Totalitarian Police State

Reason: When Teachers Call the Cops on Parents Whose Kids Skip Their Zoom Classes If there's one thing the public school system shouldn't be doing right now, it's making life even more hellishly difficult for parents. And yet many teachers in the state of Massachusetts are contacting the authorities to report parents for suspected child abuse when kids fail to show up for Zoom classes. "Massachusetts school officials have reported dozens of families to state social workers for possible neglect charges because of issues related to their children's participation in remote learning classes...

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More Afghan Bounties Garbage

They admit they have no proof right in the big scary headlines: US intelligence indicates Iran paid bounties to Taliban for targeting American troops in Afghanistan Iran paid bounties for targeting US troops, intelligence reportedly suggests Since when do the Haqqanis need Iranian money to kill Americans? Jason Ditz mocks their lies here.  

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8/14/20 Grant Smith on the Unscrupulous Dealings of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board

Grant Smith joins the show for another look at the Virginia Israel Advisory Board, a government entity associated with the state of Virginia that allocates taxpayer money to Israeli companies starting operations in the U.S. The projects, Smith explains, aren't viable on their own, or else they wouldn't need the massive subsidies from the public sector—but after getting the money, they can often put local competitors out of business because of their unnatural advantage. When these projects do fail, as illustrated by a recent biodiesel project, standard practice has been to forgive repayment...

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8/14/20 Dan McAdams on America’s Latest Attempted Color Revolution

Scott talks to Dan McAdams about the precarious situation in Belarus, where some western agitators are seeking to use the country's recent presidential elections as an excuse to foment and support a revolution. McAdams reminds us that although Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, might not be a great guy, it doesn't justify regime change—most of the time, in fact, when America gets involved in these kinds of conflicts, the people that take over after the revolution end up being much worse than the previous regime. Belarus' significance in this case, explains McAdams, has a lot to do...

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8/14/20 Max Blumenthal on the Media’s Favorite Hong Kong Protest Hoaxer

Max Blumenthal discusses the case of Kong Tsung-gan, an "expert source" on the ground in Hong Kong, who has been quoted by many American media outlets in recent months as an authority on the separatist movement there. The problem? Kong is actually an American named Brian Kern masquerading on the internet as a native. The mainstream media, explains Blumenthal, has been happy to go along unquestioningly with Kern's story because his narrative suits theirs: China is an oppressive and violent regime bent on the brutal subjugation of Hong Kong, and indeed of all Chinese people. Sadly, Blumenthal...

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