Linkage

• Ian Fraser: Just How Corrupt is The UK? (naked capitalism) No banksters prosecution in the UK either.
• R.I.P., GOP: How Trump Is Killing the Republican Party (Rolling Stone) Taibbi. The Money quote is, ""They dominated American political life for 50 years and were never anything but monsters."
• A Norwegian view: are things really so bad outside the EU? (openDemocracy) Norway is not in the EU, and it's doing well. Of course, the general lack of corruption in Norway might have something to do with it.
• Pentagon Official Once Told Morley Safer That Reporters Who Believe the Government Are “Stupid” (The Intercept The recently deceased Morley Safer putting the lie to the Vietnam war in the early 1960s. Just read this.
• Tumblr Replaces Guns With Selfie Sticks In Movie Scenes (Esquire) That which is seen cannot be unseen.
• Anti-Gay-Marriage GOP Candidate Explains His Past As A Drag Queen (Business Insider) Do I need to say anything here?
• Airbnb stealth-updates terms of service, says it's not an insurer and requires binding arbitration (Boing Boing) It seems the whole "sharing economy" is about f%$#ing the people doing the work.

Charlie rocking out on a mandolin: