Jeff Schogol in Task and Purpose: President Donald Trump blasted the Pentagon’s leadership on Monday for allegedly caring about defense industry more than U.S. service members. “I'm not saying the military's in love with me – the soldiers are,” the president said at a...
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Trump’s Top Priority: Weapon Sales
On FPF #506, I discuss Trump's obsession with helping the arms industry. The Pentagon announced that it plans to spend $135 million bailing out small arms makers, the Senate is trying to allocate $10 million for nuclear weapons testing, and the US will acquire the six...
The US Is Making More Weapons in Response to Coronavirus
On FPF #476, I discuss the US government is buying more weapons and giving financial support to the weapons markers. The finical assistance was approved through the $2 trillion bailout. The Navy announced it was buying an additional $2 billion in torpedos and missiles...
Episode 394: A Critical Examination of the ‘Self-Help’ Industry w/ Antony Sammeroff
60 Minutes Strong Language Pete invited Antony Sammeroff to return to the show to do an overview of the "self-help" industry. Antony is a therapist by trade and wanted to discuss the failing he sees with the gurus who sell guides in airport book shops and host...
Don’t Bailout The Share Buyback Queens
From Wolf Richter at Wolf Street. The Trump administration is considering a $850-billion stimulus package (bailout) for corporate America. This includes a bailout for the airline industry - the same airline industry that spent the past few years spending cash and...
How Cronyism Created New York City’s Taxi Medallion Bubble
If one wanted to study the difference between an industry that exists in a very free market and its exact counterpart in a system of extreme government regulation, then you don’t need to look further than the New York City taxi industry. New York City yellow cabs...
All Our High-tech Weapons May Not Help Win Wars but At Least They Are Creating Jobs
Or maybe not says Nia Harris and Cassandra Simpson at Lobelog. So where is all that additional taxpayer money actually going, if not job creation? At least part of the answer is contractor profits and soaring CEO salaries. In those six years, Lockheed’s stock...
The Dirty Espionage Business
N.Y. Times: U.S. Sanctions Turn Iran's Oil Industry Into Spy vs Spy. Most Americans have a Hollywood version of the espionage business. A high-tech game of cyber-espionage and secret well-planned operations but in reality it is an age old game using alcohol, sex,...
This Week in Congress
The House is in session Tuesday through Thursday. Among the legislation the House will consider is H.R. 1500. This bill officially changes the name of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It also lays out the...
FPF #249 – Trump’s Grand Strategy
On FPF #249, I discuss how Trump's policy with Venezuela and Iran has pushed those nations closer with China. Trump's National Security Review highlight as great power struggles with Russia and China to be the cornerstone to his foreign policy goals. Trump's...
The South Goes Green: South Carolina Just Legalized Growing Hemp
Very quietly, South Carolina has just legalized the growth of industrial hemp. House Bill 3559, mixed in among a pile of legislation before the General Assembly, was signed into law in mid-May. Lawmakers approved the pilot program to determine what kind of...
5/5/17 Chris Deliso on US meddling in Macedonia’s government, and the European backlash against refugee migration
Chris Deliso, author of Migration, Terrorism, and the Future of a Divided Europe: A Continent Transformed, discusses the indications that US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily is trying to orchestrate a coup without the knowledge or approval of the Trump...
Bonds Are Taxes
On Nov. 8, voters where I live in Fairfax, Va., will be asked to approve general obligation bonds to finance subway maintenance, park renovations, and other run-of-the-mill local spending. There will be hundreds of similar questions on ballots across the country to...
11/20/04 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Dahr Jamail about the the Iraq occupation, the explosive growth industry in kidnappings, media repression, and the Iraqis fighting the occupation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxIkiz30bE8
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