Neon Liberalism, episode 96
Source: Liberal Currents
“The Lies of Hearts of Iron.” (10/26/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lies-of-hearts-of-iron-neon-liberalism-96-with-bret-devereaux/
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Elvis Presley’s rights [sic] holders sue Anthropic, saying it trained AI on his music
Source: NBC News
“The owners [sic] of Elvis Presley’s music have sued Anthropic, alleging it used his copyrighted lyrics without permission to train its AI models and generating infringing versions of his songs. In a lawsuit filed Friday, Authentic Brands Group, the licensing platform that controls Presley’s intellectual property [sic] — along with other companies, trusts and individuals who own rights [sic] to his music — accused Anthropic of infringing copyrights to 274 songs without any license or payment. … The lawsuit by Presley’s rights [sic] holders comes amid a larger wave of lawsuits against Anthropic and other AI companies accused of using copyrighted musical works without consent or compensation.” (10/25/26)
Pink Flame of Liberty, 10/26/26
Source: Pink Flame of Liberty
“The Case for Christian Nationalism Discussion: Cultural Christo-Authoritarianism (pt. 7).” (10/26/26)
Who’s Afraid of AI?
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Ella Dawson
“The rich always have more resources at their disposal than do the poor, albeit with much more risk. But, AI, like many other inventions, gives the ordinary person the resources that previously may have been only available to the rich.” (10/26/26)
When Money Becomes Everything
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by George Ford Smith
“Willie Sutton reportedly said he robbed banks because that’s where the money was. Willie would’ve made a good politician. Governments became friends with banks for the same reason Willie robbed them. If a sufficiently important bank issued more receipts for money than it had locked up in its vaults, people would get suspicious and start to pull their money out. The monetary contagion could spread to other banks, and government, which kept its loot in banks, would be in trouble. Using its status as an agency of coercion, government intervened to stop the redemption while keeping the banks in business.” (10/26/26)
Liberalism Is for Ordinary People
Source: Liberal Currents
by Adam Gurri
“We need to get better at describing our goals in these terms. My instinct, even now, is to say that the goal of liberalism is to produce an open society, to encourage mutual enrichment and mutual support under conditions of freedom. But we need to be able to paint a picture like the above, to say what these abstractions mean for the people who live where the factory opens, what it means to the local kids when a library opens up where there wasn’t one before.” (10/26/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-is-for-ordinary-people/
The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg, 10/26/26
Source: The Dispatch
“A Leader Doth Not a Statesman Make | Interview: Steven B. Smith.” (10/26/26)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/a-leader-doth-not-a-statesman-make-interview-steven-b-smith/
India: Gandhi Acquitted in Defamation Case
Source: US News & World Report
“Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, was acquitted in a defamation case by a local court on Monday, TV channels said. The acquittal comes at a time when Gandhi is leading a united opposition campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Election Commissioner over a controversial revision of voter lists. … Gandhi was accused of calling India’s powerful Home Minister Amit Shah, who was then head of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a ‘murder accused’, during a state election campaign speech in 2018.” (10/26/26)
Free Talk Live, 10/25/26
Source: Free Talk Live
“Is voting pointless? :: Tim in FL calls and talks about death :: Dying :: Dave Ridley calls about a religious lawsuit against Dover NH :: Property taxes :: NHcornerstone.org :: Film the authorities when they harass you! :: Expatriation laws :: Sarah in NM calls about mail in ballots being smeared with fentanyl :: Skeeter calls to accuse and project :: Taxation is (not?) theft :: Should kids be educated? :: David in NM calls to educate us on how to end a call :: I love you, bye :: 2026-10-25 :: Hosts: Stu, Mr. Penguin, Mark Edge.” (10/25/26)
How Israel Used AI to Relentlessly Murder Palestinian Journalists and Their Families in Their Homes
Source: Antiwar.com
by Andy Worthington
“Under international humanitarian law, as most noticeably enshrined in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977, ‘Civilian journalists engaged in professional missions in areas of armed conflict must be respected and protected as long as they are not taking a direct part in hostilities.’ (emphasis added). The State of Israel, however, has nothing but contempt for international humanitarian law. As far as they are concerned, everyone who works for a media outlet that is, in any way, aligned with the military wing of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any other militant faction in Gaza, is a terrorist, and can be targeted and killed, and anyone who works as a journalist but has previously had any suspected involvement with any of these military factions in any kind of capacity can also be targeted and killed.” (10/26/26)