Nathan Robinson shares his story of being fired from the Guardian after posting a sarcastic tweet about Israel. After joking about the amount of military aid the U.S. government sends to Israel, Robinson was immediately labeled an anti-semite and swiftly fired from...
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Innocent Man Appeals For Release From Guantanamo Bay
by Dave DeCamp | Feb 9, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
With calls growing for President Biden to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, an inmate of the notorious detention facility appealed to the president for his release in an article for the Independent. Ahmed Rabbani described the nightmare he has lived since he was...
Judge Blocks Assange Extradition
by Steven Woskow | Jan 4, 2021 | Blog
Kyle breaks it all down on Conflict Of Interest The U.S. has 14 days to respond - Trump could end all this, but my guess is he won't. Though Alex Mercouris (see below) makes the case that this sets up for Trump to pardon him. Alex also states he should be free by...
Holy Crap. This Story Better Be Wrong.
by Scott Horton | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog
‘Like an Experimental Concentration Camp’: Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center Several legal advocacy groups on Monday filed a whistleblower complaint on behalf of a nurse at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
LIVE in 10 Minutes: Pro-Israel Propaganda in the News Media
by Scott Horton | Sep 2, 2020 | Blog
WRMEA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym7M_FMvdQI&feature=youtu.be Click here to watch live today at Noon EST University of Massachusetts Professor Emeritus Sut Jhally will share select clips and discuss the key findings of his 2016 documentary, "The Occupation...
Men’s Lives Matter: Male Victims of Sexual Abuse
by Wendy McElroy | Jul 1, 2020 | Featured Articles
When a woman sexually abuses a man, the pain inflicted is dismissed by those whose political paradigm does not include men as victims.Unfortunately, these voices dominate the research, media, and legislation that surrounds the issue of sexual victimization. Their...
News Roundup 5/1/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 1, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The Navy awards a $5.5 billion contract to Fincantieri to build warships. [Link] An Air Force intelligence report was leaked to the press explaining that US sanctions on Iran are harming the country's response to coronavirus. [Link] Russia says it will oppose...
News Roundup 4/21/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 21, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Facebook is removing anti-lockdown events from the site. [Link] Seventy-four percent of Americans are concerned about losing freedoms due to coronavirus. [Link] The Pentagon is planning to insert bailouts for weapons makers in the next stimulus bill. [Link]...
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Ruminations on War in the 21st Century
Agreed, Armchair Warlord nails the paper tiger posing as the US military. My additions: There is no Auftragstaktik in the modern western militaries despite their "embrace" of Mission Command. Carriers are the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. A tremendous...
USS Liberty Incident Rises from the Ash Heap of Inconvenient History
Medal of Honor citation for Commander William L. McGonagle, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Thanks to Candace Owens for lifting this incident from the dead. One receives the Medal of Honor for engaging in a fight in enemy action. "For conspicuous...
Natural Economic Law Can’t Be Repealed
If the government restricts supply and subsidizes demand, out-of-control prices, resource shortages, and unpleasant ad hoc coping restrictions will follow. That is the natural (economic) law. The government cannot repeal it. But it can stop its attempt to plan.
Dumpsters Afloat: The Zumwalt Chronicles Continues
The weapons system removed from the Zumwalt They were going to build 30 and ended up building three of these dysfunctional monstrosities. Commissioned in 2016, it has only taken them eight years to retrofit the weapons system. The Navy's priorities have changed since...
Lawrence Premieres in London
On this day, 62 years ago, David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) premiered in London, UK. My favorite movie of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsFcSpaVO0
The Health-Care Nirvana Fallacy
Someone explain how coercive centralized bureaucratic control of medical decision-making and the purse can beat the decentralized free market with its undistorted price system. The government has many things besides medical care it wants to spend tax money on, and...
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