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Socialism Collapses Again? Protectionism

Socialism Collapses Again?

The failures of socialism have been chronicled many places, from Socialism by Ludwig von Mises in 1922 to Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies by Kristian Niemietz just last year. Perhaps the most contemporary failure, outside the continuing tragedies of North Korea and Cuba, is the sad example of…
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March 11, 2020
Important former Yugoslavia sites Genocide

Important former Yugoslavia sites

Before 1992, the countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Kosovo were united under one republic called Yugoslavia. Between 1991 and 2001, this region suffered a series of violent secessionist conflicts known as the Yugoslav Wars. In the early ‘90s, the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA)…
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March 11, 2020
Uninstall These VPN and Ad-Blocking Apps That Spied on Your iPhone or Android Google

Uninstall These VPN and Ad-Blocking Apps That Spied on Your iPhone or Android

A recent Buzzfeed investigation discovered that several popular VPN and adblocking apps for Android and iOS secretly collected user data and sent it to Sensor Tower, a cross-platform data analytics service for app developers. The snooping apps include:Adblock Focus (Android and iOS)Free and Unlimited VPN (Android)Luna VPN (Android and iOS)Mobile…
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March 11, 2020
Creative Portraits of Humans Literally Blended Into the Surrounding Landscape Greenland

Creative Portraits of Humans Literally Blended Into the Surrounding Landscape

For their surreal series Eyes as Big as Plates, Finnish-Norwegian artistic duo Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen have created a thought-provoking set of portraits that use “wearable sculptures” to blend humans into the surrounding landscape. The ongoing series began in 2011 as a play on characters from Nordic folklore, but…
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March 11, 2020
Vermont Seeks Injunction Against Clearview AI, Says Firm Broke Multiple State Laws Clearview

Vermont Seeks Injunction Against Clearview AI, Says Firm Broke Multiple State Laws

Photo: Getty Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the controversial face recognition company Clearview AI alleging its efforts to collect images of Vermonters without their consent to fuel a law enforcement database is in violation of multiple U.S. state laws. “I am disturbed by this…
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March 11, 2020