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Restrictions on free speech are all the craze now in Western Democracies (Demockrazies?). In the US, we’ve got the various “protect the people from fake news” initiatives. Of course, the self-appointed and designated “protectors” are Corporate and Government entities, mixed with billionaires who think they are as good and wise as Buddha, Solomon, and all the Saints. (Said blessing comes with one’s first billion dollars, apparently.)

• The Belle Fourche pipeline spill into the Little Missouri River in North Dakota is not yet contained. The drone footage below (4:30 mins) shows miles of pollution.

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With only 33 days left until the inauguration of the new administration, Loretta Lynch sat down at the Stonewall Inn in New York with Buzzfeed reporter Dominic Holden to talk about transgender activism.

May 9 Lynch launched her lawsuit against the state of North Carolina over Hate Bill 2 with these words:

Let me also speak directly to the transgender community itself.

We see you. We stand with you, and we will do everything we can to protect you going forward.

The CEO-elect Trump has released his tax reform plan that will “reduce taxes across-the-board, especially for working and middle-income Americans”.
There's just one little problem.

The BBC is reporting "rebels" Nusar aka al-Qaeda are now burning evacuation buses.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38358177

Breaking news at 14:50 CET:

The convoy was travelling to http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38358177

Breaking news at 14:50 CET:

Beyond all the bullshit about the election hacking, the plutarchy's duopoly and whatever else the Ministry of Truth tells people to talk about on a daily basis, the New American Century continues. Seemingly lost in all the talk about Trump and Clinton, as usual, is the fact that Serfs will be Serfs, Rulers will be Rulers and the Empire will march on.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5rgA1mAphw]

Clara, my wife of 30 years, was hospitalized Wed. night. My son and I took her to hospital ER at 11 pm, after she was found coughing up blood and had a blood sugar level over 900, an extremely high and potentially fatal condition.

Talk about tag team pissing off the Chinese

The Chinese military is negotiating with US counterparts over the “appropriate handling” of an unmanned American submarine seized by the Chinese navy, officials have confirmed.

The Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit rejected an appeal by the Highland School District (Ohio) of a lower court's order that the district allow an eleven-year-old transgender girl use the bathroom appropriate for her gender identity.

-- and now that Bernie Sanders has written his memoir, we have Ryan Cooper over at TheWeek.com explaining "Why America needs a socialist movement." It's a short piece which won't take long to read. Cooper's thesis is simple: