News links for Oct 6, 2022
neocons and wokesters joining hands and leading us to war
The globalist climate agenda is a crime against humanity. From: American Greatness. It is more than a misguided but well-intentioned mistake. It is a brazen lie, promulgated by some of the most dangerous people who have ever lived.
Mocking the police is not a crime. From: Reason. A First Amendment case prompts The Onion to explain how parody works.
Section 230 is an acknowledgement of reality, not a “liability shield.” From: The Garrison Center. Attempting to unmake reality by repealing or undoing the effect of Section 230 won’t stop terrorism. It won’t keep us safe. It will just make us easier to muzzle.
Nina Totenberg shreds media ethics at NPR. From: Creators. “If Washington is described as a swamp, she's the scaliest Swamp Thing.”
The neocons and the woke left are joining hands and leading us to World War III. From Newsweek. We've seen this before: "Woke mobs" on Twitter routinely demonize and defame their political opponents, impugn the motives of anyone who questions their goals or tactics, and squelch dissent even in their own ranks by declaring the debate on certain topics over.
🚗 Between a rock and a hard place. From: Eric Peters Autos. None of the purveyors of EVs have on offer a single EV that isn’t costly as well as impractical. These two attributes can coexist when there are enough people with money to indulge impractical and expensive vehicles. But that time is past now.
More states should abolish their income taxes. From: The Libertarian Institute. Nine states have no individual income tax.
“Be afraid, be actually afraid”: reporters panic at the thought of Twitter restoring free speech protections. From Jonathan Turley. Those words from former Politico Magazine editor Garrett M. Graff captures the hyperventilation in the media this week. No it is not Vladimir Putin’s threat of unleashing a nuclear war or the word that our national debt has reached a staggering $31 trillion.
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