Eric Margolis talks with Scott about the situation in Afghanistan as American forces continue to withdraw. Of course, the last few days have seen nonstop headlines proclaiming an utter disaster in the country, many of them excoriating President Biden for having...
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News Roundup 8/20/21
US News The Biden administration will eliminate $5.8 billion in student loan debt for over 320,000 disabled people. [Link] Cuba The US sanctioned three Cuba officials using the Global Magnitsky Act. [Link] Afghanistan The State Department said it was deploying more...
COI #151: Hawks’ Boast of Obsessive Anti-China Paranoia as Basis for Policy
On COI #151, Kyle Anzalone explains how Biden’s China policy is being formed by officials who boast about being Sino-paranoid. Biden’s new Air Force Secretary said he was “obsessed” with China and was hoping to “scare” the CCP. The delusions of key Biden officials is...
8/17/21 Matthew Hoh on the Systemic Failures Behind America’s Loss in Afghanistan
Scott interviews Matthew Hoh, the Marine veteran who blew the whistle about the doomed Afghan Surge. Hoh lays out what led him to resign in protest and go to the press with the truth about how hopeless the military’s counterinsurgency mission really was. Hoh then...
The Secret to Refuting Propaganda: Understanding Economics. Abigail R. Hall, Ph.D. & Keith Knight
https://youtu.be/rorurOdpCe4 ... political economy is not to be considered, as had Smith and the classicals, a study of wealth; it is instead a study of human exchanges. Murray N. Rothbard Classical Economics, p. 120 Abigail R. Hall, Ph.D. is an associate professor of...
News Roundup 8/18/21
China The new Air Force Secretary Frank Kendell says he is obsessed with China and the Air Force needs to be freed up to confront the superpower. [Link] China says it is willing to work with the US on Afghanistan. [Link] Afghanistan The Taliban says they laid the...
SIGAR Report: A ‘Victorious’ Withdrawal From Afghanistan Was Impossible
The U.S. government watchdog for Afghanistan released its final lessons learned report on Tuesday that said a “victorious U.S. withdrawal” was impossible due to unrealistic and shortsighted goals set by Washington. Since its inception in 2008, the Special Inspector...
News Roundup 8/17/21
US News Ricky Kidd is suing the Kansas City, MO government and police after he was wrongly convicted of a double murder he didn't commit and spent 23 years in prison. [Link] Afghanistan Biden delivers a speech standing by his decision to exit Afghanistan. [Link] The...
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