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Sunday 24 February 2019
News and commentary round upFrom Deadline Hollywood: Oscars Ratings Drop Sees ABC Offering Advertisers Guarantees For First Time
From Newsbusters: Social Media Site Gab Adds Free Speech Free-for-All To Every Website [Ed: applause.]
From the Daily Mail: Thousands of yellow vest protesters take to the streets across France for a 15th weekend running as they try to re-invigorate supporters while trying to stamp out violence and anti-Semitism in the movement's ranks
From Axios: Robert Mueller files 800+ page sentencing memo for Paul Manafort [Ed: does not take a position on how long he should be in jail.]
From Zero Hedge: Venezuela Aid Trucks Set Ablaze As Maduro Tells Trump: "Yankee, Go Home" [Ed: reports come in from social media that the aid trucks are all now on fire.] And a related item from the New York Times: Can Bitcoin Save Venezuelans?
From Fox 5: Dogs call 911 five times
From the Daily Bell: Guess how much Britain’s richest man saves on taxes by moving to Monaco? "Ratcliffe is moving to Monaco, an international tax haven. And when he gets there, he and two other executives at his chemical company plan to take a £10 billion distribution. That could save them up to £4 billion in taxes they would owe if the distributions were taken in the UK."
From Activist Post: The Jussie Smollett Hoax Reveals The Scope Of The Surveillance State
From Newsbusters: Comedians Finally Decide It's Safe to Satirize Jussie Smollett
From the Economic Policy Journal: Paging Charles Koch… [Ed: I am sorry to see this happen.]
From Reason: Legal Weed Did More to Stop Drug Smuggling Than Any Wall Easing pot prohibition is doing what the failed war on drugs never could.
From Zero Hedge: Saul Alinsky's 13 Rules For 'Have-Nots' To Gain Power. "“WHAT FOLLOWS IS for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be. The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away”
From the Babylon Bee: Legislators Propose Replacing All Spacecraft With High-Speed Trains By 2030. [Ed: hat tip to Brad who comments, I like the reference to broken windows.]
From Armstrong Economics: Professor Easterbrook Testified Before Congress with Real Data Showing Global Warming Ended in 1998
From SHTF: Millennials are Flocking to CBD For Anxiety Relief
From Of Two Minds Blog: Homeless Encampments And Luxury Apartments: Our Long Strange Boom. "The cold truth is homelessness and soaring rents are the only possible outputs of central bank policies that inflate asset bubbles..."
From Newsbusters: Social Media Site Gab Adds Free Speech Free-for-All To Every Website [Ed: applause.]
From the Daily Mail: Thousands of yellow vest protesters take to the streets across France for a 15th weekend running as they try to re-invigorate supporters while trying to stamp out violence and anti-Semitism in the movement's ranks
From Axios: Robert Mueller files 800+ page sentencing memo for Paul Manafort [Ed: does not take a position on how long he should be in jail.]
From Zero Hedge: Venezuela Aid Trucks Set Ablaze As Maduro Tells Trump: "Yankee, Go Home" [Ed: reports come in from social media that the aid trucks are all now on fire.] And a related item from the New York Times: Can Bitcoin Save Venezuelans?
From Fox 5: Dogs call 911 five times
From the Daily Bell: Guess how much Britain’s richest man saves on taxes by moving to Monaco? "Ratcliffe is moving to Monaco, an international tax haven. And when he gets there, he and two other executives at his chemical company plan to take a £10 billion distribution. That could save them up to £4 billion in taxes they would owe if the distributions were taken in the UK."
From Activist Post: The Jussie Smollett Hoax Reveals The Scope Of The Surveillance State
From Newsbusters: Comedians Finally Decide It's Safe to Satirize Jussie Smollett
From the Economic Policy Journal: Paging Charles Koch… [Ed: I am sorry to see this happen.]
From Reason: Legal Weed Did More to Stop Drug Smuggling Than Any Wall Easing pot prohibition is doing what the failed war on drugs never could.
From Zero Hedge: Saul Alinsky's 13 Rules For 'Have-Nots' To Gain Power. "“WHAT FOLLOWS IS for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be. The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away”
From the Babylon Bee: Legislators Propose Replacing All Spacecraft With High-Speed Trains By 2030. [Ed: hat tip to Brad who comments, I like the reference to broken windows.]
From Armstrong Economics: Professor Easterbrook Testified Before Congress with Real Data Showing Global Warming Ended in 1998
From SHTF: Millennials are Flocking to CBD For Anxiety Relief
From Of Two Minds Blog: Homeless Encampments And Luxury Apartments: Our Long Strange Boom. "The cold truth is homelessness and soaring rents are the only possible outputs of central bank policies that inflate asset bubbles..."
Saturday 23 February 2019
News and commentary round upFrom the Gulf Times: Venezuela aid showdown looms as Guaido attends concert on border [Ed: this is where all eyes should be.] And a related item from Activist Post: The Brutal Truth About the CARNET: The Venezuelan Biometric ID Also Known as the Fatherland Card
From Dwell: The TWA Hotel Turns an Abandoned Airport Terminal Into a Midcentury Dream [Ed: I will definitely stay there if the opportunity arises.] "An abandoned airport terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport has been reborn as the TWA Hotel, a stylish stay channeling the jet age." [Ed: check out the photos.]
From Goats Gold and Guns: Merkel Draws the Line Against Trump "Her speech at the Munich Security Conference should be considered Germany's divorce filing from the U.S.-led post-WWII institutional order." [Ed: must read.]
From the Sun: Jussie Smollett ‘claims he has an untreated DRUG problem’ and cops say he bought ecstasy from ‘hoax’ accomplice – as he’s axed from Empire
From Zero Hedge: "Sleepwalking Into A Crisis": Most Americans & Europeans Are Terrified About Retirement
From CNN: It's Blast Off for Israel's Mission to the Moon. 'Uber-style' mission will share rocket with 2 other spacecraft
From Moon of Alabama: U.S. Efforts To Block Huawei Gives China An Advantage "Currently Huawei is the most advanced company in the 5G field. It started early and invested huge sums into research and development for 5G technology. It owns some 15% of all relevant patents. It is currently the only provider that can deliver an end-to-end solution for 5G networks."
From the Federalist: 10 Scary Facts Indicating South Africa Is Becoming The Next Venezuela And a related item from the Daily Mail: Two dead and 12 injured as Venezuelan troops open fire on civilians as they step in front of Maduro's army convoy to try and keep the Brazilian border open for aid. Another item from the Daily Mail: Juan Guaido heads to international boundary to PERSONALLY bring in US aid
From Visual Capitalist: The Science Behind The Medical Cannabis Industry [Ed: medical marijuana is a sign that God loves us and wants us to be pain free. And, yes, Ben Franklin.]
From the Free Thought Project: Five Stories The Media is Ignoring While Jussie Smollet’s Hoax Distracts the Nation Including "A BBC producer came forward with bombshell evidence showing how the alleged sarin gas attack in Syria last year—was fake."
From Lew Rockwell: The Empire: Now or Never [Ed: a fine rant by Fred Reed, which makes more sense than other people's meticulous arguments.]
From Target Liberty: A Further Note on Libertarian Strategy [Ed: well worth the read.]
From the End of the American Dream: 3 Things That Trump Just Did That Are Absolutely Confounding The Pundits
From USA Today: "Venezuela Was My Home, And Socialism Destroyed It. Slowly, It Will Destroy America Too" [Ed: a must read.]
From Twitter: Coming this fall… The story of a poorly staged hate crime that rocked a nation: Jussie’s Lie. [Ed: hat tip to Brad, who comments When you're on the left and you've lost the Daily Show, you're in trouble.]
From Signs of the Times: Sanders raises $6M first day of campaign; former Clinton staffer blames Russia [Ed: he did so jokingly...but nevertheless.] And a related item from the Intercept: Black Critics of Kamala Harris and Cory Booker Push Back Against Claims That They’re Russian “Bots”
From the Daily Wire: Smollett's 'GMA' Interview Spliced With Police Chief's Damning Press Conference. It's BRUTAL. [Ed; scroll down into the text a bit.]
From Medium: Caitlin Johnstone Exposes "The Truly Obnoxious Mind Virus" Of Imperial Narrative Controllers "In an extremely weird article titled “Russia is backing a viral video company aimed at American millennials”, CNN reports that Facebook has suspended popular dissident media outlet In The Now and its allied pages for failing to publicly “disclose” its financial ties to a subsidiary of RT."
From Zero Hedge: As The Real Estate Market Slows, Canadians Continue To Plunder Equity From Their Homes. Home equity line of credit borrowing in Canada has grown faster than mortgages since 2017.
From Dwell: The TWA Hotel Turns an Abandoned Airport Terminal Into a Midcentury Dream [Ed: I will definitely stay there if the opportunity arises.] "An abandoned airport terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport has been reborn as the TWA Hotel, a stylish stay channeling the jet age." [Ed: check out the photos.]
From Goats Gold and Guns: Merkel Draws the Line Against Trump "Her speech at the Munich Security Conference should be considered Germany's divorce filing from the U.S.-led post-WWII institutional order." [Ed: must read.]
From the Sun: Jussie Smollett ‘claims he has an untreated DRUG problem’ and cops say he bought ecstasy from ‘hoax’ accomplice – as he’s axed from Empire
From Zero Hedge: "Sleepwalking Into A Crisis": Most Americans & Europeans Are Terrified About Retirement
From CNN: It's Blast Off for Israel's Mission to the Moon. 'Uber-style' mission will share rocket with 2 other spacecraft
From Moon of Alabama: U.S. Efforts To Block Huawei Gives China An Advantage "Currently Huawei is the most advanced company in the 5G field. It started early and invested huge sums into research and development for 5G technology. It owns some 15% of all relevant patents. It is currently the only provider that can deliver an end-to-end solution for 5G networks."
From the Federalist: 10 Scary Facts Indicating South Africa Is Becoming The Next Venezuela And a related item from the Daily Mail: Two dead and 12 injured as Venezuelan troops open fire on civilians as they step in front of Maduro's army convoy to try and keep the Brazilian border open for aid. Another item from the Daily Mail: Juan Guaido heads to international boundary to PERSONALLY bring in US aid
From Visual Capitalist: The Science Behind The Medical Cannabis Industry [Ed: medical marijuana is a sign that God loves us and wants us to be pain free. And, yes, Ben Franklin.]
From the Free Thought Project: Five Stories The Media is Ignoring While Jussie Smollet’s Hoax Distracts the Nation Including "A BBC producer came forward with bombshell evidence showing how the alleged sarin gas attack in Syria last year—was fake."
From Lew Rockwell: The Empire: Now or Never [Ed: a fine rant by Fred Reed, which makes more sense than other people's meticulous arguments.]
From Target Liberty: A Further Note on Libertarian Strategy [Ed: well worth the read.]
From the End of the American Dream: 3 Things That Trump Just Did That Are Absolutely Confounding The Pundits
From USA Today: "Venezuela Was My Home, And Socialism Destroyed It. Slowly, It Will Destroy America Too" [Ed: a must read.]
From Twitter: Coming this fall… The story of a poorly staged hate crime that rocked a nation: Jussie’s Lie. [Ed: hat tip to Brad, who comments When you're on the left and you've lost the Daily Show, you're in trouble.]
From Signs of the Times: Sanders raises $6M first day of campaign; former Clinton staffer blames Russia [Ed: he did so jokingly...but nevertheless.] And a related item from the Intercept: Black Critics of Kamala Harris and Cory Booker Push Back Against Claims That They’re Russian “Bots”
From the Daily Wire: Smollett's 'GMA' Interview Spliced With Police Chief's Damning Press Conference. It's BRUTAL. [Ed; scroll down into the text a bit.]
From Medium: Caitlin Johnstone Exposes "The Truly Obnoxious Mind Virus" Of Imperial Narrative Controllers "In an extremely weird article titled “Russia is backing a viral video company aimed at American millennials”, CNN reports that Facebook has suspended popular dissident media outlet In The Now and its allied pages for failing to publicly “disclose” its financial ties to a subsidiary of RT."
From Zero Hedge: As The Real Estate Market Slows, Canadians Continue To Plunder Equity From Their Homes. Home equity line of credit borrowing in Canada has grown faster than mortgages since 2017.
Leading cows out of a flooded area
Friday 22 February 2019
News and commentary round upFrom the Babylon Bee: Opinion: It's 2019, And Gay People Are Still Being Forced To Attack Themselves In The Streets [Ed: I can't believe Snopes fact checked a Babylon Bee article. Seriously.]
From Vox: Tucker Carlson had a total meltdown when a guest criticized Fox News. Carlson to historian Rutger Bregman: “Go fuck yourself.” [Ed: a fun read, actually.] And the Guardian's take on the same topic: Historian who confronted Davos billionaires leaks Tucker Carlson rant
From Slate: Supreme Court votes 9-0 against civil asset forfeiture, cites 8th and 14th amendments. [Ed: posted a similar item yesterday, but this is important enough to repeat...and this has more detail.]
From Lew Rockwell: Trump's Brazen Unconstitutional Overreach [Ed: by the excelent Judge Napolitano. about the executive order that declared a state of national emergency.]
From Algemeiner: ‘Ça Suffit!’: Thousands Demonstrate in Paris and Across France Against Surging Antisemitism. [Ed: hat tip to Brad. Both of us have been appalled to see the rise of antisemitism. BTW, Ça Suffit means That's Enough.]
From the Hill: Roseanne Barr calls Ocasio-Cortez 'Farrakhan loving,' 'bug-eyed bitch' And a related story from FOX News: PAC aligned with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez paid boyfriend $6G for marketing work [Ed: not illegal but unethical. AOC is going to get along in Congress just swimmingly.]
From Massive: ’You’re creating monsters’: Advocates say new rules fail to reform solitary confinement in Massachusetts. [Ed: solitary confinement is widely acknowledged as torture.]
From Reason: Record Number of Americans Call Government Our Biggest Problem. The socialist wave may be more of a media-bubble thing than any sort of legitimate groundswell.
From 21st Century Wire: A Guide to Decoding the Doublespeak on Syria
From the Economic Collapse Blog: Trade War Causing Severe Pain As Farm Bankruptcies Surge Way Past The Level From The Last Recession
From the New York Times: The Obama Presidential Library That Isn’t [Ed: nor should it be.]
From CounterPunch: “Heavy Drinking” and the NYT’s Offensive Obit on Herbert Fingarette. [Ed; much more interesting than the title suggests.]
From Stripes: Feds admit to sharing watch list with 1,400 private groups
From the Mises Institute: The Case for Legalizing Blackmail [Ed: interesting distinction between blackmail and extortion.]
From the Independent: White nationalist coast guard accused of plotting mass terror attack against top Democrats and journalists [Ed: it is getting damned scary down under.]
From Taki's Magazine: Fake Noose! [Ed: recommended.]
From Time: Israel Prepares to Launch Its Historic Private Mission to the Moon. [Ed: Launched, I believe, last night.]
From Reason: Phony Houston Drug Warrant Prompts FBI Investigation and Review of 1,400 Cases. Lying to justify a search that killed two people could be a capital crime. [Ed: police officer whose lie led to a non-knock warrant through which 2 innocent people were killed is having all his cases reviewed.] And from Liberty News Now, a refresher on the Houston shooting: One Slain Couple, Five Injured Cops, and One Dead Dog — What Really Happened in Houston
From FEE: NYC Fast-Food Workers Stunned Some Are Being Fired after $15 Minimum Wage Hike
From Vox: Tucker Carlson had a total meltdown when a guest criticized Fox News. Carlson to historian Rutger Bregman: “Go fuck yourself.” [Ed: a fun read, actually.] And the Guardian's take on the same topic: Historian who confronted Davos billionaires leaks Tucker Carlson rant
From Slate: Supreme Court votes 9-0 against civil asset forfeiture, cites 8th and 14th amendments. [Ed: posted a similar item yesterday, but this is important enough to repeat...and this has more detail.]
From Lew Rockwell: Trump's Brazen Unconstitutional Overreach [Ed: by the excelent Judge Napolitano. about the executive order that declared a state of national emergency.]
From Algemeiner: ‘Ça Suffit!’: Thousands Demonstrate in Paris and Across France Against Surging Antisemitism. [Ed: hat tip to Brad. Both of us have been appalled to see the rise of antisemitism. BTW, Ça Suffit means That's Enough.]
From the Hill: Roseanne Barr calls Ocasio-Cortez 'Farrakhan loving,' 'bug-eyed bitch' And a related story from FOX News: PAC aligned with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez paid boyfriend $6G for marketing work [Ed: not illegal but unethical. AOC is going to get along in Congress just swimmingly.]
From Massive: ’You’re creating monsters’: Advocates say new rules fail to reform solitary confinement in Massachusetts. [Ed: solitary confinement is widely acknowledged as torture.]
From Reason: Record Number of Americans Call Government Our Biggest Problem. The socialist wave may be more of a media-bubble thing than any sort of legitimate groundswell.
From 21st Century Wire: A Guide to Decoding the Doublespeak on Syria
From the Economic Collapse Blog: Trade War Causing Severe Pain As Farm Bankruptcies Surge Way Past The Level From The Last Recession
From the New York Times: The Obama Presidential Library That Isn’t [Ed: nor should it be.]
From CounterPunch: “Heavy Drinking” and the NYT’s Offensive Obit on Herbert Fingarette. [Ed; much more interesting than the title suggests.]
From Stripes: Feds admit to sharing watch list with 1,400 private groups
From the Mises Institute: The Case for Legalizing Blackmail [Ed: interesting distinction between blackmail and extortion.]
From the Independent: White nationalist coast guard accused of plotting mass terror attack against top Democrats and journalists [Ed: it is getting damned scary down under.]
From Taki's Magazine: Fake Noose! [Ed: recommended.]
From Time: Israel Prepares to Launch Its Historic Private Mission to the Moon. [Ed: Launched, I believe, last night.]
From Reason: Phony Houston Drug Warrant Prompts FBI Investigation and Review of 1,400 Cases. Lying to justify a search that killed two people could be a capital crime. [Ed: police officer whose lie led to a non-knock warrant through which 2 innocent people were killed is having all his cases reviewed.] And from Liberty News Now, a refresher on the Houston shooting: One Slain Couple, Five Injured Cops, and One Dead Dog — What Really Happened in Houston
From FEE: NYC Fast-Food Workers Stunned Some Are Being Fired after $15 Minimum Wage Hike
Thursday 21 February 2019
It feels good to be back.Hi, y'all. I've fired the blog and ifeminists back up because, even though I am still neck deep in writing and editing the bitcoin.com book, I am starting to miss myself. And the news feeds are who I am when I get up in the morning. It feels good to be back.
News and commentary round upFrom Zero Hedge: Trade War Goes Global: China "Indefinitely" Bans Australian Coal Imports
From South China Morning Post: China Bans Millions From Flights, Trains In Social-Credit Crackdown...
From the Free Thought Project: After Innocent Couple Murdered Over Cop’s Lies, Houston Police Vow No More No-Knock Raids
From the Express: Justin Trudeau CRISIS: Canada PM’s popularity PLUNGES after scandal, Conservatives AHEAD
CANADA’S Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a difficult election campaign after a new poll saw the scandal-hit leader’s approval ratings plummet. [Ed: it is all you hear about up here.]
From Change.org: Sell Montana to Canada for $1 Trillion to eliminate the national debt. A petition at change.org, currently 10,000+ signatures.
From Alt Market: Is Venezuela On The Verge Of Becoming Another Syria? "In my article 'How A Collapse In Venezuela Could Trigger Martial Law In the US', published in May of 2016, I outlined how the socialist structure of Venezuela in particular was so unstable that the slightest push could cause the entire country to topple." [Ed: link to 2016 article included in the main one.]
From Did Google?: Did Google Shutdown ________ Yet? [Ed: An interesting and possibly useful web site.] "Tired of getting on the hype train of another Google product only to have it shut down before you can finish typing in your beta key? This site tracks the status and outlook of Google products, and tries to judge Google's chances of making another good product overall."
From AP News: Oregon on track to be 1st state with mandated rent controls...
From Activist Post: Arizona Trying to Become First in U.S. to Require Citizen DNA And a related item from the Daily Star: FBI BUILDS DNA DATABASE FOR ALL...
From CNN: Mueller Report Could Come as Early as Next Week: Sources say DoJ is preparing to receive the report soon. And a related article also from CNN: What if the Mueller report changes nothing?
From Sovereign Man: America’s Socialist Revolution has officially begun
From Modern Healthcare: Nearly a quarter of rural hospitals are on the brink of closure [Ed: in the U.S.]
From Al Jazeera: With 37 days until Brexit, why are UK politicians defecting? [Ed: why do I think it is not going to be over in 37 days?]
From Watts Up With That?: Laughable idea: Duluth, MN as a ‘climate refugee city’ And a related item from Western Journal: Media Hysteria: Climate Change ‘Heat Records’ Are a Huge Data Manipulation
From Zero Hedge: US Supreme Court Rules To Limit States' Ability To Seize Property, Impose Fines Civil forfeitures have become "widespread and highly profitable."
From the Organic Prepper: How Modern Life Destroys Survival Instinct. "Most folks just buy the answers to their problems. Self-reliance is an act of epic rebellion against the status quo."
From Volokh Conspiracy: Justice Thomas's Skepticism of New York Times v. Sullivan. First Amendment limitations on libel and other torts are complicated. [Ed; this challenge, if proceeding in law, would open the door for Trump to go after the media.]
From SHTF: Food Prices Will Rise In 2019 Adversely Impacting Those Living Paycheck To Paycheck. [Ed: I wonder if this willinspire backyard gardens?]
From Reuters: EU countries back copyright reforms aimed at Google, Facebook It would "force Google and Facebook Inc to pay publishers for news snippets and filter out copyright-protected content on YouTube or Instagram."
From the Economic Policy Journal: The Nightmare Fairyland of the Green New Dealers
From South China Morning Post: China Bans Millions From Flights, Trains In Social-Credit Crackdown...
From the Free Thought Project: After Innocent Couple Murdered Over Cop’s Lies, Houston Police Vow No More No-Knock Raids
From the Express: Justin Trudeau CRISIS: Canada PM’s popularity PLUNGES after scandal, Conservatives AHEAD
CANADA’S Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a difficult election campaign after a new poll saw the scandal-hit leader’s approval ratings plummet. [Ed: it is all you hear about up here.]
From Change.org: Sell Montana to Canada for $1 Trillion to eliminate the national debt. A petition at change.org, currently 10,000+ signatures.
From Alt Market: Is Venezuela On The Verge Of Becoming Another Syria? "In my article 'How A Collapse In Venezuela Could Trigger Martial Law In the US', published in May of 2016, I outlined how the socialist structure of Venezuela in particular was so unstable that the slightest push could cause the entire country to topple." [Ed: link to 2016 article included in the main one.]
From Did Google?: Did Google Shutdown ________ Yet? [Ed: An interesting and possibly useful web site.] "Tired of getting on the hype train of another Google product only to have it shut down before you can finish typing in your beta key? This site tracks the status and outlook of Google products, and tries to judge Google's chances of making another good product overall."
From AP News: Oregon on track to be 1st state with mandated rent controls...
From Activist Post: Arizona Trying to Become First in U.S. to Require Citizen DNA And a related item from the Daily Star: FBI BUILDS DNA DATABASE FOR ALL...
From CNN: Mueller Report Could Come as Early as Next Week: Sources say DoJ is preparing to receive the report soon. And a related article also from CNN: What if the Mueller report changes nothing?
From Sovereign Man: America’s Socialist Revolution has officially begun
From Modern Healthcare: Nearly a quarter of rural hospitals are on the brink of closure [Ed: in the U.S.]
From Al Jazeera: With 37 days until Brexit, why are UK politicians defecting? [Ed: why do I think it is not going to be over in 37 days?]
From Watts Up With That?: Laughable idea: Duluth, MN as a ‘climate refugee city’ And a related item from Western Journal: Media Hysteria: Climate Change ‘Heat Records’ Are a Huge Data Manipulation
From Zero Hedge: US Supreme Court Rules To Limit States' Ability To Seize Property, Impose Fines Civil forfeitures have become "widespread and highly profitable."
From the Organic Prepper: How Modern Life Destroys Survival Instinct. "Most folks just buy the answers to their problems. Self-reliance is an act of epic rebellion against the status quo."
From Volokh Conspiracy: Justice Thomas's Skepticism of New York Times v. Sullivan. First Amendment limitations on libel and other torts are complicated. [Ed; this challenge, if proceeding in law, would open the door for Trump to go after the media.]
From SHTF: Food Prices Will Rise In 2019 Adversely Impacting Those Living Paycheck To Paycheck. [Ed: I wonder if this willinspire backyard gardens?]
From Reuters: EU countries back copyright reforms aimed at Google, Facebook It would "force Google and Facebook Inc to pay publishers for news snippets and filter out copyright-protected content on YouTube or Instagram."
From the Economic Policy Journal: The Nightmare Fairyland of the Green New Dealers
Good morning, all
Wednesday 06 February 2019
Cadlao Island, Palawan, Philippines.
News and commentary round upFrom the Washington Post: Key Lines in Trump's State of the Union. He stresses unity but derides 'ridiculous partisan investigations'
From Conatus News: Intentions, Ideologies, Outcomes, Policies: Can We Forgive Communism? "Both the left and right have used variations on the argument that ‘intentions don’t matter, only outcomes do’. But is there any truth to this statement? Does anyone truly believe intentions don’t matter?"
From Buzzfeed: These Secret Files Show How The Trump Moscow Talks Unfolded While Trump Heaped Praise On Putin [Ed: Buzzfeed? Really? Again? Provided for your general entertainment.]
From Activist Post: The Fed Blinked – Gold And Silver Are Going Higher
From Technocracy News and Trends: Privacy Battle Coming Over Home Security Cameras "Ring’s owner Amazon.com filed an eerily specific patent to put its controversial Rekognition facial-identification software into doorbells."
From the Libertarian Republic: Report: Bill Weld Registers Republican To Primary Trump. "Weld’s sudden Libertarian conversion was met with skepticism among die-hard faithful of the party of less government. [Ed: hat tip to Brad who comments, "He's a politician, and his lips were moving"]
From NBC News: Why data, not privacy, is the real danger. While it's creepy to imagine companies are listening in to your conversations, it's perhaps more creepy that they can predict what you’re talking about without actually listening.
From the Volokh Conspiracy: Why the Demand for Fake News is a Far More Serious Problem than the Supply. Canadian columnist Andrew Coyne explains why efforts to combat fake news by cutting off supply are barking up the wrong tree.
From the Daily Wire: Elizabeth Warren Claimed American Indian Heritage In Texas State Bar Application [Ed: important because she claimed she never used that racial claim to further her career or on official paperwork.]
From MSN: End of Mueller investigation could spark battle between Justice Dept. and Congress over release of special counsel’s report
From Target Liberty: SMOKING GUN: Documents Indicate CNN Was Tipped Off About the FBI's Arrest of Roger Stone
From Food Storage Moms: 35 Reasons Why You Should Store Vinegar
From Hot Air: A former socialist embraced capitalism after seeing what socialism did to Venezuela "Ross argues that the “synoptic delusion” is responsible [for people's support of socialism]. It’s the idea that a small group of central planners can be more efficient than allowing the market to work based on the voluntary decisions of millions of individuals. And he writes that this delusion is still a powerful and dangerous one for people who still think socialism is the path to a better world..."
From Truthdig: Your Complete Guide to the N.Y. Times’ Support of U.S.-Backed Coups in Latin America And a related item from Unz Review: US "Regime Changes" - The Historical Record
From Coin Telegraph: De-Dollarization Accelerates: Iran Unveils Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency
From the Organic Prepper Blog: The Truth About What's Happening In Venezuela Right Now Is Not What The Media Is Reporting. "The media is trying to hide the truth about what’s really going on... The situation has become a lot more dangerous and people are being warned to stay home..."
From the Mises Wire: Shinzo Abe Bets the Farm on Europe [Ed: away from US-centric approach.]
From FOX News: 'Green New Deal' details emerge, as Ocasio-Cortez preps big reveal of WWII-level mobilization [Ed: $7 trillion estimated.]
From the Activist Post: Meet the Woman Who Rented Hotel Rooms for the Homeless During Chicago’s Deep Freeze [Ed; feel good story.]
From Conatus News: Intentions, Ideologies, Outcomes, Policies: Can We Forgive Communism? "Both the left and right have used variations on the argument that ‘intentions don’t matter, only outcomes do’. But is there any truth to this statement? Does anyone truly believe intentions don’t matter?"
From Buzzfeed: These Secret Files Show How The Trump Moscow Talks Unfolded While Trump Heaped Praise On Putin [Ed: Buzzfeed? Really? Again? Provided for your general entertainment.]
From Activist Post: The Fed Blinked – Gold And Silver Are Going Higher
From Technocracy News and Trends: Privacy Battle Coming Over Home Security Cameras "Ring’s owner Amazon.com filed an eerily specific patent to put its controversial Rekognition facial-identification software into doorbells."
From the Libertarian Republic: Report: Bill Weld Registers Republican To Primary Trump. "Weld’s sudden Libertarian conversion was met with skepticism among die-hard faithful of the party of less government. [Ed: hat tip to Brad who comments, "He's a politician, and his lips were moving"]
From NBC News: Why data, not privacy, is the real danger. While it's creepy to imagine companies are listening in to your conversations, it's perhaps more creepy that they can predict what you’re talking about without actually listening.
From the Volokh Conspiracy: Why the Demand for Fake News is a Far More Serious Problem than the Supply. Canadian columnist Andrew Coyne explains why efforts to combat fake news by cutting off supply are barking up the wrong tree.
From the Daily Wire: Elizabeth Warren Claimed American Indian Heritage In Texas State Bar Application [Ed: important because she claimed she never used that racial claim to further her career or on official paperwork.]
From MSN: End of Mueller investigation could spark battle between Justice Dept. and Congress over release of special counsel’s report
From Target Liberty: SMOKING GUN: Documents Indicate CNN Was Tipped Off About the FBI's Arrest of Roger Stone
From Food Storage Moms: 35 Reasons Why You Should Store Vinegar
From Hot Air: A former socialist embraced capitalism after seeing what socialism did to Venezuela "Ross argues that the “synoptic delusion” is responsible [for people's support of socialism]. It’s the idea that a small group of central planners can be more efficient than allowing the market to work based on the voluntary decisions of millions of individuals. And he writes that this delusion is still a powerful and dangerous one for people who still think socialism is the path to a better world..."
From Truthdig: Your Complete Guide to the N.Y. Times’ Support of U.S.-Backed Coups in Latin America And a related item from Unz Review: US "Regime Changes" - The Historical Record
From Coin Telegraph: De-Dollarization Accelerates: Iran Unveils Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency
From the Organic Prepper Blog: The Truth About What's Happening In Venezuela Right Now Is Not What The Media Is Reporting. "The media is trying to hide the truth about what’s really going on... The situation has become a lot more dangerous and people are being warned to stay home..."
From the Mises Wire: Shinzo Abe Bets the Farm on Europe [Ed: away from US-centric approach.]
From FOX News: 'Green New Deal' details emerge, as Ocasio-Cortez preps big reveal of WWII-level mobilization [Ed: $7 trillion estimated.]
From the Activist Post: Meet the Woman Who Rented Hotel Rooms for the Homeless During Chicago’s Deep Freeze [Ed; feel good story.]
Tuesday 05 February 2019
I like this photo because the Milky Way seems to be smoke pouring out of the erupting volcano in Guatemala.
News and commentary round upFrom the SF Chronicle: San Francisco — where drug addicts outnumber high school students "There are about 24,500 injection drug users in San Francisco — that’s about 8,500 more people than the nearly 16,000 students enrolled in San Francisco Unified School District’s 15 high schools ."
From the American Conservative: The Real Problem: The Militarization of the NFL. Professional sports should stop shilling for the warfare state.
From France24: French yellow vest anger 'won't go back into the bottle'
From the Register: I helped catch Silk Road boss Ross Ulbricht: Undercover agent tells all. From one little pill to impersonating a cat-owning site admin. [Ed: a travesty from beginning to end, but instructive information. Be careful out there.]
From Quillette: Why Do People Tell Me I’m Not Allowed to Write? "After my experience in childhood of being told not to write because what I was writing was immoral, I was getting the same message as an adult. There were things I should not write about because it was immoral."
From Legal Insurrection: Covington Student Nick Sandmann’s Lawyers Send Preservation Letters to Media, Celebrities. The defamation lawyer tweeted a video that has crucial footage ignored by the MSM.
From Bloomberg: Freed Saudis Resurface Billions Poorer After Prince's Crackdown [Ed: for those who wondered what ever happened to those rounded up and fleeced by MBS over a year ago.]
From Zero Hedge: Tulsi Gabbard Slams "Neocon/Neolib Warmongers" After NBC Propaganda Exposed. [M]ore important is their motive: “to smear any adversary of the establishment wing of the Democratic Party – whether on the left or the right – as a stooge or asset of the Kremlin.”
From the Wall St. Journal: Trump Inaugural Committee Is Subpoenaed for Documents. Manhattan federal prosecutors seek to scrutinize donors and spending amid criminal investigation [Ed: this is the investigation that Trump should worry about.]
From Lew Rockwell: Dissidents Must Understand The Difference Between Fact And Narrative [Ed: by the excellent Caitlin Johnstone.]
From the BBC: Q&A: The Irish border Brexit backstop [Ed: this is a bit dated but it is the best explanation of the "backstop" Brexit problem, which is causing such a furor. It is likely to be the sticking point in the agreement.]
From Open Culture: Public Domain Day Is Finally Here!: Copyrighted Works Have Entered the Public Domain Today for the First Time in 21 Years [Ed: links to lists of works that are now public domain. Yes!]
From Bloomberg: Major DNA Testing Company Sharing Genetic Data With the FBI "FamilyTreeDNA, an early pioneer of the rapidly growing market for consumer genetic testing, confirmed late Thursday that it has granted the Federal Bureau of Investigation access to its vast trove of nearly 2 million genetic profiles."
From FOX News: Honor Society 'rejects student over Trump support' 'There's plenty of pro-choice, anti-Trump – openly – people who get in'
From France 24: Israel begins construction of new Gaza border barrier. [Ed: more walls. Exactly the wrong direction for the world to take.]
From Moon of Alabama: U.S. Coup Attempt In Venezuela Lacks International Support [Ed: MoA is always worth reading.]
From WorldNetDaily: 'Rage rooms' hotter than a Louisville Slugger But do they really defuse anger, stress or help you practice violence?
From Gizmodo: Crypto Investors' Woe: Widow Can't Open Founder's Laptop. Canadian Gerald Cotten had the only access to $190M in QuadrigaCX funds.
From Breitbart: Donald Trump: ‘We’ve Got to Get Out of These Endless Wars’ [Ed: I hope he is sincerel]
From Foreign Policy: Trump Once Wanted to Negotiate With Russia Over Nukes. Then Mueller Happened. The U.S. president might be too hemmed in by the Russia probe to attempt a successor to the INF or START treaties.
From Quartz: Tiny $9,000 Electric Cars Are About To Flood The United States And Europe. The pickup comes in six colors, boasts off-road capability, and can fit a “family of three”...
From the American Conservative: The Real Problem: The Militarization of the NFL. Professional sports should stop shilling for the warfare state.
From France24: French yellow vest anger 'won't go back into the bottle'
From the Register: I helped catch Silk Road boss Ross Ulbricht: Undercover agent tells all. From one little pill to impersonating a cat-owning site admin. [Ed: a travesty from beginning to end, but instructive information. Be careful out there.]
From Quillette: Why Do People Tell Me I’m Not Allowed to Write? "After my experience in childhood of being told not to write because what I was writing was immoral, I was getting the same message as an adult. There were things I should not write about because it was immoral."
From Legal Insurrection: Covington Student Nick Sandmann’s Lawyers Send Preservation Letters to Media, Celebrities. The defamation lawyer tweeted a video that has crucial footage ignored by the MSM.
From Bloomberg: Freed Saudis Resurface Billions Poorer After Prince's Crackdown [Ed: for those who wondered what ever happened to those rounded up and fleeced by MBS over a year ago.]
From Zero Hedge: Tulsi Gabbard Slams "Neocon/Neolib Warmongers" After NBC Propaganda Exposed. [M]ore important is their motive: “to smear any adversary of the establishment wing of the Democratic Party – whether on the left or the right – as a stooge or asset of the Kremlin.”
From the Wall St. Journal: Trump Inaugural Committee Is Subpoenaed for Documents. Manhattan federal prosecutors seek to scrutinize donors and spending amid criminal investigation [Ed: this is the investigation that Trump should worry about.]
From Lew Rockwell: Dissidents Must Understand The Difference Between Fact And Narrative [Ed: by the excellent Caitlin Johnstone.]
From the BBC: Q&A: The Irish border Brexit backstop [Ed: this is a bit dated but it is the best explanation of the "backstop" Brexit problem, which is causing such a furor. It is likely to be the sticking point in the agreement.]
From Open Culture: Public Domain Day Is Finally Here!: Copyrighted Works Have Entered the Public Domain Today for the First Time in 21 Years [Ed: links to lists of works that are now public domain. Yes!]
From Bloomberg: Major DNA Testing Company Sharing Genetic Data With the FBI "FamilyTreeDNA, an early pioneer of the rapidly growing market for consumer genetic testing, confirmed late Thursday that it has granted the Federal Bureau of Investigation access to its vast trove of nearly 2 million genetic profiles."
From FOX News: Honor Society 'rejects student over Trump support' 'There's plenty of pro-choice, anti-Trump – openly – people who get in'
From France 24: Israel begins construction of new Gaza border barrier. [Ed: more walls. Exactly the wrong direction for the world to take.]
From Moon of Alabama: U.S. Coup Attempt In Venezuela Lacks International Support [Ed: MoA is always worth reading.]
From WorldNetDaily: 'Rage rooms' hotter than a Louisville Slugger But do they really defuse anger, stress or help you practice violence?
From Gizmodo: Crypto Investors' Woe: Widow Can't Open Founder's Laptop. Canadian Gerald Cotten had the only access to $190M in QuadrigaCX funds.
From Breitbart: Donald Trump: ‘We’ve Got to Get Out of These Endless Wars’ [Ed: I hope he is sincerel]
From Foreign Policy: Trump Once Wanted to Negotiate With Russia Over Nukes. Then Mueller Happened. The U.S. president might be too hemmed in by the Russia probe to attempt a successor to the INF or START treaties.
From Quartz: Tiny $9,000 Electric Cars Are About To Flood The United States And Europe. The pickup comes in six colors, boasts off-road capability, and can fit a “family of three”...
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