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Midweek links

Published February 9, 2018 1:40 am by Claire

The (insouciantly charming) symbolism of launching a Tesla into space. (And before anybody goes objecting to Elon Musk and his very existence, you might want to read the comment by UnReconstructed, who happens to be a real rocket scientist, over at Joel’s place.)

Commander Zero on meeting folks: a real-world example.

Oh, yeah. This is what the country needs (she says rolling her eyes): ICE wants to become an intelligence (sic) agency.

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Monday links

Published February 5, 2018 11:42 am by Claire

RIP Gene Sharp: an advocate of non-violent resistance. But emphatically not a pacifist.

Six real-life political scandals wilder than anything on House of Cards

What if the forensic science at your trial … wasn’t science at all? (Long read, but worthwhile. H/T Shel)

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Weekend links

Published February 4, 2018 6:46 am by Claire

Don’t even bother trying the “too irrational to be a terrorist” defense.

Seems this teacher never learned either the Bill of Rights, school district policy, or elementary human interaction during her education.

Who’s behind the Trump dossier that the FBI relied on? Oh, this gets so thick and deep I can’t even go there. But it does help explain why the left — which has always rightly distrusted the FBI — is suddenly in love with its historic nemesis. (H/T DBH)

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Friday links

Published February 2, 2018 8:42 am by Claire

The social justice pecksniffs (and he even calls them pecksniffs!) have censored a famous pre-Raphaelite painting, while pretending it’s not censorship.

Are we getting closer to a cancer vaccine?

Fedgov wants to control next-gen wifi in the name of “safety.” Yeah, we know how that turns out.

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Thursday links

Published February 1, 2018 6:08 am by Claire

I never had any idea there were such things as Formula One “grid girls.” Now they’re losing their jobs (because feminism) and they’re not taking it lightly.

She asked for help with postpartum depression. The nurse called the cops instead. (Slate’s take on this is different than yours or mine might be.)

If Bezos and Buffett “lift the veil” on health-care prices, insurers are in trouble.

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Midweek links

Published January 31, 2018 8:21 am by Claire

Bruce Schneier on Section 702 reauthorization and federal “freedom” to snoop on you.

Yikes. Hawaii. You actually kept this delusional emergency worker on the job despite 10 years of complaints and reprimands? Lawsuits incoming …

Yet another case of research stating the obvious. Yet in an interesting way. You really are “on the same wavelength” as your friends.

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Thursday links

Published January 25, 2018 1:24 am by Claire

The NSA’s mission statement as of last year. The NSA’s mission statement today. Seems they’ve given up on “honesty” and turned “transparency” into pure authoritarianism. But then, did anybody believe them in the first place? (Via The Intercept)

“When Corruption is a Job Perk” (cops and “get out of jail free” cards for their friends and relatives). But no worries! The cop union plans to cut corruption by as much as 1/3. Maybe even 1/2 for retired cops.

Commander Zero has interesting observations on a little-known experiment in starvation — and also offers his readers a chance to get in on a heavily discounted bulk buy of those excellent Mountain House foods.

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Tuesday links

Published January 23, 2018 1:11 am by Claire

li>Five months of texts missing? That’s nothing. “Losing” or destroying inconvenient evidence is the FBI’s stock in trade says Jim Bovard.

Craft beer. The strangest, happiest economic story in America.

“The myth of the playground pusher.” “Drug-free school zones” are nothing more than an excuse to increase sentences for “crimes” that have nothing to do with schools.

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Monday links

Published January 22, 2018 1:06 am by Claire

Ten habits of logical people.

If an asteroid hits the earth it’ll be all the fault of the government shutdown, sez (try not to be too surprised here) CNN.

They are referring to the asteroid that’s scheduled to miss us by at least 2.6 million miles.

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Thursday-Friday links

Published January 18, 2018 7:32 pm by Claire

Some hospitals, sick of high drug prices, are forming their own non-profit drug manufacturer.

Michael Wolff’s riotously controversial book about the Trump administration has already been signed for a TV series. A sit-com, I assume. (H/T MRJ)

In Mexico, cities are dealing with corruption and violence by effectively seceding and shutting themselves off.

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