“Emergencies are when people are most likely to lose their freedom at the hands of their own government.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/06/04/the-emergency-destruction-of-american-liberty/
“Never has a great power still in its imperial prime proved quite so incapable of applying its military and political might in a way that would advance its aims.”
Read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/americas-war-on-terror-has-cost-taxpayers-5-6-trillion/
“Since starting Obelisk, we’ve learned a lot about the mining space, as relevant to GPUs, to ASICs, to FPGAs, to ASIC resistance, mining farms, electricity, and to a whole host of other subjects that coin developers should be more aware of.”
Read more: https://blog.sia.tech/the-state-of-cryptocurrency-mining-538004a37f9b
“East Chicago officials knowingly built the elementary school and, later, the public housing complex on a polluted industrial brownfield, then ignored decades of warning signs that people in this predominantly black area of the city were being poisoned.”
Read more: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/on-poisoned-ground-burns
“Belief in the Pax Americana persists, along with an appetite for armed intervention. So too does a studied indifference to costs and consequences.”
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/washingtons-pax-americana-cartel/
“Where the U.S. stands on this 15th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq: in a war without end, without boundaries, without limits on time or geography.”
Read more: https://consortiumnews.com/2018/03/19/iraq-15-accumulated-evil-of-the-whole/
“Shortly before the Waco showdown, U.S. government officials signed an international Chemical Weapons Convention treaty. But the treaty contained a loophole permitting governments to gas their own people.”
Read more: http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/383407-bitter-lessons-25-years-after-waco-texas-siege
“A significant percentage of the world’s violence could be prevented with a flick of a pen by ending the War on Drugs.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/the-war-on-drugs-is-far-deadlier-than-most-people-realize/
“The world is a wonderful place, full of opportunity, and it is only getting better. So here are the facts to keep in mind every time the media, politicians, and your peers start dragging you into the pit of despair.”
