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Should the Government Crack Down on Fake News in Social Media?

by HypocriteTwins | Oct 15, 2019 | Blog

Should the Government Crack Down on Fake News in Social Media? Hilarious political comedy take on this controversial issue:

Assessing Presidential Actions – From A Libertarian Perspective

by Chris Rossini | Oct 15, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism

It should be apparent to everyone by now that collectivist thinking is running wild and identity politics is en vogue. You’re supposed to hate Trump because one group says so, or you’re supposed to love Trump because another group says so. But to the libertarian...

Don’t Be Sorry, Jane Fonda

by Kym Robinson | Oct 15, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

The American war on South East Asia, or more commonly known as the Vietnam War was at its bloody peak when Jane Fonda went to Hanoi. Millions had died, and the promise of victory was ever elusive for the US government. The support for the war inside the United States...

Should Americans Fight to Protect the Kurds in Syria?

by David Nelson | Oct 14, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

The Washington foreign policy outrage mob was at it again, this time wringing their hands in angst after President Trump announced that he would begin drawing down the American military presence in northern Syria and then finally ordered a full withdrawal of around...

The Borg Freaks Out guest Joanne Leon

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 14, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest

Foreign Policy Focus and Around the Empire's latest swapcast covers the borg's meltdown because some US troops are leaving Syria. Joanne and Kyle recap what has happened in the past two weeks in Syria. The US announced pulling some troops from the Turkey/Syria border....

Nathan Goodman Speech ‘The Economic Costs of US Empire’

by Scott Horton | Oct 12, 2019 | Blog

At the Ron Paul Institute conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=lUiVgJhlqac

Libertarian Comedian DESTROYS Joe Biden Ukraine Drama

by HypocriteTwins | Oct 12, 2019 | Blog

Over a billion dollars of US aid to Ukraine went missing, as Joe Biden’s son got paid. House Democrats bring forth their impeachment case of Donald Trump based on his phone call with Ukraine’s President to investigate Joe Biden, but what corruption is being covered up...

Stop Pushing the Envelope: Consequences of US Foreign Policy (Past & Present)

by Phil Gibson | Oct 12, 2019 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Op Eds

So Iran oil tankers get bombed by the Saudis. Funny how that happens to slide into your Friday morning news cycle there. Almost like it was intentional or something. Now Trump is sending 3000 troops to help the Saudis fight off Iranian threats. What threat if they...

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Little Crappy Ships Continue to Waste Money, Again

The next to last floating dumpster of the Little Crappy Ship (LCS), USS Beloit, was launched, yet another future fish apartment complex; the USS Cleveland, the final ship of the Freedom class, is under construction and will be delivered in 2025 (don't hold your...

Submarine Blues: Over-budget and Not Underwater

I often bag on the US Navy surface fleet as a sad shadow of the fleet that used to be. The nuclear submarine fleet is joining that maritime house of woe. U.S. Navy Captain Jerry Hendrix, who in a recent assessment observed: “In fact, production of new submarines...

Pegasus Down: The Refueler Follies March On

The KC46A is the replacement for the renowned KC135 refueling bird which had the last production aircraft rolled out in 1965. The KC46A is plagued with problems to include the bone-headed notion to put the refueling crew in the cockpit instead of the rear of the...

Blaming Freedom

Freedom is nearly always blamed for the bad consequences of unfreedom, that is, of government intervention. Take immigration. We hear these days that migrant gangs are killing, terrorizing, and stealing from Americans. Some immigrants without government papers have...

Insurrection of the Mind.

Star Trek Insurrection is not one of the better films in the series, but it seeks to address issues of humanity that sometimes only science fiction can. Immortality, the value of life and human relationships with technology. It is fitting that the film starts with the...

They Know the Truth

Cut from the book. After catching Woodward faking that Lavrov quote, I had to cut all the citations from that book out of mine. But I'll leave this here at least because it's funny: Insider journalist Bob Woodward wrote in 2024 that the administration recognized...

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