This is one of the first big collaborations between libertarians and the left I've ever seen. Perhaps the saner heads are beginning to prevail, and they've figured out we're not heartless Koch monsters.
People do the best they can in the situation, as always. Life finds a way. The state is not the needed part; in fact the fighting over who gets the levers on the state is the primary enemy of these communities (the civil war).
"Proof" Putin is behind it is way overblown. That said, he was definitely whacked by Russian Maifosi; who they were in association with as the prime motivation is anyone's guess.
This time a mistrial was declared because someone told jurors what the sentence might be. Oh no! They might not be willing to perpetrate an even greater crime punishing the 'offender'.
While oxygen is a potent and fatal chronic poison (but also more useful than toxic), it is likely that the reduction in pollution at high altitudes is simply due to lower population which implies less pollution.
Truly, the healing power of markets can salvage even the most reprehensible. Sounds like a cool solitaire game. Top comment at the bottom article was legit though:
It’s amazing what people can do when they’re not being tortured to death!
