On FPF #337, I discuss news in the relationship between the US and China. Taiwan has become a more source of more tension as the US has increased ties with Taiwan. The US is also putting more pressure on the Chinese company Huawei. Tump's nominee for Defense Secretary...
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After Moral Injury: Backing Through A Side Door Into Consciousness
by Steven Woskow | May 27, 2019 | Blog
On Memorial Day Bill R. Edmonds on war and moral injury : "Some do not get to come home. For those who do, however, some bring their wars home, within them. Too often, they go on to suffer alone, and in silence. Too often, their traumas last a lifetime. Healing,...
Bolton Assures Coast Guard Graduates
by Steven Woskow | May 23, 2019 | Blog
They won't be left out of his plans for world domination “Soon, with the help of the new Polar Security Cutter," he said, “the Coast Guard will lead the way in reasserting American leadership in the Arctic, which has been neglected for far too long.”
April tax Receipts Up 1.8% at $2 Trillion
by Steven Woskow | May 13, 2019 | Blog
Unfortunately, spending is up 7.6% to $2.57 trillion. The largest increase is debt service, up 13.6% from last year. This is in a low interest rate environment. The Fed is trapped in maintaining low interest rates. Danielle DiMartino: "Fed controlled rates...
Bipartisanship
by Scott Horton | Apr 22, 2019 | Blog
"Consider this: three of my soldiers were killed and one committed suicide under Bush II; three more were killed and two more took their own lives under Obama - now there’s a balanced scorecard!" -Danny Sjursen
Carter to Trump: USA Has Been Wasting Money on All the Wars He Started
by Scott Horton | Apr 16, 2019 | Blog
Politico: He told Sunday’s congregation that Trump said he felt China was “'getting ahead of us,'” adding that he agreed with the president. “And do you know why? I normalized diplomatic relations with China in 1979. Since 1979, do you know how many times China has...
This Morning on Antiwar Radio
by Scott Horton | Apr 14, 2019 | Blog
Philip Weiss on Netanyahu and the liberal crack-up over Israel. 8:30 Pacific, 90.7 FM in L.A. http://kpfk.org
AIPAC Targets Sanders
by Scott Horton | Apr 13, 2019 | Blog
The first Jewish president? Not if the Israel Lobby has anything to say about it. He's not Zionist enough. And as we all know, there's only one possible explanation for that: Bernie Sanders is evidently a vicious anti-Semite.
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RIP USMC: The Corps is Toast
Force Design 2030 murdered the USMC. The Marines are struggling to keep more than one Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) forward deployed at a time. Sometimes, two are forward deployed but only for limited periods. Each MEU has about two weeks of sustainment. Unless...
Meta, Sued for Censorship, Announces End to Faux ‘Fact Checking’
Meta’s announcement came a day after a petition to the Supreme Court was filed against Facebook for censoring truth on behalf of the government.
The Political Moment w/Typo
Typo is back to discuss the current political environment, libertarianism, perfect v good, and Trump’s appointments.
Pentagon Pork Parade: Fat Amy Continues to Prove Pigs Can Fly
Pig can fly on occasion as the F35 Porkulus Project continues to bleed oceans of money. Welcome to Clown World: the F-35 requires nearly 9 million lines of computer code. Meanwhile, Apollo 11's Lunar Lander needed only 145,000 lines of code. There are three variants...
Marine Failure Follies Cascading
I just spent my last podcast episode making the case to dismantle and eliminate the US Marine Corps and they are doing a splendid job of sealing the deal through their latest acquisition fiascos and the Osprey aircraft follies continuing to fall down on the job....
New Ships for an Impossible Mission: The Marines Stumble Again
Yesterday I discussed the reasons why we need to dismantle and close down the United States Marine Corps. One of those reasons is the Light Amphibious Warship (now called the Landing Ship, Medium, LSM), a small landing ship which would ferry small Marine units...
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