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RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST
The Freedom Movement's Daily Newspaper

Volume XVI, Issue #3,953
Steemit Edition -- Monday, April 16th, 2018

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Dear readers,

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Rational Review News Digest

**TODAY'S NEWS**

Putin predicts global "chaos" if US and friends continue war of aggression in Syria
Comey: Trump "morally unfit to be president"
Saudi king rejects US Jerusalem embassy move
Hungary: 100,000 rally to denounce "Viktator" Orban's rule
IRS says fewer than 100 people have reported Bitcoin holdings so far
Starbucks CEO apologizes after employee calls police on black men waiting at a table
NY: Famed gay rights lawyer sets himself on fire in protest suicide against fossil fuels
FL: Miami Dolphins ex-cheerleader claims she was "bullied for being a virgin"
Canada: Regime backs Syria strikes but others at America's summit concerned
Something weird is happening to the Gulf Stream current
No, the world isn't ending later this month
John Boehner explains why he changed his mind on cannabis
MI: Teen misses bus, gets shot at after asking for directions
NY: Creep gets ten years in prison for raping unconscious women
NY: Police, fed up with lingering cold weather, "arrest" winter
Nazi legacy found in Norwegian trees
Worker: Fukushima was supposed to have massive seawall
CT: Police say high school sub teacher started a classroom "fight club"
GOP commits $250 million to keep control of the House
Report: Pence didn't talk about wall with Nieto

**TODAY'S COMMENTARY**

Becoming transhuman: The complicated future of robot and advanced sapient rights
Trump isn't the first war criminal president. He should be the last.
Americans have a dangerous deficit in trade understanding
The Satoshi Revolution, chapter 7, part 1
In Syria strike, the real danger is Russia
Mark Zuckerberg and the crossing of Silicon Valley's rubicon
While the clock ticks
Should those who gain from women entering the workforce compensate the "losers?"
Freedom and income taxation are opposites
"Mine is bigger!" President Trump's war crime is worse than the one he accuses Assad of committing
Syria: The bloody price of western narcissism
Do we need a "do no economic harm" rule for presidents?
Dirty magazines in Vermont
The NSA wants a skeleton key to everyone's encrypted data
Trump tramples on the Constitution, again
My epiphany about the problem with Apu
Quantum Vibe, 04/13/18
The unconstitutional strike on Syria
Useful intellectual idiots
A tough week for the social safety net [sic]
Guilty statists?
Thus does the crypto winter endeth
Stay out of Syria and other impulsive wars
Now watch Republicans blame Obama for test scores
The enduring mojo of "Roseanne"
Trump's airstrikes are unconstitutional
Trump surrenders to the foreign policy Blob
Krugman dismisses that an increase in money supply causes inflation
Trump's deregulation binge shows no signs of ending
Alchemical reactions: Transmuting death-dealing dung into PR gold

**TODAY'S AUDIO/VIDEO**

Free Talk Live, 04/14/18
Freedom Feens Radio, 04/14/18
Foreign Policy Focus, episode 180
What should have happened at the Facebook hearing
Five Minutes Five Issues, episode 103
Johnny Rocket Launch Pad, episode 141
Ron Paul Liberty Report, 04/13/18
FIREside Chats, episode 12
Cato Daily Podcast, 04/13/18
Editors Break, episode 75
The Tom Woods Show, episode 1135
In The Tank Podcast, episode 135
Free Thoughts Podcast, episode 235
Felony Friday, episode 119
Scott Adams Says, 04/14/18

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Editors:
Thomas L. Knapp
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