It’s a modest house, a unit trapped inside of a suburb within a suburb. Mostly elderly live here. A woman in her late seventies greets me, “I’m Rosanne, the neighbour.” She takes me through the house and shows me what needs to be carried out. Heavy furniture and the...
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NATO Chief Floats Establishing $100 Billion Fund for Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will propose establishing a $100 billion five-year fund for Ukraine when the alliance’s foreign ministers meet on Wednesday
Another Government Bureaucracy That Can’t Do Their Job: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
The 150 million dollar Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) was created to replace the scandal plagued Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). More than 81,000 Americans remain missing from WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and the Gulf...
‘Integrated Deterrence’ Means Provoking China
In its most recent National Defense Strategy, the U.S. Department of Defense declared a policy of “integrated deterrence” against the People’s Republic of China, its primary “pacing challenge.” The document defined “integrated deterrence” as: "...working seamlessly...
The Fed and the Fight for 2%
Last week, Jerome Powell & Co. met to issue an immediate decision regarding the status of the federal funds rate for March, and to provide some insight into the trajectory of monetary policy for the rest of 2024 and into 2025. As with the past few inflation...
DoD Used $300 Million in ‘Savings’ to Send Arms to Ukraine While Facing $10 Billion Deficit
Over the past few months, the White House has employed multiple budgetary schemes to free up funds to send weapons to Ukraine. Last year, the Joe Biden administration sent $300 million in weapons to Ukraine using money that was authorized by Congress on Saturday....
Truth Has No Chance on Capitol Hill
Americans are encouraged to believe that the U.S. Congress is practically on automatic pilot to serve the public. Happily, most Americans are not so gullible and Congress receives much of the contempt it deserves in public opinion polls. But the media and the...
3/18/24 Andrew Cockburn on the True National Security Budget and the Plight of Julian Assange
Download Episode. Scott interviewed Andrew Cockburn about some recent articles he’s written. They start with a piece digging into the actual national security budget, which is much higher than people typically think. They also talk about the consequences of the war...
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