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Monday links

Published November 14, 2016 8:20 am by Claire
  • If you’ve wondered what would happen if the government banned cash, take a look at India. Right now. (And why is there always somebody who says, “I’m in favor of [this awful thing], if only they would have [committed the outrage in a way that didn’t hurt me so much]”?)
  • One more lefty recounts how he and the Democrats screwed up.
  • Over at TZP, Y.B. ben Avraham describes a “fixer” — and the insane lengths and costs NYC residents have to go through for self defense in a corrupt political system.
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    • Lies of Omission

    Published November 1, 2016 1:11 am by Claire

    Recently I was interviewed for the documentary-to-be, Lies of Omission. There’s now an Indiegogo fundraiser with a three-minute teaser trailer. More footage will be shot and more interviews done if the filmmakers, T.L. Davis and his daughter Sammi Lee Davis, get the support they need from the pro-gun and freedom community. I recently talked with both T.L. and Sammi by email to find out how their project came to be and what their plans are for it. —– 1. What gave you the idea for “Lies of Omission”? TLD: Well, for me it was a frustration in watching lefty documentaries…

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    Midweek links

    Published October 26, 2016 12:02 pm by Claire
  • Oh weep! Oh wail! Oh, such a tragedy. Some 100+ DMV offices in California were closed for business up to two days due to a presumed hardware glitch. (H/T ML) Seriously, though, this does give a preview of either a) TEOTWAWKI or b) election day; take your pick.
  • Hm. Seems Iceland isn’t the only country where clowns and jokers are rising in national politics. Italy, too. (Tip o’ hat to the elusive J)
  • Hardly news, but always a good reminder: activists must be on guard against entrapment. (Also: read Rats! the free no-snitch book and pass it around.)
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    • Delete Yahoo (and all its surveilling ilk)

    Published October 5, 2016 7:15 am by Claire

    In today’s links post, I blogged about Yahoo’s compliance with a federal “security directive.” If true, their act would not only be despicable, but would be technologically unprecedented. They reportedly not only rolled over without a fight, but actually built new software at the behest of the fedgov to spy in realtime on their users’ incoming and outgoing mail. There are obviously still a lot of questions here including some extremely basic ones. Did Yahoo really do this? Was the request made by the NSA or the FBI? What were the specific terms the company was “directed” to scan for?…

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    Midweek links

    Published October 5, 2016 1:41 am by Claire
  • Niall Ferguson on simplifiers vs complicators and how they can both be big problems in politics and government.
  • What the hell is a “security directive,” anyway? Sounds like something Ayn Rand would make up for her villains to impose. And why would any supposedly private company jump to comply with one? And furtherwhy, after the righteous drubbing the big ‘Net companies took for kissing the NSA’s butt (post Snowden) would Yahoo (and probably others) be so eager to continue osculating stinky feddie posterior?
  • Speaking of security, Bruce Schneier says, “Stop trying to fix the user” and fix the underlying systems. (I think he’s a lot right and a bit wrong, as spotted by his commentors.)
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