Bread, Circuses, Stick Shifts
A rare nudge toward liberalism in Saudi Arabia:
Saudi Arabia is to lift its ban on women drivers in an attempt to stem a rising suffragette-style movement in the deeply conservative state. […]
The move is designed to forestall campaigns for greater freedom by women, which have recently included protesters driving cars through the Islamic state in defiance of a threat of detention and loss of livelihoods.
Whole thing here; link via Rick Davis.
