Avoid the unsafe, dark places

Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal

“My desire to feel safe is why you won’t find me wandering drunk down the middle of the highway on a moonless night. Or any other time. It’s smart to adapt your own behavior for the sake of your safety. What I won’t be doing is looking for ways to control you and violate your liberty so I can feel safe. I know violating people’s rights won’t make me safe. It would also be wrong. And weak. Government, as the primary violator of rights, can’t make you safe.” (09/30/26)

https://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2026/09/30/voices/opinion-avoid-the-unsafe-dark-places/234274.html

Thomas L. Knapp

Improving Species Recovery Act, Explained

Source: Property and Environment Research Center
by McLean Albritton

“More than 50 years after the ESA’s passage, the statute has succeeded in one important respect—99 percent of listed species have avoided extinction. But recovery, the ESA’s ultimate goal, has lagged far behind. Just 3 percent of listed species have recovered. And, according to PERC research, 96% of the recoveries federal agencies predicted have not happened. The sobering recovery numbers are a call to action for reforms to make the law work better.” (09/30/26)

https://www.perc.org/2026/09/30/improving-species-recovery-act-explained/

Thomas L. Knapp

10-year US Treasury yield hits highest level since 2002 as global bond rout gathers pace

Source: CNBC

“U.S. Treasury yields hit their highest level in more than two decades on Thursday as a global bond sell-off deepened. The 10-year Treasury yield breached a level last seen in April 2002, rising 4 basis points to 5.3338%, according to LSEG data. The figure is key to rates for mortgage borrowing, auto loans and credit card debt. … Government borrowing costs rose around the world on Thursday, continuing a months-long trend as investors express concerns over a lack of political action to tackle fiscal deficits, while inflation remains sticky and interest rates rise.” (10/01/26)

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/01/us-treasury-bond-yield.html

Thomas L. Knapp

Being Forcefully Pro-Palestine Weeds The Terrible People Out Of Your Life

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“Being forcefully pro-Palestine is the most efficient way to weed all the worst people out of your life. It takes care of them all. Zionists. Islamophobes. Apathetic narcissists. Unthinking herd-minded right wing ideologues. Abuser-enabling ‘both sides’ moral cowards. Emotionally stunted man-babies who turn every challenging conversation into an ‘allow me to play devil’s advocate’ mental exercise to avoid feeling normal human feelings. Leaned-back, too-cool-for-the-current-thing victims of western meta-irony brain rot. It’s like spraying yourself with asshole repellant. Supporting Palestine doesn’t automatically make you a good person; opposing genocide and apartheid is just the basic bare-minimum position we’re all morally obligated to take. But supporting Israel against the Palestinians absolutely does automatically make you a bad person.” (10/01/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/10/01/being-forcefully-pro-palestine-weeds-the-terrible-people-out-of-your-life/

Steve Trinward