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7Jul/170

How to Fix a Computer That Wont Turn On

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6Jul/170

Does Donald Trump Think Frederick Douglass is Alive? Douglass’s Great-Great-Great-Grandson Clarifies | Democracy Now!

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6Jul/170

“What to the Slave is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech | Democracy Now!

Source: "What to the Slave is 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech | Democracy Now!

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5Jul/170

The U.S. may have one card to play against North Korea: trade – LA Times

The United States has some options in dealing with the threat presented by North Korea.

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5Jul/170

Women graduates ‘desperately’ freeze eggs over ‘lack of men’ – BBC News

Graduate women are struggling to find educated men who want to start a family, research suggests.

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5Jul/170

The Limits of Philanthropy – The New York Times

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5Jul/170

Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union – The New York Times

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4Jul/170

What Can Trump Do About North Korea? His Options Are Few and Risky – The New York Times

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4Jul/170

Why are Indian women wearing cow masks? – BBC News

A photography project which shows women wearing a cow mask has gone viral in India.

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4Jul/170

Ex-Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr to get apology and pay – BBC News

Canadian-born Omar Khadr will also receive pay for abuses he suffered in prison, reports say.

Source: Ex-Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr to get apology and pay - BBC News

This response by the Canadian government, and empathetic Canadians including Green Party leader Elizabeth May, serves the same credential-burnishing as maintaining pets in the lap of luxury.

It is hypocrisy twice over. Not only have Canadians done nothing to reduce the likelihood that Omar Khadrs will occur in the future, this remedy makes future travesties more likely.  There is nothing wrong with making amends.  There is a great deal wrong with conflating making amends with claims that  the circumstances causing the harms no longer exist.

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