- On Yglesias on Manufactured Homes (Brian Potter) A good Fisking of Matthew Yglesias' discussions of mibile homes. There is a simple way to understand this, if Yglesias is writing this, and it espouses things like market and deregulation he is wrong. The simpler way is just to assume that he's wrong about everything. The batting average is almost as high.
- Hydroxychloroquine could have caused 17,000 deaths during Covid, study finds (POLITICO) The cynical side of me wants to note that this is a self correcting problem.
- Jamie Raskin Uncovers Proof Of Trump's Foreign Bribes (Off Message) The constitutional term is, "Foreign emoluments."
- NHS to investigate Palantir influencer campaign as possible contract breach (Good Law Project) Peter Thiel, who owns Palantir is literally a vampire wannabee. He wants to consume the blood of the young in order to live forever. Of course, they will ignore the contract when it is inconvenient.
- Nearly half of every dollar spent by Medicare drug plans goes to private health insurers' pharmacy benefit managers and wholesalers (HEALTH CARE un-covered) Best healthcare system in the world, if you are a parasite.
- Bill Ackman or American Psycho? Take the quiz (Financial Times) It's harder than you think.
- Gods Old and New: Different Types of Japanese Deities (Nippon.com) I find this fascinating. Maybe you will too.
- Piracy Is Surging Again Because Streaming Execs Ignored The Lessons Of The Past (Techdirt) People will generally not pirate work if it is a bigger pain in the ass than getting it legally. Streaming executives have made their product worse and a bigger pain in the ass than pirating in order to extract every possible penny. Piracy increases. QED.
Robert Reich talks about why flying is such a horror these days, even when the windows don't fall off:
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