Qatar's thugs strip-searched passengers searching for the mother of an abandoned baby. It appears that the mother had flown out already, and that she was compelled to abandon the baby and flee, lest she be punished severely for sex outside of marriage.

But they seem to have found her and will now charge her with attempted murder.

You do not want to be in Qatar.

Bernie Sanders: *How do we avoid future authoritarians? Winning back the working class is key.*

Sanders asks the Democrats, "Which side are you on?" We must all ask each Democrat that question.

Sanders for President in 2024!

It has been proved that the London apartment building fire was caused by companies that knowingly disregarded building standards to made the building a firetrap. What follows from that?

I am sure people can think of more effective regulatory systems. The reason they are not in place in the UK is that the government has catered too much to business. Corbyn would have fixed that.

But I have two other recommendations that may shock the people who expect that business will always be above human beings.

• Place criminal charges against the individuals who made these dangerous decisions that resulted in deaths. That will teach people not to expect to they can get away with this. How about 72 charges of homicide for each one?
• Prohibit companies from being owned by anything like a private equity fund. Give those funds a deadline to liquidate their assets and return the funds to the investors; on that date, seize whatever property they still own. In the interim, don't allow funds to take any profit out of these companies; that profit should stay in the individual company until it is sold. The buyer will therefore pay for that profit, but this will eliminate the fund's incentive to drain the company dry before selling it.

(satire) *Staff Slowly Introducing Biden To Oval-Shaped Rooms For Smoother Transition To White House.*

*Defenders of US Public Schools Call on Biden to Ditch Trump's Disastrous Education Policies — and Obama's Too.*

I agree with those goals, including the goal of diversity among students in public schools. Diversity in class contributes to education in a specific way: it can help students get used to knowing and relating to people of different backgrounds.

Alas, I don't see much hope Biden will choose to do anything better than Obama did it.