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1) Iraq: Armed Drones Shot Down Over US Occupation Base
2) Ukraine: “Irresponsible” to talk of ending dictatorship now, says Zelenskyy
3) Dog bites man: Disgraced former president tangles with judge, whines about treatment at fraud trial
4) NY: Protesters stage sit-in demanding ceasefire in Gaza at Statue of Liberty
5) US Regime Deploys Nuclear Submarine to Middle East
6) IL: Father of mass shooting suspect stands trial for being father of mass shooting suspect
7) French regime to give armored vehicles to Lebanese army
8) MI: Peter Meijer, who supported Trump’s impeachment, enters US Senate race
9) Biden to announce $16 billion for Amtrak boondoggles
10) Tyson Foods recalls US chicken nuggets after metal pieces found
11) Minister: Ukrainian regime expects “positive” EU report on membership bid
12) Top strategists say Biden doesn’t have the numbers to win reelection
13) IA: State to pay $10 million to siblings of adopted teen girl who died of starvation in 2017
14) China: Regime Allows Ant Group to Release Finance AI Products to Public
15) Payday Loan Industry Showers GOP Lawmakers With Cash as CFPB Ruling Looms
16) Short-selling ban sparks biggest rally in Korean stocks since 2020
17) Oldest black hole discovered, dating back to 470 million years after Big Bang
18) Studies: Marijuana use raises risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke
19) IL: Lawmakers scrutinize private school scholarships without test-result data
20) Russia: Regime says it test-fired nuclear-capable Bulava missile from new submarine
Today's Freedom Commentary:
21) Religion and Politics and Mike Johnson
22) Globalization Is Grrrreat!
23) Response: The Reality Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
24) Trading Constitutionalism for Bureaucracy
25) Collective Guilt is An Excuse for Mass Murder
26) America is tired of Joe & Hunter Biden “weaponizing addiction” as a get-out-of-jail-free card
27) Coordinated Conflict: A Property Rights Perspective on Traffic
28) The Interest Rate Shock Will Blow Up the Government’s Ponzi Game
29) The Drug War’s Banking Blowback
30) Democratic Establishment Seems Ready to Lose with Biden in 2024
31) A Salute to Senator Tommy Tuberville
32) Explaining the Nocebo Effect, Emotional Contagion, and Mass Hysteria
33) A Cycle of Escalating Violence
34) US Says It’s Powerless To Stop The Genocide That It Directly Funds & Supplies
35) In Defense of a Universal Basic Income
36) Unleash the Innovators and Entrepreneurs
37) Sorry, Obama, “We” Aren’t Complicit; It’s You Who Has Blood on Your Hands
38) Of Stopgaps and Ladders
39) Twenty Years to Disaster
40) Why Doesn’t Trump Seem to Care?
41) Just One of the Ways the Media Lies: Looking at the World Through a Straw
42) Vargas Llosa’s Intolerant Liberalism
43) Quantum Vibe, 11/06/23
44) US is barreling toward another war in the Middle East
45) The “Inflection Point” For DeSantis’ Campaign Woes Isn’t What He Thinks
46) A Call for Two, Three, Many Intifadas
47) A Libertarian President? Second Round
48) Why the FTC Should Stop Going after Amazon
49) Student Debt Relief’s Narrow Path
50) Neither Democracy Nor “Union Democracy” are Ideals
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56) EconTalk, 11/06/23
57) TechTank, season 4, episode 11
58) Finding Freedom, episode 410
59) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 11/06/23
60) Free Talk Live, 11/05/23
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1) Iraq: Armed Drones Shot Down Over US Occupation Base
Source: US News & World Report
“Three armed drones were shot down on Tuesday over Erbil airport in northern Iraq, where U.S. forces and other international forces are stationed, in two separate attacks, Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service said in a statement. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attacks, the latest in a series on U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria as tensions soar in the Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war. The defence system at a military base near the airport successfully defended against the drones, the statement said. There were no casualties or damage to infrastructure, a U.S. Defense Department official said.” (11/07/23)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-11-07/armed-drones-shot-down-over-northern-iraqi-airport-where-us-forces-are-based
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2) Ukraine: “Irresponsible” to talk of ending dictatorship now, says Zelenskyy
Source: CNBC
“It’s ‘irresponsible’ to talk of holding elections in wartime, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday. He said discussions on holding a vote in March 2024 were inappropriate when Ukraine is focused on fighting Russia’s invasion. ‘We all understand that now, in wartime, when there are so many challenges, it is absolutely irresponsible to throw the topic of elections into society in a lighthearted and playful way,’ Zelenskyy said in his nightly address. There has been some talk around whether Ukraine, which is operating under martial law, should hold a presidential vote next spring. Kyiv wants to demonstrate its commitment to democratic processes as it looks to join the EU, but there are also deep concerns that a political distraction is the last thing Ukraine needs right now as its fight against Russia hangs in the balance, with little overall progress in retaking territory.” (11/07/23)
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/07/ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine.html
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3) Dog bites man: Disgraced former president tangles with judge, whines about treatment at fraud trial
Source: Reuters
“Donald Trump complained of unfair treatment in defiant and rambling testimony on the witness stand at the civil fraud trial about his New York business on Monday, prompting the judge at one point to threaten to cut his testimony short. … ‘I think this case is a disgrace. Many people are leaving New York because of exactly this kind of thing,’ he said. ‘It’s election interference because you want to keep me in the courthouse.’ … Amid the fireworks, Trump acknowledged that he was involved in some of the documents at the heart of the fraud case, in which New York state lawyers say his company pumped up the value of apartment towers, golf courses and other assets to win better financing terms.” (11/06/23)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/donald-trump-testify-new-york-fraud-case-that-threatens-his-business-2023-11-06/
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4) NY: Protesters stage sit-in demanding ceasefire in Gaza at Statue of Liberty
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“Hundreds of protestors staged a sit-in demonstration at New York’s Statue of Liberty on Monday afternoon demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. About 500 members and supporters of Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City (JVP-NYC) waved flags and banners and sang pro-peace songs, according to a spokesperson for the group. … The protest came the same day as the Palestinian health ministry announced the number of Palestinians killed since 7 October in Gaza surpassed 10,000. More than 1,400 Israelis were killed during the Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the recent conflict and more than 200 hostages taken. On both sides the majority of casualties are civilians.” (11/06/23)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/06/statue-of-liberty-protest-gaza-ceasefire
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5) US Regime Deploys Nuclear Submarine to Middle East
Source: Newsweek
“The Pentagon has further bolstered its naval strike capabilities in the Middle East amid Israel’s war against Palestinian militant group Hamas, with United States Central Command — known as CENTCOM, and responsible for U.S. operations in the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of South Asia — confirming the weekend arrival of a nuclear submarine in the region. CENTCOM posted a rare announcement on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday noting that an Ohio-class nuclear submarine ‘arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility,’ without offering further details regarding the specific location or the name of the vessel in question.” (11/06/23)
https://www.newsweek.com/us-ohio-class-nuclear-submarine-deployed-middle-east-tensions-israel-hamas-1841053
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6) IL: Father of mass shooting suspect stands trial for being father of mass shooting suspect
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“The father of a man charged in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago will stand trial starting Monday accused of helping his teenage son obtain a gun license even after he had threatened violence. Robert Crimo Jr. is charged with seven counts of reckless conduct …. Each count carries a maximum three-year prison term. In 2019, at the age of 19, Crimo III was too young to apply for his own gun license, but he could apply with the sponsorship of a parent or guardian. His father sponsored his application, even though just months earlier a relative reported to police that Crimo III had a collection of knives and had threatened to ‘kill everyone.’ … Defense attorney George Gomez has [correctly] called the charges against Crimo Jr. ‘baseless and unprecedented.'” (11/06/23)
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/06/1210876211/highland-park-shooting-robert-crimo-father-gun-license-application
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7) French regime to give armored vehicles to Lebanese army
Source: Yahoo! News
“France will send dozens of armoured vehicles to the Lebanese army so it can properly carry out patrol missions in the country, France’s defence minister said in remarks published on Monday. Speaking to Lebanon’s L’Orient Le Jour newspaper after a trip to the country, Sebastien Lecornu said it was vital to beef up the Lebanese national army so that it could coordinate well with the United Nations peacekeeping force as tensions mount between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. … France has sought to use its historical relationship with Lebanon to try to defuse tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, but violence has spiked. Some 700 French soldiers are part of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) established in 1978 following violence on the Israel-Lebanon border.” (11/06/23)
https://news.yahoo.com/france-armoured-vehicles-lebanese-army-102702129.html
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8) MI: Peter Meijer, who supported Trump’s impeachment, enters US Senate race
Source: SFGate
“Peter Meijer, a Republican who served one term in Congress before being ousted by voters following a vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump, announced Monday that he will run for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. Meijer joins a field of more than a dozen candidates vying for a seat that’s been held by Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow for more than two decades. Stabenow shocked many in the state in January by announcing her retirement, creating a wide open race in the battleground state. ‘My wife and I prayed hard about this race and how we can best serve our state and our nation. We considered every aspect of the campaign, and are confident we have the best chance of taking back this seat for the Republicans and fighting hard for a conservative future,’ Meijer said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter.” (11/06/23)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/republican-peter-meijer-who-supported-trump-s-18471359.php
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9) Biden to announce $16 billion for Amtrak boondoggles
Source: CNN
“The federal government plans to pump more than $16 billion into improving the nation’s busiest rail line. President Joe Biden is expected to announce the funding at an event in Delaware on Monday. The funding will go into more than two dozen projects along the Northeast Corridor – the Amtrak system that connects cities including Washington, New York and Boston. … The Biden administration said it selected projects including aging bridges and tunnels in need of replacement and said the $16.4 billion includes funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.” (11/06/23)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/06/politics/biden-amtrak-improvements-northeast-corridor/index.html
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10) Tyson Foods recalls US chicken nuggets after metal pieces found
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“American meat processor Tyson Foods says it is recalling around 30,000lb (13,608kg) of chicken nuggets, after metal pieces were found in the product. The firm said the voluntary recall is ‘out of an abundance of caution’. The nuggets were produced at one facility and shipped to distributors in nine US states including Alabama, California and Illinois. The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said it had received one report of a minor oral injury. The FSIS said anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider. The dinosaur-shaped ‘Fun Nuggets’ affected by the recall have a used by date of 4 September 2024. ‘A limited number of consumers have reported they found small, pliable metal pieces in the product, and out of an abundance of caution, the company is recalling this product,’ Tyson said in a statement.” (11/06/23)
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67329750
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11) Minister: Ukrainian regime expects “positive” EU report on membership bid
Source: WIN 98.5 News
“Ukraine expects a ‘positive’ European Union appraisal of its progress on the path towards eventual EU membership in a report due this week, a senior government minister said on Monday, adding that Kyiv had carried out all the reforms required of it. Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna was speaking in an interview with Reuters before the executive EU Commission publishes the report on Wednesday. Kyiv hopes it will recommend that EU leaders decide in December to open formal accession talks with Ukraine. … Membership talks take years as candidates must meet extensive legal and economic criteria before joining. The EU, which now has 27 member states, is also unwilling to take in a country that is at war.” (11/06/23)
https://wincountry.com/2023/11/06/ukraine-expects-positive-eu-report-on-membership-bid-minister/
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12) Top strategists say Biden doesn’t have the numbers to win reelection
Source: New York Post
“Veteran political strategists say President Biden just doesn’t have the numbers to win reelection in 2024 — and they’re floating the idea that the 80-year-old commander-in-chief may not be the Democratic nominee. The stark assessment of the president’s reelection bid comes after a New York Times/Siena College survey showed Biden polling behind former President Donald Trump in key battleground states such as Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Dick Morris, a former adviser to Democratic former President Bill Clinton, told The Post on Tuesday there is ‘no path forward’ for Biden at this point. Morris suggested that the Democratic National Committee may see the writing on the wall and refuse to give Biden delegates, opening the door to other Democrats such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.” (11/06/23)
https://nypost.com/2023/11/06/news/top-strategists-biden-dem-nominee-after-dismal-numbers-battleground-states/
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13) IA: State to pay $10 million to siblings of adopted teen girl who died of starvation in 2017
Source: SFGate
“Iowa will pay $10 million to the siblings of an adopted 16-year-old girl who weighed just 56 pounds (25 kilograms) when she died of starvation in 2017, according to a state board that approved the settlement Monday. Sabrina Ray was severely malnourished when authorities found her body at her home in Perry, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Des Moines. She lived with three other adoptive siblings as well as foster siblings. Her adoptive parents, Misty Jo Bousman Ray and Marc Ray, were convicted of kidnapping and child endangerment in her death and received lengthy prison sentences. Two of Sabrina Ray’s siblings, former foster care children who were also adopted by the Rays, sued the state, claiming authorities failed to protect them from severe physical abuse, torture and neglect. The siblings — identified only by initials in their lawsuit — had pushed for $50 million each but settled for $5 million apiece after mediation.” (11/06/23)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/iowa-to-pay-10-million-to-siblings-of-adopted-18472744.php
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14) China: Regime Allows Ant Group to Release Finance AI Products to Public
Source: Asia Financial [UK]
“Chinese authorities have given Alibaba affiliate Ant Group the green light to release its artificial intelligence (AI) products to the public, a spokesperson for the firm said on Monday. Ant, which is emerging from Beijing’s three-year-long regulatory crackdown, said it has received government approval to release products powered by its ‘Bailing’ AI large language model to the public. The firm had unveiled a finance-specific AI model in September which, it said, had begun closed tests of the two apps on the company’s wealth management and insurance platforms. … Unlike other countries, China requires companies to submit security assessments and wait for official clearance before releasing AI products to the public.” (11/06/23)
https://www.asiafinancial.com/china-allows-ant-group-to-release-finance-ai-products-to-public
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15) Payday Loan Industry Showers GOP Lawmakers With Cash as CFPB Ruling Looms
Source: Common Dreams
“The payday lending industry has donated tens of thousands of dollars to congressional Republicans who backed a lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding structure, a step that would give corporate-friendly GOP lawmakers an opening to gut the agency they’ve been targeting since its creation. A new report by the watchdog group Accountable.US — shared exclusively with Common Dreams — shows that the predatory [sic] payday loan industry gave at least $82,500 to the campaigns of Republican lawmakers who signed an amicus brief supporting the challenge to the CFPB, whose funding comes from the Federal Reserve system rather than annual congressional appropriations. At least five Republicans (including Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee) received a total of $23,400 in campaign contributions from board members of the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) after they signed onto the amicus brief.” (11/06/23)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/predatory-payday-loan-industry-showers-gop-lawmakers-with-cash-as-cfpb-ruling-looms
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16) Short-selling ban sparks biggest rally in Korean stocks since 2020
Source: Yahoo! News
“South Korean stocks soared after the country reimposed a full ban on short-selling, a controversial move that regulators said was needed to stop the illegal use of a trading tactic deployed regularly by hedge funds and other investors around the world. The nearly eight-month ban may help appease retail investors who have complained about the impact of shorting — the selling of borrowed shares by institutional investors — ahead of elections in April, several market watchers said. However, it could deter participation by foreign funds in the $1.7 trillion equity market and complicate Korea’s bid to seek a developed-market status in MSCI Inc.’s indexes. The Kospi ended the day up 5.7% to cap its biggest gain since March 2020 amid a surge in trading volumes.” (11/06/23)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/south-korea-stocks-jump-nation-000548727.html
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17) Oldest black hole discovered, dating back to 470 million years after Big Bang
Source: Associated Press
“Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, a cosmic beast formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang. The findings, published Monday, confirm what until now were theories that supermassive black holes existed at the dawn of the universe. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory teamed up over the past year to make the observations. Given the universe is 13.7 billion years old, that puts the age of this black hole at 13.2 billion years. Even more astounding to scientists, this black hole is a whopper — 10 times bigger than the black hole in our own Milky Way. It’s believed to weigh anywhere from 10% to 100% the mass of all the stars in its galaxy, said lead author Akos Bogdan of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.” (11/06/23)
https://apnews.com/article/oldest-black-hole-nasa-big-bang-810d6494b037217a42d03f61f96f734f
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18) Studies: Marijuana use raises risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke
Source: CNN
“Older adults who don’t smoke tobacco but do use marijuana were at higher risk of both heart attack and stroke when hospitalized, while people who use marijuana daily were 34% more likely to develop heart failure, according to two new non-published studies presented Monday at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia.” (11/06/23)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/06/health/marijuana-heart-stroke-risk-wellness/index.html
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19) IL: Lawmakers scrutinize private school scholarships without test-result data
Source: SFGate
“Critics of an Illinois program providing private school scholarships say there’s no proof it improves academic achievement. But state education officials have never reported the academic performance of participating students as required by the Invest in Kids Act, a hot issue as lawmakers reconvene Tuesday. The five-year-old program expires at year’s end. Supporters want it reauthorized before the General Assembly adjourns for the year on Thursday. Opponents say it’s a drain on public education and want it ended. The Invest in Kids Act requires participants to take the same standardized test as their public-school counterparts each spring to measure their progress and judge the program’s success. Critics led by teachers’ unions wonder where the numbers are. They haven’t been collected.” (11/06/23)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/illinois-lawmakers-scrutinize-private-school-18472831.php
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20) Russia: Regime says it test-fired nuclear-capable Bulava missile from new submarine
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatar state media]
“Russia has said it successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads from one of its submarines. Sunday’s launch comes just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the withdrawal of its ratification of the global nuclear test ban treaty in a move Moscow argued was needed to bring it into line with the United States. … The missile, which the Federation of American Scientists says is designed to carry as many as six nuclear warheads, was launched from an underwater position in the White Sea off Russia’s northern coast and hit a target thousands of kilometres away on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East.” (11/06/23)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/6/russia-says-it-test-fired-nuclear-capable-bulava-missile-from-new-submarine
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21) Religion and Politics and Mike Johnson
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“I’m not concerned with Johnson’s beliefs. In fact, since he’s a politician, I consider it foolish to assume that they bear any resemblance to his claims. For all I know he’s a closet Muslim, a secret atheist, or, most likely, a narcissist who sees God in the mirror when he shaves each morning. His actions, however, are a different story. When Johnson came to Congress, he swore an oath (in defiance of biblical command, by the way — Matthew 5:33-37) to ‘support and defend the Constitution.’ That oath obligates him to certain things even if the Constitution contradicts his interpretation of scripture. If it’s impossible to be true to both, he needs to pick one.” (11/06/23)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/18122
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22) Globalization Is Grrrreat!
Source: Students For Liberty
by Dr. Tom G Palmer
“I’ll use ‘globalization’ more precisely to refer to the diminution or elimination of state-enforced restrictions on exchanges across borders and the increasingly integrated and complex global system of production and exchange that has emerged as a result. … The core policy issue is whether a border should be used to stop transactions that would be allowed if both parties were on the same side of it. Should American wheat farmers be allowed to buy cell phones from people in Finland? Should Ghanian weavers be allowed to sell the shirts and pants they make to German autoworkers? I think that the answer is yes. Opponents of globalization, from the left and the right, from Ralph Nader to Patrick Buchanan and Jean Marie Le Pen, say no.” (11/06/23)
https://studentsforliberty.org/blog/globalization-is-grrrreat/
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23) Response: The Reality Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Source: Liberty International
by Chike Ibewuike
“Tomislav Krsmanovic … offers a perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is based on a philosophical and historical analysis of the situation. He calls for a peaceful and rational solution based on coexistence and mutual respect, and he acknowledges the historical and emotional aspects of both sides, and the right of the Jews to have their own state after centuries of suffering and persecution. I appreciate Tomislav’s sincere and thoughtful attempt to find a common ground and a way forward for both peoples, and I respect his views and opinions. However, I also have some questions and concerns about his article, and I would like to share our perspective on the reality of the conflict, which is based on facts and evidence.” (11/06/23)
https://liberty-intl.org/2023/11/06/response-the-reality-of-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict
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24) Trading Constitutionalism for Bureaucracy
Source: Law & Liberty
by Matt Wolfson
“In eras of unrest, the scope of politics changes, as subjects once considered outside power’s scope get drawn into contests over who holds it. A subtle but significant example of this shift surfaced two months ago in The New York Times, in an opinion article that politicized history without acknowledging that the historical lens it used was far from definitive. The article, titled ‘America is an Empire in Decline. That Doesn’t Mean it Has to Fall’ by political economist John Rapley, used an interpretation of the Roman Empire’s dissolution to endorse policies favored by the Washington establishment. … But recently, a more subversive academic interpretation of Rome’s fall has developed which justifies a very different politics in America: that of constitutionalists, de-centralizers, and believers in reducing the power of the national state.” (11/06/23)
https://lawliberty.org/trading-constitutionalism-for-bureaucracy/
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25) Collective Guilt is An Excuse for Mass Murder
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Kevin McKenzie
“You might ask why innocent Israeli civilians should have been brutally beaten, tortured, kidnapped, and murdered by Hamas for the crimes of the Israeli government. And you’d be correct; they should not have, and that’s the point. … Likewise, Hamas is an evil terrorist organization that does horrific things to innocent people. A principle, however, must be indiscriminate. It is just as evil to kill innocent Palestinians for the crimes of Hamas, real or imagined, as it is for Hamas to kill innocent Israeli civilians for the crimes of the Israeli government, real or imagined.” (11/06/23)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/collective-guilt-is-an-excuse-for-mass-murder/
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26) America is tired of Joe & Hunter Biden “weaponizing addiction” as a get-out-of-jail-free card
Source: New York Post
by Miranda Devine
“People have been sympathetic and indulgent toward Hunter Biden all his life — and maybe that’s part of his problem. Only a heart of stone could fail to ache for the little injured boy who lost his mother and baby sister in a car accident, who was used as a wan, bandaged prop by his power-hungry father for a campaign photograph at his hospital bedside that has underpinned Joe Biden’s political career ever since. But at 53, it’s time to grow up. Hunter’s self-pitying op-ed in USA Today was ridiculous. It was a transparent attempt at misdirection as congressional investigators close in on his father’s financial involvement in the family’s corrupt influence-peddling scheme.” (11/06/23)
https://nypost.com/2023/11/05/opinion/america-is-tired-of-joe-and-hunter-biden-weaponizing-addiction-as-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card/
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27) Coordinated Conflict: A Property Rights Perspective on Traffic
Source: EconLog
by Rosolino Candela
“Given the absence of formal definition in private property over roads, and therefore the ability to price and exchange the use of roads to individuals that value it at a particular time and place the most, we can conclude that if roads are public property, then no one owns the road in the appropriate sense of bearing the full costs and benefits of their decision-making. What economic analysis teaches us is that, in a world of positive transaction costs, non-price mechanisms of coordinating conflict emerge, including custom, habits, and norms to create reliable expectations regarding social interaction. … the meaning attached to the actions of drivers in the NYC area, which an external observer perceives to be disrespectful, is actually an emergent culture, or pattern of meanings, that reduces the transaction costs associated with defining property rights over roads.” (11/06/23)
https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2023/candelatraffic.html
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28) The Interest Rate Shock Will Blow Up the Government’s Ponzi Game
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Thorsten Polleit
“In the international fixed-income markets, interest rates are rising, and the decades-long trend of declining bond yields has undoubtedly been broken. On August 2, 2022, the ten-year United States Treasury yield was 0.5 percent; on October 9, 2023, it had risen to 4.8 percent. Long-term interest rates in Europe, Asia, and Latin America have also risen sharply. The key reason for the rise in capital market interest rates is the central banks’ interest rate hikes — a direct response to sky-high inflation (caused by the central banks themselves, following a huge increase in the quantity of money). … since July 2023 at the latest, long-term interest rates have been rising strongly and unabatedly. Something very fundamental has presumably happened — investors are no longer willing to hold US government debt at ultra-low yields as before.” (11/06/23)
https://mises.org/wire/interest-rate-shock-will-blow-governments-ponzi-game
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29) The Drug War’s Banking Blowback
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“At the end of the great 1988 movie Midnight Run, which stars Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, Grodin hands De Niro a small pouch containing $300,000. How could a small pouch contain so much money? Because it was filled with $1,000 bills. So, where are the $1,000 bills today? They are gone. The feds withdrew them from circulation. The reason? They felt that such large bills were making it easier for drug cartels to transport and hide their money. So, the idea was that by limiting everyone to $100 bills, the cartels would be impeded in their efforts to launder their money. Question for the federal drug warriors: How has that scheme worked out for you all? Because it sure seems to me that the drug trade is still going strong despite the lack of $1,000 bills.” (11/06/23)
https://www.fff.org/2023/11/06/the-drug-wars-banking-blowback/
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30) Democratic Establishment Seems Ready to Lose with Biden in 2024
Source: CounterPunch
by Jeff Cohen
“If you get your news from Biden-protecting outlets (MSNBC is just the most extreme of many), you’ve been warned daily that the Trump movement is preparing to steal the 2024 election. It’s a totally legitimate worry – given that MAGA forces nearly stole the 2020 election. But there’s another totally legitimate worry that Biden-friendly media don’t like to discuss – that Joe Biden is such a weak candidate, he’s likely to lose a fair-and-square election in 2024. And likely to lose even to the discredited, unstable, repeatedly indicted Trump. … Polls have long shown that the Democratic base does not want Biden to run in 2024. But Democratic leaders and officials have ignored the party’s core constituencies.” (11/06/23)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/11/06/democratic-establishment-seems-ready-to-lose-with-biden-in-2024/
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31) A Salute to Senator Tommy Tuberville
Source: Town Hall
by Kurt Schlichter
“Just when conservatives seem bereft of heroes, Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama comes along. He’s doing something that Washington just hates, taking a principled stand in support of a principled position that’s more than just a mere pose. He’s actually imposing a cost on liberal posturing, and it’s driving not only the Democrats but some establishment Republicans up the wall. We should back his play and help the Coach bring it in for the big win. Basically, Senator Tuberville simply refuses to play ball. What happened is that Biden’s puppet masters (Biden makes no decisions himself beyond choosing between watching ‘Matlock’ and ‘Murder, She Wrote’ reruns) told its bemedaled lackeys at the Pentagon to start subsidizing abortion tourism.” (11/06/23)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2023/11/06/a-salute-to-senator-tommy-tuberville-n2630786
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32) Explaining the Nocebo Effect, Emotional Contagion, and Mass Hysteria
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Steve Templeton
“The gory imagery and vivid descriptions of symptoms and pathologies of infectious diseases depicted in my first-year medical school course can have an interesting effect on some medical students. I remember a similar effect in my undergraduate medical microbiology class: Instructor: ‘And the onset of symptoms for this particularly nasty infection is characterized by a stiff neck and …’ Me: (Starts to rub neck). This is known as the nocebo effect — where an expectation or suggestion of a symptom can cause it to appear or worsen.It’s the categorical opposite of the placebo effect, where the expectation of symptomatic improvement leads subjects to report that they have, in fact, improved, even in the absence of actual treatment.” (11/06/23)
https://brownstone.org/articles/explaining-the-nocebo-effect-emotional-contagion-and-mass-hysteria/
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33) A Cycle of Escalating Violence
Source: TomDispatch
by Liz Theoharis
“On September 19, 2001, eight days after 9/11, as the leaders of both parties were already pounding a frenzied drumbeat of war, a diverse group of concerned Americans released a warning about the long-term consequences of a military response. Among them were veteran civil rights activists, faith leaders, and public intellectuals, including Rosa Parks, Harry Belafonte, and Palestinian-American Edward Said. Rare public opponents of the drive to war at the time, they wrote with level-headed clarity: ‘We foresee that a military response would not end the terror. Rather, it would spark a cycle of escalating violence, the loss of innocent lives, and new acts of terrorism’ …. Twenty-three years and more than two wars later, this statement reads as a tragic footnote to America’s Global War on Terror that left an entire region of the planet immiserated.” (11/06/23)
https://tomdispatch.com/roses-dressed-in-black/
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34) US Says It’s Powerless To Stop The Genocide That It Directly Funds & Supplies
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“In a bizarre new article titled ‘White House frustrated by Israel’s onslaught but sees few options,’ The Washington Post reports that the Biden administration believes Israel has gone too far and is killing too many civilians in its assault on Gaza, but are powerless to do anything about it. … All this helpless hand-wringing is exposed for the load of ridiculous bullshit that it plainly is a few paragraphs down in the very same article: ‘Washington is Israel’s largest military backer, and the White House has asked Congress for an additional $14 billion in aid for Israel in the wake of the Hamas attacks. But administration officials and advisers say the levers the United States theoretically has over Israel … are nonstarters, partly because they would be so politically unpopular in any administration and partly because, aides say, Biden himself has a personal attachment to Israel.'” (11/06/23)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2023/11/06/us-says-its-powerless-to-stop-the-genocide-that-it-is-directly-funding-and-supplying/
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35) In Defense of a Universal Basic Income
Source: Bet On It
by Chris Freiman
“I agree with Bryan that the right question to ask about a universal basic income isn’t whether it’s the best possible option but rather whether it’s better than the status quo. If we replaced the current welfare state with a UBI, would that be an improvement? I think it would be. One major advantage of a UBI over the status quo is that it’s better for recipients. To motivate this idea, suppose your employer gives you the following choice: take your annual $1,000 bonus in cash or receive free lunches at the office with a total value of $1,000. Surely you’d take the bonus in cash. Why? Because if you want the lunches, you can use the cash to buy them. And if you don’t want the lunches, you can use the cash to buy something else.” (11/06/23)
https://betonit.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-a-universal-basic-income
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36) Unleash the Innovators and Entrepreneurs
Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders
“When discussing systems, we sometimes want to talk about ideal systems, even as we live in unideal systems. For example, as I explained above, I think entrepreneurial markets should exist in a more robust common-law system, particularly with jurists applying the law of torts. That implies that entrepreneurial activity should not injure others. But if it does, the injuring party should cease and desist and pay damages. Yet most of our statute laws and regulations enable large incumbents to comply with said laws and regs, which allows them to evade responsibility or liability — all while restricting upstarts. In such cases, we comply with federal regulations, which sometimes means we can legally dump into the river or the sky. In a loose, crony capitalist statutory regime, like the US, corporations get away with this stuff all the time. They use the regulations to maintain their incumbency.” (11/06/23)
https://underthrow.substack.com/p/unleash-the-innovators-and-entrepreneurs
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37) Sorry, Obama, “We” Aren’t Complicit; It’s You Who Has Blood on Your Hands
Source: Newsweek
by Liel Leibovitz
“In 1953, the Swiss novelist Max Frisch published a play called ‘The Arsonists’. It’s a pitch dark comedy about a small town ravaged by a group of maniacs disguised as traveling salesmen, who sweet-talk their way into people’s homes and then set them on fire. Its protagonist is a dolt called Biedermann (bieder meaning German for honest, respectable, and upright). He’s aware of the danger, and yet, when the arsonists knock, he lets them in. The tragedy, Frisch argues, is that he almost has no other choice: The arsonists are such smooth talkers that it’s easy, when listening to them, to ignore the large drums of kerosene and the matches they’re holding in their hands. I thought of The Arsonists this week when I heard snippets of a podcast interview featuring former president Barack Obama on the Middle East.” (11/06/23)
https://www.newsweek.com/sorry-obama-we-arent-complicit-its-you-who-has-blood-your-hands-opinion-1841012
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38) Of Stopgaps and Ladders
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“‘By law, we have one job,’ Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) asserted the last time he opposed the ‘continuing resolution’ (CR) on the federal budget. What is that ‘one job?’ It is ‘to pass twelve appropriations bills and a budget. We aren’t doing that, which is why we are $33 trillion in debt.’ … To prevent a shutdown, but also not fall back into the usual iterations of the continuing resolutions, the new House Speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson (R.-La.) has floated the idea of a ‘laddered’ CR. According to The Epoch Times, this plan ‘would spread the due dates over a period of time rather than having all the bills come due at once.’ Think of it as an ultra-weak echo of the responsible budgeting process.” (11/06/23)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2023/11/06/of-stopgaps-and-ladders/
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39) Twenty Years to Disaster
Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille
“For decades, budgetary experts have warned that the U.S. federal government is backing itself — and the country — into a corner with expenditures that consistently exceed revenues, driving the national debt ever higher. The latest red flag is raised by the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), which says that the federal government has no more than 20 years to mend its ways, after which time it will be too late to remedy the situation.” (11/06/23)
https://reason.com/2023/11/06/20-years-to-disaster/
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40) Why Doesn’t Trump Seem to Care?
Source: The American Conservative
by Peter Van Buren
“Trump looks like a man who simply does not care what happens with the current trials, or any of the others upcoming. He is both convinced the system is fully unfair and equally aware that the more trouble he seems to get into the faster his poll numbers rise. Each courtroom defeat, small and procedural or a full-on guilty verdict, simply fans the flames for rally crowds. The cash penalties levied by Engoron and Chutkan for violating gag orders have little meaning. But Trump actually being jailed for violating a gag order would grant him official martyr status.” (11/06/23)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-doesnt-trump-seem-to-care/
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41) Just One of the Ways the Media Lies: Looking at the World Through a Straw
Source: Common Dreams
by Robert Freeman
“The mainstream media lie to us every day. This is especially pernicious in the present case of Gaza. And the lying is not accidental or incidental. It is intentional, pervasive, relentless, and reckless. It’s one of the reasons U.S. foreign policy so often results in failure: it is so often premised on lies. I call this phenomenon ‘Looking at the World Through a Straw.’ Here’s how it works. Imagine you’re looking at a photo of a man being measured for height. There he is in his undershirt, back against the wall, the ruler painted on the wall next to him. The nurse is dutifully taking notes on a clipboard. He’s 5’10” tall. Photos don’t lie, right? But what you didn’t see in the photo was that the man was standing on a small stool. The stool is 6″ tall.” (11/06/23)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/media-failures-gaza
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42) Vargas Llosa’s Intolerant Liberalism
Source: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
by Christopher Owen
“Mario Vargas Llosa is among the most acclaimed novelists of our time. Well-read, widely traveled, and a marquess, he epitomizes the cosmopolitan globalist. His achievements in fiction are beyond dispute. His subtle narration of historical events told from distinct points of view in The Feast of the Goat, for example, demonstrates a keen understanding of the intricacies of historical experience. Such novels as The Time of the Hero, The War of the End of the World, and Conversation in the Cathedral have received sweeping praise from critics, and in 2012 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Yet The Call of the Tribe, Vargas Llosa’s intellectual memoir, shows he is better at writing fiction than biography and better at writing biography than political theory.” (11/06/23)
https://isi.org/modern-age/vargas-llosas-intolerant-liberalism/
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43) Quantum Vibe, 11/06/23
Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser
Cartoon. (11/06/23)
https://quantumvibe.com/strip?page=2451
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44) US is barreling toward another war in the Middle East
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Jonathan Hoffman
“The United States is barreling toward another war in the Middle East. The conflict between Israel and Hamas is rapidly escalating across the region and risks dragging the United States directly into the fray. The recent barrage of ballistic missiles and drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi movement at Israel — coupled with a statement by the group that such attacks will continue — and the continued attacks on U.S. positions in the region show this conflict is expanding fast. The United States now finds itself on a new war footing with Iran and its regional partners, whom many in Congress have cast as part of a new ‘Axis of Evil’ that includes Russia and China. The Biden administration is preparing for such a scenario, yet adequate measures are not being taken by Washington to prevent such a disaster from transpiring.” (11/06/23)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-middle-east/
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45) The “Inflection Point” For DeSantis’ Campaign Woes Isn’t What He Thinks
Source: The Federalist
by Mollie Hemingway
“Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was asked by ‘Meet the Press’ host and Democrat activist Kristen Welker whether he thought ‘the former president’s legal troubles are the reason that you’re still in this race.’ The nation’s most influential and successful governor answered, ‘[H]ad Alvin Bragg not politicized this back in April, I think probably the primary would be looking different. I mean, I think that that gave the former president more support. I think people felt that he was being treated unfairly, which he was, in that circumstance.’ He added, ‘[T]hat, I think, has been a very important inflection point in this, because it highlights the weaponization of justice by some of these left-wing prosecutors. But here’s the thing, ultimately: It’s not about the past. It’s not about all these other issues.'” (11/06/23)
https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/06/the-inflection-point-for-desantis-campaign-woes-isnt-what-he-thinks/
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46) A Call for Two, Three, Many Intifadas
Source: exile in happy valley
by Nicky Reid
“The Gaza Strip has gone from a prison to graveyard this fall, and the numbers are startling. Since Hamas pulled off a barbaric massacre that apparently everyone but Benjamin Netanyahu saw coming, Israel has stepped up its own barbarism against the people of Gaza to unprecedented levels and turned the month of October into a blood harvest straight out of a Stephen King novel. … There is a word for this genre of non-fiction horror, it’s called genocide, and we all need to start fucking saying it out loud. That word is no longer just a post-colonial theory or a clever historical allegory, it is a stone-cold analytical fact that no one with a functioning brain can afford to deny without being considered complicit in this unfolding tragedy.” (11/05/23)
https://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-call-for-two-three-many-intifadas.html
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47) A Libertarian President? Second Round
Source: Liberty
by Robert H Miller
“[Argentina’s g]eneral election rules stipulate that a candidate must receive a simple majority. … Javier Milei, the libertarian (profiled on September 23 in these pages), who had been the frontrunner — by a hefty margin; Patricia Bullrich, candidate of the Together for Change center-right free market coalition; and Sergio Massa of the ruling Peronists. Bullrich, who only received 24% of the votes, is now out. A runoff between Milei and Massa is scheduled for November 19. What happened? Taking a page from the playbooks of Letitia James, Jack Smith, and other anti-Trump prosecutors, Argentine federal prosecutor Fernando Picardi — at the behest of Peronist President Alberto Fernandez — launched a criminal case against Milei on October 13 (only nine days before the general election), accusing him of inciting public fear, of trying to scare the public, and asserting that his actions were ‘a severe affront to the democratic system.'” (11/05/23)
https://libertyunbound.com/a-libertarian-president-second-round/
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48) Why the FTC Should Stop Going after Amazon
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Kimberlee Josephson
“The global e-commerce market is growing at an impressive rate. Amazon is undoubtedly the sector’s leader with a roughly 37 percent market share, but new competition is always on the rise. Sites like AliExpress (China), Rakuten (Japan), and Flipkart (India) are just a few of the new e-commerce platforms attracting attention and new shoppers. Temu and Shein, both based in China, are the leading contenders encroaching upon Amazon’s target market, and these firms are finding that Americans will easily switch shopping sites when the price is right. In fact, online traffic has been dropping for Amazon as a substantial number of mobile buyers migrate to other sites. Temu and Shein are now the most downloaded shopping apps worldwide. Amazon’s biggest battle, however, isn’t with its new rivals. It is with its own government.” (11/05/23)
https://fee.org/articles/why-the-ftc-should-stop-going-after-amazon/
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49) Student Debt Relief’s Narrow Path
Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen
“The Biden administration promised not to give up on debt cancellation after the Supreme Court rejected their first attempt. They promised that a new system of income-driven repayment (IDR) would mitigate the return of student loan payments. We’re now several weeks into both of those projects, enough time to make some early assessments. The scope for debt cancellation has narrowed, and the savior that IDR was supposed to become has thus far not delivered as advertised. Still, the Education Department is cobbling together a framework for student loans that would be a real improvement, if it follows things through to their logical conclusion. A week ago, the Education Department released a draft set of rules for student debt relief, arising out of the negotiated rulemaking process under the Higher Education Act.” (11/06/23)
https://prospect.org/education/2023-11-06-student-debt-reliefs-narrow-path/
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50) Neither Democracy Nor “Union Democracy” are Ideals
Source: American Institute for Economic Research
by Gary M Galles
“Currently, you can get lots of hits if you search ‘what is wrong with politics.’ Many suggested answers reflect a long-standing central tenet of progressivism that more democracy is the solution. As Woodrow Wilson wrote, when ‘something intervenes between the people and the government … thrust aside the something that comes in the way.’ That has led to ‘democratic’ being applied to whatever is politically approved of and ‘undemocratic’ for something being opposed. Unfortunately, majority determination is entirely consistent with choices that destroy liberty. America’s Founders said so plainly. And the contractions of individual liberty that have accompanied “progressive” expansions of democracy in America demonstrate that lesson to anyone willing to pay attention.” (11/05/23)
https://www.aier.org/article/neither-democracy-nor-union-democracy-are-ideals/
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51) Reason Roundtable, 11/06/23
Source: Reason
“No Malarkey: Even Democrats Think Biden Is Too Old.” (11/06/23)
https://reason.com/podcast/2023/11/06/no-malarkey-even-democrats-think-biden-is-too-old/
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52) Rising, 11/06/23
Source: The Hill
“Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to polling that shows former President Trump is ahead of President Joe Biden in several battleground states.” (11/06/23)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/4295373-rising-november-6-2023/
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53) Conflicts of Interest, episode 495
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Israel Is Destroying Gaza, But Not Hamas.” (11/06/23)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/kyle/coi-495-israel-is-destroying-gaza-but-not-hamas/
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54) My History Can Beat Up Your Politics, 11/06/23
Source: My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
“Move My Bill! A History of Discharge Petitions.” (11/06/23)
https://myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.wordpress.com/2023/11/06/move-my-bill-a-history-of-discharge-petitions/
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55) The Bryan Hyde Show, 11/06/23
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in Biden v. Missouri, a case which challenges government censorship. As Ben Terangi explains, this may be the most important free speech case in American history.” (11/06/23)
https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-4nby5-14ef43a
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56) EconTalk, 11/06/23
Source: EconTalk
“Zach Weinersmith on Space Settlement and A City on Mars.” (11/06/23)
https://www.econtalk.org/zach-weinersmith-on-space-settlement-and-a-city-on-mars/
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57) TechTank, season 4, episode 11
Source: Brookings Institution
“How AI Will Affect the 2024 Elections.” (11/06/23)
https://shows.acast.com/tech-tank/episodes/how-ai-will-affect-the-2024-elections
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58) Finding Freedom, episode 410
Source: Lions of Liberty
“Gven Sariol — Using Crypto to Break Free.” (11/06/23)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/gven-sariol-using-crypto-to-break-free
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59) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 11/06/23
Source: Antiwar.com
“US Official: Israel Not Close to Destroying Hamas, US Broaches Idea of Ukraine Peace Talks, and More.” (11/06/23)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqoR8f8j8Do
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60) Free Talk Live, 11/05/23
Source: Free Talk Live
“Naked man fights cop steals patrol vehicle :: FedSmoker’s videos :: Poo stick and cup ‘o’ dice :: Gun control attempt in NH :: Holding In Your Poo At Work Is Bad For You :: Man arrested for $8.5 million worth of shrooms :: Chicago’s Solution to Its Failing School System :: The $18 Big Mac has arrived :: 2023-11-05 Hosts: Captain Kickass, Steve Classic, Nikki.” (11/05/23)
https://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/free-talk-live-2023-11-05
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1) Iraq: Armed Drones Shot Down Over US Occupation Base
2) Ukraine: “Irresponsible” to talk of ending dictatorship now, says Zelenskyy
3) Dog bites man: Disgraced former president tangles with judge, whines about treatment at fraud trial
4) NY: Protesters stage sit-in demanding ceasefire in Gaza at Statue of Liberty
5) US Regime Deploys Nuclear Submarine to Middle East
6) IL: Father of mass shooting suspect stands trial for being father of mass shooting suspect
7) French regime to give armored vehicles to Lebanese army
8) MI: Peter Meijer, who supported Trump’s impeachment, enters US Senate race
9) Biden to announce $16 billion for Amtrak boondoggles
10) Tyson Foods recalls US chicken nuggets after metal pieces found
11) Minister: Ukrainian regime expects “positive” EU report on membership bid
12) Top strategists say Biden doesn’t have the numbers to win reelection
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15) Payday Loan Industry Showers GOP Lawmakers With Cash as CFPB Ruling Looms
16) Short-selling ban sparks biggest rally in Korean stocks since 2020
17) Oldest black hole discovered, dating back to 470 million years after Big Bang
18) Studies: Marijuana use raises risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke
19) IL: Lawmakers scrutinize private school scholarships without test-result data
20) Russia: Regime says it test-fired nuclear-capable Bulava missile from new submarine
Today's Freedom Commentary:
21) Religion and Politics and Mike Johnson
22) Globalization Is Grrrreat!
23) Response: The Reality Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
24) Trading Constitutionalism for Bureaucracy
25) Collective Guilt is An Excuse for Mass Murder
26) America is tired of Joe & Hunter Biden “weaponizing addiction” as a get-out-of-jail-free card
27) Coordinated Conflict: A Property Rights Perspective on Traffic
28) The Interest Rate Shock Will Blow Up the Government’s Ponzi Game
29) The Drug War’s Banking Blowback
30) Democratic Establishment Seems Ready to Lose with Biden in 2024
31) A Salute to Senator Tommy Tuberville
32) Explaining the Nocebo Effect, Emotional Contagion, and Mass Hysteria
33) A Cycle of Escalating Violence
34) US Says It’s Powerless To Stop The Genocide That It Directly Funds & Supplies
35) In Defense of a Universal Basic Income
36) Unleash the Innovators and Entrepreneurs
37) Sorry, Obama, “We” Aren’t Complicit; It’s You Who Has Blood on Your Hands
38) Of Stopgaps and Ladders
39) Twenty Years to Disaster
40) Why Doesn’t Trump Seem to Care?
41) Just One of the Ways the Media Lies: Looking at the World Through a Straw
42) Vargas Llosa’s Intolerant Liberalism
43) Quantum Vibe, 11/06/23
44) US is barreling toward another war in the Middle East
45) The “Inflection Point” For DeSantis’ Campaign Woes Isn’t What He Thinks
46) A Call for Two, Three, Many Intifadas
47) A Libertarian President? Second Round
48) Why the FTC Should Stop Going after Amazon
49) Student Debt Relief’s Narrow Path
50) Neither Democracy Nor “Union Democracy” are Ideals
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1) Iraq: Armed Drones Shot Down Over US Occupation Base
Source: US News & World Report
“Three armed drones were shot down on Tuesday over Erbil airport in northern Iraq, where U.S. forces and other international forces are stationed, in two separate attacks, Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service said in a statement. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attacks, the latest in a series on U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria as tensions soar in the Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war. The defence system at a military base near the airport successfully defended against the drones, the statement said. There were no casualties or damage to infrastructure, a U.S. Defense Department official said.” (11/07/23)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-11-07/armed-drones-shot-down-over-northern-iraqi-airport-where-us-forces-are-based
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2) Ukraine: “Irresponsible” to talk of ending dictatorship now, says Zelenskyy
Source: CNBC
“It’s ‘irresponsible’ to talk of holding elections in wartime, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday. He said discussions on holding a vote in March 2024 were inappropriate when Ukraine is focused on fighting Russia’s invasion. ‘We all understand that now, in wartime, when there are so many challenges, it is absolutely irresponsible to throw the topic of elections into society in a lighthearted and playful way,’ Zelenskyy said in his nightly address. There has been some talk around whether Ukraine, which is operating under martial law, should hold a presidential vote next spring. Kyiv wants to demonstrate its commitment to democratic processes as it looks to join the EU, but there are also deep concerns that a political distraction is the last thing Ukraine needs right now as its fight against Russia hangs in the balance, with little overall progress in retaking territory.” (11/07/23)
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/07/ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine.html
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3) Dog bites man: Disgraced former president tangles with judge, whines about treatment at fraud trial
Source: Reuters
“Donald Trump complained of unfair treatment in defiant and rambling testimony on the witness stand at the civil fraud trial about his New York business on Monday, prompting the judge at one point to threaten to cut his testimony short. … ‘I think this case is a disgrace. Many people are leaving New York because of exactly this kind of thing,’ he said. ‘It’s election interference because you want to keep me in the courthouse.’ … Amid the fireworks, Trump acknowledged that he was involved in some of the documents at the heart of the fraud case, in which New York state lawyers say his company pumped up the value of apartment towers, golf courses and other assets to win better financing terms.” (11/06/23)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/donald-trump-testify-new-york-fraud-case-that-threatens-his-business-2023-11-06/
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4) NY: Protesters stage sit-in demanding ceasefire in Gaza at Statue of Liberty
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“Hundreds of protestors staged a sit-in demonstration at New York’s Statue of Liberty on Monday afternoon demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. About 500 members and supporters of Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City (JVP-NYC) waved flags and banners and sang pro-peace songs, according to a spokesperson for the group. … The protest came the same day as the Palestinian health ministry announced the number of Palestinians killed since 7 October in Gaza surpassed 10,000. More than 1,400 Israelis were killed during the Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the recent conflict and more than 200 hostages taken. On both sides the majority of casualties are civilians.” (11/06/23)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/06/statue-of-liberty-protest-gaza-ceasefire
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5) US Regime Deploys Nuclear Submarine to Middle East
Source: Newsweek
“The Pentagon has further bolstered its naval strike capabilities in the Middle East amid Israel’s war against Palestinian militant group Hamas, with United States Central Command — known as CENTCOM, and responsible for U.S. operations in the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of South Asia — confirming the weekend arrival of a nuclear submarine in the region. CENTCOM posted a rare announcement on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday noting that an Ohio-class nuclear submarine ‘arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility,’ without offering further details regarding the specific location or the name of the vessel in question.” (11/06/23)
https://www.newsweek.com/us-ohio-class-nuclear-submarine-deployed-middle-east-tensions-israel-hamas-1841053
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6) IL: Father of mass shooting suspect stands trial for being father of mass shooting suspect
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“The father of a man charged in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago will stand trial starting Monday accused of helping his teenage son obtain a gun license even after he had threatened violence. Robert Crimo Jr. is charged with seven counts of reckless conduct …. Each count carries a maximum three-year prison term. In 2019, at the age of 19, Crimo III was too young to apply for his own gun license, but he could apply with the sponsorship of a parent or guardian. His father sponsored his application, even though just months earlier a relative reported to police that Crimo III had a collection of knives and had threatened to ‘kill everyone.’ … Defense attorney George Gomez has [correctly] called the charges against Crimo Jr. ‘baseless and unprecedented.'” (11/06/23)
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/06/1210876211/highland-park-shooting-robert-crimo-father-gun-license-application
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7) French regime to give armored vehicles to Lebanese army
Source: Yahoo! News
“France will send dozens of armoured vehicles to the Lebanese army so it can properly carry out patrol missions in the country, France’s defence minister said in remarks published on Monday. Speaking to Lebanon’s L’Orient Le Jour newspaper after a trip to the country, Sebastien Lecornu said it was vital to beef up the Lebanese national army so that it could coordinate well with the United Nations peacekeeping force as tensions mount between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. … France has sought to use its historical relationship with Lebanon to try to defuse tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, but violence has spiked. Some 700 French soldiers are part of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) established in 1978 following violence on the Israel-Lebanon border.” (11/06/23)
https://news.yahoo.com/france-armoured-vehicles-lebanese-army-102702129.html
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8) MI: Peter Meijer, who supported Trump’s impeachment, enters US Senate race
Source: SFGate
“Peter Meijer, a Republican who served one term in Congress before being ousted by voters following a vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump, announced Monday that he will run for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. Meijer joins a field of more than a dozen candidates vying for a seat that’s been held by Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow for more than two decades. Stabenow shocked many in the state in January by announcing her retirement, creating a wide open race in the battleground state. ‘My wife and I prayed hard about this race and how we can best serve our state and our nation. We considered every aspect of the campaign, and are confident we have the best chance of taking back this seat for the Republicans and fighting hard for a conservative future,’ Meijer said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter.” (11/06/23)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/republican-peter-meijer-who-supported-trump-s-18471359.php
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9) Biden to announce $16 billion for Amtrak boondoggles
Source: CNN
“The federal government plans to pump more than $16 billion into improving the nation’s busiest rail line. President Joe Biden is expected to announce the funding at an event in Delaware on Monday. The funding will go into more than two dozen projects along the Northeast Corridor – the Amtrak system that connects cities including Washington, New York and Boston. … The Biden administration said it selected projects including aging bridges and tunnels in need of replacement and said the $16.4 billion includes funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.” (11/06/23)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/06/politics/biden-amtrak-improvements-northeast-corridor/index.html
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10) Tyson Foods recalls US chicken nuggets after metal pieces found
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“American meat processor Tyson Foods says it is recalling around 30,000lb (13,608kg) of chicken nuggets, after metal pieces were found in the product. The firm said the voluntary recall is ‘out of an abundance of caution’. The nuggets were produced at one facility and shipped to distributors in nine US states including Alabama, California and Illinois. The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said it had received one report of a minor oral injury. The FSIS said anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider. The dinosaur-shaped ‘Fun Nuggets’ affected by the recall have a used by date of 4 September 2024. ‘A limited number of consumers have reported they found small, pliable metal pieces in the product, and out of an abundance of caution, the company is recalling this product,’ Tyson said in a statement.” (11/06/23)
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67329750
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11) Minister: Ukrainian regime expects “positive” EU report on membership bid
Source: WIN 98.5 News
“Ukraine expects a ‘positive’ European Union appraisal of its progress on the path towards eventual EU membership in a report due this week, a senior government minister said on Monday, adding that Kyiv had carried out all the reforms required of it. Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna was speaking in an interview with Reuters before the executive EU Commission publishes the report on Wednesday. Kyiv hopes it will recommend that EU leaders decide in December to open formal accession talks with Ukraine. … Membership talks take years as candidates must meet extensive legal and economic criteria before joining. The EU, which now has 27 member states, is also unwilling to take in a country that is at war.” (11/06/23)
https://wincountry.com/2023/11/06/ukraine-expects-positive-eu-report-on-membership-bid-minister/
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12) Top strategists say Biden doesn’t have the numbers to win reelection
Source: New York Post
“Veteran political strategists say President Biden just doesn’t have the numbers to win reelection in 2024 — and they’re floating the idea that the 80-year-old commander-in-chief may not be the Democratic nominee. The stark assessment of the president’s reelection bid comes after a New York Times/Siena College survey showed Biden polling behind former President Donald Trump in key battleground states such as Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Dick Morris, a former adviser to Democratic former President Bill Clinton, told The Post on Tuesday there is ‘no path forward’ for Biden at this point. Morris suggested that the Democratic National Committee may see the writing on the wall and refuse to give Biden delegates, opening the door to other Democrats such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.” (11/06/23)
https://nypost.com/2023/11/06/news/top-strategists-biden-dem-nominee-after-dismal-numbers-battleground-states/
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13) IA: State to pay $10 million to siblings of adopted teen girl who died of starvation in 2017
Source: SFGate
“Iowa will pay $10 million to the siblings of an adopted 16-year-old girl who weighed just 56 pounds (25 kilograms) when she died of starvation in 2017, according to a state board that approved the settlement Monday. Sabrina Ray was severely malnourished when authorities found her body at her home in Perry, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Des Moines. She lived with three other adoptive siblings as well as foster siblings. Her adoptive parents, Misty Jo Bousman Ray and Marc Ray, were convicted of kidnapping and child endangerment in her death and received lengthy prison sentences. Two of Sabrina Ray’s siblings, former foster care children who were also adopted by the Rays, sued the state, claiming authorities failed to protect them from severe physical abuse, torture and neglect. The siblings — identified only by initials in their lawsuit — had pushed for $50 million each but settled for $5 million apiece after mediation.” (11/06/23)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/iowa-to-pay-10-million-to-siblings-of-adopted-18472744.php
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14) China: Regime Allows Ant Group to Release Finance AI Products to Public
Source: Asia Financial [UK]
“Chinese authorities have given Alibaba affiliate Ant Group the green light to release its artificial intelligence (AI) products to the public, a spokesperson for the firm said on Monday. Ant, which is emerging from Beijing’s three-year-long regulatory crackdown, said it has received government approval to release products powered by its ‘Bailing’ AI large language model to the public. The firm had unveiled a finance-specific AI model in September which, it said, had begun closed tests of the two apps on the company’s wealth management and insurance platforms. … Unlike other countries, China requires companies to submit security assessments and wait for official clearance before releasing AI products to the public.” (11/06/23)
https://www.asiafinancial.com/china-allows-ant-group-to-release-finance-ai-products-to-public
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15) Payday Loan Industry Showers GOP Lawmakers With Cash as CFPB Ruling Looms
Source: Common Dreams
“The payday lending industry has donated tens of thousands of dollars to congressional Republicans who backed a lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding structure, a step that would give corporate-friendly GOP lawmakers an opening to gut the agency they’ve been targeting since its creation. A new report by the watchdog group Accountable.US — shared exclusively with Common Dreams — shows that the predatory [sic] payday loan industry gave at least $82,500 to the campaigns of Republican lawmakers who signed an amicus brief supporting the challenge to the CFPB, whose funding comes from the Federal Reserve system rather than annual congressional appropriations. At least five Republicans (including Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee) received a total of $23,400 in campaign contributions from board members of the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) after they signed onto the amicus brief.” (11/06/23)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/predatory-payday-loan-industry-showers-gop-lawmakers-with-cash-as-cfpb-ruling-looms
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16) Short-selling ban sparks biggest rally in Korean stocks since 2020
Source: Yahoo! News
“South Korean stocks soared after the country reimposed a full ban on short-selling, a controversial move that regulators said was needed to stop the illegal use of a trading tactic deployed regularly by hedge funds and other investors around the world. The nearly eight-month ban may help appease retail investors who have complained about the impact of shorting — the selling of borrowed shares by institutional investors — ahead of elections in April, several market watchers said. However, it could deter participation by foreign funds in the $1.7 trillion equity market and complicate Korea’s bid to seek a developed-market status in MSCI Inc.’s indexes. The Kospi ended the day up 5.7% to cap its biggest gain since March 2020 amid a surge in trading volumes.” (11/06/23)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/south-korea-stocks-jump-nation-000548727.html
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17) Oldest black hole discovered, dating back to 470 million years after Big Bang
Source: Associated Press
“Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, a cosmic beast formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang. The findings, published Monday, confirm what until now were theories that supermassive black holes existed at the dawn of the universe. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory teamed up over the past year to make the observations. Given the universe is 13.7 billion years old, that puts the age of this black hole at 13.2 billion years. Even more astounding to scientists, this black hole is a whopper — 10 times bigger than the black hole in our own Milky Way. It’s believed to weigh anywhere from 10% to 100% the mass of all the stars in its galaxy, said lead author Akos Bogdan of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.” (11/06/23)
https://apnews.com/article/oldest-black-hole-nasa-big-bang-810d6494b037217a42d03f61f96f734f
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18) Studies: Marijuana use raises risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke
Source: CNN
“Older adults who don’t smoke tobacco but do use marijuana were at higher risk of both heart attack and stroke when hospitalized, while people who use marijuana daily were 34% more likely to develop heart failure, according to two new non-published studies presented Monday at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia.” (11/06/23)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/06/health/marijuana-heart-stroke-risk-wellness/index.html
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19) IL: Lawmakers scrutinize private school scholarships without test-result data
Source: SFGate
“Critics of an Illinois program providing private school scholarships say there’s no proof it improves academic achievement. But state education officials have never reported the academic performance of participating students as required by the Invest in Kids Act, a hot issue as lawmakers reconvene Tuesday. The five-year-old program expires at year’s end. Supporters want it reauthorized before the General Assembly adjourns for the year on Thursday. Opponents say it’s a drain on public education and want it ended. The Invest in Kids Act requires participants to take the same standardized test as their public-school counterparts each spring to measure their progress and judge the program’s success. Critics led by teachers’ unions wonder where the numbers are. They haven’t been collected.” (11/06/23)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/illinois-lawmakers-scrutinize-private-school-18472831.php
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20) Russia: Regime says it test-fired nuclear-capable Bulava missile from new submarine
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatar state media]
“Russia has said it successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads from one of its submarines. Sunday’s launch comes just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the withdrawal of its ratification of the global nuclear test ban treaty in a move Moscow argued was needed to bring it into line with the United States. … The missile, which the Federation of American Scientists says is designed to carry as many as six nuclear warheads, was launched from an underwater position in the White Sea off Russia’s northern coast and hit a target thousands of kilometres away on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East.” (11/06/23)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/6/russia-says-it-test-fired-nuclear-capable-bulava-missile-from-new-submarine
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21) Religion and Politics and Mike Johnson
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“I’m not concerned with Johnson’s beliefs. In fact, since he’s a politician, I consider it foolish to assume that they bear any resemblance to his claims. For all I know he’s a closet Muslim, a secret atheist, or, most likely, a narcissist who sees God in the mirror when he shaves each morning. His actions, however, are a different story. When Johnson came to Congress, he swore an oath (in defiance of biblical command, by the way — Matthew 5:33-37) to ‘support and defend the Constitution.’ That oath obligates him to certain things even if the Constitution contradicts his interpretation of scripture. If it’s impossible to be true to both, he needs to pick one.” (11/06/23)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/18122
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22) Globalization Is Grrrreat!
Source: Students For Liberty
by Dr. Tom G Palmer
“I’ll use ‘globalization’ more precisely to refer to the diminution or elimination of state-enforced restrictions on exchanges across borders and the increasingly integrated and complex global system of production and exchange that has emerged as a result. … The core policy issue is whether a border should be used to stop transactions that would be allowed if both parties were on the same side of it. Should American wheat farmers be allowed to buy cell phones from people in Finland? Should Ghanian weavers be allowed to sell the shirts and pants they make to German autoworkers? I think that the answer is yes. Opponents of globalization, from the left and the right, from Ralph Nader to Patrick Buchanan and Jean Marie Le Pen, say no.” (11/06/23)
https://studentsforliberty.org/blog/globalization-is-grrrreat/
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23) Response: The Reality Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Source: Liberty International
by Chike Ibewuike
“Tomislav Krsmanovic … offers a perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is based on a philosophical and historical analysis of the situation. He calls for a peaceful and rational solution based on coexistence and mutual respect, and he acknowledges the historical and emotional aspects of both sides, and the right of the Jews to have their own state after centuries of suffering and persecution. I appreciate Tomislav’s sincere and thoughtful attempt to find a common ground and a way forward for both peoples, and I respect his views and opinions. However, I also have some questions and concerns about his article, and I would like to share our perspective on the reality of the conflict, which is based on facts and evidence.” (11/06/23)
https://liberty-intl.org/2023/11/06/response-the-reality-of-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict
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24) Trading Constitutionalism for Bureaucracy
Source: Law & Liberty
by Matt Wolfson
“In eras of unrest, the scope of politics changes, as subjects once considered outside power’s scope get drawn into contests over who holds it. A subtle but significant example of this shift surfaced two months ago in The New York Times, in an opinion article that politicized history without acknowledging that the historical lens it used was far from definitive. The article, titled ‘America is an Empire in Decline. That Doesn’t Mean it Has to Fall’ by political economist John Rapley, used an interpretation of the Roman Empire’s dissolution to endorse policies favored by the Washington establishment. … But recently, a more subversive academic interpretation of Rome’s fall has developed which justifies a very different politics in America: that of constitutionalists, de-centralizers, and believers in reducing the power of the national state.” (11/06/23)
https://lawliberty.org/trading-constitutionalism-for-bureaucracy/
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25) Collective Guilt is An Excuse for Mass Murder
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Kevin McKenzie
“You might ask why innocent Israeli civilians should have been brutally beaten, tortured, kidnapped, and murdered by Hamas for the crimes of the Israeli government. And you’d be correct; they should not have, and that’s the point. … Likewise, Hamas is an evil terrorist organization that does horrific things to innocent people. A principle, however, must be indiscriminate. It is just as evil to kill innocent Palestinians for the crimes of Hamas, real or imagined, as it is for Hamas to kill innocent Israeli civilians for the crimes of the Israeli government, real or imagined.” (11/06/23)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/collective-guilt-is-an-excuse-for-mass-murder/
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26) America is tired of Joe & Hunter Biden “weaponizing addiction” as a get-out-of-jail-free card
Source: New York Post
by Miranda Devine
“People have been sympathetic and indulgent toward Hunter Biden all his life — and maybe that’s part of his problem. Only a heart of stone could fail to ache for the little injured boy who lost his mother and baby sister in a car accident, who was used as a wan, bandaged prop by his power-hungry father for a campaign photograph at his hospital bedside that has underpinned Joe Biden’s political career ever since. But at 53, it’s time to grow up. Hunter’s self-pitying op-ed in USA Today was ridiculous. It was a transparent attempt at misdirection as congressional investigators close in on his father’s financial involvement in the family’s corrupt influence-peddling scheme.” (11/06/23)
https://nypost.com/2023/11/05/opinion/america-is-tired-of-joe-and-hunter-biden-weaponizing-addiction-as-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card/
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27) Coordinated Conflict: A Property Rights Perspective on Traffic
Source: EconLog
by Rosolino Candela
“Given the absence of formal definition in private property over roads, and therefore the ability to price and exchange the use of roads to individuals that value it at a particular time and place the most, we can conclude that if roads are public property, then no one owns the road in the appropriate sense of bearing the full costs and benefits of their decision-making. What economic analysis teaches us is that, in a world of positive transaction costs, non-price mechanisms of coordinating conflict emerge, including custom, habits, and norms to create reliable expectations regarding social interaction. … the meaning attached to the actions of drivers in the NYC area, which an external observer perceives to be disrespectful, is actually an emergent culture, or pattern of meanings, that reduces the transaction costs associated with defining property rights over roads.” (11/06/23)
https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2023/candelatraffic.html
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28) The Interest Rate Shock Will Blow Up the Government’s Ponzi Game
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Thorsten Polleit
“In the international fixed-income markets, interest rates are rising, and the decades-long trend of declining bond yields has undoubtedly been broken. On August 2, 2022, the ten-year United States Treasury yield was 0.5 percent; on October 9, 2023, it had risen to 4.8 percent. Long-term interest rates in Europe, Asia, and Latin America have also risen sharply. The key reason for the rise in capital market interest rates is the central banks’ interest rate hikes — a direct response to sky-high inflation (caused by the central banks themselves, following a huge increase in the quantity of money). … since July 2023 at the latest, long-term interest rates have been rising strongly and unabatedly. Something very fundamental has presumably happened — investors are no longer willing to hold US government debt at ultra-low yields as before.” (11/06/23)
https://mises.org/wire/interest-rate-shock-will-blow-governments-ponzi-game
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29) The Drug War’s Banking Blowback
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“At the end of the great 1988 movie Midnight Run, which stars Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, Grodin hands De Niro a small pouch containing $300,000. How could a small pouch contain so much money? Because it was filled with $1,000 bills. So, where are the $1,000 bills today? They are gone. The feds withdrew them from circulation. The reason? They felt that such large bills were making it easier for drug cartels to transport and hide their money. So, the idea was that by limiting everyone to $100 bills, the cartels would be impeded in their efforts to launder their money. Question for the federal drug warriors: How has that scheme worked out for you all? Because it sure seems to me that the drug trade is still going strong despite the lack of $1,000 bills.” (11/06/23)
https://www.fff.org/2023/11/06/the-drug-wars-banking-blowback/
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30) Democratic Establishment Seems Ready to Lose with Biden in 2024
Source: CounterPunch
by Jeff Cohen
“If you get your news from Biden-protecting outlets (MSNBC is just the most extreme of many), you’ve been warned daily that the Trump movement is preparing to steal the 2024 election. It’s a totally legitimate worry – given that MAGA forces nearly stole the 2020 election. But there’s another totally legitimate worry that Biden-friendly media don’t like to discuss – that Joe Biden is such a weak candidate, he’s likely to lose a fair-and-square election in 2024. And likely to lose even to the discredited, unstable, repeatedly indicted Trump. … Polls have long shown that the Democratic base does not want Biden to run in 2024. But Democratic leaders and officials have ignored the party’s core constituencies.” (11/06/23)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/11/06/democratic-establishment-seems-ready-to-lose-with-biden-in-2024/
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31) A Salute to Senator Tommy Tuberville
Source: Town Hall
by Kurt Schlichter
“Just when conservatives seem bereft of heroes, Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama comes along. He’s doing something that Washington just hates, taking a principled stand in support of a principled position that’s more than just a mere pose. He’s actually imposing a cost on liberal posturing, and it’s driving not only the Democrats but some establishment Republicans up the wall. We should back his play and help the Coach bring it in for the big win. Basically, Senator Tuberville simply refuses to play ball. What happened is that Biden’s puppet masters (Biden makes no decisions himself beyond choosing between watching ‘Matlock’ and ‘Murder, She Wrote’ reruns) told its bemedaled lackeys at the Pentagon to start subsidizing abortion tourism.” (11/06/23)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2023/11/06/a-salute-to-senator-tommy-tuberville-n2630786
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32) Explaining the Nocebo Effect, Emotional Contagion, and Mass Hysteria
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Steve Templeton
“The gory imagery and vivid descriptions of symptoms and pathologies of infectious diseases depicted in my first-year medical school course can have an interesting effect on some medical students. I remember a similar effect in my undergraduate medical microbiology class: Instructor: ‘And the onset of symptoms for this particularly nasty infection is characterized by a stiff neck and …’ Me: (Starts to rub neck). This is known as the nocebo effect — where an expectation or suggestion of a symptom can cause it to appear or worsen.It’s the categorical opposite of the placebo effect, where the expectation of symptomatic improvement leads subjects to report that they have, in fact, improved, even in the absence of actual treatment.” (11/06/23)
https://brownstone.org/articles/explaining-the-nocebo-effect-emotional-contagion-and-mass-hysteria/
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33) A Cycle of Escalating Violence
Source: TomDispatch
by Liz Theoharis
“On September 19, 2001, eight days after 9/11, as the leaders of both parties were already pounding a frenzied drumbeat of war, a diverse group of concerned Americans released a warning about the long-term consequences of a military response. Among them were veteran civil rights activists, faith leaders, and public intellectuals, including Rosa Parks, Harry Belafonte, and Palestinian-American Edward Said. Rare public opponents of the drive to war at the time, they wrote with level-headed clarity: ‘We foresee that a military response would not end the terror. Rather, it would spark a cycle of escalating violence, the loss of innocent lives, and new acts of terrorism’ …. Twenty-three years and more than two wars later, this statement reads as a tragic footnote to America’s Global War on Terror that left an entire region of the planet immiserated.” (11/06/23)
https://tomdispatch.com/roses-dressed-in-black/
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34) US Says It’s Powerless To Stop The Genocide That It Directly Funds & Supplies
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“In a bizarre new article titled ‘White House frustrated by Israel’s onslaught but sees few options,’ The Washington Post reports that the Biden administration believes Israel has gone too far and is killing too many civilians in its assault on Gaza, but are powerless to do anything about it. … All this helpless hand-wringing is exposed for the load of ridiculous bullshit that it plainly is a few paragraphs down in the very same article: ‘Washington is Israel’s largest military backer, and the White House has asked Congress for an additional $14 billion in aid for Israel in the wake of the Hamas attacks. But administration officials and advisers say the levers the United States theoretically has over Israel … are nonstarters, partly because they would be so politically unpopular in any administration and partly because, aides say, Biden himself has a personal attachment to Israel.'” (11/06/23)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2023/11/06/us-says-its-powerless-to-stop-the-genocide-that-it-is-directly-funding-and-supplying/
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35) In Defense of a Universal Basic Income
Source: Bet On It
by Chris Freiman
“I agree with Bryan that the right question to ask about a universal basic income isn’t whether it’s the best possible option but rather whether it’s better than the status quo. If we replaced the current welfare state with a UBI, would that be an improvement? I think it would be. One major advantage of a UBI over the status quo is that it’s better for recipients. To motivate this idea, suppose your employer gives you the following choice: take your annual $1,000 bonus in cash or receive free lunches at the office with a total value of $1,000. Surely you’d take the bonus in cash. Why? Because if you want the lunches, you can use the cash to buy them. And if you don’t want the lunches, you can use the cash to buy something else.” (11/06/23)
https://betonit.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-a-universal-basic-income
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36) Unleash the Innovators and Entrepreneurs
Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders
“When discussing systems, we sometimes want to talk about ideal systems, even as we live in unideal systems. For example, as I explained above, I think entrepreneurial markets should exist in a more robust common-law system, particularly with jurists applying the law of torts. That implies that entrepreneurial activity should not injure others. But if it does, the injuring party should cease and desist and pay damages. Yet most of our statute laws and regulations enable large incumbents to comply with said laws and regs, which allows them to evade responsibility or liability — all while restricting upstarts. In such cases, we comply with federal regulations, which sometimes means we can legally dump into the river or the sky. In a loose, crony capitalist statutory regime, like the US, corporations get away with this stuff all the time. They use the regulations to maintain their incumbency.” (11/06/23)
https://underthrow.substack.com/p/unleash-the-innovators-and-entrepreneurs
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37) Sorry, Obama, “We” Aren’t Complicit; It’s You Who Has Blood on Your Hands
Source: Newsweek
by Liel Leibovitz
“In 1953, the Swiss novelist Max Frisch published a play called ‘The Arsonists’. It’s a pitch dark comedy about a small town ravaged by a group of maniacs disguised as traveling salesmen, who sweet-talk their way into people’s homes and then set them on fire. Its protagonist is a dolt called Biedermann (bieder meaning German for honest, respectable, and upright). He’s aware of the danger, and yet, when the arsonists knock, he lets them in. The tragedy, Frisch argues, is that he almost has no other choice: The arsonists are such smooth talkers that it’s easy, when listening to them, to ignore the large drums of kerosene and the matches they’re holding in their hands. I thought of The Arsonists this week when I heard snippets of a podcast interview featuring former president Barack Obama on the Middle East.” (11/06/23)
https://www.newsweek.com/sorry-obama-we-arent-complicit-its-you-who-has-blood-your-hands-opinion-1841012
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38) Of Stopgaps and Ladders
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“‘By law, we have one job,’ Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) asserted the last time he opposed the ‘continuing resolution’ (CR) on the federal budget. What is that ‘one job?’ It is ‘to pass twelve appropriations bills and a budget. We aren’t doing that, which is why we are $33 trillion in debt.’ … To prevent a shutdown, but also not fall back into the usual iterations of the continuing resolutions, the new House Speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson (R.-La.) has floated the idea of a ‘laddered’ CR. According to The Epoch Times, this plan ‘would spread the due dates over a period of time rather than having all the bills come due at once.’ Think of it as an ultra-weak echo of the responsible budgeting process.” (11/06/23)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2023/11/06/of-stopgaps-and-ladders/
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39) Twenty Years to Disaster
Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille
“For decades, budgetary experts have warned that the U.S. federal government is backing itself — and the country — into a corner with expenditures that consistently exceed revenues, driving the national debt ever higher. The latest red flag is raised by the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), which says that the federal government has no more than 20 years to mend its ways, after which time it will be too late to remedy the situation.” (11/06/23)
https://reason.com/2023/11/06/20-years-to-disaster/
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40) Why Doesn’t Trump Seem to Care?
Source: The American Conservative
by Peter Van Buren
“Trump looks like a man who simply does not care what happens with the current trials, or any of the others upcoming. He is both convinced the system is fully unfair and equally aware that the more trouble he seems to get into the faster his poll numbers rise. Each courtroom defeat, small and procedural or a full-on guilty verdict, simply fans the flames for rally crowds. The cash penalties levied by Engoron and Chutkan for violating gag orders have little meaning. But Trump actually being jailed for violating a gag order would grant him official martyr status.” (11/06/23)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-doesnt-trump-seem-to-care/
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41) Just One of the Ways the Media Lies: Looking at the World Through a Straw
Source: Common Dreams
by Robert Freeman
“The mainstream media lie to us every day. This is especially pernicious in the present case of Gaza. And the lying is not accidental or incidental. It is intentional, pervasive, relentless, and reckless. It’s one of the reasons U.S. foreign policy so often results in failure: it is so often premised on lies. I call this phenomenon ‘Looking at the World Through a Straw.’ Here’s how it works. Imagine you’re looking at a photo of a man being measured for height. There he is in his undershirt, back against the wall, the ruler painted on the wall next to him. The nurse is dutifully taking notes on a clipboard. He’s 5’10” tall. Photos don’t lie, right? But what you didn’t see in the photo was that the man was standing on a small stool. The stool is 6″ tall.” (11/06/23)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/media-failures-gaza
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42) Vargas Llosa’s Intolerant Liberalism
Source: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
by Christopher Owen
“Mario Vargas Llosa is among the most acclaimed novelists of our time. Well-read, widely traveled, and a marquess, he epitomizes the cosmopolitan globalist. His achievements in fiction are beyond dispute. His subtle narration of historical events told from distinct points of view in The Feast of the Goat, for example, demonstrates a keen understanding of the intricacies of historical experience. Such novels as The Time of the Hero, The War of the End of the World, and Conversation in the Cathedral have received sweeping praise from critics, and in 2012 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Yet The Call of the Tribe, Vargas Llosa’s intellectual memoir, shows he is better at writing fiction than biography and better at writing biography than political theory.” (11/06/23)
https://isi.org/modern-age/vargas-llosas-intolerant-liberalism/
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43) Quantum Vibe, 11/06/23
Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser
Cartoon. (11/06/23)
https://quantumvibe.com/strip?page=2451
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44) US is barreling toward another war in the Middle East
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Jonathan Hoffman
“The United States is barreling toward another war in the Middle East. The conflict between Israel and Hamas is rapidly escalating across the region and risks dragging the United States directly into the fray. The recent barrage of ballistic missiles and drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi movement at Israel — coupled with a statement by the group that such attacks will continue — and the continued attacks on U.S. positions in the region show this conflict is expanding fast. The United States now finds itself on a new war footing with Iran and its regional partners, whom many in Congress have cast as part of a new ‘Axis of Evil’ that includes Russia and China. The Biden administration is preparing for such a scenario, yet adequate measures are not being taken by Washington to prevent such a disaster from transpiring.” (11/06/23)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-middle-east/
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45) The “Inflection Point” For DeSantis’ Campaign Woes Isn’t What He Thinks
Source: The Federalist
by Mollie Hemingway
“Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was asked by ‘Meet the Press’ host and Democrat activist Kristen Welker whether he thought ‘the former president’s legal troubles are the reason that you’re still in this race.’ The nation’s most influential and successful governor answered, ‘[H]ad Alvin Bragg not politicized this back in April, I think probably the primary would be looking different. I mean, I think that that gave the former president more support. I think people felt that he was being treated unfairly, which he was, in that circumstance.’ He added, ‘[T]hat, I think, has been a very important inflection point in this, because it highlights the weaponization of justice by some of these left-wing prosecutors. But here’s the thing, ultimately: It’s not about the past. It’s not about all these other issues.'” (11/06/23)
https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/06/the-inflection-point-for-desantis-campaign-woes-isnt-what-he-thinks/
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46) A Call for Two, Three, Many Intifadas
Source: exile in happy valley
by Nicky Reid
“The Gaza Strip has gone from a prison to graveyard this fall, and the numbers are startling. Since Hamas pulled off a barbaric massacre that apparently everyone but Benjamin Netanyahu saw coming, Israel has stepped up its own barbarism against the people of Gaza to unprecedented levels and turned the month of October into a blood harvest straight out of a Stephen King novel. … There is a word for this genre of non-fiction horror, it’s called genocide, and we all need to start fucking saying it out loud. That word is no longer just a post-colonial theory or a clever historical allegory, it is a stone-cold analytical fact that no one with a functioning brain can afford to deny without being considered complicit in this unfolding tragedy.” (11/05/23)
https://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-call-for-two-three-many-intifadas.html
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47) A Libertarian President? Second Round
Source: Liberty
by Robert H Miller
“[Argentina’s g]eneral election rules stipulate that a candidate must receive a simple majority. … Javier Milei, the libertarian (profiled on September 23 in these pages), who had been the frontrunner — by a hefty margin; Patricia Bullrich, candidate of the Together for Change center-right free market coalition; and Sergio Massa of the ruling Peronists. Bullrich, who only received 24% of the votes, is now out. A runoff between Milei and Massa is scheduled for November 19. What happened? Taking a page from the playbooks of Letitia James, Jack Smith, and other anti-Trump prosecutors, Argentine federal prosecutor Fernando Picardi — at the behest of Peronist President Alberto Fernandez — launched a criminal case against Milei on October 13 (only nine days before the general election), accusing him of inciting public fear, of trying to scare the public, and asserting that his actions were ‘a severe affront to the democratic system.'” (11/05/23)
https://libertyunbound.com/a-libertarian-president-second-round/
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48) Why the FTC Should Stop Going after Amazon
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Kimberlee Josephson
“The global e-commerce market is growing at an impressive rate. Amazon is undoubtedly the sector’s leader with a roughly 37 percent market share, but new competition is always on the rise. Sites like AliExpress (China), Rakuten (Japan), and Flipkart (India) are just a few of the new e-commerce platforms attracting attention and new shoppers. Temu and Shein, both based in China, are the leading contenders encroaching upon Amazon’s target market, and these firms are finding that Americans will easily switch shopping sites when the price is right. In fact, online traffic has been dropping for Amazon as a substantial number of mobile buyers migrate to other sites. Temu and Shein are now the most downloaded shopping apps worldwide. Amazon’s biggest battle, however, isn’t with its new rivals. It is with its own government.” (11/05/23)
https://fee.org/articles/why-the-ftc-should-stop-going-after-amazon/
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49) Student Debt Relief’s Narrow Path
Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen
“The Biden administration promised not to give up on debt cancellation after the Supreme Court rejected their first attempt. They promised that a new system of income-driven repayment (IDR) would mitigate the return of student loan payments. We’re now several weeks into both of those projects, enough time to make some early assessments. The scope for debt cancellation has narrowed, and the savior that IDR was supposed to become has thus far not delivered as advertised. Still, the Education Department is cobbling together a framework for student loans that would be a real improvement, if it follows things through to their logical conclusion. A week ago, the Education Department released a draft set of rules for student debt relief, arising out of the negotiated rulemaking process under the Higher Education Act.” (11/06/23)
https://prospect.org/education/2023-11-06-student-debt-reliefs-narrow-path/
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50) Neither Democracy Nor “Union Democracy” are Ideals
Source: American Institute for Economic Research
by Gary M Galles
“Currently, you can get lots of hits if you search ‘what is wrong with politics.’ Many suggested answers reflect a long-standing central tenet of progressivism that more democracy is the solution. As Woodrow Wilson wrote, when ‘something intervenes between the people and the government … thrust aside the something that comes in the way.’ That has led to ‘democratic’ being applied to whatever is politically approved of and ‘undemocratic’ for something being opposed. Unfortunately, majority determination is entirely consistent with choices that destroy liberty. America’s Founders said so plainly. And the contractions of individual liberty that have accompanied “progressive” expansions of democracy in America demonstrate that lesson to anyone willing to pay attention.” (11/05/23)
https://www.aier.org/article/neither-democracy-nor-union-democracy-are-ideals/
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51) Reason Roundtable, 11/06/23
Source: Reason
“No Malarkey: Even Democrats Think Biden Is Too Old.” (11/06/23)
https://reason.com/podcast/2023/11/06/no-malarkey-even-democrats-think-biden-is-too-old/
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52) Rising, 11/06/23
Source: The Hill
“Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to polling that shows former President Trump is ahead of President Joe Biden in several battleground states.” (11/06/23)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/4295373-rising-november-6-2023/
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53) Conflicts of Interest, episode 495
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Israel Is Destroying Gaza, But Not Hamas.” (11/06/23)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/kyle/coi-495-israel-is-destroying-gaza-but-not-hamas/
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54) My History Can Beat Up Your Politics, 11/06/23
Source: My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
“Move My Bill! A History of Discharge Petitions.” (11/06/23)
https://myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.wordpress.com/2023/11/06/move-my-bill-a-history-of-discharge-petitions/
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55) The Bryan Hyde Show, 11/06/23
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in Biden v. Missouri, a case which challenges government censorship. As Ben Terangi explains, this may be the most important free speech case in American history.” (11/06/23)
https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-4nby5-14ef43a
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56) EconTalk, 11/06/23
Source: EconTalk
“Zach Weinersmith on Space Settlement and A City on Mars.” (11/06/23)
https://www.econtalk.org/zach-weinersmith-on-space-settlement-and-a-city-on-mars/
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57) TechTank, season 4, episode 11
Source: Brookings Institution
“How AI Will Affect the 2024 Elections.” (11/06/23)
https://shows.acast.com/tech-tank/episodes/how-ai-will-affect-the-2024-elections
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58) Finding Freedom, episode 410
Source: Lions of Liberty
“Gven Sariol — Using Crypto to Break Free.” (11/06/23)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/gven-sariol-using-crypto-to-break-free
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59) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 11/06/23
Source: Antiwar.com
“US Official: Israel Not Close to Destroying Hamas, US Broaches Idea of Ukraine Peace Talks, and More.” (11/06/23)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqoR8f8j8Do
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60) Free Talk Live, 11/05/23
Source: Free Talk Live
“Naked man fights cop steals patrol vehicle :: FedSmoker’s videos :: Poo stick and cup ‘o’ dice :: Gun control attempt in NH :: Holding In Your Poo At Work Is Bad For You :: Man arrested for $8.5 million worth of shrooms :: Chicago’s Solution to Its Failing School System :: The $18 Big Mac has arrived :: 2023-11-05 Hosts: Captain Kickass, Steve Classic, Nikki.” (11/05/23)
https://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/free-talk-live-2023-11-05
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