This Friday marks the 29th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, which killed at least 168 people, including 19 children in the deadliest domestic terrorist event in U.S. history. While that attack may seem like ancient history for some, one attorney in Utah...
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One Hundred Years of IRS Political Targeting
by Jim Bovard | Apr 15, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Politics
One hundred years ago, Senator James Couzens, a Michigan Republican, took to the Senate floor to denounce the Bureau of Internal Revenue for abusing its power and trampling innocent taxpayers. Couzens launched a sweeping Senate investigation of federal tax collectors....
Gold Is Doing Its Job
by MN Gordon | Apr 15, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles
On Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department announced it was awarding Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) a $6.6 billion CHIPS Act subsidy for the fabrication of computer microchips in Phoenix, Arizona. TSMC will also receive up to $5 billion in low-cost...
News Roundup 4/14/2024
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 14, 2024 | News Roundup
US News ‘Do the Right Thing,’ Say Assange Defenders as Biden Mulls Dropping Case AWC House Votes To Extend Warrantless Spying Powers AWC Russia NATO’s F-16 Transfer to Ukraine Is Limited by Pilots, Combat-Ready Aircraft AWC US General Says NATO Could Surge Troops into...
Iran Launches Major Drone & Missile Attack on Israel
by Will Porter | Apr 13, 2024 | News
The Iranian military fired a massive barrage of drones and missiles targeting sites in Israel.
House Votes To Extend Warrantless Spying Powers
by Will Porter | Apr 12, 2024 | News
US lawmakers have passed a bill reauthorizing a law which allows the government to surveil American citizens without a warrant.
NATO’s F-16 Plan for Ukraine Faces Shortage of Pilots, Combat-Ready Aircraft
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 12, 2024 | News
The head of US European Command told Congress that training Ukrainian pilots on advanced American-made fighter jets was progressing slowly.
US General Says NATO Could Surge Troops into Eastern Europe
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 11, 2024 | News
A top US commander told Congress that NATO was prepared for a massive troop surge into Eastern Europe. The alliance has already positioned thousands of troops in its most eastward states. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, head of US European Command, told Congress on...
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Bang for your Buck: Fraud, Waste and Abuse as a Lifestyle Choice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqJ0kg9xvLs I don't agree with everything he says and he gets technical details wrong like "...these destroyer class ships, probably doing the same thing the submarine does." No, but that's OK. One thing that is always missed here is...
The Winner Is…
Donald Trump did it, he is the most famous person in the world. His ambitions have been realised. He won and to him that is all that matters. He also just happens to be the next US president, again. Harris was never going to win, she was terrible. She had been the VP...
Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Predicts the Death of Zionism
in a recent episode of The Big Picture Podcast hosted by Mohamed Hassan, Israeli historian Ilan Pappé explains why he believes that Israel's genocide in Gaza is the beginning of the end of the Jewish supremacist state enforcing an apartheid regime in Palestine from...
Pentagon Waste: The Legend Continues Part Infinity
Of course they did. Boeing is the gift that keeps on giving A Pentagon audit revealed that Boeing overcharged the Air Force by nearly $1 million for spare parts on C-17 cargo planes, with some items marked up by as much as 8,000%. The audit reviewed prices paid for 46...
Two Tales, Two Navies
I find some of my correspondents gently berate me for being overwhelmingly negative so I am going to offer insights on occasion into tales of the human spirit that will cause you pause. So dear reader, first, the negativity the modern navy deserves. The floating...
Heavy Weather and Jets: Two Tales of the Crash
You recall that a rather spendy jet flew on its own for approx 11 minutes in 2023. The pilot of an F-35 fighter jet that briefly went missing in September 2023 before crashing made an "inappropriate" decision in ejecting from the aircraft, a Marine Corps investigation...
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