On August 22, oral arguments ended in the Justice Department’s antitrust trial to block the book publisher Penguin Random House from merging with rival Simon & Schuster. The result of the trial, which is expected to be decided later this fall, will have a massive impact on both the multibillion-dollar book publishing industry and on how the government handles corporate consolidation going forward. Perhaps fittingly for a case with such high stakes, the trial was characterized by obfuscation and downright disinformation nearly the whole way through.
Book publishers just spent 3 weeks in court arguing they have no idea what they’re doing
Tag: Books
Texas School District Decides To Just Ban All Books Flagged For Review… Including The Bible
If you’re not familiar with the story and history behind the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, then go read up on it, because it’s a great story. For you lazy bums out there, I’ll summarize it thusly. A 24-year old in Oregon got sick of religious types in Kansas trying to inject the teaching of intelligent design in public education institutions under the guise of “teaching the debate” or “equal time” with, well, actual science. As a result, he created a spoof religion centering on a monster made of pasta that uses his noodley appendages to do all kinds of things in our world, including changing carbon dating results so as to hide the actual age of the world and universe. He then argued for “equal time” for this religion in Kansas, stating that if it was good enough for Christians, it was good enough for “Pastafarians”.
Texas School District Decides To Just Ban All Books Flagged For Review… Including The Bible
At least they’re being consistent!
Hotter than the Sun: Finally, a Book Worth Reading
Review by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Mises Institute | July 15, 2022
The top seller on Amazon for books devoted to war and peace as of this writing, Scott Horton’s newest offering, Hotter than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, is a timely must read. As Washington barrels heedlessly along into Cold War II, the American public badly needs educating on the current risks, past close calls, and the utter insanity of an entire for-profit industry built on the flawed concept of thousands of thermonuclear bombs as “weapons” that keep us safe.
Hotter than the Sun: Finally, a Book Worth Reading
Sanctions are ‘suicide,’ Ukraine’s truth must be told
Sanctions are ‘suicide,’ Ukraine’s truth must be told
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YouTube: Donbass Seasons
Donbass-Seasons is a documentary that traces the history of the war in Donbass, from the coup in Kiev to the Odessa massacre through to the start of the conflict.
The documentary contains interviews with Nicolai Lilin, Eliseo Bertolasi and Vauro Senesi, the narrating voices of the videos filmed by Eliseo Bertolasi and Sergeij Rulev. Directed by Sara Reginella, Donbass Seasons shows the changing of seasons and the flow of life in a land in which life goes on, despite the suffering.
Donbass Seasons
The American Prison System’s War on Reading
Incarcerated people are banned from reading books with themes of Black liberation or leftist content. Now the profit motive is the rationale for preventing individuals or charitable organizations from donating books. For profit companies make money on people forced to work for little or nothing. The prison industrial complex is alive and well.
The American Prison System’s War on Reading
US Uses “Humanitarian Intervention” to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests – A Review of Dan Kovalik’s Book “No More War”
Too bad it’s not in an audio book format.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 