Protesters take to the streets over the end of decades-old fuel subsidies as part of government fiscal reform package.

Amazon's cloud division plans to build a regional data center in a free-trade zone in Argentina. Bloomberg reports: The Seattle-based company is preparing to invest about $800 million in the project over 10 years and will reap considerable tax benefits by locating the data center in the Bahia Blanca-Coronel Rosales districts of the province of Buenos Aires, [said people familiar with the matter.] Amazon's decision to put part of its cloud infrastructure in South America's second-largest economy is a big win for the Argentine government, which is keen to diversify the economy into digital services, nanotechnology, aerospace and more. Earlier this year, the national congress unanimously passed a law creating incentives for tech companies to set up shop there -- a major achievement in an election year that has polarized society. Amazon, like any company benefiting from the new Knowledge Economy Law, will receive export tax breaks, an income tax reduction from 35% to 15% and will effectively pay lower labor costs. Moreover, by locating in the free-trade zone, Amazon will pay no national or provincial taxes on energy consumption, a generous benefit for a data center. Amazon, through a spokeswoman, declined to comment. The Argentina project isn't final and could still be changed, one of the people said.

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The lawyer at the centre of the whistle-blower complaint is one of Trump's most vocal and defiant supporters.

New submitter sysrammer writes: "The European Union's highest court ruled Thursday that individual member countries can force Facebook to remove what they regard as unlawful material from the social network all over the world -- a decision experts say could hinder free speech online and put a heavy burden on tech companies," reports The Associated Press. "The ruling essentially allows one country or region to decide what Internet users around the world can say and what information they can access," said CCIA Europe senior manager Victoria de Posson. "What might be considered defamatory comments about someone in one country will likely be considered constitutional free speech in another. Few hosting platforms, especially startups, will have the resources to implement elaborate monitoring systems." Another turn of the screw in the interaction between privacy and free speech.

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Police say the armed men also took away two staff from the boarding school south of the city of Kaduna.

MGM reaches settlement with survivors, families of 58 people killed in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

I hate ageism.

1. I was asked today if I still work or am I retired.
2. It was a moment.
3. I saw Joe Biden make a speech.
4. Joe is not corrupt
5. But Joe is too old to run.
6. I'm sorry.

Hillary on Maddow last night.

1. A half-hour.
2. She said nothing.
3. This is why she was a bad candidate.
4. It's not authenticity.
5. It's a failure to connect.
6. Basic story-telling.
7. Warren has it.
8. Michael Moore has oodles of it.
9. Hillary? Nada.

Bodycam footage of white Texas officers leading a homeless black man by a rope down Galveston streets released.

Bodycam footage of white Texas officers leading a homeless black man by a rope down Galveston streets released.

Joe you need to simplify your response.

"Trump you're a kook, a crook and a traitor to our country."

Try that out, it's easier for everyone to understand and it has the proper level of feeling to it. It's also achingly obvious.

You're in Mike Dukakis territory man.

The British prime minister has frequently implied he would ignore Parliament's ruling to seek a Brexit delay.

The British prime minister has frequently implied he would ignore Parliament's ruling to seek a Brexit delay.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A Consumer Reports analysis of cable bills found that companies add $37.11 per month in fees to the average bill, raising consumers' actual costs way above the advertised prices. The $37.11 "in fees created by the cable industry" add 24% to the average base price of $156.71 a month, Consumer Reports said. That doesn't include another $13.28 in government-related taxes and fees, which raise prices even higher. "With the proliferation of add-on fees, it's nearly impossible for consumers to find out the full cost of a cable package before they get locked into a contract -- and cable companies count on this," Consumer Reports Senior Policy Counsel Jonathan Schwantes said. Consumer Reports analyzed 787 cable bills from 13 companies for a report released today. Nearly all 787 bills included TV service, while at least 426 of them included Internet service, and at least 282 included phone service, Consumer Reports told Ars. Some of the bills listed the services only as "double-play" or "triple-play," so it wasn't always clear which services were included. The bills were collected from 787 volunteers between June and August 2018. The average base price was $156.71 a month, but the actual price consumers paid was $217.42. The data includes bills from Comcast, Charter, Cox, Altice USA (Optimum), Frontier, RCN, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, SuddenLink, WOW, Service Electric, Grande Communications, and ImOn.

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For people who get the nightly email, if you have a comment about a post, just reply to the email. For now what you say is just between the two of us. I'm thinking about ways to re-open the blog to interaction, but have it be as convenient as possible for the reader/contributors. I have powerful content management systems and I want to use them.

There's no excuse for congresspeople to use Medium. Here's a press release from Speaker Pelosi. Look at the URL. It looks way better than anything on Medium, and it has the advantage that it will remain on the web even if Medium shuts down.