{"id":518189,"date":"2022-11-30T01:51:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bidens-covid-protest-double-standard-debt-freeze-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T01:51:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:51:40","slug":"bidens-covid-protest-double-standard-debt-freeze-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-covid-protest-double-standard-debt-freeze-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden\u2019s COVID-protest double standard, debt freeze and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d8b11620e0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-covid-protest-double-standard-debt-freeze-and-other-commentary\/#%E2%80%9CBidens_COVID-protest_double_standard_debt_freeze_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Biden\u2019s COVID-protest double standard, debt freeze and other commentary&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-covid-protest-double-standard-debt-freeze-and-other-commentary\/#Libertarian_Joes_COVID-Protest_Double_Standard\" >Libertarian: Joe\u2019s COVID-Protest Double Standard<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-covid-protest-double-standard-debt-freeze-and-other-commentary\/#Campus_watch_Bidens_Pro-Rich_Debt_Freeze\" >Campus watch: Biden\u2019s Pro-Rich Debt Freeze<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-covid-protest-double-standard-debt-freeze-and-other-commentary\/#Space_beat_Make_Return_to_the_Moon_Worth_It\" >Space beat: Make Return to the Moon Worth It<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-covid-protest-double-standard-debt-freeze-and-other-commentary\/#Foreign_desk_Putting_China_on_Trial\" >Foreign desk: Putting China on Trial<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-covid-protest-double-standard-debt-freeze-and-other-commentary\/#Tech_watch_Apple_vs_Free_Speech\" >Tech watch: Apple vs. Free Speech<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBidens_COVID-protest_double_standard_debt_freeze_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Biden\u2019s COVID-protest double standard, debt freeze and other commentary&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2022-11-23_CANADA-USA-CHINA-e1669759648818.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Libertarian_Joes_COVID-Protest_Double_Standard\"><\/span><strong>Libertarian: Joe\u2019s COVID-Protest Double Standard<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The White House\u2019s \u201ceveryone has the right to peacefully protest\u201d line on the demonstrations in China unrest has one problem, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/11\/29\/bidens-support-for-covid-protests-hinges-on-what-country-theyre-in\/\">notes Reason\u2019s Christian Britschgi<\/a>: \u201cRecent revelations show that closer to home, the administration actively encouraged a civil liberties-violating crackdown on Canadian protests against vaccine mandates.\u201d Early this year, \u201cthe Biden administration urged the Canadian government to use whatever means it had to reopen border crossings barricaded by the so-called \u2018Freedom convoy\u2019 and get a handle on the protests.\u201d Indeed, \u201cthe pressure campaign included a call between [President] Biden and [Canadian PM Justin] Trudeau,\u201d who a few days later invoked the Emergencies Act to cut off the protesters\u2019 funds and \u201cban even peaceful, non-disruptive public demonstrations.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Campus_watch_Bidens_Pro-Rich_Debt_Freeze\"><\/span><strong>Campus watch: Biden\u2019s Pro-Rich Debt Freeze<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>President Biden\u2019s moves on student debt have \u201cindeed proved transformative \u2014 by making a bad system worse,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2022-11-28\/biden-s-policies-are-making-the-student-loan-mess-worse?leadSource=uverify%20wall\">quip Bloomberg\u2019s editors<\/a>. With his bid to unilaterally forgive loans stalled, he\u2019s \u201cresorted to a fallback: extending a freeze on all federal student-loan payments.\u201d This \u201cmoratorium has already deprived the government of $155 billion;\u201d the extension \u201cwill cost taxpayers tens of billions more,\u201d though it \u201camounts to a subsidy for the affluent at the expense of Americans without a college degree.\u201d Team Biden \u201ccould\u2019ve avoided this mess by ignoring progressive advocates and instead working with Congress to fix the existing student-loan system\u201d by (for example) limiting what \u201cstudents can borrow for graduate school\u201d and ensuring institutions are \u201cheld accountable for saddling graduates with . . . debt they\u2019ll never repay.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Space_beat_Make_Return_to_the_Moon_Worth_It\"><\/span><strong>Space beat: Make Return to the Moon Worth It<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>NASA\u2019s latest Space Launch System has faced valid criticism: \u201cIt is too expensive and too complex\u201d and not a \u201csustainable rocket for sending people back to the moon,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/technology\/3751076-artemis-1-is-a-triumph-for-nasa-and-the-world\/\">laments Mark Whittington at The Hill<\/a>. Still, the massive rocket has successfully \u201csent an uncrewed Orion space capsule around the moon\u201d as part of the Artemis 1 mission. The three-part Artemis program \u201cwill send a crew of four around the moon\u201d and before the decade is over, \u201cpeople will be living and working on the moon.\u201d But to maintain congressional support amid criticisms of the rocket system\u2019s long-term sustainability, NASA should \u201cexplore cheaper, more commercial alternatives to getting astronauts to the moon and back.\u201d And NASA needs to \u201cconvince the people who pay for its budget that returning to the moon is worth the cost.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Foreign_desk_Putting_China_on_Trial\"><\/span><strong>Foreign desk: Putting China on Trial<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Some Hong Kong dissidents arrested on trumped-up national-security charges \u201chave pleaded guilty\u201d to secure lighter sentences, but not businessman Jimmy Lai, 73, who is \u201cinsisting on his innocence\u201d though he \u201cdoesn\u2019t have a prayer of winning,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-innocence-of-jimmy-lai-china-censorship-free-speech-jail-prison-hong-kong-conviction-liberty-guilty-arrested-truth-11669673581\">marvels The Wall Street Journal\u2019s William McGurn<\/a>. \u201cJimmy is making what may be his last stand for truth\u201d \u2014 and helping to \u201cexpose what has become of the rule of law, once Hong Kong\u2019s most precious asset.\u201d Other jailed dissidents, too, are \u201cforcing their jailers to own the lie.\u201d Lai \u201cis showing that a man can live as a free person, even in a Chinese prison, as long as he refuses to lie. Hong Kong\u2019s Communist-backed authorities have yet to realize that he\u2019s no longer really on trial. They are.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tech_watch_Apple_vs_Free_Speech\"><\/span><strong>Tech watch: Apple vs. Free Speech<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> CEO Elon Musk \u201cis asking questions about <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le\u2019s censorship practices to his more than 119 million followers\u201d after the company \u201csuspended most of its advertising on Twitter\u201d and \u201cthreatened to suspend Twitter from its app store\u201d while citing no reason, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/28\/elon-musk-wants-answers-about-apples-support-of-censorship\/\">writes Tristan Justice at The Federalist<\/a>. Apple also just limited use of \u201cAirDrop\u201d only for Chinese users, blocking a way protesters there safely communicated; indeed, the company \u201croutinely compromises privacy and security practices to appease communist leaders.\u201d \u201cBy picking an apparent fight with fellow tech giant Twitter, whose new CEO has pledged to restore some kind of an open forum on the internet, Apple is showing its censorship regime to be even more brazen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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