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    EVENTS

    We Need Better Liars in Office

    Since it’s clear that the covers have come off of political lying, let’s get a better crop of liars.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • February 4, 2019
    • Burn it to the ground

    Capitalism: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

    Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) lawyers are apparently convinced that some of the wildfires may be a result of PG&E poorly maintaining lines, therefore PG&E might be provably culpable, therefore…

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • February 3, 2019
    • Burn it to the ground

    Accidental Moments of Honesty

    The US Air Force made a bizarre tweet-post on New Years, of a bomber and the observation that they can drop bombs anywhere.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 2, 2019
    • Burn it to the ground, TrumpUS, War is a Racket, WTF

    It’s Terrorism, Stupid

    Anyone who heard about the night raids in Afghanistan should have been worried: it marks a shift from trying to engage an enemy on clear ground to hitting them where they live. As someone who grew up during the war in Vietnam, it’s hard not to think of “Search and Destroy” missions and the Phoenix Program.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • December 31, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground, CIA, Totalitarianism, War is a Racket

    Capitalism 101: Asset Stripping Retirement Plans

    One of the assets of a company is its endowment or its retirement fund. In principle, it’s money that has been set aside for employees’ pensions when they retire.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • December 30, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground, Capitalism is a disease

    Smells Like Rotting Justice

    US citizen Otto Warmbier died after 17 months in North Korea, during which he was abused, ignored, exposed to cold and not fed.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • December 28, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground, Cops, TrumpUS, War is a Racket

    Why Do We Trust The News?

    It’s necessary to have people out there to help collect information about what’s happening in the world; ideally they then report on it reasonably honestly.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • December 26, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground, War is a Racket, We are Fucked

    The “Be More Cynical” Quiz!

    Score yourself based on honor system.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • December 25, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground

    The Withdrawal Method

    Mind-boggling surrealism is the order of the day.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • December 19, 2018
    • Art, Burn it to the ground, We are Fucked

    A Plethora of Wrong

    Trying to make sense of the story of Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn is hard; trying to look for the angles in the media’s reporting of the story is worse.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • December 18, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground
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