7.23.2016

Third world problems

IS attack on Afghan protest kills 61 people, wounds 207

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - At least 61 people were killed and another 207 wounded in the Afghan capital on Saturday...

The marchers were demanding that a major regional electric power line be routed through their impoverished home province

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If that were here, the people would be protesting against the power line. We are against everything here—most recently, a natural gas pipeline which will not be built due to public protest. We are also against nukes, of course, so we are back to burning oil for heat and coal for electric power. Saving the planet…ya think?

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