Saturday links

• Maggie McNeill: The concept of consent should apply to government operatives, as well as freelance molesters, snoops, and sadists.
• James Howard Kunstler writes an “in memoriam” for reality.
• Following PayPal’s departure, Mastercard, eBay, and Stripe all depart F*c*b**k’s troubled Libra cryptocurrency project.
• “Guns and Cannabis: The Insidious Creep of Tyranny” by John Klar.
• Borepatch and his comment section nail the governmental stupidity of a system that can prevent wildfires only by depriving people of electricity.
• … Outages the majority of Californians are stubbornly unprepared for.
• And (also related), Victor Davis Hanson laments, Why have we become so small? (H/T PT)
• Wow. Cheeky. And a sign (not that we needed one) of how confident the left is that it owns the MSM. The Biden campaign scolds the NYT for coverage — not because it was unfavorable to Biden (though it was), but because by printing negative news about a Dem, the NYT is not doing its job to help defeat Trump. (Via Wendy McElroy)
• Note to criminals: If you’re going to murder somebody, don’t put the evidence on a memory card, label it “homicide,” then lose it on the street. Or maybe DO that; it’s one of those times cops can be really useful.
• Joshua Herr, a gay California political activist, notes that Trump has done more for LGBTQ folk than the Clintons or Obama ever did.
• Message to Mssrs Graham and Carlson: Don’t blame libertarians for the fedgov’s dirty deeds.
• Jeff Bezos is not Smaug the dragon.
• An attorney’s (slightly tongue-in-cheek) view of how the courts work. Or don’t work.
• They took her baby away Because Drugs. Before she could even fight to get him back, his foster parent had killed him.
• Nooz you can use: Want to learn a skill faster? Introduce small variables into your practice.
• Be kind to yourself: Eat well, rest more, and don’t overestimate your capacities.

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