A brief daily summary of impeachment news, since nobody can keep up with all this stuff.
At that point, the days when American Jews can live comfortably within the Democratic fold will be numbered.
Do not underestimate the capacity of Democrats to self-sabotage ahead of the 2020 elections.
Terrifying,
What a disaster this man is for Great Britain
Online comic strips about the inner workings of the US government.
Any reasonable observer already knew this. And sadly those that didn’t won’t change their minds after this blunder.
Fun little video about Cambridge Analytica.
The human mind is feeble and easy to manipulate, and the tools and techniques to do it are ever more powerful.
USA guns
“Thoughts and prayers” is the same thing as saying “Sucks for you, but I am not going to do anything about it”.
The problem is when the people who say it are the people with the power to do something about it.
Amusing.
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Depressing.
“This dashboard displays data about Russian propaganda efforts on Twitter in near-real time. Our analysts use the dashboard and other sources to discover Russian propaganda themes.”
“Their work amounts to what may well be the most far-reaching global censorship operation in history. It is also the least accountable”
Facebook was never prepared for the de facto position of responsibility over speech and communications they find themselves in.
The undercurrent of racism and xenophobia in Trump's campaign is to me its scariest aspect. And the worst part of his electoral victory is that those who are racist and xenophobic now feel vindicated and emboldened to do so publicly.
I'm not claiming that "if you voted for Trump then you are racist". But I do think that those who voted for Trump need to acknowledge that this problem exists and that they chose to put it low enough in their list of priorities that it wasn't enough to deter them from voting from Trump.
Prediction: We already saw an uptick in hate crimes this past year. It will be worse this coming year.
Re: Elections tomorrow, in case you have not voted early.
This is not about some of the most commonly discussed issues disqualifying Trump to be president (i.e. racism, sexism, demagoguery, etc.).
This is about Trump's stance on nuclear weapons and NATO. I don't think Trump being president means nuclear war. But I do believe that his stance of these issues are yet another example of how incredibly, deeply unprepared he is to be president of the United States.
Awesome list. I hope they keep it up to list.
A failed coup allows a dictator to identify its enemies and get rid of them. The more paranoid will take advantage of the situation to get rid of more than just enemies, but anyone that doesn't align ideologically. With no enemies left, the dictator stays put for life.
Call me out if Erdogan leaves power alive.
“We’ve had this view that the voters were with us on conservatism — philosophical, economic conservatism. In reality, the gravitational center of the Republican Party is white nationalism.”
This would explain why the Republican presidential candidate can oppose free trade and a strong foreign policy and still have the majority of the voters support him.
That's a pretty long list of signatories.
Everyone in Great Britain should watch this.
Never mind, too late.
Anyone interested in the Apple vs FBI debate or in encryption/privacy/security in general in how it relates to government and law enforcement should read this.
It could be mistaken for a scene from "Team America: World Police" or "Borat"
Two observations: 1. Politicians do not pay a price high enough for lying, so for them the math works out and it's worth lying. 2. Debates and the nation would benefit greatly from live fact checking.
This was put out by the Chinese government. Really.
The state of American politics: Inflammatory, divisive, and sometimes uninformed statements boost, rather than diminish, your chances of winning nomination.
First time I see data on this subject.
Meet the people voting on the laws that regulate the Internet.
I didn't know the Sith Lord was into democracy. I would have voted for him.
People who have opinions that aren't based on facts but in faith (or hatred) and TV news channel that is happy to spread them. Recipe for a disastrously divided, ignorant society.
Interesting article on how Estonia leapfrogged most countries in the world in their usage of technology.
Absent from public discourse, the harm that America's lax gun policy has outside of the USA. From the article:
According to former President Felipe Calderon, who oversaw the government’s efforts to crack down on drug cartel-related violence, Mexican authorities seized over 140,000 weapons (including 84,000 high-powered assault weapons) during his term. Up to 70% of these firearms were traced back to the US. In a press conference earlier this year, Calderon lamented that “One of the main factors that allows criminals to strengthen themselves is the unlimited access to high-powered weapons, which are sold freely, and also indiscriminately, in the United States of America.”
Editorial about Amir Peretz, who got no respect as Defense Minister, was mocked and now politically gone. Yet he is the man behind the Iron Dome, which is now saving lives.
Interesting analysis on the current fighting between Israel and Hamas.
Most hard hitting political ad in history.
The nerve of those Obama hippie supporters who think people should have access to health care! Every sane Romney voter knows the only right people should have is access to assault weapons!
Interesting article about Michael Oren who is in the difficult position of being Israel's ambassador to the US in the time of Bibi and Obama.
Michael Oren is a historian and wrote one of my all-time favorite books: Six Days of War.
Funny rant.
Interesting analysis on the recent terrible events in Libya and Egypt.
Bottom line, as I see:
Interesting article on the broken immigration policy in the US. I lived through this hell... Instead of making it easy to bring in highly educated workers, they are making it hard which is deflecting them to other countries. First you lose your technological edge, then you lose your first world nation status.
Harder than you would think.
A political cartoon about the poet Javier Sicilia and his hypocrisy.
Don't believe Iran when they say their nuclear program is peaceful.
Funny, but not a good analogy.
Good analysis on the situation in Egypt.
A short timeline describing the attacks that WikiLeaks have suffered from almost every possible angle.
Worth looking at.