Pray for Us Zynners
Source: Reason
by Jordan McGillis
“New York’s proposed ban on nicotine pouches ignores science, consumer choice, and the lessons of prohibition.” (03/05/25)
Source: Reason
by Jordan McGillis
“New York’s proposed ban on nicotine pouches ignores science, consumer choice, and the lessons of prohibition.” (03/05/25)
Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen
“The Trump administration, after legal challenges, abruptly reversed its mass firings of so-called ‘probationary’ federal employees. But it is moving speedily to find other ways to hobble the administrative state, focusing dubiously on instituting large reductions in force, while claiming that federal staffing levels are unreasonably high to carry out executive branch duties. One of the first agencies to comply was the Social Security Administration (SSA). Last week, I reported that the agency, which enrolls and manages benefits for over 73 million Americans, was undergoing ‘a significant workforce reduction,’ even though the agency was at a 50-year staffing low before Trump took office.” [editor’s note: If bloated staff-totals are essential for delivering checks to those already on retirement or now eligible for such, we’ve seen the problem in high relief – SAT] (03/06/25)
https://prospect.org/health/2025-03-06-how-social-security-administration-cuts-affect-you/
Source: Action News Jax
“A 31-year-old man is dead after a home invasion in Lake City, police said. Officer were called to a home on SW Leslie Glen just after 11 p.m. Tuesday. Officers arrived at the home and found the man shot and unresponsive, a Lake City police news release states. Police unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate the man. ‘Victims of the home invasion reported that the individual, who was known to the victims, attempted to break into the home and was successful,’ the news release states. ‘The residence contained multiple adults and children. One of the adults fired multiple shots at the intruder when he rushed toward them,’ the news release states.” (03/05/25)
Source: System Update
“Lee Fang Reacts to Trump’s Speech to Congress; Will DOGE Tackle Military Waste?” (03/05/25)
https://rumble.com/v6q6xz2-lee-fang-reacts-to-trumps-speech.html
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Bert Olivier
“Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist philosopher, is easily underestimated with regard to what his intellectual legacy can teach us in the 21st century. It is true that Gramsci – or rather, a caricature of Gramsci, as well as of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory – has been in circulation for some time (and of Martin Heidegger, too, although he and Theodor Adorno, of the Frankfurt School, did not see eye-to-eye), but these caricatures don’t do any of them justice.” (03/05/25)
https://brownstone.org/articles/gramsci-hegemony-and-the-world-order/
Source: Associated Press
“President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued what he called a ‘last warning’ to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza, directing a sharply worded message after the White House confirmed that he had recently dispatched an envoy for unprecedented direct talks with the militant group. In a statement on his Truth Social platform soon after meeting at the White House with eight former hostages, Trump added that he was ‘sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job.'” (03/05/25)
https://apnews.com/article/hamas-israel-trump-ceasefire-bdc21f862b073dd478e0960ebfbf71e3
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“As expected, Apple will withhold its most advanced data protection from customers in the United Kingdom of the iPhone rather than obey a UK order to provide a worldwide back door to such encryption.
This is probably Apple’s least worst choice given the alternatives confronting it. But that means British users of the iPhone won’t have this encryption at all. Had Apple obeyed, the back door would have been installed on encryption-equipped iPhones worldwide, not just in the iPhones of persons residing in the sceptered isle. The mandated back door would, of course, have been exploitable by cyberhackers contracted by enemy governments as well as by members of ‘good’ governments claiming really good reasons for needing to rummage through your iPhone at will.” (03/05/25)
Source: Reason
“The Good Eats host talks about the virtues of Cap’n Crunch, why fusion cooking isn’t cultural appropriation, and how Martha Stewart’s perfectionism ruined dinner parties.” (03/05/25)
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/03/05/alton-brown-a-tv-chef-offers-food-for-thought/
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“South Korea’s air force has apologised after one of its fighter jets accidentally [sic] dropped eight bombs in the wrong place during a training exercise on Thursday, injuring 15 civilians and damaging several buildings. ‘Eight MK-82 general purpose bombs were abnormally released from an air force KF-16 aircraft, landing outside the designated firing range,’ the air force said, adding that the bombs weighed about 225kg each. … As the air force announced an investigation, South Korean media reported that the bombs had been dropped in error after a pilot inputted incorrect coordinates.” (03/06/25)
Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal
“Has your democracy been lost yet? Has someone stolen it? Silly questions for a silly era asked of silly people who worship mob rule as long as they are on the majority side. They have no problem ignoring the will of those who disagree with them; they only wring their hands when they end up on the losing side. America was never supposed to be a democracy. It was set up as a republic, limited in scope by a constitution that defined exactly what government is allowed to do to the population, regardless of what the majority wants. This failed. Republics, including those defined and limited by a constitution, turn into democracies because people, in overwhelming numbers, want to violate the rights of others and vote themselves goodies paid for with taxes.” (03/05/25)