RIP Jon Comer

What a shame. Jon Comer has died. He was a very nice guy and a fucking ripper. I'm happy to have had a chance to skate with him many times back in the old days at Jeff Phillip's Skatepark in Dallas. He had the very nicest frontside grinds. Yeah, Jon.

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12/10/19 Davis, Hoh and Sjursen Reflect on the War in Afghanistan

Daniel Davis, Matthew Hoh, and Danny Sjursen reflect on America's war in Afghanistan in light of the Washington Post's publishing of a trove of formerly confidential documents on the war. The report, which is being hailed as this generations Pentagon Papers, details the ways officials in the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations have lied about the progress being made in Afghanistan and the need to keep troops there. Even though lots of people like Davis, Hoh, and Sjursen have been speaking out for years about America's forever wars, they say that it's embarrassing for top brass to admit...

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Free Man Beyond the Wall

Free Man Beyond the Wall

A couple of years ago a bold new meme warrior appeared on Twitter and started converting the world to libertarianism through the power of funny pictures. "Mance Rayder" quickly became one of the country's most popular libertarian podcasters and social media personalities. And then it turned out that he can write too. So in the summer of 2019 Scott Horton and Sheldon Richman decided to make Pete Quinones the new managing editor of the Libertarian Institute (and start going by his real name). Pete's been a great addition to the site, our group and the broader libertarian movement. His show and...

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12/9/19 Bill Law on America’s Support For Tyranny Around the World

Bill Law talks about the need for Americans to support those in foreign countries peacefully demonstrating for political reform against oppressive regimes, and the hypocrisy surrounding America's so-called support for democracy. Really, says Law, our government and its allies support the regimes they like and overthrow the ones they don't, and call it "democracy" no matter what. Discussed on the show: "How the death of a president shed light on Egypt's brutal dictatorship" (Middle East Eye) "U.S. officials misled the public about the war in Afghanistan, confidential documents reveal"...

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