Category Archives: Politics

The Government Controls the Horizontal and the Vertical

Welcome to today’s proof that the government “controls the horizontal and the vertical,” as the old TV show, the Outer Limits, used to say. I have all of this crap turned off. They pushed it through to everyone in the … Continue reading

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Investors account for 30 per cent of home buying in Canada, data show – The Globe and Mail

Investors have become more prevalent in Canada’s housing market, accounting for 30 per cent of all residential real estate purchases in the first part of this year, according to new data. Source: Investors account for 30 per cent of home … Continue reading

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Mozilla Report Finds That New Cars Give Out Lots of Your Info

Bad news: your car is a spy. Every major car brand failed a recent privacy and security test from Mozilla. You’re probably driving around in a “privacy nightmare” that may collect information as sensitive as your race, health status, and … Continue reading

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White House urges reauthorization of Section 702 spy powers

While there may be only three cases of intentional misconduct reported, the briefing does seem to gloss over the hundreds of thousands of instances of FBI misuse between 2020 and early 2021 alone — as well as the time and … Continue reading

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Runaway American “Capitalism”

The promise of Capitalism was, “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your doorstep.” However, when people build better mousetraps these days, the mousetrap market leader just buys them, ruins the product, and forces people … Continue reading

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No Matter What Trump Does, Evangelicals Still Love Him

White evangelicals’ fascination with Trump won’t be the last time a large subset of the American public becomes enthralled by an authoritarian and incompetent politician. Source: No Matter What Trump Does, Evangelicals Still Love Him The better question is: What … Continue reading

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Me and My Impertinent Questions

That’s apparently what I get for calling him on conflating two very controversial, yet very different issues, and asking why he would do that. It’s too bad. I mean, I know we have different politics, but he’s a great writer … Continue reading

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a Democrat challenging Biden. But what is his platform? | Fox News

In announcing his long-shot candidacy for president Wednesday, Kennedy vowed to “end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is threatening now to impose a new kind of corporate feudalism on our country.” Source: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … Continue reading

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Tucker Carlson departs Fox News, pushed out by Rupert Murdoch

Source: Tucker Carlson departs Fox News, pushed out by Rupert Murdoch “Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News is, in part, an admission of the systemic lying, bullying and conspiracy-mongering claimed by our client, former top producer Abby Grossberg,” said Tanvir … Continue reading

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Twitter, in a Nutshell

Some mid account, posting a summary, of a news article, which says specifically the opposite of what he’s saying in the tweet…. 21.2K likes. The truth? Doesn’t even register. But it’s red meat for his audience, so… Where’s Elon’s vaunted … Continue reading

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