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Monday 05 June 2017
Photo from Alberta captures something about the Canadian 'tude.
Photo from Alberta captures something about the Canadian 'tude. There are worse things than being hyper-focused on maintaining the quality of daily life whatever else is going on.
News and commentary round upFrom Spiked: After London: let’s start talking about Islam [Ed: they don't come any better than O'Neill.]
From Reason: GOP Maps Out New Ways to Throw People in Federal Prison enators drafting massive combination bill with "Kate's Law" and "Back the Blue" mandatory minimum sentences that are expensive, unneeded.
From the Guardian: 'Alt-right' Portland rally sees skirmishes with counter-protesters [Ed: valuable account of the clash in Portland over the weekend. We're going to see a lot more of this during the hot months of summer.] And a related story from the Hill: L.A. mayor: Immigration arrests may cause a 'tinderbox' [Ed: there may be resistance, violence on the street level in neighborhoods.]
From Mashable: Twitter handles are full of emoji, but what do they really mean? [Ed: taught me a few things.]
From Zero Hedge: Gold and Silver Hated Now, Cryptocurrencies Loved. The Debate Rages Onward, and Here’s a Solution! [Ed: is Bitcoin part of the global banking cartel's plan to take the world into 100% digital currency?]
From YouTube: The condensed video of all Hillary blames! [Ed: hat tip to Brad who comments, Now's she's blaming 39 problems, but a Hillary ain't one. I'm pleased that we already had 22 of the 39 on our list. I'll add the remaining 17 tomorrow. Brad's master list of Hillary excuses is here. With the 17 new ones, it will top 150.]
From US News: The 10 Most Peaceful Countries in the World [Ed: Canada is 8th. U.S. is 114th.]
From Jash: A Very Funny Animated Rant About Love From Comedian Maria Bamford [Ed: actually very cute and amusing.]
From CNN: CNN staging the narrative before making report, they are truly Fake News! [Ed: real fake news.]
From Al Jazeera: France 'corrects' White House video on Paris accord [Ed: jaw dropping. I've never seen a gov. openly edit history in this manner. Orwellian.]
From Reuters: Londoners Fought Back With Bottles, Chairs During Attack [Ed: good for them! God knows the police are not going to protect them.]
From Moon of Alabama: France Debunks "Russian Hacking" Claims - Clinton Again Loses It [Ed: a must read.]
From New York Post: ‘Kushnergate’ is a big fat nothing-burger [Ed: I gree but I wonder if the placement comes from Trump's "war room" efforts.] And a related item from NBC News: Putin Says He Barely Recalls Flynn From Russian Dinner. 'I didn't even really talk to him' And a related item from Lew Rockwell: The Amazing interviews with Putin conducted by Oliver Stone [Ed: a must read.]
From Target Liberty: Theresa May Uses London Bridge Attack as Opportunity to Call for Regulation of the Internet [Ed: and Trump uses it to call for his travel ban.] And a related story from the Economic Policy Journal: UK Prime Minister's Lead Cut to Just 1 Point [Ed: May could lose this election with Labour forming a coalition that outweighs her.]
From Lew Rockwell: Spitting in The Face of Civilization [Ed: a must read from Eric Margolis.]
From the New York Times: The Doctor Is In. Co-Pay? $40,000. [Ed: important for Americans to read.]
From Zero Hedge: Will Millennials Ever Become A Generation Of Homeowners: BofA Has A Troubling Answer [Ed: more interesting than the title would suggest.]
From the Los Angeles Times: At $75,560, housing a prisoner in California now costs more than a year at Harvard
From PJ Media: Democrats Chasing an Illusion in Georgia Special Election [Ed: fascinating analysis. Another mistkae Dems may be making...and it could be a bad one.]
From Reason: GOP Maps Out New Ways to Throw People in Federal Prison enators drafting massive combination bill with "Kate's Law" and "Back the Blue" mandatory minimum sentences that are expensive, unneeded.
From the Guardian: 'Alt-right' Portland rally sees skirmishes with counter-protesters [Ed: valuable account of the clash in Portland over the weekend. We're going to see a lot more of this during the hot months of summer.] And a related story from the Hill: L.A. mayor: Immigration arrests may cause a 'tinderbox' [Ed: there may be resistance, violence on the street level in neighborhoods.]
From Mashable: Twitter handles are full of emoji, but what do they really mean? [Ed: taught me a few things.]
From Zero Hedge: Gold and Silver Hated Now, Cryptocurrencies Loved. The Debate Rages Onward, and Here’s a Solution! [Ed: is Bitcoin part of the global banking cartel's plan to take the world into 100% digital currency?]
From YouTube: The condensed video of all Hillary blames! [Ed: hat tip to Brad who comments, Now's she's blaming 39 problems, but a Hillary ain't one. I'm pleased that we already had 22 of the 39 on our list. I'll add the remaining 17 tomorrow. Brad's master list of Hillary excuses is here. With the 17 new ones, it will top 150.]
From US News: The 10 Most Peaceful Countries in the World [Ed: Canada is 8th. U.S. is 114th.]
From Jash: A Very Funny Animated Rant About Love From Comedian Maria Bamford [Ed: actually very cute and amusing.]
From CNN: CNN staging the narrative before making report, they are truly Fake News! [Ed: real fake news.]
From Al Jazeera: France 'corrects' White House video on Paris accord [Ed: jaw dropping. I've never seen a gov. openly edit history in this manner. Orwellian.]
From Reuters: Londoners Fought Back With Bottles, Chairs During Attack [Ed: good for them! God knows the police are not going to protect them.]
From Moon of Alabama: France Debunks "Russian Hacking" Claims - Clinton Again Loses It [Ed: a must read.]
From New York Post: ‘Kushnergate’ is a big fat nothing-burger [Ed: I gree but I wonder if the placement comes from Trump's "war room" efforts.] And a related item from NBC News: Putin Says He Barely Recalls Flynn From Russian Dinner. 'I didn't even really talk to him' And a related item from Lew Rockwell: The Amazing interviews with Putin conducted by Oliver Stone [Ed: a must read.]
From Target Liberty: Theresa May Uses London Bridge Attack as Opportunity to Call for Regulation of the Internet [Ed: and Trump uses it to call for his travel ban.] And a related story from the Economic Policy Journal: UK Prime Minister's Lead Cut to Just 1 Point [Ed: May could lose this election with Labour forming a coalition that outweighs her.]
From Lew Rockwell: Spitting in The Face of Civilization [Ed: a must read from Eric Margolis.]
From the New York Times: The Doctor Is In. Co-Pay? $40,000. [Ed: important for Americans to read.]
From Zero Hedge: Will Millennials Ever Become A Generation Of Homeowners: BofA Has A Troubling Answer [Ed: more interesting than the title would suggest.]
From the Los Angeles Times: At $75,560, housing a prisoner in California now costs more than a year at Harvard
From PJ Media: Democrats Chasing an Illusion in Georgia Special Election [Ed: fascinating analysis. Another mistkae Dems may be making...and it could be a bad one.]
Sunday 04 June 2017
News and commentary round upFrom the Guardian: London terrorist attacks of last night. [Ed; good and constant updating but a rather chaotic format.]
From Economic Policy Journal: Trump to Nominate for Fed Board an Economist Who Supports Negative Interest Rates and is Anti-Gold…and Then It Gets Worse
From the New York Times: Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States and Business [Ed: reduce federal funding and role in infastructure.]
From Tech Dirt: Erasing History: Trump Administration Returning CIA Torture Report To Be Destroyed [Ed: a battle has played out over what will happen to the 6,700 page "CIA Torture Report"]
From Mother Nature Network: 15 priceless pet reactions to the new puppy and 11 things humans do that dogs hate [Ed: hat tip to the Lady Claire Wolfe.]
From Alternet: In Stunning Act of Defiance, Baton Rouge Police Chief Refuses Mayor’s Request to Fire Officer Who Killed Alton Sterling [Ed: political chains of command are breaking, feds v. states, mayors v. Trump, mayors v. police depts.]
From the Washington Post: Maher, Griffin, Colbert: Anti-Trump comedians are having a really bad moment [Ed: hat tip to David K. who comments, I understood Maher’s joke, and if he had said “house slave” rather than “house nigger” there probably wouldn’t be any controversy.]
From Mish: Payrolls “Unexpectedly” Weak, Negative Revisions, Earning Poor: What Happened? [Ed: offset to the news that jobless rate is at a 16-year low.]
From Zero Hedge: The Biggest Real Estate Bubble Of All Time Just Did The Impossible [Ed: the market in Canada. It is getting truly scary.]
From Activist Post: As Patients Turn To Medical Crowdfunding, Concerns Emerge About Privacy [Ed: "The crowdfunding platform YouCaring reported that medical campaigns were its fastest-growing fundraising category in 2015." I was unaware of this trend.]
From Jstor: Why is the U.S. Losing Public Housing? [Ed: fascinating read and background.]
From Reuters: British Airways I.T. outage caused by contractor who switched off power [Ed: and that, my friends, is the type of human error against which you cannot defend.]
From WXMI: Man who passed out juror-rights pamphlets guilty of jury tampering [Ed: has implications for the 1st Amendment and for jury nullification.]
From Hot Air: Bringing manufacturing jobs back to America turns out to be complicated [Ed: quotes from interesting article about America's oldest hatmaker returning to American soil.]
From Yahoo News: Russia successfully tests hypersonic missile. Weapon threatens to 'make Western defenses obsolete' [Ed: 5 to 6x speed of sound.]
From the Federalist: Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Trump. [Ed: " I’ve changed my mind. For a while, I was anti-Trump. Then..."]
From the Daily Beast: Putin to Megyn Kelly: A ‘3-Year-Old Girl’ Could’ve Hacked the U.S. Election
From Economic Policy Journal: Trump to Nominate for Fed Board an Economist Who Supports Negative Interest Rates and is Anti-Gold…and Then It Gets Worse
From the New York Times: Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States and Business [Ed: reduce federal funding and role in infastructure.]
From Tech Dirt: Erasing History: Trump Administration Returning CIA Torture Report To Be Destroyed [Ed: a battle has played out over what will happen to the 6,700 page "CIA Torture Report"]
From Mother Nature Network: 15 priceless pet reactions to the new puppy and 11 things humans do that dogs hate [Ed: hat tip to the Lady Claire Wolfe.]
From Alternet: In Stunning Act of Defiance, Baton Rouge Police Chief Refuses Mayor’s Request to Fire Officer Who Killed Alton Sterling [Ed: political chains of command are breaking, feds v. states, mayors v. Trump, mayors v. police depts.]
From the Washington Post: Maher, Griffin, Colbert: Anti-Trump comedians are having a really bad moment [Ed: hat tip to David K. who comments, I understood Maher’s joke, and if he had said “house slave” rather than “house nigger” there probably wouldn’t be any controversy.]
From Mish: Payrolls “Unexpectedly” Weak, Negative Revisions, Earning Poor: What Happened? [Ed: offset to the news that jobless rate is at a 16-year low.]
From Zero Hedge: The Biggest Real Estate Bubble Of All Time Just Did The Impossible [Ed: the market in Canada. It is getting truly scary.]
From Activist Post: As Patients Turn To Medical Crowdfunding, Concerns Emerge About Privacy [Ed: "The crowdfunding platform YouCaring reported that medical campaigns were its fastest-growing fundraising category in 2015." I was unaware of this trend.]
From Jstor: Why is the U.S. Losing Public Housing? [Ed: fascinating read and background.]
From Reuters: British Airways I.T. outage caused by contractor who switched off power [Ed: and that, my friends, is the type of human error against which you cannot defend.]
From WXMI: Man who passed out juror-rights pamphlets guilty of jury tampering [Ed: has implications for the 1st Amendment and for jury nullification.]
From Hot Air: Bringing manufacturing jobs back to America turns out to be complicated [Ed: quotes from interesting article about America's oldest hatmaker returning to American soil.]
From Yahoo News: Russia successfully tests hypersonic missile. Weapon threatens to 'make Western defenses obsolete' [Ed: 5 to 6x speed of sound.]
From the Federalist: Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Trump. [Ed: " I’ve changed my mind. For a while, I was anti-Trump. Then..."]
From the Daily Beast: Putin to Megyn Kelly: A ‘3-Year-Old Girl’ Could’ve Hacked the U.S. Election
Saturday 03 June 2017
On Kathy Griffin's apologyI have two objections to Griffin's bizarre apology yesterday, which went from "broken victim" to "Trump attacker" because he'd messed with "the wrong redhead." Attacking Trump is great but her approach is disastrous and only destroys the possibility of being effectively anti-Trump. One objection is moral and cultural. the other is libertarian and political.
I have sympathy for Griffin on one point only: no violence -- personal or state -- should be directed toward her for a non-violent expression of free speech. Otherwise, no sympathy because,,,
1. She has been utterly and incessantly vicious to innocent people, such Palin's children. In December of last year, she stated, “I’m happy to deliver beat down to Donald Trump — and also to Barron. You know a lot of comics are going to go hard for Donald, my edge is that I’ll go direct for Barron. I’m going to get in ahead of the game.”
2. Defenders who say her career should not be over are conflating two entirely separate things: freedom of speech and the alleged 'right' to a career. The public reaction to Griffin has been profoundly libertarian. Few people are calling for censorship or state sanction. Many are refusing to buy her services; it is called a boycott. Yes, she has a right to performance art. No, she doesn't have a right to people buying her services.
I have sympathy for Griffin on one point only: no violence -- personal or state -- should be directed toward her for a non-violent expression of free speech. Otherwise, no sympathy because,,,
1. She has been utterly and incessantly vicious to innocent people, such Palin's children. In December of last year, she stated, “I’m happy to deliver beat down to Donald Trump — and also to Barron. You know a lot of comics are going to go hard for Donald, my edge is that I’ll go direct for Barron. I’m going to get in ahead of the game.”
2. Defenders who say her career should not be over are conflating two entirely separate things: freedom of speech and the alleged 'right' to a career. The public reaction to Griffin has been profoundly libertarian. Few people are calling for censorship or state sanction. Many are refusing to buy her services; it is called a boycott. Yes, she has a right to performance art. No, she doesn't have a right to people buying her services.
News and commentary round upFrom Zero Hedge: Five Reasons Why America Is About To Become A Very Conservative Country [Ed: the projection is based on statistics and institutional analysis. It's sound. Whether this will be a good thing...who can be hopeful about politics these days?]
From McClathcy: New GOP TV ad features Kathy Griffin [Ed: specifically, it was made to use against Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. race.]
From Zero Hedge: Is This China’s Next Step To Destroy The Dollar? [Ed: China-Saudi deal is being negotiated — yuan for oil.]
From the World Economic Forum: Global Pension Timebomb: Funding Gap Set to Dwarf World GDP [Ed: recommended]
From the First Amender: Right to speak freely about engineering is subject of 1st Amendment lawsuit [Ed: this one is for Brad. Oregon requires a license to even discuss engineering publicly or even to say you're an engineer.]
From Liberty Fighters: New Clinton emails released as she mocks Trump for Russia links [Ed: Newly released documents show that Hillary emailed classified info to employees of the Clinton Foundation, says Judicial Watch. May be used to reopen investigationinto case.]
From AEI: Outrage over Trump’s climate deal withdrawal is like Groundhog Day [Ed: Interesting. Compares world's reaction to Trump withdrawing from Paris Accord to the reaction when George W. Bush in 2001 withdrew from the Kyoto treaty on climate change signed by Clinton.]
From the Telegraph: Washington can't stop Americans': Michael Bloomberg pledges to pay US share of Paris climate funding [Ed: pledged $15M of his own to the UN for climate change work. I think it is a waste of money but it is his to waste..]
From the Leak of Nations: The Amazing Arrogance of the Paris Climate Agreement
From the Guardian: Bilderberg 2017: secret meeting of global leaders could prove a problem for Trump. The annual gathering of government and industry elites will include a ‘progress report’ on the Trump administration. Will it get a passing grade? [Ed: what are the odds?]
From the London Telegraph: Mexican company to roll out Trump toilet paper. New brand boasts 'softness without borders'
From the Red State: Former DNC Data Chief Slams Hillary Clinton: You’re Not Throwing Me Under the Bus [Ed: for Director of Data at the DNC pushes back at Hillary's attacks. I think some interesting information may be forthcoming over the next weeks.]
From the Ron Paul Liberty Report: Myth-Busters: Is The Fear of Robots Overblown?
From Ars Technica: To kill net neutrality rules, FCC says broadband isn’t “telecommunications [Ed: libertarians are split on net neutrality. I can't get excited about either side of the argument.]
From the Daily Beast: Report: Nigel Farage a ‘Person of Interest’ in FBI Russia Probe [Ed: Tucker Carlson's interview with Farage was hilarious. The fellow could not believe he had been targeted by the investigation.]
From the Free Thought Project: In the Land of the Free, Police Now Violating Your Rights Using ‘Firewood Checkpoints’ [Ed: First came the DUI checkpoints, then the insurance checkpoints, and driver’s license checkpoints.]
From Delidded Tech Politics: A $15 Minimum Wage Would’ve Destroyed my IT Career [Ed: from a fellow who accepted a very low wage in order to et the experience he needed to climb upward.]
From Huffington Post: Trump Grants Ethics Waivers To 17 Top White House Staffers [Ed: that's one way to stop legal proceeding and investigations.]
From Electronic Frontier Foundation: California Senate Passes Surveillance Transparency Bill [Ed: A bill to shine light on law enforcement surveillance technology has passed out of the California State Senate]
From McClathcy: New GOP TV ad features Kathy Griffin [Ed: specifically, it was made to use against Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. race.]
From Zero Hedge: Is This China’s Next Step To Destroy The Dollar? [Ed: China-Saudi deal is being negotiated — yuan for oil.]
From the World Economic Forum: Global Pension Timebomb: Funding Gap Set to Dwarf World GDP [Ed: recommended]
From the First Amender: Right to speak freely about engineering is subject of 1st Amendment lawsuit [Ed: this one is for Brad. Oregon requires a license to even discuss engineering publicly or even to say you're an engineer.]
From Liberty Fighters: New Clinton emails released as she mocks Trump for Russia links [Ed: Newly released documents show that Hillary emailed classified info to employees of the Clinton Foundation, says Judicial Watch. May be used to reopen investigationinto case.]
From AEI: Outrage over Trump’s climate deal withdrawal is like Groundhog Day [Ed: Interesting. Compares world's reaction to Trump withdrawing from Paris Accord to the reaction when George W. Bush in 2001 withdrew from the Kyoto treaty on climate change signed by Clinton.]
From the Telegraph: Washington can't stop Americans': Michael Bloomberg pledges to pay US share of Paris climate funding [Ed: pledged $15M of his own to the UN for climate change work. I think it is a waste of money but it is his to waste..]
From the Leak of Nations: The Amazing Arrogance of the Paris Climate Agreement
From the Guardian: Bilderberg 2017: secret meeting of global leaders could prove a problem for Trump. The annual gathering of government and industry elites will include a ‘progress report’ on the Trump administration. Will it get a passing grade? [Ed: what are the odds?]
From the London Telegraph: Mexican company to roll out Trump toilet paper. New brand boasts 'softness without borders'
From the Red State: Former DNC Data Chief Slams Hillary Clinton: You’re Not Throwing Me Under the Bus [Ed: for Director of Data at the DNC pushes back at Hillary's attacks. I think some interesting information may be forthcoming over the next weeks.]
From the Ron Paul Liberty Report: Myth-Busters: Is The Fear of Robots Overblown?
From Ars Technica: To kill net neutrality rules, FCC says broadband isn’t “telecommunications [Ed: libertarians are split on net neutrality. I can't get excited about either side of the argument.]
From the Daily Beast: Report: Nigel Farage a ‘Person of Interest’ in FBI Russia Probe [Ed: Tucker Carlson's interview with Farage was hilarious. The fellow could not believe he had been targeted by the investigation.]
From the Free Thought Project: In the Land of the Free, Police Now Violating Your Rights Using ‘Firewood Checkpoints’ [Ed: First came the DUI checkpoints, then the insurance checkpoints, and driver’s license checkpoints.]
From Delidded Tech Politics: A $15 Minimum Wage Would’ve Destroyed my IT Career [Ed: from a fellow who accepted a very low wage in order to et the experience he needed to climb upward.]
From Huffington Post: Trump Grants Ethics Waivers To 17 Top White House Staffers [Ed: that's one way to stop legal proceeding and investigations.]
From Electronic Frontier Foundation: California Senate Passes Surveillance Transparency Bill [Ed: A bill to shine light on law enforcement surveillance technology has passed out of the California State Senate]
Fifty Ways to Lose Elections"Weird Brad" here. What the hell is Hillary Clinton, who probably couldn't name a single programming language, doing at CodeCon? Returning to her favorite theme, of course -- the many not-her-fault reasons why she lost the presidential election to Donald Trump. (I expect years from now her tombstone will read "I should have been President.")
Let it go, lady...or at least set it to music:
[ Read the rest ... ]
Let it go, lady...or at least set it to music:
[ Read the rest ... ]
Friday 02 June 2017
The Russian "situation" in a nutshell
The Russian "situation" in a nutshell
News and commentary round upFrom Zero Hedge: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Uses Voice Changer To Call Law Firm Suing DNC – Forgets To Disable Caller ID
From Reason: RIP Jerome Tuccille, Author of It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand [Ed: a moving tribute to his father by Reason's J.D. Tucille; his father died on February 16.]
From the Seattle Times: Ferries make ReachNow cars think they’re being stolen [Ed: hat tip to the Lady Claire Wolfe via Brad who writes, a spectacular tech fail. Obviously BMW's engineers live where there are no ferries.]
From Electronic Frontier Foundation: Why We're Suing the FBI for Records About Best Buy Geek Squad Informants [Ed: Best Buy Geek Squad employees search computers people bring in for repair without a warrant.]
From the Free Thought Project: Ohio Sets Major Precedent, Sues Big Pharma for Deliberately ‘Fueling Opioid Epidemic’ [Ed: Purdue Pharma, Endo, Teva and its subsidiary, Cephalon, Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Allergan all named in the lawsuit.]
From Albawaba News: 200 Civilians Killed in One Day as U.S. & Iraqi Airstrikes Carpet Bomb Mosul [Ed: iraqui and US blanket bombed a portion of the city.]
From Bloomberg: S&P, Moody's Downgrade Illinois to Near Junk, Lowest Ever for a U.S. State [Ed: Moody’s followed S&P’s lead. Illinois could lose its investment-grade status.]
From Watts Up with That?: The craziest reactions to Trump pulling out of the #ParisAgreement [Ed: this one is to make Brad smile.]
From Beacon Media: Recently Founded Libertarian Party of Cuba Was Just Raided By State Police And Everyone Was Arrested [Ed: the charge was "assault" which is apparently a catch-all charge for arresting dissidents.]
From the Guradian: Nigel Farage is 'Person of Interest' in the FBI's Russia Probe [Ed: as Wenzel said "the fascinating ability to investigate nothing.]
From Townhall: We Owe it to the Poor to Exit the Paris Climate Treaty [Ed: nice summary.] And a rellated item from CNBC: Trump's Paris accord exit will save the environmental movement from itself [Ed: a perspective I had not considered and think is dead on.]
From Columbia Journalism Review: New York Times public editor Liz Spayd on decision to eliminate her position [Ed: the public editor serves as the reader’s representative especially with regard to ethical issues in how the paper conducts itself.]
From Fox Nomad: Romania Has 2nd Fastest Internet in The World at a Cheap Price, All Thanks to an Unregulated Telecom Industry
From Esquire: Here's a Strange Political Story That Has Nothing to Do with Trump [Ed:"Bernie Sanders donors have filed a $300 million class action suit against the Democratic National Committee... alleging that the DNC defrauded them by rigging the primary process."]
From Zero Hedge: 5 Things You're Missing While The Internet Obsesses Over 'Covfefe' And Kathy Griffin
From the Independent: As Isis massacres families enjoying ice cream in Baghdad, this Ramadan could be even bloodier than previous years [Ed: ISIS typically 'celebrates' Ramadan with a spike in violence.]
From Reason: Supreme Court Rules 8-0 for Police in Major Fourth Amendment Case [Ed: basically, if the cops 'provoke' a violent response -- e.g. break through your door in the night without identifying themselves and you shoot in self-defense -- then you cannot justify the response because it resulted from the police violating your rights.]
From Reason: RIP Jerome Tuccille, Author of It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand [Ed: a moving tribute to his father by Reason's J.D. Tucille; his father died on February 16.]
From the Seattle Times: Ferries make ReachNow cars think they’re being stolen [Ed: hat tip to the Lady Claire Wolfe via Brad who writes, a spectacular tech fail. Obviously BMW's engineers live where there are no ferries.]
From Electronic Frontier Foundation: Why We're Suing the FBI for Records About Best Buy Geek Squad Informants [Ed: Best Buy Geek Squad employees search computers people bring in for repair without a warrant.]
From the Free Thought Project: Ohio Sets Major Precedent, Sues Big Pharma for Deliberately ‘Fueling Opioid Epidemic’ [Ed: Purdue Pharma, Endo, Teva and its subsidiary, Cephalon, Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Allergan all named in the lawsuit.]
From Albawaba News: 200 Civilians Killed in One Day as U.S. & Iraqi Airstrikes Carpet Bomb Mosul [Ed: iraqui and US blanket bombed a portion of the city.]
From Bloomberg: S&P, Moody's Downgrade Illinois to Near Junk, Lowest Ever for a U.S. State [Ed: Moody’s followed S&P’s lead. Illinois could lose its investment-grade status.]
From Watts Up with That?: The craziest reactions to Trump pulling out of the #ParisAgreement [Ed: this one is to make Brad smile.]
From Beacon Media: Recently Founded Libertarian Party of Cuba Was Just Raided By State Police And Everyone Was Arrested [Ed: the charge was "assault" which is apparently a catch-all charge for arresting dissidents.]
From the Guradian: Nigel Farage is 'Person of Interest' in the FBI's Russia Probe [Ed: as Wenzel said "the fascinating ability to investigate nothing.]
From Townhall: We Owe it to the Poor to Exit the Paris Climate Treaty [Ed: nice summary.] And a rellated item from CNBC: Trump's Paris accord exit will save the environmental movement from itself [Ed: a perspective I had not considered and think is dead on.]
From Columbia Journalism Review: New York Times public editor Liz Spayd on decision to eliminate her position [Ed: the public editor serves as the reader’s representative especially with regard to ethical issues in how the paper conducts itself.]
From Fox Nomad: Romania Has 2nd Fastest Internet in The World at a Cheap Price, All Thanks to an Unregulated Telecom Industry
From Esquire: Here's a Strange Political Story That Has Nothing to Do with Trump [Ed:"Bernie Sanders donors have filed a $300 million class action suit against the Democratic National Committee... alleging that the DNC defrauded them by rigging the primary process."]
From Zero Hedge: 5 Things You're Missing While The Internet Obsesses Over 'Covfefe' And Kathy Griffin
From the Independent: As Isis massacres families enjoying ice cream in Baghdad, this Ramadan could be even bloodier than previous years [Ed: ISIS typically 'celebrates' Ramadan with a spike in violence.]
From Reason: Supreme Court Rules 8-0 for Police in Major Fourth Amendment Case [Ed: basically, if the cops 'provoke' a violent response -- e.g. break through your door in the night without identifying themselves and you shoot in self-defense -- then you cannot justify the response because it resulted from the police violating your rights.]
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