Gilbert Doctorow discusses the political unrest in Belarus, where opposition protesters are demanding a new round of elections after President Lukashenko claimed to have won 80% of the vote this most recent time around. Lukashenko has served as president for 26 years,...
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News Roundup 8/27/20
US News DNA evidence proves a man who spent 37 years in prison for rape is innocent. [Link] The cost of US nuclear weapons will skyrocket if the New State Treaty falls apart. The treaty is set to expire in 2021, and it will cost nearly half a trillion dollars. [Link]...
News Roundup 8/25/20
US News A judge rejected a police officer’s bid for qualified immunity. The police officer strip-searched a four-year-old while investigating a mother for leaving her kids in the car for a few minutes. [Link] A judge grants qualified immunity to a police officer who...
Bitcoin is Unbeatable
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are headline news again. DeFi—Decentralized Finance—tokens like LINK and others have exploded in recent weeks, capturing speculators’ imaginations. But more importantly, given the day-to-day fragility of the capital markets and the...
8/21/20 Gareth Porter on the Journalistic Malpractice of Charlie Savage and the New York Times
Scott and Gareth Porter discuss Charlie Savage's shameful reporting on the recent Russian bounties story. In this case Savage, whom Scott and Porter actually regard as one of the better journalists at the New York Times, published a story laying out the allegations...
News Roundup 8/24/20
US News Arizona police stole a $15,000 Jeep over an alleged $25 pot sale. [Link] A police officer who kneed a man in the face 20 to 30 times gets qualified immunity. [Link] John Durham’s investigation questioned John Brennan for eight hours. The investigation said...
Bwahahaha. Ex-CIA chief John Brennan interviewed for 8 hours as part of Durham’s review of Russia probe
Usually I'm not in favor of the Justice Department existing or doing things, but I'll make an exception in this case.
Jim Bovard in 1987: US Out of the Middle East
in USA Today: If sailing our fleet into the Persian Gulf was stupid, keeping them there is positively idiotic. Just because we are a superpower does not mean that we must perpetuate our mistakes. Jumping into the middle of the Iran-Iraqi war is just one more example...
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