Internet Censors
Facebook, Apple, and YouTube kicked conspiracy theorist Alex Jones off the internet for “hate speech” on Monday.
According to Vox Jones’ Infowars website gets 10 million viewers a month and his YouTube channel has two and a half million subscribers.
Internet Censors
As private companies they can censor anything they want. But Ben Shapiro says they’re “dead wrong” to do it.
So what is hate speech anywayI? In April Mark Zuckerberg told Congress he’d leave it up to AI to answer that question.
Urban Meyer Trick Play
Ohio State assistant coach Zach Smith stands accused of roughing up his former wife. So Urban Meyer fired him. But that might not be enough. The school suspended Coach Meyer while it investigates whether he took action in a timely fashion.
Urban Meyer Trick Play
If he didn’t it could cost him his job and $38 million. It wouldn’t be the first time. His predecessor Jim Tressel was fired because some of his players traded trinkets for for tattoos. In a less enlightened time the Dutch got Manhattan for the same stunt.
Trillion Dollar Apple
On Thursday Apple became the first company ever to be valued over a trillion dollars.
Trillion Dollar Apple
That’s a number equal to one fourth of annual federal spending. Or one twentieth of the federal debt.
Cardinal McCarrick
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of 88 year old Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. The former Bishop of Washington DC is under investigation for sexual abuse of a minor 47 years ago.
Are 3D Guns Free Speech?
Printers aren’t just for fed funds anymore. Now you can print a gun from a 3D printer. Really. Needless to say this has the anti-gun lobby up in arms.
Of course you can’t print anything until you download the software. Obviously this is Trump’s fault. What’s next? Russian hackers emailing weapons to enemies of Hillary?
Not if Federal Judge Robert Lasnik can help it. He issued a restraining order to stop the release of electronic gun making instructions by a group called Defense Distributed.
Are 3D Guns Free Speech?
David French in National Review points out “The plaintiffs weren’t distributing guns, they were distributing information…and blocking the flow of information is a prior restraint of free speech.”
