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News Roundup 11/23/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 23, 2018 | News Roundup
An Amish man is serving a six-year sentence for mislabeling an ointment. He is now seeking a pardon from Trump. [Link] Trump’s deployment of Troops to the southern border will cost taxpayers $72 million. [Link] The White House is considering using US troops at the...
TGIF: Trump’s Foreign Policy War on Americans
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 23, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Beyond any reasonable doubt, in substance if not in appearance, Donald Trump is a thoroughly conventional American politician. It’s a wonder that anyone requires proof at this late date. This couldn’t be clearer than in foreign policy. Some of us who understand the...
Another Lie About Yemen
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 21, 2018 | Blog
Reading a Reuters report on the restart of fighting in Hodeida, I came across an interesting lie. It was not immediately clear whether the renewed fighting in Hodeidah would derail efforts by U.N. special envoy Martin Griffiths to salvage peace talks that collapsed in...
News Roundup 11/20/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 20, 2018 | News Roundup
Some Trump Administration officials feel John Bolton is becoming the decision maker in US Foreign Policy. [Link] General Dunford complains that tech companies are not working enough with the Pentagon. [Link] US troops deployed to the southern border should complete...
Episode 183: Saudi Arabia’s Power Over D.C. w/ Brian McGlinchey
by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 19, 2018 | Blog, Free Man Beyond the Wall
53 Minutes Suitable for All Audiences Mance welcomes Brian McGlinchey to the show. Brian, the founder of 28Pages.org, is an investigative journalist who has exposed the "Saudi Lobbying Scandal," as well as the declassified 28 pages from the congressional Joint Inquiry...
News Roundup 11/19/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 19, 2018 | News Roundup
A must read article by Gareth Porter on the Permanent War Complex. [Link] The Pentagon fails its first-ever audit. [Link] A third journalist has been killed this month in Mexico. [Link] Max Blumenthal explains that US-backed Ukrainian Neo-Nazis are training Ameican...
News Roundup 11/16/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
USPS lost $3.9 billion in FY 2018. [Link] A top aide to John Bolton resigns after clashing with the First Lady. [Link] Lockheed Martin wins a $23 billion contract from the Pentagon for F-35s. [Link] Rep Adam Smith looks to roll back Trump’s planned nuclear weapons...
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Submarine Blues: Over-budget and Not Underwater
I often bag on the US Navy surface fleet as a sad shadow of the fleet that used to be. The nuclear submarine fleet is joining that maritime house of woe. U.S. Navy Captain Jerry Hendrix, who in a recent assessment observed: “In fact, production of new submarines...
Pegasus Down: The Refueler Follies March On
The KC46A is the replacement for the renowned KC135 refueling bird which had the last production aircraft rolled out in 1965. The KC46A is plagued with problems to include the bone-headed notion to put the refueling crew in the cockpit instead of the rear of the...
Blaming Freedom
Freedom is nearly always blamed for the bad consequences of unfreedom, that is, of government intervention. Take immigration. We hear these days that migrant gangs are killing, terrorizing, and stealing from Americans. Some immigrants without government papers have...
Insurrection of the Mind.
Star Trek Insurrection is not one of the better films in the series, but it seeks to address issues of humanity that sometimes only science fiction can. Immortality, the value of life and human relationships with technology. It is fitting that the film starts with the...
They Know the Truth
Cut from the book. After catching Woodward faking that Lavrov quote, I had to cut all the citations from that book out of mine. But I'll leave this here at least because it's funny: Insider journalist Bob Woodward wrote in 2024 that the administration recognized...
Bob Woodward Badly Misquotes Russian FM Lavrov
I emailed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward: Dear Bob, It appears that you have misquoted FM Lavrov on page 88 of your new book. Lavrov’s full quote was: “Those who mechanically repeat the points made in Bucharest and insist that ‘third countries’ have no right to...
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