“The U.S. and Israel started a senseless, criminal war of aggression against Iran two months ago, and that war set much of the rest of the region on fire. The aggressors failed to achieve anything beyond inflicting death and destruction while causing massive damage to the region and the global economy. The smart thing to do now would be for the U.S. and Israel to cut their losses and accept Iran’s latest proposal, but that seems unlikely to happen.” (04/28/26)
“It’s my weekly check-in with Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos. The noose around us is tightening and it looks like our vehicles have been conscripted to help remove our remaining freedoms.” (04/28/26)
“Becoming infected by a pathogen is normally accidental and very different from engaging in self-destructive behavior. In fact, one could argue that public health authorities should treat chronic self-destructive behavior in adults differently from genetic disorders in young children, given that most people would likely agree that the costs associated with such behavior are not as easily justified as those associated with the latter. Yet, this actually shows that the discriminatory possibilities are endless and highlights the arbitrariness of the public health system. For a start, this system redistributes its overall costs as a burden for those most responsible for their own health and as a benefit for the most careless. That is, it socializes the costs of irresponsible health behavior. The only solution to this inherent flaw is the total abolition of the public health system.” (04/28/26)
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Joe Mullin
“Lawmakers in Congress are moving quickly on the GUARD Act, an age-gating bill restricting minors’ access to a wide range of online tools, with a key vote expected this week. The proposal is framed as a response to alarming cases involving ‘AI companions’ and vulnerable young users. But the text of the bill goes much further, and could require age gates even for search engines that use AI.” (04/28/26)
“Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court has discontinued a money laundering trial against Gulnara Karimova, a daughter of Uzbekistan’s former president, on the grounds that she is not allowed to leave her country in time. The court said no judgment could be reached before the statute of limitations expires on the alleged offences, Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported, citing the judge. Karimova, who has previously denied any wrongdoing, is accused of taking bribes and running a criminal organisation known as ‘The Office’ that allegedly channelled hundreds of millions of dollars to accounts in Switzerland between 2005 and 2013. … Karimova is serving a prison sentence in Uzbekistan until December 2028, while the statute of limitations for the offences alleged by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland expires over the course of that year.” (04/28/26)
“Newspaper columnists instructed generations of citizens about the Fourteenth Amendment. Today, the country seems to have forgotten how clear the law is.” (04/28/26)
