Carrie Lam's anti-mask law is having the predictable impact, as the protesters make it the new grievance in their ongoing struggle for freedom (and, ultimately, independence--for that is the only clear resolution to the current chaos). The protesters are making it clear they will brook no predations on their liberty. Not from Carrie Lam, and ultimately not from #Beijing. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/you-can-really-feel-peoples-anger-hong-kongers-gather-protest-governments-new-mask-ban #news #HongKong #protests #China

#Pakistan's foreign minister is being completely disingenuous over the long-simmering border dispute with #India over Kashmir. There is no such thing as "accidental war." War is never inevitable or necessary. War is always a choice. A bad choice. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/india-pakistan-nuclear-war-could-kill-100-million-and-trigger-global-cooling #news

Elizabeth Warren moves firmly into first place, with successive weeks at the top of the Economist/YouGov poll series. Biden's candidacy has always been predicated on "electability". Now that he's no longer the front runner that logic begins to appear discredited. With Sanders also declining in the polls Warren must now be considered the favorite to secure the 2020 Democratic Nomination. #analysis #politics #election2020 #Democrats