Ukraine Offers Amnesty to Rebels by Mike Shedlock on Mish’s Global Trend Analysis (via Naked Capitalism).
President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine made a peace offer to separatist rebels in Donetsk and Luhansk, consisting of amnesty to helps, help in rebuilding, free local elections Nov. 9, limited self-rule for at least three years and the right to use Russian in official documents.
To me, an outsider ignorant of internal Ukrainian politics, this looks like a reasonable offer. But it is opposed by Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, who came to power with the backing of neo-conservatives in the U.S. State Department.
Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent by Nick Bilton for The New York Times. (Via Mike the Mad Biologist)
Most CEOs of Silicon Valley companies set strict limits on how much time their children can spend in front of computer screens or use social media. Instead they encourage their children to read printed books and engage in face-to-face conversation. Consumers of their products should follow their example.
Foreign Powers Buy Influence at Think Tanks by Eric Lipton, Brooke Williams and Nicholas Confessore for The New York Times. (Via Avedon’s Sideshow)
Non-profit research organizations such as the Brookings Institution, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Atlantic Council are supposed to provide expert and objective advice. But how objective can they be if they take money from foreign governments?
John Crawford Shooting: Open Carry for Whites, Open Season on Blacks by Albert L. Butler for The Root.
Doubts cast on witness’s account of black man killed by police in Walmart by Jon Swaine for The Guardian.
Police in Ohio shot and killed a black man in a Walmart store in Ohio because they thought the toy gun he was holding was real. But Ohio is an “open carry” state. If he had been carrying a real gun, it would have been perfectly legal under state law.
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