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7/26/19 Hassan El-Tayyab on Congress’ Unusually Good Antiwar Efforts

by Scott Horton | Jul 28, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Hassan El-Tayyab summarizes the efforts in congress to end America's various wars in the Middle East, led mostly by democrats, but also with the support of some liberty-oriented republicans. Democrats have been accused of slashing the military because their proposed...

Israel’s Siege of Beirut Explained for Dummies

by HypocriteTwins | Jul 27, 2019 | Blog

Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 to stop the PLO, led by Yasser Arafat. Against the wishes of the United States, Israeli tanks surrounded Beirut and blasted the city with heavy artillery to force the Palestinians to surrender. However, Arafat was hiding among a heavy...

Mueller Testimony and Iran guest Steven Woskow

by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 26, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest

Steven Woskow returns to FPF for the July donors Livestream. Kyle and Steven start the show reviewing some highlight from Mueller's Congressional testimony. Mueller was a flop, appeared unknowable about his report, and disappointed many Russiagaters. Steven discussed...

News Roundup 7/24/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 24, 2019 | News Roundup

US News Trump is forming a close relationship with Lockheed’s CEO. [Link] The Chicago police department carried out more than 11,000 search warrants over five years. The police frequently went to the wrong home, and raids ended up with guns pointed in the faces of...

7/23/19 Pat Buchanan on America’s Endless Wars

by Scott Horton | Jul 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Pat Buchanan about his life in politics and the lessons we can apply to today. Buchanan was a committed cold warrior during the 1980s, but then advocated withdrawal of the U.S. from Europe after the Soviet Union collapsed, and urged that NATO not...

News Roundup 7/23/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 23, 2019 | News Roundup

US News The F-35 has new problems with the canopy. The F-22 has been replaced with F-15 in the Middle East. [Link] Protesters in Puerto Rico are demanding the territory’s leader step down. Puerto Rico’s governor says he will not seek reelection, but will not resign....

Iran Counters UK Aggression

by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 22, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #378, I discuss increasing tensions in the Persian Gulf as Iran seized a British ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's action was in response to the UK taking an Iranian ship. The piracy is apart of the increasing tensions between the West and Iran piloted by...

7/17/19 Jason Ditz on Iran, Yemen, and Afghanistan

by Scott Horton | Jul 21, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Jason Ditz updates Scott on the news from the Middle East. Recently, a missing Emirati tanker that some claimed had been seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz was revealed to have simply been towed there voluntarily for repairs. In other news, the UAE has announced...

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The F35 Continues NOT to Stick the Landing

“I’m getting tired of over-promising and under-delivering,” F-35 program head Air Force Lt. Gen. Mike Schmidt said. The newly-envisioned Block 4 would instead focus on delivering “‘must-have’ content,” Schmidt wrote, which will include an undefined “subset” of 88...

At First I Hated Rian Johnson

For making the very worst Star Wars movie, Episode 8, and ruining Luke Skywalker. But now I realize that he was just making a film about how disappointing it was to meet Mark Hamill.

Chasing Ghosts Dispatch 006: The Carrier Reality: Dead on Arrival

Stop the madness. Stop deploying carriers Stop building them. Just stop. I won’t be getting Christmas cards this year from the Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition I am not alone in these notions and the late Captain Wayne Hughes did yeoman’s work on these ideas...

No Crickets for Cricket!

The governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, has been plagued by a self-inflicted and festering wound for about a week now. An excerpt from her soon-to-be released memoir, aptly and prophetically entitled No Going Back, has transformed the governor from a Republican...

Richman and Woods

Tom Woods and I discuss alleged antisemitism on U.S. college campuses:

Creative Control and Private Property

Private property isn’t about selfishness so much as it’s about creative control. Someone might want to have their own business, not because they’re greedy, but because they have a vision of how they want things to go that won’t be realized if everyone else gets a say...