Liberty Links 2/24/16

Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail.

U.S. Sought Data From 15 Apple iPhones in Last Four Months (FBI wants a lot more than data from one phone, Reuters)

The End of the Establishment? (Excellent read by Robert Reich)

It’s Time to Kick Erdogan’s Turkey Out of NATO (Huffington Post)

Obama’s Plan to Close Guantanamo Would Establish Indefinite Detention on U.S. Soil (The Intercept)

Google Fiber Expanding Faster, Further — And Making Comcast Very Nervous (TechDirt)

Bahrain Jails Secular Activist Over Political Speech (The Guardian)

The NSA’s SKYNET Program May Be Killing Thousands of Innocent People (Ars Technica)

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Liberty Links 2/22/16

Several days worth of links. Enjoy.

FBI’s Own Actions Likely Made Farook’s iPhone Data Inaccessible (For the can’t make this up files, TechDirt)

Decrypting an iPhone for the FBI (Bruce Schneier on Apple vs. FBI, excellent read)

Is Apple Picking a Fight With the U.S. Government? (Very good article from 2014, Slate)

Here’s a Way to Hold Wall Street Accountable (TruthDig)

Negative Interest Rates Are a Calamitous Misadventure (Telegraph)

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Liberty Links 2/12/16

Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail.

Hillary Is the Candidate of the War Machine (Excellent read, Huffington Post)

Bernie Sanders-Supporting PAC Wants Superdelegates to “Follow the Will of Voters” (Reason)

Ahead of Debate, Liberal Groups Challenge Clinton to List Candidates for Treasury Secretary, Attorney General (Washington Post)

Bernie Sanders Sweeps Online Polls After Dominating Sixth Democratic Debate (Huffington Post)

Sanders Raises $7.1 Million After New Hampshire Win (Bloomberg)

Bernie Sanders Outpaces Hillary Clinton in Silicon Valley Contributions (Biz Journal)

Yanis Varoufakis on Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump and Europe (YouTube video)

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Liberty Links 2/5/16

Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail. Ron Paul: Ted Cruz is No Libertarian (He’s the Republican Hillary Clinton, Politico) Utah Fusion Center Warns Cops: Watch Out for Don’t-Tread-on-Me Flags (Revolutionary War Flag is now a terrorist signal, Reason) Hillary Clinton’s January Fundraising Lagged … Read more

Liberty Links 2/4/16

Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail.

An Idiot’s Guide to Prosecuting Corporate Fraud (The Intercept)

Clinton Emails Held Indirect References to Undercover CIA Officers (Makes you wonder, how many “diplomats” are actually CIA agents? NBC News)

Head of Google Search Retires, Artificial Intelligence Chief to Take Over (ArsTechnica)

Goldman Sachs Chief: Sanders’s Criticism is ‘Dangerous’ (Sanders is the only one who scares the banksters, The Hill)

Sanders Raised $3M in 24 Hours, His Biggest Single Day Yet (The Hill)

Tel Aviv Museum Nixes Ai Weiwei Exhibit; Israeli Artist Says Censorship at Play (Haaretz)

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Liberty Links 2/2/16

Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail.

Clinton, Rubio, Cruz Receive Foreign Policy Advice From Same Consulting Firm (The Intercept)

Fearing Lean Times, U.S. Companies Tighten Purse Strings (More recessionary signals for the U.S. economy, Reuters)

Britain Approves Controversial Gene-editing Experiments (Associated Press)

The Fed Wants to Test How Banks Would Handle Negative Rates (Bloomberg)

Denmark Extends Border Control on Border with Germany (Reuters)

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Liberty Links 1/29/16

Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail.

Chicago Police Deliberately Sabotaging Recording Devices (Must read of the day, Reason)

Ted Cruz Abandons Criminal Justice Reform on His Way to the White House (The guy has zero principles, a pure opportunist, Reason)

Four Billionaire Donors Help Cruz Rise in GOP Bid (Associated Press)

Ha Ha: Hillary Clinton’s Top Financial Supporter Now Controls “The Onion” (The Intercept)

Paul Krugman Unironically Anoints Himself Arbiter of “Seriousness”: Only Clinton Supporters Eligible (The Intercept)

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Liberty Links 1/22/16

Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail.

Saudi Arabia’s Top Cleric Forbids Chess, Calls it “The Work of Satan” (New York Times)

Half the Foreign Policy Experts Signing Clinton’s Anti-Sanders Letter Have Ties to Military Contractors (The Intercept)

FBI Ran website Sharing Thousands of Child Porn Images (USA Today)

FBI May Have Hacked Innocent TorMail Users (Motherboard)

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Liberty Links 1/21/16

Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail.

Mozilla Co-Founder Unveils “Brave,” a Browser that Blocks Ads by Default (ArsTechnica)

A New 9th Planet for he Solar System? (Looks like Planet X may be real, Science Magazine)

DEA and TSA Agents Team Up to Steal Citizen Cash (Reason)

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Liberty Links 1/20/16

Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail.

With Gridlock in Washington, Lobbyists Turn to Statehouses (Beware of parasites at the local level, Wall Street Journal)

Amid Election-Season Criticism Of Big Business, US CEOs Worried About Declining Trust In Business (International Business Times)

The US Military Wants a Chip to Translate Your Brain Activity Into Binary Code (Gizmodo)

Bay Area Biologist’s Gene-editing Kit Lets Do-it-Yourselfers Play God at the Kitchen Table (Introducing Biohacking, San Jose Mercury News)

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