- The Myth of the Kindly General Lee (The Atlantic) Lee not only supported slavery, but he was a particularly heinous slave owner who argued against the black franchise post war, and turned a blind eye to white supremacist violence by students at Washington College (Now Washington and Lee University) when he was president there.
- Ukraine’s Invented a ‘Jewish-Ukrainian Nationalist’ to Whitewash Its Nazi-era Past (Haaretz) Forget it Jake, it’s the Ukraine.
- How to Build a Fallout Shelter Using Nothing but IKEA Furniture (Vice) Thank you, but death before IKEA.
- User asked help desk to debug a Post-it Note that survived a reboot (The Register) Today’s, “White Out on the screen,” moment.
- Roy Moore’s alleged pursuit of a young girl is the symptom of a larger problem in evangelical circles (LA Times) It appears that child brides is a feature of the seamier side of Evangelical Christianity in the US.
- Green Beret Discovered SEALs’ Illicit Cash. Then He Was Killed. (Daily Beast) This is a predictable result of the juxtaposition of money, secrecy, and people trained to be highly proficient killers.
- Ex-Facebook president Sean Parker says social network exploits human ‘vulnerability’ (Business Insider) From the Department of Well Duh!
- SEC Chief Fires Warning Shot Against Coin Offerings (Wall Street Journal) They are looking at classifying them as securities. If it walks like a duck………
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