“By citing national security, Trump can skirt independent U.S. government trade bodies and impose tariffs and quotas as high as he wants.”
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/16/news/economy/steel-aluminum-tariffs-trump/index.html
“The legions of do-gooders who want to compel you and others to eat just what they think you should eat are—despite their persistence—failing miserably at their jobs.”
Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/02/17/people-will-eat-what-they-want-not-what
“Niklas Cruz may have pulled the trigger that resulted in the mayhem in Parkland, Fla., but something else is driving the madness.”
“Government officials, hiding behind classified material, can easily inflate and even create so-called threats, and they have an obvious incentive to do so.”
Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/02/18/peace-through-strength-is-a-racket
“Every military leader in history has wanted more resources at his or her disposal. U.S. secretaries of defense have been especially adamant since 2011, when the Budget Control Act first set limits on both defense and domestic spending.”
Read more: http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/15/the-militarys-readiness-scam-worked-again/
“New South Wales’ authorities deactivated the card under Meow-Meow’s name after his surgery in April 2017 made headlines. However, since the chip implanted in his hand wasn’t registered to him, he was able to use it for almost a whole year — only downside was that he sometimes had to swipe his palm over the scanner more than once. It was only after he traveled back to Australia from a cyborg convention in the US that authorities were successfully able to cut off the card he’s been using.”
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/15/implanted-transit-pass-deactivated-australia/
“The street’s enhanced security and isolated location have attracted some of the wealthiest and most powerful politicians in California over the years, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Cheng says the outcome of the hearing shows that a different standard of government applies to the rich and politically connected in San Francisco.”
“California’s plan to deny pipeline permits for transporting oil from new leases off the Pacific Coast is the most forceful step yet by coastal states trying to halt the biggest proposed expansion in decades of federal oil and gas leasing.”
“Uber, Lyft, and several other firms critically involved in self-driving cars have their own ideas about how to improve personal transport — and one of the biggest involves you not being allowed to drive your car at all.”
“This is where the story becomes quite curious. The new bill will reduce output for all brewers except for one: the new Guinness Brewery being built in southwest Baltimore.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/a-beer-war-is-brewing-in-maryland/
