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No Pseudonymity for Accountant Challenging Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Disciplinary Proceedings

Politics & Policy

[ad_1] From yesterday’s D.C. Circuit decision in Doe v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson, Justin Walker, and Bradley Garcia): Plaintiff John Doe—an accountant facing disciplinary proceedings before the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board—brought suit in district court, raising wide-ranging challenges to the Board’s structure and operations. As part of that action, Doe sought leave to proceed under a pseudonym. The district court denied the motion. We affirm…. Doe asserts a privacy interest in the fact that he is the subject of a Board disciplinary proceeding because disclosure of that fact would harm his professional reputation by…

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An Unwarranted War, a Global Economic Drag

Geopolitics & War

[ad_1] When the US-Iran conflict escalated earlier this year, the immediate concern centered on oil prices and the Strait of Hormuz. But the real danger was never confined to crude oil. The crisis has evolved into a broader energy, logistics, fertilizer, food and financial shock. What began as a regional conflict has become a structural drag on the global economy. Prolonged pain Recent warnings by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank underscore the same point. Even if military hostilities continue to ease, energy systems, shipping networks and commodity supply chains will require…

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Should ICE deport all illegal aliens?

Political Spin

[ad_1] The Heritage Foundation’s Simon Hankinson and George Mason University’s Bryan Caplan debate the resolution, “Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should complete its mandate to deport all illegal aliens currently residing in the United States.” Taking the affirmative is Hankinson, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center and author of The Ten Woke Commandments—You Must Not Obey. Taking the negative is Caplan, a professor of economics at George Mason University. He is the author of 12 books, including the graphic novel Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration. The debate is moderated by Soho…

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Decentralized Social Media – Nostr

Conspiracy Theories

[ad_1] Here’s how to get started with Nostr In this week’s #TBOT solution, I get started with Nostr (Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays). Nostr is a censorship-resistant decentralized social media protocol. In this video, we’ll do a short overview and show you how to get started in less than one minute. Watch on Substack Thanks to Efrat Fenigson and several members of the #TBOT community who continued to urge me to try it. If you want a great introduction on why to use Nostr, check out my latest interview with Efrat Fenigson: How To Opt Out of the Digital Prison – Hakeem Anwar…

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Graham Platner wins, ‘Backrooms,’ and church and state

Politics & Policy

[ad_1] Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi start this episode of Freed Up with how Democrats plan to stand by Graham Platner in Maine no matter what. The conversation then moves from politics and mail-in ballots to cultural complaints, consciousness, internet horror, and generational grumbling. It then turns to movies and franchises, including Sorcerer, Star Wars, and the new Wuthering Heights. Later, they discuss Mormons vs. the Department of War and the inequalities we all face. 0:00—Democrats don’t care that Graham Platner may be a bad person 12:30—Mailing ballots to everyone is a dumb idea 18:07—Why do people talk like that? 21:42—Can we…

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