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Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight, ‘Largely’ Due to War in Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Jan 24, 2023 | News
The risk of nuclear annihilation is at its highest point in history, according to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS). The group said the war in Ukraine was the largest factor in its assessment that a civilization-ending event is now closer than ever before.
1/19/23 Branko Marcetic: Cables Expose Washington’s NATO Expansion Lies
by Scott Horton | Jan 20, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott talks with Branko Marcetic about some cables he recently dug up that show U.S. officials and western governments voicing concern about Russia’s reaction to NATO expansion going back to the 1990s. Marcetic’s work adds to the evidence that...
News Roundup 1/13/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 13, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said last week that Ukraine is “shedding blood” for a “NATO mission” in candid remarks about the relationship between Kyiv and the Western military alliance. AWC Poland’s president said Wednesday that Warsaw has...
Happy New Year! (The Government Did Not Save Your Life)
by Laurie Calhoun | Jan 9, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
More than 100,000 persons died of narcotics overdoses last year in the United States, in many cases because the street drugs they used were laced with extremely potent fentanyl. If you were among the survivors of a dose of unknown provenance, the reason you are alive...
News Roundup 1/6/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 6, 2023 | News Roundup
Venezuela Venezuela’s opposition on Friday voted to remove Juan Guaido as the “interim president” and to dissolve the US-backed “interim government,” a move that came after resuming talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. AWC Venezuelan President Nicolas...
US, South Korea in Talks Over Holding Joint Nuclear Exercises
by Dave DeCamp | Jan 3, 2023 | News
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said that Seoul is in talks with the US on holding joint exercises with US nuclear forces, a move that would significantly raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
As 2023 Begins, No Agreed Framework for Peace in Ukraine Exists
by Dave DeCamp | Dec 30, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
After over 10 months of fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, there’s no sign that 2023 will bring peace to Ukraine as the warring parties have radically different demands, and the U.S. continues to escalate aid for Kyiv and its role in the war. Ukrainian...
News Roundup 12/29/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 29, 2022 | News Roundup
US News The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) increases the budget of the Pentagon’s newest branch by billions of dollars. The funding increase comes after a top Space Force civilian employee sexually harassed his subordinates and kept his job. The...
South Korea Says it Will ‘Punish’ North for ‘Provocations’
by Will Porter | Dec 29, 2022 | News
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has vowed more aggressive retaliation to military action by Pyongyang, calling to “punish” the DPRK soon after Seoul unveiled a new $440 million military spending package.
North Korean Drones Penetrate South Korean Airspace
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Dec 26, 2022 | News
Five North Korean drones crossed into South Korea, including one that flew near Seoul. South Korea responded by scrambling jets as well as attack helicopters and attempted to shoot down the drones.
US Sends Nuclear-Capable Bomber, Stealth Jets to South Korea
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Dec 20, 2022 | News
Some of America’s most advanced military aircraft conducted drills in South Korea on Tuesday as a show of force against North Korea. Pyongyang recently announced that it had made advancements toward deploying a surveillance satellite.
US, South Korea Plan to Expand ‘Silent Shark’ Drills
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Nov 28, 2022 | News
Washington and Seoul are reportedly discussing plans to ramp up anti-submarine military exercises set to begin next year. The talks came amid soaring tensions in the region, days before North Korea pledged to further develop its nuclear arsenal.
Stand with Humanity
by John Weeks | Nov 27, 2022 | Blog
Stand with the Libertarian Institute The Empire has us on the brink of nuclear Armageddon. The central bank has us flirting with economic-social collapse. Americans are increasingly paranoid of one another and simultaneously invested in wielding the state...
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Christopher Hitchens Lied About the Cause of Terrorism
"The suicide murder community is almost perfectly faith based." - Christopher Hitchens On Real Time With Bill Maher, Hitchens claims that because an Islamist in the 1800's used the Koran to justify atrocities, it means that today the issue with Al-Qaeda is due to the...
War is a Euphemism for Mass Murder
To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime, to kill ten men is to increase the guilt tenfold, to kill a hundred men is to increase it a hundredfold. This the rulers of the earth all recognize, and yet when it comes to the greatest crime — waging war on another...
Empower the Working Class: Abolish Occupational Licensing
It's time to consistently apply the "my body my choice" principle. If consenting adults want to engage in economic activity, no third party should forcibly stop them. Democrats always say "voting once every two years between two politicians is how you express...
Death By Climate: Down 97% in Last 100 Years
Our schools provide many hours of lessons on climate change, but I wonder how many teachers, let alone pupils, are aware that climate-related deaths have decreased by as much as 97 per cent over the past 100 years, as the OFDA / CRED data show. - Why don’t we ever...
Black Youth Unemployment: Before and After Progressives Started “Helping”
A constant trend is progressivism is to use the state to coercively control others under the guise of "helping" them, make things worse, then ignore the problems you caused and never apologize. Sallie Mae loans didn't make college affordable. The Federal Reserve...
What Kind of Liberal?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I am a Locke-Smith liberal.
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