Trita Parsi gives his opinion on the recent Ahvaz attack, which he believes was not coordinated by ISIS, even though they have claimed responsibility. Instead, it has the trappings of a coordinated political ploy, possibly by Saudi Arabia or the UAE. Parsi and Scott...
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9/21/18 William Hartung on the Military-Industrial Complex and Yemen
by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
William Hartung joins Scott to talk about the reasons for the war in Yemen and its effects in the region. As usual, little attention is being paid to America's role in supporting Saudi Arabia in waging the war, and even less to the role of powerful lobbying from arms...
News Roundup 9/24/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 24, 2018 | News Roundup
The Justice Department is investigating a DEA program that possibly led to massacres in Mexico. [Link] Secretary of State Pompeo says the US is planning a series of actions against Venezuela. [Link] The US places sanctions on a Chinese military agency because China...
News Roundup 9/20/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 20, 2018 | News Roundup
The European Court rules Snowden exposed illegal spying. [Link] A reported UN claim that China massively imprisoned Uyghers, actually originated from the US. The US source did not provide evidence for the claim. North Korea will allow international inspectors to...
News Roundup 9/14/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 14, 2018 | News Roundup
The US budget deficit is $898 billion over the past 11 months. [Link] The State Department approves a $2.6 billion weapon sale to South Korea. [Link] The State Department pushed Twitter to ban an Iraqi politician. [Link] Two Russians charged by the UK of poisoning of...
News Roundup 9/13/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 13, 2018 | News Roundup
A stockpile of one million bottles of water was revealed in Puerto Rico. FEMA did not distribute the water as people suffered after Hurricane Maria. [Link] The US hostility towards Russia and China is pushing the two powers closer together. [Link] Fighting between...
News Roundup 9/10/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
The House passed a bill that will reclassify dozens of crimes as crimes of violence. The reclassification will allow for more crimes that could result in deportation. [Link] A Dallas police officer shoots and kills an innocent man after mistakenly entering his...
News Roundup 9/5/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 5, 2018 | News Roundup
Arizona's governor selects former Senator Jon Kyl to fill John McCain's Senate seat. [Link] Aaron Mate argues Russiagate myths with James Risen. [Link] The US warns Israel not to attack Iranian targets in Iraq. [Link] US sanctions against Iran are starting to reduce...
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Time to Separate Medicine and State
The "progressive" coverage of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder has an unspoken premise: namely, that we could have had a system in which medical care was instantly superabundant and free for everyone. There is no such system. We live in a world of...
No Need for DOGE
We don't need a Department (sic) of Government Efficiency. (It's a nongovernment thing.) We need a "Department" of What the Hell Should the Government Be Doing in the First Place? Efficiency implies that you know the objective of a course of action and want to avoid...
Anti-War Blog – Osama Bin Laden won
Bin Laden Won He won and the US warmasters are celebrating. Imagine rejoicing after a government falls to the descendants of Al-Qaeda. We don’t have to because the Washington gang are doing just that. The Islamo-Fascist Jihadis who terrorised the minds of the West for...
We Can’t Consume Our Way to Prosperity
Once upon a time, John Stuart Mill could write these words truthfully ("Of the Influence of Consumption on Production," 1844): It is no longer supposed that you benefit the producer by taking his money, provided you give it to him again in exchange for his goods. He...
Pearl Harbor: Not What You May Think it Was
I have always had my doubts but Jane Shaw brings the receipts. RedDR needed the war because his communist takeover of America was failing bigly and a war empowered government like nothing else. A decade ago I began to research the history of the Pearl Harbor attack....
Anyone Can Be a Capitalist, part 2
"It might be argued that only the 'rich' can afford to be capitalists, i.e., those who have a greater amount of money stock. This argument has superficial plausibility, since ... for any given individual and a given time-preference schedule, a greater money stock will...
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