“Police arrested a suspect Tuesday in connection with a series of attacks on power distribution systems across Germany which had led to a massive, dayslong search. A 48-year-old man was arrested near a power plant in Weisweiler, in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The man … was in possession of explosives and offered no resistance at the time of his arrest, Cologne police said in a statement. … The incidents took place as the country was on high alert after the government blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Aug. 4 using a drone laden with explosives.” (09/8/260
“A cultural rot pervades the West. It oozes into the tissues of society, making our civilization infirm. Those who remain unseized by it are becoming acutely aware of its reach. Awareness is the first step to understanding it and giving it an honest assessment. If we are to stop it, we can no longer afford to simply ignore it and hope it goes away. It originates in three underlying pathologies—all psychosocial—that spread like contagions. All three reinforce a central idea that personal responsibility is dead.” (09/08/26)
Source: USA Today
by Maddie Salamone & Caitlin Styrsky
“A new Medicare pilot program covers hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products to treat certain patients, even as Congress is moving forward with a law that will effectively wipe those same products off the market. The resulting policy quagmire threatens patient access, undermines the work of entrepreneurs and highlights a deeper truth: Hemp already plays a role in American health care, whether federal lawmakers are ready to acknowledge it or not. Millions of Americans across the country are using full-spectrum CBD products not for recreation, but for relief.” (09/08/26)
“Tunisian journalists protested on Tuesday to demand the release of prominent journalist Mohamed Yousfi, whose arrest has become a new flashpoint amid accusations that President Kais Saied is cracking down on the country’s remaining independent voices. The protesters, who also included activists, gathered outside a court where a judge was questioning Yousfi over illicit enrichment and money laundering charges, which critics say were fabricated to punish him for his outspoken journalism. Yousfi, a fierce critic of Saied and the editor-in-chief of investigative news website Al-Qatiba, was arrested last Friday as he was preparing to enter Express FM Radio to take part in a radio programme. His arrest prompted widespread condemnation of Saied’s government, with rights groups saying the case was aimed at increasing a climate of fear among journalists.” (09/08/26)
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Karyann Parkinson has just been convicted by a Virginia judge of ‘contributing to the delinquency of a minor.’ How did she supposedly do that? She let her 5-year-old son walk to a pond near their home in a gated community to collect goose feathers. An HOA security guard interrupted the kid’s quest, returned him to his mother, and called the cops. Parkinson was arrested and then convicted. The case raises important issues regarding parental rights, children’s rights, and the role of the state in matters relating to the welfare of children. Rather than address the Parkinson case, however, I wish to confront what I consider is a much bigger problem regarding parent-child relations: the role of the American people as child-adults and the role of the federal government’s role as their daddy.” (09/08/260
“A new political action committee chaired by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker plans to invest at least $20 million aimed at boosting Democratic House candidates for the midterms while also expanding his national political footprint ahead of a potential 2028 presidential run. The ‘Ready for the Fight’ PAC — evoking a phrase Pritzker uses to close his political speeches — will focus on what the governor says are overlooked races, as well as a few competitive contests, according to Pritzker’s team. The PAC plans to reserve air time against the embattled Rep. Max Miller in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District and Brandon Herrera, a Republican candidate in Texas’[s] 23rd Congressional District. Both are running in Republican-leaning districts, but Pritzker sees an opening, arguing they’re weak candidates facing a Democrat-friendly national climate.” (09/08/26)
“The US health care system includes many employers, each competing for the money that can be made off the services of a nurse. The NHS is the – near – monopsonistic employer of nurses in the United Kingdom. Karl was quite right, the workers get screwed by the single employer. There’s not all that much Marx did get right – and most of what he did was what he cribbed from Smith and Ricardo – but this part, monopoly purchase of labour being bad for workers is one of those few things correct that he independently arrived at.” (09/08/260
“Hungary expelled 10 Russian diplomats on Tuesday, saying they had acted in ways incompatible with their diplomatic status, in a stark reminder that the pro-Russian years of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban are over. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it would retaliate and its response would be painful for Hungary, Interfax news agency reported. … Those kicked out ‘were engaged in activities in Hungary that are unacceptable for diplomats under the Vienna Convention,’ Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orban, who is not related to the former prime minister, said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. ‘This decision … does not imply breaking off diplomatic relations with Russia. Hungary intends to continue the necessary dialogue,’ the statement added.” (09/08/26)
