The miracle of smuggling

I doubt it'll happen, ultimately. Not too hot about it only being able to get done via EO either. The tyranny button becomes far too easy to press the more times you gotta press it.

LOL, that definitely ain't true. Regardless, of course it wouldn't be for being a loser, bacha bazi enthusiast or getting shammed by a CIA call girl.

The Oberlin college saga is beyond moronic. This is why more are simply skipping college -- being this dogmatic is not even seen in divinity school.

Good stuff in general. I suspect in particular the auditing conflict of interest problem would be best solved by listing agencies handling that on behalf of the listees.

Definitely a better idea than relying on the gangster Pompeo.

Yeah... because it helped avoid war before, right? Oh, it did the opposite?

BONUS: More on the drone shoot down.

Corruption very rarely gets exposed except by rivals. This case proves to be no exception.

The pentagram types must be kicking themselves about now. If they'd used a U2, we'd be at war by now!

Quite the different perspective from the west, inured in falsehood as it is.

We have to distinguish truth from falsehood. We can be pleased that Hitlerism failed, but without necessarily believing that the Anglo-Saxons saved us. We can denounce the brutality of Den Xiaoping without necessarily denying that in this bloody fashion he saved his country from the return of colonialism. We can celebrate the fact that we were not dominated by the Soviet Union without necessarily boasting about being vassals of the Anglo-Saxons.

If it’s wrong for Christian bigots to use government violence against LGBT people, it’s also wrong for vengeful LGBT people to use government violence against Christian bigots. But people don’t see it this way; oh, everybody tells their kids “two wrongs don’t make a right”, but they don’t really believe it. What they believe in is us vs. them, and that it’s perfectly OK to use state violence against “them”…regardless of the consequences to everyone.

Well, that'd be one way to start the war. Of course, then "we're the bad guys".

Considering the recent agitations, this sort of thing existing can't really be surprising. Who knows if they caught anything but bozo pawns though.

He thinks the institutional paralysis of their state precludes it. I'm somewhat skeptical about that claim.

Souns like Pompeo and Bolton will continue to ride herd.

What a putz

Clearly their bid to become the global government

As usual the gowned clowns make the wrong call. The reasonable layman will rightly see that, whatever the reason, practically allowing double jeopardy means there is no winning. The state can simply invent as many layers of sovereignty above you as is required to secure conviction. Yet another nail in the coffin of the state's perceived legitimacy.

In the court's defense, this is already the reality with or without multiple sovereignty -- the legion of criminal offenses alone means they can throw the book at you for anything already. It's just not quite so obvious to the uninitiated.

Stewardship over charity. Teach men to fish. Don't give away your inheritance for a mess of pottage.

Like Lacey Hunt emphasizes, the story is all about marginal productivity of debt. When that turns negative (like it has), the fed is worse than useless.

There are hopeful signs that Powell may actually know better. Here's hoping.

Obviously more cold warrior bullshit, but whatever.

Didn't take too long. I suppose he'll be sharing a cell with Ross Ulbricht if they don't hang him high.

A part of me says "TIA, what do you expect", but it does make me think there's an opportunity *somewhere* in the continent to run a shade tree shared host and make bank.

Oh? He was actually a jihadi nutcase? Sad.