Now's a good time to read (or reread) Gary Chartier's 2019 article "The Case for Sanctions Fails at Every Turn."
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Have We Lost Our Humanity?
by Connor Freeman | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Social media oligarchs and the corporate press are flooding Americans’ minds with Ukrainian officials’ pleas, most notably from President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling for the U.S. and NATO to “close the sky.” That is to implement a No-Fly-Zone over Ukraine, shoot down...
Facebook Lifts Ban on Calls for Violence (But Only Against Russians)
by Dan McAdams | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Anyone following social media’s “Community Standards” knows how selectively they are enforced. Your humble writer was permanently banned from Twitter in 2019 for using a word to describe Sean Hannity’s mental slowness that is otherwise used perhaps millions of times...
Taiwan Holds War Games Miles Off China’s Coast
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 17, 2022 | News Roundup
Taiwan has carried out live-fire military drills just miles away from mainland China, as the island remains on high alert following Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The US and Japan matched Taipei with their own combat exercises near Mt. Fiji this week, also focused on Beijing.
US Demands Concessions to Drop Iran Terror Designation
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 17, 2022 | News Roundup
Wednesday saw two positive signals for a return to the JCPOA nuclear pact with Iran, with three UK citizens freed from Iranian custody amid reports that the White House is considering dropping sanctions on the country’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
COI #247: Zelensky Dreams of a NATO No Fly Zone in Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 16, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #247, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the latest Ukraine news, a potential deal to end the war, this weekend’s Iranian missile attack in northern Iraq, as well as recent Israeli drone strikes inside Iran. Kyle updates the war and the situation on the...
News Roundup 3/16/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 16, 2022 | News Roundup
US News The US donated 4.9 million Pfizer covid vaccination doses to Vietnam through Covax. [Link] The Chicago police officer who shot and killed Adam Tolodeo will not be charged. [Link] A US consulate in Mexico closes after coming under fire. [Link] Russia Ukraine's...
Scott Horton: Why the Debunked RussiaGate Hoax Still Matters
by Keith Knight | Mar 16, 2022 | Blog
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A Complete List Of Individuals Targeted By Pegasus Spyware
The targets are journalists, activists, opposition party leaders, human rights lawyers, 11 unnamed U.S. officials in Uganda, Palestinian activists. The Israeli-made Pegasus spyware, sold by the cyberoffense firm NSO to state intelligence agencies around the world, has...
The Cult Of Masked School Children
As we enter the third year of the pandemic, every child age 5 and up is eligible to receive a COVID vaccine in the United States. Oddly, this development has been accompanied by increased pressure on kids to wear masks in school. Some private schools have gone beyond...
Impacts Of Rising Nitrogen Costs
As noted, AFPC’s study shows farmers are currently facing nitrogen costs 80% higher than last year. That’s as Anhydrous Ammonia prices reached 2008 levels in October at over 1,000 dollars per ton. And those prices have been steadily rising ever since. “You're talking...
What Is Mutual Altruism?
According to Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, theft is "selfish," while trade is "mutually altruistic." If genes and people are "selfish," as Dawkins believes, why does mutual altruism, which includes all forms of cooperation, ever happen? He replies that it...
Where U.S. Police Spending Ranks Among Worldwide Military Expenditures
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