*Jamie Dimon [along with other big stockholders in "too big to fail" banks] Is Poised to Benefit Most From This Banking Crisis.* *Bailing Out the Undeserving Rich — Again.*

That article falls into the confusion spread by the term "intellectual property". It is an incoherent generalization about laws that have very little in common. To group those laws (or even some of those laws) together and talk about them together is a mistake.

Everyone: call on Big Tech to implement end-to-end encrypted messaging now.

Messaging applications that involve through nonfree client software are unjust, and endanger your privacy, regardless of whether they do end-to-end encryption, because the encryption could be ineffective or snoop on users.

US citizens: call on Congress to repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the US to send forces to fight in Iraq.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

If you phone, please spread the word!

Progressive Democrats have proposed to define housing as a human right and spend 300 billion dollars to fulfill that right.

I am in favor.

*The Fed Accused of "Playing With Fire" After Latest Rate Hike.*