A somewhat abbreviated, somewhat late, Friday links. I hope your week is going well.
Victory Girls - Neil Young Loses Chicken Game With Spotify I had to have something on the Neil Young Kerfuffle; it made me smile.
Samizdata - The state is not your friend…
Gateway Pundit - Paul Sperry: What Did Clinton Know and When Did She Know It? The Russiagate Evidence Builds
The Other McCain - Crazy People Are Dangerous
Before we go any further with this story, permit to ask this question: Why is it that we never hear about the mental health of such people until after they shoot a cop?
American Greatness - Journalists Need to Learn How to Lay Bricks
Vlad Tepes - Dr. Mary Bowden gives an overview of how hospitals did all they could to PREVENT treatment of Covid19
Juvat at Chant du Départ - I’mmm BAAAAACK! Juvat has an after-action-report on a wine cruise to Costa Maya, Belize and Roatan.
Again from The Other McCain - Good News From New York
Important, because most of the news from there is bad nowadays.
SiGraybeard - How Strong Was That Tongan Volcano?
An international group that monitors for likely atomic detonations has reported that ... the infrasonic wave from the Tongan volcano is the largest thing they've ever measured, even bigger than the Soviet Union's Tsar Bomba, the biggest nuclear detonation in history.
Clayton Cramer - Less Drama Russia is ready to invade Ukraine.
But at least no mean Tweets.
Roberta X - Where the Bad Guys Get Their Guns
And again from Roberta X - Confirmation Bias: Teachable Moment
Tempest, meet teapot; teapot, meet Totenberg. Oops.
The Neil Young story deserves all the ridicule that can be thrown at it. To make a big deal about taking down songs that he's already sold the rights to is particularly rich in irony. "It's Joe Rogan or me!" is answered by, "and who were you?"
ReplyDeleteJoe Rogan gets more podcast listens (and views) than anybody. Neil Young is a 40+ year has been who couldn't possibly compete. One of the anchors on Fox Business says his popularity probably comes from Spotify discounting his songs.