“China said this week it will begin applying its so-called social credit system to flights and trains and stop people who have committed misdeeds from taking such transport for up to a year.”
“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
“If gun control activists really want the country to reconsider its relationship with guns and violence, then it needs to start with a serious discussion about the role our government has played and continues to play in contributing to the culture of violence.”
“The $1.3 trillion bill was so monstrous that it would have made the biggest spender in the Obama Administration blush. The image of leading Congressional Democrats Pelosi and Schumer grinning and gloating over getting everything they wanted — and then some — will likely come back to haunt Republicans at the midterm elections.”
“There are six factors involved: Iran, sales of arms, Israel, the CIA, indifferent cruelty, and the system of empire.”
Read more: https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/55-u-s-senators-voted-genocide-yemen/
“Why did 55 cheerful, well-fed, safe people in suits just vote for mass-murder?”
Read more: http://davidswanson.org/why-55-u-s-senators-voted-for-genocide-in-yemen/
“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
“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
“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
“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.”