Alan Macleod talks about the unholy alliance between government and social media. In an alarming number of cases, says Macleod, companies like Facebook and Twitter end up hiring former government officials to high-ranking positions, creating a revolving door that...
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2/5/21 Hassan El-Tayyab on Biden’s Big Step Toward Peace in Yemen
Hassan El-Tayyab discusses the great news out of Washington last week: the Biden administration has announced an end to all support for Saudi offensive operations in Yemen, and is appointing an envoy to help negotiate a peace deal. This is a great victory for all the...
2/5/21 Lyle J. Goldstein on the Nuclear Tensions Between the US and Russia
Scott talks to Lyle Goldstein about the U.S.-Russia relationship and the future of global nuclear arms negotiations. Goldstein says that after the Cold War, the world's nuclear weapon situation was mostly under control—as a result, people today have forgotten how...
Logic, Exploitation, Homesteading, & Freedom. Stephan Kinsella & Keith Knight
https://youtu.be/FPZyZ9Ueaik ... the natural inequality of ability and of interest among men must make elites inevitable, the only sensible course is to abandon the chimera of equality and accept the universal necessity of leaders and followers. Murray N....
2/5/21 Bette Dam: How Flawed Intelligence Leads to War Crimes in Afghanistan
Scott interviews Bette Dam about her reporting on the war in Afghanistan. Dam explains how faulty intelligence about enemy "combatants" has led to many unjustified killings, notably the war crimes by Australian special forces in Oruzgan Province in recent years. In...
Does Oregon’s Decriminalization Signal An End to the War on Drugs?
Oregon became the first state to decriminalize possession of otherwise illegal drugs. According to this Feb. 1 Associated Press article, “Police in Oregon can no longer arrest someone for possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other...
2/5/21 Matthew Hoh on Biden’s Afghanistan Reversal
Matthew Hoh discusses the Biden administration's Afghanistan policy. Trump, Hoh reminds us, had appointed Zalmay Khalilzad to negotiate a U.S. withdrawal with the Taliban; now it appears that Biden's team is reversing that plan. Hoh says that this was to be expected:...
‘Incitement’ Is A Fake Crime
Former president Donald Trump has been impeached for “incitement to insurrection.” The House Democrats’ claim is that Trump made an inflammatory speech which—a week later—led to the Capitol riot of January 6. The Senate is now considering whether or not to convict...
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