Charlo Greene's [ boosted the marijuana legalization campaign in Alaska ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/25/alaska-anchor-quit-fuck-it-marijuana-campaign-legal ) by quitting her TV job on the air.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Marijuana_legalization_campaign_in_Alaska%29

Julian Assange: ' [ When you post to Facebook, you're being a rat ]( http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/25/julian-assange-eric-schmidt-google-wikileaks ) .' I've stated the same point in my speeches for a few years, asking people not to post photos of me to Facebook and explaining why.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Facebook_rats%29

The thugs that killed John Crawford had recently seen a video [ encouraging them to act fast against people who are shooting other people ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/25/ohio-walmart-police-slideshow-active-shooter-presentation ) . Great work, except that they didn't stop to find that out that John Crawford was not shooting anyone.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Thugs_acting_fast%29

Biometric ID in the US began as a [ scheme to stop slaves from escaping ]( http://www.privacysos.org/node/1476 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28How_biometric_ID_in_the_US_began%29

Uzbekistan holds [ thousands of political prisoners ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/26/thousands-jailed-uzbekistan-politically-motivated-charges ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Uzbek_political_prisoners%29

Australia's new ban on journalism will [ imprison journalists and their sources ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/26/journalists-and-whistleblowers-will-go-to-jail-under-new-national-security-laws ) . If it had been in effect two years ago, articles we have read about Australia's spying would have led to imprisonment of the authors.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Australias_new_ban_on_journalism%29

Psychology explains how Burning Man creates a [ high level of voluntary cooperation ]( http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2014/sep/26/gifts-in-the-desert-psychology-burning-man-altruism ) . The word "market" means buying and selling. To use that word to refer to altruistic cooperation is an abuse of language; I am not going to use the word that way.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Voluntary_cooperation%29

Attorney General Holder has made a habit of [ going soft on criminal big business ]( http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/09/25/statement-response-resignation-attorney-general-eric-holder ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Soft_on_criminal_big_business%29

Expanding use of natural gas in the US [ will increase future carbon emissions ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/25/study-natural-gas-expansion-will-raise-emissions-worsen-climate ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Expanding_use_of_natural_gas%29

Housing: How Many Have to Be Unable to Afford It Before It [ Becomes a Political Problem ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/26/housing-east-london-estate-viability-affordability ) ?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Housing%3A_a_Political_Problem%29

Groups that campaign for peace generally oppose Obama's new war in Iraq and Syria. They recommend [ a different way to deal with ISIS ]( http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=817844&qid=3908725 ) . I support providing air support to the armies fighting ISIS armies. I've explained why that is urgently needed, and [ less likely to result in civilian casualties ]( https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#15_September_2014_%28Bombing_ISIS%29 ) . Aside from that, I agree with the peace groups.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Different_way_to_deal_with_ISIS%29

Abbas, speaking to the UN, [ condemned the US-sponsored sham "peace negotiations" ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/26/mahmoud-abbas-un-israeli-withdrawal-occupied-territories ) and said that any new negotiations must be aimed at creating an independent Palestine.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Sham_peace_negotiations%29

[ Why The Islamic State Is Not Islamic ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=5595 ) . I am thinking about using another name for it; perhaps Da'esh.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Why_The_Islamic_State_Is_Not_Islamic%29

Everyone: Phone Ebay and call on that company to [ stop supporting ALEC ]( http://act.forecastthefacts.org/call/call_ebay/ ) . ALEC pushes [ plutocratic laws at the state level in the US ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2011-mar-jun.html#30_May_2011_%28ALEC_Organization%29 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_supporting_ALEC%29

Everyone: call on Google to [ stop funding politicians that deny global heating ]( http://act.forecastthefacts.org/sign/google_drops_ALEC/ ) . Here's info on [ how Google funds them (and other companies too) ]( http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/sep/22/google-ge-climate-change-denial-congress-politicians-legislation ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Google_funding_politicians_that_deny_global_heating%29

US citizens: call on Obama to choose a new attorney general that will [ stop the cruelty of the War on Drugs ]( https://secure2.convio.net/dpa/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1185 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_New_attorney_general%29

Will African palm oil be [ produced by local farmers or by corporate plantations? ]( http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/09/23/planet-palm-oil-peasants-pay-price-cheap-vegetable-oil )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28African_palm_oil%29

The head of the FBI condemned tech companies that have improved security against massive surveillance, saying they are [ helping people "place themselves beyond the law" ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/26/fbi-director-equates-protecting-personal-privacy-lawlessness ) . That's a falsehood; people have no legal obligation to open their window shades to help the FBI spy on their private lives. It is the US spy agencies that have [ placed itself "beyond the law" ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#12_September_2013_%28NSA_disobeyed_FISA_courts_requirements%29 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Head_of_FBI_condemned_tech_companies%29

An in-depth study shows that a feeling of being subject to collective punishment is a [ primary ingredient in the making of a terrorist fanatic ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/26/extremism-kenya-somalia-research ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Collective_punishment%29

The one privately run NHS hospital in Britain has been [ neglecting patients ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/26/care-quality-commission-hinchingbrooke-hospital ) . Why am I not surprised?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Privately_run_NHS_hospital_neglecting_patients%29

Effects of global heating are [ causing damage around the world ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/28/climate-change-has-arrived-global-warming-icecaps-deserts ) , even though it is just the beginning. If you are young and in the US, [ you may become an environmental refugee ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/28/america-climate-refugees-us-population-shift-rising-temperatures ) later in this century.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Effects_of_global_heating%29

The proposed European Commissioner for the environment seems to be tied to Malta's policy allowing mass shooting of migrating birds, and people suspect his choice was part of a larger plan to [ sabotage EU environmental protection ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/27/birds-slaughter-malta-karmenu-vella-europe-environment-commissioner ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Proposed_European_Commissioner_for_the_environment%29

Everyone: phone Walmart at 1-800-WALMART to tell that company to [ give Thelma Moore her job back ]( http://abc7chicago.com/news/walmart-employees-protest-low-wages-at-chatham-store/94037/ ) . She was fired for being injured while pregnant.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Phone_Walmart%29

A Pennsylvania prison employee was raped by a prisoner, and the [ state claimed in court that it was the employee's fault ]( http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/24/justice/woman-blamed-for-her-rape/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Prison_employee_raped_by_a_prisoner%29

The US Forest Service claims to have [ banned commercial photography (including for journalism) in federal wildlife areas ]( http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/09/7_things_you_should_know_about.html ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Commercial_photography_banned_in_federal_wildlife%29

Indian Prime Minister Modi went to New York for a triumph but [ encountered a lawsuit from victims of the massacre ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/27/narendra-modi-india-us-new-york-protest ) of Muslims in Gujarat that he is suspected of encouraging.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#28_September_2014_%28Modi_went_to_New_York%29

US citizens: support the [ No Federal Contracts for Corporate Deserters Act ]( https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/tell-congress-ban-corporations-that-go-offshore-from-getting-u-s-government-contracts?akid=11778.1183552.7BLvP0&rd=1&suppress_one_click=true&t=1002 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_No_Federal_Contracts_for_Corporate_Deserters_Act%29

Veterans of the Bush forces are [ suing to get precise information about where DU (dirty uranium) weapons were used ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/26/veteran-seeks-answers-depleted-uranium ) , to gauge whether they were exposed to this carcinogen.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28Veterans_of_the_Bush_forces_suing%29

The Washington Post recommends governments cut retirement benefits for government employees, so Bezos (its new owner) [ decided to do this to the staff of the Washington Post ]( http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/09/25/jeff-bezos-takes-wapos-advice-rips-off-wapo-workers/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28Retirement_benefits%29

US citizens: call on Obama to [ take action for real net neutrality ]( https://cms.fightforthefuture.org/obama/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Take_action_for_real_net_neutrality%29

[ "What the Isis jihadis lose in strength from the air strikes they may gain in legitimacy" ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/28/what-isis-loses-strength-air-strikes-gain-legitimacy ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28What_ISIS_may_gain_from_air_strikes%29

[ What Price Artistic Freedom When the Bullies Turn Up? ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/28/exhibit-b-barbican-censorship-lee-jasper-hilary-mantel )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28Bullies_obstruct_free_expression%29

A [ new invention ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/28/solar-energy-sunflower-ibm-airlight-electricity ) uses 80% of incoming sunlight to generate electricity and desalinate water.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28New_solar_electricity_generators%29

The Taliban captured a visiting Afghan-Australian and tortured him to death, apparently [ just because of his ethnic group ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/28/australian-man-tortured-and-killed-by-taliban-in-afghanistan-family-says ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28Man_tortured_to_death_by_Taliban%29

The Ferguson thug chief apologized for a secondary detail of the killing of Michael Brown. His apology [ has not been accepted ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/28/ferguson-unrest-police-officer-injured-in-shooting-as-violence-flares-again ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28Ferguson_thug_chiefs_apology%29

A member of B'liar's cabinet says that the UK, by fighting ISIS, is [ repeating the mistake he made ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/27/john-prescott-uk-stay-out-of-isis-regional-dispute ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28UK_repeats_mistake_by_fighting_ISIS%29

The ACLU is suing Oklahoma thugs over their private network for keeping [ records on lots of citizens ]( https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140916/05371228529/oklahoma-sherriff-accused-keeping-extensive-database-citizens.shtml ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28ACLU_suing_Oklahoma_thugs%29

Car loans in the US now come with [ remote control car shutoff devices ]( http://boingboing.net/2014/09/25/class-war-meets-the-war-on-gen.html ) . I don't think this should be allowed.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28Remote_car_shutoff_devices%29

[ Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore [Global Heating] And What To Do about It ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/23/why-our-brains-wired-ignore-climate-change-united-nations ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28Ignoring_global_heating%29

[ Can we trust ]( http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-September/022919.html ) Apple's improved support for users' privacy?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28Trusting_Apple_%29

[ What to call the theocratic state in Syria and Iraq ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/sep/21/islamic-state-isis-isil-daesh ) ? Calling it the "Islamic State" endorses their claim to represent Islam. That's dubious, since most Muslims say otherwise; it also plays into their hands. Since it stands for a twisted and distorted version of Islam, it is really a pseudo-Islamic state. Thus, I propose PISSI, for Pseudo-Islamic State of Syria and Iraq.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#29_September_2014_%28PISSI%29

The al Qa'ida affiliate in Syria has [ joined up with PISSI (the pseudo-Islamic state) ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/28/isis-al-qaida-air-strikes-syria ) . This will simplify Obama's argument that Congressional authorization for war against al Qa'ida covers fighting PISSI. Fighting PISSI might offer a path towards [ ending the fighting between Assad and the other Syrian rebels ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/28/west-isolation-syria-president-assad-us-air-strikes ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_September_2014_%28Syrian_al_Qa%27ida_affiliate_joins_PISSI%29

Protesters have again [ blocked an Israeli ship from unloading cargo ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/28/pro-palestine-protesters-israeli-cargo-ship-oakland ) in the port of Oakland.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_September_2014_%28Protesters_block_Israeli_ship_in_California%29

[ Hong Kong Surprises Itself with the Exuberance And Spontaneity of Protests ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/29/hong-kong-pro-democracy-protests-surprising-police ) . Thugs were [ unable to shut the protests down ]( http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/09/28/241302_hong-kongs-harshest-crackdown.html ) . So the government [ withdrew the thugs ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/29/hong-kong-citizens-democracy-protests-riot-police-withdrawn ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_September_2014_%28Hong_Kong_protests%29

Russia will block access to Facebook, Twitter and Google unless they [ register and keep all data on Russian users in Russia ]( http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3574078/russia-requires-facebook-twitter-and-google-to-register-as-social-networks-or-be-blocked/ ) . That policy would make the users safer (perhaps) from NSA spying but more vulnerable to spying by the ex-KGB. For people in Russia, the Russian state is much more of a threat than the American state, so this law oppresses them. By contrast, the European Union has better data protection law than the US, so requiring European users' data to be kept in Europe is an [ improvement in their privacy ]( http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3574041/google-gets-privacy-policy-lesson-from-eu-data-protection-authorities/ ) . However, that improvement will only fully take effect if the EU prevents the US from [ subpoena'ing user data ]( http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/29/us-court-microsoft-personal-data-emails-irish-server ) that subsidiaries of US companies keep in Europe.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_September_2014_%28Russia_wants_social_media_data%29

[ So [Tory Minister] Brooks Newmark Sent Some Explicit Pictures — Why Should He Resign? ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/28/foolish-out-brooks-newark-sexting-resignation ) I am glad to see prominent rejection of the absurdly exaggerated importance given to politician's private sex lives. The same foolish idea was the basis for impeaching President Clinton. That Tory minister is not fit to be in office because he's on the plutocratic side. The same was true of Clinton. Their sex lives were none of our business and not relevant at all.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_September_2014_%28Private_sex_lives_none_of_our_business%29

Racism in the US is [ more pervasive than even black Americans realize ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/29/racism-black-people-experience ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_September_2014_%28Racism_in_the_US%29

The FCC requires local thug departments to sign a [ nondisclosure agreement with the FBI ]( https://muckrock.s3.amazonaws.com/foia_files/nda_redacted.pdf ) , as an excuse to keep the use of cell phone snooping devices secret. The text of the NDA itself is also secret. Nice of them to at least admit that the contract is an NDA.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_September_2014_%28NDA_for_cell_phone_snooping_devices%29

[ Is it right or wrong ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2014/sep/29/australian-uranium-india-fukushima ) for Australia to mine and export uranium?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_September_2014_%28Australian_uranium%29

Old people change their political and ethical views as much as younger adults, and they tend to change in the direction of [ greater tolerance ]( http://web.archive.org/web/20130128122821/http://www.gwern.net/docs/2007-danigelis.pdf ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_September_2014_%28Changes_in_political_views%29