Could Kevin O’Leary Win In A General Election? Here’s What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Why Kevin O’Leary might win the leadership race and lose the election
“Conservatives, then, have to decide what they really want. Do they want to indulge their id, and give Kellie Leitch a chance to run the most odious parts of Trump’s playbook in Canada? Do they want to indulge their ego, and let O’Leary focus on its more palatable portions? Do they want to just scratch itches, and focus on defunding the CBC and curtailing abortion rights? Or do they actually want to win the next election? We’ll all find out soon enough.”
2. Trudeau defends electoral reform decision, citing fear of political discord
“Amid controversy over his disparaging remark about a potential Conservative rival, Justin Trudeau is defending his decision to abandon his Liberal government’s promise to change how Canadians choose their federal leaders.
“Speaking at a town hall event in Yellowknife, the prime minister says he turned his back on the promise — his words — because he feared proceeding would foster political discord and instability.”
3. Behind the internet’s anti-democracy movement
“The main thrust of Curtis Yarvin’s thinking is that democracy is a bust; rule by the people doesn’t work, and doesn’t lead to good governance. He has described it as an “ineffective and destructive” form of government, which he associates with “war, tyranny, destruction and poverty.” Yarvin’s ideas, along with those of the English philosopher Nick Land, have provided a structure of political theory for parts of the white-nationalist movement calling itself the alt-right. The alt-right can be seen as a political movement; neoreaction, which adherents refer to as NRx, is a philosophy. At the core of that philosophy is a rejection of democracy and an embrace of autocratic rule.”
+1: Why is Steve Bannon reading an Italian thinker who inspired fascists? – New York Times
+1: Donald Trump stunned to learn presidency is an actual job, his first – Deadspin
4. Inside Medium’s meltdown
“How an idealistic Silicon Valley founder raised $134 million to change journalism, then crashed into reality”
+1: Silicon Valley employees are emerging as a potent group of anti-Trump activists. Can they make a difference? – Backchannel
+1: Facebook to allow third-party audit of it’s advertising metrics – Bloomberg
+1: Is Instagram killing Snapchat? We asked the only people who really matter: Teenagers – New York Magazine
5. Fukushima’s record-high radiation broke a cleaning robot after two hours
“A robot sent into a Fukushima reactor to inspect and clean the nuclear plant had to abruptly end its mission after excess radiation fried the robot’s camera. It was the first time a robot had entered the Unit 2 reactor since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.”
