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Friday 31 August 2018
Crème brûlée.Crème brûlée. Now this is a restaurant I would frequent. Hell...with one touch--the tiny dragon--the sketch suggests an entire world that I would frequent, and so happily.
News and commentary round upFrom the Washington Examiner: Donors to Lanny Davis 'truth fund' want refunds after he admits lying. [Ed: Some donors to a "truth fund" promoted by attorney Lanny Davis believe he should issue refunds after he admitted lying about what his client Michael Cohen knows about President Trump.]
From Middle Easat Eye: Why Americans Can't Understand The Middle East
From the Economic Policy Journal: Trump Said to Back Another $200 Billion in China Tariffs as Early as Next Week; Including Tariffs on Selfie Sticks [Ed: explains why the stock market tumbled.]
From Antiwar.com: Saudi Arabia Condemns UN Report on Yemen War Crimes [Ed: the starvation of Yemen is war by other means.]
From the Federalist: Don’t Scrub The World Of Priceless Moments Like This Soccer Game With My Special-Needs Son. "My imperfect son with cystic fibrosis turned a dozen grammar school kids into more perfect children. Kind. Compassionate. Empathetic."
From the Volokh Conspiracy: Democracy is Not the Central Value of the Constitution. Efforts on both right and left to make the democracy-promotion the key focus of constitutional law should be rejected. Liberty Is Not the Central Value of the Constitution, Either. The Constitution embodies many values; I'm skeptical that any one of them is "the central" one.
From the Huffington Post: Democrats Just Confirmed Lots Of Trump’s Judges So They Could Skip Town. Senate Democrats "agreed to expedite votes on 15 of his nominees to lifetime federal court seats because they wanted to go home."
From Vice: The Trump Administration Has Secretly Launched an Anti-Weed Committee And a related story from Buzzfeed: Trump is launching a media campaign against Marijuana
From Spectrum: Starkey's AI Transforms Hearing Aids Into Smart Wearables. Starkey's new Livio AI hearing aid translates 27 languages in real-time and also doubles as a hands-free ear piece.
From the Mises Wire: The Looming Threat of Video Game Regulation. [Ed: despite claims to the contrary by many gamers, demands for the regulation or outright banning of games do not originate solely from the political left: far from it.]
From YouTube: Cody Wilson "I'm Happy Now At This Point To Become The iTunes Of Downloadable Guns!"
From the Free Thought Project: Facebook Censors NPR Report Questioning Accuracy of Government School Shooting Statistics [Ed: the count was wildly inaccurate, over double the actual number.]
From PJ Media: Yahoo Admits It Scans Emails to Collect Data to Sell to Advertisers [Ed: hat tip to Brad, who comments, "The article says Gmail stopped doing this last year; I'm not sure how much I believe that.]
From Sovereign Man: Fool me once, shame on Elon. Fool me twice. [Ed: "Here’s the big thing Tesla shareholders are missing… you have to separate the vision from the product and the product from the business. They are three separate things."]
From Watts Up With That?: ‘Climategate 4’ email dump about to happen – Mann’s cohorts lose in court [Ed: "An organization that questions the role of humans in climate change is going to get access to the emails and records of work done by two scientists at the University of Arizona in its bid to argue that their research is flawed."]
From Lew Rockwell: Are the Interventionists Now Leaderless? [Ed: now that McCain is dead.]
From the Mises Institute: Nazis Were Not Marxists, But They Were Socialists [Ed: as much as socialists would like to deny the label.]
From Middle Easat Eye: Why Americans Can't Understand The Middle East
From the Economic Policy Journal: Trump Said to Back Another $200 Billion in China Tariffs as Early as Next Week; Including Tariffs on Selfie Sticks [Ed: explains why the stock market tumbled.]
From Antiwar.com: Saudi Arabia Condemns UN Report on Yemen War Crimes [Ed: the starvation of Yemen is war by other means.]
From the Federalist: Don’t Scrub The World Of Priceless Moments Like This Soccer Game With My Special-Needs Son. "My imperfect son with cystic fibrosis turned a dozen grammar school kids into more perfect children. Kind. Compassionate. Empathetic."
From the Volokh Conspiracy: Democracy is Not the Central Value of the Constitution. Efforts on both right and left to make the democracy-promotion the key focus of constitutional law should be rejected. Liberty Is Not the Central Value of the Constitution, Either. The Constitution embodies many values; I'm skeptical that any one of them is "the central" one.
From the Huffington Post: Democrats Just Confirmed Lots Of Trump’s Judges So They Could Skip Town. Senate Democrats "agreed to expedite votes on 15 of his nominees to lifetime federal court seats because they wanted to go home."
From Vice: The Trump Administration Has Secretly Launched an Anti-Weed Committee And a related story from Buzzfeed: Trump is launching a media campaign against Marijuana
From Spectrum: Starkey's AI Transforms Hearing Aids Into Smart Wearables. Starkey's new Livio AI hearing aid translates 27 languages in real-time and also doubles as a hands-free ear piece.
From the Mises Wire: The Looming Threat of Video Game Regulation. [Ed: despite claims to the contrary by many gamers, demands for the regulation or outright banning of games do not originate solely from the political left: far from it.]
From YouTube: Cody Wilson "I'm Happy Now At This Point To Become The iTunes Of Downloadable Guns!"
From the Free Thought Project: Facebook Censors NPR Report Questioning Accuracy of Government School Shooting Statistics [Ed: the count was wildly inaccurate, over double the actual number.]
From PJ Media: Yahoo Admits It Scans Emails to Collect Data to Sell to Advertisers [Ed: hat tip to Brad, who comments, "The article says Gmail stopped doing this last year; I'm not sure how much I believe that.]
From Sovereign Man: Fool me once, shame on Elon. Fool me twice. [Ed: "Here’s the big thing Tesla shareholders are missing… you have to separate the vision from the product and the product from the business. They are three separate things."]
From Watts Up With That?: ‘Climategate 4’ email dump about to happen – Mann’s cohorts lose in court [Ed: "An organization that questions the role of humans in climate change is going to get access to the emails and records of work done by two scientists at the University of Arizona in its bid to argue that their research is flawed."]
From Lew Rockwell: Are the Interventionists Now Leaderless? [Ed: now that McCain is dead.]
From the Mises Institute: Nazis Were Not Marxists, But They Were Socialists [Ed: as much as socialists would like to deny the label.]
Thursday 30 August 2018
The DOJ’s Potential Plans To Create Title IX Sex Offender Database.My latest article has been published in the Daily Caller: The DOJ’s Potential Plans To Create Title IX Sex Offender Database. I don't know why I enjoy dissecting legislation and legal documents, but I find the process satisfying. Perhaps it is because the process is so very different from the original theory that I'm presenting in the bitcoin.com series of articles that will form the forthcoming book The Satoshi Revolution. It is almost relaxing to sort through claims and to draw straight-forward conclusions.
News and commentary round upFrom Zero Hedge: Turkish Lira Tumbles As Central Bank Intervention Fails [Ed: watch the world's currencies closely in the coming days.]
From Patheos: Pope Francis Couldn’t Even Give Away Free Tickets to the Papal Mass in Ireland [Ed: turn out was about 1/4 of what was expected.]
From Jalopnik: Elon Musk Is Doubling Down on the Pedo Thing [Ed: for Brad, who does so love a juicy Elon Musk thrashing. OK, OK, so do I.]
From Energy Central: New Nuclear Engine Speeds Nuclear Power [Ed: could make nuclear power more powerful and safe.]
From the American Conservative: The Interventionists Lose Their Leader [Ed: John McCain, that is. Now how is the U.S. going to help people against their will and wishes?]
From Watts Up With That?: You can now bet for and against “global warming” with an online “climate bookie” [Ed: not from the Onion.]
From the Hill: McCain’s death marks decline of Trump’s GOP Senate critics [Ed: I had not considered this fall-out from McCain's death.]
From CNBC: Trump warns: Trump: Facebook, Twitter, Google are 'treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful' [Ed: I do not subscribe to the "private" right of these companies to "censor." They have received too much tax money, gov. favors, performed gov. services, etc.] And a related story from the Washington Post: Google is on the verge of making a huge mistake with China "There is simply no way that Google can feign a neutral stance while developing a search platform designed to serve not the general public but a violent, coercive, authoritarian regime."
From Huffington Post: Basic Income Recipients Will Sue Ontario Over Cancellation [Ed: for "anticipatory breach of contract, negligence, and misfeasance in public office."]
From Open Theory: A future for neuroscience [Ed: “connectome-specific harmonic wave” (CSHW) framework. I can recognize what could be an important breakthrough even when I cannot understand it all.]
From the Intercept: CNN, Credibly Accused of Lying to its Audience About a Key Claim in its Blockbuster Cohen Story, Refuses to Comment [Ed: by Glenn Greenwald, one of my favorite voices on the Left.] And a related story from the Epoch Times: CNN Boldly Decides It No Longer Needs Reliable Sources. CNN has yet to issue a retraction or even a correction of the original Russia collusion story. "CNN can resort to the "we're just reporting on what sources claimed" defense, but that doesn't explain why they haven't reported on or updated with the additional information that calls into serious question what those sources claimed."
From Reason: Why the Fading Credibility of Pope Francis Should Worry More than Just Catholics. Depletion of trust and confidence in public and private institutions is happening across the board and leads to more, not less, government. [Ed: by Nick Gillespie.]
From Watts Up With That?: Cardinal Cupich of Chicago: The Pope’s Climate Change Message is a “Bigger Agenda” than Church Child Sex Abuse
From Zero Hedge: Markets Tread Water Ahead Of Looming Deadline For Canada To Reach Nafta Deal [Ed: Canada's deadline is Friday. And there is a deadline for the next round of China-U.S. tariffs looming next week.]
From The Future of Freedom: Warrior Cops Endanger Our Lives and Freedoms [Ed: by the excellent John Whitehead.]
From National Interest: Is China Repeating Germany's World War I Mistakes? [Ed: hat tip to Brad, who comments, Interesting (and disturbing) parallels to pre-WWI Germany]
From Patheos: Pope Francis Couldn’t Even Give Away Free Tickets to the Papal Mass in Ireland [Ed: turn out was about 1/4 of what was expected.]
From Jalopnik: Elon Musk Is Doubling Down on the Pedo Thing [Ed: for Brad, who does so love a juicy Elon Musk thrashing. OK, OK, so do I.]
From Energy Central: New Nuclear Engine Speeds Nuclear Power [Ed: could make nuclear power more powerful and safe.]
From the American Conservative: The Interventionists Lose Their Leader [Ed: John McCain, that is. Now how is the U.S. going to help people against their will and wishes?]
From Watts Up With That?: You can now bet for and against “global warming” with an online “climate bookie” [Ed: not from the Onion.]
From the Hill: McCain’s death marks decline of Trump’s GOP Senate critics [Ed: I had not considered this fall-out from McCain's death.]
From CNBC: Trump warns: Trump: Facebook, Twitter, Google are 'treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful' [Ed: I do not subscribe to the "private" right of these companies to "censor." They have received too much tax money, gov. favors, performed gov. services, etc.] And a related story from the Washington Post: Google is on the verge of making a huge mistake with China "There is simply no way that Google can feign a neutral stance while developing a search platform designed to serve not the general public but a violent, coercive, authoritarian regime."
From Huffington Post: Basic Income Recipients Will Sue Ontario Over Cancellation [Ed: for "anticipatory breach of contract, negligence, and misfeasance in public office."]
From Open Theory: A future for neuroscience [Ed: “connectome-specific harmonic wave” (CSHW) framework. I can recognize what could be an important breakthrough even when I cannot understand it all.]
From the Intercept: CNN, Credibly Accused of Lying to its Audience About a Key Claim in its Blockbuster Cohen Story, Refuses to Comment [Ed: by Glenn Greenwald, one of my favorite voices on the Left.] And a related story from the Epoch Times: CNN Boldly Decides It No Longer Needs Reliable Sources. CNN has yet to issue a retraction or even a correction of the original Russia collusion story. "CNN can resort to the "we're just reporting on what sources claimed" defense, but that doesn't explain why they haven't reported on or updated with the additional information that calls into serious question what those sources claimed."
From Reason: Why the Fading Credibility of Pope Francis Should Worry More than Just Catholics. Depletion of trust and confidence in public and private institutions is happening across the board and leads to more, not less, government. [Ed: by Nick Gillespie.]
From Watts Up With That?: Cardinal Cupich of Chicago: The Pope’s Climate Change Message is a “Bigger Agenda” than Church Child Sex Abuse
From Zero Hedge: Markets Tread Water Ahead Of Looming Deadline For Canada To Reach Nafta Deal [Ed: Canada's deadline is Friday. And there is a deadline for the next round of China-U.S. tariffs looming next week.]
From The Future of Freedom: Warrior Cops Endanger Our Lives and Freedoms [Ed: by the excellent John Whitehead.]
From National Interest: Is China Repeating Germany's World War I Mistakes? [Ed: hat tip to Brad, who comments, Interesting (and disturbing) parallels to pre-WWI Germany]
Wednesday 29 August 2018
Regifting the Russell building to McCain.Be sure to peek beneath the surface of any political proposal. Renaming the Russell Senate Office Building in honor of John McCain may seem benevolent. But I immediately wondered...why take an existing honor away from someone else? It is like regifting the building. Now it makes sense. Under the guise of graciousness, the Dems are erasing an embarrassment. Russell was a Democrat and segregationalist who opposed the Civil Rights Act, and renaming the building is equivalent to tearing down a Confederate statue. Meanwhile, the Dems are trying to make the renaming into a flash point in the hope that Trump's hatred of McCain will lead him to block the measure and so cause Reps to oppose Trump. High drama? Impending scandal? Nope. Business as usual.
News and commentary round upFrom the Free Thought Project: 5 Major Stories the Media Is Missing While Praising the Establishment War Hawk, John McCain. Senator John McCain has received round the clock coverage in the mainstream media as they celebrate the epitome of the American military industrial complex.
From Zero Hedge: "This Has To Stop": Czech PM Calls For No Illegal Immigrants In Europe. [Ed: he wants to formulate a comprehensive plan. A turn-around point?]
The Free Thought Project: CONFIRMED: FL Shooter Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs Linked to Violent and Suicidal Behavior [Ed: this seems to be a common theme with shooters. Are these drugs helping them at all? Or just contributing to homicidal behavior?]
From the Black Agenda Report: Why the Blue Wave Missed Missouri’s 1st CD [Ed: important analysis.]
From Forbes: Federal Court: First Amendment Protects Sharing Food With Homeless People [Ed: “expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment.” I doubt it this will go to SCOTUS. It would make the appealing party look too heartless.]
From Target Liberty: Koch Family to Launch New Private School in Kansas {Ed: it won't be required to follow state regulations, administer state tests or hire licensed teachers.]
From the Intercept: A “Social Wealth Fund” Could be the Next Big Idea [Ed: people do not seem to be even debating these moves toward socialism anymore.]
From Reason: Federal Survey Wildly Overestimates Number of School Shootings. The Department of Education's data on school shootings is riddled with inaccuracies.
From Eric Peters: He is Gone – And I am Glad [Ed: he = John McCain. Hat tip to Claire Wolfe.]
From Reuters: Vatican knew of Pennsylvania sex abuse cover-up, prosecutor says [Ed: also says it was involved in the cover up.]
From Mediaite: Twitter User Says Dana Loesch’s Kids Need to be Murdered, Company Responds By Doing Almost Nothing [Ed: OF COURSE, twitter, Google, Facebook, etc. are extremely biased in their practices.]
From AP: Despite Ruling, 3D-Printed Gun Plans Are Being Sold. Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed says he believes judge's ruling allows for that [Ed: one judge ruled that spreading the blueprint was legal; another judge reversed the decision. But selling the blueprint? A grey area, apparently.]
From Twitter: CNN's Brian Stelter is emotionally falling apart. [Ed: despite my better side trying to triumph, I find this very funny.]
From the Daily Reckoning: Is The World Ganging Up Against The Dollar? [Ed: this is not news, but the ETA of the death of the dollar's dominance is pushed up a bit.] And a related item from Activist Post: Iran Sanctions, Emerging Markets And The End Of Dollar Dominance
From the Guardian: How a Boy Ended Up Living With Wolves for 12 Years [Ed: fascinating, if true.]
From Zero Hedge: Print-pocalypse: Pittsburgh Becomes Largest City Without A Daily Print Newspaper [Ed: there will be many more cities without newspapers soon.]
From New York Review of Books: The Priesthood of The Big Crazy [Ed: I wish there were a way to measure how much damage this is doing to the Catholic Church.]
From bitcoin.com: 3D Gun Proponent Cody Wilson Defiant, Offers Firearm Blueprints for Sale. [Ed: I think Wilson was born with his fist pumping the air.]
From Zero Hedge: "This Has To Stop": Czech PM Calls For No Illegal Immigrants In Europe. [Ed: he wants to formulate a comprehensive plan. A turn-around point?]
The Free Thought Project: CONFIRMED: FL Shooter Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs Linked to Violent and Suicidal Behavior [Ed: this seems to be a common theme with shooters. Are these drugs helping them at all? Or just contributing to homicidal behavior?]
From the Black Agenda Report: Why the Blue Wave Missed Missouri’s 1st CD [Ed: important analysis.]
From Forbes: Federal Court: First Amendment Protects Sharing Food With Homeless People [Ed: “expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment.” I doubt it this will go to SCOTUS. It would make the appealing party look too heartless.]
From Target Liberty: Koch Family to Launch New Private School in Kansas {Ed: it won't be required to follow state regulations, administer state tests or hire licensed teachers.]
From the Intercept: A “Social Wealth Fund” Could be the Next Big Idea [Ed: people do not seem to be even debating these moves toward socialism anymore.]
From Reason: Federal Survey Wildly Overestimates Number of School Shootings. The Department of Education's data on school shootings is riddled with inaccuracies.
From Eric Peters: He is Gone – And I am Glad [Ed: he = John McCain. Hat tip to Claire Wolfe.]
From Reuters: Vatican knew of Pennsylvania sex abuse cover-up, prosecutor says [Ed: also says it was involved in the cover up.]
From Mediaite: Twitter User Says Dana Loesch’s Kids Need to be Murdered, Company Responds By Doing Almost Nothing [Ed: OF COURSE, twitter, Google, Facebook, etc. are extremely biased in their practices.]
From AP: Despite Ruling, 3D-Printed Gun Plans Are Being Sold. Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed says he believes judge's ruling allows for that [Ed: one judge ruled that spreading the blueprint was legal; another judge reversed the decision. But selling the blueprint? A grey area, apparently.]
From Twitter: CNN's Brian Stelter is emotionally falling apart. [Ed: despite my better side trying to triumph, I find this very funny.]
From the Daily Reckoning: Is The World Ganging Up Against The Dollar? [Ed: this is not news, but the ETA of the death of the dollar's dominance is pushed up a bit.] And a related item from Activist Post: Iran Sanctions, Emerging Markets And The End Of Dollar Dominance
From the Guardian: How a Boy Ended Up Living With Wolves for 12 Years [Ed: fascinating, if true.]
From Zero Hedge: Print-pocalypse: Pittsburgh Becomes Largest City Without A Daily Print Newspaper [Ed: there will be many more cities without newspapers soon.]
From New York Review of Books: The Priesthood of The Big Crazy [Ed: I wish there were a way to measure how much damage this is doing to the Catholic Church.]
From bitcoin.com: 3D Gun Proponent Cody Wilson Defiant, Offers Firearm Blueprints for Sale. [Ed: I think Wilson was born with his fist pumping the air.]
Tuesday 28 August 2018
Speak honestly of the dead...do not reflexively praiseI do not enjoy speaking ill of anyone, alive or dead, but I refuse to mourn John McCain who was an absolute war monger, a career-establishment politician, and a rather vicious man personally. I could say more but I do not wish to address McCain specifically; I want to reject the entire idea that dead public figures and their "legacies" are off-limits to criticism or honesty.
I have resurrected a 2013 article by Glenn Greenwald in which he stated, "This demand for respectful silence in the wake of a public figure's death is not just misguided but dangerous. That one should not speak ill of the dead is arguably appropriate when a private person dies, but it is wildly inappropriate for the death of a controversial public figure, particularly one who wielded significant influence and political power. 'Respecting the grief' of Thatcher's family members is appropriate if one is friends with them or attends a wake they organize, but the protocols are fundamentally different when it comes to public discourse about the person's life and political acts. I made this argument at length last year when Christopher Hitchens died and a speak-no-ill rule about him was instantly imposed (a rule he, more than anyone, viciously violated..."
I have resurrected a 2013 article by Glenn Greenwald in which he stated, "This demand for respectful silence in the wake of a public figure's death is not just misguided but dangerous. That one should not speak ill of the dead is arguably appropriate when a private person dies, but it is wildly inappropriate for the death of a controversial public figure, particularly one who wielded significant influence and political power. 'Respecting the grief' of Thatcher's family members is appropriate if one is friends with them or attends a wake they organize, but the protocols are fundamentally different when it comes to public discourse about the person's life and political acts. I made this argument at length last year when Christopher Hitchens died and a speak-no-ill rule about him was instantly imposed (a rule he, more than anyone, viciously violated..."
News and commentary round upFrom the Guardian: Margaret Thatcher and misapplied death etiquette [Ed: by Glenn Greenwald.An oldie that comes alive again with the death of John McCain.] And a related article from Watts Up With That?: John McCain’s Climate Change Legacy "Inside Climate News laments the collapse of recently deceased Republican John McCain‘s efforts to build a bipartisan climate policy."
From Mish: Shocking Look at Average vs Median Household Savings [Ed: a must read.]
From Zero Hedge: "Canada Just Got Played": How Mexico Stabbed Canada In The Back Globe and Mail correspondent Adrian Morrow said, "it looks like the U.S. and Mexico went far beyond bilateral issues and agreed to a pile of trilateral stuff without Canada." He also noted that while it was unclear whether any of the negotiated terms were okay with Canada. And a different perspective from Reason: More Questions Than Answers on Trump's Trade Deal With Mexico. Canada holds the upper hand, as the Trump administration and Mexico rush to finalize new trade deal before Friday's critical deadline.
From the Hill: 'Bad Lip Reading' mocks White House press briefings [Ed: this is hilarious. I rarely recommend YouTubes, because so many people don't like downloading them, but this one is exceptional.]
From the Liberty Blitzkreig: The Tectonic Plates of Geopolitics Are Starting to Shift [Ed: must read.]
From the Local: Sweden's far-right poised for record election gains [Ed: because of how badly the dominate party has botched immigration.]
From the New Yorker: Glenn Greenwald, the Bane of Their Resistance A leftist journalist’s bruising crusade against establishment Democrats—and their Russia obsession. [Ed: BTW, the New Yorker clearly has no fondness for Greenwald, whom I respect deeply.]
From Zero Hedge: How Elon Musk Sabotaged His Own Going Private Transaction [Ed: Musk never was a genius. He was adept at getting tax money under the Obama regime. That's it. He is actually a bit of an idiot when it comes to functioning in the free market.]
From Bloomberg: These Crypto Tycoons Are About to Learn How Rich They Really Are [Ed: they are about to go IPO.]
From the Free Thought Project: It Begins: Russia Officially Announces 'Time Has Come...To Get Rid of the Dollar' [Ed: 80% of world payments are now configured in US$. This is a huge source of US power. It will and it should be challenged.]
From Reuters: How Cohen, Manafort cases reshuffle global politics [Ed: especially in five capitals: Washington, Moscow, Kiev, Beijing and Pyongyang.]
From the Toronto Star: ‘I may end up homeless again’: Six Ontarians talk about their life before, after and, once again, without basic income [Ed: and how many people, who are staggering under taxes, have to work harder or take a second job to pay for their families so that those who received a guaranteed income can continue to do so? I am pleased Ford cancelled the program.]
From Select All: Should Companies Be Allowed to Revenge Hack? [Ed: Rhode Island Democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse became the most recent lawmaker to express support for revenge hacking.]
From USA Today: As prison strikes heat up, former inmates talk about horrible state of labor and incarceration [Ed: the forced labor for corporations is the modern form of slavery.]
From Kansas.com: Kansans drank contaminated water for years. The state didn’t tell them.
From ProPublica: No, a Teen Did Not Hack a State Election. Hacking conference organizers said kids had hacked “exact clones” of state election reporting websites, but that didn’t happen. [Ed: since I ran the initial story on this newsfeed, I will run the correction as well.]
From Politico: ‘Sleeper’ case could torpedo Mueller report. It might even keep the special counsel from sending a report to Congress, shaking Democrats’ hopes that such a document could provide the impetus for impeachment proceedings. [Ed: I was utterly unaware of this possible wrinkle.]
From the Washington Post: Attorney for Michael Cohen backs away from confidence that Cohen has information about Trump’s knowledge on Russian efforts [Ed: user friendly Wapo article.] A related story from Breitbart: Nolte: CNN’s Jim Sciutto Busted for Two Fake News Scoops in One Week And a related story from Zero Hedge: In Stunning Reversal, Michael Cohen's Attorney Backpedals On Trump-Russia Claims [Ed: CNN refuses to correct its initial report.]
From Mish: Shocking Look at Average vs Median Household Savings [Ed: a must read.]
From Zero Hedge: "Canada Just Got Played": How Mexico Stabbed Canada In The Back Globe and Mail correspondent Adrian Morrow said, "it looks like the U.S. and Mexico went far beyond bilateral issues and agreed to a pile of trilateral stuff without Canada." He also noted that while it was unclear whether any of the negotiated terms were okay with Canada. And a different perspective from Reason: More Questions Than Answers on Trump's Trade Deal With Mexico. Canada holds the upper hand, as the Trump administration and Mexico rush to finalize new trade deal before Friday's critical deadline.
From the Hill: 'Bad Lip Reading' mocks White House press briefings [Ed: this is hilarious. I rarely recommend YouTubes, because so many people don't like downloading them, but this one is exceptional.]
From the Liberty Blitzkreig: The Tectonic Plates of Geopolitics Are Starting to Shift [Ed: must read.]
From the Local: Sweden's far-right poised for record election gains [Ed: because of how badly the dominate party has botched immigration.]
From the New Yorker: Glenn Greenwald, the Bane of Their Resistance A leftist journalist’s bruising crusade against establishment Democrats—and their Russia obsession. [Ed: BTW, the New Yorker clearly has no fondness for Greenwald, whom I respect deeply.]
From Zero Hedge: How Elon Musk Sabotaged His Own Going Private Transaction [Ed: Musk never was a genius. He was adept at getting tax money under the Obama regime. That's it. He is actually a bit of an idiot when it comes to functioning in the free market.]
From Bloomberg: These Crypto Tycoons Are About to Learn How Rich They Really Are [Ed: they are about to go IPO.]
From the Free Thought Project: It Begins: Russia Officially Announces 'Time Has Come...To Get Rid of the Dollar' [Ed: 80% of world payments are now configured in US$. This is a huge source of US power. It will and it should be challenged.]
From Reuters: How Cohen, Manafort cases reshuffle global politics [Ed: especially in five capitals: Washington, Moscow, Kiev, Beijing and Pyongyang.]
From the Toronto Star: ‘I may end up homeless again’: Six Ontarians talk about their life before, after and, once again, without basic income [Ed: and how many people, who are staggering under taxes, have to work harder or take a second job to pay for their families so that those who received a guaranteed income can continue to do so? I am pleased Ford cancelled the program.]
From Select All: Should Companies Be Allowed to Revenge Hack? [Ed: Rhode Island Democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse became the most recent lawmaker to express support for revenge hacking.]
From USA Today: As prison strikes heat up, former inmates talk about horrible state of labor and incarceration [Ed: the forced labor for corporations is the modern form of slavery.]
From Kansas.com: Kansans drank contaminated water for years. The state didn’t tell them.
From ProPublica: No, a Teen Did Not Hack a State Election. Hacking conference organizers said kids had hacked “exact clones” of state election reporting websites, but that didn’t happen. [Ed: since I ran the initial story on this newsfeed, I will run the correction as well.]
From Politico: ‘Sleeper’ case could torpedo Mueller report. It might even keep the special counsel from sending a report to Congress, shaking Democrats’ hopes that such a document could provide the impetus for impeachment proceedings. [Ed: I was utterly unaware of this possible wrinkle.]
From the Washington Post: Attorney for Michael Cohen backs away from confidence that Cohen has information about Trump’s knowledge on Russian efforts [Ed: user friendly Wapo article.] A related story from Breitbart: Nolte: CNN’s Jim Sciutto Busted for Two Fake News Scoops in One Week And a related story from Zero Hedge: In Stunning Reversal, Michael Cohen's Attorney Backpedals On Trump-Russia Claims [Ed: CNN refuses to correct its initial report.]
Monday 27 August 2018
Divide people, encourage them to fight among themselves, so that they do not direct their anger and resistance toward the real enemy of society, ALL of society--the state.
News and commentary round upFrom News.com.au: Several killed in mass shooting at US video game tournament. A DISGRUNTLED gamer who lost in a tournament came back and started killing people. The terrifying attack was streamed live on Twitch.
From the Hill Reporter: Donald Trump Jr To Be Indicted For Lying To FBI About Trump Tower Meeting, According To Roger Stone [Ed: they are going after Trump's family now? How many other people, including Comey and Brennan, have skated on lying to Congress?]
From Forbes: Amazon Removes Free Speech ‘Exercise’ Featuring 3-D Printed Gun Code Book [Ed: interesting photo of gun that can be printed.]
From the New Republic: False Concepts of Liberty. How to argue with a Koch brother. [Ed: it can be quite valuable to read the other side.]
From the Atlantic: The Nastiest Feud in Science. A Princeton geologist has endured decades of ridicule for arguing that the fifth extinction was caused not by an asteroid but by a series of colossal volcanic eruptions. But she’s reopened that debate.
From Jonathan Turley: Florida candidate: My alien abduction does not define me. [Ed: not from the Onion.]
From San Francisco Chronicle: Verizon, under fire for throttling firefighters’ data speed, lifts caps for first responders [Ed: but it took Congress getting involved.]
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation: The Supreme Court Should Say No to Patents That Take Old Ideas Away from the Public [Ed: it should say "no" to taking any published ideas away fromthe public. Except, of course, why go to Supreme Court for permission?]
From Gateway Pundit: Strzok personally hand-picked emails from Weiner laptop. FBI claimed to have examined all 700,000 messages, but looked at only 3,000 [Ed: I think Trump will be releasing all the documents soon.]
From the Huffington Post: Democrats Strip Superdelegates Of Power In Historic Reform Vote. The Democratic National Committee’s changes aim to heal the lingering divisions of the 2016 presidential primary. [Ed: it will be interesting to watch the unintended consequences.]
From Zero Hedge: US 2nd Fleet Reactivated, Preparing For Arctic Warfare With “Bad Actors” [Ed: makes a NAFTA agreement with Canada more likely. Canada controls access to much of the Arctic.]
From the Onion: Obama Finishes Production On New Netflix Reality Series Where 24 Young Women Vie For Heart Of Former President
From Real Clear History: 10 Libertarian Thoughts on the Civil War [Ed: hat tip to David. Nice article.
From Futurism: An Ancient Antibacterial Technique Might Hold the Key to Future Wound Treatment. "According to a study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University, Oregon blue clay can kill bacteria in wounds — even bacteria resistant to other forms of treatment."
From the Foundation for Economic Education: New Zealand's Remarkable Economic Transformation
From Forbes: New Hampshire Repeals Regulations (And Criminal Penalties) For African-Style Hair Braiders [Ed: the Institute for Justice does Good Work.]
From the Hill Reporter: Donald Trump Jr To Be Indicted For Lying To FBI About Trump Tower Meeting, According To Roger Stone [Ed: they are going after Trump's family now? How many other people, including Comey and Brennan, have skated on lying to Congress?]
From Forbes: Amazon Removes Free Speech ‘Exercise’ Featuring 3-D Printed Gun Code Book [Ed: interesting photo of gun that can be printed.]
From the New Republic: False Concepts of Liberty. How to argue with a Koch brother. [Ed: it can be quite valuable to read the other side.]
From the Atlantic: The Nastiest Feud in Science. A Princeton geologist has endured decades of ridicule for arguing that the fifth extinction was caused not by an asteroid but by a series of colossal volcanic eruptions. But she’s reopened that debate.
From Jonathan Turley: Florida candidate: My alien abduction does not define me. [Ed: not from the Onion.]
From San Francisco Chronicle: Verizon, under fire for throttling firefighters’ data speed, lifts caps for first responders [Ed: but it took Congress getting involved.]
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation: The Supreme Court Should Say No to Patents That Take Old Ideas Away from the Public [Ed: it should say "no" to taking any published ideas away fromthe public. Except, of course, why go to Supreme Court for permission?]
From Gateway Pundit: Strzok personally hand-picked emails from Weiner laptop. FBI claimed to have examined all 700,000 messages, but looked at only 3,000 [Ed: I think Trump will be releasing all the documents soon.]
From the Huffington Post: Democrats Strip Superdelegates Of Power In Historic Reform Vote. The Democratic National Committee’s changes aim to heal the lingering divisions of the 2016 presidential primary. [Ed: it will be interesting to watch the unintended consequences.]
From Zero Hedge: US 2nd Fleet Reactivated, Preparing For Arctic Warfare With “Bad Actors” [Ed: makes a NAFTA agreement with Canada more likely. Canada controls access to much of the Arctic.]
From the Onion: Obama Finishes Production On New Netflix Reality Series Where 24 Young Women Vie For Heart Of Former President
From Real Clear History: 10 Libertarian Thoughts on the Civil War [Ed: hat tip to David. Nice article.
From Futurism: An Ancient Antibacterial Technique Might Hold the Key to Future Wound Treatment. "According to a study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University, Oregon blue clay can kill bacteria in wounds — even bacteria resistant to other forms of treatment."
From the Foundation for Economic Education: New Zealand's Remarkable Economic Transformation
From Forbes: New Hampshire Repeals Regulations (And Criminal Penalties) For African-Style Hair Braiders [Ed: the Institute for Justice does Good Work.]
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