As Tom Woods pointed out in this great speech 10 years ago, when there’s an earthquake, hurricane, plane crash or other major disaster in Iran, we all feel terrible and grieve for the loss of life and donate to charity over it and the rest. But then we’re supposed to...
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Ron Paul asks: Why Was Soleimani Assassinated?
by Ron Paul | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog
President Trump and Mike Pompeo told us that Iranian Gen. Soleimani had to be assassinated when he was in Baghdad at the end of last week because he was on a mission to plan and implement attacks on US military and diplomatic personnel in the region. But their story...
Protesters Break Into the US Embassy in Iraq
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 1, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #437, I discuss Iraqi protesters breaking into the US Embassy in Baghdad. The protesters took to the street outside of the embassy in response to US airstrikes on an Iraqi militia. The US claims the strikes targeted an Iranian backed militia that had attacked...
Wikileaks: Another OPCW Douma Coverup Document Leak
by Scott Horton | Dec 27, 2019 | Blog
Via Dave DeCamp: Here: "One of the documents is an e-mail exchange dated 27 and 28 February between members of the fact finding mission (FFM) deployed to Douma and the senior officials of the OPCW. It includes an e-mail from Sebastien Braha, Chief of Cabinet at the...
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...
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...
Disposable Heroes
by Scott Horton | Dec 16, 2019 | Blog
When I was a boy Metallica was actually still a great band. I know that must sound unbelievable. Was there ever such a time? Yes. This was back in junior high, long before the Black Album and Metallica's dissent into the place of worst band in the history of the human...
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The Welfare-State Paradox
"Whether ... a system of social security is a good or a bad policy is essentially a political problem. One may try to justify it by declaring that the wage earners lack the insight and the moral strength to provide spontaneously for their own future. But then it is...
The Ford Follies: Yes, It Can Get Worse
Brent Eastwood does a splendid job elucidating so many of the problems of the fatally flawed Ford super-carrier. I suspect he had to say "promising" but there is nothing here for the 21st century; this is the chariot and crossbow of the next generation. This is the...
The Steady Rise in Living Standards
"The history of capitalism as it has operated in the last two hundred years in the realm of Western civilization is the record of a steady rise in the wage earners’ standard of living. The inherent mark of capitalism is that it is mass production for mass consumption...
Pentagon Acquisition: Rotten From Head to Toe
The pattern is a revolving door of deliberate insider trading and influence by hiring retiring flag officers with active Rolodexes to be exploited in bent bidding and shadowy acquisition practices in an already sclerotic and gummed-up acquisition system that can't...
The Business of America: War, War, War!
Sachs mentions Timber Sycamore which was a classified weapons supply and training program run by the CIA and supported by the United Kingdom and some Arab intelligence services, including Saudi intelligence. The aim of the program was to remove Syrian president Bashar...
Mises on Wages under Capitalism
"While daily experience taught impressively that under capitalism real wage rates and the wage earners’ standard of living were steadily rising, while it became from day to day more obvious that the traditional walls separating the various strata of the population...
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