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Made-up crimes

mercredi 10 juin 2020 à 02:00

Thugs in Phoenix rioted and arrested people for being somewhere near a protest, citing made-up crimes. Some of them are unauthorized immigrants, and may now be deported due to false accusations.

Law Enforcement Infiltrating Protests

mercredi 10 juin 2020 à 02:00

*A Short History of U.S. Law Enforcement Infiltrating Protests.*

Opposing bailout

mercredi 10 juin 2020 à 02:00

*Koch-Funded Americans for Prosperity Opposes Bailout of State and Local Governments Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic.*

Sanity of trusting Huawei

mercredi 10 juin 2020 à 02:00

Is it sane to trust Huawei equipment in the US and Europe?

Senator Cotton's example seems absurd to me. It must be fairly easy for China to determine where F35s are stationed — no need to track their supply chains. But the basic idea is valid: no company in China can refuse to follow the state's orders. In principle, there is no basis to trust their products.

That includes the companies such as Foxconn that manufacture digital products for "US" companies.

Unfortunately, we can't trust the US in principle either.

Total surveillance travel

mercredi 10 juin 2020 à 02:00

A car company's vision of travel in the future is total surveillance. Your snooper phone will let you combine all sorts of transportation modes, and Big Brother/Big Tech will follow you everywhere.

It's not too late to stop this, but we must start pushing. There are two ways to push against a product that mistreats you: condemn it so others will see you, and refuse to use it.