Freakonomics Radio, episode 686
Source: Freakonomics
“Why Is It So Hard to Find an NFL Quarterback?” (09/11/26)
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-an-nfl-quarterback/
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Centers for Deception Control
Source: Independent Institute
by K Lloyd Billingsley
“What is the CDC’s secret agency, the Epidemic Intelligence Sevice, actually up to?” (09/11/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/09/11/centers-for-deception-control/
Sweden: Party blocs tied after Sunday vote, projections say
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Sweden’s general election remains too close to call, early results suggest.
With 50% of the votes counted, the two main blocs were separated by only 20,000 votes, Sweden public broadvasteer SVT said. Exit polls had given the left-wing political bloc led by Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson a small lead over the rival four-party coalition put together by current conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Kristersson has been supported in government by the hard-right Sweden Democrats (SD), which have neo-Nazi roots. He has promised cabinet jobs for the SD if he stays in charge, but partial results suggest the party was losing support for the first time since 2010 when it entered parliament. Sweden has two major political blocs featuring four parties on the right and four on the left – meaning coalition and minority governments are relatively common.” (09/13/26)
Parallax Views w/ JG Michael, 09/11/26
Source: Parallax Views w/ JG Michael
“Deep Cover, Shallow Graves w/ Ralph Pezullo.” (09/11/26)
Why States Nationalize
Source: Liberalism.org
by Vincent Geloso
“Why do governments take control of entire sectors of the economy? The textbook answer falls into what many economists call ‘public interest’ reasoning. But what really happens turns out to be more complex than what the profession has so far understood.” (09/11/26)
Bono’s Hard-Won Lesson About Poverty
Source: The Daily Economy
by Anne Bradley
‘Aid may relieve immediate suffering, but only productivity, enterprise, and strong institutions can conquer poverty for good.” (09/11/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/bonos-hard-won-lesson-about-poverty/
Guatemala: Judge clears deputy minister, three leaders of terrorism charges
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“A Guatemalan court has cleared a deputy minister and three other Indigenous leaders of terrorism charges, brought over their role in leading protests against a prosecutor accused of trying to block President Bernardo Arevalo from taking office. The Third Criminal Court judge, Mynor Moto, dismissed the case on Friday at the request of prosecutors, who concluded after their own investigation that the four had not broken any laws by organising the protests in October 2023.” (09/12/26)
Soho Forum Debate: Are We Winning the Trade Wars?
Source: Reason
“Economists Stephen Moore and Scott Lincicome debate tariffs as a foreign policy tool.” (09/11/26)
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/09/11/are-we-winning-the-trade-wars/
25 Years After 9/11, America Still Ignores Blowback
Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey
“The attacks were not about hating our freedom. They were the predictable result of intervention. The Patriot Act then stripped liberty at home.” (09/11/26)
https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/25-years-after-911-america-still
Johnson rejects AI moratorium
Source: Fox News
“House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., rejected an emergency moratorium on artificial intelligence development Sunday during CNN’s ‘State of the Union,’ warning that slowing American innovation could allow China to pull ahead as tech executives and lawmakers intensify calls for new AI safety measures. ‘We have to resist Congress jumping in and imposing some sort of emergency moratorium,’ Johnson said. ‘Here’s what I’m proposing: I think the leaders and providers of these platforms need to come together in a meeting with us and figure out what the right balance is. We cannot put a moratorium on this because China will overlap us.’ … Humans First, a grassroots conservative [sic] movement against new data centers, is pushing a policy framework that opposes blanket data-center moratoriums while calling for local control and rejecting eminent domain for projects.” (09/13/26)