08/30/18 Overnight Links

08/30/18 Overnight Links

National Review: No, the government should not interfere with Google’s search results

The Federalist: Even newly-corrected data doesn’t support claims that Scandinavia is socialist

FEE: A future of perfectly efficient traffic law enforcement? No thanks.

Ars Technica: UK cops used facial recognition at show, found someone with outstanding warrant Ed: I prefer an inefficient police state, thanks.

Cato: U.S. citizens targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Texas

Washington Post: Our fruit is rotting in the trees as laborers are kept out of the country

WSWS: UN panel cites massive war crimes in US-backed war on Yemen

The American Conservative: Corporate welfare lives on and on

Reason: Federal survey wildly overestimates number of school shootings

Techcrunch: Privacy groups ask senators to confirm US surveillance oversight nominees

ACLU: ACLU seeks more info on Los Angeles subway body scanners

EFF: Appeals court asks the right questions in NSA surveillance case

DANIEL LARISON: Why the U.S. never learns from foreign policy failures Ed: Actually, “failure” is in the eye of the beholder. If money, debt, and the consolidation of power through tyrannical legislation are the true goals of endless war, than it should be seen as a success. And, if these are the goals, then they have been wildly successful. For the US foreign policy Establishment that is enriched by endless war, they learned the lesson long ago that endless war is the path to endless riches. For them.

High Times: Rasta Relish: The ultimate cannabis-infused condiment

Author: S. Smith