I don't doubt it. I'd be surprised if it stopped there. Eric Ciaramella was a Brennan guy. So the worst must be presumed, that he was sent there to find anything possible that could be used to launch an impeachment. You know, after their "Trump is guilty of the...
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Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil
by Scott Horton | Jan 21, 2020 | Blog
Breaking in the New York Times. Note that this is the same as Trump's case against Julian Assange: The recipient and publisher of a leak is a co-conspirator with whoever did the leaking. It's a war against honesty in language first and foremost, and it's a threat to...
Refuting Iran Myths
by Scott Horton | Jan 21, 2020 | Blog
Pete Quinones interviews me about the common narratives about Iran in Iraq and so forth; specifically addressing a hawk's interview on the Joe Rogan show and a recent hawkish piece in the Wall Street Journal.
US Officials Have A ‘Disincentive’ to Tell the Truth
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 17, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #444, I discuss the Congressional hearing of the Inspector General for the Afghan War. During his testimony, he said US officials have a "disincentive" to tell the truth about the situation in Afghanistan, and we have created a situation that basically requires...
US in Somalia
by Scott Horton | Jan 16, 2020 | Blog
Rick writes: I’m looking for a podcast where you describe the origins of Al Shabaab. I know that Somalia was coming along well under the Islamic courts Union, then we screwed it up when GW asked Ethiopia to invade. Any help is much appreciated. Me: Here's a ton....
Qassem Soleimani: Why His Killing is Good News for IS Jihadists
by Scott Horton | Jan 12, 2020 | Blog
Jeremy Bowen in the BBC: "In an editorial of the weekly IS newspaper al-Naba, the group said that Soleimani and al-Muhandis died at the hands of their 'allies'" - a reference to the US. It said the enemies of IS were busy fighting each other, which would drain their...
Close Enough For Government Work
by Scott Horton | Jan 10, 2020 | Blog
Iran admits they accidentally shot down the airliner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKnpuBecwpU
Cop Kills Boy
by Scott Horton | Jan 9, 2020 | Blog
For running away with an orange-tipped toy gun. Don't worry. This kid wasn't anyone you know personally, so it doesn't matter.
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The Welfare-State Paradox
"Whether ... a system of social security is a good or a bad policy is essentially a political problem. One may try to justify it by declaring that the wage earners lack the insight and the moral strength to provide spontaneously for their own future. But then it is...
The Ford Follies: Yes, It Can Get Worse
Brent Eastwood does a splendid job elucidating so many of the problems of the fatally flawed Ford super-carrier. I suspect he had to say "promising" but there is nothing here for the 21st century; this is the chariot and crossbow of the next generation. This is the...
The Steady Rise in Living Standards
"The history of capitalism as it has operated in the last two hundred years in the realm of Western civilization is the record of a steady rise in the wage earners’ standard of living. The inherent mark of capitalism is that it is mass production for mass consumption...
Pentagon Acquisition: Rotten From Head to Toe
The pattern is a revolving door of deliberate insider trading and influence by hiring retiring flag officers with active Rolodexes to be exploited in bent bidding and shadowy acquisition practices in an already sclerotic and gummed-up acquisition system that can't...
The Business of America: War, War, War!
Sachs mentions Timber Sycamore which was a classified weapons supply and training program run by the CIA and supported by the United Kingdom and some Arab intelligence services, including Saudi intelligence. The aim of the program was to remove Syrian president Bashar...
Mises on Wages under Capitalism
"While daily experience taught impressively that under capitalism real wage rates and the wage earners’ standard of living were steadily rising, while it became from day to day more obvious that the traditional walls separating the various strata of the population...
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