Bogus News Story Of The Day

Trump Fires Preet Bharara and 45 Other US Attorneys, Media Hysteria Ensues. Look, everyone knows the hysteria over the firings are bogus. But I wanted to highlight them because the Preet Bharara really sticks in my craw. He should be in jail because of this but most people seem to have forgotten it. The story only dates back to 2015 but I guess nobody can remember that far back.

In The News

Oil settles a tad lower after sliding to 3-month lows

Dutch Election Upended as Turkey Dispute Seen Aiding Wilders More detail here.

Radioactive Boars in Fukushima Thwart Residents’ Plans to Return Home

What It’s Like to Serve Inside the Sinaloa Cartel

Not In The News But Should Be

Overdoses In W.Va. Drain Fund For Burials

Entertainment of the Day

Nothing for today.

Bogus News Story Of The Day

Shut Up About Daylight Saving Time, It’s Actually Great. This article is bogus for many reasons. But even if you took the studies it cites at face value (there are problems with them in reality) the article is self refuting. The money quote “In fact, studies actually estimate that we could save about 366 more lives per year if we extended DST all year round.”

In The News

TSA Warns Local Police About Its New Airport Pat-Downs

Ancient technique can dramatically improve memory, research suggests

Inside the Green Berets’ Hunt for Wanted Warlord Joseph Kony

Not In The News But Should Be

The Problem of Success. The fall of the house of Saudi is one of closest things to certainty that we have in this world. And odds are pretty good that it will not be pretty.

Entertainment of the Day

How to Clear a Path Through 60 Feet of Snow, Japanese Style

Bogus News Story Of The Day

How the CIA Forgot the Art of Spying. What makes this story bogus is that it presumes the CIA was good at its job to begin with. I know of no real evidence that would back that up and I fairly widely read on the subject.

In The News

How the Amazon’s Cashews and Cacao Point to Cultivation by the Ancients

State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets for 2017

Is Netanyahu Actually Going to Be Indicted Soon?

THE SAUDIS WON’T LIKE THIS: Massive Oil Discovery Made in Alaska. Let us not get to excited. Knowing the oil is there but being able to get it out in a cost effective manner are two separate things. Speaking of which…

Exclusive – Saudis tell U.S. oil: OPEC won’t extend cuts to offset shale – sources

Not In The News But Should Be

Justice Thomas sharply criticizes civil forfeiture laws. You might think that if it is in the Washington Post, it is in the news. But it is just a blog that the post runs and I doubt most people will ever get to see the words that Justice Thomas wrote. It is an issue that should have more attention but sadly judges like Thomas seem to be rare.

Entertainment of the Day

Striking from the Dark, Jaish al-Islam fires Iranian Zelzal-2 rockets

Long-lasting mental health isn’t normal. I don’t think most people needed a study to figure this out.

WATCH: Your Ears Can Actually Tell the Difference Between Hot and Cold Water

Getting Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Baseline Right. An update on an earlier post.

China’s Capital Outflows Just Reversed, Bad News For Global Real Estate