The Corker-Keane blanket authorization for global war would also authorize imprisonment without trial on a broad scale.

Warning the people of Cape Town about when their water would run out achieved a big reduction in water use. As a result, the city has not run out of water.

But that could still happen. The usage rate is still somewhat higher than it needs to be.

Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President, apologized for the antisemitic statements he made a few days ago, and said he respects all monotheistic religions.

That still omits some religions, and I wonder whether he gives atheism the respect it deserves. But even if he doesn't, he is no worse than many US politicians. In this context, that is sufficient.

With Utah's ag-gag law struck down as unconstitutional, animal rights activists can lawfully make photos and films of frightful conditions in factory farms. They did this in a turkey farm, and also took away a few turkeys that were so sick they were going to die in a few days without medical care.

The activists have been charged with grand theft of these birds, a felony, although commercially speaking the birds were worthless due to their illness.

The companies that run these factory farms regularly lie about the conditions in them.

Sanders objected to the deployment of US troops to Salafi Arabia for fighting in Yemen.