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Slaves in Russian army
It is not unusual to recruit people in poor countries to "work" in
another country, where they find themselves enslaved. Now some are
slaves in the Russian army, fighting for Putin to conquer Ukraine.
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Republicans against vaccine laws
New Hampshire Republican crazies are working on repealing the existing
vaccine requirements for polio and measles.
The danger this poses to other people will not be limited to the
children of right-wing fools.
There should be no religious exceptions to the duty to protect the
whole population from dangerous diseases by getting yourself and your
children vaccinated. The only exception should be for medical reasons,
in case a person for special medical conditions cannot be vaccinated.
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Removing Chiang Kai-shek statues
*Taiwan pledges to remove 760 statues of Chinese dictator Chiang Kai-shek.*
The US was hypocritical to claim to be defending freedom by supporting
military dictators in Taiwan until the 1980s. But, ironically, freedom had
the last laugh; Taiwan is a democracy now.
What to do with all the removed statues? Here's an idea: add old
weapons and make them into a mockery of an ancient dictator's
terra-cotta army.
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Public toilet in San Francisco
San Francisco has built a public toilet for only 200,000 dollars.
The toilet's existence is an improvement, but the city can't afford
to do the whole job if it is that expensive.
If the city required every restaurant, while it is open for business,
to allow any orderly person to use its toilet, it would have thousands
of toilets available for the public, and the total burden of taking
care of them could be far less.
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Activist tried to provoke his own arrest
A long-suffering British cop confronted a Jewish activist who tried to
cross the route of a protest for Palestine, claiming it was to get to
the other side. The cop repeatedly offered to escort him to the other
side, but the activist did not find that satisfactory; instead he
tried to provoke his own arrest.
The cop did not take the bait. Despite that, the activist is going to
all lengths to present the cops as having acted antisemitically. I
don't think that was the case.
I admire that cop who refused to be a thug. All cops confronting
nonviolent protesters ought to maintain that level of self-control.
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Caribou endangered
Unless/until old growth trees increase again, the only way to save
the mountain caribou of western Canada is to kill some wolves in those
regions.
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Protect rights to stand for views
Robert Reich: Universities should protect the right to stand for views
that disagree with whoever-it-might-be, while protecting students from
practical harassment.
This calls for insisting on the difference between (1) actual
harassment and (2) supposed "harassment" that consists of disagreeing.
Punishing so-called "microaggressions" can easily be stretched into a
excuse for macro-intimidation.
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