Liberty Links 1/11/18

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Top Links

Adam Curtis – Cyberspace and Power (R.I.P. John Perry Barlow, YouTube)

The Discreet Terror of the American Bourgeoisie (FT)

Will Intelligence Agencies Stop Confiding to Congress? (Intel agencies are out of control, AP)

Bitcoin Is Gaining Currency in Political Campaign Donations (Important new trend, ABC News)

Former Target Manager Aims to Bounce Back with $600,000 Bet Against Volatility (MarketWatch)

Bitcoin Q&A with Andreas Antonopoulos: Regulation and the Bank Boycott (YouTube)

Millennials Think Stocks Are Too Risky — But Bitcoin is Awesome (New York Post)

Speaking of which, check out this poll:

This poll is for millennials only.
Will you care if the stock market collapses?

— Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) February 8, 2018

U.S. Politics/News

Trump’s ‘Marching Orders’ to the Pentagon: Plan a Grand Military Parade (Beyond dumb, The Washington Post)

Navy SEAL Who Says He Killed Bin Laden: ‘A Military Parade Is Third World Bullshit’ (The Hill)

FBI Informant Testifies: Moscow Routed Millions To Clinton Foundation In “Russian Uranium Dominance Strategy” (Zerohedge) 

FBI Lovers’ Latest Text Messages (Some good nuggets in here, Fox News)

Adam Schiff Implies That An Oklahoma City-Style Bombing Could Happen Because Of FISA Memo (This guy is seriously twisted, The Daily Caller)

Facebook Hired a Full-Time Pollster to Monitor Zuckerberg’s Approval Ratings (Creepy, The Verge)

A Backlash Is Mounting in Cities Bidding for Amazon’s HQ2 (Bloomberg) 

Hawaii Becomes Fourth State To Require Net Neutrality (MediaPost)

Judge Tells CIA It Can’t Hand Classified Info To Journalists And Pretend The Info Hasn’t Been Made Public (TechDirt)

Foreign Affairs/WW3

Five Reasons To Be Absolutely Certain That The Establishment Is Lying About Syria (Caitlin Johnstone, Medium)

U.S.-Led Coalition, Pro-Assad Forces Clash in East Syria (Reuters)

Syria’s White Helmets Go Global (Consortium News)

Trump Tells Israel Peace Means Compromise; U.S. Envoy Under Fire (Reuters)

Thailand Issues Arrest Warrants Against Four Activists (Reuters)

Orangutan Shot with Air Gun 130 Times in 2nd Borneo Killing (What is wrong with some people, AP)

Finance/Economy/Crypto

Jim Rogers Says Next Bear Market Will Be Worst in His Life (Bloomberg)

Forbes’ First List Of Cryptocurrency’s Richest People: Meet The Secretive Freaks, Geeks And Visionaries (Forbes)

BIS Chief Sees ‘Strong Case’ for Cryptocurrency Intervention (The dinosaurs are starting to sweat, Bloomberg)

China to Stamp Out Cryptocurrency Trading Completely with Ban on Foreign Platforms (South China Morning Post)

Bitcoin Has a Huge Scaling Problem—Lightning Could Be the Solution (Ars Technica)

The Bitcoin Boom Could Be Great for Sex Businesses (Bloomberg)

Winklevoss Brothers on Bitcoin Price, Cryptocurrency Regulation (Bloomberg interview)

No Strong Reason to Ban Cryptocurrency Trading: Singapore Deputy PM (CCN)

Lloyds Banking Group Bans Credit Card Purchases of Bitcoin (Sky News) 

Interview with Anarchist Hacker Amir Taaki (Quartz)

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