Liberty Links 1/21/17

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Must Reads

Why Ridiculous Official Propaganda Still Works (Outstanding, Counterpunch)

The Smuggest Show on Earth: Robert Hardman Visits Davos (The best article I read on the topic this year, UK Daily Mail)

Requiem for a Lightweight (Not many people write this well. A must read for Bernie people, Jacobin)

Wide Impact: Highly Effective Gmail Phishing Technique Being Exploited (Important read, Wordfence)

Bill Black: A Letter to Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger about Hiring Proven Whistleblowers (Very good read about our insane incentive structure, Naked Capitalism)

Why Won’t Clinton Democrats Like Sally Albright Stop Lying About Bernie Sanders? (Paste Magazine)

U.S. Politics

Sanders Backers Take Over California Democratic Party (Fascinating, The Hill)

Roaming Charges: This Ain’t a Dream No More, It’s the Real Thing (Lots of amusing stuff in here, CounterPunch)\

On His First Day in Office, Trump Raises Taxes on Middle-Class Homebuyers (The Intercept)

Trump’s Homeland Security Team Likely to Emphasize Facial Recognition and Biometric Surveillance (The Internet)

Hillary Gives Bernie Cool Reception at Trump Inaugural Lunch (The Hill)

Despite Trump’s Pledge To Kill It, Some Still Hope TPP Will Live Again (TechDirt)

One Habit Trump Says He Will Keep as President: Tweeting (Reuters)

Pharma and Lockheed Martin Stocks Tumble After Trump Criticizes Overpayments (The Intercept)

Chris Hedges Chats With Abby Martin & Ben Norton (YouTube)

Archimedes’ Feet (Philosophical piece by an active duty officer in the U.S. Army, RealClearDefense)

Geopolitics/WW3

Donald Trump’s Taiwan Strategy Is ‘Despicable,’ China’s State Media Says (Time)

David Cameron and George Osborne Cash in With Big-Money Davos Visit (Of course, Sky News)

Corbyn Calls for Probe of Israeli Influence in British Politics After Al Jazeera Exposé (Haaretz)

All Aboard to Fix the Globalization ‘Bullet Train’, China’s Xinhua Says (Reuters)

Merkel Made Catastrophic Mistake Over Open Door to Refugees, Says Trump (The Guardian)

Germany’s Extreme Right Challenges Guilt Over Nazi Past (The New York Times)

Economy/Finance

China Posts Worst Export Fall Since 2009 as Fears of U.S. Trade War Loom (Reuters)

Central-Bank Bashing Has Gold Only Asset Safe From Meddling (Bloomberg)

Questions Linger As China’s Bitcoin Exchanges Halt Margin Trading (Coindesk)

Mark Zuckerberg, in Suit, Testifies in Oculus Intellectual Property Trial (The New York Times)

Uber’s David Plouffe to join Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CNBC)

Miscellaneous

Hallucinogenic Plant Ayahuasca Gains Foothold in U.S. (Yahoo)

Oregon’s Goat Yoga Now Has a 900-Person Waiting List (OregonLive)

Liberty Blitzkrieg Partners

The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights: An Interactive Guide to the Articles and Amendments (Ammo.com)

 

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