News for Today (3/11/17)

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

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Light Links For Friday

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

News for Today (3/9/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

How Many Foreign-Born Terrorists?

In The News

Engineered to fail: Are IT recruits untrainable because they cheat in college?

U.S. oil exports are blowing past expectations

Assad’s Control Erodes as Warlords Gain Upper Hand

Not In The News But Should Be

Puerto Rico’s Daunting Fiscal Math (My View)

Entertainment of the Day

What if Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Had Swapped Genders?

News for Today (2/28/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

Fake News, Exposed. Just a reminder, but it should not surprise you.

In The News

Alabama Committee Passes Bill to Eliminate Marriage Licenses, Nullify Federal Control in Practice. I don’t think the “nullify Federal Control” thing will work. But otherwise, it is the right way forwards. It will be interesting to see if it passes.

Ordering kiosks coming to 1,000 Wendy’s. Amusing how the article is careful to never mention minimum wage laws.

China considering offering financial incentives for second child. To late for that, but it is a sign that at least some people in power see the brick wall coming.

Superbug infections rising rapidly and spreading silently in kids. My money is that they are getting them at school. It is the best place after a hospital to get any other kind of bug so why not the super kind?

Two Fights: Pistol Defender vs. Multiple Rifles

Not In The News But Should Be

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Entertainment of the Day

Not really much different then the story trailer, but it is the launch trailer. That is the real news.

News for Today (2/27/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

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In The News

New malaria vaccine is fully effective in very small clinical trial. Big news if it pans out.

Since its first meeting, the Coffin Club has helped hundreds craft their own caskets.

NHS staff ask ‘least bad’ patients to sleep in corridors amid hospital demand crisis

A Politician and an Ex-Hitman Take on Philippine Leader

Not In The News But Should Be

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News for Today (2/26/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

Sweden, Nation of Open Arms, Debates Implications of Immigration. The main reason that this article is bogus is that it talks like the data is not clear without ever acknowledging that Sweden does not collect data on who commits the crimes. Therefor the lack of data is a deliberate policy choice that feeds conspiracy theories. That said, Sweden’s over all crime rate is lower then the US so that point is still valid.

In The News

Is the Leading Theory About Alzheimer’s Wrong?

Who’s the Real “Deporter in Chief”?

Reducing Brazil’s pension burden

The Weird Economics Of Ikea

Not In The News But Should Be

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Entertainment of the Day

News for Today (2/23/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

How Left-Wing Media Overstates Number Of ‘Mass Shootings’ By Factor Of 10

In The News

A.T.F. Filled Secret Bank Account With Millions From Shadowy Cigarette Sales

Update on lack of Chinese Residential Real Estate Buyers

Geert Wilders Follows the Trump Twitter Trail

Not In The News But Should Be

The Danger of Metastasis

Entertainment of the Day

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News for Today (2/21/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

Why has Trump been so slow to confront anti-Semitism? Several answers suggest themselves, none of them good. Every time I think they can’t surprise me, they do. My mouth dropped open when I saw Google headlines today full of stories about how Trump was too slow to condemn antisemitism. First the story is that he is giving his Jewish son-in-law too much of a say in government and then it is all how he is an anti-Semite. I wish they could at least keep their stories straight.

In The News

Mercedes-Benz is letting 20 customers drive an electric semi truck for a year

Bird flu strain hitting China may be getting more infectious

Replenishing the Stocks: Russian deliveries of T-62Ms and BMP-1s reach Syria

Giant ‘Rivers in the Sky’ Are Causing Widespread Chaos in California

It’s Not Just ‘Strangelove’ —Today’s Bombers Rely on America’s Weakest Nuclear Links

Not In The News But Should Be

America’s New Mandarins. An old essay. But nobody paid attention to it at the time and so now we have Trump.

Entertainment of the Day

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