News Item: News and commentary round up
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Posted by Wendy McElroy
Thursday 25 June 2020 - 10:42:56
From the Federalist: John Bolton Is The Perfect Washington Man. Bolton is a thin-skinned and snarky figure who succeeded in convincing a surprising number of smart people in Washington that he is somehow serious and statesmanlike. From the Spiked Online: John Bolton is more dangerous than Donald Trump. The Room Where It Happened reveals the malign influence of hawkish thought on US foreign policy.
News of CoronaVirus. From Unherd: Was the two-metre rule one big lie? By covering up complexity with nice round numbers, public health officials treat us like children. From Politico: Trump aides consider a CDC overhaul as virus cases surge From the Activist Post: Fact Check: How Invasive Are Contact Tracing Apps?
From the Activist Post: Victory: Indiana Supreme Court Rules that Police Can’t Force Smartphone User to Unlock Her Phone. From the Volokh Conspiracy: Indiana Supreme Court Creates a Clear Split on Compelled Decryption and the Fifth Amendment.
From the Hill: GOP senator introducing bill to scale back qualified immunity for police. [Ed: get rid of it entirely. It has no Constitutional validity or statutory precedent. It was the result of judicial activism.] From Krebs on Security: ‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments
From Zero Hedge: How Pension Funds Die, CalPERS Edition
From the Washington Examiner: Michael Flynn lawyers receive Peter Strzok notes from US attorney. [Ed: nice summary of the case.]
The Upcoming Elections. From the Daily Signal: 8 Key Points to Distinguish Absentee and All-Mail Voting. [Ed: very informative.] From Politico: ‘I’m Tired of Being the Help’. In suburban Detroit, a cookout full of Democratic voters bubbles into outrage, frustration at being taken for granted—and certainty that 2020 is in the bag for Trump. From the Guardian: 'This is a war': Republicans ramp up bid to control election maps for next decade [Ed: this is going to be the dirtiest election I've ever witnessed, and it will come from both sides.]
From the Hill: Supreme Court rules SEC may seize profits from fraudulent companies [Ed: wide, wide reaching implications here, including the ability to crack down on foreign investors and crypto.]
From the Washington Examiner: Devin Nunes: 'We’re up to somewhere around 14 criminal referrals' to Justice Department.' From the House Intelligence Committee re: Russiagate. [Ed: does anyone but the aggrieved parties really care anymore?]
From the Times of Israel: Far from toppling statues, former Soviet Union puts up new monuments to Stalin
From Popular Mechanics: Why the World's Most Advanced Solar Plants Are Failing. These facilities of the future are riddled with problems—but it's not too late to find fixes.
From the Guardian: Nigel Farage to leave radio station LBC 'with immediate effect' [Ed: Farage has yet to make a statement but the move appears to be part of the cancel culture.] From Der Spiegel: The UK Steers Toward a No-Deal Brexit in the Middle of the Pandemic.
Protests/Riots. From the National Review: The Triumph of the Country Mouse by Victor David Hanson. [Ed: he is becoming a "must read" commentator for me.] From the Daily Kos: Trump was able to make Washington, D.C. a police state because we failed to make it a real state. [Ed: I'm hearing the push for D.C. to be a state more and more. It would give Dems 2 more Senators, for one thing.] From the Daily Beast: Was Seattle’s Notorious Protest Zone Doomed by Recent Shootings? From the Volokh Conspiracy: What the Data Do and Don't Say about Policing and Race Harvard's Roland Fryer argues both Left and Right misunderstand or misrepresent the empirical evidence
From Advanced Science News: Maybe life on Earth is as good as it gets?
From Web Archive: NYT Is Threatening My Safety By Revealing My Real Name, So I Am Deleting The Blog. One of the few voices for reasoned discussion on the web. [Ed: hat tip to Brad who comments, Whoa. You'll recall that I have favorably cited Slate Star Codex in the past. Now he's closed down, and is only readable via the Wayback Machine.]
From Watts Up With That?: Getting Expensive for Mann. [Ed: this one is for Brad.] AND Scientific American: “Nuclear Power Will Replace Oil By 2030”
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(Category: Wendy)
Posted by Wendy McElroy
Thursday 25 June 2020 - 10:42:56
From the Federalist: John Bolton Is The Perfect Washington Man. Bolton is a thin-skinned and snarky figure who succeeded in convincing a surprising number of smart people in Washington that he is somehow serious and statesmanlike. From the Spiked Online: John Bolton is more dangerous than Donald Trump. The Room Where It Happened reveals the malign influence of hawkish thought on US foreign policy.
News of CoronaVirus. From Unherd: Was the two-metre rule one big lie? By covering up complexity with nice round numbers, public health officials treat us like children. From Politico: Trump aides consider a CDC overhaul as virus cases surge From the Activist Post: Fact Check: How Invasive Are Contact Tracing Apps?
From the Activist Post: Victory: Indiana Supreme Court Rules that Police Can’t Force Smartphone User to Unlock Her Phone. From the Volokh Conspiracy: Indiana Supreme Court Creates a Clear Split on Compelled Decryption and the Fifth Amendment.
From the Hill: GOP senator introducing bill to scale back qualified immunity for police. [Ed: get rid of it entirely. It has no Constitutional validity or statutory precedent. It was the result of judicial activism.] From Krebs on Security: ‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments
From Zero Hedge: How Pension Funds Die, CalPERS Edition
From the Washington Examiner: Michael Flynn lawyers receive Peter Strzok notes from US attorney. [Ed: nice summary of the case.]
The Upcoming Elections. From the Daily Signal: 8 Key Points to Distinguish Absentee and All-Mail Voting. [Ed: very informative.] From Politico: ‘I’m Tired of Being the Help’. In suburban Detroit, a cookout full of Democratic voters bubbles into outrage, frustration at being taken for granted—and certainty that 2020 is in the bag for Trump. From the Guardian: 'This is a war': Republicans ramp up bid to control election maps for next decade [Ed: this is going to be the dirtiest election I've ever witnessed, and it will come from both sides.]
From the Hill: Supreme Court rules SEC may seize profits from fraudulent companies [Ed: wide, wide reaching implications here, including the ability to crack down on foreign investors and crypto.]
From the Washington Examiner: Devin Nunes: 'We’re up to somewhere around 14 criminal referrals' to Justice Department.' From the House Intelligence Committee re: Russiagate. [Ed: does anyone but the aggrieved parties really care anymore?]
From the Times of Israel: Far from toppling statues, former Soviet Union puts up new monuments to Stalin
From Popular Mechanics: Why the World's Most Advanced Solar Plants Are Failing. These facilities of the future are riddled with problems—but it's not too late to find fixes.
From the Guardian: Nigel Farage to leave radio station LBC 'with immediate effect' [Ed: Farage has yet to make a statement but the move appears to be part of the cancel culture.] From Der Spiegel: The UK Steers Toward a No-Deal Brexit in the Middle of the Pandemic.
Protests/Riots. From the National Review: The Triumph of the Country Mouse by Victor David Hanson. [Ed: he is becoming a "must read" commentator for me.] From the Daily Kos: Trump was able to make Washington, D.C. a police state because we failed to make it a real state. [Ed: I'm hearing the push for D.C. to be a state more and more. It would give Dems 2 more Senators, for one thing.] From the Daily Beast: Was Seattle’s Notorious Protest Zone Doomed by Recent Shootings? From the Volokh Conspiracy: What the Data Do and Don't Say about Policing and Race Harvard's Roland Fryer argues both Left and Right misunderstand or misrepresent the empirical evidence
From Advanced Science News: Maybe life on Earth is as good as it gets?
From Web Archive: NYT Is Threatening My Safety By Revealing My Real Name, So I Am Deleting The Blog. One of the few voices for reasoned discussion on the web. [Ed: hat tip to Brad who comments, Whoa. You'll recall that I have favorably cited Slate Star Codex in the past. Now he's closed down, and is only readable via the Wayback Machine.]
From Watts Up With That?: Getting Expensive for Mann. [Ed: this one is for Brad.] AND Scientific American: “Nuclear Power Will Replace Oil By 2030”
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