Linkage

• And Babies? (Angry Bear) The lede says it all, "Uvalde = My Lai. This is not hyperbole. War crimes are an inevitable byproduct of war. Mass shootings are an inevitable byproduct of militarism and a militarized culture. "
  
• In Final Slap to Bush-Era Neoconservatives, Iraq Criminalizes Contacts with Israel (Juan Cole) The final nail in the coffin for that entire benighted endeavor.
  
• The Evidence for Antidepressants Causing Mass Shootings (The Forgotten Side of Medicine) I'm a bit dubious, and correlation is not causation, but it bears study.
  
• Corporate America’s Favorite Legal Trick Is Backfiring (Jacobin) Mass filing as a way to make binding arbitration untenable.
  
• No more Elvis-themed weddings for Las Vegas chapels, a licensing company says (NPR) First, it is clear that extant of IP regulations is excessive.  Second, the chapels should consider Andy Kaufman themed weddings.
• The City of London is a major drain on productive economic activity in Britain (LBC) Greece's former Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis makes a strong argument for considering the City of London a parasitic force in the economy.
• 'Fantastic giant tortoise,' believed extinct, confirmed alive in the Galápagos (Phys.org) A bit of good news to start the week.
• Japan Is Dropping a Gargantuan Turbine Into The Ocean to Harness 'Limitless' Energy (Science Alert) It has potential, but I'd wait at least 5 years to see if this is viable.
• U.S. death rates show how politics are affecting public health (STAT) Right-wing areas, which generally have lower vaccination rates, and frequently are not covered by medicaid expansion, die more.  Hoocoodanode?
• She Helped Create the Big Lie. Records Suggest She Turned It Into a Big Grift. (Reveal) The founder of True the Vote is enriching herself.  This is a feature of many right wing "grassroots" organizations.

 

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