Nonzero, 07/02/26
Source: bloggingheads.tv
“Are Books Dead? | Robert Wright & Paul Bloom.” (07/02/26)
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
America’s rich tradition of July Fourth protest is worth recalling
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
by M Todd Bennett & David McKean
“No Kings and other protests opposing the policies and executive overreach of the Trump administration continue to draw crowds across the country, most recently on Flag Day, June 14, which was also the president’s 80th birthday. While critics have denounced these demonstrators as un-American — House Speaker Mike Johnson called a 2025 No Kings march a ‘hate America rally’ — those voicing dissent, pushing for change and speaking truth to power are, in fact, participating in a tradition at our nation’s core. That tradition dates back to July 4, 1776, when the Continental Congress, citing a list of grievances, declared independence from the rule of a would-be despot, King George III.” (07/02/26)
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/july-fourth-protest-20260702.html
System Update, 07/02/26
Source: System Update
“Socialist Says 9/11 ‘INEVITABLE,’ AOC Endorses Jeffries, Dan Goldman Cries on CNN & More.” (07/02/26)
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/socialist-says-911-inevitable-aoc
The Declaration of Independence Versus America’s Immigration Police State
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“This week — the week in which Americans celebrate the Declaration of Independence — U.S. immigration police arrested a Catholic nun in McAllen, Texas, as she was walking to Mass. They handcuffed her, confiscated her rosary, and incarcerated her. But before anyone reacts too harshly to such misconduct, let’s keep in mind some important points. It is the responsibility of the U.S. immigration police to keep us safe. Who’s to say that woman was really a nun? She could easily have been a Muslim fanatic disguised as a nun who was invading America to establish a worldwide caliphate and Sharia law. Indeed, she could have been a terrorist, drug dealer or, even worse, both — a narco-terrorist!” (07/02/26)
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 07/02/26
Source: Antiwar.com
“Israel Wanted To Kill Iran’s Negotiators During US Talks, Russia’s Largest Attack on Kyiv, and More.” (07/02/26)
Man pleads guilty to sending fake ransom notes to Nancy Guthrie family
Source: USA Today
“A Southern California man pleaded guilty in federal court to sending fake ransom notes to Nancy Guthrie’s family shortly after her disappearance, prosecutors announced on July 2. Derrick Callella, 42, of Hawthorne, California, pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment using a telecommunication device at a federal courthouse in Tucson, Arizona, on July 2, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona. The charge has a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a potential fine of up to $250,000. … Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on the morning of Feb. 1 after she failed to show up at a friend’s house to watch a virtual church service. While the FBI obtained footage of an armed and masked individual captured by her Google Nest doorbell camera, investigators for months have been unable to identify a suspect behind her likely abduction.” (07/03/26)
Fountainhead Forum, episode 467
Source: Fountainhead Forum
“Revecca Whiting on running for US Senate and fighting wars in the Middle East.” (07/02/26)
On the Moral Foundations of America
Source: Cato Institute
by Roger Pilon
“Of all that makes America—the subject of this symposium—nothing has been more crucial or consequential than our having constituted ourselves as a people on sound moral, political, and legal principles—the ‘self-evident truths’ set forth in our Declaration of Independence and then instituted through our Constitution as corrected by the Civil War Amendments—for those principles are the very foundation of our liberty. Yet many Americans today seriously misunderstand them, while still others reject even their preconditions—reason, objectivity, and free speech.” (07/02/26)
The Anarchist Experience, episode 587
Source: The Anarchist Experience
“Rich and Riley discuss Forkfest, the success/failure of Porcfest and the Free State Project, and socialists controlling the thermostat.” (07/02/26)
https://theanarchistexperience.wordpress.com/2026/07/03/the-anarchist-experience-587/
WHO declares cruise-linked hantavirus outbreak officially over
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“The World Health Organization has declared the hantavirus outbreak over after the last identified contact of an exposed person linked to a cruise ship completed quarantine and tested negative for the virus. The outbreak, which infected 13 people and killed three, involved the rare Andes hantavirus strain that typically circulates in Argentina and Chile. The cruise ship Hondius sailed from Argentina on April 1. … The Andes virus is the only known hantavirus that can spread through close, prolonged human-to-human contact.” (07/02/26)