transparency

Hillary Clinton withheld Benghazi-related emails from the State Department that detailed her knowledge of the scramble for oil contracts in Libya and the shortcomings of the NATO-led military intervention for which she advocated.

Clinton removed specific portions of other emails she sent to State, suggesting the messages were screened closely enough to determine which paragraphs were unfit to be seen by the public.

Of course she did.

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Старомыслы не нутрят ангсоц

1. Professor: Reason Itself Is A White Male Construct
And yet, so many white males are completely devoid of it.

2. Confederate flag gets 'Dukes of Hazzard’ yanked.
Чистки продолжаются. Я так понимаю, скоро и за Унесёнными Ветром придут.

3, Fake hate crimes list.

4. So, Takei is a racist and thinks it’s OK for him to demonstrate it publicly. You know, because he’s a leftist and a "protected minority" at that.

5. State Silences Bakers Who Refused to Make Cake for Lesbian Couple, Fines Them $135K
Because in Oregon, there’s no such thing as freedom of speech or freedom of association.
I wonder if ACLU will take this case (not).

6. Teacher Stomped on the Flag During Lesson About Free Speech. He Was Fired.
That’s certainly a lesson. I’m not sure if the one intended though.

Для нашего же блага

7. State of the civil forfeiture laws.

8. Chicago introduces tax on internet entertainment.
Because nobody can out-insane Chicago, right?

Экономика

9. Rare earths bubble.

10. Who is the best gun salesman in the whole world?
I know that worked on me.

11. A study of why American beer is like sex in the canoe.

12. Utrecht introduces basic income.
Любопытный эксперимент, вот и поглядим.

13. Gates’ foundation spends more on health than WHO.

14. Punk rock brand: the Sex Pistols to feature on a range of credit cards.
Now you can rebel against The System by getting a branded credit card!

15. Time to register complaint in Uber and get the driver notified - minutes. Time to register complaint in DC taxi and get the driver notified - three years.

16. И опять же не вредно напомнить слова Мизеса.

Беспристрастная пресса

17. NYT won’t reprint Charlie Hebdo, but is completely OK with reprinting portrait of Pope made of condoms.

Vox populi

18. Греки обвиняют в развале своей страны евреев и сионистов.
Естественно, а кого же ещё?

19. Polls in 2003 showed most Americans in favor of the invasion of Iraq, but today those who remember backing the war are a minority.
Почему политикам так легко сходит с рук любой обман.

Разное

20. The world's tallest cow dies after a lifetime of Photoshop accusations.

21. Хиллари Клинтон пытается разобраться в работе факс-машины. Роман в письмах.