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7 <title>Richard Stallman's Political Notes</title> |
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9 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/polnotes.html</link> |
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10 <atom:link href="https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> |
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11 <description>Current as of 7 October 2020</description> |
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12 <copyright>Copyright ©2020 Richard Stallman. |
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13 Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.</copyright> |
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16 <title><![CDATA[Urgent: H.R. 2529]]></title> |
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17 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Urgent%3A_H.R._2529%29</link> |
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19 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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20 US citizens: <a href="https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/write-rep-extend-new-start?source=em20201003&t=1006&akid=6524%2E223515%2Eiv6bYI">call on your congresscritter</a> to sponsor H.R. 2529, a bill |
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21 to continue the New START arms limitation treaty with Russia. |
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27 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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28 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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29 </item> |
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32 <title><![CDATA[Generating residential electricity by wind power]]></title> |
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33 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Generating_residential_electricity_by_wind_power%29</link> |
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36 The UK is considering a massive investment <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/06/powering-all-uk-homes-via-offshore-wind-by-2030-would-cost-50bn">to generate all residential |
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37 electricity by wind power</a>. |
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39 <p> |
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40 Examples like these can get the rest of the world moving. The return |
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41 on this investment, in terms of towns and farms not flooded, could be |
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42 enormous. |
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46 ]]></description> |
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47 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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48 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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49 </item> |
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51 <item> |
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52 <title><![CDATA[Aftermarket hacks]]></title> |
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53 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Aftermarket_hacks%29</link> |
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54 <guid isPermaLink="false">e5c1be01347dc3e35538b7b19a5b6db4</guid> |
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55 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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56 *Tesla Can Detect Aftermarket Hacks <a href="https://www.thedrive.com/news/35946/tesla-can-detect-aftermarket-hacks-designed-to-defeat-ev-performance-paywalls">Designed to Defeat EV Performance |
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57 Paywalls</a>.* |
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58 |
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59 <p> |
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60 In general, it is the car owner's <em>right</em> to make changes in the car, |
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61 and manufacturers should not be allowed to implement measures to |
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62 interfere. Devices, including cars, should not require subscriptions |
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63 and should not record where the car goes. |
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64 |
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65 <p> |
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66 But there is an exception: measures to reduce pollution. These are vital for public health — <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jan-apr.html#22_April_2020_(Effects_of_air_pollution_on_Covid-19_sicknes)">air pollution causes a lot of sickness and death</a> — |
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67 and "defeat devices" installed by car owners are just as dangerous |
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68 as defeat devices installed by manufacturers. |
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70 <p> |
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71 My solution would be to put those systems into separate computers |
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72 whose software cannot be changed except by any digital activity. |
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73 If the manufacturer can't change it, it is ok that the owner can't. |
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77 ]]></description> |
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78 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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79 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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80 </item> |
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82 <item> |
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83 <title><![CDATA[Suing clerk refusing to marry]]></title> |
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84 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Suing_clerk_refusing_to_marry%29</link> |
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86 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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87 The Supreme Court accepted a lower court decision that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/05/supreme-court-kentucky-same-sex-marriage-kim-davis">a clerk who |
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88 refused to register a same-sex marriage can be sued</a>. |
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91 I think the concern showed by Thomas and Alito exaggerates the |
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92 situation. Few jobs require taking actions specifically related to a |
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93 same-sex marriage. If you don't want to do that part of the job, you |
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94 can let someone else have the job. |
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99 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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100 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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101 </item> |
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103 <item> |
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104 <title><![CDATA[Replacing experienced workers]]></title> |
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105 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Replacing_experienced_workers%29</link> |
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107 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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108 AT&T has replaced tens of thousands of experienced union workers with |
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109 subcontracted temps, chosen for cheapness. They obviously can't have |
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110 the same level of skill, <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zye7/report-says-atandts-cheap-contracted-labor-puts-the-public-at-risk">and the results cause damage, even danger</a>. |
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115 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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116 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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117 </item> |
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119 <item> |
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120 <title><![CDATA[Gig support workers]]></title> |
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121 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Gig_support_workers%29</link> |
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123 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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124 A company called "Arise" outsources customer service for other |
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125 companies to gig workers, <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/meet-the-customer-service-reps-for-disney-and-airbnb-who-have-to-pay-to-talk-to-you">and treats them as badly as one would expect</a>. |
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130 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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131 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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132 </item> |
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133 |
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134 <item> |
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135 <title><![CDATA[Small pieces of plastic]]></title> |
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136 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Small_pieces_of_plastic%29</link> |
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139 A study estimates that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/06/more-than-14m-tonnes-of-plastic-believed-to-be-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean">there are 14 million tons of small pieces of plastic |
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146 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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147 </item> |
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150 <title><![CDATA[Conflict of interest]]></title> |
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151 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Conflict_of_interest%29</link> |
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153 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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154 *[The bullshitter's] Appointee to VOA Reporters: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/10/05/voa-reporters-conflict-of-interest-memo/">Criticizing [the |
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155 bullshitter] Is a Conflict of Interest</a>.* |
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161 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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162 </item> |
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165 <title><![CDATA[Clean Electricity Plan]]></title> |
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166 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Clean_Electricity_Plan%29</link> |
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168 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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169 *Clean Electricity Plan Would Free US Economy of Carbon Dependence in 15 |
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170 Years.* <a href="https://truthout.org/articles/clean-electricity-plan-would-free-us-economy-of-carbon-dependence-in-15-years/">It would also create millions of good jobs in the US</a>. |
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176 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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180 <title><![CDATA[Sell out to big business]]></title> |
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181 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Sell_out_to_big_business%29</link> |
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184 Indonesia has found in Covid-19 the opportunity to sell out big to |
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185 business, undermining many environmental protections and workers' |
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186 rights. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/06/indonesia-mass-strikes-loom-over-cuts-to-environmental-safeguards-and-workers-rights">Workers are organizing a strike and a protest</a>. |
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189 Our problems are the result of letting business have too much clout already. |
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190 We cannot correct them by giving business more clout. |
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195 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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196 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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197 </item> |
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199 <item> |
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200 <title><![CDATA[Covid-Positive GOP Politicians]]></title> |
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201 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Covid-Positive_GOP_Politicians%29</link> |
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204 *As Covid-Positive GOP Politicians Enjoy Healthcare They 'Would Deny Others,' |
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205 Coronavirus Pandemic <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/04/covid-positive-gop-politicians-enjoy-healthcare-they-would-deny-others-coronavirus">Again Makes Case for Medicare for All</a>.* |
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211 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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215 <title><![CDATA[Faux News]]></title> |
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216 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Faux_News%29</link> |
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218 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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219 <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#faux">Faux News</a> teaches its cultists to speak and think in a different |
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220 language with a different way of thinking. Its words are drawn from |
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221 English, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200926155026/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/09/fox-news-trump-language-stelter-hoax/616309/">but speakers of ordinary English can't communicate with them</a>. |
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227 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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231 <title><![CDATA[Source of misinformation]]></title> |
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232 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Source_of_misinformation%29</link> |
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235 The bullshitter has been <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201003053947/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/elections/a-study-found-the-single-largest-driver-of-coronavirus-misinformation-it-was-the-president.html">the biggest single source of misinformation |
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236 about Covid-19</a>. |
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239 I think the term "disinformation" fits better than "misinformation." |
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253 The US Senate is blocking the IMF from giving (for once, not lending) |
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268 Syria is suffering from food shortages, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/05/syria-introduces-limits-on-subsidised-bread-as-economic-crisis-bites">and has rationed give-aways of |
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283 Many opioid treatment centers in the US <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/05/us-coronavirus-pandemic-opioid-addiction">are turning away patients |
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299 European countries keep slowly increasing their anti-transmission |
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300 measures, but too slowly to get in front of Covid-19, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/05/europe-struggles-to-contain-surge-of-coronavirus-cases">so it keeps |
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304 Australia and New Zealand got it right: they took strong steps and |
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305 drove the case numbers way down. I expect that the timid governments |
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316 <title><![CDATA[When do you leave]]></title> |
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317 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28When_do_you_leave%29</link> |
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320 Cops (not extremely thuggish, it seems) broke up an 18-person vigil |
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321 for Julian Assange, then <a href="https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/10/how-a-police-state-starts/">apparently knocked on Craig Murray's hotel |
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322 room door at night to ask when he was leaving</a>. |
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332 <title><![CDATA[4% territory burned]]></title> |
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333 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%284_0.000000e%2B00rritory_burned%29</link> |
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336 The fires in California this year have burned over 4% of California's |
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337 territory, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/05/california-fires-4m-acres-wildfires-burn">and the fire season is far from over</a>. |
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339 <p> |
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340 In a decade or two, most years will be like this year, and a few will |
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341 be worse. I have a feeling that life in California will be difficult, |
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342 and farming even more so. |
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348 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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349 </item> |
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351 <item> |
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352 <title><![CDATA[Can't tweet wishing death]]></title> |
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353 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Can%27t_tweet_wishing_death%29</link> |
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355 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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356 Twitter has all of a sudden decided <a href="https://gizmodo.com/with-trump-in-hospital-with-covid-19-twitter-suddenly-1845265269">not to allow tweets to wish for |
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357 someone's death</a>. |
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358 Will that apply to everyone? |
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367 <title><![CDATA[Nihilist behavior]]></title> |
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368 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Nihilist_behavior%29</link> |
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371 The nihilist's behavior does more than ruin debates. It makes |
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372 <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/03/first-debate-calls-more-cutting-mics">the idea of a debate an absurdity</a>. |
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373 |
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374 <p> |
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375 However, US presidential debates have not been sincere confrontations |
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376 of ideas for a long time. Since only the two major parties are included, |
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377 we always got soft right wing vs hard right wing. |
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383 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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387 <title><![CDATA[Simulation emitting CO2]]></title> |
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388 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Simulation_emitting_CO2%29</link> |
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389 <guid isPermaLink="false">783848405254664f0319a976112531fb</guid> |
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390 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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391 Video game simulated airplanes emit real CO2, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/oct/05/video-game-planes-emit-real-carbon-why-gaming-is-not-merely-guilt-free-escapism">due to data centers |
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392 and network transmission</a>. |
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393 The programmed obsolescence of game platforms also damages the |
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394 environment. |
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396 <p> |
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397 It is never difficult for me to decide not to play a video game. I |
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398 simply remember that the game is nonfree software, and the idea of |
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399 running it makes me shudder. |
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404 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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408 <title><![CDATA[PPP loans]]></title> |
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409 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28PPP_loans%29</link> |
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412 *Tens of Millions in PPP Loans Went to Corporate Polluters <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/04/tens-millions-ppp-loans-went-corporate-polluters-after-companies-were-fined-52">After Companies |
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413 Were Fined $52 Million, Analysis Shows</a>.* |
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422 <item> |
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423 <title><![CDATA[Tories want to turn off the right of asylum]]></title> |
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424 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Tories_want_to_turn_off_the_right_of_asylum%29</link> |
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428 The Tories plan to find new ways to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/04/priti-patel-bring-in-new-laws-for-broken-uk-asylum-system-channel-boats">turn off the right of asylum</a>. |
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429 <p> |
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430 One of the causes of the repeated legal claims from asylum seekers in |
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431 the UK is that agents keep disregarding the law and the government's |
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432 policies, and <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2019-sep-dec.html#29_November_2019_(UKs_hostile_environment_for_foreigners)">deporting people in despite of their rights</a>. |
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433 <p> |
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434 Surely this is not an accident. If the minister in charge taught her department |
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435 not to take shortcuts, not to deport people illegally, they would not |
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436 have the need or the valid grounds to make these claims. |
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441 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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444 <item> |
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445 <title><![CDATA[The nonviolent "Medicaid army" is rallying]]></title> |
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446 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28The_nonviolent_Medicaid_army_is_rallying%29</link> |
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447 <guid isPermaLink="false">16f5cb64fab9372a754eeecf31b836e7</guid> |
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448 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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450 The nonviolent "Medicaid army" is <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/04/new-nonviolent-medicaid-army-march">rallying around the US to demand medical care for everyone</a>. |
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451 <p> |
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452 Can anyone tell me of a site where people can find the locations of these |
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453 rallies, without having to run nonfree Javascript code? |
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454 I would like to post it, and maybe I can go to one. |
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463 <title><![CDATA[To call violent right-wing extremists "vigilantes"]]></title> |
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464 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28To_call_violent_right-wing_extremists_vigilantes%29</link> |
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466 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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468 To call violent right-wing extremists <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/04/why-far-right-paramilitaries-are-not-just-vigilantes">"vigilantes"</a> understates their |
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474 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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478 <title><![CDATA[Administration of US elections]]></title> |
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479 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Administration_of_US_elections%29</link> |
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483 <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/04/how-avoid-banana-republic-elections">Proposing reforms</a> to the administration of US elections. |
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489 </item> |
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492 <title><![CDATA[Meritocracy is not a good society for most people]]></title> |
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493 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Meritocracy_is_not_a_good_society_for_most_people%29</link> |
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497 Pointing out that a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/06/michael-sandel-the-populist-backlash-has-been-a-revolt-against-the-tyranny-of-merit">meritocracy is not a good society</a> for most people. |
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498 <p> |
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499 "Meritocracy" encourages people to compete to climb the ladder, but |
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500 ascending one rung pushes another down one. If you have to be above |
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501 average to win a decent life, half the people won't get one. What we |
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502 really should aim to do is to bring the runs closer together and pull |
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503 the whole ladder up. We need to reverse the concentration of wealth. |
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504 <p> |
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505 There is a role in a well-organized society for judging people by |
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506 comparing how well they would do a certain job. We want to put the |
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507 best people in charge of important decisions. But what does it mean |
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508 to be "best"? It's not just a matter of <em>ability</em> — making good |
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509 decisions requires good values, too. |
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510 <p> |
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511 We have seen the bad results of choosing managers solely for ability |
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512 to succeed. When Boeing ceased to be run by people with a career |
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513 commitment to making safe planes, and was instead run by people with a |
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514 career commitment to success, it started <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2019-sep-dec.html#30_December_2019_(Shooting_the_messenger)">covering up</a> possible problems rather than fixing them. |
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515 When medical insurance companies and hospital |
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516 companies started to be run by people who didn't have decades of |
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517 commitment to doing medicine, they made it their goal to get <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#19_June_2014_(For-profit_health_care)">more |
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518 profit</a> for less medicine. |
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519 <p> |
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520 The word "merit" is not the way to express what we should seek. We |
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521 should call this something else. "Menschness"? |
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530 <title><![CDATA[Intense misogyny on antisocial media]]></title> |
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531 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Intense_misogyny_on_antisocial_media%29</link> |
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535 Antisocial media, and especially Facebook, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/05/online-violence-against-women-flourishing-and-most-common-on-facebook-survey-finds">host intense misogyny</a>. |
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536 <p> |
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537 The article's explicit point is valid and important, but (I expect) |
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538 not really news to readers of stallman.org. You know how nasty |
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539 antisocial media get, and that generally females receive more |
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540 hostility there than males. |
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542 My main reason for citing this article is to highlight a campaign to |
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543 change our use of language: the article describes verbal abuse as |
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544 "violence". |
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545 <p> |
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546 The insults and threats described are nasty, and they can hurt. But |
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547 they are not "violence" (though threatening violence is but one step |
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548 away from doing it). To stretch "violence" to include verbal abuse is |
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549 an abuse of language, and a dangerous one. |
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550 <p> |
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551 The frontier between words and violence is an important barrier to |
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552 escalation of fights. Respect for this line helps people restrain |
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553 themselves from moving from verbal attacks to punches or shots. It is |
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554 not always effective, but if we weaken it by redefining "violence" to |
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555 include mere words, we will learn the hard way how important that |
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556 restraint was. Erasing the border will lead to more censorship on the |
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557 one hand, and more physical attacks on the other. |
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558 <p> |
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559 Hatred can be expressed through words, and through physical acts. We |
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560 can condemn both without erasing the distinction. |
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561 <p> |
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562 There is a lot of hatred on Facebook, and a lot of disinformation, and |
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563 a lot of manipulation. Why so much? As I gather, it is because |
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564 Facebook's business model gives Facebook an incentive to promote these |
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565 things. It designs its algorithm to maximize "engagement" and the |
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566 algorithm promotes various kinds of harmful postings because they |
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567 achieve that goal. |
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568 <p> |
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569 Facebook is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/04/rebels-within-the-facebook-staff-openly-challenging-zuckerberg">under pressure to curb the hatred</a>, but if its profits depend on pushing hatred (along with |
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570 disinformation and manipulation), its efforts to reduce them are |
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571 likely to change little. |
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572 <p> |
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573 Rather than trying to fix these problems by imposing various kinds of |
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574 censorship, I think we should forcibly change Facebook's algorithm, |
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575 and its business model. Businesses are not entitled to human rights, |
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576 and regulating business models is not unjust like censorship. |
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580 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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585 <title><![CDATA[Not enough drones for fighting wildfires]]></title> |
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586 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Not_enough_drones_for_fighting_wildfires%29</link> |
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588 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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590 The Interior Department <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/06/wildfires-trump-ban-chinese-drones">stopped buying drones</a> a year ago, for concern that China will spy through them. Now the US does |
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591 not have enough drones for fighting wildfires. |
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592 <p> |
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593 There is danger that China will spy through Chinese-made drones, |
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594 just as there is danger that companies and other government will |
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595 spy through drones made elsewhere. But I don't think China will |
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596 learn many important secrets from looking at wildfires. |
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597 <p> |
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598 The first step to making sure that a drone can't be used to spy (by |
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599 some party other than its owner) is to make sure that the software in |
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600 it is free, and is being checked by people for quality and honesty. |
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605 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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606 </item> |
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607 |
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608 <item> |
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609 <title><![CDATA[If you know Jolie O'Dell]]></title> |
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610 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28If_you_know_Jolie_O%27Dell%29</link> |
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611 <guid isPermaLink="false">61340c9fb6d9c2a454d406499910a48a</guid> |
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612 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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614 If you know Jolie O'Dell, would you please tell her that when I phone |
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615 her number I get "This number is no longer in service"? Please ask |
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616 her to send me email to get back in touch. |
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620 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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621 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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622 </item> |
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623 |
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624 <item> |
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625 <title><![CDATA[Limited default search engines on Android in the EU]]></title> |
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626 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Limited_default_search_engines_on_Android_in_the_EU%29</link> |
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630 Android in the EU offers users a limited selection of default search |
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631 engines, which got onto the list by bidding in an auction. As a result, |
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632 DuckDuckGo <a href="https://spreadprivacy.com/search-preference-menu-duckduckgo-elimination/">did not make it</a> into the list. |
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633 <p> |
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634 I have no way of seeing what search engines do appear. |
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635 Is there any that we think does not track users? |
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639 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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640 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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641 </item> |
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642 |
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643 <item> |
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644 <title><![CDATA[Amnesty specializes in hard truths]]></title> |
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645 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Amnesty_specializes_in_hard_truths%29</link> |
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646 <guid isPermaLink="false">aac3fc6bca68e587d14904f1b0a5f370</guid> |
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647 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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649 *Amnesty specializes in hard truths. No wonder Modi <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/04/amnesty-specialises-in-hard-truths-no-wonder-modi-froze-it-out-of-india">froze it out</a> of India.* |
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650 <p> |
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651 What worries me is that the advance of tyranny in so many countries |
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652 will dilute the strength of efforts to hold tyrants accountable, |
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653 which are being weakened by disunity and by conversions to tyranny. |
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657 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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658 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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659 </item> |
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660 |
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661 <item> |
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662 <title><![CDATA[Urgent: confirmation of Supreme Court justice]]></title> |
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663 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Urgent%3A_confirmation_of_Supreme_Court_justice%29</link> |
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665 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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666 US citizens: <a href="https://go.peoplepower.org/go/22211?t=1001&akid=83827%2E19097%2ESIyfWK">phone your senators</a> <em>again</em> at 1-844-335-4855 and implore |
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667 them to do everything they can to prevent confirmation of a new |
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668 Supreme Court justice before the presidential inauguration on Jan 20. |
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672 ]]></description> |
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673 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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674 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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675 </item> |
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676 |
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677 <item> |
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678 <title><![CDATA[Risking infection]]></title> |
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679 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Risking_infection%29</link> |
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680 <guid isPermaLink="false">06e6f780a5185e384c05790f29826c77</guid> |
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681 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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682 <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#cheater">The cheater</a> pressured his closest associates and big financial |
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683 sponsors to risk infection by meeting with him <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/trump-covid-new-jersey-campaign-event-perilous-neglect-staff-supporters-himself">when he had reason to know |
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684 Hope Hicks might have infected him</a>. |
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685 |
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686 <p> |
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687 Will any of them learn a lesson about him from this? |
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688 |
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689 <p> |
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690 People that work in the White House <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/trump-covid-white-house-panic-confusion">are worried, too</a>. |
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691 |
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692 <p> |
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693 Will <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#cheater">the cheater</a>'s hospitalization hinder the malfunctioning of |
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694 government? Let's hope so. Nothing causes more malfunction than |
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695 having <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#cheater">the cheater</a> actively intervening ;-!. |
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700 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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701 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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702 </item> |
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704 <item> |
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705 <title><![CDATA[One of the reason of Hitler defeat]]></title> |
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706 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28One_of_the_reason_of_Hitler_defeat%29</link> |
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708 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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709 A book reports that the defeat of Hitler is owed partially to |
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710 homosexual members of the British parliament, who frequented Berlin |
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711 because of its loose sexual life. They saw Hitler's repression in 1934, |
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712 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/04/the-glamour-boys-gay-mps-who-gave-early-warning-of-nazi-threat">and began teaching others how bad he was</a>. |
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716 ]]></description> |
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717 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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718 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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719 </item> |
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720 |
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721 <item> |
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722 <title><![CDATA[Devastated]]></title> |
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723 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Devastated%29</link> |
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725 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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726 The bullshitter's ghostwriter says that the bullshitter must be devastated |
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727 now that people know <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/donald-trump-tony-schwartz-interview-art-of-the-deal">he isn't as rich as he pretended to be</a>. |
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728 |
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729 <p> |
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730 The idea that he sought to embody the poor person's idea of what it |
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731 means to be rich makes sense to me. I have a feeling that he was trying |
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732 to prove that he was a success, to himself above all. |
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737 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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738 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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739 </item> |
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740 |
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741 <item> |
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742 <title><![CDATA[Cancel culture]]></title> |
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743 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Cancel_culture%29</link> |
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745 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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746 "Cancel culture" can be found in various political camps. One target |
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747 is <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/10/04/israel-palestine-blacklists-canary-mission/">anyone that advocates the human rights of Palestinians or the end |
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748 of Israel's occupation/siege of Palestine</a>. |
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749 |
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750 <p> |
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751 To be clear, Israel occupies the West Bank and besieges Gaza. |
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755 ]]></description> |
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756 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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757 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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758 </item> |
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759 |
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760 <item> |
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761 <title><![CDATA[Can't leave prison]]></title> |
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762 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Can%27t_leave_prison%29</link> |
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763 <guid isPermaLink="false">f1e632d5b4cfe890cc75b77b177ac2e9</guid> |
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764 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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765 Prisoners are being held longer in the UK because to obtain release |
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766 they have to participate in rehabilitation activities, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/04/covid-rules-in-prisons-blocking-rehabilitation-say-uk-campaigners">those |
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767 activities are not available due to Covid-19</a>. |
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768 |
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769 <p> |
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770 Ironically, keeping them in prison tends to increase the spread |
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771 of Covid-19. |
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776 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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777 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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778 </item> |
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779 |
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780 <item> |
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781 <title><![CDATA[Bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma]]></title> |
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782 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Bankruptcy_of_Purdue_Pharma%29</link> |
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784 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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785 The US government has worked out an agreement for the bankruptcy of |
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786 Purdue Pharma <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-sackler-familys-plan-to-keep-its-billions">that lets the individuals that own it off the hook</a>. |
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790 ]]></description> |
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791 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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792 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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793 </item> |
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794 |
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795 <item> |
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796 <title><![CDATA[War crimes on trial]]></title> |
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797 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28War_crimes_on_trial%29</link> |
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799 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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800 *With Focus on Assange, Belmarsh Tribunal Puts '<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/02/focus-assange-belmarsh-tribunal-puts-us-war-crimes-trial-0">US War Crimes on Trial</a>'.* |
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801 |
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802 <p> |
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803 This is a private activity, modeled after the Russell Tribunal in 1966. |
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809 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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810 </item> |
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812 <item> |
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813 <title><![CDATA[Protest against banks funding fossil fuels]]></title> |
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814 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Protest_against_banks_funding_fossil_fuels%29</link> |
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816 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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817 There were protests on Oct 2 <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/02/solidarity-frontline-communities-day-action-demands-end-funding-tar-sands">against various banks that fund fossil |
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818 fuels</a>. |
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823 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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824 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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825 </item> |
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826 |
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827 <item> |
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828 <title><![CDATA[Surveillance planes and snipers to funeral]]></title> |
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829 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Surveillance_planes_and_snipers_to_funeral%29</link> |
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831 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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832 The US government <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/02/docs-show-us-agents-including-sniper-teams-shoot-kill-authorization-deployed-george">sent surveillance planes and snipers to George |
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833 Floyd's funeral</a>. |
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839 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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840 </item> |
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841 |
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842 <item> |
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843 <title><![CDATA[Obvious patent]]></title> |
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844 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Obvious_patent%29</link> |
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845 <guid isPermaLink="false">8df38337ace0a4f9484ef037efcda1da</guid> |
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846 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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847 Sony has got a patent on the obvious idea that a computer system |
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848 (specifically, a game console) might use a camera to recognize all |
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849 users, <a href="https://segmentnext.com/2020/08/21/playstation-5-identify-users-dualsense/">so no one needs to explicitly log in</a>. |
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850 |
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851 <p> |
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852 This patent would give Sony a basis to sue any other company that |
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853 implements this idea. It does not necessarily mean that Sony itself |
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854 will implement this idea, or even that it knows how to implement it |
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855 reliably, but perhaps it will. |
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856 |
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857 <p> |
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858 Would you want every Sony-made game console to be able to recognize |
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859 you using biometrics? I would not. |
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860 |
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861 <p> |
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862 On the other hand, given a game console powered by free software, I |
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863 might be willing to give my friend's console some biometrics to |
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864 recognize me by. But I'd want to be sure that they wouldn't be usable |
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865 for recognizing me when I pass by a camera in the street, and that |
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866 might be difficult to implement. |
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872 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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873 </item> |
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874 |
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875 <item> |
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876 <title><![CDATA[Tips]]></title> |
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877 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Tips%29</link> |
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879 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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880 "Tips" to Doordash and Amazon food delivery workers go to the company |
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881 rather than to the worker, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/22/20703434/delivery-app-tip-pay-theft-doordash-amazon-flex-instacart">they cancel out the whole of the worker's |
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882 base pay</a>. |
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883 |
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884 <p> |
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885 The article seems to err in equating this to tipping of waiters. They |
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886 are not the same system. Yes, the waiter's base pay is below minimum |
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887 wage — but the restaurant does not claw back that base pay when the |
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888 waiter gets a tip, as Doordash and Amazon do. |
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893 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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894 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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895 </item> |
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898 <title><![CDATA[Threat to republic]]></title> |
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899 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Threat_to_republic%29</link> |
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900 <guid isPermaLink="false">b9c968b34e3c028d00ca7bcbe770cdfb</guid> |
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901 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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902 Joseph Stiglitz: *How the Republican party <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/03/how-the-republican-party-threatens-the-us-republic">threatens the US republic</a>.* |
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908 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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909 </item> |
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910 |
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911 <item> |
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912 <title><![CDATA[Violence against protesters]]></title> |
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913 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Violence_against_protesters%29</link> |
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915 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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916 The violence of Chilean thugs against protesters reached the point <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/03/chilean-police-throw-boy-16-off-bridge-during-protests">of |
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917 throwing a teenager protester off a bridge</a>. |
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918 |
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919 <p> |
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920 The protester survived, but that was only luck. |
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926 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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927 </item> |
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928 |
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929 <item> |
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930 <title><![CDATA[Tyranny]]></title> |
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931 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Tyranny%29</link> |
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933 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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934 Polish expat Wojciech Sadurski is facing criminal prosecution for |
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935 accusing the Polish ruling party and national broadcaster <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/04/long-arm-of-law-and-justice-the-sydney-professor-under-attack-from-polands-ruling-party">for supporting |
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936 right-wing extremists</a>. |
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937 |
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938 <p> |
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939 To prosecute people for saying things like that (whether true or not) |
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940 is tyranny. The fact that this prosecution is occurring proves the |
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941 injustice of the Polish government. |
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942 |
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943 <p> |
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944 The sad thing is that it is not alone. President |
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945 Sarkozy of France prosecuted several people for insulting him. |
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950 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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951 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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952 </item> |
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953 |
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954 <item> |
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955 <title><![CDATA[Indigenous Activists Target Liberty Mutual's Boston Headquarters]]></title> |
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956 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Indigenous_Activists_Target_Liberty_Mutual%27s_Boston_Headquarters%29</link> |
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957 <guid isPermaLink="false">6a2f7cefd976b8afa0e43afd9e368741</guid> |
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958 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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959 |
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960 *Indigenous Activists Target Liberty Mutual's Boston Headquarters Demanding |
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961 They <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/10/02/indigenous-activists-target-liberty-mutuals-boston-headquarters-demanding-they">Stop Insuring</a> Tar Sands Projects.* |
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962 <p> |
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963 Getting oil by mining tar sands is an especially bad form of fossil fuel; |
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964 its <a href=" |
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965 ">emissions are higher</a> than most others. |
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967 The world should not only stop investing that, it should shut that down |
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968 immediately. |
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972 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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973 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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974 </item> |
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975 |
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976 <item> |
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977 <title><![CDATA[Torres Strait Islanders]]></title> |
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978 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Torres_Strait_Islanders%29</link> |
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979 <guid isPermaLink="false">14582f7aa0f93232ef950b7db663122d</guid> |
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980 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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981 |
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982 Torres Strait Islanders <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-30/torres-strait-islanders-fight-government-over-climate-change/12714644">have complained</a> to the UN that Australia is |
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983 endangering their way of life by failing to curb <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#global heating">global heating</a>. |
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984 Their islands are in danger of flooding, and eventually permanent |
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985 inundation. |
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986 <p> |
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987 That damage lies in the the future, but Australia's current actions |
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988 are causing it, and they must be changed now. Of course, Australia is |
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989 not solely responsible for <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#global heating">global heating</a>, but its part can be |
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990 <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2017-sep-dec.html#16_November_2017_(Northern_Peru_global_heating)">identified and measured</a>. |
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993 ]]></description> |
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994 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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995 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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996 </item> |
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997 |
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998 <item> |
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999 <title><![CDATA[Investors extracted $400 million from a hospital chain]]></title> |
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1000 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Investors_extracted_%24400_million_from_a_hospital_chain%29</link> |
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1002 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1003 |
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1004 *Investors <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/investors-extracted-400-million-from-a-hospital-chain-that-sometimes-couldnt-pay-for-medical-supplies-or-gas-fo |
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1005 r-ambulances">Extracted $400 Million</a> From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes |
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1006 Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances.* |
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1007 <p> |
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1008 This is an example of how the US economic system's encouragement of |
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1009 predatory businesses. I think there should not be any for-profit |
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1010 hospitals. |
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1011 |
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1013 ]]></description> |
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1014 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1015 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1016 </item> |
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1017 |
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1018 <item> |
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1019 <title><![CDATA[Should we wish the bullshitter a speedy recovery?]]></title> |
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1020 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Should_we_wish_the_bullshitter_a_speedy_recovery_%29</link> |
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1022 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1023 |
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1024 Should we wish Trump, the bullshitter, a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/03/democrats-liberals-donald-trump-infection-coronavirus">speedy recovery</a>? |
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1025 <p> |
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1026 All else being equal, I do. But I think it is more important to wish |
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1027 my country a speedy recovery from the influence of the bullshitter. |
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1028 <p> |
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1029 I do not wish him to die. No person deserves to die, and the death of |
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1030 any person is always something to regret. I would not rejoice that he |
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1031 is dead. |
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1032 <p> |
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1033 However, I would rejoice that he can do no more damage. |
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1034 |
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1036 ]]></description> |
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1037 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1038 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1039 </item> |
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1040 |
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1041 <item> |
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1042 <title><![CDATA[Industrialization is destroying the mangroves of Kutch, in India]]></title> |
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1043 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Industrialization_is_destroying_the_mangroves_of_Kutch%2C_in_India%29</link> |
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1044 <guid isPermaLink="false">74dcbb386a476871af8b51fd98c997e1</guid> |
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1045 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1046 |
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1047 Industrialization is destroying the mangroves of Kutch, in India, and |
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1048 with them the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/03/high-and-dry-will-india-swimming-camels-be-the-last-of-their-kind-aoe">unique breed of camels</a> that swim around them. |
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1050 |
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1051 ]]></description> |
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1052 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1053 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1054 </item> |
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1055 |
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1056 <item> |
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1057 <title><![CDATA[China has made molecular hydrogen by electrolysis very cheap]]></title> |
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1058 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28China_has_made_molecular_hydrogen_by_electrolysis_very_cheap%29</link> |
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1059 <guid isPermaLink="false">e387d8788f24588435d27f7bf0c54624</guid> |
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1060 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1061 |
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1062 China has made the production of molecular hydrogen using electrolysis |
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1063 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/03/green-hydrogen-from-renewables-could-become-cheapest-transformative-fuel-within-a-decade">so cheap</a> that the oil companies' dream of production hydrogen by burning |
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1064 fossil fuels is already obsolete. |
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1065 |
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1066 |
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1067 ]]></description> |
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1068 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1069 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1070 </item> |
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1071 |
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1072 <item> |
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1073 <title><![CDATA[Breonna Taylor Grand Jury proceedings]]></title> |
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1074 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Breonna_Taylor_Grand_Jury_proceedings%29</link> |
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1075 <guid isPermaLink="false">bc2f9705206baa18dcafe09cd55c894b</guid> |
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1076 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1077 |
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1078 *A judge has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/further/2020/09/30/so-truth-may-prevail-heroic-lone-juror-sues-release-breonna-taylor-grand-jury">granted the request</a> of an anonymous juror in the [Breonna |
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1079 Taylor] case that their Grand Jury proceedings be made public.* |
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1080 <p> |
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1081 After studying the transcript, lawyers will be able to tell us whether |
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1082 the prosecutor tried properly to secure other indictments. |
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1086 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1087 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1088 </item> |
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1089 |
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1090 <item> |
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1091 <title><![CDATA[What we have learned from the conman's tax returns]]></title> |
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1092 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28What_we_have_learned_from_the_conman%27s_tax_returns%29</link> |
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1094 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1095 |
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1096 A <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/donald-trump-did-not-pay-income-tax-in-10-of-last-15-years-894048.html">thorough report</a> on what we have learned from the conman's tax returns. |
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1100 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1101 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1102 </item> |
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1103 |
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1105 <title><![CDATA[A strong start, but not the end of the road]]></title> |
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1106 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28A_strong_start%2C_but_not_the_end_of_the_road%29</link> |
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1108 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1109 |
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1110 *<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/01/strong-start-not-end-road-says-greenpeace-biden-vows-bar-fossil-fuel-leaders">'Strong Start' But 'Not the End of the Road,'</a> Says Greenpeace as Biden Vows |
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1111 to Bar Fossil Fuel Leaders From Transition Team.* |
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1115 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1116 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1117 </item> |
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1118 |
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1119 <item> |
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1120 <title><![CDATA[Analysis reveals how law firms accelerate the climate crisis]]></title> |
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1121 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Analysis_reveals_how_law_firms_accelerate_the_climate_crisis%29</link> |
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1123 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1124 |
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1125 *First-Ever Analysis Reveals How America's Top 100 Law Firms Are <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/01/first-ever-analysis-reveals-how-americas-top-100-law-firms-are-accelerating-climate">'Accelerating |
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1126 the Climate Crisis'</a>.* The study gives a grade to each of those law firms based on the work |
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1127 it has done. |
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1131 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1132 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1133 </item> |
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1134 |
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1136 <title><![CDATA[A Texas sheriff charged with destroying video evidence of Javier Ambler's death]]></title> |
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1137 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28A_Texas_sheriff_charged_with_destroying_video_evidence_of_Javier_Ambler%27s_death%29</link> |
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1139 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1140 |
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1141 A Texas sheriff has been charged with <a href="https://boingboing.net/2020/09/29/texas-sheriff-charged-with-destroying-footage-of-officers-killing-black-suspect.html">destroying video evidence</a> |
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1142 showing how <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> tased Javier Ambler to death. |
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1146 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1147 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1148 </item> |
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1149 |
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1150 <item> |
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1151 <title><![CDATA[Fines for not wearing a gratis mask in New York City]]></title> |
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1152 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Fines_for_not_wearing_a_gratis_mask_in_New_York_City%29</link> |
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1153 <guid isPermaLink="false">df2551c6442b1086710a07c2c23280e1</guid> |
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1154 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1155 |
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1156 From now on, New York City will <a href="https://boingboing.net/2020/10/01/new-york-city-will-aggressively-issue-1000-fines-for-not-wearing-a-face-mask.html">fine people</a> up to a thousand dollars |
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1157 if they refuse to accept a gratis mask and wear it. |
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1158 <p> |
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1159 The article says "aggressively", but I think that starting with the |
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1160 offer makes it a rather kind and gentle manner of enforcement: |
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1161 "Please let us help you do what is needed to stamp out disease." |
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1165 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1166 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1167 </item> |
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1168 |
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1170 <title><![CDATA[The 1880s counterpart to today's Amazon]]></title> |
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1171 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28The_1880s_counterpart_to_today%27s_Amazon%29</link> |
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1173 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1174 |
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1175 The 1880s counterpart to today's Amazon was the railroads: a monopoly |
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1176 of intermediation which could exploit producers and end-users. One of |
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1177 the anti-monopoly parties had <a href="http://www.protestsonglyrics.net/Anti_Capitalism_Songs/Anti-Monopoly-War.phtml">this song</a>. |
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1181 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1182 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1183 </item> |
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1186 <title><![CDATA[We should break up monopolies in lots of fields]]></title> |
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1187 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28We_should_break_up_monopolies_in_lots_of_fields%29</link> |
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1189 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1190 |
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1191 Cory Doctorow: we should <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/29/betcha-cant-eat-just-one/#pwnage">break up monopolies</a> in lots of fields. |
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1192 <p> |
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1193 And not only those involved in digital activities. Many fields are |
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1194 too concentrated now in the US: some that come to my mind instantly |
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1195 include pesticides, seeds, meat, pharmacies, book publishing, and |
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1196 airlines. |
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1197 <p> |
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1198 Every area needs to have many competitors, or become a regulated |
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1199 monopoly and perhaps not for profit. |
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1200 <p> |
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1201 My <a href="https://stallman.org/articles/progressive-tax-on-business-gross-income.html">tax scheme</a> |
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1202 could be part of the solution. |
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1205 ]]></description> |
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1206 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1207 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1208 </item> |
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1209 |
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1210 <item> |
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1211 <title><![CDATA[Australia's offshore asylum centres]]></title> |
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1212 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Australia%27s_offshore_asylum_centres%29</link> |
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1214 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1215 |
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1216 *Australia's offshore asylum centres have been a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/02/australias-offshore-asylum-centres-have-been-a-cruel-disaster-they-must-not-be-replicated-by-the-uk">cruel disaster</a>. They must not |
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1217 be replicated by the UK.* |
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1220 ]]></description> |
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1221 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1222 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1223 </item> |
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1224 |
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1225 <item> |
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1226 <title><![CDATA[Some Maori activists]]></title> |
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1227 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Some_Maori_activists%29</link> |
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1228 <guid isPermaLink="false">ff6dd39a931a698bded9b93d2cd6ec96</guid> |
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1229 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1230 |
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1231 Some <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/the-maori-partys-vision-of-self-determination-is-not-to-be-ignored">Maori activists</a> |
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1232 <p> |
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1233 Maori have common interests, and in a democratic state such as New |
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1234 Zealand there are well-established ways to pursue those interests. |
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1235 One is to have a political party, and indeed the author is part of |
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1236 one. New Zealand's governmental system enables smaller parties to |
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1237 have some influence, rather than next to zero influence as in the US. |
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1238 <p> |
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1239 However, a separate parliament — which implies separate laws — for a |
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1240 subset of people that live dispersed around New Zealand would be |
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1241 conflict with the principle that everyone is equal under the law. |
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1242 <p> |
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1243 The article cites the UK as an example to follow. I contend it is |
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1244 exactly the opposite. |
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1245 <p> |
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1246 I gather that people considered the UK too centralized. Setting up |
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1247 regional administrations and devolving some powers to them was perhaps |
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1248 a wise idea. However, doing this based on the historical "nations" |
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1249 that were merged three centuries years ago to form the United Kingdom |
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1250 was utterly foolish: each of those "nations" now has an influential |
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1251 secessionist party. |
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1252 <p> |
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1253 Meanwhile, people in England (meaning most of the UK's population) got |
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1254 none of the benefit of decentralization, because the UK did not set up |
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1255 a national administration for England. In effect, the UK acted to |
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1256 boost separatism while remaining, for the most part, too centralized. |
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1257 <p> |
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1258 I suggest that the right way for the UK to decentralize would be to |
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1259 divide its whole territory into a workable number of smaller regions, |
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1260 perhaps roughly one million people in each, avoid aligning them with |
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1261 old historical grudges, then devolve the same powers to each of them. |
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1264 ]]></description> |
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1265 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1266 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1267 </item> |
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1268 |
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1269 <item> |
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1270 <title><![CDATA[The next target of Chinese imperialism]]></title> |
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1271 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28The_next_target_of_Chinese_imperialism%29</link> |
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1272 <guid isPermaLink="false">12d9e90c65c99d4d21336cd8878da703</guid> |
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1273 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1274 |
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1275 The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/after-hong-kong-china-taiwan-invasion-armed-forces">next target</a> of Chinese imperialism is Taiwan. |
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1278 ]]></description> |
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1279 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1280 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1281 </item> |
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1282 |
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1283 <item> |
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1284 <title><![CDATA[Covid-19 has legitimized once-radical ideas in UK]]></title> |
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1285 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Covid-19_has_legitimized_once-radical_ideas_in_UK%29</link> |
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1287 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1288 |
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1289 *Covid-19 has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/02/covid-19-legitimised-once-radical-ideas-uk-green-party-conference">legitimized once-radical ideas</a> in UK, say Green leaders.* |
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1290 |
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1291 |
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1292 ]]></description> |
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1293 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1294 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1295 </item> |
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1296 |
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1297 <item> |
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1298 <title><![CDATA[Ivanka Trump is now caught in a financial scandal]]></title> |
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1299 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Ivanka_Trump_is_now_caught_in_a_financial_scandal%29</link> |
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1301 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1302 |
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1303 Ivanka Trump is now caught in a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-tax-affairs">financial scandal</a> that may be criminal. |
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1304 <p> |
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1305 Please don't use the term <a href="https://stallman.org/antiglossary.html#firstdaughter">"first daughter."</a> |
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1306 |
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1307 |
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1308 ]]></description> |
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1309 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1310 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1311 </item> |
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1312 |
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1313 <item> |
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1314 <title><![CDATA[The bullshitter was close enough to Biden to infect him]]></title> |
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1315 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28The_bullshitter_was_close_enough_to_Biden_to_infect_him%29</link> |
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1317 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1318 |
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1319 The bullshitter was close enough to Biden during the debate to |
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1320 <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/10/02/trump-tests-positive-covid-48-hours-mocking-biden-wearing-mask/">possibly infect</a> him. His family members were present, without masks, |
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1321 trying hard to infect other people in the audience. |
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1322 <p> |
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1323 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/fears-joe-biden-may-have-been-exposed-after-trump-tests-positive-for-covid">More</a> about this danger. |
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1324 <p> |
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1325 Such events should invite people in the audience to ask the staff for |
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1326 help in dealing with others near them not wearing masks, to tell them |
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1327 to put on masks or move away. |
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1328 <p> |
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1329 The governor of Wisconsin <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/coronavirus-us-trump-wisconsin-rallies-cases-surge">begged the disease-spreader</a> to please not |
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1330 come there for a disease-spreading event. |
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1331 <p> |
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1332 Now perhaps he won't. |
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1333 <p> |
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1334 What are the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/donald-trump-positive-test-covid-19-surprise-many-saw-coming-coronavirus">implications</a> of this event for the campaign? Whatever |
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1335 happens, the bullshitter will lie about it and try to turn it to his |
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1336 advantage. |
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1337 |
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1339 ]]></description> |
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1340 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1341 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1342 </item> |
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1343 |
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1344 <item> |
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1345 <title><![CDATA[Salafi Arabia exiles call for democracy]]></title> |
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1346 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Salafi_Arabia_exiles_call_for_democracy%29</link> |
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1347 <guid isPermaLink="false">45a3889e7e793dd0f4b65efd37318496</guid> |
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1348 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1349 |
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1350 Exiles from Salafi Arabia have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/saudi-expats-launch-opposition-party-on-anniversary-of-jamal-kashoggis-death">started a party</a> calling for democracy |
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1351 there. |
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1353 |
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1354 ]]></description> |
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1355 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1356 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1357 </item> |
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1358 |
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1359 <item> |
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1360 <title><![CDATA[Russian critical journalist burnt herself to death]]></title> |
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1361 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Russian_critical_journalist_burnt_herself_to_death%29</link> |
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1362 <guid isPermaLink="false">5e32d6adfa3d7a5a2da991c8c3bf03c4</guid> |
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1363 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1364 |
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1365 Russian critical journalist Irina Slavina <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/irina-slavina-russian-journalist-sets-herself-on-fire-after-apartment-searched-by-police">burnt herself to death</a> |
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1366 after state agents seized her computers. |
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1367 <p> |
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1368 I wonder why she could not face life after that. Was it simply that |
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1369 one more act of harassment was more than she could bear? Were there |
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1370 things on the computers that were going to enable the state to ruin |
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1371 other people's lives? |
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1372 |
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1374 ]]></description> |
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1375 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1376 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1377 </item> |
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1378 |
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1379 <item> |
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1380 <title><![CDATA[The coronavirus was not intimidated by the bullshitter]]></title> |
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1381 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28The_coronavirus_was_not_intimidated_by_the_bullshitter%29</link> |
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1382 <guid isPermaLink="false">04f7f772f412a534debd1ae421fb0359</guid> |
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1383 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1384 |
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1385 It seems that coronavirus was not intimidated by the bullshitter. |
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1386 He <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/trump-quarantine-covid-diagnosis-coronavirus-news">got infected</a> despite all his boasts that he would not. He has probably infected many of his cronies. He could have |
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1387 avoided that by wearing a mask. |
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1388 <p> |
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1389 Will his supporters feel honored to have received a virus from |
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1390 their leader? |
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1391 |
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1393 ]]></description> |
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1394 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1395 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1396 </item> |
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1397 |
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1398 <item> |
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1399 <title><![CDATA[Syrian mercenaries sent by Turkey]]></title> |
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1400 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Syrian_mercenaries_sent_by_Turkey%29</link> |
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1401 <guid isPermaLink="false">0b51872b712d7879d40f2dde6098730e</guid> |
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1402 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1403 |
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1404 More about the Syrian mercenaries sent by Turkey to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/syrian-recruit-describes-role-of-foreign-fighters-in-nagorno-karabakh">fight against Armenia</a>. It seems they were told they would be guards, and were surprised to find that their job was fighting a war. |
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1407 ]]></description> |
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1408 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1409 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1410 </item> |
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1411 |
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1412 <item> |
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1413 <title><![CDATA[Supporters of QAnon-Supporting extremist candidates]]></title> |
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1414 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Supporters_of_QAnon-Supporting_extremist_candidates%29</link> |
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1416 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1417 |
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1418 *[Republican] Megadonors, Freedom Caucus, and CEOs <a href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2020/10/01/trump-megadonors-freedom-caucus-and-ceos-bankroll-qanon-supporting-extremist-candidates/">Bankroll</a> |
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1419 QAnon-Supporting, Extremist Candidates.* |
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1420 |
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1421 |
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1422 ]]></description> |
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1423 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1424 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1425 </item> |
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1426 |
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1427 <item> |
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1428 <title><![CDATA[Governor of Texas ordered reduction in places to drop off ballots]]></title> |
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1429 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Governor_of_Texas_ordered_reduction_in_places_to_drop_off_ballots%29</link> |
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1431 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1432 |
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1433 The governor of Texas ordered counties to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/texas-governor-greg-abbott-ballot-votes-election">reduce the number of places |
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1434 to drop off ballots</a>. |
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1435 <p> |
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1436 This is a new method, but it continues the Republican pattern of voter |
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1437 suppression. If you can't win honestly, cheat, is their motto. |
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1438 <p> |
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1439 If Republicans were loyal to the idea of democracy, they would not |
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1440 seek to stop people who disagree with them from voting. Their use of |
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1441 voter suppression demonstrates that they are opposed to the basic ideas |
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1442 of the United States. |
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1443 |
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1444 |
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1445 ]]></description> |
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1446 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1447 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1448 </item> |
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1449 |
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1450 <item> |
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1451 <title><![CDATA[Seismic blasting halted in Atlantic]]></title> |
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1452 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Seismic_blasting_halted_in_Atlantic%29</link> |
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1453 <guid isPermaLink="false">bc913884a1ae19b064c264b23682443b</guid> |
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1454 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1455 |
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1456 *Huge Victory for Ocean Defenders as <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/01/huge-victory-ocean-defenders-seismic-blasting-halted-atlantic">Seismic Blasting Halted in Atlantic</a>.* |
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1457 <p> |
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1458 It seems there is no quick way to authorize the activity, |
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1459 and by the time such a thing could be tried, we may have a |
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1460 better chance of rejecting them. |
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1463 ]]></description> |
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1464 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1465 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1466 </item> |
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1467 |
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1468 <item> |
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1469 <title><![CDATA[Urgent: call on your congresscritter to cosponsor the CIVIL Act.]]></title> |
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1470 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Urgent%3A_call_on_your_congresscritter_to_cosponsor_the_CIVIL_Act.%29</link> |
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1471 <guid isPermaLink="false">7093eed855485e176a206e45523f2775</guid> |
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1472 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1474 US citizens: call on your congresscritter to <a href="https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/support-the-CIVIL-act">cosponsor the CIVIL Act</a>. |
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1475 |
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1476 <p>The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.</p> |
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1477 <p>If you call, please spread the word!</p> |
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1481 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1482 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1483 </item> |
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1484 |
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1485 <item> |
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1486 <title><![CDATA[(satire) The bullshitter stoked fears surrounding crime]]></title> |
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1487 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28%28satire%29_The_bullshitter_stoked_fears_surrounding_crime%29</link> |
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1489 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1490 |
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1491 (satire) *[the bullshitter] stoked fears surrounding crime Tuesday by having … Mike Pompeo disguise himself as a cat burglar and rob him on |
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1492 the debate stage. "Oh no, look, it’s a violent Antifa <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#thug">thug</a> sent here by |
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1493 Joe Biden to rob me!"* |
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1494 |
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1495 https://politics.theonion.com/trump-stokes-crime-fears-by-having-mike-pompeo-disguise-1845216464 |
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1499 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1500 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1501 </item> |
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1502 |
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1503 <item> |
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1504 <title><![CDATA[ACLU litigation ends Trump Administration prohibiting immigrant minors from accessing abortion]]></title> |
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1505 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28ACLU_litigation_ends_Trump_Administration_prohibiting_immigrant_minors_from_accessing_abortion%29</link> |
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1507 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1508 |
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1509 *As a Result of ACLU Litigation, Trump Administration <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/09/29/result-aclu-litigation-trump-administration-ends-policy-prohibiting-immigrant">Ends Policy Prohibiting |
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1510 Immigrant Minors From Accessing Abortion</a>.* |
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1513 ]]></description> |
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1514 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1515 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1516 </item> |
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1517 |
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1518 <item> |
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1519 <title><![CDATA[New Jersey increased taxes for incomes over a million dollars a year]]></title> |
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1520 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28New_Jersey_increased_taxes_for_incomes_over_a_million_dollars_a_year%29</link> |
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1522 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1523 |
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1524 New Jersey has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/29/fight-covid-19-address-inequality-and-boost-recovery-nj-gov-signs-millionaires-tax">increased taxes</a> on people and businesses with incomes over |
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1525 a million dollars a year. |
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1526 <p> |
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1527 It is a small step, but it's a start! |
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1528 |
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1530 ]]></description> |
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1531 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1532 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1533 </item> |
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1534 |
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1535 <item> |
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1536 <title><![CDATA[Amy Barrett's legal philosophy disqualifies her from being on the Supreme Court]]></title> |
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1537 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Amy_Barrett%27s_legal_philosophy_disqualifies_her_from_being_on_the_Supreme_Court%29</link> |
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1538 <guid isPermaLink="false">f86a2308fb26b8f8efaef12038b3209d</guid> |
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1539 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1540 |
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1541 Amy Barrett's legal philosophy, to apply her religion to every decision, |
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1542 <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/09/30/amy-coney-barrett-not-qualified-be-supreme-court-justice">disqualifies her from being on the Supreme Court</a>. |
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1545 ]]></description> |
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1546 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1547 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1548 </item> |
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1549 |
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1550 <item> |
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1551 <title><![CDATA[Cambridge University has agreed to divest fully from fossil fuels]]></title> |
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1552 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Cambridge_University_has_agreed_to_divest_fully_from_fossil_fuels%29</link> |
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1553 <guid isPermaLink="false">f88b8712323fe3d63745b982fbd4e95c</guid> |
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1554 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1555 |
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1556 Cambridge University has agreed to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/10/01/cambridge-university-makes-historic-break-fossil-fuel-industry-and-commits-full">divest fully from fossil fuels</a>. |
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1557 <p> |
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1558 The easiest part of the divestment will be done this year, |
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1559 another part by 2025. The divestment will be completed by 2030. |
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1560 <p> |
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1561 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/02/cambridge-fossil-fuels-divestment-fossil-fuels-climate-emergency">Divestment</a> is an important step, but there are limits to what it can |
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1562 achieve. We need laws to turn off the fossil fuel industry. |
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1563 <p> |
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1564 The Federal Reserve has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/01/100-billion-lifeline-while-most-americans-are-being-left-behind-report-details">bought $355 million in bonds</a> of fossil fuel |
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1565 companies since March. |
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1566 |
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1568 ]]></description> |
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1569 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1570 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1571 </item> |
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1572 |
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1573 <item> |
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1574 <title><![CDATA[DHS handed out PR instructions to be sympathetic]]></title> |
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1575 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28DHS_handed_out_PR_instructions_to_be_sympathetic%29</link> |
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1576 <guid isPermaLink="false">d79b9f097ae023da36e4330ab79984cc</guid> |
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1577 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1578 |
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1579 The DHS handed out PR instructions telling its representatives to take |
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1580 a <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/dhs-memo-told-officials-to-make-comments-favorable-to-kenosha-shootings-suspect/2432408/">sympathetic line</a> towards the right-wing Kenosha killer, and towards |
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1581 the right-wing extremist group "Patriot Prayer". |
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1582 <p> |
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1583 Has the Department of Harshness and Sadism morphed into the Department |
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1584 of Hatred Support? |
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1585 |
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1586 |
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1587 ]]></description> |
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1588 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1589 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1590 </item> |
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1591 |
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1592 <item> |
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1593 <title><![CDATA[So long as U.S. leaders continue to coddle the Saudis]]></title> |
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1594 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28So_long_as_U.S._leaders_continue_to_coddle_the_Saudis%29</link> |
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1595 <guid isPermaLink="false">67324f1a7b8a17c71a2e9aaabc4a6983</guid> |
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1596 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1597 |
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1598 * So long as U.S. leaders continue to coddle the Saudis, <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/01/two-years-after-khashoggis-brutal-murder-why-america-still-accomplice-mbss-crimes">it’s difficult |
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1599 not to ask who is more evil</a>—the maniacal Saudi crown prince or the |
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1600 mendacious Western governments and business people who support him?* |
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1601 |
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1603 ]]></description> |
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1604 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1605 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1606 </item> |
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1607 |
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1608 <item> |
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1609 <title><![CDATA[A new standard for "biodegradable plastic"]]></title> |
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1610 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28A_new_standard_for_biodegradable_plastic%29</link> |
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1611 <guid isPermaLink="false">31459455d1c75d83064fbb4065c5077d</guid> |
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1612 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1613 |
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1614 The UK is considering a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/01/new-british-standard-for-biodegradable-plastic-introduced">new standard</a> for "biodegradable plastic" which requires |
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1615 that they don't result in microplastic grains. |
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1618 ]]></description> |
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1619 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1620 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1621 </item> |
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1622 |
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1623 <item> |
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1624 <title><![CDATA[A hero of desegregation]]></title> |
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1625 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28A_hero_of_desegregation%29</link> |
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1626 <guid isPermaLink="false">9afbaaf2fe8d5ffbe21c6cf5561b6a45</guid> |
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1627 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1628 |
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1629 A brief life of Paul Stephenson, a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/01/paul-stephenson-the-hero-who-refused-to-leave-a-pub-and-helped-desegregate-britain">hero of desegregation</a> in the UK and |
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1630 the US. |
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1631 |
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1633 ]]></description> |
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1634 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1635 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1636 </item> |
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1637 |
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1638 <item> |
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1639 <title><![CDATA[Redirection of UK medicine to treating Covid-19]]></title> |
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1640 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Redirection_of_UK_medicine_to_treating_Covid-19%29</link> |
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1642 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1643 |
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1644 The redirection of UK medicine to treating Covid-19 instead of other diseases |
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1645 will end up having caused tens of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/01/nhs-covid-disruption-could-cause-tens-of-thousands-of-deaths-mps-warn">thousands of avoidable deaths</a> from cancer |
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1646 due to failure to treat it early. |
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1647 <p> |
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1648 I expect there were many more deaths due to failure to treat other |
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1649 diseases. |
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1650 <p> |
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1651 The way to avoid this is to stay ahead of Covid-19 with measures strong enough |
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1652 to keep the infection rate going down. R approximately 1 is like a pencil |
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1653 balanced on its point — it won't stay at 1. |
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1654 |
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1656 ]]></description> |
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1657 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1658 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1659 </item> |
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1660 |
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1661 <item> |
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1662 <title><![CDATA[Exile from Hong Kong cannot contact his relatives at all]]></title> |
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1663 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Exile_from_Hong_Kong_cannot_contact_his_relatives_at_all%29</link> |
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1664 <guid isPermaLink="false">85a289a52e78f2c9ba984f1d15230134</guid> |
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1665 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1666 |
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1667 Nathan Law, in exile from Hong Kong, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/01/beijing-hong-kong-democracy-exile-china-national-security-law">cannot contact his relatives at all</a>, |
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1668 since China would seize the opportunity to pressure him by punishing them. |
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1669 <p> |
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1670 I don't see any hope for Hong Kong; I think China will turn it into a |
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1671 hell that terrifies people into suppressing their thoughts until they |
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1672 forget how to think them. |
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1673 </a> |
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1674 However, crushing Hong Kong is one step on a path of conquest and |
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1675 tyranny, and the more the response to that crushing sets China back, |
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1676 the less harm China will be able to do. |
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1679 ]]></description> |
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1680 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1681 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1682 </item> |
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1683 |
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1684 <item> |
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1685 <title><![CDATA[The "bread" in Subways' sandwiches cannot qualify for a tax exemption]]></title> |
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1686 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28The_bread_in_Subways%27_sandwiches_cannot_qualify_for_a_tax_exemption%29</link> |
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1687 <guid isPermaLink="false">ece9cf5bf043f91337bc3decae0f83cc</guid> |
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1688 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1689 |
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1690 The "bread" in Subways' sandwiches cannot qualify for a tax exemption |
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1691 in Ireland, because <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread">it has too much added sugar</a>. |
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1692 <p> |
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1693 That added sugar is not good for people. I wonder if Subway will |
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1694 reduce the sugar to qualify for the tax exemption. I wonder if other |
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1695 countries should adopt a similar legal policy. |
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1698 ]]></description> |
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1699 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1700 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1701 </item> |
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1704 <title><![CDATA[India kicking Amnesty out]]></title> |
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1705 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28India_kicking_Amnesty_out%29</link> |
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1706 <guid isPermaLink="false">a0962734189f1bfdc7025b6bfc5f1684</guid> |
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1707 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1708 |
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1709 *By kicking Amnesty out, India is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/01/amnesty-india-tarnish-reputation">betraying its founding ideals</a>.* |
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1712 ]]></description> |
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1713 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1714 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1715 </item> |
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1716 |
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1718 <title><![CDATA[The wrecker is following a playbook from 1930s Germany]]></title> |
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1719 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28The_wrecker_is_following_a_playbook_from_1930s_Germany%29</link> |
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1721 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1722 |
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1723 *Signalling to his base, as he did referring to the Proud Boys on |
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1724 Tuesday, the [wrecker] is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/01/trump-defends-armed-rightwing-gangs-proud-boys-fascism">following a playbook from 1930s Germany</a>.* |
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1725 <p> |
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1726 An <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/01/citing-post-election-period-possible-flashpoint-fbi-memo-warns-far-right-white">FBI memo warns</a> about violent right-wing extremist violence, perhaps |
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1727 after the election. |
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1728 |
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1730 ]]></description> |
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1731 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1732 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1733 </item> |
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1734 |
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1736 <title><![CDATA[US companies evade regulations on toxic PFAs]]></title> |
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1737 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28US_companies_evade_regulations_on_toxic_PFAs%29</link> |
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1738 <guid isPermaLink="false">94997011b9691d58f464f4dd1bb85da7</guid> |
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1739 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1740 |
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1741 US companies evade regulations on toxic PFAs by switching to newer |
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1742 chemicals that are probably <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/new-forever-chemicals-contaminating-environment-regulators-say">just as bad</a>, but have not been studied |
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1743 yet. |
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1746 ]]></description> |
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1747 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1748 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1749 </item> |
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1750 |
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1751 <item> |
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1752 <title><![CDATA[Meat plants are more dangerous]]></title> |
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1753 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Meat_plants_are_more_dangerous%29</link> |
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1754 <guid isPermaLink="false">2a8968834ebb8ce4566e11d0906056a7</guid> |
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1755 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1756 |
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1757 It was obvious that faster processing and less inspection would |
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1758 make meat plants <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/01/incredibly-dangerous-job-concerns-safety-is-slipping-at-us-meat-plants">more dangerous</a>. And it has. |
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1761 ]]></description> |
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1762 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1763 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1764 </item> |
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1765 |
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1766 <item> |
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1767 <title><![CDATA[Human rights lawyers threatened by sanctions]]></title> |
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1768 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Human_rights_lawyers_threatened_by_sanctions%29</link> |
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1769 <guid isPermaLink="false">12142225bf12a81e0b42c597ff73981e</guid> |
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1770 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1771 |
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1772 Human rights lawyers that make reports to help the International |
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1773 Criminal Court are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/human-rights-lawyers-sue-trump-administration-for-silencing-them">threatened by sanctions</a> that the US placed on |
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1774 anyone "providing support". |
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1775 <p> |
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1776 Since that threat is unconstitutional, they have gone to court asking |
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1777 for a ruling that the sanctions don't apply to them. |
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1780 ]]></description> |
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1781 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1782 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1783 </item> |
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1784 |
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1785 <item> |
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1786 <title><![CDATA[It will take months to vaccinate everyone]]></title> |
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1787 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28It_will_take_months_to_vaccinate_everyone%29</link> |
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1788 <guid isPermaLink="false">e2c4d4a19125947bd86a56d4330cad19</guid> |
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1789 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1790 |
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1791 It will take <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/covid-19-vaccine-alone-wont-defeat-spread-of-virus-report-warns">months to vaccinate everyone</a> against Covid-19, once |
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1792 a good vaccine is available. |
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1793 Only after massively vaccinating people will we find out how effective |
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1794 the vaccine is, for various groups. |
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1795 |
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1796 ]]></description> |
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1797 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1798 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1799 </item> |
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1800 |
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1801 <item> |
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1802 <title><![CDATA[Covid-19 increasing in UK cities in lockdown]]></title> |
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1803 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Covid-19_increasing_in_UK_cities_in_lockdown%29</link> |
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1804 <guid isPermaLink="false">92abd99dea538547b5a7c1092a894cd8</guid> |
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1805 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1806 |
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1807 The UK has imposed lockdowns in 16 cities, but in most of them |
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1808 Covid-19 has continued to increase, because people are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/england-covid-cases-have-doubled-under-most-local-lockdowns">not carrying |
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1809 out the rules</a>. |
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1810 |
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1812 ]]></description> |
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1813 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1814 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1815 </item> |
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1816 |
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1817 <item> |
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1818 <title><![CDATA[Issues that surround the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan]]></title> |
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1819 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Issues_that_surround_the_fighting_between_Armenia_and_Azerbaijan%29</link> |
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1820 <guid isPermaLink="false">7057bb71d7d7071070a47581103bc85c</guid> |
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1821 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1822 |
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1823 A cloud of new issues that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/01/the-guardian-view-on-nagorno-karabakh-new-interests-in-an-old-conflict">surround the new instance</a> of fighting |
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1824 between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
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1825 <p> |
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1826 I think it is quite plausible that Erdoğan will have Turkish planes |
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1827 attack Armenia. |
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1828 |
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1829 |
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1830 ]]></description> |
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1831 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1832 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1833 </item> |
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1834 |
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1835 <item> |
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1836 <title><![CDATA[If Assange is convicted]]></title> |
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1837 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28If_Assange_is_convicted%29</link> |
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1838 <guid isPermaLink="false">e46fbd647e9ceba63f0688364813b641</guid> |
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1839 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1840 |
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1841 If Assange is convicted, he would be sent to the ADX Florence prison |
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1842 for solitary confinement for the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/30/life-supermax-crime-merely-doing-journalism-uk-court-told-assange-likely-be-sent">rest of his life</a>. A former warden |
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1843 of that prison describes it as "a fate worse than death." |
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1844 <p> |
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1845 Perhaps El Chapo requires special security measures, so that his |
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1846 henchmen cannot bust him loose. Perhaps also some of the al-Qa'ida |
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1847 prisoners. But most of the prisoners listed in the article do not |
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1848 belong to a gang and there is no special danger they would escape, no |
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1849 need and no justification to destroy them this way. |
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1850 |
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1852 ]]></description> |
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1853 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1854 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1855 </item> |
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1856 |
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1857 <item> |
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1858 <title><![CDATA[Global heating affects nights worse than days]]></title> |
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1859 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Global_heating_affects_nights_worse_than_days%29</link> |
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1861 <description><![CDATA[<p> |
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1862 |
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1863 Global heating affects <href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/01/global-heating-warming-up-nights-faster-than-days">nights worse than days</a>. Many people won't be able to sleep. |
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1864 |
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1866 ]]></description> |
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1867 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> |
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1868 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator> |
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1869 </item> |
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1870 |
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1871 </channel> |
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1872 </rss> |
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