Links for 10-8-24

we need more Renaissance people

😮 What are thousands of ineligible voters doing on the rolls? From: Ashley Oliver/Washington Examiner. When a key swing state announced a month before the 2024 presidential election that it had stripped 750,000 people from its list of registered voters in less than two years, alarm abounded.

Your vote matters: America’s energy policy depends on it. From: Emily Arthun/Real Clear Energy. The Democrats weaponize FEMA relief. From: The American Spectator. If the feckless response to Helene isn't politicized, Harris has done little to convince us otherwise.

⭐️ Victor Davis Hanson: We are in need of Renaissance people. From: American Greatness. Modern society's focus on credentials has created a two-tiered system, where multi-talented individuals are criticized, and elites oversee a dependent underclass.

The presumption of liberty. From: Wanjiru Njoya/Ludwig von Mises Institute. “In recent years the concept of ‘harm’ has expanded beyond recognition.”

🎯 “Price-gouging” is just another way of saying “most effective disaster relief.” From: Thomas L Knapp/Garrison Center. “‘Price-gouging’ isn’t, as some people pretend, a case of market failure. It’s markets doing their job, in the face of dire circumstances, getting goods to the people who need them.”

The Democrats weaponize FEMA relief. From: David Catron/American Spectator. If the feckless response to Helene isn't politicized, Harris has done little to convince us otherwise.

🤐 Kerry’s constitutional confusion. From: Peter Van Buren/The American Conservative. The First Amendment is not a “major block” to the functioning of a democracy.

Kamala Harris claims to ‘love America,’ but her record shows she hates it. From: John Daniel Davidson/The Federalist. For years, Harris has consistently held anti-American views and pushed policies that undercut her claim to ‘love America.’

👉 Jack Smith’s “October Surprise” was not that surprising . . . and that is the problem. From: Jonathan Turley. It was always about election interference. His assault had to deployed before the vote.

The Longshoremen’s Union fight against automation is strangling US growth. From: Rich Lowry/NY Post. Technological advance is necessary to economic advance.

🤐 A year into the Israel-Hamas war, students say a chill on free speech has reached college classrooms. From: Collin Binkley/AP News. Social bubbles have cemented along the divisions of the war.

More than 60% of Canadians oppose electric vehicle mandate. From: Rebel News. ‘Even those who don’t drive should be concerned about the increased demand for electricity and how it will affect the cost of everything,' warned CTF's Kris Sims.

🔥 The EV flame out. From: David Solway/P J Media. It is now, or should be, common knowledge that electric vehicles—cars, trucks, buses, bikes, scooters—under conditions of even low humidity or water damage, are prone to catching fire, owing to the unstable nature of the lithium-ion battery.

EVs don’t get stolen. From: Douglas McIntyre/Climate Crisis 247. The low theft rate may be due to a lack of charging stations and battery range.

📌 SHORT: Steven Pinker - Capitalism is Better