Wednesday roundup
Israeli officials meet Qatari, Saudi and UAE counterparts at White House
With any other president, this would be front page news. North Korea, the Middle East, Russia. So what exactly did Obama do for his Nobel Peace Prize?Girl Scouts Write Anti-Smoking Legislation in Colorado
“A government for the children, of the children, by the children.”FBI Insiders Blow Whistle on Massive Las Vegas Cover Up; Agents Told Not to Investigate Key Evidence Including ISIS Terror Link
Not sure this is true, but we still don't know what happened. Somebody is covering stuff upHungary “Ready to Fight” United Nations Plan to Facilitate Global Mass Migration
Refugee migration was a total disaster for the EU, even if the elites don't want to admit itThe Federal Government's TIGER Program Splurges on Sidewalks in Rural Florida and Recreational Boat Ramps in Iowa
“It was supposed to be a temporary stimulus program. Instead it's an engine for pork.”Drunk History: When the Government Banned Female Bartenders
When government meddles, it costs freedomThe World Is Better Than Ever. Why Are We Miserable?
Something to think aboutStores use secret shopper score to track and decline returns
The article tries to sell this a Really Bad Thing, but really it's just the companies acting in self-defense.REVEALED: Obama Campaign Hired Fusion GPS To Investigate Romney
The same company that the Clinton campaign hired to for the Russia dossier,Last photographs of Stephen Hawking emerge showing him enjoying a night out in Mayfair as his children pay tribute to the professor's 'brilliance and humour' after he dies peacefully aged 76
What a brilliant man and a remarkable life3 Questions Congress Should Answer Before Bailing Out Obamacare
I don't think it should be bailed out. The free market would lower costs dramaticallyThe Meaning of Freedom
“I learned that to be strong wasn’t good enough; you had to use your strength to help those who were unable to help themselves. I learned that it is better to build than to destroy, and violence, even amongst warriors, is always a last resort.”Socialism Is Not Now, Nor Has It Ever Been, A Friend To Women
Freedom rests in choice and the free market“The Problem With The UN | Corrupt, Anti-Western & Useless”
“Corruption, abuse scandals, extravagant spending, and laughable committee assignments. Here are some of the biggest problems with the United Nations.”
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The Government Loves to Make Us All Criminals
When the ordinary becomes illegalChicago Police Union Trying To Stop New Use-of-Force Policies
Police power beyond constraintElectric bike crackdown spurs delivery worker concern
"Electric bikes are illegal to operate on city streets and those at the top of the food chain need to be held accountable."Regulator tells Vermont hospital to dial back surgeries, revenue
“That's a problem for the Green Mountain Care Board, which has come down on Copley for making too much money and doing too many surgeries. Copley's success is seen as a violation of the Board's master plan for managing health care costs in the state.”Using the Blockchain to Fight Corruption
A promising approach to fight election fraudONE-THIRD Of U.S. Homicide Spike Coming From 5 Chicago Neighborhood
Conservatives would point out that Chicago is a victim of liberal polices."Wealth Effect" = Widening Wealth Inequality
Not sure I agree, but worth thinking aboutWords We Didn't Hear
InterestingPresident Trump Cuts Funding to UN After Israel Vote
Actions have consequences> Or at least they should.Rebuke
U.N. Vote Rebukes U.S. for Jerusalem Move
““The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday for a resolution effectively rebuking U.S. President Donald Trump for recognizing the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and pledging to move the U.S. embassy there.
The vote came despite threats by Mr. Trump and U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley that the U.S. would take punitive measures, such as reducing foreign aid and cutting contributions to the U.N., against countries voting in favor of the resolution.
The General Assembly resolution didn’t explicitly refer to the U.S., instead asserting that unilateral decisions such as Mr. Trump’s have no legal effect and must be rescinded. In the vote, 128 countries voted in favor and 9 against, with 35 abstaining.
“We will remember [the vote], when so many countries come calling on us to pay even more and to use our influence to their benefit,” Ms. Haley said during the General Assembly debate, adding the emergency meeting and the vote were signs of disrespect toward the U.S. for exercising its sovereignty by deciding to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. She said the vote wouldn’t affect Mr. Trump’s decision.””
— Farnaz Fassihi
The UN has absolutely no power to interfere with the internal affairs of any member nation.
In the past, the UN has meddled for "humanitarian reasons" or to prevent greater violence. That hasn't worked out well at all.
Most of the money and most of the military might of the UN comes from the United States. Overwhelmingly so. If the US decided to take it's toys and go home, not only would the UN have to move, but it's ability to act would be less than a fifth of what it is now.
Since it's founding, the UN has tried to steer the World towards one world government. American elites have pursued globalization along the lines of the European Union. But centralized unaccountable bureaucracies seldom work. That in turn leads to more government, more technocrats, and even less accountability. For the last thirty years, globalization has be the goal.
Trump is going to disrupt things.