Phishing attacks to get at people's bank accounts are mushrooming. Viruses could also be set up to get people's bank account information. I think the wisest thing to do is avoid online banking.

]]>11 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#11%20March%202010%20%28MI5%20head%20speaks%20quietly%2911 March 2010 (MI5 head speaks quietly) The UK protested privately to the US about Bush's torture policies, when it found out about them. It made sense to try a private protest as the first step. However, when that protest achieved nothing, the UK went on with its "special relationship" with the torturer. That cannot be excused. 11 March 2010 (MI5 head speaks quietly)

The UK protested privately to the US about Bush's torture policies, when it found out about them. It made sense to try a private protest as the first step. However, when that protest achieved nothing, the UK went on with its "special relationship" with the torturer. That cannot be excused.

]]>11 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#11%20March%202010%20%28EUreka%2911 March 2010 (EUreka) The EU is talking about restricting credit default swaps. This is the right direction to go; any solution to the problem caused by financial speculators must work by interfering with what they can do. 11 March 2010 (EUreka)

The EU is talking about restricting credit default swaps. This is the right direction to go; any solution to the problem caused by financial speculators must work by interfering with what they can do.

]]>11 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#11%20March%202010%20%28Help%20save%20wikileaks%21%2911 March 2010 (Help save wikileaks!) Wikileaks is looking for donations. 11 March 2010 (Help save wikileaks!)

Wikileaks is looking for donations.

]]>11 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#11%20March%202010%20%28Smut%20for%20Smut%20in%20San%20Antonio%2911 March 2010 (Smut for Smut in San Antonio) Atheist students are offering to trade pornography for religious "holy" books, saying that the latter are more smutty. I like the idea, I just wish they wouldn't endorse the position that pornography is in general bad. 11 March 2010 (Smut for Smut in San Antonio)

Atheist students are offering to trade pornography for religious "holy" books, saying that the latter are more smutty. I like the idea, I just wish they wouldn't endorse the position that pornography is in general bad.

]]>11 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#11%20March%202010%20%28Peaceful%20protest%20globally%20repressed%2911 March 2010 (Peaceful protest globally repressed) China has arrested lots of Tibetans to make sure there cannot be a protest. China is not the only government which preemptively sabotages protest. Iran has done this often in the past year and the UK has done it too. The European Union has closed borders to stop Europeans from coming to protests. 11 March 2010 (Peaceful protest globally repressed)

China has arrested lots of Tibetans to make sure there cannot be a protest. China is not the only government which preemptively sabotages protest. Iran has done this often in the past year and the UK has done it too. The European Union has closed borders to stop Europeans from coming to protests.

]]>11 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#11%20March%202010%20%28Israel%20settlements%20in%20West%20Bank%2911 March 2010 (Israel settlements in West Bank) Israel showed its contempt for the US by announcing big extension plan for "settlements" in the West Bank, just after Biden visited Israel. Israel calls this "East Jerusalem", but that shouldn't disguise the reality. 11 March 2010 (Israel settlements in West Bank)

Israel showed its contempt for the US by announcing big extension plan for "settlements" in the West Bank, just after Biden visited Israel.

Israel calls this "East Jerusalem", but that shouldn't disguise the reality.

]]>11 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#11%20March%202010%20%28Suicide%20assistance%2911 March 2010 (Suicide assistance) Americans who organized to provide support to people who want to commit suicide have been arrested. It appears all they gave was advice and logistical arrangements. It appears that these people are still ambulatory and don't need physical assistance to kill themselves. But they want help with preparations, and moral support. There are many kinds of suffering which make us say "I'd rather die" when we think about them. Not all of them are fatal in the short term. When these things happen, many of the victims decide they'd rather live after all. But some don't, and they should not be perversely forced to go on suffering — especially if that is forever. 11 March 2010 (Suicide assistance)

Americans who organized to provide support to people who want to commit suicide have been arrested. It appears all they gave was advice and logistical arrangements.

It appears that these people are still ambulatory and don't need physical assistance to kill themselves. But they want help with preparations, and moral support.

There are many kinds of suffering which make us say "I'd rather die" when we think about them. Not all of them are fatal in the short term. When these things happen, many of the victims decide they'd rather live after all. But some don't, and they should not be perversely forced to go on suffering — especially if that is forever.

]]>11 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28Urgent%20Note%3A%20Give%20Guantanamo%20fair%20trials%2910 March 2010 (Urgent Note: Give Guantanamo fair trials) US citizens: sign the ACLU's petition telling Obama to give Guantanamo fair trials instead of military kangaroo courts. 10 March 2010 (Urgent Note: Give Guantanamo fair trials)

US citizens: sign the ACLU's petition telling Obama to give Guantanamo fair trials instead of military kangaroo courts.

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28US%20troops%20in%20Haiti%2910 March 2010 (US troops in Haiti) Most of the US troops are withdrawing from Haiti, but thousands remain. Even a few thousand troops could effectively maintain military control over Haiti's weak government, 10 March 2010 (US troops in Haiti)

Most of the US troops are withdrawing from Haiti, but thousands remain.

Even a few thousand troops could effectively maintain military control over Haiti's weak government,

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28Berlusconi%27s%20latest%20viciousness%2910 March 2010 (Berlusconi's latest viciousness) Berlusconi's latest viciousness: cowardly harassment of the family of Alexander Litvinenko, who was murdered by Russian agents. 10 March 2010 (Berlusconi's latest viciousness)

Berlusconi's latest viciousness: cowardly harassment of the family of Alexander Litvinenko, who was murdered by Russian agents.

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28Excluding%20banks%20from%20bond%20sales%2910 March 2010 (Excluding banks from bond sales) European countries are punishing the big banks that caused the financial crisis by excluding them from bond sales. Any punishment for these banks is good news, but this is not enough. They must be split up into pieces that are considerably smaller. 10 March 2010 (Excluding banks from bond sales)

European countries are punishing the big banks that caused the financial crisis by excluding them from bond sales.

Any punishment for these banks is good news, but this is not enough. They must be split up into pieces that are considerably smaller.

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28Iraqis%20are%20voting%2910 March 2010 (Iraqis are voting) Lots of Iraqis are voting. This article makes the election sound like a great success, but the article fails to mention that hundreds of candidates were banned from running. That's not democracy. 10 March 2010 (Iraqis are voting)

Lots of Iraqis are voting.

This article makes the election sound like a great success, but the article fails to mention that hundreds of candidates were banned from running. That's not democracy.

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28Holy%20sites%2910 March 2010 (Holy sites) Uri Avnery: Israel identifies dubious "holy sites" a an excuse for driving Arabs out of the neighborhood. 10 March 2010 (Holy sites)

Uri Avnery: Israel identifies dubious "holy sites" a an excuse for driving Arabs out of the neighborhood.

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28Nuclear%20power%20plants%20are%20dangerous%2910 March 2010 (Nuclear power plants are dangerous) Nuclear power plants are found to cause danger to their workers and the people in the surrounding areas. Renewable energy generation, and increases in the efficiency of using energy, are cheaper as well as safer. As Amory Lovins showed, spending money on building new nuclear plants will mean less reduction in carbon emissions than spending the same money on renewables and efficiency. 10 March 2010 (Nuclear power plants are dangerous)

Nuclear power plants are found to cause danger to their workers and the people in the surrounding areas.

Renewable energy generation, and increases in the efficiency of using energy, are cheaper as well as safer. As Amory Lovins showed, spending money on building new nuclear plants will mean less reduction in carbon emissions than spending the same money on renewables and efficiency.

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28Dongria%20Kondh%20people%2910 March 2010 (Dongria Kondh people) Contrasting the attractive fantasy of the movie Avatar with the ugly but real resistance of the Dongria Kondh people to their oppressors. 10 March 2010 (Dongria Kondh people)

Contrasting the attractive fantasy of the movie Avatar with the ugly but real resistance of the Dongria Kondh people to their oppressors.

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28Waterboarding%2910 March 2010 (Waterboarding) The CIA's version of waterboarding used doctors and medical technology to take the victim even closer to death and still force him to stay alive. Some victims gave up and tried to let themselves drown. If you read this article you will see how cruel the US government is. 10 March 2010 (Waterboarding)

The CIA's version of waterboarding used doctors and medical technology to take the victim even closer to death and still force him to stay alive. Some victims gave up and tried to let themselves drown.

If you read this article you will see how cruel the US government is.

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28CIA%27s%20secret%20prisons%2910 March 2010 (CIA's secret prisons) 39 people who entered the CIA's secret prisons were never heard of again. Were they tortured to death? Shot? Are they still prisoners? If the US does not say, that means it has disappeared them. This puts the US in the same class with the murderous generals of Argentina. General Varela is now in prison. Bush and Cheney ought to be in prison, along with everyone else who participated in the US torture system. 10 March 2010 (CIA's secret prisons)

39 people who entered the CIA's secret prisons were never heard of again. Were they tortured to death? Shot? Are they still prisoners? If the US does not say, that means it has disappeared them. This puts the US in the same class with the murderous generals of Argentina.

General Varela is now in prison. Bush and Cheney ought to be in prison, along with everyone else who participated in the US torture system.

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28Mountain%20gorillas%20in%20danger%2910 March 2010 (Mountain gorillas in danger) Mountain gorillas may survive poachers but their habitat will soon be attacked by humans cutting trees to make charcoal. This is a consequence of human overpopulation. Where humans are destroying the forest for fuel, they are heading for disaster; cutting down the forest, while it extinguishes gorillas and many other species of wildlife, can at best postpone the disastr a few years, and will make it bigger when it happens. Sooner or later people will have to live with the energy resources they have. The sooner they have to start, the less harm they will do. 10 March 2010 (Mountain gorillas in danger)

Mountain gorillas may survive poachers but their habitat will soon be attacked by humans cutting trees to make charcoal.

This is a consequence of human overpopulation. Where humans are destroying the forest for fuel, they are heading for disaster; cutting down the forest, while it extinguishes gorillas and many other species of wildlife, can at best postpone the disastr a few years, and will make it bigger when it happens. Sooner or later people will have to live with the energy resources they have. The sooner they have to start, the less harm they will do.

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#10%20March%202010%20%28Greek%20workers%20plan%20another%20general%20strike%2910 March 2010 (Greek workers plan another general strike) Greek workers plan another general strike about increased taxes and reductions in income. The deficit-reducing measures described in this article are all regressive: the burden falls hardest on the poor. Shouldn't the rich bear the same share of the burden, or more? The loss of a given fraction of of income hurts the poor more than it hurts the rich, so the same share of the burden means that the rich would lose a larger fraction of their income. If the public rejection is strong enough, maybe Papandreou will decide to shift tax to the rich. Or maybe some other party prepared to do so will present itself. 10 March 2010 (Greek workers plan another general strike)

Greek workers plan another general strike about increased taxes and reductions in income.

The deficit-reducing measures described in this article are all regressive: the burden falls hardest on the poor. Shouldn't the rich bear the same share of the burden, or more? The loss of a given fraction of of income hurts the poor more than it hurts the rich, so the same share of the burden means that the rich would lose a larger fraction of their income.

If the public rejection is strong enough, maybe Papandreou will decide to shift tax to the rich. Or maybe some other party prepared to do so will present itself.

]]>10 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Grim%20future%20for%20vulture%20funds%3F%297 March 2010 (Grim future for vulture funds?) The UK is in the process of blocking vulture funds from their courts; will the US do the same? Liberia should make it a crime to try to collect for a Vulture fund; then its agents could seize the perpetrators anywhere in the world as the US does with suspected terrorists. But, unlike the US, it should give them fair trials. 7 March 2010 (Grim future for vulture funds?)

The UK is in the process of blocking vulture funds from their courts; will the US do the same? Liberia should make it a crime to try to collect for a Vulture fund; then its agents could seize the perpetrators anywhere in the world as the US does with suspected terrorists. But, unlike the US, it should give them fair trials.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Dubious%20democracy%20in%20Iraq%297 March 2010 (Dubious democracy in Iraq) The Iraqi government refuses to give reasons for disqualifying hundreds of candidates in the current election, and says the UN asked it to conceal them. This is no better than Iran. 7 March 2010 (Dubious democracy in Iraq)

The Iraqi government refuses to give reasons for disqualifying hundreds of candidates in the current election, and says the UN asked it to conceal them. This is no better than Iran.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Referendum%20on%20debt%20repayment%20in%20Iceland%297 March 2010 (Referendum on debt repayment in Iceland) Several Icelandic banks collapsed in 2008; foreign governments are making threats to pressure Iceland's people to assume the cost, but they seem to refuse to give in. IMF loans come with conditions that put the burden mainly on the poor. To accept one is the problem, not the solution. 7 March 2010 (Referendum on debt repayment in Iceland)

Several Icelandic banks collapsed in 2008; foreign governments are making threats to pressure Iceland's people to assume the cost, but they seem to refuse to give in. IMF loans come with conditions that put the burden mainly on the poor. To accept one is the problem, not the solution.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28German%20court%20orders%20telephone%2C%20Internet%20records%20deleted%297 March 2010 (German court orders telephone, Internet records deleted) German email data retention law was ruled unconstitutional in its present form. It is not clear how much less bad the replacement will be. 7 March 2010 (German court orders telephone, Internet records deleted)

German email data retention law was ruled unconstitutional in its present form. It is not clear how much less bad the replacement will be.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Urgent%3A%20Protest%20insurance%20execs%20in%20DC%297 March 2010 (Urgent: Protest insurance execs in DC) On Tuesday, March 9, insurance company CEOs are meeting in Washington DC to plot how to make health care reform even worse. There will be a protest. The march starts at Dupont Circle at: 11:00 A.M. and goes to the Ritz Carlton. I think you can find more info somewhere here. 7 March 2010 (Urgent: Protest insurance execs in DC)

On Tuesday, March 9, insurance company CEOs are meeting in Washington DC to plot how to make health care reform even worse. There will be a protest. The march starts at Dupont Circle at: 11:00 A.M. and goes to the Ritz Carlton. I think you can find more info somewhere here.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Embarrassment%297 March 2010 (Embarrassment) Women in Falluja are warned not to have children because birth defects are so common there. But the Iraqi government doesn't want this to be studied. 7 March 2010 (Embarrassment)

Women in Falluja are warned not to have children because birth defects are so common there. But the Iraqi government doesn't want this to be studied.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Perversions%297 March 2010 (Perversions) Kevin reports on how a mall security guard called him a pedophile as he was taking a photo of his son in the mall, and then called the police on him. 7 March 2010 (Perversions)

Kevin reports on how a mall security guard called him a pedophile as he was taking a photo of his son in the mall, and then called the police on him.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Urgent%3A%20Reform%20the%20U%20SAP%20AT%20RIOT%20act%297 March 2010 (Urgent: Reform the U SAP AT RIOT act) US citizens: sign the ACLU's petition for reform of some of the dangerous aspects of the U SAP AT RIOT act. 7 March 2010 (Urgent: Reform the U SAP AT RIOT act)

US citizens: sign the ACLU's petition for reform of some of the dangerous aspects of the U SAP AT RIOT act.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Tokophobia%297 March 2010 (Tokophobia) Many women are terrified of giving birth. I can't see why anyone wouldn't be terrified of something so painful. Since population growth exacerbates many world problems, if a woman (or a man) is afraid to have children, the best response is help in avoiding it. 7 March 2010 (Tokophobia)

Many women are terrified of giving birth. I can't see why anyone wouldn't be terrified of something so painful.

Since population growth exacerbates many world problems, if a woman (or a man) is afraid to have children, the best response is help in avoiding it.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Rage%20on%20the%20right%297 March 2010 (Rage on the right) Right-wing extremism has become much stronger in the US with help from "tea party" tax protestors. These extremists are right that the US government has attacked our freedom. Bush launched the attack, with the U SAP AT RIOT act, torture, military tribunals, systematic spying, Guantanamo and Bagram prison, but the right-wing extremists don't blame Bush. Instead they blame Obama, who merely supports and continues the evils Bush began. I suspect that right-wing organizations with lots of money are playing both sides of the game. They supported Bush, and now they mislead the extremists about who to blame. 7 March 2010 (Rage on the right)

Right-wing extremism has become much stronger in the US with help from "tea party" tax protestors. These extremists are right that the US government has attacked our freedom. Bush launched the attack, with the U SAP AT RIOT act, torture, military tribunals, systematic spying, Guantanamo and Bagram prison, but the right-wing extremists don't blame Bush. Instead they blame Obama, who merely supports and continues the evils Bush began.

I suspect that right-wing organizations with lots of money are playing both sides of the game. They supported Bush, and now they mislead the extremists about who to blame.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Peter%20Gill%2C%20oil%20and%20gas%20lackey%297 March 2010 (Peter Gill, oil and gas lackey) Scientific criticism of the Climatic Research Unit by the Institite of Physics seems to have been the work of a man whose business does consulting for oil companies. 7 March 2010 (Peter Gill, oil and gas lackey)

Scientific criticism of the Climatic Research Unit by the Institite of Physics seems to have been the work of a man whose business does consulting for oil companies.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Lousy%20and%20lousy%297 March 2010 (Lousy and lousy) Contrasting America's pretense of morality with China's out-and-out greed. Is it better to be an unabashedly greedy bully, or to be a greedy bully that pretends to give moral lessons? I think it's a toss-up between lousy and lousy. 7 March 2010 (Lousy and lousy)

Contrasting America's pretense of morality with China's out-and-out greed. Is it better to be an unabashedly greedy bully, or to be a greedy bully that pretends to give moral lessons? I think it's a toss-up between lousy and lousy.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28Urgent%3A%20stop%20the%20UK%20Digital%20Evil%20Bill%297 March 2010 (Urgent: stop the UK Digital Evil Bill) UK citizens: support the Open Rights Group in fighting the Digital Evil Bill. This bill has been made even worse; it now includes forced blockage of web sites as part of the War on Sharing. 7 March 2010 (Urgent: stop the UK Digital Evil Bill)

UK citizens: support the Open Rights Group in fighting the Digital Evil Bill. This bill has been made even worse; it now includes forced blockage of web sites as part of the War on Sharing.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#7%20March%202010%20%28After%20the%20Earthquake%297 March 2010 (After the Earthquake) In Chile, soldiers protected food in supermarkets from "looters" who were hungry, and shot water cannon at people who needed water to drink. Older roads in Chile survived the earthquake, but newer ones made by private contractors were built badly to save money, so they collapsed. 7 March 2010 (After the Earthquake)

In Chile, soldiers protected food in supermarkets from "looters" who were hungry, and shot water cannon at people who needed water to drink. Older roads in Chile survived the earthquake, but newer ones made by private contractors were built badly to save money, so they collapsed.

]]>7 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#05%20March%202010%20%28Redesigning%20the%20Internet%20into%20a%20system%20of%20control%2905 March 2010 (Redesigning the Internet into a system of control) The spying-industrial complex is spreading FUD about "cyberwar" to excuse redesigning the Internet into a system of control. The article ironically supports a similar FUD campaign by using the propaganda term "piracy" to refer to forbidden sharing. Perhaps the author did not recognize that as propaganda. Also, it was not nice to us hackers to use the term "hacker" to refer to someone who breaks security. 05 March 2010 (Redesigning the Internet into a system of control)

The spying-industrial complex is spreading FUD about "cyberwar" to excuse redesigning the Internet into a system of control.

The article ironically supports a similar FUD campaign by using the propaganda term "piracy" to refer to forbidden sharing. Perhaps the author did not recognize that as propaganda. Also, it was not nice to us hackers to use the term "hacker" to refer to someone who breaks security.

]]>05 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#05%20March%202010%20%28Hamas%20denies%20its%20war%20crimes%2905 March 2010 (Hamas denies its war crimes) Hamas, like Israel, denies its war crimes with twisted logic. 05 March 2010 (Hamas denies its war crimes)

Hamas, like Israel, denies its war crimes with twisted logic.

]]>05 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#05%20March%202010%20%28Urgent%20Note%3A%20Oppose%20the%20expansion%20of%20commercial%20whaling%2905 March 2010 (Urgent Note: Oppose the expansion of commercial whaling) US citizens: oppose the expansion of commercial whaling. 05 March 2010 (Urgent Note: Oppose the expansion of commercial whaling)

US citizens: oppose the expansion of commercial whaling.

]]>05 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#05%20March%202010%20%28Urgent%20Note%3A%20Stop%20Outsourcing%20Our%20Security%20Act%2905 March 2010 (Urgent Note: Stop Outsourcing Our Security Act) US citizens: phone your representative to support the Stop Outsourcing Our Security Act, which would ban use of mercenaries such as Blackwater. You can also sign this petition, but a phone call carries more weight. 05 March 2010 (Urgent Note: Stop Outsourcing Our Security Act)

US citizens: phone your representative to support the Stop Outsourcing Our Security Act, which would ban use of mercenaries such as Blackwater.

You can also sign this petition, but a phone call carries more weight.

]]>05 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#05%20March%202010%20%28Climate%20scientists%20receive%20hate%20mail%20%2905 March 2010 (Climate scientists receive hate mail ) Climate scientists receive enormous amounts of hate mail when their names become known. 05 March 2010 (Climate scientists receive hate mail )

Climate scientists receive enormous amounts of hate mail when their names become known.

]]>05 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#05%20March%202010%20%28Israeli%20soldiers%20attacking%20innocent%20men%2905 March 2010 (Israeli soldiers attacking innocent men) Israeli soldiers persistently attack Palestinians making video recordings of the army's attacks on civilians, and even though the army acknowledges that these recordings are lawful, it does nothing to punish the soldiers that attack. 05 March 2010 (Israeli soldiers attacking innocent men)

Israeli soldiers persistently attack Palestinians making video recordings of the army's attacks on civilians, and even though the army acknowledges that these recordings are lawful, it does nothing to punish the soldiers that attack.

]]>05 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#05%20March%202010%20%28Urgent%20Note%3A%20Repeal%20don%27t%20ask%20don%27t%20tell%2905 March 2010 (Urgent Note: Repeal don't ask don't tell) US citizens: phone your senators to support repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy towards gays in the military. (I have declined to support some actions for this particular cause because they invited people to praise the US military for "serving their country". They could potentially do so if the US were attacked, but in reality they more often invade other countries. Recent examples include Haiti and Iraq.) 05 March 2010 (Urgent Note: Repeal don't ask don't tell)

US citizens: phone your senators to support repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy towards gays in the military.

(I have declined to support some actions for this particular cause because they invited people to praise the US military for "serving their country". They could potentially do so if the US were attacked, but in reality they more often invade other countries. Recent examples include Haiti and Iraq.)

]]>05 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#05%20March%202010%20%28Paravant%2905 March 2010 (Paravant) Blackwater has a new alias, Paravant, for doing the same bad things. 05 March 2010 (Paravant)

Blackwater has a new alias, Paravant, for doing the same bad things.

]]>05 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#05%20March%202010%20%28Urgent%20Note%3A%20Health%20care%20reform%20issues%2905 March 2010 (Urgent Note: Health care reform issues) US citizens: use this page to tell Obama not to let the Republicans limit medical malpractice claims as part of health care "reform". I suggest also saying that the Republicans have got too much already and that health care reform without a public option is a change for the worse. 05 March 2010 (Urgent Note: Health care reform issues)

US citizens: use this page to tell Obama not to let the Republicans limit medical malpractice claims as part of health care "reform".

I suggest also saying that the Republicans have got too much already and that health care reform without a public option is a change for the worse.

]]>05 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#05%20March%202010%20%28News%20commentators%20are%20paid%20by%20corporations%2905 March 2010 (News commentators are paid by corporations) TV "news" shows in the US feature commentators who are paid by corporations to promote certain policies and don't admit it. 05 March 2010 (News commentators are paid by corporations)

TV "news" shows in the US feature commentators who are paid by corporations to promote certain policies and don't admit it.

]]>05 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#4%20March%202010%20%28Teach%20the%20world%20to%20sing%294 March 2010 (Teach the world to sing) Coca Cola Company has been sued by its workers in Guatemala for repeated practices of murder, rape, and torture. This is more reason to join the boycott of all Coca Cola Company products. 4 March 2010 (Teach the world to sing)

Coca Cola Company has been sued by its workers in Guatemala for repeated practices of murder, rape, and torture. This is more reason to join the boycott of all Coca Cola Company products.

]]>4 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#4%20March%202010%20%28Heavy%20handed%20mistreatment%20of%20Palestinians%20continues%294 March 2010 (Heavy handed mistreatment of Palestinians continues) World pressure has made Israel suspend a plan to demolish 22 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem. Here's more information on (I think) the same demolition plan. This does not mean demolition of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem has been stopped. This suspension applies to just one project. Meanwhile, Israel continues demolishing Palestinian homes in Gaza, along with trees and wells. 4 March 2010 (Heavy handed mistreatment of Palestinians continues)

World pressure has made Israel suspend a plan to demolish 22 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem. Here's more information on (I think) the same demolition plan. This does not mean demolition of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem has been stopped. This suspension applies to just one project.

Meanwhile, Israel continues demolishing Palestinian homes in Gaza, along with trees and wells.

]]>4 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#4%20March%202010%20%28Could%20be%20the%20oil%20again...%294 March 2010 (Could be the oil again...) The US pointedly declined to support the UK against Argentina's demands to for control over the Falkland Islands, This is, apparently, the UK's reward for its slavish "special relationship" in which B'liar had to launch a war of aggression when the US told him to. Apparently the relationship was special only from one side. Clinton says she wants the UK and Argentina to "talk", but that is wrong advice. The inhabitants of the Falkland islands don't want to be ruled by Argentina, and Argentina has no right to impose its power on them. There is nothing to talk about. 4 March 2010 (Could be the oil again...)

The US pointedly declined to support the UK against Argentina's demands to for control over the Falkland Islands, This is, apparently, the UK's reward for its slavish "special relationship" in which B'liar had to launch a war of aggression when the US told him to. Apparently the relationship was special only from one side.

Clinton says she wants the UK and Argentina to "talk", but that is wrong advice. The inhabitants of the Falkland islands don't want to be ruled by Argentina, and Argentina has no right to impose its power on them. There is nothing to talk about.

]]>4 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#4%20March%202010%20%28Please%20stay%20at%20home%294 March 2010 (Please stay at home) The Israeli Army is tracking Israeli participants in Palestinian nonviolent protests and stopping them from reaching the protest area. Interference with freedom of assembly is common among states that are democratic in form but not in substance. 4 March 2010 (Please stay at home)

The Israeli Army is tracking Israeli participants in Palestinian nonviolent protests and stopping them from reaching the protest area. Interference with freedom of assembly is common among states that are democratic in form but not in substance.

]]>4 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#4%20March%202010%20%28Who%20needs%20ocean%20life%294 March 2010 (Who needs ocean life) Excess CO2 in the ocean is dissolving coral reefs. By 2100 they are likely to all be gone. This by itself would be a mass extinction. It would also be disastrous for many fish populations, if we have not already destroyed them, and would cause a food crisis for humans. 4 March 2010 (Who needs ocean life)

Excess CO2 in the ocean is dissolving coral reefs. By 2100 they are likely to all be gone. This by itself would be a mass extinction. It would also be disastrous for many fish populations, if we have not already destroyed them, and would cause a food crisis for humans.

]]>4 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#4%20March%202010%20%28Banalarchy%20in%20the%20UK%294 March 2010 (Banalarchy in the UK) A mall security guard threatened a man for taking pictures of his child who was riding on a toy train. Note how the security guard magnified his power to threaten the public by telling a policeman a distorted version of what had occurred. 4 March 2010 (Banalarchy in the UK)

A mall security guard threatened a man for taking pictures of his child who was riding on a toy train. Note how the security guard magnified his power to threaten the public by telling a policeman a distorted version of what had occurred.

]]>4 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#4%20March%202010%20%28Climategate%20fizzles%294 March 2010 (Climategate fizzles) At the investigation into the leaked Climatic Research Unit emails, Philip Jones says the accusations against him are false and that the facts will show this. It definitely should be standard scientific practice to show the software source code used to analyze the data. Not just in climate research, but always. 4 March 2010 (Climategate fizzles)

At the investigation into the leaked Climatic Research Unit emails, Philip Jones says the accusations against him are false and that the facts will show this. It definitely should be standard scientific practice to show the software source code used to analyze the data. Not just in climate research, but always.

]]>4 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#2%20March%202010%20%28Nonviolence%20in%20Palestine%292 March 2010 (Nonviolence in Palestine) The nonviolent Palestinian resistance movement is spreading even though troops threaten the participants. 2 March 2010 (Nonviolence in Palestine)

The nonviolent Palestinian resistance movement is spreading even though troops threaten the participants.

]]>2 Mar 2010 00:00 UTRichard Stallman http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#2%20March%202010%20%28UK%20may%20ban%20vulture%20funds%292 March 2010 (UK may ban vulture funds) The Liberian president urges the UK to take action against vulture funds. 2 March 2010 (UK may ban vulture funds)

The Liberian president urges the UK to take action against vulture funds.

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