{"id":42134,"date":"2019-10-12T11:04:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T18:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/?p=42134"},"modified":"2019-10-12T12:53:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T19:53:02","slug":"saturday-links-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/12\/saturday-links-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday links"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Maggie McNeill: The concept of consent <a href=\"https:\/\/maggiemcneill.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/07\/collective-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\">should apply to government operatives<\/a>, as well as freelance molesters, snoops, and sadists.\n<li>James Howard Kunstler writes an <a href=\"https:\/\/kunstler.com\/clusterfuck-nation\/in-memorium-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;in memoriam&#8221;<\/a> for reality.\n<li>Following PayPal&#8217;s departure, Mastercard, eBay, and Stripe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-50023008\" target=\"_blank\">all depart F*c*b**k&#8217;s troubled Libra<\/a> cryptocurrency project.\n<li>&#8220;Guns and Cannabis: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/articles\/2019\/10\/guns_and_cannabis_the_insidious_creep_of_tyranny.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Insidious Creep of Tyranny&#8221;<\/a> by John Klar.\n<li>Borepatch and his comment section <a href=\"https:\/\/borepatch.blogspot.com\/2019\/10\/california-government-discovers-law-of.html\" target=\"_blank\">nail the governmental stupidity<\/a> of a system that can prevent wildfires only by depriving people of electricity.\n<li> &#8230; Outages the majority of Californians <a href=\"https:\/\/wheelgun.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/11\/pge-power-outages-and-the-complete-lack-of-preparation\/\" target=\"_blank\">are stubbornly unprepared for<\/a>.\n<li> And (also related), Victor Davis Hanson laments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/victor-davis-hanson-generations-giants\" target=\"_blank\">Why have we become so small?<\/a> (H\/T PT)\n<li>Wow. Cheeky. And a sign (not that we needed one) of how confident the left is that it owns the MSM. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-sends-letter-excoriating-new-york-times-for-unfavorable-coverage-nyt-responds\" target=\"_blank\">The Biden campaign<\/a> scolds the NYT for coverage &#8212; 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/wendymcelroy.com\/news.php\" target=\"_blank\">Wendy McElroy<\/a>)\n<li>Note to criminals: If you&#8217;re going to murder somebody, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/memory-card-found-street-labeled-homicide-leads-arrest\/story?id=66189147\" target=\"_blank\">don&#8217;t put the evidence on a memory card<\/a>, label it &#8220;homicide,&#8221; then lose it on the street. Or maybe DO that; it&#8217;s one of those times cops can be really useful.\n<li>Joshua Herr, a gay California political activist, notes that <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/10\/11\/donald-trump-has-done-far-more-for-gay-people-than-the-stonewall-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump has done more<\/a> for LGBTQ folk than the Clintons or Obama ever did.\n<li>Message to Mssrs Graham and Carlson: Don&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/870276\/bizarre-fiction-libertarians-control-washington\" target=\"_blank\">blame libertarians<\/a> for the fedgov&#8217;s dirty deeds.\n<li>Jeff Bezos <a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/is-jeff-bezos-smaug-the-dragon\/\" target=\"_blank\">is not Smaug the dragon<\/a>.\n<li>An attorney&#8217;s (slightly tongue-in-cheek) view of <a href=\"https:\/\/appellatesquawk.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/10\/what-really-happens-in-court-the-unvarnished-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\">how the courts work<\/a>. Or don&#8217;t work.\n<li>They took her baby away Because Drugs. Before she could even fight to get him back, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com\/state-takes-toddler-loving-mom-over-drugs-gives-him-to-foster-parent-who-killed-him\/\" target=\"_blank\">his foster parent had killed him<\/a>.\n<li>Nooz you can use: Want to learn a skill faster? <a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/explore\/item\/a-johns-hopkins-study-reveals-the-scientific-secret-to-double-how-fast-you-learn?\" target=\"_blank\">Introduce small variables<\/a> into your practice.\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionsroar.com\/be-kind-to-yourself\/\" target=\"_blank\">Be kind to yourself<\/a>: Eat well, rest more, and don&#8217;t overestimate your capacities.\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em>Like what you read here?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/YXEIJpbPg\" target=\"_blank\">Buy Me a Coffee<\/a>\n<li>Make a monthly pledge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/freedomistaclaire\" target=\"_blank\">via Patreon<\/a> for as little as $1\n<li>Make a monthly pledge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/living-freedom-blog\" target=\"_blank\">via SubscribeStar<\/a>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/ClaireWolfe\" target=\"_blank\">PayPal Me<\/a> (you can make a one-time donation or set up a monthly payment)<\/ul>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DearGovernment_thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DearGovernment_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"484\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DearGovernment_thumb.jpg 456w, https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DearGovernment_thumb-424x450.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.joehuffman.org\/2019\/10\/11\/quote-of-the-day-ernest-ortega-designbypipe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maggie McNeill: The concept of consent should apply to government operatives, as well as freelance molesters, snoops, and sadists. James Howard Kunstler writes an &#8220;in memoriam&#8221; for reality. Following PayPal&#8217;s departure, Mastercard, eBay, and Stripe all depart F*c*b**k&#8217;s troubled Libra cryptocurrency project. &#8220;Guns and Cannabis: The Insidious Creep of Tyranny&#8221; 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. &#8230; 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)&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/12\/saturday-links-10\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saturday links<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,11,12,18,19,23,25,27,28,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cannabis-legalization","category-cultural-insanity","category-government","category-guns-and-gun-rights","category-mind-and-spirit","category-miscellaneous","category-thuggery-and-bad-law","category-poly-ticks","category-preparedness","category-privacy-and-self-ownership","category-war-on-some-drugs","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42134"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42146,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42134\/revisions\/42146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}