Open Thread TH 22 APR 21
Submitted by QMS on Thu, 04/22/2021 - 4:00am

But at last the traveller sees the light between the trees!
Henry Van Dyke
But at last the traveller sees the light between the trees!
Henry Van Dyke
"Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages." Terry Pratchett
Bradley Manning's exposure of private contractors paying the Taliban was one of Wikileaks' most important revelations. It's still happening.
This article shows Gold Star Families suing those private contractors for the deaths and injuries of American troops.
If we leave these private contractors in Afghanistan, the Taliban will continue to thrive.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8487/cops-tackled-a-grandma-with-demen...
The demented lady's family are suing the police dept., and the cops involved have been duly publicly named and shamed.
Well. Apparently all of the photos I take with my cell phone are too large to upload here. That seems odd, but what do I know about the wonderful world of cell phone technology? (Very little).
Bill Gates wants to take humans outta farming
Bill Gates wants to block the sun
Bill Gates wants to decide who gets to live on this planet
https://off-guardian.org/2021/04/19/gates-unhinged-dystopian-vision-for-...
What can be done?
As the world stumbles deeper into the second year of The Siege From Inner Space, the numbers get more and more inexplicable. For several months Belgium led the world in per capita deaths attributed to Covid-19, but over the last month a surge across middle Europe has dropped that country all the way down to tenth place.