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title: Merge branch 'master' of urbainvaes.com:git/dotfiles
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title: [vimrc] Remove clipboard = ... to fix vim-vinegar bug
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guid: ab53cf192a275bcea48ca658f35d2d02
title: Former Guantanamo prison director sued
author: Richard Stallman
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url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#3_March_2016_%28Former_Guantanamo_prison_director_sued%29

content:
<p>
The former director of Guantanamo prison did not appear in the trial in
France, where he is being 
<a href="https://theintercept.com/2016/03/01/former-guantanamo-commander-ignores-summons-from-french-court-probing-torture/">sued
by victims of torture</a>.


guid: ba749768cf4968423fce19e57ada4d17
title: Lead in US schools' drinking water
author: Richard Stallman
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url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#3_March_2016_%28Lead_in_US_schools_drinking_water%29

content:
<p>
Some US schools have 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/01/lead-water-us-schools-water-raises-alarm">shut
off their drinking water</a> because of high levels of lead.


guid: 357bc7dfd88933d0d41a7f0195510f14
title: Hot and Crusty's union-busting
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#3_March_2016_%28Hot_and_Crustys_union-busting%29
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content:
<p>
Food workers in New York City are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/01/new-york-immigrant-workers-battle-union-busting-tactics">making
things very uncomfortable for Hot and Crusty's union-busting</a>.  It
changed its name, disguising its owners, but that won't enable it to
hide.
<p>
I have occasionally bought things there, but I will never buy there
again until I get word that it has settled with the union.


guid: 87eb1bd214bf0215c4edeb08d3dd3b06
title: Use of rape as weapon of war
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#3_March_2016_%28Use_of_rape_as_weapon_of_war%29
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content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/mar/02/sexual-violence-is-a-tool-of-war-but-we-have-the-weapons-to-end-that">Many
armies use rape as a weapon of war</a>, but there are ways to
discourage this in most conflicts.
<p>
These solutions are no use against PISSI or Boko Haram.
Military force is needed to stop them.


guid: 0b93ca35fd5a9f27244885e26c1d01c8
title: New wave of climate insurgents
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#3_March_2016_%28New_wave_of_climate_insurgents%29
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<p>
A New Wave of Climate Insurgents 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/01/new-wave-climate-insurgents-defines-itself-law-enforcers">Defines
Itself as Law-Enforcers</a>.


guid: 2ca83b3cc45ddcbe28450221c9ef093a
title: FBI's war on Civil Rights Movement
author: Richard Stallman
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url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#3_March_2016_%28FBIs_war_on_Civil_Rights_Movement%29

content:
<p>
Why We Should Teach About the FBI's 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/01/why-we-should-teach-about-fbis-war-civil-rights-movement">War
on the Civil Rights Movement</a>.


guid: 511b0ad164b3ac8457d9f3c3c002cf84
title: Techniques of altering campaign message
author: Richard Stallman
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url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#3_March_2016_%28Techniques_of_altering_campaign_message%29

content:
<p>
Watch out for techniques of 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/02/voter-privacy-what-you-need-know-about-your-digital-trail-during-2016-election">altering
a campaign message for a specific voter</a>.
<p>
For instance, when a canvasser shows up at your door with a tablet,
the tablet may be saying how to spin the candidate's message
specifically for you.


guid: a85ff81bf6cf89201241a7c9d7b058b4
title: Outsourcing government activities
author: Richard Stallman
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url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#4_March_2016_%28Outsourcing_government_activities%29

content:
<p>
UK local governments are starting to recognize that outsourcing their
activities
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/mar/02/councils-outsourcing-cumbria-public-private-partnership-in-house">makes
them bad and inefficient</a>.
<p>
The contractors are in a great position to skip and overcharge.


guid: 9dd845f71083e5c13ecbe4261c2cb261
title: Mosul dam
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#4_March_2016_%28Mosul_dam%29
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content:
<p>
Engineers at the Mosul dam say it could break at any time.  A gate in
the dam is jammed, so there is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/02/mosul-dam-engineers-warn-it-could-fail-at-any-time-killing-1m-people">no
way to release the water that will soon build up from snow melt</a>.
<p>
However, there is no way for the population of Mosul to move 6km away
from the river, because there is no place there for them to live or
work.  And then there's the question of whether PISSI would let them
go.


guid: 072bdd83e84ee7f1bf44c1004995210c
title: "Insulting" President Erdo&gbreve;an
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#4_March_2016_%28Insulting_President_Erdogan%29
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content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/02/turkeys-justice-minister-defends-allowing-1845-insult-cases-to-go-ahead">Almost
2000 people in Turkey have faced legal threats</a> for "insulting"
President Erdo&gbreve;an.


guid: e3fc21bc8abd0e84b941684b59ea0b22
title: Data business regulation
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#4_March_2016_%28Data_business_regulation%29
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content:
<p>
Bruce Schneier endorses the idea of 
<a href="https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2016/03/data_is_a_toxic_asse.html">regulating
what data businesses
<em>can</em> collect</a>.


guid: a9c946ccdb10377ec43364e44cfcc71a
title: Syria's current drought
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#4_March_2016_%28Syrias_current_drought%29
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content:
<p>
Based on data for 900 years, Syria's current drought is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/02/syrias-drought-has-likely-been-its-worst-in-900-years">probably
the worst in that whole period</a>.
<p>
That's surely because of global heating.


guid: 5c6215b5cb31036cf9a379508e13fcaf
title: New sanctions on North Korea approved
author: Richard Stallman
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url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#4_March_2016_%28New_sanctions_on_North_Korea_approved%29

content:
<p>
The UN security council 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/02/un-security-council-adopts-sanctions-on-north-korea">approved
new sanctions</a> on North Korea calling for inspection of all its
shipping.
<p>
This has China's support, so maybe it can actually be enforced.
Maybe.


guid: 39ae0f37e6c00b1fbf5c9ef231d5dc70
title: Much of Cizre reduced to rubble
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#4_March_2016_%28Much_of_Cizre_reduced_to_rubble%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>
The Turkish army has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/02/turkey-kurdish-people-cizre-return-to-ruins">turned
much of Cizre into rubble</a>.
<p>
Erdo&gbreve;an started this war hoping to get a better result from new
elections.  It partly worked.


guid: 5abc4e64b3550c364c910bd87ede3758
title: Trump and white supremacist groups
author: Richard Stallman
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url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#4_March_2016_%28Trump_and_white_supremacist_groups%29

content:
<p>
Trump is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/02/donald-trump-jr-james-edwards-radio-interview-white-supremacist">allowing
closer associations</a> with white supremacist hate groups.


guid: 7e6a632e01550cdd1b695ce296004e7a
title: US conservatives' abortion restrictions
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#4_March_2016_%28US_conservatives%27_abortion_restrictions%29

content:
<p>
US conservatives can't admit that their abortion restrictions are
<a href="http://reason.com/archives/2016/03/01/when-conservatives-love-overregulation">intended
to make abortion nearly impossible</a>.  They have to pretend there is
some medical purpose.


guid: 35083b10ee5c626d60a47d3a71d62cbe
title: Volunteer
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/index.html#volunteerListAnc
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>I am looking for people to post videos of my talks on
     audio-video.gnu.org.  Please write if you want to do this.</p>


guid: 5b47c3b07daccecba73565045938e108
title: Urgent: call on Coca Cola to stop sponsoring Trump
author: Richard Stallman
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url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Urgent%3A_call_on_Coca_Cola_to_stop_sponsoring_Trump%29

content:
<p>Everyone: 
<a href="http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/stop-sponsoring-donald-trump/">
call on Coca Cola Company</a>
 to stop sponsoring Trump.
</p>


guid: 01871ab9e118035a831d766cf3106be5
title: Thug charged for murder of Gregory Gunn
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Thug_charged_for_murder_of_Gregory_Gunn%29

content:
<p>A thug in Montgomery, Alabama, has been charged with 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/02/alabama-officer-charged-fatal-shooting-greg-gunn">
murdering</a>
 Gregory Gunn, age 58.
</p>


guid: 6875da8b851684d495e8a488bcf801f1
title: South Africa student protests
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28South_Africa_student_protests%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>Extreme inequality in South Africa means that most students can't
afford to attend even a public university.  Debt pressure has led to
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2016/mar/03/south-africas-student-protests-have-lessons-for-all-universities">
large protests</a>.
</p>
<p>The role of drought in increased poverty is global heating at work.</p>


guid: 399a2014c9a926dbff941d8ecb8c26b5
title: Global heating death tolls
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Global_heating_death_tolls%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>By 2050, global heating is likely to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/03/more-than-half-a-million-could-die-as-climate-change-impacts-diet-report">
kill half a million people</a>
 a year just by making fruit and vegetables more expensive.
</p>
<p>But that's small potatoes compared with what will happen when China's
rice crop fails -- which is projected to happen 1/4 of the years, by
the end of this century.</p>


guid: 83883ec9df275585539c7fe0cea5d44e
title: Netanyahu threatens exile
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Netanyahu_threatens_exile%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>Netanyahu threatens to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/netanyahu-calls-for-expulsion-of-palestinian-attackers-families-to-gaza">
exile the families of Palestinians</a>
 that attack Israelis.
</p>
<p>Is it legitimate to attack the relatives of those that attack you?
Israelis, think twice before you say yes to that: if Palestinians
apply the same principle, you may not like the conclusions.</p>


guid: 57be7eef20c0b49a64f463bf78759915
title: New election in Spain
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28New_election_in_Spain%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>Podemos in Spain has rejected becoming part of a coalition supporting
right-wing economic policies.  This means there will be 
<a href="https://theintercept.com/2016/03/02/spains-party-radical-left-refuses-support-centrist-coalition/">
a new election</a>.
</p>


guid: 9c6e01adb7c425852e1b94d62a2365da
title: Sudanese journalists on hunger strike
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Sudanese_journalists_on_hunger_strike%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/02/sudanese-journalists-launch-historic-hunger-strike-against-free-press-crackdown">
Sudanese Journalists Launch Historic Hunger Strike Against Free Press
Crackdown.</a>
</p>


guid: 344f6c6603cdf0065fd6775460750976
title: Super Tuesday outcomes
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Super_Tuesday_outcomes%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>Clinton won more delegates than Sanders on Super Tuesday, but Sanders
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/02/revolution-has-begun-after-super-tuesday-wins-sanders-looks-ahead">
is not giving up</a>.
</p>


guid: d7ac60d6dfc9b7fb0ada3b04457b4f7b
title: Divestment in factory farms
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Divestment_in_factory_farms%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>Some investors are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/mar/03/factory-farming-divestment-explain">
divesting from factory farms</a>.
</p>
<p>The fact that we need to try to pressure companies to stop the massive
use of antibiotics is a symptom of the weakness of democracy.  In a
democratic state, we would not allow food companies to choose whether
to stop a profitable practice that 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2015-mar-jun.html#28_June_2015_(Antibiotic_resistance)">
endangers public health</a>.
</p>


guid: 36822ad666a1933103734b5103e82977
title: Homelessness and global inequality
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Homelessness_and_global_inequality%29

content:
<p>Global inequality makes 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/mar/03/inequality-homelessness-personal-failing-political-problem">
lots of people homeless</a>.
</p>
<p>When the plutocratic state's policies impose a certain level of
homelessness, everyone competes avoid being a victim.  Those who
become homeless are the ones that lose this competition, so typically
they have weaknesses and flaws.  That doesn't excuse those policies.</p>


guid: 7334f657840358fc77cede52e500369a
title: Proposed coal mines could wipe out species
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Proposed_coal_mines_could_wipe_out_species%29

content:
<p>Proposed new coal mines in Australia would 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/03/coalmines-could-wipe-out-threatened-black-throated-finch-habitat-study">
directly wipe out</a>
 an endangered bird.
</p>
<p>Then the CO2 would wipe out much, much more.  Flooded Sidney?</p>


guid: 140341630f24ca76a339a8baa1340761
title: Elephant population decline
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Elephant_population_decline%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>Despite a reduction in poaching, the elephant population in Africa is
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/03/african-elephants-killed-faster-than-they-are-being-born">
still falling</a>.
</p>


guid: 6881020e52e71ea7d224f1d85b4aa2b1
title: Teacher pressured into resigning
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Teacher_pressured_into_resigning%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>A teacher was 
<a href="http://reason.com/blog/2016/03/02/teacher-nude-photos-distributed">
pressured into resigning</a>,
 and faces possible
prosecution, because a student took her phone and copied her
nude selfies out of it.
</p>
<p>I wish she had refused to resign.</p>
<p>In the US, anything relating to sex brings out the cruelty of
self-righteous prudes.</p>


guid: b23d32f7af5d845d859574c1567de3ca
title: Urgent: call on companies not to sponsor Trump
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Urgent%3A_call_on_companies_not_to_sponsor_Trump%29

content:
<p>Everyone: call on various companies to 
<a href="http://pac.petitions.moveon.org/sign/dont-sponsor-a-trump">
refuse to sponsor the Republican Convention</a>
 if Trump is going to be nominated.
</p>
<p>I think it is scandalous corruption for any political party to accept
sponsorship from businesses, but that is another issue.</p>


guid: 09a88fcabc2fbe9093359631739d405a
title: VW CEO knew about cheating for a year
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28VW_CEO_knew_about_cheating_for_a_year%29

content:
<p>Volkswagen's CEO was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/02/vw-ceo-martin-winterkorn-told-about-emissions-scandal">
told about emissions cheating</a>
 a year before he admitted it.
</p>


guid: fd303b0f62509bf0e5b10fea349d92f3
title: Bill Clinton broke election law
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Bill_Clinton_broke_election_law%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>Bill Clinton 
<a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/01/did-bill-clinton-violate-election-rules-mass/5octlX1d28GwmN3kitiECK/story.html">
broke Massachusetts election law</a>
 while campaigning for Hillary Clinton.
</p>


guid: 1c6430f55603c63d4b7759b5ea8d4a09
title: Carbon tax
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Carbon_tax%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>Advances in sustainable energy will not end use of fossil fuels
without 
<a href="http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2016/carbon-tax-stop-using-fossil-fuels-0224">
making them pay for the costs</a>
 of global heating.
</p>
<p>Note that fossil fuels are currently 
<a href="https://stallman.org/notes/2014-may-aug.html#13_July_2014_(US_fossil_fuel_subsidies)">
highly subsidized</a>.
</p>


guid: 4a44872d6df30bf746d26ea131b98a91
title: Younger generations more narcissistic
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Younger_generations_more_narcissistic%29

content:
<p>A big psychosocial trend is that younger generations show more
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/02/narcissism-epidemic-self-obsession-attention-seeking-oversharing">
narcissistic behaviour traits</a>
 -- they become proud not to care about other people.
</p>


guid: a2d50a240f1a7a4fed71e863907c7197
title: Satellite measurements of atmospheric temperature
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Satellite_measurements_of_atmospheric_temperature%29

content:
<p>Calibrating satellite measurements of atmospheric temperature for the
time
of day of the measurement shows a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/mar/03/ted-cruzs-favorite-temperature-data-just-got-a-lot-hotter">
lot more global heating</a>.
</p>


guid: fcca83860fdfc1299b822de515b68aff
title: Atheist prosecuted in Russia
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Atheist_prosecuted_in_Russia%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>An Atheist in Russia is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/russian-atheist-faces-year-in-jail-for-denying-existence-of-god-during-webchat">
being prosecuted</a>
 for "offending the sentiments
of Orthodox believers".  He said that some of the Bible is "bullshit".
</p>
<p>He's right, and that's why it's called the "buy-bull": some people
will buy any sort of bull.</p>


guid: ada9895b6494022920fc15d49d6c9a31
title: Planet-roasters fund Republican candidates
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#5_March_2016_%28Planet-roasters_fund_Republican_candidates%29

content:
<p>Planet-roasters have put a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/03/oil-and-gas-industry-has-pumped-millions-into-republican-campaigns">
hundred million dollars</a>
 into Republican candidates' campaigns.
</p>


guid: 6b56d00179ad8c1fcf0292c992563d2e
title: Turkish army bombarding Sur
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28Turkish_army_bombarding_Sur%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>
The Turkish army is
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/turkish-police-kurd-actvists-clash-diyarbakir-curfew">bombarding
the rubble of a Sur</a>.
<p>
Reportedly 80% of the buildings have been destroyed, but that leaves
20% still to be blasted down.

This was
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2015-jul-oct.html#02_September_2015_(Anti-terrorism_laws)">Erdo&gbreve;an's
war of choice</a>.


guid: 6d04ab860426b1590c8c9e7cd3e3d969
title: Methane leaks
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28Methane_leaks%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/vital-signs/2016/mar/02/methane-leaks-aliso-canyon-ghg-epa-edf-environmen-climate-change-gas">Methane
Leaks Across US</a> Pose a Much Greater Threat Than Aliso Canyon.


guid: 22748950ea5d0507d41db624293780cb
title: A bankster who backs Clinton
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28A_bankster_who_backs_Clinton%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>
A bankster who has put lots of money into Clinton's campaign
<a href="https://theintercept.com/2016/03/02/larry-fink-and-his-blackrock-team-poised-to-take-over-hillary-clintons-treasury-department/">wants
to be Secretary of the Treasury</a> if she is elected.


guid: 5af6bd5a4ec5290bf45060e70ede76cf
title: Killing suspected terrorists' families
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28Killing_suspected_terrorists_families%29

content:
<p>
While Trump eagerly talks about killing suspected terrorists'
families, Obama actually does it, over and over, but
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/03/killing-someone-elses-beloved-promoting-american-way-war-campaign-2016">pretends
it isn't happening</a>.  The main difference is that Trump would drop
the pretense.
<p>
This difference would have a real effect: it would openly
commit the US to murder of innocents.


guid: e8d690a1748a0a4f890157866d905da6
title: Wind power in Poland
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28Wind_power_in_Poland%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>
Poland's right-wing government
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/03/proposed-polish-law-would-shackle-wind-power-say-industry">plans
to squeeze out wind power</a> the way Texas squeezes out abortions.


guid: abf0ee1ac1bcf0f9fc2f3a87aedb28ad
title: Greenland's ice getting darker
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28Greenlands_ice_getting_darker%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>
Melting is making Greenland's ice darker, as it concentrates soot on
the service.  Being darker causes it to
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/03/greenland-ice-sheet-melting-global-warming-feedback-loop">absorb
more sunlight and melt faster</a>.


guid: 63ef239fed83d4de930f600689726fdd
title: Australian kangaroo court
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28Australian_kangaroo_court%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>
An Australian kangaroo court
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/04/a-form-of-intimidation-inside-australias-most-secretive-law-enforcement-body">does
not allow witnesses to tell anyone they have been ordered to testify,
and imprisons them if they refuse to answer a question</a>.


guid: 985d434c9001e42d91307bdb930d1161
title: Ban Ki-moon's handling of cholera outbreak
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28Ban_Ki-moons_handling_of_cholera_outbreak%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/mar/03/cholera-haiti-un-experts-chastise-ban-ki-moon">UN's
Own Experts Chastise Ban Ki-moon</a> Over Handling of Haiti Cholera
Outbreak.


guid: 54015959e241a2a370e35e5af452493c
title: US-backed military coup in Argentina
author: Richard Stallman
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28US-backed_military_coup_in_Argentina%29

content:
<p>
An Argentine human rights champion calls on Obama not to visit there
on the anniversary of the US-backed military coup, which began years
of
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/03/skip-your-visit-argentina-nobel-laureate-tells-obama">repression,
murder and torture</a>.
<p>
The US has not changed its ways very much.  The 2009 coup in Honduras,
under the sponsorship of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State,
brought in a corrupt and murderous government.  Anti-dam indigenous
activist Berta Cáceres
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/honduras-berta-caceres-murder-enivronment-activist-human-rights">was
just murdered</a>.
<p>
The reason for the coup was to keep the local rich people in power,
and that is what Clinton would do as president of the US.


guid: d666e650b09fc3ae1ac951d6fd04b935
title: Clinton in banksters' camp
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28Clinton_in_banksters_camp%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Close Ally of Hillary Clinton,
Is
<a href="http://www.salon.com/2016/03/01/dnc_chair_debbie_wasserman_schultz_joins_hands_with_gop_in_assault_on_elizabeth_warrens_consumer_protection_agency/">Trying
to Gut Regulations on Loan Sharks</a>.
<p>
Clinton is in the banksters' camp, which is one of the reasons
we should not vote for her.
<p>
I expect to be much worse as president than the way she is talking
now.  Meanwhile, since Trump will say anything to shock people, I
think he won't even try to do all the bad things he says — only
some of them, Meanwhile, Clinton would do some of them too.
<p>
Thus, if it comes down to Clinton vs Trump, I will vote Green.
It is a mistake, in the long term, to vote for the "lesser evil"
because that ensures things get
<a href="http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~unger/articles/voteBest.html">more
and more evil</a>.


guid: 7ff07c2e5aa9137edb85009a30dee904
title: CO2 emissions from concrete
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28CO2_emissions_from_concrete%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>
Reducing CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from concrete is making great
progress at the research level, but
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/mar/04/making-concrete-green-reinventing-the-worlds-most-used-synthetic-material">putting
into practice faces obstacles</a> including "convincing clients and
contractors to use it."
<p>
A carbon tax, making emitters pay for the damage they do, would help
convince them.


guid: 42111ead085fd5be74f7965375d04b72
title: Religious freedom in India
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#06_March_2016_%28Religious_freedom_in_India%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>
India denied visas to US government representatives that
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/04/india-denies-visas-to-us-religious-freedom-body">wanted
to check on religious freedom in India</a>.
<p>
Religious freedom includes freedom to adopt and to proclaim the
beliefs of one's choice in the area of religion.  These freedoms are
increasingly threatened in India, as the
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2015-nov-feb.html#15_January_2016_(Indias_contempt_for_freedom_of_speech)">prosecution
of a comedian for imitating a preacher</a> demonstrates.
<p>
Before that was the banning of
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2009-jan-apr.html#24%20February%202009%20(Nina%20Paley%20releases%20film%20with%20freedom)">Sita
Sings the Blues</a> and the prosecution that
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2012-mar-jun.html#14_June_2012_(Urgent:_Support_Sanal_Edamaruku)">drove
secularist leader Sanal Edamaruku into exile</a>.
<p>
Meanwhile, the
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#13_October_2013_(Dalits_will_meet_to_convert_to_Buddhism)">repression
of Dalits that want to officially register as Buddhists</a> has been
going on for a long time.


guid: 082392f8f962a25ecaae33b30e1379d4
title: Very urgent: Oppose the DARK Act
author: Richard Stallman
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jan-apr.html#07_March_2016_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_the_DARK_Act%29
feedurl: https://stallman.org/rss/rss.xml
content:
<p>
US citizens: on Monday March 7, phone your senators to
<a href="http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/R?i=cX6yXDQLo8WlpWI8WlZE0Q">oppose
the DARK Act</a> (which would stop states from requiring labeling of
GMOs in foods).
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and
888-355-3588.


