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21 Years of the Global War on Terror
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The Squad is Wrong About “Inequality”
The rapid economic advance that we have come to expect seems in a large measure to be the result of this inequality and to be impossible without it. Progress at such a fast rate cannot proceed on a uniform front but must take place in echelon fashion…
At any stage of this process there will always be many things we already know how to produce but which are still too expensive to provide for more than a few…
All the conveniences of a comfortable home, of our means of transportation and communication, of entertainment and enjoyment, we could produce at first only in limited quantities; but it was in doing this that we gradually learned to make them or similar things at a much smaller outlay of resources and thus became able to supply them to the great majority.
A large part of the expenditure of the rich, though not intended for that end, thus serves to defray the cost of the experimentation with the new things that, as a result, can later be made available to the poor.
– Friedrich A. Hayek, Ph.D., The Constitution of Liberty (1978 [2011], University of Chicago Press), pp. 96–97.
Not to mention political inequality always exists; how many Americans are as powerful and influential as AOC? Or Joe Biden? Or Nancy Pelosi?
Biden Threatens ‘Armageddon’ Over Ukraine
It would be all the other guys’ fault, you understand:
President Joe Biden said in an address to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Thursday night that the country under his leadership is as close to “Armageddon” as it has been since the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 1960s. …
“[Putin was] not joking when he talks about the use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons.” Biden said. “We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis.” [Putin has not threatened to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine.]
Russia has hinted several times at the possibility it could unleash weapons of mass destruction in its battle with Ukrainian forces if Putin believes the fate of the country is at risk. …
White House officials have said the Biden administration has communicated directly with Russian officials about what kind of response using a nuclear weapon would bring. While officials have said they aren’t going to share publicly what the U.S. response would look like, they have said it would be “catastrophic.”
“I don’t think there is any such a thing as the ability to easily use a tactical weapon and not end up with Armageddon,” Biden said at the Thursday evening speech.
I Got to Meet Roger Waters!
He was very nice to me. It was really rad.
Joe Biden’s Second Best Day
After ending the war in Afghanistan:
Biden pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession
President Biden will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, the White House said Thursday, a move toward decriminalizing the drug.
The move applies to those convicted of simple possession of marijuana, including those in the District of Columbia, according to senior officials. The White House noted that people of color and White people use marijuana at similar rates, but that “black and brown people have been arrested, prosecuted, and convicted at disproportionate rates.”
“As I’ve said before, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana,” Biden tweeted Thursday. “Sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives — for conduct that is legal in many states. That’s before you address the clear racial disparities around prosecution and conviction. Today, we begin to right these wrongs.” …
In addition to the pardons, Biden urged governors to follow suit regarding state marijuana offenses and instructed Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Attorney General Merrick Garland to begin reviewing how marijuana is classified under federal drug laws.
“The federal government currently classifies marijuana as a “schedule one” substance, the same as heroin and LSD – and more serious than fentanyl,” said Biden. “It makes no sense.”
This is fantastic news.
Update, Reason: What Biden’s Weed Plan Really Means; Biden Is Still Seeking Potential Life Sentences for Distributing Weed, Even As He Pardons for Possession
The Antiwar Comic: Fixing Martha’s Vineyards
Could’ve done this with Kamala’s house. And they’re still coming!
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