almost immediately.