“Roughly one in every two American adults—117 million people—are in the facial recognition networks used by law enforcement, according to a 2016 report.”
Read more: https://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2018/07/facial-recognition-toll-booths-identify.html
“[Mayor John Tory] did not mean that the cops who protect him do not need guns. He meant that ordinary citizens should be totally disarmed, hoping that thugs will also disarm, which would (inexplicably?) leave only the cops armed.”
Read more: https://www.econlib.org/why-does-anyone-in-this-city-need-a-gun/
“Many of the people who are critics of President Trump don’t realize that they themselves are partly responsible for much of what Trump is doing. That’s because over the years they have supported the assumption of dictatorial powers by the president. In doing so, they always assumed that their favorite ideal candidate would end up being the one wielding and exercising such powers. They assumed the risk that someone like Trump would end up being the one doing so.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/07/24/omnipotent-government-not-trump-is-the-problem/
“Trump and the deep state are obviously getting frustrated and impatient with the failure of their sanctions to achieve regime change in Iran, just as George W. Bush and the deep state became frustrated with the failure of their sanctions to achieve regime change in Iraq. Thus, no one should be surprised if Iran becomes another Iraq.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/07/23/iran-another-u-s-war-of-aggression/
“What mattered then and matters now is that the material uncovered is true.”
Read more: https://original.antiwar.com/justin/2018/07/22/martyrs-to-the-cause-carter-page-and-julian-assange/
“Donald Trump is the last person who wants to see interest rates go up. Not only does his personal business empire depend on low rates… so does his political empire.”
Read more: https://bonnerandpartners.com/the-fed-cant-stop-whats-coming/
“Here’s hoping the internet tariff is revisited by future Courts, as it’s plainly a restraint on trade. If cities and states really want a bigger cut of our consumption they should either raise local sales taxes, or they should demand that we report what we purchase outside where we live. Rather than hiding behind the courts in order to force non-constituent businesses to collect taxes for them, they should stand up and collect taxes on their own. And when voters vote them out, a message about excessive taxation will have been sent to all grasping politicians.”
“Over time, attaining financial wealth became an absolute prerequisite for wielding geopolitical power and influence. The old military variety appears almost feeble standing next to the contemporary Financial Arms Race.”
Read more: http://creditbubblebulletin.blogspot.com/2018/07/weekly-commentary-intimidate-nobody.html
“Some on the left believe we need a military coup to save our democracy.”
Read more: http://buchanan.org/blog/trump-stands-his-ground-on-putin-129692
“Being ousted from office by special counsel would really not be so bad given the other methods that the U.S. deep state has employed against presidents who have dared to befriend Russia.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/07/20/six-presidents-targeted-for-befriending-russia/