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News Roundup 3/27/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 27, 2019 | News Roundup

US News Politicians from both sides of the aisle voice support for Israel at AIPAC. [Link] Senator Tom Udall will not seek reelection. [Link] Russiagate Ted Galen Carpenter: Russiagate is fake, the US anti-Russia foreign policy is real Jennifer Braceras: The Democrats...

10/31/18 Conn Hallinan on the Syrian Chessboard

by Scott Horton | Oct 31, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Conn Hallinan comes on to talk about the many players in Syria making the situation there almost incomprehensibly complicated. In fact Patrick Cockburn calls it "3-dimensional chess with no rules." Scott and Hallinan also discuss the world's various nuclear weapons...

FPF #264 – Yemen Numbers

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 29, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #264, I discuss some new casualty numbers for the War on Yemen. The media has long cited a UN estimate that said 10,000 people have died. However, that estimate stopped counting deaths over a year ago. The 10,000 number has helped mask the...

News Roundup 10/24/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 24, 2018 | News Roundup

A court orders Yahoo to pay $50 million and provide free credit monitoring services for 200 million people for two years. Yahoo was found responsible for a massive security breach where personal information was stolen. [Link] CNN, MSNBC, and the Daily Beast featured a...

News Roundup 10/16/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 16, 2018 | News Roundup

Facebook bans false information about voting. [Link] The US budget deficit rose to $779 billion in fiscal year 2018. [Link] National Security Advisor John Bolton's Chief of Staff will leave the White House and head the Center for Security Policy. [Link] Ecuador...

New Roundup 10/11/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 11, 2018 | News Roundup

Caitlin Johnstone explains why the glorification of Nikki Haley is unearned. [LInk] Russia is ready to extend the New START Treaty with the US. [Link] Erik Prince is meeting with influential Afghanis to push his plan to privatize the Afghan War. [Link] US...

News Roundup 10/4/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 4, 2018 | News Roundup

Patrick Cockburn: With ISIS Defeated, Trump is now Targeting Iran The UN high court rules the US must lift some sanctions against Iran. In response, the US withdrew from a 1955 treaty with Iran. The US claims that leaving the treaty invalidates the court's ruling....

News Roundup 9/18/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 18, 2018 | Uncategorized

Google developed a prototype search engine for China. The prototype censored results and connected searches with phone numbers. [Link] A man remained free for 15 years and raped three women because the rape kits went untested. [Link] The US will reduce the maximum...

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A Soho Forum discussion of COVID with Tom Woods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKzl5CngE5Q Check out Tom's great book, Diary of a Psychosis.

US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine

Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...

The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age

The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...