The Israeli military carried out multiple rounds of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, claiming to target sites linked to the Hamas militant group. The operations follow clashes in the occupied West Bank earlier in the day, which left at least 11 Palestinians dead.
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Lindsey Graham is a Liar
by Keith Knight | Oct 8, 2022 | Blog
Graham believes the terror war is/was inevitable. The reality: ...we now have the first complete data set of all suicide terrorist attacks around the world from 1980 to 2009,...research on who becomes a suicide terrorist showed that virtually none could be diagnosed...
Marco Rubio is a Liar
by Keith Knight | Oct 1, 2022 | Blog
Rubio believes terrorists hate us because of our freedom and because girls go to school. Two sources using Bin Laden’s own words will suffice for now, for more see "23 examples" by Keith Knight, Then the fighters realized that the gang in the White House could...
Biden Steps Up Somalia Strikes After Redeploying Troops
by Will Porter | Aug 20, 2022 | News
American airstrikes in Somalia are on the rise in recent months, with US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducting a flurry of operations against al-Shabaab militants since President Joe Biden reversed a full troop withdrawal ordered by his predecessor.
News Roundup 6/3/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 3, 2022 | News Roundup
Assange A Spanish court summons former CIA Director Mike Pompeo to testify about the agency’s plan to kidnap and assassinate Julian Assange. [Link] Germany Germany will buy 60 Boeing Chinook heavy-lift helicopters from Germany for $4 billion. [Link] Russia The US...
Tel Aviv Bombs Damascus, Violating Syria’s Sovereignty with Silent US Consent
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 25, 2022 | Blog
With the world’s eyes on Ukraine, Israel has carried out strikes on Syria for two consecutive nights. Thursday’s early morning attack is the third in the past week and, according to Syrian state media, the strikes killed three soldiers stationed somewhere near the...
COI #224: Ukraine Claims Biden Is Causing a Crisis
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 30, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #224, Kyle Anzalone breaks down Ukraine pushing back on Biden’s claims that Russia will invade. Ukrainian President Zelenksyy says Biden is causing a crisis and hurting the economy. The tensions are reported to have boiled over on a call between the two...
1/13/22 Andy Worthington on the Twenty Years of Abuse at Guantanamo Bay
by Scott Horton | Jan 15, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott is joined by Andy Worthington, author of Guantanamo Files to discuss the status of the prison two decades after it opened. Worthington explains who remains detained at the prison, where detainees stand regarding trials and the developments that have happened...
The Human Under the Numbers
by Kym Robinson | Dec 30, 2021 | Featured Articles
The story of Anne Frank is tragic. If not for the words that she wrote in her diary, she would be a digit of history. Her diary is relatable, and the thoughts that collected inside her being during a horrible time in history gives the reader an idea of who she was....
Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
Afghanistan Was A Ponzi Scheme Sold To The American Public
by Steven Woskow | Oct 7, 2021 | Blog
"WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best...
Five Myths About Drone Warfare
by Steven Woskow | Sep 17, 2021 | Blog
Myth 1. It's "precision bombing" Myth 2. Drone warfare is ethical Myth 3. If the war is legal so is the weapon Myth 4. Drones are a triumph of technology Myth 5. Drones are effective Aerial bombardment has not created peaceful states, nor defeated IS, nor stopped the...
COI #155: US Bombs Afghanistan, Claims to Target ISIS, Wipes Out a Family
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 29, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #155, Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter update the situation in Afghanistan, including the aftermath of a deadly suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport on August 26. President Joe Biden authorized two separate retaliatory drone strikes on what the government...
News Roundup 8/9/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 9, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Legendary reporter Mark Parry passes away. [Link] The Pentagon is failing to track and provide oversight for the mercenaries it hires. [Link] Two Myanmar nationals have been arrested in New York and are charged with plotting a hit on Myanmar’s ambassador to...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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