Yesterday the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and projected two more rate hikes by year-end. The stock market's reaction was muted, but silver and gold firmed up after the news and are ticking up this morning. At some point, the FOMC is going to pause on its...
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News Roundup 5/21/18
by Kyle Anzalone | May 21, 2018 | News Roundup
Trump will nominate Robert Wilkie to head the VA. [Link] Dan Wright and Joanne Leon update the insanity of Russiagate. [Link] Jeremy Scahill hosts Ron Wyden and Norman Finkelstein on the Intercepted podcast. Wyden discusses the torturer Gina Haspel, and Finkelstein...
FB Asks Users If It Should Allow Pedophiles to Ask Kids for Sexual Pictures
by James Holbrooks | Mar 5, 2018 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. In a move that’s baffling at best and rather appalling at worst, Facebook has been busted asking users if they think it’s alright for adults to solicit “sexual pictures” from minors on its platform. While this may...
News Roundup 3/1/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 1, 2018 | Blog
The US government reports the economy grew 2.5% in Q4. [Link] Hope Hicks resigns as White House Communications Director. [Link] A Hamilton 68 co-founder exposes some problems in the "Russian Bots" narrative. [Link] Trump suggests police should seize guns from people...
Foreign Policy Focus #152 – War Propaganda with Trey Weaver
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 7, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
Trey Weaver joins Foreign Policy Focus to discuss war propaganda. The war propaganda changed Americans minds on the Syrian Civil War. Bush used fear to scare Americans into the Iraq War. A media blackout masks the genocide in Yemen. Kyle and Trey also identify some...
News Roundup 1/18/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 18, 2018 | Blog
A 14-year-old girl was arrested for giving food to the homeless. [Link] Trump give Paul Krugman the fake news award. [Link] Korean Olympic talks upend US Korea strategy. [Link] Koreans will enter Olympics under one banner. [Link] Ethiopia's proposed Nile damn creates...
News Roundup 7/11/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 11, 2017 | Blog
The Third Circut Court of Appeals has ruled that filming police is a right protected by the First Amendment. [Link] A man accused of plotting a terror attack claims the FBI entrapped him. The man accused says FBI informants pushed him to buy machine guns. [Link] The...
7/7/17 James Carden on President Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin
by Damon Hatheway | Jul 11, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
James Carden joins the show to talk about his latest article, "A Fateful Encounter: On Today's Meeting Between Presidents Trump and Putin," on Donald Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit. Carden also discusses how Liberal Twitter is off its hinge, how...
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Creative Control and Private Property
Private property isn’t about selfishness so much as it’s about creative control. Someone might want to have their own business, not because they’re greedy, but because they have a vision of how they want things to go that won’t be realized if everyone else gets a say...
RIP, British Army 1415 – 2024
John Cleese and the Monty Python troop were seers in the 1970s. I am fond of saying the British win all their military victories in spite of their best efforts. The IED virus is destroying the institution. The British Army is reducing security checks in pursuit of...
Republicans: Israel Not Just First, But Before the First Amendment
No matter how bad either side gets the other side can only try to outdo them. The Post: On Wednesday, they passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which its advocates said would empower the federal government to crack down on anti-Israel protests on campuses by...
Tom Woods on the Social Justice Warrior Narrative
[I]f this were truly a “white supremacist” society, being called a white supremacist would be a badge of honor, not a professional death sentence. – Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Military Aviation Joins the Emerging Competency Crisis in the West
Trend-lines on military aviation accidents are edging upwards to rival in the commercial aviation industry in mishaps. Not only is this a barometer for readiness and training but an indicator for the emerging competency crisis plaguing the West. Peacetime military...
Horror Show: More Proof Troops Massacred Afghans After ISIS Attack at Kabul Airport
As we reported at the time, marines slaughtered innocent people after the bombing. The perfect clusterfu*k of an ending to a perfect clusterfu*k of a war. Watch US Marine’s GoPro footage that challenges Pentagon’s account of attack at Kabul airport...
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