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[ad_1] Every day in D.C, caravans of federal agents move through the city. They accompany local police, surround cars, and participate in arrests. The people I see detained in these operations are primarily Black men. The agencies and uniforms vary. The structure remains the same: federal power enters an ordinary police encounter, and residents have no clear way to know who is in charge or what rules apply. This is what the past year of federal occupation has produced in Washington. It is not only soldiers near monuments or immigration agents carrying out highly visible raids. It is federal power…

[ad_1] Last weekend, while I was watching the 1961 version of West Side Story on the big screen at an old theater in my hometown of Columbus, it started to rain outside. The storm caused weird sounds to echo inside the cavernous, ornate building, which was constructed in 1928. The emphatic rumble of rain hitting the rooftop competed, at moments, with the equally forceful music by Leonard Bernstein and words by Stephen Sondheim. But I did not mind.  To the contrary, I had learned early in my moviegoing career that there were few things more agreeable than to be inside…

[ad_1] Slight setbacks may have disproportionate effects upon one’s mood, and despair may be induced by trivia. For example, the other day I lost the key to my post-box somewhere between the latter and the house, 500 yards away. The track is somewhat overgrown, and despite several prolonged searches, I could not find the key. Even on the very small scale of my own life, this was no tragedy, but the inconvenience of it—having to buy and install a new post-box—nevertheless made me wonder whether it (that is to say, life) was all worth it. There was one small consolation…

[ad_1] Heartwarming scenes out of Mecca Friday: After the conclusion of a defense pact between Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, those countries’ respective leaders powwowed in a high-rise conference room to get themselves photographed praying towards the Kaaba. The beef over the Saudi dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi in Turkish territory is just a dim memory. The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement avers that an attack on one member state will be interpreted as an attack on all, a combination that should notionally have some teeth on the strength of Turkish conventional arms, the Pakistani nuclear deterrent, and Saudi money. Well, paper…

[ad_1] An idea reimagining marketplaces for equity and debt markets turned into a 16-year ongoing saga against the securities industry, government regulators, high-level infiltration, paid informants, and even the Canadian version of the CIA, Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Chris Horlacher is the CFO of The Dollar Vigilante & Anarchapulco. He is the co-founder of Equibit and is currently in a legal standoff with the Canadian government after catching them participating in a Man in the Middle attack against him. The fight continues on both sides with no settlement in sight. Hypocrazy Audiobook: https://amzn.to/4aogwms The Octopus of Global Control Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3xu0rMm Website: www.Macroaggressions.io Merch…

[ad_1]  Download Audio. Scott interviews economist Robert Murphy about inflation, the Austrian school of economics, the Federal Reserve and the state of the economy today. Discussed on the show: The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve by G. Edward Griffin  Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal by Robert P. Murphy The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism by Robert Murphy Robert P. Murphy is a Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute. He is the author of numerous books: Contra Krugman: Smashing the Errors of America’s Most Famous Keynesian; Chaos Theory;…

[ad_1] There was a time when America’s industrial titans built railroads, steel mills, and oil companies. Today, influence is measured in data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, media, and information. Few families illustrate that transformation better than the Ellisons. Larry Ellison built Oracle from a small software company into one of the world’s largest technology firms. His background and rags-to-riches story are quite interesting. Today Oracle is one of the dominant providers of enterprise databases and cloud infrastructure, serving governments, financial institutions, healthcare providers, defense contractors, and many of the world’s largest corporations. Oracle’s software touches enormous portions of the global…

[ad_1] The Supreme Court justices. (Pool/ABACA/Newscom)   Back in May, I wrote about survey data indicating a modest boost in the Supreme Court’s popularity with the public, possibly caused by its February decision in the tariff case (which I helped litigate). Since then, the Supreme Court has issued its major decisions in a large number of cases, including those on birthright citizenship, the Second Amendment, executive removal power, and more. Recently, Marquette Law School came out with a new poll assessing public perceptions of the Court in the wake of those rulings. It finds that the Court as a whole remains…

[ad_1] From Zhong v. Univ. of Wash. Bd. of Regents, decided yesterday by Judge James Robart (W.D. Wash.): This civil rights action arises from the University’s rejection of Stanley’s application to enroll in its undergraduate computer science program in Fall 2023. Plaintiffs assert that “Defendants have engaged in systemic racial discrimination against Asian American applicants” by requiring them “to meet higher standards of academic and extracurricular achievement than applicants of other races.” … Plaintiffs represent that Stanley is a resident of California and a highly qualified applicant for undergraduate admission. Specifically, Plaintiffs allege that Stanley was among the top students academically…

[ad_1] The airline first teased Bitcoin payments back in 2022. People can now pay with Bitcoin to buy flights from Dubai-based airline Emirates.  Working with Crypto.com, Emirates said Tuesday the customers now have the option to book flights using the crypto exchange’s payment feature. Crypto.com and Emirates last year announced they would work together.  Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer Adnan Kazim said the move “reflects the rapidly evolving preferences of a younger, digitally fluent generation who manage their money and plan their journeys primarily from their phones and they expect the airlines they fly with to keep pace.” Emirates first teased plans back in…