The ever-bubbling civil war in the DR Congo impeded vaccination against Ebola.

One issue where the bullshitter is right: he condemns the idea of surrendering the state to globalization — to the power of foreign business.

The ironic part is that he bows down eagerly to business on all other aspects of policy.

Some US electric utilities are running their expensive coal plants and charging customers extra to pay for that, rather than buying cheaper electricity to resell.

A deradicalization system in Australia explains how it operates: finding people holding an intense grudge who might get tipped into an insane desire for violence, then working with them.

Some of these grievances might be due to real injustices.

One Somali boy was "mistakenly accused of swearing at police." The word "accused" has a range of meanings. Did someone merely say that the boy uttered curse words at some thugs? That's a valid meaning, but it seems unlikely to have resulted in a lasting grudge.

I have a hunch that insulting a thug is a crime in Australia, and that the boy was charged with this "crime". That would not justify terrorism, but it would justify the grudge.

If that is what happened, Australia should repeal that law and apologize to everyone prosecuted under it. Insulting people is part of freedom of speech. People deserve the right to curse at thugs, at elected officials, at you, even at me.

If you would like to stop the US deportation thugs, one way is to boycott companies that serve the US deportation thug department.

There are many reasons to boycott the big banks and Amazon.