2023 was another godsend for cynics. Here’s a round-up of my zestiest lines from my articles in the past year. Some lines were tweaked for this collection. Hearty thanks to Hunter DeRensis and editors at other outlets who ran those articles up the flagpole. "Telling...
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Ep 032 “US Military Special Operations Forces Can’t Do UW (Part Two)”
Episode Notes The emerging anti-fragile forces of indigenous irregular warfare forces in concert or independent of near-peer and peer competitors challenging US and western global hegemony are on the march and will in the end succeed. References: Douglas Porch...
12/21/23 Jeremy Hammond: Yes, What’s Happening in Gaza Is a Genocide
Download Episode. Scott is joined by Jeremy Hammond to talk about the war in Gaza. They discuss Israel’s strategy of making Gaza uninhabitable and look at the relevant history that has led to this moment. They also discuss the proper language to use when talking...
Rights Group Warns War in Gaza ‘Most Dangerous Situation for Journalists Ever Seen’
The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that the ten weeks of war in Gaza has killed more journalists than any other conflict. Over 60 journalists have been killed, many while reporting on the brutal Israeli onslaught in Gaza. Investigations into some of the...
Taiwan’s Forthcoming Election Is Not An Independence Referendum
Talk the last few weeks in the corporate press about Taiwan is that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has the coming January presidential election in the bag. They are probably right. The opposition parties, the Kuomintang (KMT) and smaller Taiwan People’s Party...
They Always Kill Children
“Why is the World Silent?” - Chaim Kaplan Humanity has endured self-inflicted savagery for all its history. Modern civilizations have apparently transcended above the primal savagery of ancient barbarity, yet despite technology allowing us to peer in with a voyeur's...
12/14/23 Sheldon Richman on the Long History of Jewish Anti-Zionism
Download Episode. Sheldon Richman joins the show to debunk the ridiculous conflation of anti-zionism with anti-semitism. He and Scott review the long history of Jewish opposition to the Zionist project. That leads them to today’s fights over free speech in relation...
Ep 031 “US Military Special Operations Forces Can’t Do UW (Part One)”
Episode Notes In this episode, I will be a heretic to the current military establishment in America and the west. They can't do unconventional warfare and I must be very specific in the conditional problem I propose: the western military has no capability to conduct...
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