Or take the right to vote. In principle, it is a great privilege. In practice, as recent history has repeatedly shown, the right to vote, by itself, is no guarantee of liberty. Therefore, if you wish to avoid dictatorship by referendum, break up modern society’s merely functional collectives into self-governing, voluntarily co-operating groups, capable of … Read more
15 links today. Enjoy. When You Dial 911 and Wall Street Answers (New York Times) After the Election, Things Will Get Worse (Reason) Clinton Faces Tough Decision on Whether to Address Media About FBI (She hasn’t done a press conference in 215 days, The Hill) Comey on Capitol Hill (Clinton’s lies are unbelievable, Politico) Despite FBI … Read more
A year ago, the citizens of Greece were offered a referendum on whether or not to accept the troika’s “bailout” conditions. The people voted NO, but it mattered not. The bailout proceeded as planned. As I observed in the post, Greeks Flock to Grassroots Alternative Currencies in Affront to Euro Debt Slavery: Hundreds of millions of … Read more
When you first go on duty at CIA headquarters, you raise your hand and swear an oath — not to government, not to the agency, not to secrecy. You swear an oath to the Constitution. So there’s this friction, this emerging contest between the obligations and values that the government asks you to uphold, and the actual … Read more
20 links today. Enjoy. The Age of Impunity (Excellent rant by Jeffrey Sachs, Boston Globe) SOUTH CHINA SEA WATCH: US Angers China as UN Ruling Looms (More escalation with China, AP) U.S. to Switch on European Missile Shield Despite Russian Alarm (More escalation with Russia, Reuters) The Pentagon is Building a ‘Self-Aware’ Killer Robot Army Fueled … Read more
I simply cannot stress enough how important Greece is to freedom, liberty and civilization across the globe. Greece is not a one-off, or merely a small nation in big trouble that holds little relevance for the rest of us. Greece is everything. What is happening to Greece follows the exact same game plan of what will … Read more
17 links today. Enjoy. Clinton Will Hold Fundraiser in Tel Aviv (Very good read, Mondoweiss) Hillary Clinton on Releasing Wall Street Speech Transcripts (One word: Dishonest, YouTube) Senior Clinton Aide Tells Reporter: Fuck Bernie (Wait, so who needs to “tone it down?” Gawker) Ex-BOJ Iwata: BOJ Must Cut Key Rate to -1.0 Percent to Beat Deflation (This … Read more
23 links today. Enjoy. Twitter Pummels ‘War Criminal’ Donald Rumsfeld (Feel good story of the day, Raw Story) Microsoft Sues US Government for the Right to Tell You When the Feds Are Reading Your Email (BoingBoing) Peter King: “I’ll Take Cyanide if He (Cruz) Ever Got the Nomination” (I’d vote for Cruz just to see … Read more
Paul Krugman made the above statement in 1998, and while I stand guilty for plenty of bad forecasts, Krugman’s internet call is arguably the worst prediction in human history. Naturally, that doesn’t prevent the man from retaining his tenured position of punditry at the New York Times, a perch from which he continues expose millions of unsuspecting Americans to his incoherent, … Read more
12 links today. Enjoy. Robert De Niro on “Vaxxed”: ‘The Movie is Something That People Should See’ (Infowars) UK Regulators Declare Start of “Beautiful Friendship” With Bitcoin, Ethereum (Brilliant move by the UK government, CoinTelegraph) Forget Flipping Houses — These Retail Investors Flip Mortgages (Nuts, Market Watch) Inspector General Says FBI Not Doing Enough To … Read more