02/21/18 Morning Links

The Guardian: Britain sold spying gear to Philippines despite Duterte’s brutal drug war

ZDnetFacial recognition in lieu of passport close to reality at Australian airports

Reason: City orders businesses to join its police surveillance system

The Intercept: US-trained police are hunting down and arresting protesters amid post-election crisis in Honduras

The Hill: Bump stock prices skyrocket after Trump proposes ban Ed: Actual, real gun control coming from Trump.  And remember, during the campaign he proposed empowering police to literally take guns away from people, probably minorities, in the inner-cities.

CNN: We guard office buildings and casinos, so why not our children?

Motherboard: The Pentagon has the worst PowerPoint slides you’ve ever seen

Places Journal: The disposition of drones

FEE: Socialized medicine is “free”, but leads to really, really long wait times

National Review: Don’t overestimate Trump’s ability to knowingly collude with Russia

Motherboard: Hackers infiltrated Tesla to mine cryptocurrency

Reason: After the gun ban

Big Think: Why Hitler thought the world was made of ice

Author: S. Smith