This week's Interesting News includes things that are new and things that I just came across.
For example, the Missouri department that manages foster children has managed to lose over 900 kids. Their absence was not reported to the federal government as mandated by law. They have even discovered that dozens of these children were found by child traffickers who were exploiting them for prostitution purposes. The GOP holds all of the important cards in the Missouri state government, yet the official responsible for this tragedy is still on the state's payroll.
While not really a surprise, I did unearth this article about how armed citizens fare when it comes to limiting or preventing active shooter events. 94% isn't a bad batting average.
Big tech's lack of interest in promoting free speech and diverse viewpoints should be abundantly clear at this point.
- The band Five for Fighting had a song about our retreat from Afghanistan censored by Facebook.
- Google banned all ads from the pro-life group Live Action.
The many problems with the media and the government investigation of the Trump/Russia hoax were made manifest once again. A lower-level figure involved with misleading the federal government was indicted. The NY Times lede was dismayingly inaccurate. About the only encouraging point is that the investigation will continue. Putting some senior-level FBI agents in jail for malfeasance would be nice. Seeing Hillary one cell over would be better.
