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The Trumpist Bureau of Investigation?

CounterPunch 

I want the FBI to be disbanded.  Forever. I’ve wanted this to happen since 1970.  When the Senate hearings led by Franck Church revealed the extent of the FBI’s (and the CIA’s) infiltration of political and cultural organizations a couple years later, my hatred of the agency multiplied a hundredfold.  That being said, I don't want the FBI to be replaced by a Donald Trump-run national police agency—a TBI, if you will. For those who don’t know and those who don’t remember, Richard Nixon tried to... Читать дальше...

Going to Hell in a “Drill, Baby, Drill” Handbasket

CounterPunch 

Give him credit. As a start, for that first surprise victory in 2016. No, I didn’t fully get it at the time, but I kind of get it now (since, like the rest of us, I’ve lived through it all, including his close loss in 2020). Still, twice? Him? A convicted felon, no less! And yes, I do think italics More

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Some Depositors Are More Equal than Others

Ludwig von Mises Institute 

Like Orwell‘s famous statement from Animal Farm, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others,” it turns out that bank bailouts are not as equal as the state would like us to believe. Unsurprisingly, benefits accrue to the banks with the biggest depositors.

Want to Cut Federal Workers? Just Cut Spending.

Ludwig von Mises Institute 

These days, most federally funded workers are "private" contract and grant workers. These jobs will quickly disappear if we're serious about spending cuts.

Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring / Vector Architects

Archdaily.com 

The spring house sits in a river valley, deep in the forests of Wuling Mountain, a branch of the scenic Yanshan Mountains in the northern part of Beijing. The site abuts a steep rock cliff to the west and opens out onto an expansive view of the alluvial plains to the east and the chain of mountains beyond. The site is densely populated with poplar trees and the ground is covered by reeds and grasses, with a stream slowly meandering from north to south through the site. The construction of a new residential community is underway nearby... Читать дальше...