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Tuesday 25 September 2018 From the Quillette: Narrow Roads of Bozo Land: How We Came to Be Governed by Online Mobs From CNBC: Trump to meet with Rod Rosenstein Thursday after conflicting reports about deputy attorney general's departure From Zero Hedge: Digital Dictatorship: China Exerts Control Over Population Through "Social Credit" System. [Ed: this is what Assange is warning about. Frankly, I think it is just another front on the struggle between liberty and power.] From the Intercept: United Nations Accidentally Exposed Passwords and Sensitive Information to the Whole Internet. "Affected data included credentials for a U.N. file server, the video conferencing system at the U.N.’s language school, and a web development environment for the U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs." From SHTF: These Three Items Will Be Hit The Hardest Thanks To Trump’s Tariffs From South China Morning Post: China warns Iowa soybean farmers of ‘a president’s folly’. Advertising supplement in state’s largest newspaper warns soybean farmers of the impact of the trade war [Ed: interesting. China is no only reaching into American politics on a local level but doing so through its own newspaper...which eliminates a lot of the flak about rigging elections through American sources.] From Yahoo: Greece uses high-tech drones to fight tax evasion in holiday hot spots From Moon of Alabama: Russian MoD Presents IL-20 Investigation Results – Israel “Crossed The Line Of Civilized Relations” [Ed: Russia and Israel are poised for real conflict.] More from Moon: Russia Beefs Up Syria's Air Defenses - Tells "Hotheads" To Cool Down. And a related item: from RT: Russia to supply S-300 to Syria within 2 weeks after Il-20 downing during Israeli raid. "Within two weeks Russia will deliver to Damascus an S-300 air defense system, previously suspended on a request by Israel. It comes as part of response to the downing of a Russian Il-20 plane amid an Israeli air raid on Syria." From the Free Thought Project: Mom Arrested, Thrown in Jail for Taking Daughter’s Cell Phone Away as Punishment [Ed: the omnipotent police state.] From BBC News: Venezuela crisis: Chinese hospital ship docks for a week [Ed: hat tip to Brad who comments, Smart move on China's part.] "A Chinese hospital ship has docked in Venezuela, where for the next week it will provide free health care to local patients." From Vox: We now have a dollar value for one of oil’s biggest subsidies [Ed: the problem ascribed to right-wing but I didn't see the left-wing cutting back on military protection of oil. Both are responsible] From Tom Luongo: Brexit Breakdown is All Theatre. "The “Gypsum Lady” Theresa May has no intention of staying strong on Brexit negotiations. Her job was always to deliver a Brexit deal that was, in effect, no deal." From City A.M.: Labour will tell major UK companies to hand 10 per cent of equity to workers [Ed: watch business flood out of the UK] From the Daily Caller: Journalists Trash Porn Star Attorney For His Dubious Kavanaugh Allegations From Zero Hedge: Second Kavanaugh Accuser Emerges Alleging Sexual Misconduct; Feinstein Demands Hearing Cancelled [Ed: Thursday's hearing, that is. This is a coordinated attempt to delay and destroy. What a fraud.] From Politico: Actor James Woods bashes Twitter for booting him [Ed: I have deliberately chosen a liberal news site for a report.] From RT: This! EU's New Copyright Law Could Kill The Free Internet "It's basically a battle between billionaires Axel Springer SE and Google. But it is ordinary internet users who will fall victim to the EU's new copyright law, which urgently needs modification." [Ed: I do not know about the billionaires claim, but the measure is terrible news for free speech.] From SHTF: US Prepares For ‘Action’ Against Venezuela In Coming Days [Ed: great. The only thing that could unite Venezuela is common cause against an enemy.] From the Free Thought Project: Black Students March On OSU With AR-15s to Show Self-Defense Has Nothing to Do With Race. A group of black gun rights activists open carried on OSU campus to protest the gun free zones on college campuses and advocate for every student’s right to defend themselves with a firearm. | |
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