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Indonesia May Ban Gay Sex (and Extramarital Sex)

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Feb 16 2018

Indonesia is a seen as one of the more socially tolerant Islamic nations, however they’re now considering legislation that would ban gay and extramarital sex.

While the party in power is generally seen as more socially liberal (and secular) than those calling for a ban they also see ‘compromise’ legislation as the best avenue to averting even a stronger crackdown.

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Trump Wants to Sell DC Airports and That’s a Good Idea

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Feb 14 2018

There’s a lot of pushback to the Trump administration suggestion to sell off DC area airports.

I’d like to leave aside the particular proposal and make a few points about the concept, both selling the DC airports and federal assets generally. Even if you’re not a fan of the President or of ‘privatizing’ see if you can disagree with these.

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I Was First on the Upgrade List and I Didn’t Clear!

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Feb 14 2018

I’m driven nuts by upgrade issues like American Airlines agents not handing out upgrades to passengers who aren’t waiting in the gate area or not bothering to process upgrades at the gate because they’re too busy (so first class seats go out empty while passengers on the upgrade list sit in back).

Most of the time though what looks like shenanigans turns out to have a perfectly logical explanation on closer inspection.

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