As the debate over lifting the lockdowns in the US intensifies, key data points on testing and infections are routinely mischaracterized. Consider this summary from Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday on May 3: As we said, about half the states -- more than half the...
78 Minutes Not Safe for Work Pete invited Bird from the Friends Against Government podcast to come on and talk about his 60 day and counting lock down in NYC, and to try to bring some levity to an otherwise depressing turn of events. Friends Against Government Podcast...
92 Minutes PG-13 Pete invited the host of the School Sucks Podcast, Brett Veinotte, to return to the show to have a discussion about where they see society headed in a "post-Covid-19" world. SchoolSucks.com Link to Richard Grove's Autonomy Course Donate at the...
86 Minutes Strong Language Pete invited Vin Armani to return to the show to continue their conversation from a few weeks ago where they made predictions on what tyranny would be wrought from the government's response to the CV-19 pandemic. This time Vin and Pete talk...
It is perfectly fine to be afraid that you or a loved one will catch a potentially life-threatening virus, and at the same time deride the government’s reaction, especially when it comes to shutting down a significant portion of the economy. That section consists of...
This is some scary, fascist stuff... Remember that time when some of the biggest companies and international government agencies got together to discuss how the coronavirus would lead to a global pandemic, and then systematically decided what the global response...
38 Minutes Safe for Work Pete had a talk with Swedish libertarian Joakim Ohlrogge. He lives in the epicenter of Sweden's Covid-19 cases and wanted to come on to talk about the unorthodox response Sweden is taking to the pandemic. Sweden has been criticized because...
The predominance of Western military superiority in weapons systems is unraveling and the increasing dissonance in the US military complex coming to grips with existential changes in how peer competition in war is evolving is causing tremendous reduction in both both...
The Global Censorship Complex and the Local Voice of Liberty with John Weeks John Weeks (@weeksjf) examines the evolution of free speech, the nature of state power, and the rise of what he calls the "global censorship complex." Drawing from anthropology, political...
This is reprinted from Jim Bovard's blog and expands on a post originally from 2023. Today is the 163th anniversary of the battle of Front Royal, Virginia (the town near where I was raised). On May 23, 1862, almost all the Yankee soldiers in Front Royal were captured,...
Aircraft carriers are the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. Very expensive 20th century modalities not fit for purpose in 21st century peer naval combat. Carriers like the USS Ford can barely function but the sentence above applies to even best of class in...