Unnatural walled reservoirs
14 October 2025
The greedy privatized UK water companies want the state to charge the public to build unnatural walled reservoirs and give them as a gift to those water companies.
The UK should nationalize those companies, not build assets to inflate their valuation. If indeed those reservoirs need building, the state should own them, and drown the water companies in them.
Wrecker said Illinois Governor Pritzker should be jailed
14 October 2025
The wrecker said that Illinois Governor Pritzker should be jailed for "not protecting" deportation thugs.
They are masked and armed, and hardly in danger. The people who need protection are their victims.
That's an instance of the wrecker's usual absurd extreme double-standard premise. He goes beyond denying the truth, by proclaiming an extreme opposite of it. This will fool the people who try to find the truth by looking for the two extremes and taking the average.
The deportation thugs are not merely failing to protect the people who encounter them (including unauthorized immigrants, authorized immigrants, and US citizens), some of them are cruelly attacking innocent people.
Sierra club blasts report of "Concierge, White Glove Service"
14 October 2025
*Sierra Club Blasts Report of "Concierge, White Glove Service” for Fossil Fuel Companies.*
That fits with everything the saboteur in chief is saying and doing for them.
New scheme to borrow money to pay medical bills
14 October 2025
A new scheme to borrow money to pay medical bills will make it easy for poor Americans the transition from Medicaid (which Republicans have cut) to unpayable medical debt whose interest will drain them constantly.
Concert tickets have exploded in price
14 October 2025
Concert tickets have exploded in price for the last few decades. It is a disaster for music.
Right-wing extremist as head of CBS news department
14 October 2025
CBS has appointed a right-wing extremist as head of its news department. This is a declaration of submission to the bully. I expect this to result in blatant bias that shows contempt for the idea of truth, but that is not inevitable. They could make the right-wing bias more subtle instead, to make the bias look "centrist".
Either way, we should not trust it.
*CBS News staffers react to Barri Weiss being named editor-in-chief: "It's utterly depressing."*
Starmer investigating how to punish protests expressing hatred of Jews
14 October 2025
Starmer says he is investigating how to punish protests that express hatred of Jews.
He singled out a chant that calls for some analysis: "globalize the intifada". It has a problem but Starmer seems to have misidentified what the problem is. I don't see any antisemitism in that phrase, but it is a dog whistle that hints at support for terrorism.
The word "intifada" means "uprising"; it does not specifically imply terrorism, or violence at all. But we all know that the Palestinian second intifada often used suicide attacks on victims who were not fighting, and that was terrorism. That is what makes the slogan a dog whistle.
To make dog-whistling a crime is dangerous; it could enable all sorts of censorship. But we ought to reject that slogan and its hazy implications.
Vindictiveness of deportation thugs
14 October 2025
The vindictiveness of deportation thugs: Kapil Raghu was released from deportation prison after they determined that the bottle labeled "opium" contained perfume, not a drug, but 30 days in prison was not enough persecution to satisfy them.
Kansas charged thug with murder
14 October 2025
Kansas has charged a thug with murder for pressing his knee into a handcuffed man's back for 93 seconds.
Kansas is known for right-wing attitudes including cruelty to the weak or outcast, but his shows at least some decrease in its influence.
The article linked to just above displays symbolic bigotry by capitalizing "black" but not "white". (To avoid endorsing bigotry, capitalize both words or neither one.) I denounce bigotry, and normally I will not link to articles that practice it. But I make exceptions for some articles because I consider them important — and I present this comment about them.
Magat officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects
14 October 2025
*[Magat] officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states.*
The fact that they are selecting victims based on political manipulation rather than any sort of national interest demonstrates their corrupt spirit.
Rubio and Noem targeted pro-Palestine activists
14 October 2025
*Judge Finds Rubio and Noem Intentionally Targeted Pro-Palestine Activists to Chill Speech.*
He called the wrecker's spade a spade, based on the constitutional principle that freedom of speech applies to non-citizens just as to citizens.
Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in prison
14 October 2025
*Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli [prison]. Some of those held say guns were pointed at them, they were threatened with dogs and deprived of sleep.*
Produce of film about medics in Gaza
14 October 2025
*The producer of a film about medics in Gaza that was dropped by the BBC has accused the corporation of attempting to gag him and others over its decision not to show the documentary..*
Various countries support bully's peace plan for Gaza
14 October 2025
Various countries support the bully's peace plan for Gaza but only in the sense that they are willing to start negotiations from there. It has some fundamental problems.
Where will crackdown on Britain's democratic freedoms end?
14 October 2025
*It starts with Palestine protests. But where will the crackdown on Britain's democratic freedoms end?*
DOJ sues activists
13 October 2025
*[Department of Injustice] sues pro-Palestinian activists under law often used to protect abortion clinics.*
In general, to hold a protest at a synagogue against something done by Israel is an instance of trying to hold all Jews responsible for Israel's actions. That is a kind of antisemitism. However, this protest was against an event at that synagogue, and the event participated in expropriation of Palestinian land. It is legitimate to protest that kind of event no matter where it is held.
The rightwing extremists have followed that up with one of their frequent tactics: to start violence and then blame the victims for starting it. Not a new thing, since right-wing extremists generally consider lying legitimate, but now the US government is broadcasting the lie.
RMS will give a talk in Rome
12 October 2025
Richard Stallman will give a two hour talk in Rome, Italy tomorrow, Monday, Oct 13, starting at 4PM: Free/Libre software and freedom in the digital society
It will be at:
Sapienza University of Rome
Aula Magna of the Rectorate
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5
Registration: https://www.di.uniroma1.it/it/distinguished-lectures
Money sent to family in Gaza
11 October 2025
*She Sent Money to Family in Gaza. ICE Claimed It’s Evidence She Supports Hamas.*
Journalist banned from Labour Party Conference
11 October 2025
A senior British journalist who has repeatedly asked leaders of Labour hard questions has been banned from the Labour Party Conference and told he was considered a threat to safety.
Does Starmer-Labour now equate the asking of probing questions to a threat of violence?
US Energy department regulating what staff can say
11 October 2025
The US Energy department has meticulously regulated what its staff may say, so that it cannot even hint at global heating and its effects.
Meanwhile, various shutdown government offices are set with outgoing messages that make a partisan statement blaming Democrats for the shutdown.
On this one and the same issue, magats have applied the Hatch Act to two different situations and drawn opposing conclusions. Why the chasm? I suggest it is based on the partisan design to get advantage for the magats in each case.
UK program to predict who is likely to commit murder
11 October 2025
The UK has a project to collect lots of information about criminals and crime victims in order to predict who is likely to commit murder.
It will be hard to find a legitimate way to use the results. They are sure to identify a list of "likely" future murderers far larger than the list of real future murders would be if it could be known.
What could the state legitimately do to or with the people on that list? There might be kinds of attention that would help direct them away from committing murders, but identifying them would be easier said than done.
The temptation would be to pre-restrict or pre-punish them, which would be unjust and likely to drive them towards violence.
Every time someone commits murder who is known to the justice system, people say, "Why didn't you stop him?" The reason is, of course, that there are lots of such people, and it is not easy to identify those few who will go that far.
Why tech billionaires turned to support Republicans
11 October 2025
Paul Krugman: US tech billionaires turned to support Republicans in 2024 because they saw that Americans had learned to distrust the uses of computing.
The Americans in question are not aware that these uses of computing deserve distrust because crucial software that deals with users is not under the control of the users. This is because either (1) it is nonfree software or (2) it runs in a server, not in the users computer.
To resist (1), I refuse to run nonfree software (see https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html). To resist (2), I reject SaaSS (see https://gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html).
People whose parents were US citizens on military deployment targeted
11 October 2025
The deportation thugs are targeting people whose parents were US citizens on military deployment, and some US veterans too.
Naturalized citizens should not be deprived of citizenship except for heinous crimes.
The deportation thugs arrested a US citizen, not saying why, and held him for three days incommunicado without allowing him to talk with a lawyer.
As he put it:
Real goal of "Make America Healthy Again
11 October 2025
*The real goal of "Make America Healthy Again"? >Woo-woo treatments for the rich, shrinking healthcare for the poor.
A new coterie of advisers around RFK Jr is shaping the US’s already exclusionary health system for the worse.*
The slogan could more honestly be, "Make America Hell Again."
Analysis of 25 years of carbon offset schemes
11 October 2025
*Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most [carbon offset] schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions.*
It has been clear for years that the system encourages "offset" schemes that fail to reliably reduce the total emissions. The system is designed, rather, to facilitate systematic greenwashing.
The scientists who report the study say the world must stop expecting this solution to work.
Former US surgeons general warn about RFK Jr
11 October 2025
*Six former US surgeons general warn RFK Jr is "endangering nation’s health"* with his decisions based on medical disinformation.
"Compact" the corrupter in chief is offering universities
11 October 2025
*Sticks are bad, but sometimes corruption through carrots is worse.* The "compact" that the corrupter in chief is offering to universities would surrender their academic freedom and leave little chance for a court case to restore it.
Facsist leader preparing for crushing of civil opposition
11 October 2025
The Facsist leader is preparing the public for the day he pretends that civil opposition constitutes an "insurrection" and sends troops to crush civil government in some unfortunate city.
Wrecker's activities likely causing more economic problems
11 October 2025
The wrecker's activities are likely to be causing various economic problems to increase, but the wrecker is interfering with the systems that in the past used to measure such changes and track them.
UK laws to repress nonviolent protest
11 October 2025
The UK government is planning new laws to repress nonviolent protest campaigns with heavier punishment. It stands to reason that thugs will increase the level of unofficial cruelty against nonviolent protesters, too.
Officials with ties to fossil fuel business
11 October 2025
More than 40 officials nominated by the planet-roaster in chief have direct connections to fossil fuel business,
Urgent: US Election Assistance Commission
11 October 2025
US citizens: oppose the "Show-Your-Papers" voter suppression rule.
See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
Urgent: FCC Chair Carr censoring
11 October 2025
US citizens: call on your senators to compel FCC Chair Carr to testify now about using the FCC's regulatory power for partisan censorship.
See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
Important side point in bully's proposed peace deal
10 October 2025
One important side point in the bully's proposed peace deal for Gaza is that if HAMAS doesn't agree to it, the plan would Israel's massive killing practices.
White house studies tying Tylenol with autism
10 October 2025
*How the White House used studies with "weak" evidence to tie Tylenol to autism.*
It seems the magats want to replace woke ideas with weak ideas. I think a certain amount of wokeness is valid, but weak ideas, never.
Thugs in Morocco killed protesters
10 October 2025
Thugs in Morocco killed protesters who were demanding better education and medical care for the public, instead of spending money on things that don't help the general public.
History of Gaza aid flotillas
10 October 2025
The history of Gaza aid flotillas since 2008.
Shutdown fight has given Democrats leverage
10 October 2025
*The shutdown fight has finally given Democrats leverage. They should use it.*
Promise for US military to defend Qatar
10 October 2025
The fascist leader did something unusual (for him): he promised the US military would help defend Qatar. This can only be meant to deter Israel from attacking Qatar again.
To deny Israel a free hand in threatening Qatar is a step in the right direction. However, this positive step is small compared with all the harm that he does in the area of foreign policy.
Study on ultraprocessed foods and colon cancer
10 October 2025
Evidence from a study of many patients suggests that eating ultraprocessed foods correlates with early-onset colon cancer.
Urgent: Build clean energy now
7 October 2025
US citizens: call on local officials to build clean energy now.
Urgent: Call on big tech to cancel contracts with Israel's government
7 October 2025
US citizens: call on Big Tech, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, to cancel all contracts with Israel's government now.
See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code—not trivial, but not hard.
Brains scans show effects of greater inequality
7 October 2025
Scans of the brains of 10,000 children in various US localities found that greater inequality goes with certain differences in their brains.
I would be very surprised if there were only one possible explanation that fits the recorded facts. This experiment may be a key to an important phenomenon, but I expect it will take many more experiments to determine what that phenomenon is.
Meanwhile, we don't need brain scans to observe the harmful effects of inequality on society.
Local groups taking power away from HAMAS
7 October 2025
Various local groups are taking power away from HAMAS in parts of Gaza.
HAMAS is a terrorist organization, so ousting it from the position of government of Gaza could be a good thing. But not necessarily.
It is not clear whether they care what happens to the people who live in Gaza, or solely seek to subjugate them in a less ideological way while enriching themselves. If they were offered a deal whereby they would gt rich and move to Qatar, while the rest of the people of Gaza got expelled or slaughtered, would they accept it?
(Satire) Tax breaks to attract religious doomsday cults
7 October 2025
(satire) *Indiana Offers Tax Breaks To Attract Religious Doomsday Cults.*
About Lee Lawrence
7 October 2025
About Lee Lawrence, who campaigns and teaches cops to avoid making racist mistakes like the one where they shot and paralyzed his mother.
He reports that British thugs are still not held responsible for he damage they do to innocent people after a series of "mistakes".
Australian billionaire started Singaporean company
7 October 2025
An Australian billionaire started a Singaporean company with his money to do business in Australia, so that he can use business-supremacy treaties with ISDS clauses to get rights over his business that Australian law does not grant to Australians.
All of these treaties should be wiped out, because they were never anything but a tool for extortion.
Wrecker's peace plan for Gaza
7 October 2025
The wrecker's peace plan for Gaza is a big step up from what Netanyahu has been trying to impose. Many of the current injustices would end.
But I distrust any activity that is under the control of a lying bully such as the saboteur in chief, and the inclusion of Tony B'liar does not inspire trust either.
Illinois governor condemns the fascist leader
7 October 2025
*Illinois governor JB Pritzker and others condemn the [fascist leader] for suggesting cities be used as military training grounds.*
He suggested that troops in cities was something worse than training — that it was war against the Americans in those cities.
Withdrawal of untrustworthy nominee for Bureau of Labor Statistics
7 October 2025
The bullshitter was compelled to withdraw his untrustworthy nominee to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
I expect he will nominate someone who is willing to lie for him but hasn't got a record that screams that perse would lie.
