from Boing Boing.
The next time you get the urge to have the state lock someone up I’d suggest you read the article first . Incarceration is the last resort in a free society and the first resort (other than murder and torture) of tyrants —
If we have the largest prison population in the [...]
In a word
Holy Cow!
The short and simple solution of course is less war and less jails and more public projects.
These California Wildfires are HUGE so I am listing them under Disasters and Climate Change as I think that is in part why they are happening.
Folks I do not want to underestimate the impact of these fires. They are so large that about 1 person in 300 in the whole United States has [...]