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Student protesters punished

dimanche 25 mars 2018 à 01:00

Student protesters were punished by being ordered to waste time in school on Saturday. So they protested again and called it a sit-in.

It seems to me that the school enforcers are doing this solely to demand obedience for the sake of obedience.

How dare schools force students to come on a non-school day as punishment. What gives them the legal right to do this, anyway? What happens if the student has other plans and refuses to cancel them?

Distractions from issues

dimanche 25 mars 2018 à 01:00

Bernie Sanders and Michael Moore: Russia and Stormy Daniels are distractions so we won't pay attention to real issues such as inequality.

Russian election interference points to a real issue: we don't want our elections to be vulnerable. However, the vulnerability is not available only to Russia — it can be used by anyone with money. And it is just as harmful when the manipulator is American.

Reporting on CA and Facebook

dimanche 25 mars 2018 à 01:00

Both Facebook And Cambridge Analytica Threatened To Sue Journalists Over Stories On CA's Use Of Facebook Data.

Marine heatwave

dimanche 25 mars 2018 à 01:00

Marine Heatwave Set Off 'Carbon Bomb' in World's Largest Seagrass Meadow.

Water shortages

dimanche 25 mars 2018 à 01:00

Phoenix, Arizona, is heading for a long-term water shortage because the Colorado River is gradually drying up.

The UN warns that half of humanity will face water shortages by 2050.

We could reduce the problem by reducing the population of humanity in 2050.