US News The Department of Justice Inspector General found that every FBI FISA warrant had several problems and abuses. The average warrant had 20 problems, with one having as many as 65. [Link] The Pentagon wants to make its 5-year spending plan classified. [Link] Coronavirus States across the US are releasing some prisoners to try to curb the coronavirus outbreak. Most people being released are low-level and non-violent offenders. In New York, at least three child rapists have been released. [Link] The amount of money the US spends annually on nukes could pay for 300,000 ICU beds,...
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News Roundup 2/3/20
US News Trump places visa bans on people from Nigeria, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, and Myanmar. People from Tanzania and Sudan are no longer eligible for diversity visas. [Link] Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Ukraine and told the country it will have support from the US. [Link] Pompeo traveled to Kazakhstan and pushed the country to take a more aggressive stance against China’s alleged abuse of the Uighur Muslim minority. [Link] Indonesia has deported an American journalist who had been jailed for 45 days. [Link] Venezuela Venezuela attempted to restore diplomatic connections with...
The Reductio ad Absurdum of Diversity
Pasted several paragraphs below is a letter to the Wall Street Journal from the chancellor of the University of California at Davis and the vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion. The letter reveals what they believe is the mission of a university and what their real agenda is regarding diversity. No doubt, such thinking is shared throughout the California system and across academia. The letter was in response to a previous commentary in the Journal by the chair of the university’s math department, who took exception to the university requiring new faculty members to sign an...
The Real Korean Question
Last year in June, Donald Trump met with the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, in Singapore. Said Trump, We’re very proud of what took place today. I think our whole relationship with North Korea and the Korean Peninsula is going to be a very much different situation than it has been in the past. We both want to do something. We both are going to do something. And we have developed a very special bond. So people are going to be impressed. People will be very happy and we’re going to take care of a very big and very dangerous problem for the world. I want to thank Chairman Kim. Earlier...
News Roundup 6/5/19
US News A police officer has been charged for his inaction during the Parkland Shooting. [Link] A House panel adds a provision to the NDAA preventing the deployment of low-yield nuclear weapons. [Link] The US will spend $700,000 improving a military base in Germany. The military base has not decided how to spend the money. [Link] The State Department approves the sale of $1.67 billion in F-16s to Bulgaria. [Link] Asia South Korea, the Philippines, New Zealand, and Japan are building up their military in response to actions by Great Powers. [Link] The US agrees to sell 34 surveillance...
News Roundup 5/1/19
Russiagate Phil Giraldi explains how the deep state worked against Trump. [Link] Larry Johnson details the FBI informants that appear in the Mueller Report. [Link] Venezuela The US sanctions Venezuela’s foreign minister. [Link] Juan Guaido attempted to overthrow Maduro. Guaido was joined by opposition leader Lopez and a few dozen troops. Thousands of protesters joined Guaido. The coup fizzled without posing a serious threat to Maduro. Massive pro-Maduro protesters turned out to defend the presidential palace. During the protests, a Venezuelan military vehicle ran over some opposition...
George H.W. Bush’s Forgotten Debacles and Demagoguery
After former President George H.W. Bush died late last year, he was widely hailed as a great leader and patriot. At the National Cathedral funeral service, biographer Jon Meachan declared that Bush was a “twentieth-century Founding Father.” The minister of Bush’s church in Houston compared him to Jesus. Bush’s gentlemanly manners were lauded by many people outraged by President Trump’s behavior. But there was far more Trump-like demagoguery and conniving during Bush’s presidency than most Americans remember. Bush was the most protectionist president since Herbert Hoover. Like Trump, he...
News Roundup 4/23/19
US News Peter Van Buren: Mueller Time is Finally Over The 4th Appeals Court denied Chelsea Manning bail. [Link] Tulsi Gabbard discusses her efforts to legalize marijuana. [Link] The Navy covered up the reason for the Cold War-era explosion on the USS Iowa that killed dozens of sailors. The Navy apologized to a sailor blamed for causing the explosion. [Link] 1,700 Marines deployed to Australia for training. [Link] Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan Easter bombing hit six different sites - three churches and three hotels - in coordinated attacks. There were seven suicide bombers. At least three...
Ralph Raico Therapy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj2sy0WXNIk "For the first time Americans are now paying attention to foreign policy and they say, 'Wow, there are such crazy people in the world. Here we were minding our own business... we were on a picnic when the thing happened, and here these crazy people want to attack us.' Go figure, human nature, 'Americans are the most peaceful, sweetest, most generous people in the world, people who love their children...' basically good guys, and here these people are trying to attack us." A little sarcasm to cure my Pearl Harbor blues. The Japanese didn't...
News Roundup 5/17/18
The police officer who retired after failing to enter the Parkland school during the school shooting will receive a $100,000/annual pension. [Link] The Senate passes a bill that reverses the FCC's decision to repeal net neutrality. [Link] North Korea postpones talks with South Korea because of US war games. [Link] North Korea issues a statement criticizing NSA John Bolton. Bolton has proposed that North Korea engage in Libyan-style denuclearisation. [Link] ISIS claims responsibility for a sword attack in Indonesia. Four attackers and one police officer were killed. [Link] The US and...
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