57,000 computers have been infected by a new malware worm. The new malware worm was based on an NSA designed flaw in the Windows operating system. The NSA design flaw was leaked by Shadow Brokers. [Link] This interview looks into the widespread use of US Special...
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News Roundup 5/10/17
by Kyle Anzalone | May 10, 2017 | Blog
Trump fires FBI Director James Comey. [Link] 250 refugees fleeing North Africa for Europe are missing and feared dead. 1,300 people are believed to have died making the trip this year. [Link] South Korea elected Moon Jae-in to be president. Moon said he will look to...
US Killing Civilians in Battle for Mosul
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | May 10, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
After a brief pause in the effort to liberate the western half of the city from Islamic State control, the American-led operation to retake Mosul has resumed in force. The pause came after a Mar. 17 coalition air raid that killed up to 270 civilians in Mosul’s...
News Roundup 5/8/17
by Kyle Anzalone | May 8, 2017 | Blog
The father of a 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police officer Roy Oliver is suing Oliver for killing his son. Oliver has been dismissed from his job as a police officer and charged with murder. [Link] Macron wins the French Presidency. [Link] Israel's...
News Roundup 5/6/17
by Kyle Anzalone | May 6, 2017 | Blog
The US spends about $250 billion on defense outside of the Pentagon's budget. [Link] An investigator is reporting that there is gross mismanagement on an F-16 base in Iraq. The base is operated by contractors and costs taxpayers $700 million. [Link] One US service...
News Roundup 5/4/17
by Kyle Anzalone | May 4, 2017 | Blog
Trump will sign an executive order to ease restrictions on churches and other tax-exempt organizations engaging in political activity. [Link] An activist was convicted of laughing during Jeff Sessions confirmation hearings. [Link] This article breaks down the $1.1...
News Roundup 5/3/17
by Kyle Anzalone | May 3, 2017 | Blog
The Texas legislature is looking to pass a bill that will allow for illegal immigrant children to be held in US detention centers indefinitely. The bill was written by a company that operates detention facilities. [Link] The US flies B-1 bombers near North Korea. The...
News Roundup 5/1/17
by Kyle Anzalone | May 1, 2017 | Blog
Trump signs an executive order reversing Obama's ban on Artic drilling. [Link] Trump says the US is losing money providing defense for Saudi Arabia. [Link] The ten-member Association of South East Asian Nations issues a statement softening its stance on tensions with...
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Recent Writing in Defense of Free Immigration
"The Trumpian Ice Age: The Frigidity of Collectivism" "Immigration Policy in an Nth-Best World" "Free Movement Increases Wealth" "Static Analysis Clouds Immigration Debate" "More on Immigration and Public Property" "Immigration Control Threatens the Rule of Law"...
Alex Wins Again
I was a technical climber as a young man and just watched the amazing Alex Honnold free solo the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan. Individual achievement is the bedrock of pushing the envelope in human creativity and innovation. I think free solo is eventually going to kill...
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What's the problem? So far the Trump administration has been Pretti Good.
The Kyle Anzalone Show: ICE Using AI to ID Targets, Breaking Down Trump’s WEF Speech
Greenland on the table, NATO on edge, and an algorithm deciding who gets a knock at the door. We dive into President Trump’s Davos remarks claiming the U.S. will pursue Greenland, then trace the fallout across European capitals as Denmark draws a hard line on...
Parallax Views Podcast: The Government Murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti
J. G. Michael invited me on his podcast to talk about the U.S. immigration agents' recent murders of two American citizens in Minneapolis.
They Warned Us
It’s hard to enjoy the writings of Franz Kafka, though in some of his story telling we find a reflection of the contemporary or perhaps a dirty glass panel into the past. In his book, The Trial, we experience a bureaucracy of inhumanity through the eyes of an unnamed...
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