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Pain treatment

dimanche 18 février 2018 à 01:00

Sessions, as part of the War on Pain Sufferers, said they should take an aspirin and suffer — no matter how bad the pain. Restrictions on opioids are making it difficult for some people to get treatment for their pain.

Before crushing people with pain, let's see if the recent diminution in prescribing oxycontin reduces the number of people that get addicted to opioids.

I expect to have an operation in a few months. I am terrified of what will happen after I leave the hospital.

Arguments against immigration

dimanche 18 février 2018 à 01:00

Fallacious arguments often supplied against allowing immigration into the US.

Arctic shipping

dimanche 18 février 2018 à 01:00

A tanker is sailing from Korea to France along the Arctic coast of Russia.

If this were the principal effect of global heating, we could well celebrate. In fact, though, it warns we are approaching a turning point at which the lack of ice greatly increases the absorption of sunlight in the Arctic.

Internal whistleblowers

dimanche 18 février 2018 à 01:00

The intelligence agencies' inspector general investigated 190 cases in which internal whistleblowers complained of retaliation. Only once did it rule in favor of the whistleblower.

Meanwhile, whatever wrongdoing or corruption they reported has probably been ignored.

The whistleblowers such as Snowden that tell the public know that reporting the matter internally would be useless and would result in their punishment.

'Smart cities'

dimanche 18 février 2018 à 01:00

"Smart cities" use tech that resembles military, for systematic reasons.