2016

Ryan is out.

Жаль. Похоже, в конце концов будет Буш vs. Клинтон. Что меня лично не очень радует. 

борец с богатеями

“People rail that democracy has been subverted to powerful economic interests, that 'we the people' have been overlooked,” he wrote in an essay for the Huffington Post. “Based on what I have seen over the last several years, I fear there’s some truth in that charge, and that scares me—badly.”

Кто автор этого эссе, столь перепуганный влиянием богатеев на политику? Это Том Стейер, миллиардер, известный активным использованием своих денег в политических кампаниях, и донор-чемпион демократов на минувших выборах, потративший на них более 70 миллионов долларов. Он же вложил 30 миллионов в кампанию по повышению налогов в Калифорнии в 2012. В общем, как в анекдоте - посмотрел в зеркало и от испуга обосрался. 

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Права и свободы

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/12/30/horrifying-civil-liberties-predictions-for-2015/

Horrifying civil liberties predictions for 2015

 

 

http://torrentfreak.com/chilling-effects-dmca-archive-censors-itself-150110/

The much-praised Chilling Effects DMCA archive has taken an unprecedented step by censoring its own website.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B0dXrBdwco

О свободе слова

 

Образование

 

http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/money-school-performance-lessons-kansas-city-desegregation-experiment

What happens if you throw a lot of money at schools.

 

Подумайте о детях!

 

http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/10/new-york-city-welds-playground-equipment

Игрушки, приваренные к полу. Для безопасности.

 

http://reason.com/archives/2009/06/10/the-top-10-most-absurd-time-co/

Time’s moral panic over the years

 

http://uproxx.com/webculture/2015/01/an-alabama-school-principal-is-collecting-canned-food-for-students-to-use-as-self-defense/

Self-defense in school by throwing canned food

 

Из зала суда

 

http://overlawyered.com/2014/01/great-moments-legal-argument/

Lawyer argues Kevin Spratt may have been screaming in ‘joy’ while being tasered by police

 

http://overlawyered.com/2015/01/suit-bike-share-program-forced-use-helmet/

Человек подаёт в суд на то, что его не заставили надеть велосипедный шлем.

 

http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/VIDEO-Former-GPD-Officer-Sues-Gunstore-After--288172101.html

A former Glasgow police officer is suing a Barren County gun store after being handed a loaded gun from under the counter and accidentally shooting his finger off.

 

Их нравы

 

http://prospect.org/article/how-be-walking-confirmation-bias-role-model-mia-love

From the horse’s mouth: black people with non-Party-approved views "hurt the quest for equality”. 

 

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/01/the-racial-politics-of-seating-white-sex-offender-in-state-legislature.php

Проблемы Демократов - можно ли выгонять депутата, сидящего в тюрьме за секс с несовершеннолетней секретаршей?

 

Горизонты науки

 

http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2014/06/bmi-measurements-inaccurate-but-still-a-government-gold-standard/

BMI is bullshit yet everybody uses it.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprolactam

The only chemical that is "probably not carcinogenic to humans”. 

 

Международное

 

http://www.pewglobal.org/2006/06/22/the-great-divide-how-westerners-and-muslims-view-each-other/

The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other

 

http://news.yahoo.com/israel-pm-defied-france-join-paris-march-reports-114807244.html

French govt can’t help being antisemitic assholes. 

 

Разное

 

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2015/01/star-wars-illiteracy

Most Citizens of the Star Wars Galaxy are Probably Totally Illiterate

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_during_consensual_sex

The title says it all.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid_biology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_animals_at_Indian_airports

There’s an article about that.