US News Kevin Gosztola breaks down day two of Assange’s extradition appeal. [Link] China FBI Director Chris Wray says US businesses need to work with the FBI to prevent China from becoming the world’s only superpower by stealing US business information. [Link] China...
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News Roundup 8/13/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 13, 2021 | News Roundup
Afghanistan Afghanistan’s second-largest city, Kandahar is under Taliban control. [Link] The Taliban captured the capital of the Uruzgan province. [Link] The US is carrying several airstrikes a day. Many of the strikes are targeting US equipment captured by the...
COI #120: The Pentagon Is Invading Public Schools
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 9, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #120, Kyle Anzalone discusses the use of JROTC instructors to teach courses at Chicago’s public schools. Hundreds of students – primarily from lower-income black or Hispanic communities – are being funneled into the classes without the consent of parents....
COI #112: CENTCOM Says the Afghan Withdrawal Is Underway, But Is the War Ending?
by Kyle Anzalone | May 21, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #112, Kyle discusses the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. CENTCOM claims the withdrawal is 20% compete but does not provide the number of American soldiers and contractors that remain in the country. The US has removed equipment from the country, transferred...
News Roundup 5/12/21
by Kyle Anzalone | May 12, 2021 | News Roundup
Afghanistan Pakistan rules out allowing the US to reposition forces from Afghanistan in Pakistan. [Link] CENTCOM reports that withdrawal from Afghanistan is 6-12% complete. [Link] Israel Israel vows escalation in Gaza. So far 35 people in Gaza and five in Israel have...
The Worlds Largest Arms-Producing Companies
by Steven Woskow | Dec 8, 2020 | Blog
No surprise. I don't expect this to change under Biden (or any president). While he didn't make the worse pick for Secretary Of Defense, he did pick an ex-military four star general that took the all to common career path. Military - head of Centcom - retire - work...
Loser Michele Flournoy
by Scott Horton | Dec 7, 2020 | Blog
She always loses. Like that time she tripled and lost the war in Afghanistan. She could have been Obama's secretary of defense. The first woman(!) and everything. But no, she decided to wait so she could be appointed by Hillary Clinton and be a part of the big women...
Russian Bounties Hoax Remains Unproved Because It’s Obvious Bullshit
by Scott Horton | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog
NBC (CIA asset Ken Dilanian): Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of US CENTCOM, spoke with NBC News about the matter. “It just has not been proved to a level of certainty that satisfies me,” McKenzie said. “We continue to look for that evidence. I just haven’t seen it...
CENTCOM Commander McKenzie: ‘I didn’t find that there was a causative link there’
by Scott Horton | Jul 7, 2020 | Blog
Another major hit against the bogus Russian bounties story.
Only conspiracy theory kooks believe there is a Deep State
by Steven Woskow | Apr 23, 2019 | Blog
The Deep State vs. Wikileaks by Pepe Escobar The US Government has stood up and coordinated a joint interagency criminal investigation of Wikileaks comprised of a partnership between the Department of Defense (DOD) including: CENTCOM; SOUTHCOM; the Defense...
CIA, CENTCOM Insubordination on Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Feb 20, 2019 | Blog
Can't leave now. ISIS is going to hit the U.S. "from Afghanistan." Trump is going to have to start firing people wholesale, or just give the keys to the Oval Office over to the Joint Chiefs.
Five Civilians Killed in Yemen Raid Carried Out By US Navy SEALs: Report
by James Holbrooks | May 24, 2017 | Blog
In a shocking report released Tuesday, international human rights group Reprieve is claiming five of the seven “militants” killed in Yemen in an overnight raid by U.S. Navy SEALs were actually civilians — and that one of the victims was a partially blind...
4/3/17 Andrew Bacevich on CENTCOM’s mission of overseeing the unofficial US empire in the greater Middle East
by Scott Horton | Apr 3, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Andrew Bacevich, author of America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History, discusses US Central Command leader General Joseph Votel's charge-ahead mentality on the current counterterrorism plan, despite evidence that it is counterproductive and harmful...
Centcom Chief: US Needs More Troops in Syria
by Jason Ditz | Feb 23, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Comments Come Ahead of Official Pentagon Recommendations Defense Secretary James Mattis hasn’t finalized his recommendations for the ISIS war, and doesn’t expect to do so until the end of the month, but Central Command chief Gen. Joseph Votel seems pretty sure that...
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The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
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