Links 2018/10/05

• A GMO cotton developed my Monsanto has led to a drastic reduction in the need and use of pesticides. Surely the average environmentalist will be thrilled, right?
• Data from campuses and police compared to timing of college football games show a significant increase in rapes on the days of home games. "For away games, the effects are only statistically significant where we can verify that the game was televised." Link. Perhaps we should increase alcohol taxes?
• Rodrigo Duterte, the President of the Philippines: "My only sin is extrajudicial killings".
• American farmers are losing money due to our trade war with China, so we're doing a $12 billion bailout. This is best summarized by Senator Brian Schatz: "We are borrowing money from China to pay our farmers to not sell their crops to China".
• Stephen Miller pushed for a total ban on Chinese students attending American universities, partly because it would "hurt elite universities whose staff and students have been highly critical of Mr Trump". He was not successful.