Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Secretary of State Antony Blinken that no deal the US makes with Iran would prevent Israel from attacking the country over its nuclear program, according to Haaretz.
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Bipartisan Senators Urge Pentagon to Probe ‘Price Gouging’ by US Defense Contractors
by Connor Freeman | May 29, 2023 | News
A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to the Defense Department on Wednesday calling for an investigation into major American arms dealers accused of systemic “price gouging,” according to the Hill.
COI #426: Ukraine Is Trying to Assassinate Putin
by Kyle Anzalone | May 26, 2023 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #426, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the Empire’s latest escalations against Russia as well as the increasing tensions with Iran as Israel threatens war. Kyle breaks down an admission by Ukrainian military intelligence that they are actively seeking to...
Ukraine Joins NATO’s Cyber Defense Center
by Connor Freeman | May 16, 2023 | News
Kiev has formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Cyber Defense Center on Tuesday. Ukraine’s flag was raised at the headquarters of NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, according to a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry statement.
Black Youth Unemployment Before Democrats Started “Helping”
by Keith Knight | May 13, 2023 | Blog
Although most people are familiar with more recent statistics on black youth unemployment, not many are aware of the black/white statistics for earlier periods. Table 3.2 (below) shows that in 1948, the two were roughly equal. For that year, blacks aged sixteen to...
COI #414 US Ambassador Denounces Ceasefires as ‘Cynical’
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 28, 2023 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #414, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the top American diplomat in Hungary blasting Budapest’s “cynical” calls for a ceasefire in Ukraine, increasing military tensions between Washington and Moscow in Syria, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s...
COI #408: Alleged Leaker of Top Secret Documents Arrested
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 14, 2023 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #408, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the breaking news on the arrest of the alleged leaker of top secret documents from the Pentagon and other government agencies, a group of House Democrats’ demands that the White House drop the espionage charges...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
by Keith Knight | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog
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...
Blog
Analysis of the ICJ’s Ruling that Israel’s Occupation Is Illegal
Scott Horton and I discuss the significance of the International Court of Justice’s recent ruling that Israel’s occupation is illegal.
Doubling Down on Failure: Ford Fiasco Follies
A new updated CRS report dated 5 August 2024 is out on the USS Ford debacle. I read these reports so you don't have to. For plenty of reasons, the carrier is the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. Yet the US insists on spending tens of billions of dollars on...
The Case for Not Voting
Bretigne Shaffer and I explain why, if you want to effect real change, the most sensible thing you can do is to not vote.
The Royal Navy Submarine Force Remains Surfaced
The Royal Navy is experiencing readiness and maintenance shortfalls in its submarine force that is similar to the throughput problems for the US nuclear submarine forces. The logistical tail for exquisite platforms like nuclear submarines is enormous and a first world...
The F35 Follies: Britannia Rules a Little
My recommendation to the British MoD: don't buy anymore of these flying failure factories. U.K. planned to buy138 F-35s, bought 48, delivered 35, aims at 75 by 2025. Judging from the delays and failures universally in the program, achieving a delivery of all...
Anti-War Blog – Not Enough Paper Cranes
When I was in primary school we were taught about a little Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki and her paper cranes. She was one of the many victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast, dying after the initial detonation from radiation sickness. One of many thousands who...