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Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
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Clamping down on Taiwanese, CHI
China
threatens to execute Taiwanese for advocating Taiwan's independence, if it gets its hands
on them.
I expect that some day, perhaps a few years from now, China will arrest Taiwanese tourists and
sentence them to death on the basis of social media postings from the past. After a
Chinese-style bogus trial, of course.
It would be appropriate for Taiwan to criminalize advocacy of war against Taiwan. This way, if
China seizes Taiwanese hostages to threaten, Taiwan could seize some Chinese hostages in return.
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Mozilla censorship-bypass allowance, RUS
Mozilla has deactivated the blockage that it had placed on downloading certain
anti-censorship
add-ons from computers in Russia.
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Afghanistan and the UN
The UN seeks to hold an international meeting about Afghanistan and have the government of
Afghanistan participate. That government demands the total exclusion of Afghan women from the
event. (I can't tell from the article whether the UN has accepted it or not.)
Should the UN accept
that
demand?
I can understand the desire for the Afghan government's participation, but if the UN decides to
help the people of Afghanistan via non-state channels, the government will have only two
choices: to permit the aid, or to block it. By blocking it, it would help no one in
Afghanistan and would incur condemnation. Either way, it would look bad, and the UN would be
seen to be helpful and dutiful.
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Wealth tax possible, UK
Labour is
considering
plans for a wealth tax in the UK. At last it is looking for a way to make a substantial
improvement in all the problems caused by Tory spending cuts.
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Whyever deny workplace heat protections
*Elected
officials in sweltering US states prioritizing fossil fuel cash over people.*
This includes the Republican governors of Florida, Texas, Louisiana and Nevada.
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