Quote

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

• Martin Luther King Jr., "Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?" (1967).

RIP

Russian rocket scientists https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/12/russia-indicates-rocket-engine-exploded-in-test https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/russia-reveals-unstoppable-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/12/russia-honours-national-heroes-killed-in-mysterious-nuclear-rocket-blast-of-mini-nuclear-reactor

Also ... Moscow https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/putin-risks-losing-moscow-190812092611425.html

But where was Puty? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49311526

Conspiracy Time with Jeffrey Epstein

The Hajj https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/hajj-2019-death-toll-of-nigerian-pilgrims-rises-to-eight/ https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2019/08/03/29-bangladeshi-hajj-pilgrims-die-in-saudi-arabia https://www.trtworld.com/africa/saudi-arabia-bans-travellers-from-drc-before-hajj-over-ebola-fears-28562 https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/07/24/3rd-filipino-pilgrim-dies-during-hajj-in-mecca/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/200-hit-by-new-zealand-massacre-take-part-in-hajj-pilgrimage/

The Devil Got Stoned https://www.dw.com/en/muslim-hajj-pilgrims-perform-stoning-of-the-devil-ceremony/a-49987563

Things

Bernard Keane's "Things the Left Won't Admit"

1. "Stopping the boats" was a huge success in terms of preventing loss of life among asylum seekers.
2. Labor was wrong on the GST and we have an inferior tax system to show for it.
3. Capitalism has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty around the world.
4. The left doesn't trust working class people with their own money.
5. Protectionism doesn't work.
6. The Coalition is now closer to the basic Gonski school funding model than Labor or the Greens.
7. NIMBYism and anti-development sentimentality isn't an infrastructure plan.
8. Trump is legitimate.
9. 18C should be changed.
10. Socialism has been tried and no it didn't work.

Stacks

Hey Google, don't. https://www.businessinsider.com/google-stops-audio-reviews-europe-privacy-concerns-2019-8

Or to women https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nmkx/google-employee-alleges-discrimination-against-pregnant-women-in-viral-memo

Or in Russia https://m.dw.com/en/russia-demands-google-delete-anti-government-protest-videos-from-youtube/a-49988411

Games (specifically excluding Chess)

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