Nicurguara The US sanctions four high ranking Nicaraguan officials. [Link] Human Rights Watch claims Nicaragua tortured protesters. [Link] Assange A Swedish prosecutor will not appeal a judge's decision not to issue extradition for Julian Assange. [Link] Turkey The...
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News Roundup 6/11/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 11, 2019 | News Roundup
Journalism Former intelligence officers now have jobs in the media, and their message is Assange is not a journalist. [Link] Australian police raided a media network that published information about war crimes committed in Afghanistan. [Link] Venezuela The UN reports...
News Roundup 6/6/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 6, 2019 | News Roundup
US News Rep Lieu and Sen Markey warn against creating low-yield nuclear weapons. [Link] Trump blocks cruise ships from stopping in Cuba. [Link] The Trump administration approved the transfer of sensitive nuclear information to Saudi Arabia after the murder of Jamal...
5/31/19 Giorgio Cafiero on Iraq War III 1/2
by Scott Horton | Jun 2, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Giorgio Cafiero of Gulf State Analytics discusses the mess that U.S. foreign policy has made of the Middle East in light of the news that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is in fact alive after many claims and rumors to the contrary. President Trump, Scott and Cafiero...
News Roundup 5/22/19
by Kyle Anzalone | May 22, 2019 | News Roundup
Mexico The US sanctions several Mexicans alleged to be involved in drug trafficking. [Link] India/Pakistan Nine people were killed in a battle between Indian police and separatists in Kashmir. [Link] Thirteen people died in a Pakistani raid on an IS position. [Link]...
News Roundup 5/14/19
by Kyle Anzalone | May 14, 2019 | News Roundup
US News Attorney General Barr opens an investigation into the origins of the investigations into the Trump campaign. [Link] The CBO says the Space Force will cost $3 billion upfront and $1.3 billion each year. [Link] Julian Assange Elizabeth Vos explains the...
News Roundup 5/7/19
by Kyle Anzalone | May 7, 2019 | News Roundup
US News A St. Louis police officer has been charged with second-degree assault for shooting a woman instead of tasing her. [Link] Some Utah jails are charging over $11 for a 15-minute phone call. The high rate makes it difficult for prisoners to stay in contact with...
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...
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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...
How the CIA Deliberately Allowed Two 9/11 Hijackers Into the US
Tucker Carlson’s new investigative series revisits how the CIA tracked two of the 9/11 hijackers into the US without notifying the FBI.
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