Religion – Page 11 – Living Freedom

Wednesday links

Published August 30, 2017 1:00 am by Claire

King County (Seattle area) cop confronts a motorcyclist, gun in hand, irrationally and profanely accusing the guy of “going 100 miles per hour.” Fortunately, his intended victim was wearing a helmet cam.

Californians may get the chance to decriminalize psilocybin next year.

And HERB, a site that hopes to become the go-to spot for “all things cannabis-related” just raised $4 million plus from some very respectable sources.

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Weekend links

Published August 13, 2017 7:33 am by Claire

Can DNA be used to hack a computer? Proof of concept now exists. (H/T MJR)

Brad R. over at Wendy’s place on ways to de-Google your online life.

As you watch the Perseids this month, remember with good cheer: they may eventually kill us all. But not any time soon.

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Monday links

Published August 7, 2017 11:24 am by Claire

So much for “diversity” at Google.

Hillary Clinton wants to be a preacher??? Next-best thing, I suppose, for someone who’s made a career out of stridently lecturing the rest of us on our lack of virtue.

A mayor goes underground as a homeless person.

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Friday links

Published August 4, 2017 5:51 am by Claire

Cannabis grower buys a town to create a pot-friendly outpost. (H/T TF)

And while I wouldn’t want this to influence too many college students, drinking booze may boost our ability to remember things we learned just before drinking.

In Australia, a synagogue can’t get a building permit because Muslim terrorists might attack it.

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Weekend links II

Published July 30, 2017 2:07 am by Claire

About that presidential speech to the Boy Scouts that has everybody in such a tizzy? Former scout (and Jamboree attendee) Jim Bovard sez maybe it was a better lesson than the stuff they usually get.

When American religion worshipped electricity.

Reality check: Does too much sugar trigger depression?

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Weekend links

Published July 29, 2017 1:59 am by Claire

Thanks to a push by our beloved AG Jeff Sessions, prosecutions for unlawful possession of firearms are up 23 percent in the last several months. Don’t you feel safer now? (H/T MJR)

It’s time for single-payer medical care, says David Horowitz. Wait. David Horowitz says that??? Yeah, but he means it a little differently than the Bernie blues do.

Remember that Armatrix “smart gun”? Turns out you can hack it with magnets. And more.

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Sunday/Monday links

Published July 23, 2017 6:14 pm by Claire

~~Nero~~ Cuomo fiddles while ~~Rome~~ New York burns

Creative outlawry (whether you like it or not): Seattle skateboarders construct an illicit skateboard bowl on a lake island. They win a national prize. Unfortunately the bowl will be torn out and the prize was rescinded.

I don’t agree with the premise, but this article is still a fascinating look back: How the 1967 Summer of Love sparked today’s religious movements.

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Monday links

Published July 17, 2017 1:03 am by Claire

A sign of hope? A jury not only awards a huge judgment to the family of a man recklessly killed by SWAT cops; it appears individual officers are being held responsible.

The mind of a social-justice pecksniff or how your free speech is her life-threatening violence.

J.D. Tuccille: When colleges become ideological indoctrination centers expect fewer customers.

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Bastille Day links

Published July 14, 2017 9:04 am by Claire

“Turn left and go over the top.”

She’s still a shallowish kid, but personal experience turned her away from being a Bernie blue SJW.

Losing gun rights: not with a bang, but a whimper.

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Tuesday links

Published July 11, 2017 6:41 am by Claire

Whatever your view of their politics, this is a clever bit of resistance. Four things to spend your money on if you want to buy happiness. “Not everybody gets a cookie”. But every social-justice pecksniff can turn a gesture of kindness into an occasion for a display of vicious narcissism. The left. It had a miserable week. Bastiat’s goofy story and real-life folly in the solar-panel industry as solar power begins to become cheap enough for the masses. No wonder Comey decided to let Hillary skate on all those sloppy security violations. Creative lifesaving. Will this be the well-deserved ruination…

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