Washington and Manila are close to inking an agreement that would see four new American installations opened in the Philippines. The new sites are part of a US military buildup in the Indo-Pacific to prepare for war with China.
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Kamala Harris Blunders Philippines Visit, Stirs Conflict with China
Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Philippines last week in what can only be described as three days of warmongering, hypocrisy, and another huge provocation against China. Harris spent her time spouting empty platitudes of affirmation regarding U.S. defense...
Foreign Actors Behind the Revolutionary Curtain
Libertarians are quick to support revolutions, especially the American Revolution, as popular uprisings against a tyrannical regime. It is a narrative that allows one to believe that certain political movements are on the “right side of history." They are often rare...
It’s Time To Cut the Philippines Loose
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte once again extended the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States after flip-flopping on the issue twice this year. The Trump Administration missed the chance to call Duterte’s bluff and end the one-sided agreement....
News Roundup 2/28/20
US News Senator Rand Paul says he has the support of Trump on changes to the FISA court to prevent it from authorizing surveillance of Americans. [Link]Joe Biden claimed several times to have been arrested in apartheid South Africa while supporting Nelson Mandela. No...
The Philippine War on Drugs Has Murdered Thousands – World Liberty Weekend
The death count by the Philippine police in the name of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs makes the United States’ numbers seem like a grain of rice. Government officials claim that over 5,000 drug dealers, which they claim all fought police, have been killed,...
Episode 259: The Federalist.com Pulls a Defense of a Murderous Dictator
36 Minutes PG-13 The Federalist published an article entitled, "Why The Philippines Needs President Duterte’s Harsh Treatment Of Drug Cartels," on 5/10/19 by Seaborn Hall and within a couple hours pulled it. Thankfully, it is still available on Archive.org and Pete...
The Deadly and Destructive Futility of the Drug War
Ever since President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs in the 1970s, advocates of this government program, both conservative and liberal, have argued that the only reason why the U.S. government has failed to win the drug war is that government officials have failed...
Pearl Harbor, Truth, And Government
Did FDR "do" Pearl Harbor? Is Global Warming "fake"? Big complicated ideas can be easily framed to one side or another through sophistry. But what is "truth"? I have been a "obviously the Roosevelt administration sought a policy of provoking Japan into war, but Bob...
Should the DEA Assassinate Drug Offenders?
Ever since President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs, proponents of this massive federal program have lamented its manifest failure. If only officials would just “crack down” in the war on drugs, drug-war advocates have exclaimed over the years, we could finally...
Killing of 17-Year-Old Galvanizes Opposition to Duterte’s Drug War
When the Philippine drug was brought back this March it wasn't supposed to be like this. Supposedly the police hoped the second stage of the resurrected drug war would be all but bloodless. After all Duterte had already fulfilled his promise of a lethal drug war. The...
Killing of 17-Year-Old Galvanizes Opposition to Duterte's Drug War
When the Philippine drug was brought back this March it wasn't supposed to be like this. Supposedly the police hoped the second stage of the resurrected drug war would be all but bloodless. After all Duterte had already fulfilled his promise of a lethal drug war. The...
News Roundup 6/13/17
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules against Trump's travel ban. [Link] Senate Democrats will join with Rand Paul in opposing a weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. The vote on the weapons sale could occur this week. [Link] Alexei Navalny and over 1000 other protesters...
News Roundup 5/19/17
Ray McGovern explains former FBI Director Mueller's love for mass data collection. [Link] Only 6% of those arrested by ICE since Trump took office are convicted violent criminals. [Link] Philippines President Duterte has imposed a countrywide ban on public smoking....
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