Julia Conley at Common Dreams reviews the results from a study conducted by Amnesty International and Airwars. The report—"Rhetoric vs. Reality: How the 'Most Precise Air Campaign in History' Left Raqqa the Most Destroyed City in Modern Times"—is detailed on...
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8/10/18 Oliver Imhof on Civilian Casualties in Iraq
by Scott Horton | Aug 13, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Airwars reporter Oliver Imhof joins Scott to talk about all the Iraqi casualties from coalition drone bombing and artillery strikes. Because of the difficulty and danger involved in getting into these war zones, the numbers are hard to verify, but almost certainly...
US, UK and France 'Inflicted Worst Destruction in Decades on Raqqa'
by Patrick Cockburn | Jun 7, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Air and artillery strikes by the US and its allies inflicted devastating loss of life on civilians in the Isis-held city of Raqqa, according to an Amnesty International report. It contradicts claims by the US, along with Britain and France, that they precisely...
4/27/18 Samuel Oakford on the Atrocities Committed in Mosul and Raqqa
by Scott Horton | Apr 27, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Airwars reporter Sam Oakford returns to the show to discuss his latest work, "Raqqa: A City Destroyed Then Forgotten" and "They're Still Pulling Bodies out of ISIS' capital." Scott begins by asking—what do we know about Mosul and the coalition assault to take the city...
News Roundup 3/15/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 15, 2018 | Blog
Rand Paul will oppose the nomination of Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel. [Link] Larry Kudlow will be Trump's new top economic advisor. [Link] Congress rejected a Right to Try bill. [Link] Oklahoma will start using nitrogen gas in executions. [Link] Google will ban ads...
News Roundup 2/13/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog
An Oklahoma judge gave a woman a lenient jail sentence because she sterilized herself. [Link] Trump introduces a $4.4 trillion budget. The budget includes a $1.4 trillion in infrastructure spending. [Link] Trump also plans to expand the US nuclear weapons arsenal....
How the Pentagon Enlisted Trump to Continue Its Perpetual "War on Terror"
by Gareth Porter | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The speech by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on January 17 laying out a series of conditions that would make it possible to withdraw US troops from Syria confirmed what had already been revealed by the Pentagon itself: The Trump administration is planning to keep US...
How the Pentagon Enlisted Trump to Continue Its Perpetual "War on Terror"
by Gareth Porter | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The speech by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on January 17 laying out a series of conditions that would make it possible to withdraw US troops from Syria confirmed what had already been revealed by the Pentagon itself: The Trump administration is planning to keep US...
How the Pentagon Enlisted Trump to Continue Its Perpetual “War on Terror”
by Gareth Porter | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The speech by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on January 17 laying out a series of conditions that would make it possible to withdraw US troops from Syria confirmed what had already been revealed by the Pentagon itself: The Trump administration is planning to keep US...
News Roundup 1/23/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 23, 2018 | Blog
Mehdi Hasan will release a series of shows on blowback. [Link] The US provocations in the South China Sea will lead to a Chinese military buildup. [Link] Pence says US embassy in Jerusalem to open by end of next year. [Link] The US switching the Afghan military to...
News Roundup 1/15/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 15, 2018 | Blog
A Pennsylvania court orders an Amish family to violate their religious beliefs and use electricity. [Link] James Bovard on why the charges against the Bundy family were dismissed. [Link] Ray McGovern explains how the Russiagate investigation is now exposing the deep...
2017 Review: Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 26, 2017 | Blog
In the lead up to the 2016 election, Candidate Trump talked a somewhat sensible policy on Syria. He wanted to end the support of rebels, and he preferred Assad to the jihadists, he desired to work with the Russians to achieve the shared goal of “knocking the hell out...
News Roundup 12/11/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 11, 2017 | Blog
The Trump administration has made three moves against Saudi Crown Prince MbS in the past week. [Link] Max Blumenthal on Russiagate and the Flynn plea. [Link] House ethics panel finds evidence of intelligence agencies abusing spying programs. [Link] Body cam video...
News Roundup 11/27/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 27, 2017 | Blog
Google admits to de-ranking sites like RT. [Link] Moon of Alabama analysis. [Link] A man received a $15 million settlement form Baltimore City. He was wrongfully imprisoned for 20 years. [Link] Amazon is providing the US intelligence community with a web service to...
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The Truth About Discrimination – Walter E. Williams
If people are free to discriminate in favor of, or against, a university or wine, what argument can be made against their having that same right with respect to choosing based on the race or sex characteristics of their mates, employees, tenants, or club members? If...
Black Youth Unemployment Before Democrats Started “Helping”
Although most people are familiar with more recent statistics on black youth unemployment, not many are aware of the black/white statistics for earlier periods. Table 3.2 (below) shows that in 1948, the two were roughly equal. For that year, blacks aged sixteen to...
Political Discrimination vs. Market Discrimination – Walter E. Williams
Gross racial discrimination alone has never been sufficient to prevent blacks from earning a living and bettering themselves by working as skilled or unskilled craftsmen and as business owners, accumulating considerable wealth. The fact that whites sought out blacks...
GDP is a Scam, Here’s How to Measure Wealth
https://youtu.be/mYfH_9arsRk In 1981, the cheapest IBM personal computer cost $4,459 (in 2018 U.S. dollars), or 210 hours of labor. An Insignia tablet and keyboard combo cost $120 in 2018, or 5.6 hours of labor. - Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know, CATO...
The Democratic Policy Which Keeps Poor People Poor – Walter E. Williams
To criticize occupational licensing laws is not to argue that information about the quality of a licensee's services is not important to consumers. However, it is by no means clear that licensing is the most effective way to provide that information. Indeed, licensing...
How Economic Regulation Hurts the Poor – Walter E. Williams
In the name of protecting public health, California requires that an individual who seeks to perform any kind of hairstyling service must complete nine months (1,600 hours) of classes at a state-approved cosmetology school, at a tuition cost of at least $5,000, before...
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