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...
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Savagery and Its Promoters and Profiteers
by David Swanson | Apr 29, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Max Blumenthal’s new book, “The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump,” is over 300 pages and wastes not a word. It also does far more than it claims. “This book,” Blumenthal writes, “makes...
4/26/19 Stephen Zunes on the Other Reason Biden Shouldn’t Be President
by Scott Horton | Apr 27, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Stephen Zunes talks about democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden's shameful record on foreign policy—the real reason he shouldn't be president. In the senate, Biden was a champion of deposing Saddam Hussein all along, explains Zunes, and his claims of merely...
4/26/19 Patrick Cockburn on an Undefeated ISIS
by Scott Horton | Apr 26, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Independent Middle East correspondent Patrick Cockburn about ISIS, who, despite claims of their defeat, are back waging a guerrilla campaign in Iraq. Discussed on the show: We Can Finish ISIS - but Only if the West Winds Down Its Proxy Wars...
News Roundup 4/26/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 26, 2019 | News Roundup
US News The FBI and IRS search the home and office of Baltimore’s mayor. [Link] A Georgian businessman claims he was misrepresented in the Mueller report. [Link] A US soldier dies in Iraq. His death is being reported as a non-combat fatality. [Link] Instagram blocks...
George H.W. Bush’s Forgotten Debacles and Demagoguery
by Jim Bovard | Apr 25, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
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...
4/22/19 Peter Van Buren on What Mueller Knew and When
by Scott Horton | Apr 24, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Peter Van Buren joins the show for an update on the aftermath of the Mueller report. Although some commentators are claiming that the report's findings are inconclusive with respect to President Trump's conduct during the campaign, Van Buren reminds us that the...
Only conspiracy theory kooks believe there is a Deep State
by Steven Woskow | Apr 23, 2019 | Blog
The Deep State vs. Wikileaks by Pepe Escobar The US Government has stood up and coordinated a joint interagency criminal investigation of Wikileaks comprised of a partnership between the Department of Defense (DOD) including: CENTCOM; SOUTHCOM; the Defense...
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GDP is a Scam, Here’s How to Measure Wealth
https://youtu.be/mYfH_9arsRk In 1981, the cheapest IBM personal computer cost $4,459 (in 2018 U.S. dollars), or 210 hours of labor. An Insignia tablet and keyboard combo cost $120 in 2018, or 5.6 hours of labor. - Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know, CATO...
The Democratic Policy Which Keeps Poor People Poor – Walter E. Williams
To criticize occupational licensing laws is not to argue that information about the quality of a licensee's services is not important to consumers. However, it is by no means clear that licensing is the most effective way to provide that information. Indeed, licensing...
How Economic Regulation Hurts the Poor – Walter E. Williams
In the name of protecting public health, California requires that an individual who seeks to perform any kind of hairstyling service must complete nine months (1,600 hours) of classes at a state-approved cosmetology school, at a tuition cost of at least $5,000, before...
My Body My Choice: Abolish Occupational Licensing
The most immediate effect of licensing is to restrict the number of practitioners because of the higher entry costs involved in meeting the qualifications of the activity. Some licenses, as in the cases of cosmeticians and barbers, require many months of schooling....
Progressives Are Domestic Imperialists
Progressives will fight tooth and nail to make sure every citizen gets a 1 in 100,000,000 vote between two politicians every four years since it allows the political system to reflect the wishes of the population at large. However, when those very same voters try to...
Leaked Pentagon Documents: A Thread
What follows are highlights from the trove of leaked US government documents that appeared on the internet sometime last month, including a handful of the documents themselves, reporting on the material, my own observations, as well as official statements and...
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