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Macron wooing banksters

jeudi 13 juillet 2017 à 02:00

Macron bends the knee to banksters, inviting banks to move from London by offering them lower taxes and deregulation.

Lower taxes for banks means states have to tax people more and still can't do their job. Deregulation of banks means banks have https://stallman.org/archives/2016-sep-dec.html#7_December_2016_(Foreclosu more ways to cheat people.

Troll's commissioner for voter fraud

jeudi 13 juillet 2017 à 02:00

The troll's commissioner for voter fraud is the leader of the biggest Republican program for fraudulent disenfranchisement.

Freedom of speech in academia

jeudi 13 juillet 2017 à 02:00

Interesting views about freedom of speech issues in academia.

I agree with the author on all but the first of these points. I reject the idea of "cultural appropriation" as a wrong because everyone has the right to comment about any issue. The one thing you cannot do, in regard to a group you don't belong to, is claim to speak for that group.

Banning sale of fossil fuel cars

jeudi 13 juillet 2017 à 02:00

France's target for banning sale of fossil fuel cars is so distant it would hardly change anything. Norway and the Netherlands have banned it for 2025.

US Office of Government Ethics

jeudi 13 juillet 2017 à 02:00

The director of the US Office of Government Ethics has resigned 6 months before the end of his term, saying that the troll has made the job hopeless.

Any system to enforce ethical standards can only function if it ges political support from above.