US News Trump names Congressman Mark Meadows as his chief of staff. Mick Mulvaney is out as acting chief of staff. [Link]The DNC changed its debate rules to prevent Tulsi from joining Bernie and Biden on the debate stage. [Link]The Pentagon informs Congress it plans...
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News Roundup 3/5/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 5, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Tulsi Gabbard received at least one delegate on Super Tuesday. Recent Democratic Party debate rules have allowed all candidates with at least a delegate to participate in the debate. There is now concern the DNC will alter debate rules to prevent Tulsi from...
News Roundup 2/5/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 5, 2020 | News Roundup
US News A high dollar supporter of Mayor Pete is behind the group - Shadow Inc - that produced the app that caused major delays in producing the DNC Iowa Caucus results. [Link] The 25 mm gun on the F-35 is still unacceptably inaccurate. [Link] A veteran in a Facebook...
If the CIA and Democrats Try to Overthrow You in a Militarist Putsch, Don’t Rely on Republicans to Help
by Scott Horton | Dec 3, 2019 | Blog
The problem with the Republicans is that they're too stupid to even tell you what day it is, much less defend anyone from a CIA plot. Look at this damned fool Rep. Randy Weber try to defend Trump by bringing up this insane/stupid/where-did-they-even-get-this-crap-from...
The Deep State Is Exploiting Impeachment guest Joanne Leon
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 25, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
Joanne Leon returns to the show to cover the second week of the impeachment hearings. Joanne explains that some of those who testified did so to push the establishment's narrative on Ukraine and Russia. Fiona Hill, as one example, attempted to the line that Ukraine...
Queen of the Warmongers
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 23, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #410, I discuss Hillary Clinton's suggestion that Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian agent out to undermine the DNC by running the third party. In Tulsi's brilliant response, she addressed Hillary as "Queen of the warmongers." Tulsi's decision to take the gloves off...
The Democratic Debate Dumpster Fire Round 4
by Jennifer Monroe | Oct 18, 2019 | Jen the Libertarian
Yes. This again. These debates keep happening. And the will continue to happen. Because this is the election cycle that never ends and we live in hell. As per usual, I give my personal highlights, winners and losers, and complain that the DNC needs to make this stop...
The Odessa Shooting, Birthright Citizenship Controversy, Upcoming Dem Debates
by Jennifer Monroe | Sep 2, 2019 | Jen the Libertarian
It's weekly roundup time, so its time to talk about the Odessa - Midland shooting (and what we do and do not know), the CIS rule change for children of US servicepeople who are born abroad (it's not as bad as it seems but it's complicated!), and the upcoming slate of...
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Production for Profit Is Production for People, part 2
"In his capacity as a businessman a man is a servant of the consumers, bound to comply with their wishes. He cannot indulge in his own whims and fancies. But his customers’ whims and fancies are for him ultimate law, provided these customers are ready to pay for them....
Production for Profit Is Production for People
"Profit and loss can be expressed in definite amounts of money. It is possible to ascertain in terms of money how much an individual has profited or lost. However, this is not a statement about this individual’s psychic profit or loss. It is a statement about a social...
Pseudo-Liberalism
"The detractors of liberty are in this sense right in calling it a 'bourgeois' issue and in blaming the rights guaranteeing liberty for being negative. In the realm of state and government, liberty means restraint imposed upon the exercise of the police power. "There...
Freedom and Competition
"The freedom of man under capitalism is an effect of competition. The worker does not depend on the good graces of an employer. If his employer discharges him, he finds another employer. The consumer is not at the mercy of the shopkeeper. He is free to patronize...
Do You Really Meme It?
I was going to write a comment on some current discourse, the usual diatribe of impulsive viral outrage invented by those who live online. A reaction to trending tantrums. The usual produce from memetards who vomit digital junk the algorithms, whether one follows them...
“Mature Capitalism” Ain’t Capitalism
"It would be correct to describe this state of affairs in this way: Today many or some groups of business are no longer liberal; they do not advocate a pure market economy and free enterprise, but, on the contrary, are asking for various measures of government...