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RIP Butler Shaffer

by Scott Horton | Dec 30, 2019 | Blog

The great libertarian thinker and writer Butler Shaffer has died. He was a great contributor to our movement for freedom, and we are all far worse off without him.

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Turkey to Send Syrian al Qaeda to Libya

by Scott Horton | Dec 27, 2019 | Blog

To fight Haftar. It's like Hillary Clinton's "bank shot" in reverse. NEW — Several sources tell us that Turkey plans to deploy Syrian rebels to Libya in fight against Haftar • Rebel groups are already contacted • Sultan Murad, Turkman force, is among them...

The Dark History of the ATF guest Sam Jacbos

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 23, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest

I invited Sam Jacobs on the show to discuss the dark history of the ATF. Sam has a recent article that covers the ATF gun-walking operations know as 'Fast and Furious.' Sam explains how the program provided arms to deadly cartels. The weapons were used to kill many...

House to Vote on Impeachment Today

by Scott Horton | Dec 18, 2019 | Blog

I wonder if Donald Trump will do like Bill Clinton and start carpet-bombing Iraq today in a mission he'll name after the Nazi Erwin Rommel to distract us all and pose as a great World Leader. (Thanks a lot stupid Democrats for making me have to agree with Andrew...

Ending Wars with ‘Defend the Guard’ guest Mike Maharrey

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 18, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest

Mike Maharrey returns to FPF to discuss the Defend the Guard Act. Defend the Guard is a bill introduced at the state level that prevents the federal government from using National Guard troops in undeclared forever wars. The movement is growing as more states will...

Food For Thought

by Scott Horton | Dec 17, 2019 | Blog

Thom writes, re "Prescription For Violence: The Corresponding Rise of Antidepressants, SSRIs & Mass Shootings": I am a psychopath. I am a family man, I own guns. I would never go out and shoot innocent people. I think calling psychopaths murderous people it’s not...

The Dangerous Chinese Fork Manufacturing Gap

by Scott Horton | Dec 17, 2019 | Blog

It's a matter of national security! CNBC: "How a tiny flatware manufacturer in upstate New York could win big from $738 billion defense bill": “Manufacturing in general is a strategic asset for our country,” Roberts said. “If you can’t make things, you rely on other...

C.I.A. Monkey Counters

by Zooey Greif | Dec 8, 2019 | Blog

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The SANDF is a Military Dumpster Fire

The South African National Defense Force (SANDF) is in tatters. The SA Navy is also in the hazard. One glaring example is the MTU 1163 propulsion engine. Grimms was paid R55 million for a W6 engine overhaul, yet the engine has still not undergone a dyno test or no...

Terrestrial Speed Demon: Non-Nuclear Throw-Weight Comes of Age

Russians play chess and the West plays Naked Twister. ICBMs and IRBMs have been hyper-sonic since the 1950s. Replace the warhead with a terrestrial-launched Rod from God and you have a very effective non-nuclear option to reach anywhere in the northern hemisphere with...

Macgregor Steps Up to the Plate

COL Douglas Macgregor shows the stark choices ahead a defense establishment in the US and the west that is inexorably grinding to a halt in effectiveness and incompetence. The incoming President has three choices: 1. Allow service bureaucracies or external events to...

Mr Jarfart

Just think about this, whatever your child or your niece, nephew and some strangers kids are feeding their eyes with is likely attached to a clown or maybe a cynical conglomerate that knows social media and children fed algorithms will make them rich. Those little...