How I went dark in Australia’s public transport surveillance state for 2 years

“As long as I’m carrying my Black Opal, there’s that little shred of liberty. If this the hill I die on, at least you’ll never know how I got here.”

Read more: https://www.cnet.com/g00/news/how-i-went-dark-in-australian-surveillance-state-for-two-years-with-opal/

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It Shouldn’t Be Illegal to Work at Home

“The prohibition ‘makes outlaws out of perhaps thousands of Nashvillians who…are simply trying to earn an honest living,’ according to the suit. There are at least 1,600 home-based enterprises in operation in the city, and since many such companies are forced to operate illegally, the true count is most likely even higher.”

Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/03/24/it-shouldnt-be-illegal-for-rec

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China: We would fight a trade war ‘to the end’

“The statement from the Chinese embassy said Trump’s trade action was ‘self-defeating’ and would hurt American companies, consumers and financial markets.  The administration said it would announce in the next 15 days which products would be subject to tariffs.”

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/22/news/economy/china-trade-war-response/index.html

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Buffett to Berkshire Shareholders: Be Prepared to Lose Half Your Money

“Rather than giving into the prevailing attitude among market participants that the nine-year-old bull market could continue indefinitely, Buffett’s latest annual letter to shareholders warns Berkshire investors that losses of 50% or more are not only possible but inevitable in the future.”

Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/buffett-berkshire-shareholders-prepared-lose-133100821.html

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Trump Readies Sweeping Tariffs and Investment Restrictions on China

“The breadth of the tariffs remains a contentious topic in the business sector and the White House, with some industries fretting about retaliation and increased costs to American companies and consumers.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/us/politics/trump-china-trade-measures.html

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A New Backdoor Around the Fourth Amendment: The CLOUD Act

“A dangerous bill called the CLOUD Act would allow police at home and abroad to seize cross-border data without following the privacy rules where the data is stored.”

Read more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/new-backdoor-around-fourth-amendment-cloud-act

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Xi Jinping says China’s authoritarian system can be a model for the world

“Under Xi—the most powerful Chinese leader in four decades—China’s own one-party system is one that is ready to be exported to regimes everywhere.”

Read more: https://qz.com/1225347/xi-jinping-says-chinas-one-party-authoritarian-system-can-be-a-model-for-the-world/

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South Africa votes to seize land from white farmers without compensation

“Critics have compared the move to the disastrous redistribution of land in neighbouring Zimbabwe, which was often accompanied by violence and left farms neglected.”

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/south-africa-white-farms-land-seizure-anc-race-relations-a8234461.html

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China banned the letter N after people used it to attack president’s plan to rule forever

“The Chinese Communist Party on Sunday proposed to abolish the two-term term limit for the president and vice-president, sparking an online backlash which it has been trying to control.  Critics flooded Weibo and WeChat — China’s version of Twitter and WhatsApp — to protest the plan, but were swiftly met by the country’s censors.  Various Chinese characters for terms like ’emigrate,’ ‘lifelong,’ and ‘I disagree’ were banned, alongside … the letter N.”

Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-banned-letter-n-internet-114000473.html

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US Expats and Retained Earnings in Foreign Corporations for 2018

“The ONLY exception and the only place on the planet where Trump’s tax plan can’t reach is the US territory of Puerto Rico.”

Read more: http://premieroffshore.com/us-expats-retained-earnings-foreign-corporations-2018/

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