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Singapore's new censorship law

jeudi 3 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Singapore's new censorship law will permit government ministers to order deletion of "fake news".

The bullshitter wants that power, and you can imagine what he would do with it. Singapore's ministers are not bullshitters; their lies are consistent. Their repression may be sober and predictable, but it will still be repression.

Border patrols around the world

jeudi 3 octobre 2019 à 02:00

The US has effectively established border patrols around the world to stop people from taking steps to get closer to reaching the US.

Torturer for human rights position

jeudi 3 octobre 2019 à 02:00

The bully has nominated one of Dubya's torturers to be in charge of dealing with other countries about issues of human rights.

Presumably that means he will seek to abolish human rights in other countries.

Sanders' wealth tax

jeudi 3 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Sanders proposes an annual wealth tax of around 5% on billionaires. That would cut their fortunes in half in 15 years.

Eventually they would get into a lower bracket and the tax rate would decrease, I presume.

Corporations prosecution

jeudi 3 octobre 2019 à 02:00

For many years, the US Department of Justice has basically ceased to prosecute large corporations. Instead it allows the corporations to plead "guilty but not subject to punishment". Often the same corporation does this over and over.