Member states of the European Union are mulling a multi-year proposal to ramp up the bloc’s military spending. The plan is likely to face hurdles, including opposition from Hungary.
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Blood Meridian: War Is God? Ep. 281
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIfNHpItYR8 Sharing my thoughts on Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Support...
Israel’s Lobby Launches Preemptive War on Thomas Massie
Two weeks ago, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell announced that he would not seek re-election in 2026. McConnell’s announcement prompted Congressman Thomas Massie to share a poll asking his Twitter followers if he should run for McConnell’s open Senate seat, seek the...
K46 Refueler Grounded Again
The last KC135s were produced in the 1960s and the Boeing KC46 was thr program to update and replace it. It is a disaster. The crisis continues as the refueler programs continue to crash and burn. After the inspection, if any cracks are found, “the aircraft will...
The Mass Expulsion of Palestinians Will Not Be a ‘Cake Walk’
Contrary to what Donald Trump thinks, removing Palestinians from Gaza will not be an easy task. The United States president shocked the world when he called for the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
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The death toll for Palestinians in Israeli detention continues to rise. Three captives have died in the past week.
Let’s Not “Run after a Share in the Trouble”
Of course “principles,” phrases, and catch-words are always invented to bolster up any policy which anybody wants to recommend. So in this case. The people who have led us on to shut ourselves in, and who now want us to break out, warn us against the terrors of...
Plutocratic America’s War on the Working Class
Establishment Democrats have long whined that working people pay a higher rate of combined income and payroll taxes than billionaires. They’re not wrong. Income from labor is taxed three times (payroll taxes, income taxes, and inflation) while income from capital is...
What I Told the Oregon Senate About Defend the Guard
The following is written testimony that Libertarian Institute Executive Director Scott Horton submitted to the Oregon Senate on February 27, 2025 in support of S.B. 667, the Defend the Guard Act. You can watch the bill's hearing here. Big changes are going on in the...
Ep 059 “The Mexican Cartel Conundrum: War Without End Part Two”
We continue the inquiry into the implications and future returns on going kinetic in the drug war as elucidated by worthies in the new administration. I examine the implications and the second and third order effects of this endeavor which is, by extension, a...
