Trump says NYC attacker should get the death penalty. [Link] Trump will nominate Jay Powell to be the next FED chairman. [Link] Twitter hid 48% of tweets that included #DNCLeaks. [Link] Facebook and YouTube deleting user-uploaded content is destroying the only copies...
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News Roundup 10/31/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog
Paul Manafort and his former deputy Rick Gates have surrendered to the FBI. The Muller investigation filed 12 changes against Manafort/Gates. [Link] Manafort/Gates were placed under house arrest. [Link] David Stockman on Trump's last minute decision on the JFK files....
Foreign Policy Focus #111 – Support H.Con.Res 81
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 30, 2017 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #111, I discuss House Concurrent Resolution 81. H.Con. Res 81 is a bill invoking the War Powers Act to end US support for Saudi Arabia's war against the people of Yemen. The US is currently providing vital support to Saudi Arabia's war effort. The US is selling...
News Roundup 10/30/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 30, 2017 | Blog
A man, who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State then was captured, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. [Link] Harvard-Harris polling that showed 70% of Americans support renegotiating the Iran nuclear deal was based on a biased question. [Link]...
News Roundup 10/20/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog
An Ohio police officer who caught on video beating a person he pulled over has been fired. [Link] US aid to Latin America elites has lead to more immigrants coming to the US. [Link] Trump disagrees with the State Department's assessment of what is causing sonic...
News Roundup 10/19/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 19, 2017 | Blog
Patrick Cockburn explains how the US could lose by Trump decertifying the Iran nuclear agreement. [Link] Catalonia's president said Catalonia will secede from Spain if Spain removes Catalan autonomy. [Link] Amnesty International says the Myanmar forces killed hundreds...
News Roundup 10/18/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 18, 2017 | Blog
Five lies Hillary Clinton told about Wikileaks and Julian Assange, debunked. [Link] The two airport security officers who removed Dr. David Dao from a United Airlines flight have been fired. [Link] Spain's high court rules the Catalan independence vote was illegal....
News Roundup 10/17/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog
Hillary Clinton said Julian Assange worked for Russia during the 2016 election. Hillary blamed Assange, in part, for her loss. [Link] A federal judge ruled police can seize your fingerprints to unlock devices that require fingerprints. [Link] A Florida man was...
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Standards!
Secretary of War Hegseth recently brought the perfumed princes to the Pentagram to give a short speech on standards. I am glad for the name change since the DoD has never troubled themselves with defending the nation. Someone: "How come there aren't any fat Marines?"...
Short Story – Context
He clenched his fist around the USB, impatience gripping him as he waited. He had just finished pacing only to sit down, unaware of his rocking back and forth. Once he saw her, he was back to his feet. He wanted to push it into her hand and disappear. Instead, she...
The Impasse
Liberty is only acceptable for a virtuous people.
The Great Enrichment Is Real
From about 1800 to the present the world's economy did something good, which looks to be permanent and looks to be justified. If contrary to the evidence we cling to our prejudices about economic history—our view that the Industrial Revolution was improverishng, or...
Where Are We?
A Lot of people have been asking me where we are politically. I don’t know if I have a good answer, but “When I am Weaker Than You, I ask you for Freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am Stronger than you, I take away your Freedom Because that...
Bertolt Brecht’s “A Worker Reads and Asks”
In 1935 while in exile Brecht wrote his poem challenging the aristocracy of history. The belief that events and the entire of human existence occurs because of a great man, the dear leader. In contemporary moments, politicians and influential people are looked at with...
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