CASHMAN: ELIZA BLEU AND THE PERPETUAL TRAUMA MACHINE—PART 1

Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Ban Sports Betting Via Prediction Markets Lawmakers have never met a market they didn't want to control. And when they can't do that, they try to crush them - sometimes after taking six-figure donations from competing lobbies. To wit; Sens. Adam Schiff (D-CA), and John Curtis (R-UT), on Monday introduced legislation that would prohibit federally regulated prediction-market platforms from offering wagers on sports events, targeting what they call a regulatory backdoor that has let online betting proliferate beyond state control. Reading between the lines, prediction market betting is...

Politicians say they can “fix” the economy. But economists Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises pointed out how government “fixes" lead to bigger problems. Ryan McMaken appears on Stossel TV.

Lebanese officials have reportedly proposed direct peace talks with Israel as a way to end the ongoing Israeli invasion, and sought help from the US in brokering such discussions, but were apparently rebuffed, with US envoy Tom Barrack reportedly saying there was “nothing to discuss.” Israel has been attacking Lebanon on a virtually daily basis […]