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Friday, September 29th, 2023

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    10:32a
    The 2001 Sept. 11 trials

    *September 11 defendant declared unfit for trial after panel finds CIA abuse rendered him psychotic.*

    10:32a
    The 2020 youth protests results, Thailand

    A Thai free speech activist has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for damaging the king's reputation with some of his remarks.

    This shows how repressive Thai law is.

    10:32a
    Election suppression playbook

    The Tories have rigged elections in Britain much as Republicans have done so in the US — with voter suppression and gerrymandering.

    10:32a
    New pun: Le Concours Pyrenéen

    New pun: Le Concours Pyrenéen

    À Lourdes, tous les pères sont maltraités par leur fils aínés. Ils ont donc organisé le Concours Pyrenéen.

    10:32a
    Azerbaijan-blitz results

    The Armenian government of Nagorno-Karabakh has announced it will dissolve at the end of this year. Over half the Armenians there have already fled. I suppose the rest will flee soon.

    This is how ethnic cleansing operates. Azerbaijan, which is a dictatorship and does not take human rights seriously, doesn't need an official policy saying "No Armenians allowed."

    However, in the years when Armenians ruled the Azeri areas of Nagorno-Karabakh, ISTR that the Azeri population mostly fled from some of those areas.

    10:32a
    Urgent: Reject secret commissions on SS and Medicare

    US citizens: call on Congress to reject secret commissions designed to decide to cut Social Security and Medicare.

    Also phone your representative to convey the same message. The Capitol Switchboard number is +1-202-224-3121.

    If you phone, please spread the word!

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