The Government’s COVID-19 response was met with the obvious effects like the lockdowns that decimated the lives of millions to little to no effect on mitigating the spread, mask mandates, or even vaccination mandates. But underlying all of the obvious issues was that...
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Ukraine Seeking Tens of Billions in Financial Aid as War Costs Mount
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Apr 11, 2022 | News Roundup
Ukraine is seeking tens of billions of dollars in financial aid from the International Monetary Fund’s Covid relief program. Kiev says it is in dire economic straits due to the Russian invasion, while the World Bank estimates the country’s GDP will drop by a staggering 45% in 2022.
Afghan Children Killed in Separate Blasts
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Apr 2, 2022 | News Roundup
A number of children and young men were killed and dozens more wounded after a pair of explosions rocked Afghanistan’s Helmand and Herat provinces just hours apart.
Pentagon Seeks $12 Billion for Missile Defense, Plans More Space-Based Systems in 2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 29, 2022 | News Roundup
The whopping $813 billion war budget proposed by the White House on Monday includes $12.3 billion for missile defense programs. Over $9 billion will go to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The Pentagon is hoping to deploy more space-based systems next year. The bulk...
Pentagon Seeks to Scrap Problematic Littoral Combat Ships in 2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 28, 2022 | News Roundup
The Pentagon's 2023 budget proposal calls for retiring 24 ships to make way for more expensive vessels. All nine of the Navy's Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) would be among those scrapped. The LCS program has been plagued with issues. The most serious are...
Politicians & the Press Are Verifiably Lying About Inflation
by Keith Knight | Mar 26, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/L6sL6hqaqwg ... persistent inflation is brought about by continuing and chronic increases in the supply of money ... Murray N. Rothbard, Ph.D., America’s Great Depression, p. xxvii Jeremy Kauffman is the founder and CEO of the decentralized content...
Cronyism: The Big Business, Big Government Alliance. Patrick Newman, Ph.D. & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Jan 7, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/5uqGBlcxbNo Special-interest legislation is inherent in the very nature of government. On the free market, the network of voluntary exchanges, all activity is based on individual liberty and results in mutually beneficial outcomes. The competitive...
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...
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Republicans: Israel Not Just First, But Before the First Amendment
No matter how bad either side gets the other side can only try to outdo them. The Post: On Wednesday, they passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which its advocates said would empower the federal government to crack down on anti-Israel protests on campuses by...
Tom Woods on the Social Justice Warrior Narrative
[I]f this were truly a “white supremacist” society, being called a white supremacist would be a badge of honor, not a professional death sentence. – Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Military Aviation Joins the Emerging Competency Crisis in the West
Trend-lines on military aviation accidents are edging upwards to rival in the commercial aviation industry in mishaps. Not only is this a barometer for readiness and training but an indicator for the emerging competency crisis plaguing the West. Peacetime military...
Horror Show: More Proof Troops Massacred Afghans After ISIS Attack at Kabul Airport
As we reported at the time, marines slaughtered innocent people after the bombing. The perfect clusterfu*k of an ending to a perfect clusterfu*k of a war. Watch US Marine’s GoPro footage that challenges Pentagon’s account of attack at Kabul airport...
My Latest Interviews
Michael Liebowitz, the host of The Rational Egoist, interviewed me about my life in the libertarian movement. Enjoy! Also have a look at my interview covering my libertarian experience and the Israel-Palestine conflict on the Bob Murphy Show.
Professors, W. Post Call Out NYT for Oct 7 Mass-Rape Hoax
Another disgrace for the Charlie Savage Times.