TSA Screeners Call Out Sick
CNN
Two of the sources, who are federal officials, described the sick outs as protests of the paycheck delay.
On the Geopolitical and Domestic Implications of Trump’s Syrian Declaration
CounterPunch
Daniel Falcone interviews Richard Falk, noted professor, author and activist attorney in international law, on the global and domestic implications of President Trump’s surprise announcement that the U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Syria.
Friday Nite Videos | January 4, 2019
Portside
America's Rigged Economy in Two Minutes. Bob Dylan: With God on Our Side. How College Loans Got So Evil. AlphaZero: Machine Learning From Scratch. Network | Movie / Theater.
America's Rigged Economy in Two Minutes
Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, explains why the American economy is rigged, and what that means for future generations.
Bob Dylan: With God on Our Side
Bob Dylan's memorable 1988 Live Oakland performance of With God on Our Side made into a historical / lyric video.
How College Loans Got So Evil
Student loans are leaving millions of Americans with really bad hangovers.
AlphaZero: Machine Learning From Scratch
AlphaZero taught itself from scratch chess, shogi and Go, beating a world-champion program in each case and discovering new and creative playing strategies that hint at the potential to tackle other complex problems.
Network | Movie / Theater
A classic Paddy Chayevsky film starring Faye Dunaway and William Holden about a the role of the media in the corrupt system by which the very rich screw the middle class and poor. Now in a theater version with Bryan Cranston.
Your Last Opportunity: Let's Make Waves Together
Portside
Because of Portside, a lot of people who are determined to make their own history will have the tools to do it -- the emotional sustenance, the information, the analysis, the connections -- to meet the extraordinary situation we all confront.
Since When Does Netflix Take Marching Orders From Saudi Arabia?
Daily Beast
Netflix has the power to reject attempts to silence those who use comedy to speak truth to power. Anything less makes the company complicit in Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's plan to stifle those who criticize him.
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