Day: March 23, 2016
Brussels attack is easily politicized, that’s why we’ll hear far more about it than the U.S. hospital bombing
The U.S. military bombed a humanitarian hospital last year in Afghanistan, killing 42 innocent people in the hospital. Yet how much have you actually heard about it? Now, how much have you heard about the Brussels attack? The answer of why lies in what the political implications are of each attack. Brussels elevates the Warfare State, no telling how many bombs will drop due to that attack. The hospital attack, however, mars the image of endless war, it’s a strike against the Empire. Activist Post
Build an anti-Muslim Police State? Thought we already had that
Trump and Cruz immediately call for one after Brussels attack. The problem with a Police State, as with all government programs, is that it’s easy to build one, but almost impossible to get rid of one.
AIPAC conference attendees denounce the racism of Israeli leaders when they think it came from Trump
Electronic Intifada. Calling migrants a cancer is racist when coming from Trump, but not from Israeli leaders, according to AIPAC conference attendees.
The political Elite’s rule of thumb after a terrorist attack: blame liberty
In this case, encryption, although none of the Brussels bombers used encrypted devices. They used burner phones, which were activated just hours before carrying out the attack.
Florida utility companies despise solar power, and actively work to kill it
Tech Dirt. Greedy utility companies don’t like energy innovation that they can’t monopolize. So, they lobby for restrictive regulations by pretending to be for solar power.
To win the War on Drugs, legalize it all
Harpers. The Nixon-led campaign against marijuana, heroin, and other drugs was a facade that gave them the excuse to demonize anti-war hippies and blacks. It gave them the power to raid their houses, surveil them night and day, and discredit them in the eyes of the public. The Drug War was about power then, and it’s about power today.
When Security Theater Fails
Reason. Governments are great at creating terrorists, but don’t count on them being there when those same terrorists come to kill you.
The Drug War created the violent, black market cartels; legalization will make them disappear
FEE. A simple solution that the Political Class does not want to hear.
When the CIA funded the cultural Cold War
By bankrolling ugly, just ugly, modern art.