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Rational Review News Digest, 01/09/18 — Cliven Bundy to walk free as federal judge dismisses case; The political firm
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In the News:
1) Cliven Bundy to walk free as federal judge dismisses case
2) UK: Tories appoint new chairman in May's first major reshuffle
3) Germany: Merkel enters high-stakes talks in last chance to form a government
4) Oprah for president? Golden Globes speech sparks fevered speculation
5) Trump to call on Pentagon, diplomats to play bigger role on arms sales
6) California pulls stoned-driving ad after criticism
7) Trump orders 200,000 Salvadorans to leave US
8) NAACP calls for "snowflake" protest against Trump at College Football Championship
9) Somaliland: Regime passes first law against rape
10) Portuguese town encourages children to smoke at Epiphany
11) Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer says he'll spend $30 million to flip Congress
12) Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including basketball court and "test kitchen"
13) NYC: Two injured in Trump Tower heating system fire
14) Pope, in "state of world" speech, urges dialogue in Korea, nuclear ban
15) Democrats ordered sting to expose illegal [sic] online gun sales; it backfired
16) China: Regime reportedly orders crackdown on Bitcoin mining
17) SpaceX launches secret Zuma mission for US government, lands rocket
18) India: Top court to review colonial-era law criminalising gay sex
19) Vietnam: Regime tries former oil executives in crackdown
20) Syria: Explosion and air strikes in rebel-held Idlib "kill 40"
Everybody Has An Opinion:
21) The political firm
22) Oprah for president? Why not?
23) No, we don't need a federal "solution" to infrastructure problems
24) IRS tyranny against Swiss bankers
25) Centrist think tanks won't save our cities
26) Trump's deregulation drive is epic in scale and scope, and yet …
27) The Democrats: Exorcising ghosts and looking forward
28) Just say no to Jeff Sessions
29) The rise of the privilege epiphany
30) High time to legalise
31) If you don't like Jeff Session's marijuana decision, change the law
32) You can't be "screwed" by being denied X unless you have a right to X
33) Healthcare spending vs. health system performance: What are the realistic options for reform?
34) Contradictions in Trump's national security strategy
35) In the Russian collusion debate, who's fooling who?
36) The free market [sic] made us do it!
37) Is Trump a "very stable genius" or a dangerous lunatic?
38) Economic growth does not pay for tax cuts, and tax cuts do not increase wages
39) Bitcoin isn't the bubble — the global financial system is
40) The Russia thing
41) Crossing the swamp
42) In defence of Apu
43) Quantum Vibe, 01/08/18
44) State of the nation: Progressives, conservatives, and Trump
45) Oprah Winfrey: Does Globes speech provide clues about presidential run?
46) Win on the field
47) Americans voting with their feet for lower taxes, less regulation
48) Pakistan's long struggle for democracy could get a boost from Trump, Rand Paul, and … the Saudis
49) How "Russiagate" helped secure a dangerous arms deal
50) A slow death
The Sound and the Fury:
51) Reason Podcast, 01/08/18
52) The Tom Woods Show, episode 1071
53) Editor's Break, episode 46
54) PanAm Podcast, 01/08/18
55) Lions of Liberty Podcast, episode 329
56) Freedom Feens Radio, 01/08/18
57) Foreign Policy Focus, episode 139
58) Free Talk Live, 01/07/18
59) Punk Rock Libertarians Podcast, episode 143
60) Interview: Tim Brochu
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***** In the News *****
1) Cliven Bundy to walk free as federal judge dismisses case
Source: USA Today
"Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his two sons and a militia member will not face a retrial on charges that they led an armed rebellion against federal agents in 2014. A federal judge Monday said the federal prosecutors' conduct was 'outrageous' and 'violated due process rights' of the defendants. U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro said a new trial would not be sufficient to address the problems in the case and would provide the prosecution with an unfair advantage going forward. She dismissed the charges against the four men 'with prejudice,' meaning they cannot face trial again. As the courtroom doors opened after Navarro's ruling, a huge cheer went up from the crowd of spectators gathered outside." (01/08/18)
2) UK: Tories appoint new chairman in May's first major reshuffle
Source: Irish Times [Ireland]
"Brandon Lewis has been named the new chairman of Britain's Conservative Party, amid farcical scenes which saw the Tories' official Twitter account incorrectly announce that the job had gone to Chris Grayling. … In a major shake-up of CCHQ, the Conservatives announced prominent backbencher James Cleverly as deputy chairman, junior minister Chris Skidmore as vice chairman for policy, Maria Caulfield as vice chair for women, and 2017 intake MPs Kemi Badenoch and Ben Bradley as vice chair for candidates and vice chair for youth respectively. But bigger names were also expected to leave the Cabinet, with Education Secretary Justine Greening, Business Secretary Greg Clark and the Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom all reported to be vulnerable as the Prime Minister seeks to assert her authority." (01/08/18)
3) Germany: Merkel enters high-stakes talks in last chance to form a government
Source: CNBC
"Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has entered talks with a rival party in a last-ditch effort to form a coalition government after months of political uncertainty and deadlock in the euro zone's largest economy. Merkel, the head of a conservative alliance made up of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister-party the Christian Social Union (CSU), will meet with Martin Schulz, the head of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), for preliminary talks this week. They are set to discuss whether they can renew a governing coalition that has been in operation in recent years. The SPD had previously refused to enter into another coalition government given that its voters punished it in the last election for its previous alliance. But after coalition talks between Merkel and two other parties failed to find an agreement, the SPD has changed its stance." (01/08/18)
4) Oprah for president? Golden Globes speech sparks fevered speculation
Source: Raw Story
"Could Oprah Winfrey run for president and beat Donald Trump? Hollywood, liberals and ardent fans are abuzz with speculation that the billionaire chat show queen is harboring White House ambitions after an impassioned Golden Globes speech. Winfrey had barely finished calling for a 'new day' following a sexual harassment watershed, before calls snowballed for one of America's most famous women, a self-made tycoon born into poverty, to run for the highest office in the free world. Hollywood's loathing of Trump and bafflement that a crass-talking reality star with no previous government experience could win the presidency have fueled talk of well, why not another television star, only one with the 'right' politics? While Winfrey herself has never stated any cut-and-dried desire to run for office (reportedly saying 'I don't … I don't' backstage at the Globes when asked if she planned to run), her longtime partner suggested that she could be persuaded." [editor's note: Part of me wants to just giggle, while another part says "hell, why not?" – SAT] (01/18/18)
5) Trump to call on Pentagon, diplomats to play bigger role on arms sales
Source: Reuters
""The Trump administration is nearing completion of a new 'Buy American' plan that calls for U.S. military attaches and diplomats to help drum up billions of dollars more in business overseas for the American weapons industry, going beyond the assistance they currently provide, U.S. officials said. President Donald Trump as early as February is expected to announce a 'whole of government' effort to ease export rules on purchases by foreign countries of U.S.-made military equipment, from fighter jets and drones to warships and artillery, according to people familiar with the plan. Trump is seeking to fulfill a 2016 election campaign promise to create jobs in the United States by selling more goods and services abroad to bring down the U.S. trade deficit from a six-year high of $50 billion." (01/08/18)
6) California pulls stoned-driving ad after criticism
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
"An ad aimed at discouraging drivers from getting behind the wheel under the influence of marijuana was removed by California officials after critics said it promoted use of the drug. The 30-second video, part of the 'DUI Doesn't Just Mean Booze' campaign by the California Office of Traffic Safety, starts with a montage of people listing off reasons why they use cannabis — before assuring that they never drive while intoxicated. 'OK, I love it,' one man says of marijuana, smiling and looking into the camera. Rhonda Craft, director of the Office of Traffic Safety, said in a statement, 'We are cognizant and share the concerns expressed over certain elements of our most recent ads. As a result, we will continue to refine and improve messaging as we move forward.' The agency plans to continue using another ad that was produced for an earlier anti-DUI campaign. 'The points remain the same: drive high and you can get a DUI,' Craft said." (01/08/18)
7) Trump orders 200,000 Salvadorans to leave US
Source: USA Today
"The Trump administration will end temporary legal immigration status for 200,000 Salvadorans who have been living in the U.S. for nearly two decades, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday. Salvadorans who currently have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) must return to their homeland by September 2019 or become undocumented immigrants if they remain without legal protections. Salvadorans were first granted TPS in 2001 after a pair of devastating earthquakes that killed nearly 1,000 people and destroyed more than 100,000 homes in the Central American country. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen concluded that El Salvador has rebuilt and recovered enough so the emergency declaration is no longer necessary. 'The substantial disruption of living conditions caused by the earthquake no longer exist,' Homeland Security said in a statement." (01/08/18)
8) NAACP calls for "snowflake" protest against Trump at College Football Championship
Source: Fox News
"Amid the crimson, white, red and black during the national college football championship in Atlanta on Monday, the NAACP wants to see fans wave a white towel to simulate a blizzard of 'snowflakes' to send a message to President Trump. The president plans to attend the event, and Atlanta's NAACP chapter said on its Facebook page that it wants fans inside the stadium for the College Football Playoff title game to send him a message by waving white towels 'simulating a blizzard.' 'We will not let the President's visit go without a response. If you are lucky enough to attend the game, we encourage you to bring a white towel to wave simulating a blizzard while the president is in the packed stadium,' the group said. 'Trump supporters mockingly call the opposition snowflakes, but when we come together we create a mighty storm.'" [editor's note: I can only laugh at this point — a mighty storm? More like a mighty wind – SAT] (01/08/18)
9) Somaliland: Regime passes first law against rape
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
"For the first time in its history, the self-declared republic of Somaliland has passed a law against rape. In the past, a victim's family could force them to marry their rapist to avoid being shamed. Rapists now stand to face at least 30 years in prison. Somaliland declared itself independent from Somalia in 1991 but is not internationally recognised as a country. There is still no law against rape in Somalia. Somaliland's speaker of parliament, Bashe Mohamed Farah, told the BBC that rape cases have risen and he hoped the new law would help stop that trend." (01/08/18)
10) Portuguese town encourages children to smoke at Epiphany
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
"The Epiphany celebrations in the Portuguese village of Vale de Salgueiro feature a tradition that each year causes an outcry among outsiders: Parents encouraging their children, some as young as 5, to smoke cigarettes. Locals say the practice has been passed down for centuries as part of a celebration of life tied to the Christian Epiphany and the winter solstice — but nobody is sure what it symbolizes or exactly why parents buy the packs of cigarettes for their children and encourage them to take part. The two-day celebrations, which start Friday and end Saturday with a Mass, include dancing around bonfires, a piper playing music and an elected 'king' who distributes plentiful wine and snacks." (01/07/18)
11) Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer says he'll spend $30 million to flip Congress
Source: USA Today
"Tom Steyer, a billionaire environmentalist who has waged a high-profile campaign calling for President Trump's impeachment, announced Monday that he will not run for public office this year. Instead, the San Francisco-based mega-donor plans to pump $30 million into helping Democrats seize control of Congress by mobilizing young voters in what he and his aides say will be the country's largest youth turnout push. Steyer called Trump's election a 'disastrous turn.' … 'I'm willing to do whatever it takes to save our country,' Steyer during a news conference within view of the Capitol dome. 'The task I feel called to do is organizing and mobilizing America's voters.'" (01/08/18)
12) Obamas criticized for lavish library plans, including basketball court and "test kitchen"
Source: Fox News
"In their effort to break the mold, the planners of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago are taking heat for some less-than-lofty features in the sprawling complex. Namely, a 'test kitchen.' Reports first surfaced last fall that the monument to the first black president's legacy was taking on an activity-center vibe. There would be a museum — but also a basketball court, possibly a room for yoga classes, and a test kitchen to teach visitors 'about the full production cycle of nutritious food.' It's a reference to former first lady Michelle Obama's campaign for healthy eating and lifestyles. But Chicago Tribune columnist Ron Grossman trashed the 'test kitchen' idea as not worthy of the ideals and history for which the presidential center is supposed to stand. 'Mr. President, I've got to tell you: The renderings for your museum are 'little plans,' more likely to congeal than stir blood,' he wrote." [editor's note: Last time I looked, a "library" was for books and papers – SAT] (01/08/18)
13) NYC: Two injured in Trump Tower heating system fire
Source: WJTV 12
"New York City fire officials say a fire in Trump Tower's heating and air conditioning system injured two people and caused smoke to billow from the roof. The Fire Department of New York says the fire started around 7 a.m. Monday at the building that contains President Donald Trump's home and business offices." (01/08/18)
14) Pope, in "state of world" speech, urges dialogue in Korea, nuclear ban
Source: US News & World Report
"Pope Francis, in his annual 'state of the world' address called on Monday for all nations to support dialogue to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula and to work for a legally binding ban on nuclear weapons. In the speech, Francis also repeated his call for a two-state-solution between Israelis and Palestinians and respect for the 'status quo' of Jerusalem following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize the city as Israel's capital. … The pope addressed envoys from more than 180 countries a day before North Korea and South Korea are due to hold talks expected to address North Korea's participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which some diplomats see as a possible opening for discussions on other topics such as humanitarian issues and divided families." (01/08/18)
15) Democrats ordered sting to expose illegal [sic] online gun sales; it backfired
Source: Fox News
"A Democrat-backed study meant to expose illicit online gun sales instead seemed to show the opposite — with hardly any sellers taking the bait when undercover investigators tried to set up dozens of illegal firearm transactions. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., as well as Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, had commissioned the Government Accountability Office report to look into how online private dealers might be selling guns to people not allowed to have them. Their efforts were based on a 2016 report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which claimed that 'anonymity of the internet makes it an ideal means for prohibited individuals to obtain illegal firearms.' 'Congressional requesters asked that GAO access the extent to which ATF is enforcing existing laws and investigate whether online private sellers sell firearms to be people who are not allowed or eligible to possess a firearm,' the report said." (01/08/18)
16) China: Regime reportedly orders crackdown on Bitcoin mining
Source: Sputnik News [Russian state media]
"A Chinese watchdog for internet financial risk has reportedly ordered local governments to implement measures to limit Bitcoin mining in the country. On Friday, a tweet was posted online which appears to show a notice from China's Internet Financial Risk Special Rectification Work Leadership Team Office, the country's online financial risk regulator. The order requests that local governments gradually force Bitcoin miners out of the business. Measures which local authorities are instructed to use include control of the power supply to Bitcoin mines, as well laws regarding tax, land use and environmental protection. More than two-thirds of the world's processing power devoted to bitcoin mining is located in China, but authorities there want to clamp down on the sector. They fear that cryptocurrencies are used as a tool for speculation and thereby fuel financial risk. In addition, it is feared they may be used to finance illegal activities including money laundering." [editor's note: What is ACTUALLY feared is that the Communist Party will lose control of the movement of wealth in the country. That's a rational fear for an authoritarian regime to have. It's also going to happen no matter what crackdowns occur – TLK] (01/08/18)
17) SpaceX launches secret Zuma mission for US government, lands rocket
Source: Space.com
"SpaceX lofted the super-secret Zuma spacecraft for the U.S. government tonight, successfully executing a mission that also featured yet another landing by the first stage of the company's Falcon 9 rocket. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 8 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on Florida's Space Coast. The booster's two stages separated 2 minutes and 19 seconds into flight. The second stage continued carrying the mysterious Zuma to its destination in low-Earth orbit (LEO), while the first stage began maneuvering its way back to terra firma for a touchdown at Landing Zone 1, a SpaceX facility at Cape Canaveral." (01/07/18)
18) India: Top court to review colonial-era law criminalising gay sex
Source: The Guardian [UK]
"India may be on track for a major victory for gay rights after the country's supreme court agreed to re-examine a colonial-era law outlawing sex between men. The court on Monday said it would refer the question of the validity of section 377 of the Indian penal code to a larger bench for examination before October this year. … The supreme court observed in 2013 that fewer than 200 people had been convicted for homosexual acts under the legislation but activists say it is regularly used to blackmail and intimidate LBGTI Indians as well as to stymie HIV/Aids prevention efforts." (01/08/18)
19) Vietnam: Regime tries former oil executives in crackdown
Source: Washington Post
"Vietnam opened a major corruption trial Monday against defendants who include a former senior Communist official and a former oil executive the Vietnamese government is accused of snatching from Germany. Former Politburo member Dinh La Thang, 57, also was formerly the chairman of state energy giant PetroVietnam and is accused of 'deliberately violating state economic management regulations, causing serious consequences' for his role in awarding PetroVietnam's Construction Joint Stock Company, or PVC, a contract to build a thermoelectric plant without a proper bidding process. He allegedly also advanced $67 million to PVC, which did not use the funds for the right purpose, causing losses of $5.5 million to the state." (01/08/18)
20) Syria: Explosion and air strikes in rebel-held Idlib "kill 40"
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
"At least 40 people have reportedly been killed in an explosion and a series of air strikes across the rebel-held north Syrian province of Idlib. The blast, on Sunday night outside the headquarters of the Islamist rebel faction Ajnad al-Qawqaz in the city of Idlib, left 25 people dead. The cause was not clear but many believed a car bomb was responsible. Activists say another 15 people were killed in Syrian government and Russian air strikes elsewhere on Sunday." (01/08/18)
***** Everybody Has An Opinion *****
21) The political firm
Source: EconLog
by Pierre Lemieux
"In a recent issue, The Economist observes that business is becoming more political in America. Politicized businesses do not only feel obliged to take a stand on political issues, but they often want their preferences to be, in some way, forced upon members of society who don't share them. The chairman of Starbucks, reports the magazine, 'champions the idea that firms should serve both their shareholders and a broader set of interests, including staff and civil society.' The politicization of businesses could correspond to a demand — real, money-backed demand — from their employees. … competition from non-politicized suppliers should prevent the politicized ones from charging more to cover their additional costs. Market competition would insure that the politicization costs are paid by the firm itself, and is limited to what employees or owners are willing to pay out of their own pockets. Because employees are as greedy as firm owners, internal demands for 'societal' grandstanding will thus be limited." (01/08/18)
22) Oprah for president? Why not?
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
"Just a few short years ago, the idea of a president without prior experience in political office was nearly unthinkable. Prior to 2016, the last major party nominee, let alone president, with no political resume was Dwight D. Eisenhower, who, you may remember, whipped Hitler in World War Two. And then came Donald Trump. Like Oprah, The Donald is a billionaire and a former television personality. It seems that being a sitting or former state governor or US Senator (or general) is no longer a requirement for the top slot in American politics (the only president ever elected from the House of Representatives was James Garfield in 1880). Apart from what one might think of his actual tenure in office, it's far from obvious that Trump is more qualified than Winfrey for the post." (01/08/18)
23) No, we don't need a federal "solution" to infrastructure problems
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Ryan McMaken
"The assertion that there is an 'infrastructure crisis' at all remains quite dubious. As just a recent example, we might note that in his tweet about the Washington State derailment, Trump neglected to mention that the derailed train was making its first run on brand new tracks as part of a $180-million expansion of the train system in the region. It was in no way a result of 'crumbling' infrastructure. But for the sake of argument, let's assume that many railroads, airports, highways, and bridges need repairs, and that governments will be frequently involved in addressing these needs. But that leaves us with a another question: why is a local bridge a matter of national concern? Why must a New Yorker be taxed to fund a stretch of highway in Boise?" (01/08/18)
24) IRS tyranny against Swiss bankers
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
"Stefan Buck is a happy man. Last fall, a federal jury in Manhattan acquitted him of conspiracy to deprive the IRS of income tax revenue. Although a team of U.S. marshals was ready to take him into custody, Buck was free to walk out of the federal courthouse a free man and return to his home … in Switzerland. Buck is a Swiss citizen. At the time of this supposed crime, he was a Swiss banker. His actions took place entirely in Switzerland. Nonetheless, demonstrating the worldwide reach of the U.S. empire, Buck was forced to stand trial in New York for supposedly conspiring to deprive the IRS of tax revenues while operating entirely in Switzerland. Buck's prosecution serves an instructive lesson for modern-day Americans." (01/08/18)
25) Centrist think tanks won't save our cities
Source: In These Times
by Gar Alperovitz
"With both houses of Congress and most state governments captured by the Republican Party, those opposed to Trump and Trumpism are looking to cities. This strategic choice is increasingly being made not only by the Left, but by the careful center as well, a fact shown nowhere more clearly than in The New Localism by Bruce Katz and Jeremy Nowak, urban policy experts at the Brookings Institution, an influential Washington think tank. Katz and Nowak offer a window into the mindset of elite resistance to Trump. While they don't like the nationalism and nativism of right-wing populism, their interest lies with leadership by and largely for those at the top. As Donald Trump tears down what remains of the welfare state, local elites are working hard to save their cities." (01/08/18)
26) Trump's deregulation drive is epic in scale and scope, and yet …
Source: Christian Science Monitor
by Laurent Belsie
"Three days before new federal regulations required him to install an electronic logging device in his semi, Chuck Paar put his 2012 rig up for sale and started driving his 1997 truck instead. The truck is so old it isn't required to have the device, which logs how long a driver stays behind the wheel. Big fleets like the automation, but small trucking companies like Mr. Paar's in Mount Jewett, Pa. have struggled to use the devices, which became mandatory Dec. 18. 'It's overregulation; it's overkill,' he says. And although he's exempt, his drivers are not. This past Tuesday, one of Paar's best drivers was on his 28th minute of a mandatory half-hour break when he pulled around to a fuel pump so he could get ready to fuel. The electronic device logged the truck as moving. 'On a paper log, you log that as a half hour,' Paar says, 'but he had to sit another 30 minutes!'" (01/05/18)
27) The Democrats: Exorcising ghosts and looking forward
Source: The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner
"The Democrats' stunning success in the November 7, 2017, Virginia state elections, and more recently, Democrat Doug Jones's election in Alabama, portends a great blue wave in 2018. Or does it? The good news is that dozens of new groups mobilized thousands of volunteers and candidates, many of whom were new to politics. With a lackluster and centrist gubernatorial candidate in Ralph Northam, Virginia also produced a rare case of coattails in reverse. The down-ticket campaigns increased turnout, which improved the margin in the governor's race. Most of the new groups that contributed to the Virginia wins have been created only since Trump's election in 2016. They range from groups devoted to candidate recruitment and training for state and local races, such as Run for Something, to full-service organizations like the Arena, to specialized outfits like Sister District, which direct volunteers from safely blue areas to races where they are needed. The new groups in turn connect with broad-gauge mass coalitions like Indivisible and established groups such as Emily's List. Remarkably, they don't seem to be tripping over one another, as they gear up for 2018." (01/08/18)
28) Just say no to Jeff Sessions
Source: Campaign For Liberty
by Ron Paul
"The US Constitution does not give the federal government any authority to criminalize marijuana. Thus, the question of whether marijuana is legal is one of the many issues reserved to the states under the Tenth Amendment. If the Constitution gives Congress the power to ban marijuana, then why was it necessary to amend the Constitution to give Congress the power to ban alcohol? Sessions'[s] usurpation of state marijuana laws is the type of federal intrusion into state issues usually opposed by conservatives. Sadly, too many conservatives are just as willing to sacrifice constitutional government and individual liberties for the war on drugs as they are for the war on terror." (01/08/18)
29) The rise of the privilege epiphany
Source: The New Republic
by Phoebe Maltz Bovy
"One would expect a column titled '2017 Was the Year I Learned About My White Privilege' to appear in Thought Catalog, the self-indulgent opinion site, or perhaps self-published on Medium. And odds are, the author would be a liberal arts student or recent graduate, their Sociology 101 coursework still fresh in the mind. But in fact, the above piece appeared last month in Foreign Policy, and its author was Max Boot — a [neocon] military historian, unrepentant Iraq War proponent, and former adviser to John McCain and Mitt Romney. Not a Donald Trump supporter, but hardly a with-it millennial. It was the president, though, who prompted Boot's epiphany. While videos of police brutality (and a black woman friend's account of racial profiling in department stores) contributed to this awakening, 'Trump's victory has revealed that racism and xenophobia are more widespread than I had previously realized,' he wrote. Similarly, the #MeToo moment alerted Boot to the continued existence (even in America, which is not, he notes, Saudi Arabia) of sexism." (01/08/18)
30) High time to legalise
Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Matt Kilcoyne
"If our politicians don't act fast British businesses are going to be left behind in the race to commercialise cannabis across the world. By 2025 the global market for medicinal cannabis alone is due to be worth £40bn, and by 2021 the recreational market in the US alone is expected to be worth $24.5bn. The prohibition on research, development, innovation and sales of cannabis is holding British business back at a time when we need to be even more innovative and even more global in our trade ambitions." (01/08/18)
31) If you don't like Jeff Session's marijuana decision, change the law
Source: USA Today
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds
"Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution provides that: 'All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.' Legislative powers are the power to make and repeal laws. Those powers are not vested in the executive branch, which includes the president and, more relevant to this discussion, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who recently announced that he will no longer follow an Obama-era policy of not enforcing federal laws against marijuana. Some states have repealed their own laws against marijuana, but marijuana remains illegal under federal law, and will stay that way unless Congress legislates otherwise. This is basic civics stuff, but it seems to have eluded a lot of people. … And it's for that reason that, even though I favor marijuana legalization, I approve of what Sessions has done." [editor's note: A sane voice on the issue, though I still think we should put the elf on the shelf – SAT] [additional editor's note: There's no constitutional power to regulate marijuana other than in interstate commerce. QED, per Amendment 10, the laws in question are unconstitutional – TLK] (01/08/18)
32) You can't be "screwed" by being denied X unless you have a right to X
Source: Cafe Hayek
by Don Boudreaux
"Let's say that you produce tomatoes. If you concede, as you must, that consumers are and ought to be free to grow their own tomatoes at home or to buy as many tomatoes as they wish from other American tomato growers, then you concede that you, as an American producer, have no right to consumer patronage of your business. How, then, do you come to acquire such a right simply because foreign governments abuse their citizens with tariffs and subsidies? You don't." (01/08/18)
33) Healthcare spending vs. health system performance: What are the realistic options for reform?
Source: Niskanen Center
by Ed Dolan
"We often hear that we, in United States, spend more on healthcare than other high-income countries, but get less for our money. A report from the Commonweath Fund, 'Mirror, Mirror 2017,' is among many pieces of research to reach that conclusion. Just why is U.S. healthcare spending so high and performance so low? What are the realistic options for reformers? One of the report's key charts provides an excellent framework for discussing what it calls 'flaws and opportunities for better U.S. healthcare.'" (01/08/18)
34) Contradictions in Trump's national security strategy
Source: Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland
"For all his revolutionary talk on the campaign trail, Donald Trump, as presidents have before him, has been co-opted by the U.S. foreign policy establishment to run pretty much the same national security strategy as his predecessors. That is because new presidents, most of them former governors, have been elected on domestic issues and have little foreign policy experience when they take office (the only recent exception was George H. W. Bush), therefore relying on people that the establishment recommends from their political party. In the case of Trump — who had some good commonsense instincts in the campaign that promised a more a more restrained foreign policy — it is a shame that the interventionist generals he has around him have largely won the day over that laudable intuition." (01/08/18)
35) In the Russian collusion debate, who's fooling who?
Source: The American Conservative
by Scott Ritter
"That the FBI would have used the Downer cable as the catalyst around which it would launch a criminal investigation into Trump's campaign is facially absurd — a single uncorroborated source, based upon an alcohol-fueled conversation that had transpired two months before the cable was drafted, is not the basis upon which such a politically sensitive initiative would be undertaken. One of the principle tenets of assessing raw intelligence information, such as that contained in the Downer cable, is whether the actors involved could plausibly have had access to that which is claimed. Russia, like the United States, treats intelligence derived from communications intercepts — including cyber operations — as among the most sensitive, and therefore highly classified, sources. The notion that the existence of information that would amount to the crown jewels of the Russian intelligence service would be handed over to an obscure non-Russian professor to share with a low-level American campaign advisor represents the kind of red flag that any intelligence analyst worthy of the title would raise when evaluating the Downer cable." (01/08/18)
36) The free market [sic] made us do it!
Source: Our Future
Sam Pizzigati
"Apologists for the many millions in compensation that America's largest corporations regularly dole out to their top executives have essentially one basic, all-purpose go-to defense. America's corporate giants, this defense contends, are just paying the going 'market rate' for top-notch executive talent. So chill out, America. Average Americans who complain about excessive executive pay, says Stanford Business School's Nick Donatiello, simply do not realize 'how much compensation is required, given the market for talent, to attract and motivate the right people.' Any company that tries to go cheap and get by without that 'right talent,' America's corporate wisdom continues, would never be able to successfully compete in our globalized marketplace. Does this defense hold any water? Not any more. Business analysts at Bloomberg have now forever scorched the notion that American CEO pay somehow reflects 'market' reality." (01/07/18)
37) Is Trump a "very stable genius" or a dangerous lunatic?
Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum
"By calling himself 'a very stable genius' on Saturday, Donald Trump invited his psychiatrically inclined opponents to reiterate their claim that he is mentally unfit for office. 'The level of concern by the public is now enormous,' Yale forensic psychiatrist Bandy Lee told The New York Times. 'They're telling us to speak more loudly and clearly and not to stop until something is done, because they are terrified.' … Lee is rebelling against the American Psychiatric Association's rule barring members from diagnosing at a distance public figures whom they have not personally examined. The injunction, which can be found in Section 7 of the APA's Principles of Medical Ethics, is known as the Goldwater rule because it was largely a response to psychiatric critiques of the 1964 Republican presidential nominee …. Lee and her allies argue that the Goldwater rule, as applied to Donald Trump, conflicts with their 'duty to warn' the public about the grave danger posed by a flagrantly unstable president." (01/08/18)
38) Economic growth does not pay for tax cuts, and tax cuts do not increase wages
Source: Mises Canada
by Kel Kelly
"With President Trump's proposed tax cuts on the table, the conservatives are making their traditional argument that increased government revenues from increased economic growth will offset reduced tax receipts from lower tax rates, and will prevent the budget deficit from increasing. Tax cuts pay for themselves, they argue. Tax cuts do grow the economy, but they do not pay for themselves." (01/08/18)
39) Bitcoin isn't the bubble — the global financial system is
Source: The Hill
by Michael Krieger
"Pretty much every article you read about bitcoin in the mainstream press ends up in the same place. You may not hear it until the seventh or eighth paragraph, but eventually you'll be told that the whole thing is nothing more than a modern day 'tulip bubble.' The more creative types will also throw around the South Sea or Mississippi Bubble. You get the point. The consensus among the very smart experts is unanimous: bitcoin is clearly and indisputably a gigantic bubble that's set to burst. I've been hearing this since the early days of getting involved in the space back in 2012. But I'm not convinced." (01/08/18)
40) The Russia thing
Source: CounterPunch
by Andrew Day
"In a recent interview, journalist Luke Harding failed to substantiate the central thesis — indeed, the title — of his bestselling book, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win. That Putin 'helped Trump win' is prima facie plausible, but what is the empirical evidence? … The Democratic Party too has become captivated by the fantasy that collusion will someday be not only proven but somehow sufficient to oust the President from the Oval Office. It is not obvious how this Russian cloud – increasingly black, but persistently insubstantial – might produce enough rain to wash the Trump era away, nor whether President Pence is a ray of sunshine worth hoping for. Journalists, Democrats, and concerned Americans would be prudent to reconsider not only the evidence, but the politics of such wishful thinking." (01/08/18)
41) Crossing the swamp
Source: Town Hall
by Katie Kieffer
"It's not about 'draining the swamp.' It's about crossing it — and overcoming the bog in a bold bout, much like George Washington's surprise attack in the Battle of Trenton after crossing the Delaware on Christmas Day, 1776. Our first president was a good man. He led by example, enduring the cold alongside his men unlike generals of lesser mettle, who shouted commands from a warm tent out of range of fire. Washington took pride in keeping his commitments, personal and professional. Recently, I finished reading 'Killing England' by Bill O'Reilly. I learned a great deal that I never knew about our first president. The book also gave me a new perspective on the increasing cries that we hear (including from Republicans) for Trump's impeachment, for Trump to throw his Twitter account away, and for Trump to 'work with' Democrats and 'get something done.' Washington never 'worked with' the British in his journey to win independence for the American colonies." [editor's note: I'm not sure how this analogy works here; maybe I just read better books? – SAT] (01/08/18)
42) In defence of Apu
Source: spiked
by James Gill
"'All done. If you survive, please come again.' So warned Springfield's favourite shopkeeper as he served Bart Simpson and his pal Milhouse a deliriously unhealthy, all-syrup super-squishy. This could also serve as a warning to all future fiction writers if they decide to include or cast characters who happen to be of a particular ethnic origin. A paean to the modern trend for joyless offence-taking, Hari Kondabolu's The Problem with Apu has got audiences worldwide talking about television's most loved shopkeeper. Such has been the impact of Kondabolu's film that the crew behind The Simpsons might even alter the character to address feelings of upset. They shouldn't. Behind the veil of such sensitive adjustments to 'problematic' characters lies an insidious form of censorship that risks neutering writers' creative vision." (01/08/18)
43) Quantum Vibe, 01/08/18
Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser & Lea Jean Badelles
Cartoon. (01/08/18)
44) State of the nation: Progressives, conservatives, and Trump
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Richard M Ebeling
"Anyone reading the news and especially the political 'liberal' and conservative commentaries might easily conclude that he is living in a world of two parallel political universes. It is as if modern American liberals and conservatives are, respectively, occupying alternative realities about how they look at the economy and culture of the country, and evaluate Donald Trump and his administration. The common element in both, however, is the existence of an intrusive and controlling government." (01/08/18)
45) Oprah Winfrey: Does Globes speech provide clues about presidential run?
Source: BBC News [UK state media] by Anthony Zurcher
"During the opening of the 2018 Golden Globe Awards programme, host Seth Meyers toyed with the idea of a possible Oprah Winfrey presidential campaign. When Winfrey took the stage later that night, the speech she gave was no joke. There are reports emerging in the US that she is actively entertaining the notion. And her speech sounded an awful lot like a presidential candidate on the campaign stump — polished and effective. Here are a few reasons why." [editor's note: She might have to explain her longtime friendship with, umm, Harvey Weinstein. Just sayin' – SAT] (01/08/18)
46) Win on the field
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
"The whole point of the College Football Playoff is to have the champion decided on the field of play — not in a backroom by computers and politics. As happened this year. The CFP should go to an eight-team playoff, which would allow any undefeated team, even from less prestigious conferences, to be included. Isn't this awfully reminiscent of U. S. presidential campaigns?" (01/08/18)
47) Americans voting with their feet for lower taxes, less regulation
Source: Investors Business Daily
by staff
"Forget what economic 'experts' or pollsters say about the Republican economic agenda; the people are moving to more conservative states that impose fewer taxes and less regulation. The latest bit of evidence comes from North American Moving Services, which annually reports where people are moving to, and from, within the U.S. Its findings show that between 2011 and 2017, 10 states saw a net influx of people from other states in one or more of those years, while 9 suffered losses. The rest of the states saw no net change in any of those years. South Carolina, Arizona, Florida and North Carolina were net winners in most of those years. New Jersey, Illinois, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Michigan were consistent losers. What do these states have in common? Gainers consistently show up in lists of states with low taxes, less regulation, and a more business friendly economic climate. Losers are consistently high-tax, high regulation, union-friendly states." (01/05/18)
48) Pakistan's long struggle for democracy could get a boost from Trump, Rand Paul, and … the Saudis
Source: Notes On Liberty
by Tridivesh Maini
"External forces should stop treating the Pakistani army with kid gloves. While the US has taken the lead in taking a strong stand against the Pakistani army, China too needs to do a rethink of its short term goal of using Pakistan to contain India. Terrorism and instability will have an impact on China in the near run as well as long run." (01/07/18)
49) How "Russiagate" helped secure a dangerous arms deal
Source: OpEdNews
by Max Blumenthal
"Dec. 18 was a day like any other in the Donbas region, the flashpoint of a grinding civil war between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists. That afternoon, a girl was badly wounded by a shell fired by Ukrainians into the separatist-held Golmovsky. A few hours later, a hail of Grad rockets fired by pro-Russian forces poured down on the Ukrainian-controlled town of Novoluhanske, killing eight civilians …. Artillery exchanges like this have become a tragic routine in Donbas. … With the war entering its fourth year, a decision by the Trump administration virtually ensured that the news from Donbas will grow dramatically worse. Last month, the State Department approved the transfer of $50 million worth of lethal weapons to the Ukrainian military. Along with a shipment of M107A1 Barrett sniper rifles, the United States will be delivering 35 FGM Javelin anti-tank launching systems and 210 missiles." (01/07/18)
50) A slow death
Source: Cobden Centre
by Tim Price
"Having entered the capital markets in 1991, it always felt like having just missed out on some giant party, or a little like having suddenly arrived at a wake. (One didn't realise at the time that the 'something' that had died was the Japanese stock market, and that it would take a quarter-century to be reanimated.) The one consistent aspect of the financial culture for the past 25 years or so has been the stubborn resistance of the stockbrokerage firm to respond to the messages of the marketplace telling it to die." (01/08/18)
***** The Sound and the Fury *****
51) Reason Podcast, 01/08/18
Source: Reason
"Today's Reason Podcast, featuring Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch, kicks off with the media's biggest takeaway from last night's Golden Globes awards in Hollywood — whether Oprah Winfrey should run for president in 2020, or whether she should just be declared commander in chief preemptively. Along the way we discuss why speechmaking is overrated by political junkies, the reasons there are so few female directors, and the artistic heights reached in comedian Dave Chappelle's latest two Netflix specials. Also under discussion: the fallout from Michael Wolff's White House bestseller Fire and Fury, the potential backlash against Attorney General Jeff Sessions' new directives on marijuana-related enforcement, and some possible good policy outcomes from the Trump administration in 2018." [various formats] (01/08/18)
52) The Tom Woods Show, episode 1071
Source: The Tom Woods Show
"Lij Shaw has recorded artists from Adele to John Oates, and for over a decade has operated a home studio out of his detached garage. The city of Nashville came after him for this, and persisted even after his neighbors signed a petition in his defense. Here's what happened, and what he's doing next." [various formats] (01/08/18)
53) Editor's Break, episode 46
Source: Everything Voluntary
"Editor's Break 046 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: what, if anything, government can do about so-called climate change, the reasons for his biases against government solutions, why the possession of nuclear weapons are a violation of the non-aggression principle, his new website, UnschoolingDads.com, the incessant nature of class warfare, and more." [various formats] (01/08/18)
54) PanAm Podcast, 01/08/18
Source: PanAm Post
"Jeff Sessions'[s] Pledge to Target Legal Marijuana Draws Ire of Libertarians" [Flash video] (01/08/18)
55) Lions of Liberty Podcast, episode 329
Source: Lions of Liberty
"In this week's episode of the flagship Lions of Liberty podcast, Marc is joined by the fascinating John Perkins, author of 'Confessions of an Economic Hitman' and the updated 'New Confessions of an Economic Hitman.' John describes how he was recruited by the NSA and targeted as a potential EHM, or 'Economic Hitman,' where his job was to travel the globe, wooing world leaders with fancy economic projections and promises of prosperity in order to convince them to accept crippling loans and debt they could never repay." [various formats] (01/08/18)
56) Freedom Feens Radio, 01/08/18
Source: Freedom Feens Radio
"John Vibes and Jeremy Heisenberg yak about Jeremy's change of mind on Steemit, a teenage Bitcoin millionaire, the sudden rise of BipCoin, investing time in platforms that can actually pay you a return, why it's still not too late to find you niche, and how robot strippers are here to save us." [various formats] (01/08/18)
57) Foreign Policy Focus, episode 139
Source: Foreign Policy Focus
"On FPF #139, I break down Mattis'[s] new Afghan policy 'We'll fight them.' I analyze Nikki Haley's UN statement on the Iranian protests. I discuss the status of US aid to Pakistan and Palestine. I also update Iraq, Zimbabwe, and Saudi Arabia." [various formats] (01/08/18)
58) Free Talk Live, 01/07/18
Source: Free Talk Live
"Saving and Fractional Reserve Banking :: Sessions and Cannabis :: Conservative Talk Hosts and the War on Cannabis :: Banking :: Cryptocurrency to Go to Zero? :: VA Hospital Nightmare :: Burn Pits :: Socialist Health Care :: Chemtrail Crackpottery :: HAARP Paranoia :: HOSTS — Ian, Jonny Ray." [Flash audio or MP3] (01/07/18)
59) Punk Rock Libertarians Podcast, episode 143
Source: The Daily Liberator
"Public schools, Nexus, immigration, Jeff Sessions and more." [various formats] (01/07/18)
60) Interview: Tim Brochu
Source: Peaceful Anarchism
"Please enjoy my recent conversation with Tim Brochu, co-founder and co-host of Anarchitecture Podcast. Herein we discussed his path to libertarianism, libertarians colonizing the moon, private ownership of public space, the 90's were a joke, scales framework, national defense and the honeypot principle, infrastructure and utilities (power, roads, water distribution, sewage disposal) in a stateless society, preservation of parks, green, and open spaces by private ownership, private ownership of roads and more!" [Flash video or Flash audio] (01/07/18)
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Based in the best coffee and cake shop in the whole wide world, Fancy, in Bedford (their famous Chocolate Brownies are to die for). It's lovely to get together with other crocheters, encourage beginners, swap ideas and learn something new. We always do a bit of a bring and share. One lady had made some gorgeous matching hat and scarf sets and Sam showed us her beautiful zebra ripple blanket.
Last night we made these pretty beaded bangles ready for gifts at Christmas.
There'll be more cake, chat and crochet next month. Come and join us.

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Documenting a large and complicated product like Allegro CL is never easy and even conscientious users often have difficulty finding answers to specific questions in the documentation. In this note, we flag some recent support questions which might be of general interest.
This note is for our Lisp, not for our database products like AllegroGraph and AllegroCache.
Answer:(run-shell-command "cmd /c foo.bat" :show-window :hide)
The function run-shell-command looks very complicated because it has lots of options, but doing simple things is often easy. Also many OS commands can be run using the specialized Operating System Interface functions.
Answer:(tpl:do-command :cd "new-dir-path/")
tpl:do-command is the functional interface to top-level commands.
The variable cl:*print-right-margin* controls how many characters are printed on a line. This initial value is nil, which means determine how many will fit and print that many, but the value can be set to any integer.
Our problem is this: streams in ACL are implemented as instances of CLOS classes, and any class can have any initargs we or the user chooses to define. open does some setup and then calls make-instance with the arguments passed to open. There is no way for open to know which argument/value pair is valid or not.
make-instance could check for validity of initargs but this is expensive and doing so would slow down stream creation significantly (and slow it down for every stream created, so all correct code would also run more slowly). In choosing between evils, we have chosen what we believe to the the lesser. (See this section of implementation.htm for details of the implementation of open.)
A socket is just a stream, so you can use cl:open-stream-p to tell whether it is opened or closed. Note that a true value says it is open but cannot be wholly trusted: even in a non-multiprocessing environment an open stream to an outside device can be closed for reasons external to Lisp and in a multiprocessing environment, another process can close a stream between the call to open-stream-p and an attempt to access, so for total safety, you can wrap the write/read in an error handler which will act appropriately if there is a write/read failure.
As with load, -L loads the fasl file if present. It calls load which works as usual, behaving as specified by sys:*load-search-list*, so if you have modified the value of that variable in the image, the behavior will follow the modification.
This was obviously a bug and was fixed by a patch released soon after the report. The date was 1/1/1942 and the locale was Czechoslovakia which had year-round daylight saving time that year. The bug was caused by an unnoticed assumption that it was never daylight saving time on December 31 or January 1. We mention this (now fixed) problem to remind people that however much testing you do, some cases will slip by and be discovered in the field.
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The news of the Glossybox India launch delay has stirred up a hornet's nest in the online makeup community. Due to an overwhelming demand, Glossybox India has been asked by the parent company in Germany to postpone its launch to late 2012 instead of March 2012 as scheduled.
It was disappointing and there was a lot of confusion regarding the Giveaways that Glossybox had hosted on innumerable beauty blogs across India. But latest word from the Glossybox India team is that they will honor the Giveaways they've hosted and would be giving away Rs 2000 worth Gift vouchers for jabong.com (a shopping website) since they have a limited number of boxes.
This whole episode has damped a bit of the excitement that had built up around the Glossybox launch but hopefully, when it launches later this year, it would just be as amazing as we had hoped it would be!


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Can't Pay, Won't Pay meetings start next week
Jim Higgins MEP says a recent EU crackdown on tax evasion on imported bio-diesel is a warning to all those engaged in fuel fraud. The Fine Gael MEP, who is a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport, was highlighting a recent 32 million euro fuel tax evasion case.
He said: "The latest report from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) highlights a successful conviction against tax evasion on bio-diesel imported from India to Europe in December 2011.
"32 million euro was recovered in evaded import duties against the Indian company which was found to be importing biodiesel from the US and then re-exporting it to Europe as an Indian product. The company claimed that the product was reprocessed in India and therefore a new Indian product, despite its US origins. By declaring the fuel was of Indian origin, the company was avoiding extra costs placed on US bio-diesel since the 2009 anti-dumping duties were introduced.
"However, with the assistance of Belgium and Spain, OLAF was able to prove that the reprocessing of the fuel was not enough to constitute a new product and did not exempt it from duties.
"The case highlights the importance of international co-operation in the fight against fuel fraud. In relation to Ireland, and particularly the issue of illegal fuel laundering, I welcome the Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar's indication earlier this month that all relevant government departments and agencies will meet to discuss this issue soon.
"I have called for greater co-ordination on fuel laundering on many occasions as it continues to impact adversely on the exchequer, the border region and motorists," Mr Higgins added.


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I upgraded from CS3 to CS4. I have a NTSC DV project. To export the project to DV AVI, I used to in CS3 select Export Movie. In CS4, it seems that I need to go through Adobe Media Encoder and select Format=Microsoft AVI, Preset=NTSC DV. In CS3 there used to be "Recompress" video setting that if unchecked ensured that unmodified frames were not re-encoded if the source format was the same as the target format. What happend to this setting in CS4 media encoder? Does it automatically not re-encode unmodified DV frames?
Thank you.
I have no idea either, but I'd be very interested to know!
Does it automatically not re-encode unmodified DV frames?
Good question, I sure hope so. And what about HDV frames?


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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686) Gecko/20030703 Galeon/1.3.7
Description of problem:
Sometimes, RPC services get the port number of the SpamAssassin spamd (783/tcp).
Spamd which gets started later on, fails to bind to the port and doesn't work.
IIRC, portmap doesn't use ports listed in /etc/services, so putting this line in
/etc/services would be a fix of the problem:
spamd 783/tcp # SpamAssassin Daemon
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start system
2. Depending on the moon phase and whatnot, portmap may assign Spamd's port to
one of the RPC services
Actual Results: Spamd didn't start because port 783/tcp was in use.
Expected Results: Spamd starts
Additional info:
spamassassin should register with IANA. :)
Indeed it should. But from looking at
http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480 it seems like this won't
happen soon (someone needs to write up an RFC for the spamd protocol beforehands
which is unlikely to happen soon due to the narrow scope of the protocol). Would
it be better if the spamassassin RPM added the entry as a "local service" to the
end of /etc/services on install?
On the other hand I just noticed that portmap ignores my manual entry in
/etc/services and rpc.mounted again landed on spamd's port... Filed as #102989.
Yeah, I didn't think rpc really actaully avoided stuff in /etc/services... it's
landed on the lpr port before. :/
*** Bug 115958 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Same here, adding spamd to /etc/services does not help.
So it looks like the best solution is to just start spamd
before any rpc services.
Is this still an issue with FC3 or FC4?
This entry is missing on FC3 and FC4, in the setup as well as in the
spamassassin package. I don't know if anything has changed regarding the
behaviour of bindresvport() and ports listed in /etc/services (see bug #102989).
And btw, why is this filed against spamassassin when /etc/services is owned by
the "setup" package?
It was originally with setup, but since the spamassassin port wasn't registered
with IANA (see comments #1 and #2) Bill moved it over to spamassassin itself so
the package would append the port to /etc/services when installed (or something
like that).
Isn't that an awfully fragile way of doing it?
Depending on how it's done ;-P. Anyway, unless bug #102989 isn't solved, we
could rather defer the issue, what do you think?
Since Bug 102989 is NOTABUG, and this is meaningless without that bug, closing
NOTABUG here. Please open a new bug if you think of a better solution.


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This is a great story for people struggling with weight. This also made me realize that wanting to lose weight is different from doing something to lose weight.
I need to start being consistent with my weight loss routines specifically my exercises. So far counting calories has helped me stay at a weight level and not balloon back to my old weigh. But because I lack the willpower nowadays to do real exercise on a more consistent basis I am not reaching my intended goals.
I need to be more like Jesse.


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I'm still having fun with my stuff from ipacklunch! And the Bubbleframe app is so easy to use, my 9 year old made the picture above just for you!
I used the skull sandwich cutter on some spinach flour tortillas, then baked them in the toaster oven for about four minutes to crisp them. Now they're chips! I cut a wedge out of a hard boiled egg and added some teeth and speared some candy fruit slices with a ghost pick. In the minidippers I put pumpkin pudding and salsa. In the spider there's shredded cheese and a cut out skull slice of cheese. I also threw in a cup of applesauce since i thought the lunch was a little light. This was a fun lunch to make and I'm sure the Wild Child is going to have fun chewing down on her nachos.
And the Miniwoman gets her"boring" lunch...nachos with shredded cheese and bacon, thousand island dressing to dip in, black beans, bananas, and a cereal bar. She helped with the Bubbleframe picture, too. It's fun to see how adept they are to technology...she figured it out really fast! I remember video games as a kid that came with lengthy instructions and phone numbers to call when you couldn't get past a level...now they just touch the screen until it responds they way they want it to. Amazing.


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What Is Tea Tree Oil?
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Tea tree oil has many uses and benefits. Tea tree oil has antibacterial, anti-fungal, antiseptic, and germicidal properties. So it is no surprise that one of the most effective uses for tea tree oil is as a natural acne and oily skin treatment product.
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Apply tea tree oil as a homemade acne skin care regimen twice daily- in the morning and before bedtime after washing your face. If using on pimples, apply directly with a cotton swab dipped in tea tree oil. Blackheads and whiteheads are eliminated quickly with tea tree oil. If using on the entire face or T-zone, just mix 3-4 drops of tea tree oil with your normal cleanser.
Do not be concerned that tea tree oil is indeed an oil. It will not cause your skin to be oily and certainly not contribute to oily skin or acne breakouts. Your skin will absorb the tea tree oil and it will not feel oily. It will probably even dry your skin slightly.
It takes some getting used to when you first start using tea tree oil for your acne and oily skin care treatment. It does sting and burn a little. This is just the tea tree oil doing its job killing bacteria that help contribute to acne. Of course, if you develop a rash or have severe burning, discontinue use immediately.
Tea tree oil also has a unique odor. At first, I thought that it smelled like bug spray, but I love the scent of tea tree oil now. It smells fresh and clean to me. And most over the counter and rx acne products also have unpleasant scents.
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Of course, a person must follow proper skin care for acne in order to have glowing, clear skin. Even using a tea tree oil skin care treatment can't do it alone. Some of the things that should be done to improve skin health and eliminate acne are:
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Do not squeeze or pick at pimples and blemishes. This can cause acne scars and infection. Also, do not rub or touch your face often. This stimulates the skin and causes oiliness, as well as spreads germs. If you have a habit of rubbing your forehead or chin, you need to break it to clear up acne skin.
Keep your hair clean and try to keep it away from your face, especially if you use lots of styling products.
If you use makeup, use it sparingly and be sure to remove it every night. Sleeping with makeup on is a major contributor to acne prone skin.
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Compare the price of tea tree oil to expensive rx acne products and other 'quality' acne skin care treatments, and it is a no brainer to give tea tree oil a try as a natural acne skin care treatment. Very little tea tree oil is used at once, just a few drops, so it lasts a long time.
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i use boots own brand tea tree and witch hazel face wash morning and night, every time i use it i mix it with 4 drops of tea tree oil then massage onto my face, wash off, then use the day moistering gel or night gel which are both for acne and help to clear oily skin. yes it does irrate my skin just a tiny tiny bit, but it does help with my uncontrollable oily skin. i have tried so many things and they were way to harsh on my skin, this is the best ive tried so far. it worked for me and i have the most sensative skin around!
I was diagnosed with Rosacea a few years back and was incorrectly told I could use Cortizone (1%) everyday to reduce flare ups. Well, the cortizone quit working and actually was contributing to the problem. I was recently was to the point that I avoided public events with my kids when I had a flare up. After a week of Tea Tree oil, salicylic acid ( acne scrub ), exercise, and eating relatively healthy ( apples,yogurt,and high protein ), my face has pretty much completely cleared up and my wife stated that I look 5 years youger. I'm not sure if it's a cure for rosacea or acne, but Tea Tree Oil has made a huge contribution in making me look and feel better than I have in years. From what I have read, a lot of skin problems are caused by problems in your digestion and possibly an over production of bacteria/skin mites etc.. as a result. I know everyone is different, but I hope someone else can make use of this information and see the results I have. Good luck!
oily skin with cosmetics
will give it a try :)
there is hope
Legal, os produtos são de ótima qualidade, pena que sou do Brasil e ai fica difícil.
Legal, os produtos são de ótima qualidade, pena que sou do Brasil e ai fica difícil.
I absolutely love tea tree oil. Besides acne, it can be used for so much more. I always keep a few bottles of the stuff around my house.
A very well written hub. Thanks for such good information. I love reading and writing hubs on skin care as well, please check my hubs as well.
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I love tea tree oil, and one of my favorite natural soap bars is a tea tree bar. This make a great alternative than an anti-bacterial soap that contains triclosan.
A lot of different herbal medicines and treatments have been popping up people are not seeing benefits and effectiveness of organic treatments anyway nice hub very inforamtive
I did not know this property of tea tree oil.
Thank you for sharing, is very useful.
I bought the pure Tea tree oil at GNC ( very cheap) put it around my acne before bed and when i woke up, redness was gone and the pimples are gone.. it works miracles..
nowww lets see if the scarring can be treated from tea tree oil, because that's what i heard:))
You should definitely NOT use undiluted tea tree oil all over your face. You're likely begging for a dried out rash.
i'm currently using tea tree oil as treatment for my acne..but i've just started..so i can't say much about it..but i've tried tea tee cream with witch hazel about a month ago..and it really helped to reduce the inflammation of my cystic acne.. but the cream isn't available in korea (it was from london), so i had to switch to the tea tree oil itself, which is available in body shop... it's easier to find than the cream.. and i'm hoping it's gonna be as beneficial as the cream..
My cousin suggested Tea Tree Oil as an acne treatment not so long ago, and it is really good. But I'm not using a cleanser at the moment, so my face is still a little grubby and the black heads are still there. So, since I'm into the natural stuff at the moment, does anyone suggest a good cleanser that's natural? Thanks :)
Good info, keep up the good work.
I never considered Tea Tree Oil as an anti acne treatment. I will surely give it a shot. Thanks Great Article.
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Then my doctor (not a dermatologist) suggested I try the Made from Earth Rosehip & Hibiscus Face Serum and I've never looked back. It works well under make-up, and with other skin care products and I saw immediate results as my breakouts got less and less and now I just have one or two (if any) mild pimples a month, when I used to get from six to ten bad pimples in a month, many during the same week. Also my pimples come less frequently so my face has more time to heal and blemishes disappear.
Even if you only bought it once, this product is much cheeper than many acne products out there claiming to help heal or control acne prone skin. I've told so many people of all ethnic skin types, age groups, and sexes about this product, even strangers, because I know that they are looking for a product that works to control acne. If I had only found it sooner I could have avoided some of my acne scars and wear on my skin. That's why I telling you now; for the price you should BUY IT/TRY IT. Made from Earth also has great acne cleansers, like the Green Tea Toxin Cleanser and other products; including wrinkle creams.
Since I have sensitive skin I only use the Rosehip Face Serum and the Green Tea Toxin Cleanser - best combination and finally cleared up my face!!
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its a nice post.
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You have to keep Made from Earth Pure Aloe Treatment product in the refrigerator after opening. Which is great because then it is always cold. Because this is so natural, a little goes a long way. The consistency may vary, but the one I received looks just like freshly pressed aloe vera and this could be added to homemade beauty products you are using soon after you make them. The high absorption of this product is impressive and there is no sticky feel. You can use it as a cooling hand moisture treatment and seconds later, all you will notice is your skin plumping slightly and feeling smooth and very soft. 100% Chemical Free. . .I love it. . the way nature and my skin wants to be…
I found you page well thought out and written. I am well aware og Tea Tree Oil as an antifungal but never considered it as an anti-acne treatment. kinda makes sense though when you think about the inflammatory process involved with acne. Good one. On my blog (www.bestmoisturizerblog.com) we feature moisturizers for acne troubled skin so I wonder if the oil would help moisturize the skin as it treats the acne.
An easy to find product is BURT'S BEES Herbal Blemish Stick. Very small, about the of a lipstick, perfect for a desk drawer, a purse...and it's main ingredient is Tea Tree Oil. Like a little roll-on. And, like it says here, Tea Tree Oil is technically an oil...but it is NOT oily. This little roll-on make it simple to dab right where it's needed, so that it's drying properties don't irritate or dry out surrounding areas.
Hi. It's kind of ironic. An oil for a cure for pimples.


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Stand up paddle boards (SUP) offer a fun, relaxing way to play on the water. With a minimum of gear, you can paddle ocean surf or placid lakes and rivers.
Paddle boarding delivers a full-body workout and thus has become a popular cross-training activity. And since you stand at your full height, you can enjoy unique views of everything from sea creatures to what's on the horizon.
To get started, you just need some basic SUP gear and techniques.
Read: Safe and Clean Beaches in Kyiv
«Pleso» Kyiv City Department for Water Recreational Areas will offer free SUPboarding summer camps for children during the whole summer season. SUPboarding gear rentals will offer all the necessary equipment for this fun water sport on reasonable prices. At the moment there are 12 rental stations located along the Dnipro River (Hydropark, Osokorky, Korchevate, Obolon' and others). One can rent a set of stuff for SUPboarding at one rental station and drop it off at the other station at the end of the SUPboarding route.
Read: Kyiv Beaches are getting ready for Summer Season 2017
Currently «Pleso» offers over 100 km of SUPboarding routes. These routes are of low to medium difficulty level and will be great options for the beginners as well as for the experienced SUPboarders.
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I spent a long time reading A Love Surrendered—longer than usual because, first of all, my preparing for the ACFW conference got in the way, then attending the conference took up about a week, and then I felt the need to go through my own 88,000 word manuscript (in three days) one last time before sending it off... but mostly, because I just plain didn't want it to end!
Ah, yes—all the while I was thinking about Steven O'Connor and Annie Kennedy—trapped in the midst of their intense, angst-filled relationship. When will he see how double-minded he is? Why won't he admit he's in love with her? When would she tell her sister? And HOW ON EARTH ARE THESE TWO EVER TRULY GOING TO BE TOGETHER?
Yes, well. You get the gist.
And then there's the whole entire rest of the 400+ page book filled with sub-plots involving the parents and the other five siblings (and their spouses) of the O'Connor clan... and oh, how they're all still so intriguing!
At the end of Chapter 14... I'm pretty sure I was in love the most right there. It still gives me chills just thinking about it. I took a picture of the words on my kindle so I can see them anytime I want. These potent, soul-stirring words have nothing to do with the romance between the two star-crossed lovers, but between the God of the universe and one stubborn, hard-headed man—and that man's heart being won over by the best Lover of all.
Oh... and he was.
Thankfully there is still one more book—a prequel, actually—about the O'Connor clan that comes out next month in eBook form. A Light in the Window is the (ever-complicated, I'm sure) love story between the O'Connor parents, Patrick and Marcy... and I JUST downloaded it to my kindle in preps for a blog tour next month (Yippee!). You can just bet you know what book I'll be reading next. It's true, I wish I could have Julie's words pumped into my veins.
I received a complimentary and unedited (it hasn't quite been through the complete editing process yet) eBook version of A Love Surrendered by Revell Books (through NetGalley.com) in order to give a review containing my complete and utterly honest opinion.
I give Julie Lessman's A Love Surrendered 5 GLOWING Stars.
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And One Last Thing!
Love At Any Cost, book one in Julie's new series "The Heart of San Francisco" comes out in April!


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OK, so I had this great image in my mind of drawing Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect in this super bad ass pose, with huge guns, massive explosions and hot asari ladies draped everywhere, maybe Miranda too... but then I drew this. And I thought, screw it. What's better than a picture of just one amazing character? I'll tell you what is. It's a picture of three amazing characters drawn hastily as babies, because babies are cute and I didn't have time to do anything else and I really wanted to contribute to this topic and now I'm rambling so I'll go...
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Alien babies are cute, mkay?
by Anonymous on 22.4.12
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1 comment:
- Ben Ho said...
Nice! Good to see some Mass Effect nerdiness. I'll join in with that.
- 23 April 2012 at 10:18
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Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45am 16th May. Many, many friends and family were able to say their private good-byes before he peacefully passed away. Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all. We so appreciate the love and support that you have all given us. Please give us a few days of privacy to deal with this terrible loss. Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever. - Wendy Dio
He was born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942, in Portsmouth, N.H., and raised in New York. He once said he would have preferred playing for the Yankees to a life in rock music. He started his career with local bands such as the Vegas Kings.
His career took off in 1975 when he joined Rainbow. Dio had been playing with Elf, a band originally called the Electric Elves, but after guitarist Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple, he brought most of the band into Rainbow.
"With a guy who played guitar like Ritchie … and had this dark demeanor, it was perfect for me to get into a place where I could start writing darker and heavier things that I always wanted to do," he told the Press & Sun-Bulletin of Binghamton, N.Y, in 2007.
Many of Dio's most memorable songs revolved around the struggle between good and evil, including "Heaven and Hell." He also drew heavily on medieval imagery in such songs as "Neon Knights," "Killing The Dragon" and "Stargazer."
RJD was and is one of my all time favorite vocalists of all time I have fond memories listening to his music throughout my life and I will be doing a special tribute during my radio program on Tuesday May 18th 2pm on Free Radio Santa Cruz 101fm I will be featuring music from his long career from Ronnie Dio and the Prophets, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio to his latest project Heaven & Hell.
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After working as an actor for several years in New York City's avant-garde, left-wing Group Theatre repertory company, Clifford Odets produced his first play, "Waiting for Lefty," in 1935. To call it a smash hit would be an understatement. Its first production stands out in theatrical memory for its rare and complete convergence between the performers and the audience. Swept up in the fervor of the performance at the Civic Repertory Theater on Manhattan's 14th Street, the audience cheered on and participated in the actors' lines, especially the concluding call to "STRIKE!" The actors, led by star and future film director legend Elia Kazan, broke down in tears, so moved were they by the audience's reaction.
While a universal call for power restored to the working class, "Waiting for Lefty" is very much of its time. America was in the midst of the Great Depression in 1935 and saw no light near the end of the tunnel. The national unemployment rate reached a peak of 25% in 1933, and since everyone needed work, employers were able to reduce wages drastically. As depicted in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," the workers were forced to fight for the meager earnings, which dropped even more because of the intense competition. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Democrat who won the Presidency from incumbent Herbert Hoover in 1932, came to the rescue with his populist "New Deal." His social and economic programs were some of the most progressive and sweeping reforms of the 20th-century, such as his federal insurance of banks (to prevent panics of massive withdrawals leading to bankruptcy and hyper-inflation) and the passage of the 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act, which boosted industrial wages and promoted workers' unions.
Indeed, the major solution to the problem of fruitless competition was unionization and collective bargaining: workers in specific trades would bond together and receive, among other benefits, standardized wages and greater job security. Their weapon was the threat to cease work. While organizations such as the American Federation of Labor rose to prominence during World War I, in a country founded upon the legend of the self-made man and fearful of communal action, unions were frequently criticized as Communist practices designed to overthrow the American way of capitalism. Moreover, strikes frequently failed if there were not total cooperation, and there was always a ready supply of "scabs," or replacement workers, willing to take over the strikers' jobs. Odets used a taxi drivers' strike in 1934 as inspiration for the play's underlying conflict.
A member of the American Communist Party from 1934, Odets borrows liberally from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels's "The Communist Manifesto," the foundational treatise on Communism. His distrust of big business and his romanticization of the worker stems directly from Marx and Engels, and several lines in the play originate from their manifesto, as well. Odets also critiques the isolationist policy of the U.S. at the time; the country learned its lesson from massive loss of life and money in WWI and had decided to stay away from the international arena in the 30s. Unfortunately, Odets's few predictions in the play about war and the dangers of isolationism would come true in just a few short years. At least WWII helped bring the U.S. out of the Great Depression, but "Waiting for Lefty" remains to this day a salient work on the ill effects of capitalism, and on the ways the common man can combat them.


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HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JBER, Alaska – U.S. Army Alaska is conducting Arctic Thrust, a major deployment readiness exercise this week with support from the U.S. Air Force and Alaska state agencies involved in the deployment process. The exercise is designed to test the deployment systems from "Fort to Port" and will be used to validate the command's ability to rapidly deploy multiple battalion-sized force packages quickly.
The exercise began with two infantry battalions from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team being alerted at Fort Wainwright of a notional short-notice deployment requiring moving the units to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson by air, rail and road. The exercise includes Army and Air Force units and personnel, and the supporting agencies and commands at Fort Wainwright, Eielson Air Force Base and JBER, as well as the Alaska Railroad.
The exercise is designed to stress sustainment systems and mission command capabilities at every echelon, and will build the muscle memory across the joint team needed to efficiently and effectively conduct short-notice or no-notice deployments.
Readiness is the Army's number one priority and the cornerstone to being able to fight and win anywhere tonight. This exercise is one example of how U.S. Army Alaska ensures the lethality and combat capabilities readiness generates are available for worldwide deployment at a moment's notice.
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