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Nick Gillespie And Why Government Oppression Creates Rock And Roll

by | Aug 12, 2019 |

On Thad Russell’s podcast, he featured a discussion between himself and Dave Smith and Nick Gillespie.  Admittedly, this was a major pull, and a fantastic piece of media.

Among the many great things said, Nick Gillespie commented on the libertarian commitment to end public schooling.  His point was that, without public schools, could we have Pink Floyd’s “Brick In The Wall”.  Whatever his reason, he expressed concern that a world without public school would be a world without Rock And Roll.

It’s a fascinating point, one I’d piggyback on.

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The Return of Doomsday

by | Aug 12, 2019 |

Former Energy Secretary Ernest J. Moniz and former Senator Sam Nunn have a new article in Foreign Affairs about the nuclear weapons crisis between the United States and Russia.

We can’t run it as a viewpoint since the authors accept false conventional narratives about the wars in Georgia and Ukraine, the Russiagate hoax and some other things in the article. However, it’s still really worth a read since they make many important points about the U.S. role in exacerbating the second Cold War from its side, and what could be done instead.

Check it out here.

Yemen: Fighting Between Saudi Forces UAE Forces In Southern Yemen

by | Aug 11, 2019 |

Hard to believe the situation in Yemen could get any worse but now their are reports of Saudi and UAE forces fighting in Southern Yemen.

From the BBC

Yemeni separatists have taken effective control of the port city of Aden after days of fighting with troops loyal to the internationally backed government.

Forces aligned with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) – which wants an independent south – said they had seized control of military camps and the presidential palace.

The opposing Saudi-led coalition said it had responded with military action.

The government itself characterised the STC’s seizure of Aden as a “coup”.

Coalition forces had called on the STC to withdraw from their positions in Aden or face further action. It said it launched its strike against a “threat” to the country’s government.

Nasser Arrabyee is reporting that Yemenis are fleeing Aden to Sanaa because of the fighting between the two factions.

Doctors Without Borders on Saturday described Aden as “a battlefield” and said its hospital there was “stretched to the limit”. It said it treated 119 patients in less than 24 hours amid the fighting.

Nasser is interviewed here on the current situation.

As usual we hear nothing about this from the US media.  The people of Yemen though know exactly who is responsible for the death and destruction of their people and country.

It Is All About the Benjamins

by | Aug 11, 2019 |

Wealthy Jewish donors meet to decide how to spend their money influencing American politics to help Israel. In this case, they’ve decided to go after Rep. Rashida Tlaib for supporting BDS.

Ron Kampeus writes:

At the Jewish federation round table, there was a consensus: The Palestinian-American freshman in the 13th District has got to go. …

“We in this community will go against Rashida Tlaib,” said Lisa Lis, a philanthropist who is also a contributor to Democratic candidates, and who otherwise during the roundtable was vocal in her criticism of President Donald Trump.

There were nods around the table. I was told that there had already been outreach to Brenda Jones, the Detroit City Council president whom Tlaib defeated in last year’s primary, and who is considering another run. I was also told that pro-Israel folks were already socking away money to target Tlaib…

“The weaker one is and the darker one is” determines who is “in the right,” the lay leader said of The Squad, an “anti-intellectual” posture that bodes ill for Jews and Israel.

Phil Weiss writes, “The meeting was semi-official, put together by a branch of the largest Jewish org in the U.S.”

He quotes Lara Friedman saying:

“[I]f someone was speculating that these were the views, rather than reporting what people said publicly, they’d be accused of anti-Semitism.”

Read the rest here.

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